Get this: "Restricted" Raw CH4

[Irish_Vegan_Girl]

For those of you in Ireland or England, Tonight on channel 4 a show called Health Food Junkies will be airing @ 7:30pm. They are going to be discussing the Raw Food "Diet", and from the review it doesn't look like they have a lot of good to say:

For increasing numbers of people, food is ceasing to be something you eat and becoming, rather, an obsession. This film introduces us to some of the most extreme food puritans - the 'raw foodists', who regard their narrowly restricted diet of raw foods as the healthiest on the planet.

I don't know whether to laugh or scream. I mean come on, "restricted", "obsession", this reviewer seems to be the narrow minded person here.


Can you believe it... Yes I can.

[T-Bird]

We just have to outlive them without any dicing/slicing/chemo/radiation....


Then they'll listen!

[TaupeRawMan]

I believe this show came on in the US a while back and is based on the disorder of orthorexia. Steven Bratman wrote a book on it titled Health Food Junkies. Although there are some with this disorder that are following a raw food lifestyle, there are others that follow macrobiotics, cooked vegan, etc.

[sport]

I don't know whether to laugh or scream. I mean come on, "restricted", "obsession", this reviewer seems to be the narrow minded person here.


Can you believe it... Yes I can.

I admit to being obsessive but not regarding Raw. I am obsessive regarding Vegan.
For me raw is just based on the fact that it is the healthiest choice.

[Seedy]

I believe this show came on in the US a while back and is based on the disorder of orthorexia. Steven Bratman wrote a book on it titled Health Food Junkies. Although there are some with this disorder that are following a raw food lifestyle, there are others that follow macrobiotics, cooked vegan, etc.

I actually have this book and its very interesting. When I decided to go raw, I pulled it off the bookshelf and reread it. I wanted to take a good hard look at myself and make sure that my reasons for going raw were logical and reasonable, based on nutrition and not based on emotion or an inner need for 'purtiy'. Bratman has a point about orthorexia. There are people who will go from vegetarian, to vegan, to raw, to fruitarian, to fasting and purging, in a constant dissatisfaction with their diet. The need to feel light and pure overides good nutrition and common sense. Don't get me wrong, I believe in a raw food diet, but I also believe you can 'go-over-the-edge' if you're not careful.

Seedy

[T-Bird]

I agree 100% Seedy!


Well - maybe 90% with this big BUT

I don't think we need to be careful about "going over the edge" - I think there are those with eating disorders that are drawn to restrictive eating patterns.

and some of them get sucked into raw for that reason - but they are not satisfied and keep on restricting and restricting more and more.

I could never have an eating disorder - I just don't care enough about being slim, or pure, etc etc. I want to enjoy eating what I eat and being as healthy as I can. I am vegan due to ethical consideration, and raw for health.

And I think a lot of raw fooders are like me......just looking for excellent health, with no need for perfection, either by day by meal or overall.

And speaking of perfection - Isn't that a cornerstone of eating disorders? Abnormal Psych was many moons ago - but I think that that is a prime consideration for the disordered - seeking perfection at every turn.

Gee - a lot of threads posted by those insisting on a "perfect" raw diet that is not the one followed by most of the posters here......

Maybe they have this disorder?

[SekhemNefer]

I think raw foodists are obsessive. I think most health nuts are obsessive!

Look...you have to be obsessive about food to care about your health somewhat. It is the people who don't obssess;therefore, don't give a damn about their diet lifestyle, who are dying from health problems.

It takes an obssession to figure out where your food is coming from, how it is grown, checking out and reading labels, etc.

Yeah, to them it is obssessing in a bad way, because they are too lazy to care. And caring too much is just too "crazy" or inconvenient FOR THEM.

So like...WHATEVER!

I do agree though...there are some people with eating disorders that may use Raw or veganism and Microbiotics as a way aid their anorexia. Some maybe doing liquid fasts all the time, too.

Therefore, I can see the concern of SOME people using "eating right" as a way to complusive-obssessive with their eating disorders. However, I think it is wrong to label everyone under Raw as having an eating disorder.


However, anytime you are a healthy nut in general, people will always think that you are doing the EXTREME, because you ain't eating from McDonald's every day.

[Irish_Vegan_Girl]

I think raw foodists are obsessive. I think most health nuts are obsessive!

Look...you have to be obsessive about food to care about your health somewhat.

I don't feel the same way, although I realize that you are probably talking about obsessive in a positive way, I don't class myself at all as obsessive over what I eat now. I love eating raw foods to be healthy and because it makes me feel good and I am vegan for ethical reasons, there's no real choice there for me, it just won't change even though I do like fish and meat but I don't have it. Getting back to raw I don't think that even if you ate 100% that it is at all obsessive, obsessive shouldn't be judged by what you eat but by who you are and what kind of way you go about the diets.

I just feel that this programme could give a negative impression for new people hearing about raw food diet.

[EZ rider]

I agree with what Seedy posted above in post #5 about if the motivation for eating is based on seeking good health through nutrition then it is a healthy activity. Other motivations can lead away from health & wellness.