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Anyone on here maintaining a raw food lifestyle?
I've never felt as good as I did after a few months of eating only raw/organic food... (and I lost 10 pounds in the process!). The problem is, I quickly became bored with the same menu items. It's hard to come up with enough variety... and the time involved in food prep was not always possible.
Unfortunately, we live in a society that is not conducive to a raw food lifestyle. If I forget to bring food to work with me (I work nights), there were literally NO options for a healthy dinner (only fast food!).
Has anyone on here successfully maintained a raw food lifestyle? If so, how do you do it???
Unfortunately, we live in a society that is not conducive to a raw food lifestyle. If I forget to bring food to work with me (I work nights), there were literally NO options for a healthy dinner (only fast food!).
Has anyone on here successfully maintained a raw food lifestyle? If so, how do you do it???
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Permalink Reply by sue Andrews on -
Hi Teresa
I'm also very interested in starting a Raw/organic vegan Food diet and have ordered some books to get a better understanding of food combining and nutrition.
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Permalink Reply by Jess Etcell on -
Hi Teresa,
My current diet is 100% raw - I completely understand everything you are saying. I don't dehydrate anything or make complex raw recipes, it's just not my nature to spend hours and hours in the kitchen unless I really have a Betty Crocker feeling come over me!
I generally blend for breakfast, make a huge salad for lunch and get creative for dinner (or if I can't be bothered, I just blend again at night). I always keep greens, seasonal fruit, my favourite nuts/seeds, avocados and young coconuts on hand. Always carry an avo with you - some other helpful things are soaked nuts/seeds, goji berries, a piece of fruit, some carrots and some spirulina tablets, easy to stash in your bag and if you get stuck these things will save you from being tempted into cooked or non-organic things. Consider whipping up a few treats to you can keep with you that you can enjoy in the afternoon while others are heading for the vending machine (raw chocolate, fudge, goodie balls, superfood smoothies). Don't deprive yourself.
A young coconut is a delicious dinner if you can't be bothered, just crack open - drink the water and scoop out the meat. Throw things in a blender and have a smoothie (sweet or savoury) depending on what you have on hand and what you feel like. I use my blender every day sometimes up to 4 times in the day.
Make some nut butters in advance and freeze some bananas - they are great additions to your smoothies, if need be you can then throw in a banana, 4 cacao beans, a handful of spinach leaves, a spoon of oil (i love hemp, coconut and flax) and some spirulina to make the most amazing choc/banana smoothie - i never get sick of this!
Before you go to bed each night, throw SOMETHING into some water to soak for the next day, nuts/seeds/grains/dried fruit - whatever you're eating. No matter what you soak you will be grateful the next day that you did, so put in the effort to soak at least one thing every night.
Read David Wolfe's Sunfood Diet if you haven't already - amazing.
Two resources that really helped me get into a great rhythm with raw food were Chef Teton's Essential Cuisine DVDs (which we stock) and Alissa Cohen's Living on Live Food (which we don't stock).
Chef Teton's DVD is about 90% raw and he gives some great ideas that you probably haven't heard of or thought of in your travels to date.
Alissa's DVD is amazing for SIMPLIFYING raw food to a point where it's actually easier to eat raw than cooked food - and it all tastes amazing - you wouldn't believe some of the things! If you are looking at ways of making raw food easier, watch this DVD - i had heaps of 'light bulb' moments.
If you are just looking for some more recipes or a support group - check out (if you haven't already):
Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes - www.therawfoodworld.com/ - www.rawreform.com/ - www.rawspirit.org/
David Wolfe - www.davidwolfe.com/ - http://www.sunfood.com
Raw Radiant Health - www.rawradianthealth.com/blog/
Gabriel Cousens - gabrielcousens.com/
Kimberly Snyder - kimberlysnyder.net/
Natalia Rose - www.detoxtheworld.com/
Ann Wigmore - www.annwigmore.org/
Hippocrates - www.hippocratesinst.org/
Hope this helps! All the best for your raw food journey!
Jess Etcell
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Permalink Reply by sue Andrews on
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This is so helpful,I have written all the websites down and will have a look at them,Thank you
Sue
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Permalink Reply by Bethany Chambers on -
GREAT! You make it sound simple, yay, I'm excited to try all of these things!
Jess Etcell said:
Hi Teresa,
My current diet is 100% raw - I completely understand everything you are saying. I don't dehydrate anything or make complex raw recipes, it's just not my nature to spend hours and hours in the kitchen unless I really have a Betty Crocker feeling come over me!
I generally blend for breakfast, make a huge salad for lunch and get creative for dinner (or if I can't be bothered, I just blend again at night). I always keep greens, seasonal fruit, my favourite nuts/seeds, avocados and young coconuts on hand. Always carry an avo with you - some other helpful things are soaked nuts/seeds, goji berries, a piece of fruit, some carrots and some spirulina tablets, easy to stash in your bag and if you get stuck these things will save you from being tempted into cooked or non-organic things. Consider whipping up a few treats to you can keep with you that you can enjoy in the afternoon while others are heading for the vending machine (raw chocolate, fudge, goodie balls, superfood smoothies). Don't deprive yourself.
A young coconut is a delicious dinner if you can't be bothered, just crack open - drink the water and scoop out the meat. Throw things in a blender and have a smoothie (sweet or savoury) depending on what you have on hand and what you feel like. I use my blender every day sometimes up to 4 times in the day.
Make some nut butters in advance and freeze some bananas - they are great additions to your smoothies, if need be you can then throw in a banana, 4 cacao beans, a handful of spinach leaves, a spoon of oil (i love hemp, coconut and flax) and some spirulina to make the most amazing choc/banana smoothie - i never get sick of this!
Before you go to bed each night, throw SOMETHING into some water to soak for the next day, nuts/seeds/grains/dried fruit - whatever you're eating. No matter what you soak you will be grateful the next day that you did, so put in the effort to soak at least one thing every night.
Read David Wolfe's Sunfood Diet if you haven't already - amazing.
Two resources that really helped me get into a great rhythm with raw food were Chef Teton's Essential Cuisine DVDs (which we stock) and Alissa Cohen's Living on Live Food (which we don't stock).
Chef Teton's DVD is about 90% raw and he gives some great ideas that you probably haven't heard of or thought of in your travels to date.
Alissa's DVD is amazing for SIMPLIFYING raw food to a point where it's actually easier to eat raw than cooked food - and it all tastes amazing - you wouldn't believe some of the things! If you are looking at ways of making raw food easier, watch this DVD - i had heaps of 'light bulb' moments.
If you are just looking for some more recipes or a support group - check out (if you haven't already):
Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes - www.therawfoodworld.com/ - www.rawreform.com/ - www.rawspirit.org/
David Wolfe - www.davidwolfe.com/ - http://www.sunfood.com
Raw Radiant Health - www.rawradianthealth.com/blog/
Gabriel Cousens - gabrielcousens.com/
Kimberly Snyder - kimberlysnyder.net/
Natalia Rose - www.detoxtheworld.com/
Ann Wigmore - www.annwigmore.org/
Hippocrates - www.hippocratesinst.org/
Hope this helps! All the best for your raw food journey!
Jess Etcell
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Permalink Reply by Ashia on
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thank you! i have been contemplating the raw food diet but, i too thought that i would get bored from the lack of choices. I will def, trythe sites and the tips!
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Permalink Reply by Patrick Robinson on -
Teresa, for many years I, too, maintained a 100% raw food lifestyle. But while I found it to be wonderfully therapeutic and detoxifying, in the long-term it failed to provide me with sufficiently nourishing nutrition. These days, since I'm well into my 80s, I find that some low-heat cooking and even eating fish and eggs to go along with a mostly plant-based diet works best for me.
But first of all, let's define our terms here. According to Wikipedia, raw foodism can include any diet of primarily unprocessed food cooked to a temperature less than 40 °C (104 °F). The most popular raw food diet is a raw vegan diet (no animal products such as meat, fish, poultry, dairy, eggs, honey, etc.), but other forms may include raw (uncooked) animal products and/or meat. Raw foodists can be divided between those that advocate raw veganism or vegetarianism, those that advocate a raw omnivorous diet, and those that advocate a 100% raw carnivorous diet. So "raw food" is not just a plant-based diet that is never cooked.
Being 100% raw food or vegan may not be appropriate for everyone at all stages of life. There is no better form of eating than that of raw foods for detoxifying. But to insist that it is humankind's continuous and ultimate diet has absolutely no basis in fact and can lead over time to some serious health issues depending upon one's individual nutritional requirements. There is simply NO 'cookie-cuttter' diet meant for everyone. We are ALL of us unique, so to insist that we follow some "ism" exclusively is simply incompatible with the scientifically proven nutritional requirements of humankind. In fact, my latest book on health and longevity titled "An Operations Manual For Humankind - The Complete Compendium Of Natural Health" expands on this subject. Google it.
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Permalink Reply by RICHARD E HURTADO on -
Teresa, Hi my name is RICH,..to answer Ur ?,..No,..but I agree with what Ur saying, nn thanx for the inspiration, i do feel betta nn in did loose 8 lbs within the 1st week,..but i keep going back in forth nn im trying not to make an abrupt change, just lil by lil,..but im on my way,..wish me luck nn focus,..Thanx again for all the great info,.. God Bless RICH
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Permalink Reply by tegist gezahegn on
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Hi Teresa
I had question about the superfood such as barley grass and cacao powder. I read that barley grass is high in B12 and calcuim and has other minerals. raw Cacao powder is high in iron. But i couldn't find any barley grass or cacao with that nutirtion facts on them. do you have any idea. I am a vegan and i need to take iron and B12 and wanted to substitute my vitamins with superfoods. If you also can advice me on any natural supplement i will appreciate it. My children don't drink milk and are drinking organic orange juice with calcium in it. is that okay ?
Thank you
Tegist
Jess Etcell said:Hi Teresa,
My current diet is 100% raw - I completely understand everything you are saying. I don't dehydrate anything or make complex raw recipes, it's just not my nature to spend hours and hours in the kitchen unless I really have a Betty Crocker feeling come over me!
I generally blend for breakfast, make a huge salad for lunch and get creative for dinner (or if I can't be bothered, I just blend again at night). I always keep greens, seasonal fruit, my favourite nuts/seeds, avocados and young coconuts on hand. Always carry an avo with you - some other helpful things are soaked nuts/seeds, goji berries, a piece of fruit, some carrots and some spirulina tablets, easy to stash in your bag and if you get stuck these things will save you from being tempted into cooked or non-organic things. Consider whipping up a few treats to you can keep with you that you can enjoy in the afternoon while others are heading for the vending machine (raw chocolate, fudge, goodie balls, superfood smoothies). Don't deprive yourself.
A young coconut is a delicious dinner if you can't be bothered, just crack open - drink the water and scoop out the meat. Throw things in a blender and have a smoothie (sweet or savoury) depending on what you have on hand and what you feel like. I use my blender every day sometimes up to 4 times in the day.
Make some nut butters in advance and freeze some bananas - they are great additions to your smoothies, if need be you can then throw in a banana, 4 cacao beans, a handful of spinach leaves, a spoon of oil (i love hemp, coconut and flax) and some spirulina to make the most amazing choc/banana smoothie - i never get sick of this!
Before you go to bed each night, throw SOMETHING into some water to soak for the next day, nuts/seeds/grains/dried fruit - whatever you're eating. No matter what you soak you will be grateful the next day that you did, so put in the effort to soak at least one thing every night.
Read David Wolfe's Sunfood Diet if you haven't already - amazing.
Two resources that really helped me get into a great rhythm with raw food were Chef Teton's Essential Cuisine DVDs (which we stock) and Alissa Cohen's Living on Live Food (which we don't stock).
Chef Teton's DVD is about 90% raw and he gives some great ideas that you probably haven't heard of or thought of in your travels to date.
Alissa's DVD is amazing for SIMPLIFYING raw food to a point where it's actually easier to eat raw than cooked food - and it all tastes amazing - you wouldn't believe some of the things! If you are looking at ways of making raw food easier, watch this DVD - i had heaps of 'light bulb' moments.
If you are just looking for some more recipes or a support group - check out (if you haven't already):
Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes - www.therawfoodworld.com/ - www.rawreform.com/ - www.rawspirit.org/
David Wolfe - www.davidwolfe.com/ - http://www.sunfood.com
Raw Radiant Health - www.rawradianthealth.com/blog/
Gabriel Cousens - gabrielcousens.com/
Kimberly Snyder - kimberlysnyder.net/
Natalia Rose - www.detoxtheworld.com/
Ann Wigmore - www.annwigmore.org/
Hippocrates - www.hippocratesinst.org/
Hope this helps! All the best for your raw food journey!
Jess Etcell
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Permalink Reply by Danya on
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These are great suggestions! Thanks for all the helpful tips and breaking it down in a doable manner ; )
Jess Etcell said:Hi Teresa,
My current diet is 100% raw - I completely understand everything you are saying. I don't dehydrate anything or make complex raw recipes, it's just not my nature to spend hours and hours in the kitchen unless I really have a Betty Crocker feeling come over me!
I generally blend for breakfast, make a huge salad for lunch and get creative for dinner (or if I can't be bothered, I just blend again at night). I always keep greens, seasonal fruit, my favourite nuts/seeds, avocados and young coconuts on hand. Always carry an avo with you - some other helpful things are soaked nuts/seeds, goji berries, a piece of fruit, some carrots and some spirulina tablets, easy to stash in your bag and if you get stuck these things will save you from being tempted into cooked or non-organic things. Consider whipping up a few treats to you can keep with you that you can enjoy in the afternoon while others are heading for the vending machine (raw chocolate, fudge, goodie balls, superfood smoothies). Don't deprive yourself.
A young coconut is a delicious dinner if you can't be bothered, just crack open - drink the water and scoop out the meat. Throw things in a blender and have a smoothie (sweet or savoury) depending on what you have on hand and what you feel like. I use my blender every day sometimes up to 4 times in the day.
Make some nut butters in advance and freeze some bananas - they are great additions to your smoothies, if need be you can then throw in a banana, 4 cacao beans, a handful of spinach leaves, a spoon of oil (i love hemp, coconut and flax) and some spirulina to make the most amazing choc/banana smoothie - i never get sick of this!
Before you go to bed each night, throw SOMETHING into some water to soak for the next day, nuts/seeds/grains/dried fruit - whatever you're eating. No matter what you soak you will be grateful the next day that you did, so put in the effort to soak at least one thing every night.
Read David Wolfe's Sunfood Diet if you haven't already - amazing.
Two resources that really helped me get into a great rhythm with raw food were Chef Teton's Essential Cuisine DVDs (which we stock) and Alissa Cohen's Living on Live Food (which we don't stock).
Chef Teton's DVD is about 90% raw and he gives some great ideas that you probably haven't heard of or thought of in your travels to date.
Alissa's DVD is amazing for SIMPLIFYING raw food to a point where it's actually easier to eat raw than cooked food - and it all tastes amazing - you wouldn't believe some of the things! If you are looking at ways of making raw food easier, watch this DVD - i had heaps of 'light bulb' moments.
If you are just looking for some more recipes or a support group - check out (if you haven't already):
Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes - www.therawfoodworld.com/ - www.rawreform.com/ - www.rawspirit.org/
David Wolfe - www.davidwolfe.com/ - http://www.sunfood.com
Raw Radiant Health - www.rawradianthealth.com/blog/
Gabriel Cousens - gabrielcousens.com/
Kimberly Snyder - kimberlysnyder.net/
Natalia Rose - www.detoxtheworld.com/
Ann Wigmore - www.annwigmore.org/
Hippocrates - www.hippocratesinst.org/
Hope this helps! All the best for your raw food journey!
Jess Etcell
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