For many people this probably sounds like a total science fiction because, come on, these are main ingredients in our daily diet for crying out loud!
Nah, I’m not into dieting every January for a better start of the year, you know, New Year resolutions and stuff of that kind. I don’t buy diet books and usually don’t do any dieting at all. I think my diet is balanced and we eat pretty much just healthy food. I cook using fresh ingredients with lots of organic vegetables, whole plant food and fruit every single day. So, there is no need to do any special diet at all (or at least I tought so).
But despite all that I’ve bought my first kind of a diet book. It’s called RAVE DIET & LIFESTYLE. My old friend, who just loves experimenting with healthy dishes of all sorts posted the link of this diet book on Facebook. I clicked on the link and the rest is history 
I’m just so utterly impressed how simply this book explains the basic principles of eating. I mean seriously, dead easy! The video with the same name Eating is absolutely fantastic feature of the book. They both detail how to eat to achieve the best possible well-being and get this dream of an illness free body. And just sticking to the diet can solve so many “health issues” without any prescription drugs and doctors.
Ok, what kind of a diet is this?
- it’s a detox diet
- it’s a low-fat diet
- it’s a diet to lower cholesterol
- it’s a heart healthy diet
- it’s a high fiber diet
- it’s a low salt diet and
- it’s a diet to kill off cancer.
The author, Mike Anderson, claims that there is a relationship between diet and common diseases (well, most of us already know this anyway), but the way he explains all this is truly revolutionary. All his claims are supported with medical references from most prominent doctors in the world and their research. Yes, I was totally impressed with all this but when I started reading recipes (there are almost 200 recipes in the book) my first thought was that there is no way everything will be so simple as he claims. But it is!
The book is very clear that if you want to achieve the top state of your body you have to cut out all animal foods and refined food because both are high in fat, cholesterol, pesticides/toxins, saturated fat and hormones. Most of your normal ingredients should be replaced with whole plant food which is full of fiber, low in fat – particularly saturated fat, containing low amounts of pesticides and toxins, with no hormones and very high in fiber and anti-oxidants.
By far the most important question for me was what if all these new dishes aren’t “edible”! Well you know, kind of yucky and stuff.
The only way to find out was to give it a try with one of these recipes. There is a really simple recipe for Sweet potato fries and it seems a very safe and edible option for a start. Seriously, the result is mind-blowing! Absolutely delicious and something really new, at least to me.
Very soon I was braver and started cooking a bit wackier dishes including desserts. Gosh, how surprised I was and still am! So far everything has tasted really good. And you know what, I keep cooking these dishes until someone in the family says “OK, now that’s enough, give us some stake and proper chocolate cake” Though, all quiet on the western front so far!
The next thing you might ask is what the positive effects of eating this way are.
Hey, I’m not going to pretend and tell you that I’m healthier now, although I might well be but after 2 weeks of eating we all noticed some interesting changes. My digestion has improved a lot, I’ve lost some weight, I’m feeling more energetic, we spend less money on food, washing the dishes has become much easier because there is no grease, my daughter who used to crave for chocolate has become less dependent on it and after every meal we all feel much lighter and not brain-dead full like we used to. That’s clearly enough for me to continue with all this and yes, I do experiment with recipes and include various other healthy ingredients as well as the original ones.
Here is one of my favorite dessert recipes from this book. You know, you actually don’t need to diet to eat this lovely dessert. It’s so delicious that you will want to eat it whether you’re dieting or not.
Chocolate pudding:
Makes about 2-3 cups
Ingredients:
- - 2 cups of water
- - 1/2 cup maple syrup
- - 4 tbsp cornstarch or cornflour
- - 3 tbsp cocoa
- - 1 tsp vanilla
Combine water, cocoa, maple syrup, cornstarch and vanilla in a saucepan. Whisk until smooth. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until pudding is very thick. Pour into individual serving dishes and chill. Sprinkle with chopped and roasted hazelnuts. I’m telling you, pure heaven.
http://www.ravediet.com/
