Is it "worth it" overall to be raw?

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 8, 2009 at 5:44am

let me know how it works out! and i guess i -do- mean the exclamation mark hehe

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Permalink Reply by LOVEBUG on May 7, 2009 at 7:33pm

i think its a process of finding out what makes you feel good. and even after you find that out, it could change. so it's really a matter of just going with what's working for you at any given moment. one day i might feel great on just fruit...the next i feel great with a small meal and 2 smoothies.

let it flow, let yourself go! xoxo

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 8, 2009 at 5:43am

thanks :) yeah i am that right now and its nice

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Permalink Reply by LOVEBUG on May 7, 2009 at 7:41pm

right on rawzi. do what makes you feel good! its all i do lately and its working out great!

i stressed for a while over food...some days way worse than others..but it only ever ended up in me making poor food choices. once you can relax and not worry so much about it, you start making clearer and wiser and BETTER food choices for yourself and your own body.

good stuff!

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 8, 2009 at 5:44am

i wouldn't leave.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 8, 2009 at 5:43am

thank you

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Permalink Reply by Gil on May 7, 2009 at 7:51pm

I don't think you should feel guilty about any of your life choices, least of all food. However, it is always good to be aware of what you are doing. Most people I have spoken to that have stayed raw have done so because they felt a positive difference in their bodies and/or genuinely prefer the taste of raw foods.

I think it is just human psychology and there is such a thing as food addiction. Deprivation mentality never works; just ask any relapsed dieter. You answer to no one but yourself, so go ahead and try out the monomeals, juicing, the fancy raw meals and see what works best for you.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 8, 2009 at 5:42am

THANK YOU. yes... i am no longer holding onto any more deprivation.

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on May 7, 2009 at 9:21pm

The health is really worth it, but I think you have to keep mixing it up so you can get a wide variety of vitamins and minerals. If you want 100% daily allowance of iron you'd need to eat 15 cups of spinach. This is doable if you juice it- but hard otherwise and pretty expensive. So for women I'd say supplement not necessarily everyday but every so often just to make sure and be in optimum health. Some people you can look at and know what they are missing. Like I could say you should eat cauliflower and watermelon. And someone will say- oh I hate cauliflower and almost never get a watermelon.. and they will have hair that is turning grey or is in worse condition that a lot of other people's. A female who says she is tired a lot and refuses to eat beets- well that tells you something.

Something you could do dave is make a nut and dried fruit granola or have chia seeds around. Even just blending banana for a milk poured over dried fruits and nuts is easy. I like to add chopped apples too. Or you could blend appricots and make a kind of pudding and add some raisins and walnuts for a breakfast. Chia seeds and water make a really nutritious oatmeal substitute. Add honey nuts- whatever.

I think the main thing for people to try to identify with themselves is are they making non raw food choices because they are being lazy and making excuses for what they are chosing, are they really just addicted to donuts and rationalizing getting them by saying to themselves that they are too busy to do raw when all they have to do is buy some bananas and apples? I think people and their addictions talk themselves out of raw when with just a little bit of effort they could have gone for a raw snack or bag of spinach with no effort at all.

It's worth it but it is hard or next to impossible for people who are unwilling to accept the truth about their addictions and cravings.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 8, 2009 at 5:41am

i see your point. i do have chia seeds. honestly i don't find me wanting to eat a donut as a craving or addiction. but maybe it is. i guess its similar to fruit. you eat some REALLY good fresh fruit... and then later you want more since it was good. i don't eat BAD SAD food really... i do sometimes... but for instance eating fresh baked bread...with butter and honey or something like that. amazing really. i mean all the different foods... i only eat when i'm hungry truly.

i hate nuts! i seriously do! although i do like some "nuts"... like roasted coffee nuts... seed? okay seeds.. :) raw cacao... seed or nut. i just hate normal nuts... so boring and i hate digesting them.

i would probably do really good green smoothie and monomealing fruit... and then having some raw goat cheese. idk tho thats an experiment.

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on May 8, 2009 at 9:29am

There is this goat cheese place just north of payson if you ever get there. They have a little gift shop and make fresh goat cheese fudge and spreads. The goats are cute to see. My boyfriend got some and really liked it. It tasted like goat urine to me- it has a funky flavor.

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on May 8, 2009 at 10:00am

Hey dave have you ever tried hemp seeds? A guy I knew at the tree would eat 2-3 avos a day with hemp seeds on them and had a bag of hemp seeds that he put spices in and would just eat them straight out of the bag. Also sesame seeds can be made into halva or tahini. Do you like those? You can make grawnola out of buckwheat that has been soaked for a few hours or a day. You can also eat it straight- it's kind of like grape nuts. I have been making "bread-like" recipes. I have used whole oats, buckwheat, rye, spelt, etc. I am really impressed by the oatmeal cookies as far as appealing to a lot of people. I am really into it from the health standpoint and also I think it can make a persons life happier- from a brain chemistry stand point. Well and also the aspect of humaneness to animals and lower env\carbon footprint is important to me.

I think if you are craving sweets your body is really craving the anti-oxidents in fruit and berries. Making fruit lether on a dehydrator could really help you out to give you the highest vibration and easiest portability. You could also combine the fruit with flax, tahini, hemp etc to make it a little more substantial as far as protein goes. Ground and soaked flax can be a great thing to get into - a mouth feel like oatmeal.

A pilot who went to the tree would always put flax on things like salads or vegetables. Then he would put tumeric or curry. It always looked like macaroni and cheese.to me. So that can work for some people- change the mouth feel so you don't feel like you are just eating salads all the time. Another flavor I like is fresh chopped ginger, and nama shoyu marinated veggies. If you have a really secure tupperware container you can take that with you.

Do you ever use chop sticks? I think they really change a persons relationship with food. I love seeing people eat salad with it. It just makes the whole meal seem more special, reverent, and delicious.

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