The raw model is making some changes....

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Permalink Reply by Erin on June 8, 2009 at 4:47pm

He is very brave to put that out there! I sense a wave of change coming!

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Permalink Reply by Frances Boughen on June 8, 2009 at 4:55pm

...not so much a need to be brave but to be realistic. This health 'revolution' is becoming a little too out there for many people to grasp, so not being so restrictive is key.

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Permalink Reply by Johnny on June 8, 2009 at 5:13pm

Another person who went too extreme with raw and couldn't hold on. I don't blame him. I still don't eat 100% raw all the time, even though I would like to. But I'm not going to stress myself every time I go to someone's home who doesn't have a clue about what raw food is. That doesn't mean there is something wrong with the raw vegan diet. I means its very hard to do unless you surround yourself with only other raw diet people. Thirty years ago it was almost as difficult just to be vegetarian. Now its accepted.
By the way, I find that SAD meat eaters are very respectful and accepting of the fact that I don't eat meat they've prepared.
But vegetarians get real indignant and hurt if I don't eat the cooked vegetarian dishes they prepare.

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Permalink Reply by jeffrey on June 8, 2009 at 7:53pm

Yet, give or take, 70% of the world is lactose intolerant.

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Permalink Reply by Erin on June 8, 2009 at 7:58pm

Many lactose intolerant people have no problems with raw dairy, so I think that statistic is rather misleading, as it applies to cooked milk products.

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Permalink Reply by Audrey on June 8, 2009 at 9:43pm

Yes, I am severely lactose intolerant, but have no problems with raw dairy. Kefir is way different too. It doesn't feel/digest nearly the same as milk or even raw milk in the body.

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Permalink Reply by YogaBrudder on June 9, 2009 at 10:42pm

you mean factory farms as opposed to a small dairy one could visit?

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Permalink Reply by telefunken on June 9, 2009 at 8:39am

well said Pete....as usual.

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Permalink Reply by Mica on June 9, 2009 at 2:03pm

Pete said: Ultimately it all boils down to survival...
Exactly it is about survival, what are we going to do when there are no forests left?
Not many people think of the environmental implications when it comes to consuming animal products...is it right? Is it healthy? Is it natural??
Well everything has a footprint on this planet and promoting primarily food that grows on trees makes a lot more sense to me personally. That's my simple truth!

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Permalink Reply by YogaBrudder on June 9, 2009 at 10:45pm

i don't see what's unnatural about suckling the milk of the almond. "why not", as dayton allen said?

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Permalink Reply by Raw'r on June 8, 2009 at 8:10pm

i dont think it's controversial or brave...i mean it's not that out there to eat RAF....most of the world does it. As far as health is concerned I really have no idea anymore. All i know is personally that i have to do 100% raw or nothing. The minute I have something cooked i over eat...then I don't want to eat anything raw and I just go into a vicious cycle of eating nothing but cooked food. But i guess you do what works for you.

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Permalink Reply by Erin on June 8, 2009 at 8:20pm

I only mean it's brave in the sense that he is well aware he's bursting a lot of bubbles and may be disappointing many people's expectations of him. Controversial- no! At least it shouldn't be. If someone finds it controversial, I'd say they're pretty dogmatic.

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