Re: Easy -- just start eating all raw food. Yea, right.

[Guest guest]

Jim,

Have you ever thought of doing a food allergy test to see if you can eat all

these raw foods? I know for me, I am severely allergic to onions and garlic and

that was in all my juices and foods. It literally burned my whole digestive

tract. I have been doing this since 1993 and hurt myself eating all raw because

of the food allergies. Once I identified the foods my body reacts to, I tweaked

my meals and bingo, I started having energy etc.

Just a thought!

Johanne

From: jrrjim

Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:01 AM

Subject: [ ] " Easy -- just start eating all raw food " . Yea, right.

The number of websites and people that have told me to just start

eating all (or mostly) raw foods, as if it is as easy as flipping a

light switch, is driving me crazy.

This is HARD!!! (Psychologically). It tends to make me depressed,

lack energy, and be ornery.

I try eating salads every night, but even my salads have a fair

amount of non-raw stuff in them -- cooked kidney beans, cooked

garbanzo beans, pickled jalapenos, cooked shoestring cut beets...

My salad dressing is good at least -- flaxseed oil, balsamic vinegar

and garlic.

And often there isn't a salad. I've been eating way too many Amy's

soups -- vegetarian lentil and minestrone -- that I get from Costco.

Also, Amy's organic vegetarian burritos and Amy's organic vegetarian

chili. I think of yet another salad and I just say NO!!! I need

something with more substance! It's COLD outside and I need

something solid!

Well, at least I've been avoiding the meat and sugar and refined

flours and acidic foods.

But this " all raw " stuff is really hard for me to do.

When I slip up bad I usually make myself egg sandwiches with organic

eggs, fake sausage patties (heaven forbid SOY PROTEIN) and even a

thin slice of cheese, on whole grain bread. Not the best dinner for

a cancer patient, that's for sure.

I often prefer NO FOOD to raw food. Usually I eat nothing until

noon, opting instead for a slew of supplements that all need to be

taken on an empty stomach: 7:00 AM beta glucan, 8:00 AM ABM mushroom

capsules, 9:00 AM parasite cleanse, 10:00 AM either IP6 OR

artemisinin (part of a 12 hour protocol), then 12:00 noon Budwig mix

with supplements for lunch. So I often get NO raw food until late

afternoon or evening (except maybe fruits and nuts in the Budwig

mix). The Budwig mix often lasts from noon to 6:00 PM -- huge

caloric load there with the flaxseed oil, CC, and other foods added

in, so no hunger for quite awhile.

The Wigmore guy I know says I'm nuts. " Just eat all raw " he

says, " and you won't need any of those supplements " . He told me this

while munching down 8 varieties of desserts, sushi from a sushi

platter, pumpkin bread, and potatoes au-grautin at a pot luck

dinner. " Just eat all raw, dude! Munch munch munch munch " . He

noticed me staring at his plate. " Oh -- this stuff. I'll fast next

week and get back on the wagon " he said.

Please forgive me! I'm type O blood and I think Kelley would rate me

a " mixed " type that leans fairly heavily towards a heavy protein

eater, while remaining somewhat mixed.

Any suggestions for doing better on the raw food?

[Guest guest]

Hi Jim,

I loved going raw! But it isn't easy for everyone. I recommend a slow

transition diet for you. But that's actually what you are already

doing.

You don't need to eat a salad for your meal. Just eat a salad before

your meal. Eat more raw, less cooked.

And to amazingly truthful with you, I did great on the diet while in

Florida. But when I moved to Vermont, it was nearly impossible for me

to keep up with it due to the extreme cold. You can make yourself some

mostly raw soups, though.

Don't listen to your Wigmore friend. He is abusing the diet.

And one more thing about diet. The only diets that will work are the

ones you actually enjoy. Perhaps raw food isn't for you. Don't force

yourself to eat a diet that feels unnatural. For me, it was so easy, so

I knew I was ready for it.

Best of luck.

ar

--

Arlyn Grant

arlynsg@...

[Guest guest]

> But this " all raw " stuff is really hard for me to do.

> Any suggestions for doing better on the raw food?

How are you with juicing? This could up your raw percentage by quite

a bit if you could get a number of juices in a day.

Perhaps you've tried this already: go to bookstore and browse through

some raw food cookbooks to get some new ideas.

How about fruit smoothies? freeze chosen fruit and then mix up in

blender.

green smoothies can be a great way of getting greens other than in

salad. Mix greens (spinach, kale, lettuce etc) with fruit in blender.

lots of 'recipes' on the web for these. They dont end up tasting like

greens if you're sick of them.

invest in a dehydrator (some small cheap models available to try it

out) so you could make different crackers and patties, dried fruit

and so on. This adds to variety.

It isn't easy to change your diet. Do what you can. Good luck!

[Guest guest]

I hear you. I did 6 weeks of a carrot tumeric juice fast in nov. I

allowed myself a meal of cooked veggies (beets cauliflower brussel

sprouts with three bites of meat in the evening)

Thankfully I am a savory type person not wanting sugar. When I was

getting really bad wanting something to chew I allowed myself a bite

or two. That is how I got through it.

Cheri

>

> The number of websites and people that have told me to just start

> eating all (or mostly) raw foods, as if it is as easy as flipping a

> light switch, is driving me crazy.

>

> This is HARD!!! (Psychologically). It tends to make me depressed,

> lack energy, and be ornery.

>

> I try eating salads every night, but even my salads have a fair

> amount of non-raw stuff in them -- cooked kidney beans, cooked

> garbanzo beans, pickled jalapenos, cooked shoestring cut beets...

>

> My salad dressing is good at least -- flaxseed oil, balsamic vinegar

> and garlic.

>

> And often there isn't a salad. I've been eating way too many Amy's

> soups -- vegetarian lentil and minestrone -- that I get from Costco.

> Also, Amy's organic vegetarian burritos and Amy's organic vegetarian

> chili. I think of yet another salad and I just say NO!!! I need

> something with more substance! It's COLD outside and I need

> something solid!

>

> Well, at least I've been avoiding the meat and sugar and refined

> flours and acidic foods.

>

> But this " all raw " stuff is really hard for me to do.

>

> When I slip up bad I usually make myself egg sandwiches with organic

> eggs, fake sausage patties (heaven forbid SOY PROTEIN) and even a

> thin slice of cheese, on whole grain bread. Not the best dinner for

> a cancer patient, that's for sure.

>

> I often prefer NO FOOD to raw food. Usually I eat nothing until

> noon, opting instead for a slew of supplements that all need to be

> taken on an empty stomach: 7:00 AM beta glucan, 8:00 AM ABM mushroom

> capsules, 9:00 AM parasite cleanse, 10:00 AM either IP6 OR

> artemisinin (part of a 12 hour protocol), then 12:00 noon Budwig mix

> with supplements for lunch. So I often get NO raw food until late

> afternoon or evening (except maybe fruits and nuts in the Budwig

> mix). The Budwig mix often lasts from noon to 6:00 PM -- huge

> caloric load there with the flaxseed oil, CC, and other foods added

> in, so no hunger for quite awhile.

>

> The Wigmore guy I know says I'm nuts. " Just eat all raw " he

> says, " and you won't need any of those supplements " . He told me this

> while munching down 8 varieties of desserts, sushi from a sushi

> platter, pumpkin bread, and potatoes au-grautin at a pot luck

> dinner. " Just eat all raw, dude! Munch munch munch munch " . He

> noticed me staring at his plate. " Oh -- this stuff. I'll fast next

> week and get back on the wagon " he said.

>

> Please forgive me! I'm type O blood and I think Kelley would rate me

> a " mixed " type that leans fairly heavily towards a heavy protein

> eater, while remaining somewhat mixed.

>

> Any suggestions for doing better on the raw food?

>