Stay Raw After Raw Food To Slim Down – Part 2

Staying on a raw food plan gets harder between meals than during them. Breakfast and dinner are easy to plan; it’s the mid-afternoon slump that breaks people.

The trick that works for most people is having one raw snack ready that takes zero prep. Dates are the obvious choice — no washing, no cutting, no blending, just open the container. A couple of Safawi or Mazafati dates run somewhere around 130-150 calories, similar to a small handful of nuts, so they slot into a calorie-controlled day without much math.

Pair them with something that adds chew and slows eating down — a few almonds, or a spoon of tahini on the side. A date on its own digests fast because it’s mostly sugar and fibre; adding fat or protein next to it stretches out how long the snack feels satisfying.

Portion is the part people get wrong. A date is calorie-dense for its size — five or six eaten mindlessly while working undoes the point of a light raw snack. Pre-portion three into a small container in the morning rather than eating straight from the box, and the maths stays in check.

Timing matters too, if the goal is steady energy through the afternoon rather than a spike and a crash. Eating the date snack alongside a coffee, or after a short walk rather than at the lowest point of an energy dip, keeps the sugar rise gentler.

None of this is a rule to follow perfectly. It’s just easier to stay raw for a full day when the between-meal gap already has an answer sitting on the counter.

Jenis Kurma Madu is a good place to compare which variety keeps best for pre-portioned snacking, and Khasiat Kurma covers the nutrition breakdown in more detail.