Bessie the Cow
10-07-2011, 07:52 AM
Have any of you read this book?
I think it must have been fate that it fell into my hands. I was feeling so down on it, so incredibly depressed and lonely. I'd been on antidepressants for nearly 2 years and I was beginning to resign to the fact that I was going to be unhappy all of my life.
Then I saw this book at the library. I had no idea when I got it out, but Kris Carr has actually built up a huge brand for herself around this book and she was interviewed on the Oprah show.
After reading Kris's book, I have been motivated to turn my life around. For the first time in years, I am completely off medications and I am making changes in my life to actively heal my body and my mind.
Basically, Kris Carr was suffering from stage 4 cancer and found a way to heal herself through significant lifestyle changes. She is not 100% raw, but she advocates taking up a gluten-free, vegan diet - with lots of green smoothies, green juices, fruits, vegetables - she eats some cooked food but says only "lightly steamed". She talks a lot about the alkaline diet and to be honest, this book is what got me interested in learning about raw foods in the first place.
Of course I have been vegan for 3 years now, so I knew there were people who only ate raw food, but to be honest I never took the time to figure out why. I thought it was just a fad that some trendy people were doing for a while...there are so many different "diets" out there, sometimes it's hard not to feel jaded and cynical when you are presented with yet another one!
The book also talks about other positive changes that you can make in your life - yoga, meditation, lowering stress levels, dry skin brushing, massage, lymphatic drainage massage, rinsing with the neti pot, colon hydrotherapy, spending time in nature, organic produce, fasting etc etc. I found it to be quite a useful compendium of natural health and definitely a good introduction, even though it is not about 100% raw food. She puts things in a way which is really easy to understand, whilst still explaining the science behind it really well.
She comes across as such a lively, happy, positive person and I personally found her story to be inspirational. Recommended.
Anyone else read this book?
I think it must have been fate that it fell into my hands. I was feeling so down on it, so incredibly depressed and lonely. I'd been on antidepressants for nearly 2 years and I was beginning to resign to the fact that I was going to be unhappy all of my life.
Then I saw this book at the library. I had no idea when I got it out, but Kris Carr has actually built up a huge brand for herself around this book and she was interviewed on the Oprah show.
After reading Kris's book, I have been motivated to turn my life around. For the first time in years, I am completely off medications and I am making changes in my life to actively heal my body and my mind.
Basically, Kris Carr was suffering from stage 4 cancer and found a way to heal herself through significant lifestyle changes. She is not 100% raw, but she advocates taking up a gluten-free, vegan diet - with lots of green smoothies, green juices, fruits, vegetables - she eats some cooked food but says only "lightly steamed". She talks a lot about the alkaline diet and to be honest, this book is what got me interested in learning about raw foods in the first place.
Of course I have been vegan for 3 years now, so I knew there were people who only ate raw food, but to be honest I never took the time to figure out why. I thought it was just a fad that some trendy people were doing for a while...there are so many different "diets" out there, sometimes it's hard not to feel jaded and cynical when you are presented with yet another one!
The book also talks about other positive changes that you can make in your life - yoga, meditation, lowering stress levels, dry skin brushing, massage, lymphatic drainage massage, rinsing with the neti pot, colon hydrotherapy, spending time in nature, organic produce, fasting etc etc. I found it to be quite a useful compendium of natural health and definitely a good introduction, even though it is not about 100% raw food. She puts things in a way which is really easy to understand, whilst still explaining the science behind it really well.
She comes across as such a lively, happy, positive person and I personally found her story to be inspirational. Recommended.
Anyone else read this book?