Dorian20
11-07-2010, 12:07 PM
Hi,
I have recently (1 week ago) become a 100 % raw food eater! :)
I was looking for a nice forum, and I chose this one because the atmosphere here seems great. Unfortunately I do not know anyone in person who is also a raw food eater and I'm very new to this lifestyle so a place like this to learn more about it is essential for me.
Well, I had been eating vegetarian for roughly a year and since maybe 2 months vegan until I found out about raw food and it sounded almost too good to be true so I immediately changed my diet.
Until I became a vegan I consumed protein shakes daily which I believe had a very negative impact on my health, after 3 months of drinking them I developed dry eyes! Now I can't wear contacts anymore and my eyes hurt all the time when I'm reading or on the computer. Plus I have to use artificial tears which are not really doing anything for me.
I'm hoping raw food can cure me of that, because I've read a lot of before/after stories in which people have reported of whiter eyes and whiter eyes also mean that the eyes are less dry so that's kind of my last hope.
Anyway, I don't want to bore you with my rants :D so what else is there to say, I'm male, from Germany, twenty years old, just started studying psychology...
Oh and I'm underweight so I'm hoping that I won't lose much weight.
I'm eating maybe 40 % fruit and 60 % vegetables at the moment. Very small amounts of nuts as well; I'm still trying to figure out which of them are really raw (it's a bit confusing). As supplements I'm taking 4 grams of MSM, 6 grams of Maca and I'm trying to eat some chlorella/spirulina but it's so disgusting (I dissolve it in water). :D And in the morning I do oil pulling with sesame oil.
The first two days of raw I felt great, sometimes even euphoric. Then my mood worsened and I was really down for the rest of the week especially yesterday, I was very depressed. But today I feel much better again.
I guess that's it for now. :)
I have recently (1 week ago) become a 100 % raw food eater! :)
I was looking for a nice forum, and I chose this one because the atmosphere here seems great. Unfortunately I do not know anyone in person who is also a raw food eater and I'm very new to this lifestyle so a place like this to learn more about it is essential for me.
Well, I had been eating vegetarian for roughly a year and since maybe 2 months vegan until I found out about raw food and it sounded almost too good to be true so I immediately changed my diet.
Until I became a vegan I consumed protein shakes daily which I believe had a very negative impact on my health, after 3 months of drinking them I developed dry eyes! Now I can't wear contacts anymore and my eyes hurt all the time when I'm reading or on the computer. Plus I have to use artificial tears which are not really doing anything for me.
I'm hoping raw food can cure me of that, because I've read a lot of before/after stories in which people have reported of whiter eyes and whiter eyes also mean that the eyes are less dry so that's kind of my last hope.
Anyway, I don't want to bore you with my rants :D so what else is there to say, I'm male, from Germany, twenty years old, just started studying psychology...
Oh and I'm underweight so I'm hoping that I won't lose much weight.
I'm eating maybe 40 % fruit and 60 % vegetables at the moment. Very small amounts of nuts as well; I'm still trying to figure out which of them are really raw (it's a bit confusing). As supplements I'm taking 4 grams of MSM, 6 grams of Maca and I'm trying to eat some chlorella/spirulina but it's so disgusting (I dissolve it in water). :D And in the morning I do oil pulling with sesame oil.
The first two days of raw I felt great, sometimes even euphoric. Then my mood worsened and I was really down for the rest of the week especially yesterday, I was very depressed. But today I feel much better again.
I guess that's it for now. :)