Amanda Seyfried openly credits a raw food diet for her new found slimmer figure. The diet consists of eating only unprocessed and uncooked foods. When food is cooked, you destroy the digestive enzymes and the positive nutritional. The diet includes lots of fruits, veggies and nuts, but it also can include sushi or homemade cheeses and yogurts. If you can hand-make it from raw parts, you can eat it.

Seyfried admitted that the diet is working to keep her slim, but whether she enjoys the diet is another story. Perhaps she should try the green drink diet like Robin Quivers. She lost 70 pounds. And if she tried a great tasting powdered drink like Everyday Fruits and Greens, it would be nearly as hard. At least she could do it in conjunction with the raw foods thing.

“It’s intense. And sort of awful,” Seyfriend said. “Yesterday for lunch? Spinach. Just spinach, spinach and some seeds.”

Seyfried shouldn’t have to suffer for her art. A couple daily green drink smoothies could definitely serve the same purpose, and be a lot more satisfying.

Self-proclaimed celebrity diet doctor Dr. Marc Lawrence claims the raw foods diet is the best way to lose weight.

“Raw food is a great diet,” Lawrence said. “If you are looking to lose weight, it is good to eat foods that are high in water content like vegetables. The raw food diet purports eating foods that are high in water, low in calories and high in nutrition. The reason we are fat is because we are eating processed foods, so a diet that says only eat unprocessed, natural foods is great.”

Recently came across this post about Robin Quivers from the Howard Stern show who recently went on a vegan diet and lost 70 pounds. Gee, she didn’t really look that overweight to me, but I haven’t seen her on the tube in a few years.

Anyway, Robin says “I have a Magic Bullet [blender] in my office, and I put in these nutritional powders containing wheat grass and alfalfa in my juices.  [Other cast members] look at it and say, ‘I can’t imagine surviving on that or even wanting to.’

Well, most green drinks do tend to taste pretty nasty. So I recommended Everyday Fruits and Greens to her, and others with a comment on the post. With Everyday Fruits and Greens, you definitely don’t have to ‘just survive.’ You can’t wait to have your daily greens.

It’s probably safe to assume that “high ORAC” is “good.”  And if high ORAC fruits and vegetables are good for you, are juices, powders, concentrates and capsules made from them? At Nurish, we would definitely like to think so. But UltimateFatburner points out many reasons why the laboratory test known as ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) developed by USDA researchers at Tufts University that rates the antioxidant levels of fruits and vegetables can be misleading. Read the article that takes a closer look at what ORAC values really mean, and – more importantly – what their limitations are.

Some really good information that points out that processing and other factors can limit the value, and the nutrition of the particular food or processed food.

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What exactly is a free radical? Free radicals are atoms, molecules or ions that have lost an electron due to oxidation rendering them ”unstable.” When free radicals interact with certain chemical reactions in the body, they can create significant damage to healthy cells. In fact, free radicals are believed to be a major contributor to the accelerated aging process of organs and tissue.

So what is “oxidation?”Actually, oxidation is not unlike the process we know as “rust” on automobiles. When metal interacts long enough with oxygen it becomes weak and flaky. It degenerates and decays. A similar process takes place in our bodies when free radicals are formed due to external factors such as pollution, radiation, smoke or through internal processes such as during metabolism. An abundance of free radicals can weaken our immune system that can lead to diseases like cancer, senile dementia, heart disease, macular degeneration, osteoarthritis and chronic pulmonary disease to name a few.

So what is an Antioxidant? Simply put , an antioxidant is a molecule capable of slowing or preventing the oxidation of other molecules. Often times you will hear antioxidants referred to phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are chemical compounds that occur naturally in plant foods.  It is true, some antioxidants are phytonutrients and vise-versa.

The trick is to find foods high in both.  Where can we find such foods?  You got it – fruits, vegetables and greens!  These foods are packed with phytonutrients and antioxidants among other nutritional compounds.  The richer the color, the greater its phytonutritional power; sometimes referred to as ”ORAC” which stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity.  The higher the ORAC the greater its antioxidant power.

You might be telling yourself:  “Ah, I can get that with my over-the-counter multi-vitamin.”  Guess again, these powerful plant compounds are not found in vitamin capsules or pills.  You have to eat the real deal and a whole lot of them if you want to see a noticeable impact on your health.

Oh, did I mention - Everyday Fruits & Greens™ has an ORAC value of over 10,000!  That’s 25 servings of fruits, vegetables and greens all in one delicious-tasting blend!

So drink up everyone!