Eating raw food is the healthiest way to live. I have been body building, running, and into nutrition for over fourteen years, and through friends who have recently gone “raw,” after seeing their transformation, I decided to go raw too.
Wow, what a difference in just four weeks, my running speed has increased by four mins an hour, my muscle mass has increased, my body fat has decreased, my nails have gained strength, and my energy has gone through the roof. While I was as at the New Age Health Spa, I read Raw Food / Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow by Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis, cover to cover. What I read amazed me and left me thinking, is this raw hype for real? That is when I decided to see for myself and try it, I wanted to share my experience and daily routine to all interested in improving their lives.
I bought the best present for myself, a Breville juicer. After my morning workout, I start with juicing fresh carrots, beets, ginger, kale, apples, and celery. Yes, that’s my breakfast. I prepare my lunch and snacks for the day, consisting of great salads with nuts, lots of vegetables, and creative dressings I make. I also bring in fruits, delicious manabread which is considered raw (cooked at very low temperatures), with some of my favorite raw nut butters. Coconut water, coconut milk, and almond milk are key basics for creating the best smoothies. Initially the shopping is a bit overwhelming, I even recently found raw cheese! Yes, it tastes like the best cheese although it is made with cashews.
My next purchase was the vitamixer, and eventually, I will buy my own dehydrater, but for now I buy my own dehydrated products. If you are interested in learning more and trying raw food at a great take out place in New York City located on 17th St. and Irving called Pure Juice and Take-out, the same of owners of the famous Pure Food and Wine restaurant (http://purefoodandwine.com/purejuice.html), another great site for buying all these yummy miracle foods is Oneluckyduck.com.
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October 7, 2008 at 8:03 pm
…interestingly enough, just living with a relatively new “rawfooder” can be an experience unto itself. As much as I tried to resist one can hardly do so; what, with constant brainwashing of health benifits that in some cases, I’ve never even heard of, the whirring sound of the ferocious juicer as it voraciously devours every vegetable known to man (in this case woman), the blinding myrad of countless plastic bags and containers, which has now changed our room, formally known as kitchen, to chemistry lab….alas, I submitted this morning at the breakfast table. A bowl of seeds, flakes and specs, immersed in what looks like milk, but I dare say isn’t. What is a husband to do ?