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Low fat Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Ice Cream Recipe. Easy and tasty!

9/18/2014

Summer may be over but indulging in banana chocolate chip ice cream is always a good choice. Ice cream you can feel good about eating = Happiness! So eat as much as you want and yes it tastes great! Here is the recipe:

Take 3 large ripe (spotted) bananas and cut into thick pieces. Then put them in the freezer for 4-6 hours or until frozen.
Put the bananas along with 1 oz of raw cacao nibs into a blender.
Enjoy!

That’s it! So simple and tasty and guilt free.
- Nargis Khestoo
Expert Personal Trainer and Raw Vegan

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Lose Weight, Gain Energy, Slow and Reverse aging, clear your skin and more - Too good to be true but it actually is!

9/16/2014

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Raw foods have many amazing benefits! You don't have to be full raw to ge Let’s discuss some of the main ones here:

Weight loss – No matter how many raw fruits and veggies you eat you will not gain fat on a raw foods diet but rather lose weight and achieve your ideal body weight. All calories ARE NOT created equal. Your body knows what to do with plants as it was designed for them. It uses them for energy and nutrition. With cooked foods your body stores the toxins contained especially around the midsection. It simply does not know what to do with the toxins so it stores it in the muscle and fat tissues so it does not further damage the body. I can eat all the calories I want, am never hungry, and have finally achieved my ideal body weight. Plus I don’t have to workout hours a day to stay lean and toned. Heck before I worked out 3 hours a day and could still not lose that last 20 lbs. Diet is 80% of the way you look!

Reverse aging and slow it down!
People say I look younger than when I started a few years ago! Imagine waking up every day to a younger you! Plus who wants to look and feel their age. My personal inspiration was Annette Larkins. She appeared in a news report that I saw on youtube. You can look it up by typing her name in on youtube. She is 70 years young but does not look a day over 40 with no wrinkles! She’s gorgeous! Who doesn’t want to be gorgeous at 70 and pain free?! She has more energy than most 20 year olds. She has been eating fully raw for 27 years but took a slow and steady transitional approach during the whole process which I recommend. But she’s not the only one! Raw foodists all over the world look much younger than their age. Beauty comes from the inside out. It’s so true!

Clear your skin!
Sometimes this benefit takes more time as your body has a lot of detox and healing to do and the skin is a last priority. But when it happens it will be great. You will have a natural glow with perfect skin and will never have to wear makeup again!

Tons of energy!
I don’t mean enough, I mean an abundance! Like a gallon of coffee could not compare. Plus it will be natural energy not jittery strung up energy. Coffee is one hell of a drug! LOL Who doesn’t want to have tons of energy? Energy makes everything else so much more exciting and interesting and you get more done! Even workouts become easier when you have energy.

Be happy!
Raw foods help nourish you which also means you have enough nutrients for proper brain chemistry. A lot of raw foods boost serotonin (the chemical in the brain that produces feelings of well-being and happiness. Naturally and steadily you will feel better and better each day. I am often euphoric! Eating higher vibrational foods that are raw or living makes you higher vibrational. When you eat a tortured animal or products from a tortured animal all those hormones, adrenaline, steroids end up in you and affect you! They really do! You will only realize this when you stop eating them and realize another way of living is possible even if it sounds too good to be true.

And there’s more! From clearer thoughts, to better intuition, improved sleep, improved libido, ridding Pms symptoms, and healing medical conditions etc. etc.

Yeah maybe raw foods will never taste as good as cooked to me but life is so much tastier! Besides I am going to give up all these amazing and unbelievable benefits for 20 minutes of taste bud pleasure a day?!! Your taste buds change anyways and now the raw foods taste good to me and I actually enjoy them and I eat as much as I want! Now if you can’t or don’t want to go full raw you can still work your way up to high raw vegan. The more raw the more benefits so don’t think if you don’t go 100% low fat raw vegan that you still can’t get benefits.

Cheers!
– Nargis Khestoo
Certified Personal Trainer
and Expert Raw Vegan

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How to eat healthy when going out

9/9/2014

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Most people who are trying to eat healthy say that they do well when they are by themselves or during the weekday. However, during the weekend they go out to restaurants and sometimes due to social pressure they binge on unhealthy foods. It sucks to make progress towards your goals and then lose it all in a few meals. Here are some common things you can do to prevent this problem.

Almost every restaurant has a salad option. Most people just want you to eat with them and its not the biggest deal if you are eating a salad or a burger. Besides whats it to them anyways. If you are not fully raw you can also order soups and a side of veggies, baked potates (without a ton of unhealthy toppings)

Also there are healthier cuisines such as sushi. Most Japanese restaurants have sushi rolls with no meat and seaweed salad. Japanese diets are attributed to why many Asian countries lives so long not to mention look great! Seaweed salad is packed full of nutrients and sushi is often packed with veggies.

Most importantly, and I can’t stress this enough: You’re attitude and how you think about your diet will determine your success. You can think, “Oh look what they are eating, poor me, I can’t have that” or you can think “Aren’t I lucky to have discovered how eating healthy can drastically improve your energy levels, looks, mood, and happiness! And don’t fool yourself, it catches up with everyone. We as a nation are more unhealthy, overweight, sick, and more depressed than we’ve ever been. And really is that 10 minutes of indulgence worth your life and happiness.

Keep telling yourself, “It’s just not worth it” and its not. No on ever woke up the next morning and regretted eating healthy. There are so many benefits to a high raw vegan or full raw vegan lifestyle that they far outweigh any taste-bud pleasure. And if its social pressure, learn to just say No! - Nargis Khestoo

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Emotional Detox on a Raw Vegan diet and how to deal

9/9/2014

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Hey everyone,
So many people who research the raw diet know a thing or two about physical detoxification symptoms. As you all know detox is the body cleaning itself out and a healing process. Common symptoms are lethargy, cravings, colds, the flue, headaches, going to the bathroom a lot and more!
However a common topic that is overlooked is emotional detox. Remember that last breakup when you stuffed yourself with ice cream to comfort yourself? Well as you detox that ice cream out of your body those memories and emotions that came with that food resurface. So you may think about that ex and have to deal with any unresolved issues. Also any emotional issue that have been on the back burner of your mind will make themselves very clear and even in your face. Raw foods are alive and make you alive. You can no longer numb yourself or comfort yourself with cooked foods. You have to deal with your emotions in a healthy way. You may have to deal with childhood trauma, facing why you are not living your dream life, facing all the things in your life that do not serve you or make you happy. So this sounds hard and not comfortable! How do we deal with our emotions?!
How to deal with your emotions 101:

One of the best thing to do is to express yourself. You can find someone you trust to share what you are going through and help sort things out. If you do not have anyone or like the idea of therapists you can always journal. People you trust can be very helpful because they can provide feedback or a different way of looking at things. However if you just want some way of expressing yourself you can write in a journal or talk in a voice recorder. That way you can get it out of your system.

Going for a walk is great for clearing the mind and organizing your thoughts. Plus you are out in nature which can be very calming. You can also take a bath to help relieve stress.

Having a daily meditation practice can bring a sense of peace and tranquility into your life among other benefits. Set aside just 10 minutes a day and reap benefits. It does not happen overnight but if you put effort into it you will see results over time. Sit in a comfortable position somewhere quiet. Focus on following your breath. If your mind wanders, and it will, gently in a non-judgmental way refocus your attention back to the breath. Do not get mad at yourself the mind naturally wanders. Instead use that energy to focus on your breath. You will get better over time.

Listen to what your emotions are telling you. Not feeling good is often a sign to change something in your life in order to feel better. Do not play victim but rather take responsibility and see what can you change about your behavior or thoughts to improve your life. Once again playing victim may feel indulgent but does not change the situation. Your life is a accumulation of your thoughts and choices.

You can cry, and punch a pillow, and express your anger but remember not to get caught up in them. Once you get it out of your system refocus on staying positive. It is the harder thing to do but it will be the attitude that actually improves your life.

Pick up a self-help book on the issue at hand. Pick up a calming hobby such as gardening, making art or music as another way to express and soothe yourself. Whatever you do, don't pick up comfort foods. Food is for nourishment and energy, not to help deal with emotions. If you want your life to improve and change you have improve and change your choices. Sometimes raw will make you feel on top of the world, other times you are crashing and depending on what you are going through it can be very upsetting. Remember this too shall pass and the sooner you deal with issues the better your life will become.
- Nargis Khestoo

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Low fat Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Ice Cream Recipe. Easy and tasty!

Lose Weight, Gain Energy, Slow and Reverse aging, clear your skin and more - Too good to be true but it actually is!

How to eat healthy when going out

Emotional Detox on a Raw Vegan diet and how to deal

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