On average, Americans tend to not eat nearly enough fruit. Rich in nutrients and absent of the chemicals of processing, fruit is one of the most important parts of the diet. Here are three weight loss plans that feature fruit.
The Raw Food Diet
Consider the raw food diet. It's a meal plan that requires that 80 percent or more of the food you consume hasn't been heated, cooked or processed above 116 degrees. The reasoning is that enzymes in the food must be preserved in order to aid digestion and improve the functioning of the body. Because fruit is one of the most readily available uncooked foods, it's an often-used component of raw food meals. A simple fruit salad meal on the plan (suggested on living-foods.com) is to chop up papaya, banana, avocado, kiwi, raisins, dates and jicama, adding vanilla, ginger, basil and lemon for flavor. A dessert of apple raisin cookies requires 2 cups 4-hour soaked and rinsed sunflower seeds, 2 grated fuji apples, 2 large bananas, 1/2 cup dates, 1 cup raisins, 2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tbsp. flax oil and 1 cup 2-hour soaked and chopped walnuts. Process the seeds and bananas through a champion juice, mix all the ingredients together, and dehydrate the mix at 105 degrees for four hours. Flip them and dehydrate for three to five more hours and you have some delicious raw and fruit-filled cookies.
Green Smoothies Diet
Try the green smoothies diet. It's a method of eating that can involve eating raw as well; it combines about 60 percent fruit with 40 percent vegetables in green smoothies. The diet is simple, allowing you to have as few as two or three cups of smoothies a day, or as much as 100 percent of what you're eating. You can combine any fruits and vegetables you like, but some work better than others. All smoothies can be mixed with a bit of ice or water to make it the texture you want. 1 cup strawberries, 2 bananas and 1/2 bunch of spinach or romaine is a great starter smoothie. A little more adventurous is a mix of 4 ripe pears, 4 to 5 leaves of kale, and a 1/2 bunch of mint. Lastly, try a mixture of 2 large mangos and 1 bunch of parsley for a spicy kick.
The Fruit Flush Diet
Try a diet created by author Jay Robb called the 3 Day Fruit Flush. It involves a day of protein shakes followed by two full days of eating fruit every two hours, accompanied at meal times with some lean protein. This obviously involves a whole lot of fruit. The foods you can't eat on the diet are numerous--dairy, caffeine, alcohol, soda, cooked vegetables, juices, most fats and all sweets. The every-two-hour meal can involve any type of fresh fruit, from apples and oranges to kiwis and pumpkins. Because this is only a three-day plan, it's a great opportunity to try out fruits that you've never had before.
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