Mama K
07-13-2008, 12:41 PM
Hello. I've been looking at different Raw foods sites, but haven't found my "home" forum yet. :)
First off, I am not 100% Raw or a vegan. I think it is so awesome that many of you are and I realize that this is the premise of this forum. I have friends that are largely raw eaters, vegetarians (vegan most of the time). They have inspired me to look into this more and to question the connection between what I eat and my overall health.
After a bout of pnemonia and a couple rounds of antibiotics (I hate prescription meds but didn't want to wind up in the hospital), I got serious about eating more raw. So since January my husband and I have been juicing or making raw smoothies during the week for breakfast. We did raw till dinner for a week, but then went back to our old ways other than the juice/smoothies in the morning. This past week I tried going all raw for a few days and started getting bad detox symptoms. I have a very active toddler and I quickly realized that I have to take things much slower or I'm going to be non-functional. We are not your typical SAD eaters as we do eat lots of organic and minimally processed foods most of the time, but we are pretty far from 100% Raw too.
Anyway, that's a little bit about my journey thus far. I hope to glean some good info from you all!
First off, I am not 100% Raw or a vegan. I think it is so awesome that many of you are and I realize that this is the premise of this forum. I have friends that are largely raw eaters, vegetarians (vegan most of the time). They have inspired me to look into this more and to question the connection between what I eat and my overall health.
After a bout of pnemonia and a couple rounds of antibiotics (I hate prescription meds but didn't want to wind up in the hospital), I got serious about eating more raw. So since January my husband and I have been juicing or making raw smoothies during the week for breakfast. We did raw till dinner for a week, but then went back to our old ways other than the juice/smoothies in the morning. This past week I tried going all raw for a few days and started getting bad detox symptoms. I have a very active toddler and I quickly realized that I have to take things much slower or I'm going to be non-functional. We are not your typical SAD eaters as we do eat lots of organic and minimally processed foods most of the time, but we are pretty far from 100% Raw too.
Anyway, that's a little bit about my journey thus far. I hope to glean some good info from you all!