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There are far too many weight loss diets being advertised and marketed as sure shot ways to lose a ton of weight. But the question you should always ask is whether any given diet is sustainable and beneficial in the long run. It has been demonstrated enough times that you can even lose weight by abusing your body in the short run and risking serious malnutrition.

However, drastic diets are not sustainable, they ruin your health, and the weight comes right back pretty soon. So, is the raw diet one of these short-term weight losses ‘miracles’ or a sustainable weight loss solution?

As far as weight loss with the natural food diet goes, it is as near to a fail-proof method as you will ever find. Imagine, you are phasing out all high-calorie, rich meals and processed sugars and substituting them with fiber and nutrient-rich raw foods, which are much lower in calories.

With the exception of nuts, certain seeds and bananas, you will seldom find a natural food item that is rich in calories. If you are drastically overweight, you could lose 6-9 pounds a month with the raw food diet, without putting yourself through any major trouble or tortuous weight loss methods.

Proper kitchen equipment is necessary if you want to keep variety in your raw food diet. For smoothies and soups you need a good blender and you need a good food processor for sandwich spreads and dips. Fruit juice is consumed by a lot a raw foodies, but since most bottled fruit juice is pasteurized you need a juicer or visit a juice bar. You should purchase a spiral slicer if you want to make pasta, which can convert vegetables into raw noodles. You will also need a dehydrator if you want to make your own breads, crackers, Cacao, vegan diet food like veggie burgers and cereals.

There really are no limits as to what you can create with a raw food diet. You can lose weight, heal your body and increase your energy, look and feel younger all with a raw food diet.