Raw Food Fallacy #4: Diet Does It All
Today is the fourth and final post in Fit On Raw’s Raw Food Fallacy series. It’s a short one so hopefully you have time to give it a once over and leave your wonderfully raw response before heading off to spend time with family and friends.
And today’s fallacy is…
Diet Does It All
Many raw food gurus treat diet as the end-all-be-all to a healthy body while paying little attention to (or flat-out ignoring) other factors such as exercise, sleep, and sunshine.
Raw food is seen as a miracle cure. All you have to do is eat raw foods – ANY raw foods – and you’ll be healthy.
Yes, it’s true that what you eat plays a huge role in your health.
And with the current state of mainstream health and fitness (or lack there of), the vast majority of people can drastically improve their health by simply cutting out damaging foods like refined sweets, dairy, and meat and eating more fruits and vegetables.
Heck, cutting out sugary soft drinks alone can make a huge difference!
But there are several other factors to health that are just as important. I’ve already mentioned exercise, sleep, and sunshine, but there’s also fresh air, clean water, and a comfortable living environment. Even your relationships with others play a role in your overall well-being.
You cannot expect to experience your true health potential if you are ignoring any one of these factors.
Diet Does A Lot, But Not All
If you want to be healthy, you definitely need to eat a healthy diet. But all the fresh fruit and veggies in the world can’t make up for lack of sleep, too little sunshine, too much stress, or a sedentary lifestyle.
So eat well, exercise, get some sleep, and be healthy!
Oh yea, and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! 
Go raw and be fit,
Swayze
P.S. My furry friend Finnigan sends his Holiday wishes as well. Check him out on the Fit On Raw Facebook page:
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P.P.S. You can check out the first 3 fallacies here:
2 comments
Merry Christmas,and thank you so much for the first lesson in raw foods.I’ve been doing a raw lifestyle now for 10 days now,at first i got real bad headaches and didn’t know what to do,so i took an aleve pill.didn’t want to but the headaches were so bad,now there better.I feel good now and my poor food choice cravings had stopped.I even started to ride my bike again.I weigh 187lbs.at 5’4 before i started raw i weighed 201lbs.in ten days so far i lost 14lbs.it is so incredable,i want to keep going to get down to a weight of 120lbs.and also to be and feel healthy.thank you for the lessons.I need all the info i can get to keep on going with the raw foods.Your friend,Brenda
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Swayze Reply:
December 25th, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Hi Brenda,
You are so very welcome and congrats on 10 days of healthy eating and starting before the New Year! If you can do it during Christmas, you can do it anytime of year.
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