Comments on: The Skinny Of Raw Food

By: DietGuru

DietGuru — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:06:15 +0000

I did the raw food diet for almost a year and lost around 80 pounds doing it. I had high blood pressure for years and this actually dropped that and got me off of all medications.
Sadly I did not stick with it however I still I eat raw for breakfast and lunch, and have put half the weight back on.
I liked doing it but it took so much time and money, two things I do not have a lot of now.

However you are what you eat and if you have health problems many are cured by diet alone.

After reading this article I think I may go back to it.

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By: Different shades of raw food - Zen and more

Different shades of raw food - Zen and more — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:06:07 +0000

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By: Jamie Simmerman

Jamie Simmerman — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:23:01 +0000

I am so glad I found this article! I have been noticing how awful I feel after eating lately, and have been thinking about altering my diet. I think I’m gonna go for it!

I’ll have to start small. I eat a lot of carbs and coffee. ;)Thanks.

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By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:02:44 +0000

Ray,
I was interested in your last line about getting kids to eat broccoli, I thought I would hop back here and share my broccoli success story…

First of all, I told the kids that they were too young to eat certain vegetables and there were more grown up foods, indicating they were in the dessert range of tastes and desire for adults.

Second I pre cooked broccoli and put it in the cheese sauce or spaghetti sauce with their meal – often pureed.

Then I began making “Frog Soup” (cheddar cheese – cream of brocolli soup) while we were reading the Frog and Toad series of books.

They never ordered hots dogs/hamburgers at fast food places – their greatest treat was Cream of Broccoli Soup. I gradually took the cheese out and switched tofu for the cream….and now they love broccoli raw and so many other vegetables it is amazing.

I think that kids watch how you think about food…and since my husband and I love fruit and vegetables and our facial expressions show our feelings, they felt like veggies were the equivalent of chocolate mousse.

I think lots of kids are afraid of food that is not in plastic wrap and perfect looking these days.

Then there is Mashed Potato Mountain…broccoli starts the tree line after the glacier and salsa lava!

I believe too that kids tastes are so alive that cooking things is a good way to get them started.

Maybe that will help? just an idea…that worked at my house with 3 kids.

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By: Ray Mannion

Ray Mannion — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:04:31 +0000

What I love about this post, aside from the laugh-out-loud moments, is the realistic approach. Make a change, notice the improvement. Lay off the toxic, have a little more, notice how you feel. The motivation for eating healthy doesn’t have to come from a fear of illness. It’s its own reward. Now, if only I could convince my kids to eat broccoli once in awhile….

By: The Office Diet » Weekend reading – some different and unusual articles

The Office Diet » Weekend reading – some different and unusual articles — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:32:20 +0000

[...] The Skinny of Raw Food, a guest post on A Daring Adventure is another interesting one. My scepticism about anything that would involve not eating chocolate knows no bounds, so this was a great piece that dealt with a good few preconceptions I had about raw foodists. Obviously if an apple has been burnt to a crisp there’s not going to be much goodness left. Eating raw is just taking that to the other end of the logical extreme – the closer to just being picked (or fallen!) from the tree, the better it’s going to be for your body. [...]

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:29:39 +0000

Some important things. If you are going to eat raw you better ensure the stuff is quite clean. One result of cooking is killing germs that may be on the food.

Secondly you may feel good from the effects of de-toxing. But de-toxing is a special purpose diet not one to be sustained over the long-term (the same applies to eating raw to fix particular health problems).

Women will need to watch their iron levels. This has lead several committed vegans I know (Peter Singer fans all) to give up veganism.

By: Si

Si — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:21:31 +0000

@Laurie – Here’s the wiki page on sungazing. In short, yes, that’s why only at sunrise & sunset.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:05:14 +0000

So people REALLY stare at the sun? That would burn their retinas and blind them. Surely that is a joke? Right?

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:54:02 +0000

LMAO @ Si, I thought you were joking with the sun thing!

BTW, thanks a lot for an excellent and thought provoking post!