When is it right to Eat Raw?

I was recently sent an email from reader Bethany if when is the best time to eat delicious fruity raw food.

Bethany said:

There are "certain time frames" where you should eat raw food, to maintain optimum digestion? From certain I hear that you should not eat after 6 or 7 points, some who say don't eat breakfast, or eat breakfast, or don't eat after 3, not snack or snacks ... all this conflicting info and it leaves me befuddled.

Thanks for the email, Bethany! I'll do my best to "un"-befuddle you: D

Dinner

The general rule when it comes to night eating is that you should quit your last meal in at least 3 hours before bed. This ensures that you have all your food resolution before you go to bed, which is important because digestion can jeopardize your sleep.

So if you're a total homebody and social idiot as I actually enjoy going to bed at 9, then you would stop your last meal not later than 6 pm.

I personally believe that my own time frame to be much more relaxed than this. While I try to eat dinner between 5-6 pm, there are plenty of times when I don't stop eating until 20: 00.

I sleep still fine.

Now wake up and snacking in the middle of the night a completely different issue. Not only does this waste your precious sleepy time, but it can definitely affect the quality of your sleep for the rest of the night.

Breakfast

The argument behind skipping breakfast is that most people aren't hungry early in the day and that it is better to not force yourself to eat, but wait for true hunger.

There is really no hard and fast rule on this, but the Raw foodists who decided to follow this rule usually adhere to very few meals (for obvious reasons).

For example, when I skip breakfast, eat in General not until between 12-14, and so it would be very difficult for me to eat 3 whole meals on those days. It is much easier to make my first meal, a large group, which is perfect because I have not eaten all day and then have a "normal" dinner meal for a few hours later.

If you discover that you aren't hungry until later in the day, please refrain from breakfast until you are really hungry. If you think you are absolutely ravenous first thing in the morning, by all means, EAT!:)

Snacking

For various reasons mentioned in my downloads bait, rather I eat 2 to 3 large meals during the day as opposed to 4-6 small.

Recap, grazing involves:

Constant hunger!
Tiny, Unsatisfying parts!
Boring food!!!

In my opinion is just eat some great meals so much easier. I hate that constantly Cook ... Despite the fact that the "prepare" normally means catching some bananas or start up mixer.

I love the food, but I simply do not have time to eat and intend to eat throughout the day!

The big picture

All this aside, I really would not have to worry about this at the beginning.

If you are new to raw food or with any kind of problems to maintain a raw food diet, it is very important to get used to eating a large amount of fruit and to ensure sufficient calories is first and foremost.

In other words ...

If you feel that you are hungry for an hour before bedtime, go eat some fruit!
If you discover that you wake up hungry in the middle of the night, get up and eat a fruit!
If you find that you need to eat breakfast to get enough calories during the day and then eat breakfast!
If you find that you need a fruity afternoon snack to keep you on track, well then, snacks up!

When you feel comfortable with low-fat diet, since like crude go over to the smaller "when you want to eat" stuff ...

In the meantime, I'll do my best to keep raw food police out your back: D

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