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The best way to keep yourself looking as young as possible involves decreasing the signs of ageing on both the outside and inside of your body. Raw food can keep you healthier in a way that really shows, keeping your skin glowing and preventing the signs of ageing. The food we eat is cooked and processed and so it lacks the enzymes that the body needs to use nutrients, but salads and fruit can fix that. Find out how to use raw food to keep yourself looking beautiful and youthful – you might even enjoy it.

Try a raw food diet

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In the long term, it’s simply a good idea to incorporate as much raw fruit and vegetables into your diet as possible. To begin with, though, you might want to kick start things with a diet consisting only of raw foods for a few days. Remember, though, that this is a detox diet: it may make you feel nauseous or give you headaches. To reduce this effect you might want to start slowly, reducing the amount of processed foods you consume until you’re just eating fruit, vegetables, and seeds and nuts. The seeds and nuts are important because they provide vitamin B12, as well as also giving you the Omega 3 oils that are so good for your skin.

More is more

The more raw food you’re getting the better. That means that you should consider juicing your raw fruit and vegetables to get the most out of them. The great news is that this is one diet where you can eat as much as you like: raw foods are low in calories, so you’re unlikely to pick up any weight on this kind of diet. Choose your favourite fruits and vegetables, enjoy eating lots of them, and reap the benefits of raw food in the health of your skin and the new energy you’ll feel.

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