**I posted this in the main forum, but am posting it here for those who lurk in these parts... I am in DESPERATE NEED of advice! Please help!!**

Hello all!

I am currently writing a research paper, and chose to write on the raw and living foods diet. My paper cannot just be a report or a synopsis of the raw food diet--it must PROVE something about this diet. I need some help with my thesis. It needs to be specific so that the length of my paper does not get out of hand. My paper must be 5-8 pages, double spaced.

Here is what I have so far for my thesis statement:

"A plant-based diet, consisting primarily of foods eaten in their raw, natural state, can provide all the essential nutrition that a human body needs, promote longevity, and can prevent and reverse most disease."

I don't quite like how I worded that--something seems off. I can't really ask my typical friends/relatives for help with this topic, since they are totally unfamiliar with the merits of this way of eating. Basically, the three points I am making about the diet are:


1. it provides all the essential nutrition that a human body needs

2. it promotes longevity

3. it prevents and reverses most disease

These points would then become topic sentences for paragraphs in the body of my essay. But maybe there are better and/or more specific points I should be making?

I am limited by time...I need to submit my working introductory paragraph TONIGHT by midnight (this is for an online course). My full paper is not due for awhile, and the wording of my introductory paragraph can change, but my thesis CANNOT change once it is submitted. I would REALLY appreciate your advice!!

musicbebe

I would check out these articles and make my introductory paragraph hit on the topics that are listed -- and take from the main points -

[www.living-foods.com]

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Living and Raw Foods

Is cooked food good for us? - Read why it is toxic!

Should we eat living foods or cooked foods? - If you read the article you find the answer.

Why Switch to a Living Foods Diet - Learn the various reasons.

Ten Advantages of eating Raw - Briefly learn the advantages..

Raw Food Questions and Answers - The Nature's First Law authors answer many common questions.

Living Foods Defined - By The Mother of Living Foods, Ann Wigmore.

Raw Fresh Produce vs. Cooked Food - Informative long article.

Why Raw - Why eat raw foods.

Why Raw Food- yet another article discussing the topic.

Why Raw Food - And another common sense article about raw.

Is it raw or not? - Article discussing items to eat and to reduce.

Raw Foods: Scientific Literature (journal) Review of Raw Foods

Why All Should Eat Only Raw Foods Always - Good complication

Dietary Transition - Learn the secrets of transitioning to a living/raw diet.

Types of Raw Food Diets - Learn about the sub-classes of diets in the living and raw food diet.

Avoiding or Overcoming Problems in Raw and Living Food Diets - An excellent article. MUST READ!

What every raw fooder should know about nuts - In this newly update article learn which nuts are actually, "cooked" and thus a non-living food!

Can a Raw Food Diet Cause Changes in Eye Color? - Learn the answers to having clearer eyes!

The Natural Way - Introduction to eating Living foods.

Staying on a Raw/Living Foods Diet - How to avoid and minimize back sliding.

Raw Lifestyle Changes- Beyond the food - learn how to reduce toxins..

Brian Clement Lecture Notes - Living Foods and Health

Brian Clement Lecture Notes - Anti-Oxidants in Whole Living Foods

Brian Clement Lecture Notes - Living foods and "sub-human" existence

On Fermented Foods - Are they really Living Foods?

Dried Fruits, Overeating and Fermented Foods - Questions and Answers

Raw Seeds, Nuts and Potatoes - Questions and Answers

Interview with R.C. Dini -
Answers many raw food questions.

Feed your pet raw food - Want to see your vet bills drop?

Natural pregnancy, childbirth, and child raising - Read the experience of one raw mother..

Nutrition and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - learn how they relate.

The World is dying for & Must Know - What humanity must know!

The Relationship Between Tantra and Raw Food - The perfect complement.

Does the raw food diet supply enough protein? Learn about the protein myth.

Enzymes

Enzymes and Longevity - Enzyme researcher Dr. Howell explains how important enzymes actually are.

Enzymes - the difference between raw and cooked foods.

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For Example --

A Raw Food Diet is........Advantages of eating a Raw Food Diet are......Somes types of Raw Food Diet are.......Raw Lifestyle Changes are......Scientific studies and information about the RFD.......Enzymes in the RFD......Transitioning to a RFD....

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So to recap - go to the Link above, pick and choose from the various articles and touch on some of the most interesting and important aspects of the RFD for the introductory paragraph.

musicbebe

be sure to give lois some credit
for looking this link up for you

it pretty much says it all



cool lois

i think u should be an online librarian

u rawck!!

Lois,

Thank you so much for your time, help and direction!!!