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[rawelkie]

I have a few friends who are also raw,but their opinion is to eat everything just like you see itin nature;so no recipes,no rawfoodprep,no juices or herbal teas,just water and coconut juice!AND......they also eat(okay,don't throw up now)raw meat,eggs,fish and seafood! :eek:
I was wondering what you all think of this way of eating?
They say that when you eat everything like mother nature gives it to us,your body can feel better when you have eaten enough of a thing and than eat something else etc....
I just think it's fun preparing rawfood and experience all those different tastes etc!
What do you all think of this?Is this how we supposed to eat??(I'm not talking about that meat and stuff,that makes me feel sick!). :confused:

[Revvell]

The meat, fish, eggs and seafood are part of the paleolithic diet. If you do a search, it's been brought up previously.

As far as just eating what's available, it's about the easiest way to go. It seems many folk, after being raw long enough, tend to go that way.

Works for me!

Revvell

[VeganVixen]

I REALLY think its dangerous for HUMANS to eat raw meat ,like beef (e coli.) ,chicken(salmonilla) and pork (trich) ,fish is MOST LIKELY ok ,but obviously not vegan .......eggs (the salmonilla thing again) ...but I know you were more interested in the veggies ,and I feel better when I eat plainly -I RARELY use nuts ,if I do they are in the shell or small portions ,If I do recipes theyre usually raw dips ,sauces or soups.....rarely cookies or anything nut or grain based....works for me as well!

[rawpriestess]

When people eat raw fish, meats etc, they aren't eating the skin, fur, bones and entrails as the true carnivores eat.

The main thing to look at, is a true carnivore, hunts it's prey without guns or bullets, kills it's prey with it's bare claws and teeth, without knives, and eats it's prey while it's still warm, with fur, bones, entrails, stomache contents etc.

Also, the true carnivore's digestive system is entirely different than a humans, their stomache acid is 3 times as powerful as a humans, and their intestinal tract is only about 7 feet long, and is straight, a humans is many many feet long, has a small and large intestine, and is extremely curvy, having many turns and twists.

Just think of it this way, If you put a baby kitten and an apple in a play pen with a toddler, the human child with play with the kitten, and try to eat the apple.

If you do the same thing with a young carnivore, such as a lion cub, they will play with the apple, and try to eat the kitten.

I read this about 12 years ago in a Peta flyer, and it changed my life forever.

So, although there may be people out in the world eating like this.

This particular forum is about SUPPORTING THE RAW VEGAN LIFESTYLE.

[lallen13]

I read something like this in "Natures First Law". Wolfe has a graph that lists the difference between carnivores and herbivores. Then he has 'human' characteristics next to it. We are definately herbivore! He says frugivore. I just know that if I lived on a desert island, I could never see myself wanting to kill something to eat it. I think some eat meat because it doesn't involve them. It just comes in a package. Before I became raw, I tried to get my daughter to eat some chicken. She cried and said it LOOKEd like a chicken and she couldn't eat it. I am older and wiser now but I finally get it.

[rawelkie]

Yes,I definitely agree with the fact that we should NOT eat meat.But,my question was actually:are we created for eating everything in it's original state?So,not prepare anything.I think it would be very hard to do it,because humans are creative creatures and it's fun to be creative with food;we need food to stay alive,so why not be creative with it and enjoy it...

[Revvell]

Yes,I definitely agree with the fact that we should NOT eat meat.But,my question was actually:are we created for eating everything in it's original state?So,not prepare anything.I think it would be very hard to do it,because humans are creative creatures and it's fun to be creative with food;we need food to stay alive,so why not be creative with it and enjoy it...

So, when you look at the various recipes here and in books you don't see creativity? For me, it takes a bit more creativity to make "gourmet" type raw foods than to throw a steak and baked potato on the Bar-B.

What I ~ and it seems ~ many others who eat raw is that ~ like cooked fooders ~ constantly creating gourmet-type stuff gets a bit tiring with work schedules, etc. So, what cooked fooders do is, go to some fast food joint and indulge. For vegetarians, it's a bit more difficult as many place offer only (WOW! YIKES!) a salad bar ~ still ~ and most of what's on it, no self-respecting vegetarian would touch.

Now, being raw, many do start with "gourmet" stuff because it helps wean them off some of their addictions. As their senses change and their desire for "real" food becomes more predomimant, recipes tend to become simpler, easier to prepare. Oftentimes, I just eat a couple of cukes or apples and I'm done ~ for that meal.

Revvell

[rawpriestess]

There is a religious sect (I believe Tibetan), that ONLY eats food in it's original state. I'm sorry I don't have more information.

When I was studying for my Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Religion, I read about this.

They will not use knives or impliments of any kind, all food is prepared with their bare hands, and they don't mix many foods together.

So, they only eat fresh fruits and some veggies, some leafy greens, and hardly any nuts and no grains, no diary, or meat.

The thing that intrigued me is that they lived a very long time, and were extremely healthy with no illness, and in a total state of peace and calm, although they were a religious sect, so peace and calm would be expected.

I remember thinking that this might be a wonderful life.

[catherinethegreat]

i met a couple who wrote a book about that ( eating the foods in the natural state only )- and I really was drawn to it. Made total sense to me
even if it is considered "the way" to some people I think we all have freedom we have so many differences in our upbringing and different things we come to raw foods with that it isn't smart to think that everyone can eat the same way and have the same results. IMHO. Everyone has to find their own way based on their own experiences.