Raw Food Diet - How to Keep Yourself Satisfied and Warm at Night

When I first started off on the raw food journey, most of my meals were eaten straight from the fridge. As a result, I felt cold pretty easily.

In Singapore's humid weather, it is roughly impossible to store any fruits and vegetables in the open for long. Everything from the shopping trip has to be loaded into the fridge to maintain freshness.

Ice Indulgence

When I returned hungry and tired from work, it was so easy to just reach into the fridge for fruits. And even when I do get ready salads with vegetables, I made the mistake of eating them before they warmed up to room temperature.

Over-consumption of these cold foods want the body to generate more vigor to keep us warm. Eating cold foods especially at night is not advisable, since our body temperature drops simply during sleep.

Of course, the occasional indulgence in ice-cream and ice smoothies is okay, but not in excess, and right on not before you go to bed.

1) Make Your Smoothies Room temperature
If you are having a smoothie (green or not) at night, do not make it icy-cold. The greens commonly adapt to room temperature faster after washing, but remove the fruits earlier to let them warm up.

Some habitancy are not accustomed to having room temperature smoothies (especially green smoothies!), so if you are not a veteran green drinker, opt for other meal choices at night.

But the fact is, green smoothies at room temperatures can still be quite tasty - in case,granted you get the servings accurate and drink it immediately!

2) consist of some wholesome Fats in the last meal of the day
Essential fatty acids are required for proper body functioning. Natural and corrective fats can be obtained from living foods like avocados, flax seeds, soaked nuts and seeds.

Throw in some diced avocados or a sprinkle of ground flax meal into that evening meal. This will help you to feel fuller and more satisfied, which also helps you to sleep better.

3) Ginger
If you are watching your fat intake, and wish to limit oil/nuts/seeds consumption, you can think adding some ginger to your evening meal.

If you are preparation a salad dressing, grate some ginger into the sauce for a warming effect. If you are production just a large structured salad, simply throw in some thinly sliced ginger into the vegetables mixture.

4) Basil And Dill
These are 2 other warming herbs you can add into your evening meal. Basil leaves taste great with Italian flavored salads, while dill can well be incorporated into any fruit smoothie.

You can either throw in a small handful of dill into your regular fruit smoothie, or substitute dill as the greens in production your usual green smoothie for a satisfying and warming meal!

5) Lifestyle
Our primary way to keep warm should all the time be exercising and retention fit. Working out produces heat in the body which keeps us warm.

For those who are unable to practice due to health reasons, try taking a warm bath at night before you sleep. Adding a tablespoon of grated ginger into your hot bath will do wonders in retention you warm at night.

(C) Copyright 2008, Linda Loo

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Raw Food Diet - How to Keep Yourself Satisfied and Warm at Night

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