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Gaining Weight on a Raw Food Diet In many cases, you may find yourself starting a raw food diet because you want to lose weight. For some, it’s to help stave off health issues, others realize it’ll help them in the future and want to begin eating healthily at a young age. Everyone has their reasons, but if you find that you are losing too much weight or struggling to gain weight when you didn’t really have any extra to lose, we have some suggestions on how to gain weight on a raw food diet. There are a few options for how to gain weight on a raw food diet, and it is up to you as far as choosing which one is the best fit for your body and lifestyle. Increase your caloric intake. Depending on your lifestyle, this can be done in a variety of ways. You may want to start eating more meals throughout the day. If you generally only eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you’ll want to start sneaking in snacks throughout the day and adding some healthy desserts for after your dinner. Another opt...

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How Eilish Lost 5 Stone & Got A Medal! New You Planner, Eilish lost 5 stone 7lbs with the New You Plan and along the way it motivated her to do things she’d never thought possible. Eilish, feeling exhausted with poor mobility, knew that her life had to change. She had tried all the diets and failed. After finding the New You Plan, she lost 5 stone and then some!  We caught up with Eilish to find out about her journey and discover how she bagged herself a medal along the way. Discovering New You   NY: How did you discover the New You Plan?   EILISH: I had been looking up diets online and on Facebook, but I hadn’t found anything that stood out for me. Then the New You Plan just popped up as an ad on Facebook. I have never done a total food replacement diet before but had done lots of others.   NY: Can you describe to me how you felt before starting the Plan?   ELISH: I knew I had to do something, as I was really tired all the time and my mobility a...

Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency Vitamins play an incredible role in our bodies’ most complex processes, and vitamin D (which is actually a hormone) is one of the biggest superheroes in the vitamin squad! This fat-soluble vitamin, which is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin because it comes from the body’s interaction with the sun, helps the body battle disease, assist in weight loss and stabilize the mood. But, for a variety of reasons we’ll cover below, many people don’t get enough vitamin D, leading to vitamin D deficiency or D-ficiency . If you have signs of a weak immune system, have difficulty losing weight or battle depression, boosting your vitamin D intake through supplements and safe sun exposure may be a great first step in treatment. Why Vitamin D Matters So why is vitamin D so important? The body requires this vitamin to absorb calcium and grow a strong, healthy musculoskeletal system, and not getting enough can cause soft, fragile and misshapen bones and rickets di...

Raw Food Lifestyle Here, we are a big believer in the raw food diet or the Biblical diet, depending on where you’ve heard of it first. For those who aren’t aware, a raw food diet is exactly what it sounds like and is a wonderful part of the raw food lifestyle. What is a Raw Food Lifestyle? For those unfamiliar with the term, the raw food lifestyle consists of committing to the raw food diet to bring health and wellness into your life. There are many benefits to a raw food diet, though that definition can vary depending on who you talk to. There are three general categories of a raw food diet. We fall into the first one here, but there are two others. The first is focusing only on plant-based foods. The second is a raw vegetarian diet, plus raw eggs and unprocessed dairy products. The third one is a raw diet that includes plant-based foods, raw animal products, and raw or dried meats. We believe in the first category, with a focus on eating only plant-based foods. This is the best w...

Keto Chocolate Chips: 15+ Easy Recipes Learn where to get the best keto chocolate chips, plus get inspiration for using them with these easy recipes -- including desserts, snacks, breakfast, and more.  Read More Keto Chocolate Chips: 15+ Easy Recipes Want more like this? Visit the Wholesome Yum recipe index for more natural, gluten-free, low carb recipes with 10 ingredients or less! Maya | Wholesome Yum

How Courtney Stuck To The Plan And Lost Over 6 Stone. Hospital worker Courtney was unrecognisable to some of her colleagues after she lost over 6 stone. Within her working environment, it could be a while between talking to colleagues in the large hospital, so much so that Courtney would have given Clarke Kent a run for his money when it came to disguises! Having lost over 6 stone Courtney, was unrecognisable and was enough for her to be reintroduced to people she already knew! Courtney’s transformation has been a complete success in all areas of her life and we felt we should share her story with you. You can read her full journey, and how she lost just over 6 stone just below.   Discovering the New You Plan NY: How did you discover the New You Plan? COURTNEY: My sister-in-law actually told me about the plan. She’s a recruitment agent and one of her clients was doing the plan and told her about it, and my sister-in-law knew that I wanted to do something about my weight so...