| Why are low fat raw vegan recipes better than | | | | To cut cholesterol, what should be included in your |
| other diet recipes? | | | | low fat raw vegan recipes? |
| Many peoples cholesterol is too high. Not just that, | | | | As long as you are eating enough green |
| it is the bad fats that is generally what causes the | | | | vegetables and fruits, you don't have to worry |
| high cholesterol as it comes from animal and dairy | | | | about limiting your intake of the good fats, but |
| products. Good fats come from vegetables, fruit | | | | don't overdo it. The "good fats" include |
| and nuts and can actually be good for you. Taking | | | | mono-unsaturated fats, which you can find in |
| on a raw vegan diet involves a "detox" period to | | | | avocados, almonds, and olives, Omega-3 fatty |
| rid yourself of the excessive cholesterol. | | | | acids, which are in flax seeds and walnuts. |
| Think of your drainer at home. You know if you | | | | The "good fats" also include polyunsaturated fats, |
| put fat down the sink, it'll block it up. So why eat | | | | which can be found in walnuts, flax, hemp, |
| food that's bad for you? Your insides are blocked | | | | sesame, sunflower and other seeds. |
| up from eating high cholesterol food. They need | | | | Within reason, you will not get fat by eating |
| cleaned out or detoxed to gain the maximum | | | | avocados, sprouted nuts and seeds, and other |
| benefit. | | | | plant fats. Everything in moderation of course, but |
| Cutting your Cholesterol | | | | eating this daily is not an issue for most people |
| Getting protein from animal products and the | | | | with respect to weight. |
| protein involves taking in cholesterol, which our | | | | The raw vegan diet works best by embracing it |
| bodies aren't well-equipped to break down. It | | | | as fully as possible. But you can gain benefit by |
| coats our stomach with grease, making | | | | starting to adopt the low fat raw vegan recipe |
| absorption difficult. It constipates us. When it is | | | | ideas gradually. Perhaps a day a week initially. |
| absorbed into our blood, cholesterol makes our | | | | Perhaps a meal a day. Whichever approach you |
| blood thick and it clogs our arteries. It kills more | | | | adopt, it will undoubtedly help to reduce |
| Americans than anything else. | | | | cholesterol and lead to weight loss. |
| Dairy products are full of saturated fats and "bad" | | | | Try out some low fat raw vegan recipes and |
| cholesterol. Often the body will develop allergies to | | | | learn more about the good and the bad of high |
| fight the dairy invasion. We are the only species | | | | protein diets. |
| on the planet that drinks milk as adults. | | | | |