Now here’s the big problem. You love salt and you hate greens! In fact, the ONLY time you’ll eat a salad is when it’s drenched in salt!

To make things even worse, all the tasty savory raw food recipes out there are unhealthy and full of salt!

What to do?

All you need is to learn how to enjoy salt-free raw food recipes. And I’ve got 3 tips for you today that will help you do just that.

Tip #1: Stop Eating Salt

You can’t enjoy the simple, subtle flavors of fresh fruits and vegetables if you are still consuming salt.

Any salt at all – be it table salt, sea salt, or even salty condiments like Bragg’s Liquid Aminos and Nama Shoyu – irritates your taste buds and dulls them to the truly delicious, so-not-bland taste of wholesome produce.

But once you give salt up for good, you’ll be able to taste these flavors completely in just a few short weeks.

Tip #2: Start Eating Ripe Foods

If your fruits and veggies taste incredibly bland and/or unappetizing, you’re likely eating them unripe. While this isn’t typically an issue with vegetable matter like greens, carrots, and the like that are ready to eat when you purchase them, it is an issue with fruit.

Take bananas, for instance. Most people are taught that bananas are best when they are yellow and starchy, but this is not when they are fully ripe.

Bananas are ripe when they are completely yellow and covered in brown spots. They should be soft, sweet, and not at all starchy tasting.

The tomato (yes, it’s a fruit) is a perfect example since it’s so commonly used in savory raw dishes. Most people eat tomatoes when they are hard, dry, and acidic. This is also wrong.

Tomatoes should be sweet, slightly acidic (depending upon the cultivar) and soft to slightly firm. Even so-called canning tomatoes are pretty darned delicious when ripened properly!

If you want to get the most flavor (and nutrition, too!) out of your savory raw recipes, you have to start with fresh produce that is ripe and tasty.

Tip #3: Follow the Four Food Flavors

All great chefs know that in order to create delicious dishes, four flavor components must be represented: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

And raw recipes are no different. Missing out on even one of these flavors could make your dish taste off, bland, or incomplete.

Luckily, it’s easy to hit all four of these flavor notes using all raw and healthy ingredients. For instance, mangoes and dates are sweet, celery and tomatoes are salty, lemon juice and oranges are sour, and spinach and cilantro are bitter.

One of my most favorite savory dishes is a salad made of romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and pistachios. While this may sound rather bland and boring without any salt and spices, it’s actually extremely delicious.

That’s because all four flavors are represented:

Sweet

• cherry tomatoes

Salty

• romaine lettuce
• cherry tomatoes

Sour

• cherry tomatoes

Bitter

• cucumber peel
• pistachios

Yep, it’s that simple.

Get in That Kitchen…

…and start “cooking” up some healthy and tasty raw food dishes!

Start with your favorite perfectly ripe raw ingredients, follow the four food flavors and you’ll be amazed at what tasty salt-free savory fare you can create.

Oh, and one bonus tip before I go…

Don’t forget about fat! Fatty raw foods like avocados, nuts and seeds are excellent for adding more flavor AND texture to your savory dishes.

But remember, a little fat goes a long way.

Go raw, stick it to salt, and be fit,

Swayze

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“Why You Should Never Eat Salt”

The main concern seems to be:

What about sea salt? Doesn’t it contain less sodium and more trace minerals, making it a healthier alternative to regular table salt?

Let’s have a look:

Sea Salt Contains Less Sodium Chloride

This may be true for some sea salt brands, but not for the majority of them.

Most sea salts actually do not contain any less sodium chloride than regular table salt, which contains around 99% NaCl!

Himalayan salt, while not evaporated from seawater, is another heavily-marketed “healthy” salt. And yet even Himalayan salt contains about 98% (perhaps as low as 95%) sodium chloride.

Celtic sea salt contains the lowest amount at around 84% sodium chloride.

The bottom line? All extracted sodium chloride, including sea salt, is comprised of mostly sodium chloride.

Sea Salt is Full of Trace Minerals

It’s true that sea salt does contain trace minerals while table salt does not. But what’s most important here is quantity.

As I said above, sea salt contains about 98-99% sodium chloride. That leaves a measly 1-2% for trace minerals like magnesium, calcium, and sulfur.

Even if you were to add a whole heaping teaspoon of salt to a meal (please don’t ever do this!), you would still only receive negligible amounts of minerals.

You would literally have to consume a massive amount of the stuff to receive any meaningful amount of these minerals, which means consuming massive amounts of sodium chloride right along with it.

Wouldn’t it be much safer, healthier, and more efficient to get your minerals from whole foods?

Fruits and Veggies Win Again!

You do not need to consume table salt, sea salt, or any other form of extracted sodium chloride to be healthy. In fact, it’s best to avoid salt completely.

You can get all the minerals you need, in the forms, quantities, and combinations that you need them, simply by consuming a healthy diet of raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.

Go raw and be fit,

Swayze

P.S. While the best raw food diet is predominated by fruit, you must also consume tender greens like romaine, spinach, and celery if you want to thrive on raw foods. Ideally, this means consuming 2-6% of your calories from greens.

I know that doesn’t sound like much, but let me put it into perspective for you. If you eat 2000 calories per day, 40 of those calories should come from greens to meet the 2% minimum.

40 calories of red leaf lettuce is about 9 ounces, or just under an entire head!

Personally, I eat much more than this (typically between 12-16 oz. per salad, not including other ingredients like tomatoes, cucumber, etc.) just about every night for dinner in a big salad. Or I just eat the greens plain with some fruit, taking a bite of fruit, then a bite of greens, then fruit, then greens, and so on.

And I eat it all without any salt, spices, or other unhealthy condiments.

I know, I know, I know! That’s far too much food and far too bland without salt and spices!

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These “stews” are full of greens and deliciousness, yet completely salt-free and low-fat! They’re absolutely perfect if you’re new to raw and can’t yet stomach the thought (or sight!) of a super big salt-free salad.

And if you can, then just do what I do and make a double batch!

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Why?

Because salt is unhealthy.

Many people do not believe this because it seems that we can eat sooo much salt and still live to tell the tale.

Just look at the United States. The average American consumes 3,466 milligrams of salt each day and while our health is anything but lively, we still live to be almost 80 years old on average!

But that does not mean salt is anything but toxic. Here’s the proof:

Salt Makes You Thirsty

What happens after just one bite of a salty meal like popcorn, pizza, or Chinese take-out? You get terribly thirsty.

Okay, pretty obvious. But this thirst is actually telling you something very important.

It’s a sign that your body is doing everything it can to get rid of the poison, namely by creating thirst so that you’ll drink something (hopefully water and not cola) to dilute the toxin you’ve just ingested.

When you ingest salt, the delicate sodium/potassium balance is thrown out of whack. To compensate for the extra sodium in your blood, water molecules move from your cells into the bloodstream via osmosis in an attempt to restore balance. This leaves a water deficit in the cells, aka dehydration.

Dehydration is never a good thing and is why your body calls out for more water. If you ever feel thirsty, it is because you are dehydrated.

If a food makes you thirsty at all, it is toxic and you shouldn’t eat it!

Salt Makes You Sweat

So what happens after a few more bites of that salty dish? You get seriously sweaty.

Another no-brainer, but do you know the reason? It’s because in addition to the liver and kidneys, your skin is a major source of detoxification. In other words, sweating is simply another way for your body to eliminate the toxin that is salt.

Don’t believe me? Eat a salty meal and then taste your sweat. Pretty salty, eh? Now you know why.

And yes, when you give up salt for good, your sweat will no longer taste like a salt lick. Definitely a plus!

Salt Makes You Burn

And in more ways than one! Not only does salt in an open wound hurt like a you-know-what, but it also burns your tongue.

Contrary to popular belief, salt does not “enhance” the flavor of the foods you eat. What it does is chemically irritate your taste buds. This makes them more sensitive to the food, ultimately dulling your sense of taste.

This is why chronic salt users need more and more and more salt added to their foods to receive the same flavor hit that they used to receive from lower doses.

And actually, salt may burn you in yet another way. Since giving up the stuff, my skin no longer burns so easily in the sun like it did in the past. In fact, I can lay out in full sun at NOON and not burn a bit!

Salt Makes You Vomit

Okay Swayze, now you’re talking crazy. I just ate an entire dish of salted peanuts and I don’t feel the urge to upchuck one bit. Explain yourself!

“Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink.”

I’m sure you’ve heard that bit of poetry before, but do you know what it’s referencing? It’s the vast and mighty ocean.

Why not a drop to drink? Because at around 3.5% dissolved salts, seawater is extremely salty! Drink enough of the stuff and you will vomit it up.

Similar to the urge to drink water after a salty meal, the urge to vomit after consuming an even heavier dose of salt is your body’s attempt at getting rid of the stuff. When ingested, heavy amounts of salt water induce retching by irritating your gastrointestinal tract.

Your stomach contracts and you vomit.

And while unpleasant, vomiting is a life-saving reaction. If you were to keep this large amount of salt in your body without access to any pure water, you would become extremely dehydrated, your kidneys would shut down, and you would die.

Salt Makes You…Dead!

Yep, salt’s a killer too. And not just for those crazy enough to sample the salty sea.

As I said, Americans consume 3,466 mg of sodium a day (the government recommends 1,500-2300 mg, or 1/2-1 teaspoon). This seriously unhealthy practice has been linked to big killers such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and (no surprise here) kidney disease.

But We Need Sodium!

Yes, we do. Sodium is absolutely vital for regulating body fluids and maintaining your muscular and nervous systems.

We also need chloride, as it is necessary for regulating body fluids and the formation of stomach acids.

What we don’t need is sodium chloride (NaCl). Both minerals in this compound are completely useless to the body. They cannot be broken down, which means they go into the body as NaCl, pass through the body as NaCl, and exit the body as NaCl.

So then where do we get our sodium?

From fresh produce, of course! A diet sufficient in raw fruits and veggies will provide all the sodium AND chloride you need. Most importantly, these foods in their whole states present both minerals in forms and combinations that are actually useable by the body.

But the best part?

Tangerines won’t make you thirsty, strawberries won’t make you sweat, bananas won’t burn ya, peaches won’t make you puke, and cantaloupes certainly won’t kill you.

You may go a little fruit-happy, but consider it a good thing.

Go raw and be fit,

Swayze

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And the best part? It’s all totally healthy!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the raw gurus are lying to you. These so-called “gourmet” raw recipes are so-totally-NOT healthy and you should avoid them at all costs if you really want to thrive on a a raw food diet.

Luckily, there are a few easy ways to spot these dastardly dishes. Here, I’ll show you…

Gourmet Raw Recipes

Below is a recipe I found at Gone Raw and it is the perfect example of the types of recipes that comprise a gourmet raw food diet:

Orange Creamsicle Tarts

Macaroon Crust:

Here’s what really makes this recipe “gourmet”:

Gourmet Raw is Full of Fat

Take a look at some of the ingredients above: dried coconut, cashews, and coconut oil.

What do all of these foods have in common? They’re all full of fat! Cashews contain around 67% fat, coconut meat about 83%, and oil is nothing but 100% pure fat.

I averaged out the amount of fat in this recipe using Nutridiary and discovered some pretty disconcerting figures…

Each tiny tart contains 860 calories with a whopping 63% coming from fat!

Is it any wonder that so many raw foodists complain of fatigue and hunger cravings when all they’re filling up on is slow-digesting, unsatisfying fatty recipes like this one?

Gourmet Raw is Poorly Combined

In addition to being fatty, many gourmet raw food recipes are also full of sugar. And while I think sugar from fruit is fabulous, I never recommend mixing it with tons of fat.

And yet, this is exactly what you see in the recipe above. You’ll notice that the ingredients list includes lots of cashews (fat) and agave nectar (sugar). It also contains orange juice (more sugar) and dried coconut (more sugar AND fat).

This recipe is the definition of poor food combining. If you want to properly digest your food and avoid tummy troubles, you need to leave fats and sweets separate, especially when dried.

But if it’s gas and bloating that you seek, by all means chow down!

Gourmet Raw is Full of Salt and Spices

Because a diet of raw fruits and veggies is so bland and boring, salt and other condiments like pepper, garlic, onion, chilies, cayenne pepper, cacao, etc are often added to recipes to crank up the flavor.

These flavor-enhancers serve no nutritional purpose whatsoever and are very irritating to the body.

Salt (usually in the form of Himalayan sea salt, Nama Shoyu, or Bragg’s Liquid Aminos) is particularly toxic. And while the raw dessert above only calls for a pinch of salt, this is still an unhealthy amount.

Think of it as a pinch of poison!

Gourmet Raw is Not Really Raw

Gasp!

Yep, it’s true. Most gourmet raw recipes are not really raw. Why? Because they either contain ingredients that are dried or refined or they utilize equipment (e.g. dehydrators) that further dries out the entire dish.

Let’s return to the orange tart recipe one more time. Do you see what I see?

Lots of dried ingredients like coconut and cashews, right? And of course, we can’t forget the refined “raw” sweeteners like agave nectar and oils like coconut oil that aren’t really raw either.

Give Up the Gourmet

While you probably won’t find all of these factors in every unhealthy raw recipe, just one is often enough to justify the “gourmet” label.

For instance, this broccoli soup contains no raw sweeteners or other sugary sources, yet it is still full of fat and salt. You can be sure that this dish is indeed “gourmet” and should be avoided.

If you’re still unsure whether a raw recipe is healthy or not, these guidelines for making healthy raw recipes should help you out.

Go raw, give up the gourmet, and be fit,

Swayze

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So you’ve been on a raw food diet for a while now and you feel stuck. You have cravings all the time, you have low energy, you haven’t experienced the health and vitality that everyone talks about, and you definitely don’t have “the glow”.

You aren’t alone. There’s a reason you and so many like you are dismayed by your results (or lack thereof) from your switch to raw foods. You’re doing it all wrong.

But don’t worry, it’s an easy fix. Take a look at these 5 common mistakes made by raw foodists to see if one, two, or even all of them can be blamed for your raw food woes.

Mistake #1: Eating Too Much Fat

By far the biggest mistake made on a raw food diet is overdoing it on fat. You may think this is hard to do on only raw foods, but you are mistaken. Avocados, nuts, seeds, olives, and oils are all comprised of mostly fat (75%+)

What’s the problem with too much? For one, a diet high in fat is the true cause of high blood sugar, but it also interferes with the transportation of oxygen through blood and has been linked to several mental and physical ailments.

Plus, fatty foods just are not satiating. Even if you get enough calories, you will likely still experience tremendous cravings for foods like bread and pasta because your body need carbs. Lacking fuel, fatigue will set in as well.

Remedy: Limit your fat intake to no more than 10% of total calories. It’s okay to have some days that are higher in fat, but the average should be 10% or less. This typically means one to two ounces of nuts/seeds or half to three quarters of a medium avocado.

Mistake #2: Eating Too Little Fruit

The reason it’s so hard to maintain a diet of mostly fat (raw or not) is because your body naturally craves sugar-rich carbohydrates. Your entire body runs on sugar and everything you eat, carbohydrate-rich or not, has to be converted to simple sugar before it can be fully utilized by the cells.

Now, I’m certainly not telling you to go chow down on pasta or garlic bread. Grains should definitely be avoided for optimal health. What I’m saying is that you need to eat more fresh, whole, ripe, raw, sweet, delicious, nutritious, and simple sugar-rich fruit.

If you want to succeed on a raw food diet, you have to get the majority of your calories from fruit.

Remedy: Eat as much fruit as you want for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Make sure all the fruit you eat is good quality and at the peak of ripeness.

Mistake #3: Eating Too Much Salt

Besides eating far too much fat in the form of avocados, nuts, and oils, raw foodists are known for consuming waaaaay too much salt.

Ever wonder why you hands and face swell up and your heart races after eating a particularly salty meal? It’s because salt is a toxin. Your body is doing its best to completely eliminate it from your body.

If you REALLY want to see your health soar, you need to completely eliminate all salt (yes, even “healthy” sea salt) from your diet. You can get all the minerals you need, including sodium, from fresh fruits and greens.

Remedy: Eliminate all salt from your diet. Instead, turn to ingredients like sun-dried tomatoes, lemon juice, and mild herbs to add great flavor to your savory raw salads, soups, and sauces.

Mistake #4: Eating Too Many Refined Foods

Even though many raw foodists love to claim that they eat a 100% raw and natural diet, the simple fact is that the vast majority of them eat way too many refined foods. Dried fruit, dried nuts and seeds, and refined sweeteners are used in abundance to make everything from flax seed crackers to chocolate mouse.

Remember, this is a RAW food diet we are talking about here. Refined foods, even if they are only sun-dried, are no longer truly raw.

Remedy: Keep refined foods like dried fruits to a minimum. The bulk of your calories should come from whole, fresh foods.

Mistake #5: Eating Complicated Recipes

Finally, a huge mistake in the raw food movement has to do with complicated recipes that ignore food combining. To show you what I mean check out this popular raw dessert:

Raw Brownies

Brownies

• 1 cup ground pecans
• 1 cup dates
• 1/4 cup cacao powder
• 1 teaspoon agave nectar

Icing

• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon avocado
• 1 tablespoon agave
• 1/2 tablespoon cacao powder

Not only is this recipe high in fat (over 50%!), but it’s very poorly combined. It’s full of sugar (dates and agave) and fat (pecans, coconut oil, and avocado) which do not digest well together.

It’s okay to have a complex recipe with multiple ingredients every once in a while. But these should never make up the majority of what you eat.

Remedy: Keep recipes simple by limiting the number of ingredients used (the fewer ingredients, the better) and always remember to follow proper food combining rules.

Staying Raw is Simple

If you want to see fabulous results and succeed long-term on a raw food diet, you’ve got to limit your intake of fatty and dehydrated foods, cut out the salt and poorly combined recipes, and increase your consumption of fruit. Only then will you start to see dramatic and lasting health improvements.

Go raw and be fit,

Swayze

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