Eat Raw Food and Lose Weight!

…At least that’s what happened to Angela Stokes. Once nearly 300 pounds, the girl stopped eating anything that was cooked and lost almost half of her body fat. CNN reports:

She stopped eating meat, animal products and processed foods and instead switched to a diet that consisted of uncooked and unprocessed vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds.

“To me, the thing with raw food is that it just makes sense. It’s simple and natural, eating food straight from the earth. There’s no rocket science, no mystery,” said Stokes. “Once you understand the simple principal that no other animal in the wild eats cooked or processed foods. That’s it.”

She makes a very good point – especially considering all the hormones and crap that goes into everything we eat. We should all hop on this raw food bandwagon! We can all be healthy! We can all lose weight.

It can’t be that hard, right? I mean, we would never have to cook again!

Wait, what? Cheddar and Sour Cream chips aren’t raw? Ramen isn’t raw? BEER ISN’T RAW?!

Jesus H. Christ; that Allison chick is crazy. What the hell did she eat? HOW DID SHE SURVIVE? I really don’t know anyone who can do this – most definitely not anyone in college.

Alex says:
Fri, 26th Sep 20083:33 pm

Raw food is a post-modern diet fad. It works like any other diet works or does not. She could have eaten chicken breasts as well if she’d have liked and would have seen similar results.

Also, losing half your body fat at 300lbs is not the same as trying to see abdominal when your a normal weight, etc etc.

ela says:
Fri, 26th Sep 20084:23 pm

so basically she read the book ’skinny bitch’.

sam says:
Fri, 26th Sep 20084:42 pm

Alex- when you have hypothyroidism (which that chick did), losing half your body fat is an INSANE feat. Believe me, it’s much more difficult than trying to get see some abs on someone with a normal BMI (seriously, eat well, exercise and repeat. If hardcore, bulk and cut.) My mother’s been struggling with hypothyroidism for a while, and while many people do use the condition as the modern equivalent of ‘big-boned’, for those who actually have it, it’s no joke.

Jasmine says:
Fri, 26th Sep 20085:13 pm

The CNN article clearly states that the woman’s name is ANGELA Stokes. Allison Stokes is the hot pole vaulter girl.

Cookie says:
Sat, 27th Sep 200812:05 pm

You’re forgetting that heating and processing food kills the enzymes that are already in them. All foods have their own specific enzyme that allows your body to break it down; thus, the more processed the food is or the more cooked, the harder it is for our bodies to digest and the more ‘extra weight’ we end up carrying (always on the most inconvenient of places).

I really could go on forever (you can learn so much from working at an organic foodstore ), but instead I recommend checking out a book called “The Raw Food Detox” by Natalia Rose. Borrow it out from a library if you can and have a flick through it, there’s some really good advice in there about balancing an average ‘modern’ diet with a raw food diet.

Jacie says:
Sat, 15th Nov 200812:17 pm

The raw food diet rocks! Yoy feel fucking high on drugs when you are on a raw food diet, euphoric, really confident, peaceful, strong! Seriously its like being on drugs, but its really good for you – you never get sick, you never get fat, you never get tired – you have like so much energy – seriously you only need to sleep about 4hrs per night! You just feel amazing and your skin is so glowy and beutiful!

Just like at Alicia Silverstone and Carol Alt, Sting, Demi Moore, they have been/ are raw fooders!

People reverse cancer on this diet and all kinds of illness!

IT ROCKS! Go research it and try it, don’t just take my word for it, you will see !

Jason says:
Mon, 11th May 20092:08 pm

Jacie is right on. Yes!!! raw diet is amazing and I invite people to go raw for one week and experience the difference. Try raw superfoods too: Elements for Life MLM

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