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  • Recipes Using Rawfoods
    By: Ben Rogers | - Recipes Using Rawfoods, Wholefoods and the like are widely used by weight watchers around the world.

    Using raw foods as much as we can will help us to ensure that all our home made food is full of as much goodness and nutrition as possible. With so much emphasis being put on weight loss in todays society, it is important that we are doing it right and in the healthiest way possible.

    Our healthy recipes will help you with weight-loss as well as educating you about ...

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  • Why Raw Food Can Still Be High In Fat And What You Can Do About It.
    By: Andrew Collinson | - If you have gone over to eating just raw vegan food it may come as a surprise to you that you fat intake is still above what it should be

    However if you are eaten lots of nuts or adding Tahini to your salads then you could be eating as much fat as the burger and chips crowd.

    Many raw food makers would have you believe that fat from raw food is OK and can stand dehydration without going rancid. But this is not the same as eating fresh fruit fats as they occur in nature.< ...

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  • The Nine Laws Of Dieting
    By: Andrew Collinson | - In Dr Jensen's book Guide to Better Bowel Care he lists nine dietary laws which we should all adhere to if we want better health

    Law No 1:Our food should be natural whole and pure which means it should be as close to as nature produced it . So you cannot take a cucumber and make it better than it already is.Man on the other hand can take a food and make it worse through processing. Take white flour for example which has been stripped of almost all it's vitamins and minerals.It can ...

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  • Raw Food Diet And Health
    By: Andrew Collinson | - We all want optimum health and a raw food diet can deliver that I can assure you.Here are the reasons why.

    When we cook food we are setting fire to it and sadly many of the nutrients will be destroyed.When we strain off the hot water from those boiled vegetables we are pouring all the goodness down the drain.

    When you eat raw food your liver and kidneys are freed up to keep your body healthy instead of devoting all their time to getting rid of the toxins you put inside ...

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  • Eat Raw Food
    By: Andrew Collinson | - It is vital to know the difference between natural and processed food.

    Un-natural food is chemically treated and picked prematurely and processed by heat. This then allows the food to be transported long distances but still looks good at the end of it's journey. So un-natural food may look better but it's nutritional value has been greatly reduced.

    Even within organic foods the soil quality will vary so make sure you get a good cross section of vegetables nuts seeds and ...

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  • Eat Raw Food And Improve Your Health
    By: Andrew Collinson | - We have eaten uncooked food for millennia.It is only recently however that cooking food became the norm. Look at all the animals in nature. Do they eat cooked food?No they do not and do they suffer for it?I think not.

    The primary reason for the shift to cooked food was the belief that cooking killed off microbes. So people began cooking their apples,tomatoes, just about everything they ate.

    The reality is however that microbes will only set up shop where there is an en ...

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  • Raw Food Eating
    By: Andrew Collinson | - Let me show you how raw food eating will reduce stress and improve your physical well being.

    'Let food by Thy Medicine'

    Hippocrates taught this message in 431BC. For thousands of years cultures have been aware that the food we eat can have a profound effect on our mind.

    The Greek Historian Herodotus found that cultures with a mainly vegetarian diet were more advanced in art and spiritual development than those who ate a mainly meat based diet.The latter te ...

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  • The Benefits Of A Detox As Part Of A Raw Food Diet
    By: Andrew Collinson | - If you are following a raw food diet then a detox is a must.

    There are some people in the medical profession who think that a detox or fasting, whilst having some religious significance, in some cultures is of no benefit to optimum human health.

    So is there any truth in this orthodox medical belief.

    The body is detoxifying itself all the time through the ordinary means of the liver and kidneys. It is when these organs become overloaded that other organs tak ...

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  • Juicing And Blending As Part Of A Raw Diet
    By: Andrew Collinson | - There is quite a lot of controversy about whether we should blend or juice our food as part of a raw food diet. I would recommend both and buy a good quality juicer and blender

    These items can be quite expensive but are an essential part of the any raw kitchen and the really good ones will last a long time.

    Vegetable juicing is better than blending for cleansing the body.

    What juicing and blending does is unlock the vital nutrients in the foods we eat as ot ...

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  • How To Handle Your Relationships When You Change To A Raw Food Diet
    By: Andrew Collinson | - Changing your diet is a big event in your life and will have an impact on the relationship you have with your partner."Is this really healthy" they will say or "where do you get your protein from?"

    When you come together there are many things you may think should stay the same if the relationship is to last,though of course we know everybody changes.We would get bored if we did not.

    Nonetheless food is part of all our lives and in a relationship eating is a time when ca ...

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  • Add Goji Berries To Your Rawfood Diet
    By: virgin raw | -
    With a chewy texture and a pleasant taste somewhere in between a dried cherry and a cranberry, Navitas Naturals whole goji berries make a nutritious replacement for raisins or dried fruit. Delicious by the handful, dried goji berries are great in recipes like oatmeal, cookies, cereal, and trail mix. If you are planning to add goji berries to your raw foods diet, below are some suggestions for you which will surely make a difference and bring a change in your diet chart.

    Break ...

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  • Raw Food Diet Plan - Why Is It A Good Idea To Follow One?
    By: Jane Harling | - Is it really possible to lose weight and feel great by Eating Raw Food? Yes, it is!

    There are many top celebrities who believe in a Raw Food Diet Plan. These include Woody Harrelson, Sting, Donna Karan. Also, Demi Moore and it is one of the secrets to her toned body. This well known Hollywood actress adheres to the Raw Food Diet and it shows! They are just a few of the top actors,actresses and singers that swear by this way of eating.

    The Raw Food Diet extolls the vir ...

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  • Eat Raw Food - Just See The Benefits To You!
    By: Jane Harling | - Do you feel fat in even your "thin" clothes? Very depressing! Time to do something about it, but what? Not another diet! - they just don't work and anyway you want loads more energy too, not less, like most diets make you feel. No, the simplest and easiest way is to follow the new way of eating, that is growing so deservedly popular - A Raw Food Diet Plan! In as little as twelve weeks people regularly lose up to thirty pounds but at the same time feel amazing too - really vibrant and great skin ...
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  • Raw Food Plan - Get Incredible Energy!
    By: Jane Harling | - Is it true, the saying "You are what you eat"? Well, it surely is a fact that eating Living Foods make you feel so much more alive. Where as eating dead and lifeless food does not give you the vitality you need. Let's take a look at this and find out about a Raw Food Plan, full of Living Food, that gains in popularity daily!

    Do you often find yourself feeeling tired and worn down? You retire early to bed but never get a full nights sleep? After eight hours or so, you still wake up e ...

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  • Raw Food Plan - Why It's Good For You!
    By: Jane Harling | - Are you trying to lose weight? Would you like to improve your energy? At the same time improve your athletic performance? Then read on! A Raw Food Plan could be just what you are looking for.

    It's a fact,losing weight will not happen overnight! Sadly, it's a process that you need to work on. So, if you're thinking that if you start dieting now, by tomorrow you will have lost all that weight I'm afraid there's a little bit more to it than that! A Raw Vegan Diet with lots of fruit and ...

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  • Raw Eating - The Way To Gain More Energy!
    By: Jane Harling | - How do you fancy "Dead Food"! By that, we mean food that has lost most of its vitamins and nutrients and its Enzymes and its "Life Energy" by being heated to over 118 degrees farenheit. On the other hand, Raw Eating - "Living Foods" protects all of them. Which, is really important!

    Let's Look Firstly at The Role Enzymes Play!

    There are three types of enzymes - some are for digesting food, some are used by all your bodies organs for metabolic reasons, lastly the enzymes ...

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  • Eat Raw Food - Get More Energy!
    By: Jane Harling | - Only Human Beings cook food! Now, when you think of the state of the general populations health - what with obesity climbing fast, heart disease and cancer major killers, digestion disorders rife and just about everyone constipated, perhaps we should question whether it is a good thing? After all, the only overweight animals you see are those we are responsible for feeding. There has to be another way! Eat Raw Food!

    Some Benefits of Eating More Raw Food

    * If you cook f ...

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  • The Raw Food Plan - The Best Way To Lose Weight, Feel Energised And Look Younger
    By: Jane Harling | - So you've tried just about every diet? Found they're just not practical or so very boring? Lost a bit of weight - but then put back on even more?
    Convinced "Diets" don't work and - guess what? - You're right!. They don't.
    They give you the idea that it's only "till you lose weight" so when you return to your old way of eating you regain all you lost.
    It could be time to consider a new approach - a whole new way of eating and living? A Raw Food Plan

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  • Scalp Tonics As Treatment For Hair Loss
    By: James Beller | - In our modern, hectic, fast food lifestyles it's almost difficult to find something that doesn't cause hair health and growth to be compromised; issues ranging from stress to vitamin, mineral and EFA deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, or other medical conditions such as anemia and auto-immune disorders all wreak havoc on our hair.

    Aging is the most common cause of thinning hair, due to both a slowing down of circulation and impaired nutrient absorption. Another thing that can hav ...

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  • Things To Bear In Mind When Purchasing Healthy Foods
    By: Marilyn Reid | - As parents, we are responsible for our children's nutrition. And much as we want to offer kids with an array of delicious foods, we have to consider how these foods affect their health. Shopping for your food is a very significant step in ensuring that everything we give our kids are nutritious. Remember, anything you put into your grocery cart may affect their health and perception about healthy foods.

    Look at the cart you're pushing. Does it contain healthy foods like fruits and ...

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  • A Closer Look At Raw Food Diets
    By: Marilyn Reid | - Raw food diets have been around since the 1900s. Over the years, they have evolved into a large movement with many advocates, supporters, and followers. And at present, these types of diet are already among the most popular eating patterns among those who are into weight loss and health improvement programs.

    What is Raw Food Diet?

    As its name implies, raw food diet revolves around the intake of raw and fresh food. Raw foodists, the people who follow the raw food eating ...

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  • Falling Off The Raw Food Wagon
    By: James Beller | - How many times have you seen it? Heard it? Sympathized with it? Done it? If you've ever tried one of the plethora of weight loss diets out there, then you most likely have fallen off the dietary wagon. Binged. Gone off the deep end. Ate like there was no tomorrow, only to regret it later. You were doing so well! You wonder how in the world you could have let such a thing happen?

    Many times one of the key ingredients to set yourself up for such a dietary mishap is trying to be too ...

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  • Tips For Shopping Healthy Foods
    By: Marilyn Reid | - Parents like you who are in charge of shopping for your family's food must always put into consideration all the food stuffs you throw into the shopping cart. You must think about how they affect your kid's nutrition as well as their attitude toward healthy foods and drinks.

    So before you push your cart toward the counter, try to recheck all its content. Does it contain nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables? Or is it full of junk foods, sodas, processed food, and other items ...

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  • The Advantages Of Choosing Vegan Diets
    By: Marilyn Reid | - Do you want to lose weight but don't know which weight loss program to choose? Are you somewhat thinking about going to the gym and do routine exercises? Have you ever asked friends who are taking weight loss pills if they are effective? And do you seriously consider about changing your eating habits if that's the only way for you to lose that excessive weight? Now, if you answer yes to all these questions, then you have to know that there is one effective way of losing weight and stay healthy a ...
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  • Raw Food Diets: Benefits And Risks
    By: Marilyn Reid | - Raw food diets are nutritious eating patterns popular among those who want to lose weight and those who desire overall well-being. These diets focus on fresh, raw, and natural food while they do away with anything that's cooked or heated. The reason? Well, according to the followers of these types of eating pattern, much of the nutrients needed by the body are lost during cooking and heating of food above 116 degrees Fahrenheit. And if a person really wants to enjoy good health, the best way is ...
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  • Natural Cures And Formal Medicine: A Comparison
    By: Marilyn Reid | - Despite the sophistication and modern developments in the field of medicine, many people still resort to natural cures when it comes to treating various kinds of diseases. From very simple discomforts like insect bites to more serious diseases like diabetes, going for natural treatment is becoming more and more popular today. Why? Well, natural cure offers a lot of benefits, not only in terms of health improvement but as well as in terms of availability.

    A Look at Natural Cure and ...

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  • Managing Diabetes With Natural Cures
    By: Marilyn Reid | - Are you urinating more frequently than the usual? Do you easily feel tired and weak recently? Are you experiencing some tingling and numbness of your extremities? And did you lose weight so suddenly during the past days? If you say yes to all these, chances are you are suffering from a disorder known as diabetes. If your not too familiar with this health condition, you might as well start doing your research now in order to learn more about it and find natural cures as much as possible.
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  • A Complete Guide To Raw Food Diets
    By: Marilyn Reid | -
    Planning to go into raw food diet? Before you plunge into this type of eating pattern, be sure that you know the basic about raw food diets and be sure as well that you're ready for the sacrifices you have to make. This diet is one of the most effective when it comes to promoting overall well-being, preventing diseases, as well as for losing weight. However, people going into this diet must learn how to do less with meat and fish, and to do more with fruits and vegetables instead. Rawfood ...

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  • Seeing The Real You Through Raw Foods
    By: James Beller | - This week, as I was driving home from my round of errands and general busy-ness, I was detained for several minutes due to the usual summertime road construction. Fortunately for me, the person in front of me provided me with lots of reading material to enjoy as I waited.

    Their car was covered with an amusing assortment of bumper stickers and decals; and after reading only two or three I felt as if I knew this person intimately, or at least what they stand for on sexual and polit ...

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  • What Is Acai
    By: Marilyn Reid | - Ever since Oprah endorsed the Acai Berry calling it the number one 'super fruit', its popularity in the United States has been going like wild fire.

    Acai Berry is a small dark-colored (purple) fruit that grows in clusters and tastes like berries and chocolate mixed together. This wonder fruit grown in the Amazon area of Brazil has been in use by the locals for various benefits until the recent craze for it in the United States following discoveries made by various researchers on its ...

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  • Following A Raw Food Diet In China
    By: James Beller | - Following a raw, or mostly raw, diet in the United States is easy in some ways and difficult in others. On the one hand, fresh produce is available year round because of a highly developed logistical system as well as numerous greenhouse growers. However, it is common knowledge that the U.S. has the highest concentration of overweight and obese people.

    Moreover, in the U.S. for many it is almost a sacrilege to refuse to eat meat or cheese. Meat is the staple food in America. So f ...

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  • Sea Buckthorn Oil: Take For Skin Care And General Good Health
    By: James Beller | - Every once in a while, as we pursue our goals of all natural health and looking our best, we come across something that becomes invaluable to add to our 'bag of tricks.' It might be a highly beneficial food such as organic dark, leafy greens which provide our bodies with alkalizing minerals and other nutrients. Perhaps it is an effective form of exercise such as Bikram yoga which leaves us looking and feeling profoundly rejuvenated in all aspects of our being.

    Recently, I discove ...

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  • Reducing Stress Through Raw Foods
    By: James Beller | - Everywhere I go I meet raw food enthusiasts from all walks of life. Some are just beginning their health journey, while others have reached a state of vibrancy and youthfulness that is downright enviable.

    They, like me, eat all or mostly raw foods, practice some form of exercise, get plenty of sunlight and fresh air, quality sleep, and strive to be temperate in all areas of their lives, which usually includes occasional fasting. However, I notice at times that there is often a vi ...

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  • Keeping Your Colon Clean And Clear
    By: James Beller | - It seems there is always something fascinating waiting just around every corner of the raw food path. Life is certainly never dull, and as you watch your body change and your health increase, one can't help but marvel at the power of our everyday choices when it comes to diet and lifestyle. Recently, I completed my first successful 'cleanse', much to my dismay and satisfaction at the same time.

    Colon cleansing kits are becoming more and more in demand as people are becoming more ...

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  • Natural Hygienic Products Make A Difference
    By: James Beller | - Finally! There are now some niche markets that actually make sense and, by and large, seem to have our best interests at heart. I am talking about the non-toxic and organic beauty industry which has exploded onto the scene in recent years, with very good reason.

    People are becoming wise to the dangers of chemical-laden cosmetics and body care products and consumers are demanding suitable alternatives. Health conscious people everywhere, including those of us following a raw food d ...

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  • Getting Rid Of Mercury In Your Body
    By: James Beller | - In our quest for ever increasing health, beauty, and anti-aging we should always be striving to raise the standard when it comes to not only what we allow into our bodies, but what we are attempting to remove. Detoxifying your body via a raw foods lifestyle is necessary and simply must happen in order for you to climb the next rung of the health ladder. Some toxins and substances will be quickly and easily flushed from our bodies forever when transitioning to a raw food diet, but some of these p ...
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  • The Impact Of Food On Your Mood
    By: James Beller | - Few things affect our state of mind, aka our mood, as profoundly as food. Women being propelled by some mysterious hormonal force to eat chocolate during PMS is one good example. There's just something in that chocolate that makes them feel so good!

    Aside from the emotional ties around food, such as associating it with celebration or entertainment, there is also the physiological side that affects our mood. We've all seen children throwing fits in the cereal aisles or at the chec ...

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  • Aging: Do You Want To Be The Tortoise Or The Hare?
    By: James Beller | - Do you remember when you were a child and having to wait a whole hour for something seemed like an eternity? When you couldn't wait for school to get out and three more months just felt like it may as well be forever? I know I do. I also remember my elders admonishing me "Just you wait: the older you get the faster time goes!" Come to think of it, none of us believed a word of it until we experienced the phenomenon for ourselves. But is it really true or does it just seem that way? Maybe it's bo ...
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  • The Raw Food Diet: The Truly Natural Way To Achieve Beauty
    By: James Beller | - This time of year, it should come as no surprise to me, but somehow, it always does: The usual barrage of 'get ready for that bikini' advertisements and products have suddenly made their appearance. And let me tell you, there's some pretty scary stuff out there that people (women in particular) are willing to do to their bodies in order to fit into our modern day culture's view of what is beautiful.

    Not that there's anything wrong with using tips and tricks and helpful methods wh ...

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  • Achieve Proper Balance And Overall Good Health With Reflexology
    By: James Beller | - Reflexology is an interesting practice which focuses on massaging and stretching the feet in order to improve the body's overall health. Reflexology began when Dr. William H. Fitzgerald introduced the concept of "zone therapy" in 1915. The American physiotherapist Eunice Ingram improved upon this theory in the 1930's into what is now known as reflexology.

    The underlying idea is that there are "reflex" areas on the feet that correspond to specific organs, glands, and other parts of ...

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  • Avoiding Muscle Cramps With Raw Foods
    By: James Beller | - As one who practices hot yoga on a regular basis, I am familiar with the concept that exercising in a heated room is supposed to help with stretching and preventing muscle injury. Stretching is beneficial for the entire body, and one would think that the combination of heat and stretching would pretty much alleviate any chances of muscle cramps occurring.

    But every once in a while, my concentration in class is disturbed by an outburst or a gasp as someone falls out of a posture c ...

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  • Curing Diarrhea With Dry Fasting
    By: James Beller | - Being in overall excellent health and leading a vegan lifestyle I was surprised that I had to deal with a terrible bout of diarrhea a few months ago. I exercise regularly and always include raw fruits and vegetables in my diet (by eating salads and making smoothies and juices), so I figured that these practices would be sufficient to avoid any gastrointestinal problems. I am, however, currently living in an eastern country where the sanitation is not always up to par and sometimes various strang ...
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  • Raw Food Is Not A Religion
    By: James Beller | - A lady who is a friend of mine used to be involved in what most people would likely refer to as a religious cult. At that time she dressed rather differently from the average person on the street. People would often come up to her and ask, quite bluntly "What are you?"

    She told me that at first she would stare at them blankly with no reply confused by their question. But after a while she began to understand what they were referring to. They wanted to know what kind of a label to ...

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  • Acupressure Is Less Painful Than Acupuncture Yet Extremely Effective
    By: James Beller | - Acupuncture, after a rocky beginning, has now become well known and widely accepted in the West. Western medicine, after many scientific studies, has finally granted broad recognition and a strong measure of legitimacy to acupuncture-especially after the introduction of high-tech methods of stimulating insertion points via precision-manufactured needles and electrical techniques. Acupressure, however-though the older of these two related arts-may actually be more effective. Certainly it's more n ...
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  • Turning Back The Clock With Raw Foods And Facial Exercises
    By: James Beller | - It seems that in our beauty conscious culture, we are bombarded from all sides with advertisements for alluring products and cosmetic procedures offering us the Fountain of Youth. Too bad they also want a fountain of money in exchange! Remember the old ad that said "There has to be a better way!" Well, there is. The raw food diet and facial exercises are two of the best kept secrets for looking young, and when used in tandem the combo can produce remarkable results in a short amount of time.
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  • Conquering Compulsive Overeating With Raw Foods
    By: James Beller | - Compulsive overeating, or what some call gluttony, is generally characterized by the following:
    -Eating a considerable quantity of food,
    -Eating too quickly,
    -Feeling of a lack of control over the eating process,
    -Felling hunger whether or not one has just eaten,
    -Always trying to eat alone or otherwise hiding how much one has eaten,
    -Continuing to eat even when already feeling very full,
    -Feeling guilty after any of the above,
    -In ...

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