New to the raw diet & clearing up the confusion

[belleadonna]

I'm with rawintexas. Just keep it simple. No rules. I am not one who likes to make exotic raw dishes so I just eat smoothies, salads, fruits, and some nuts. I use raw hemp oil on my salads and flaxseed in my smoothies for essential oils.

I do try to eat mono on my fruits meaning if I am going to have bananas I only have bananas at that meal. Later I will have cherries and just cherries. You get the idea. It makes it easier on the digestion to eat mono meals. That's basically it. Fruits and veggies will give you all of the minerals and vitamins you need especially if they are organic. Don't fall into the trap of people who say your will not get enough protein. That is nonsense. Give you body and chance to adjust and don't freak out over test results. It will take awhile to undo all the bad stuff you have ingested over the years. We all go through it.

Best of luck!!

[EZ rider]

Eating raw is very easy especially if you like fresh garden foods. Keeping it simple works the best for me. Listen to your body signals as your personal raw food coach. Good luck. :)

[India1121]

a).... welcome on the board. I hear you about the struggle. Here is the thing, you will need to learn to listen to your body, let go all the programming about food and follow the wisdom of your body. Don't make it complicated otherwise you will generate fear and discouragement about this life style when this is easy in truth.

first step is to train your mind and you do this with alissa's philosophie which is freedom. If you have done it yet, invest in her dvd and first book. Once your mind feels comfortable with this life style, you will naturally make adjustment and eat what your body want.


b)..... don't be hard on yourself. You seem to have so much anxiety regarding food and making the wrong mistake. Maybe what you need to do, is to watch dvd's, youtube etc... And see for yourself. There are so much example of success and great health. Since your are borderline diabetese, i would probably go with dr. Gabriel cousens, he specialize with this condition. He wrote a book about this. Or just go gently. Your body clearly need a reset. I have done a detox program with simply raw.ca and it made such huge difference for me. What you could do, is to start juicing and do your green smoothie. Many try to consume two bunches of green. If you are concern with the kale, you can use different green (herbs like cilantro, basal, dill, parsley or any greens you can find). Chlorophile is like a blood transfusion. Use raw gourmet food to help you to transition and do as much fruits/vegetables and leafy greens as possible. You can also google dan mcdonald, he lives on fruits, vegetables and leafy greens or herbs. He is currently crossing america on a bike. "i am not a doctor, you need to research"

c)... soy is process and gmo. Stay away from this. It affect your thyroid gland in a very negative way.
Rule of thumb to make sure to cover everything you need. Eat as much variety of fruit/vegetables and including variety of color.

If you don't consume raw mushroom, bee pollen, chlorella or nutritional yeast, or you don't have a garden where you can eat your leafy green without washing them, consider to supplement with b12. Please get monitor with this. Many meat eater are low in b12 due to absorption problem and vegetarian that don't eat food that contain a b12 which our body will absorb, will decline very fast in b12 reserve, especially if you are pregnant and nurse on top of it. Google b12 japan research.

Maybe you want to supplement with chlorella (b12 and neutralize heavy metal), spirulina (rich in protein) and maca (help with hormone)

learn how to sprout such microgreens etc.. And start drinking wheat grass juice. Best combination for me is orange and apple. The orange neutralize the strong taste.

Learn to relax, you will do fine. If you are worry so much, start slow.

As for the 30 days challenge, this is 30 days committed to stay 100% raw. Sometime we need this 30 days to heal the addiction to cook food.

Wishing you all the best

***what does gmo stand for?***

[Aleesha Sattva]

genetically modified.

[streetsurfer]

genetically modified organism, such as roundup ready corn, bti corn or soy, etc. Where organisms are genetically inplanted into foods. Bti is a bacterial insecticide, roundup an herbicide-polyethelene salts of glyphosate

sorry aleesha, jynx, lol