Doing an internet search of the word diet comes up with a remarkable two hundred and eighty five million different web pages.
Obviously as humans we are concerned with not only how we look, but also our health and longevity.
One diet that is making big headlines for its benefits is the raw vegetable diet.
The main health benefits to the diet are: * Weight Loss - Since most foods consumed are low in calories you will experience a reduction in weight * Lower Cholesterol - This helps in reducing your chance of getting heart disease, strokes and heart attacks * Detoxification - Since most vegetables are high in fiber you will experience a detox because more of the garbage in your system will be pushed out.
You can take the raw vegetable diet two different ways.
The extreme way is where you eat only fruits and vegetables.
The other way is to cut out red meat and increase you consumption of both vegetables and fruit.
As with starting any new eating program you should consult your doctor to make sure this is the right one for you.
Some medications actually do not do good with this diet.
I recommend that if you are going to start this diet then you should start out slow.
Add fruit and vegetables to your diet and slowly cut away the other stuff from your eating schedule.
The longer it takes to add more vegetables and take away the other food, the easier it will be to transition to the raw vegetable diet.