If you have read any of my posts regarding nutrition and weight loss, you have seen that I am a huge endorser of all things natural and pure. I was jolted into making sweeping lifestyle changes when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

For a while, I tried an exclusively raw food diet. I purchased lots of cook books with yummy gourmet recipes and devoted myself 100% to this lifestyle. I found that no matter what I ate, when I followed these recipes, there was no way that I could gain weight. I...