People have gotten so caught up in the world of dieting that its becoming pretty messed up. Some of the diets are so extreme that its ridiculous and we hear all these new ways of losing weight and staying slim and yet often we ignore the most reliable source of information on what our bodies....the only experts on what works for us is ourselves.
We should not look at the certain way we eat as a diet, because then it becomes a negative fixation. Raw food isn't a diet, it is simply a way of eating and if you choose to see it as another one of hundreds of ways of eating the that is entirely up to you. And although I am telling you about raw food and that it is a very healthy, conscious and amazing way to live, the only one you should listen to is yourself.
Everyone is different, so no that miracle diet that works for everyone is lying. That is impossible we are all so different that no two bodies are the same. And starving yourself in an attempt to lose weight is even more ridiculous than some of those diets (though sadly a lot of diets involve that process). Whilst it may work in the short term, it is doing significant damage in the long run. It is such an unhealthy way to be and is so destructive on your organs. Not to mention it affects the appearance of your hair, skin, nails etc. If you are going to have something that is 'bad', enjoy it once and move on because omitting it back up because you did the wrong thing and bashing yourself up over it is much worse overall then whatever you might have had.
Have food that makes you happy and feel good. If you emotionally eat don't repetitively give yourself a hard time over it, work out what it is and why you are choosing food to deal with it. Everyone has different ways of dealing with things and for some people they do that through food. Raw food is not often dense and heavy and has high amounts of 'life' in it compared to heavily processed foods. In this way it can be healing for the body.
This is why at first it is good to keep it quite simple and easy. The body takes time to adjust and if you have spent a lot of your life eating a majority processed foods then it will take time and chances are you will get detox symptoms. Some people might prefer to go head first into the quite complex recipes and that's fine. But often we need time to adjust to a new lifestyle.
Whatever your choices may be in life don't bash yourself up over them and whilst outside opinions and information can help, rely only on yourself to know what is best for you.
