jevans
09-06-2011, 08:08 AM
Like many people, I have tried different diets/eating styles to loose weight or to get healthy. The most successful was Atkins where I lost 50 lbs. BUT even though I felt it was safe, it still bothered me that eating that way, in the long run, would be harmful. What about the vitamins and nutrients? Two years later, I couldn't eat that way any longer and went back to my old ways. And put the weight back on... and then some.
I have been researching about RAW and just a plant based diet in general. It just seems to make sense. Not just for weight loss but for health reasons. I always felt that if there are foods that can harm you then there MUST be foods that can heal you. I started juicing off/on about 9 months ago but then stopped for awhile. Then this past spring I developed GOUT and read that drinking concentrated cherry juice will help eliviate it. It did! Now I am more intrigued about nutrition. I am hypoglycemic, overweight have just been diagnosed with high blood pressure. It's time...
In the mean time, I have been watching a lot of movies regarding the SAD diet and how we have been told a lot of un-truths regrading what we should be eating. These movies were real eye openers:
* Food Matters - Excellent!
* Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
* Forks Over Knives
* Food, Inc - You'll never eat meat again after watching this movie!
What's On Your Plate
After watching these movies, I am now convinced about the urgency and necessity to eating at least a plant based diet if not RAW. And unlike Atkins, it feels right also. I know I am getting all the vitamins/nutrients I need.
These movies show how people have reduced or eliminated their "problems" after being on a RAW or plant based diet. Of course the doubters will say that they are just claiming that to promote the lifestyle. BUT I believe its true due to my own discoveries. First the GOUT elimination. Second, I have suffered from aches/pains, tendinitis, etc., for many, many years. I have always been in pain and just got used to it. Recently after developing some eye issues, I went back to juicing earnestly for the last two weeks. I am also an advid golfer and I usually would have to take Advil before playing to help with the pain. What I noticed is that in this last week I have played golf 6 times in 6 days and I have not needed to take any Advil before OR after. Only time will tell if it's the juice but I believe it is.
Next I will try a detox for 3 days to see how my body reacts. If all okay, I will continue for 10 days. More importantly, I feel I am on the right track with this.
If you haven't seen these movies, watch them. They are very good.
I have been researching about RAW and just a plant based diet in general. It just seems to make sense. Not just for weight loss but for health reasons. I always felt that if there are foods that can harm you then there MUST be foods that can heal you. I started juicing off/on about 9 months ago but then stopped for awhile. Then this past spring I developed GOUT and read that drinking concentrated cherry juice will help eliviate it. It did! Now I am more intrigued about nutrition. I am hypoglycemic, overweight have just been diagnosed with high blood pressure. It's time...
In the mean time, I have been watching a lot of movies regarding the SAD diet and how we have been told a lot of un-truths regrading what we should be eating. These movies were real eye openers:
* Food Matters - Excellent!
* Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
* Forks Over Knives
* Food, Inc - You'll never eat meat again after watching this movie!
What's On Your Plate
After watching these movies, I am now convinced about the urgency and necessity to eating at least a plant based diet if not RAW. And unlike Atkins, it feels right also. I know I am getting all the vitamins/nutrients I need.
These movies show how people have reduced or eliminated their "problems" after being on a RAW or plant based diet. Of course the doubters will say that they are just claiming that to promote the lifestyle. BUT I believe its true due to my own discoveries. First the GOUT elimination. Second, I have suffered from aches/pains, tendinitis, etc., for many, many years. I have always been in pain and just got used to it. Recently after developing some eye issues, I went back to juicing earnestly for the last two weeks. I am also an advid golfer and I usually would have to take Advil before playing to help with the pain. What I noticed is that in this last week I have played golf 6 times in 6 days and I have not needed to take any Advil before OR after. Only time will tell if it's the juice but I believe it is.
Next I will try a detox for 3 days to see how my body reacts. If all okay, I will continue for 10 days. More importantly, I feel I am on the right track with this.
If you haven't seen these movies, watch them. They are very good.