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[Guest guest]

Jaminielove_98,<br><br>I understand what you are

saying and I’m glad that YOU are benefiting from your

mostly raw diet.<br><br>I personally do not put much

faith in what the so-called experts are saying and that

includes the nutritionalists and dietitians. They are

schooled to think a certain way and that is fine but that

doesn’t make it correct for me or anyone else. I want to

put my faith in the truth and not in authority. The

truth in health and diet is what we should be seeking

regardless of where the truth comes from—even if it doesn’t

come from the establishment. Remember that the food

menus at both hospitals and schools are designed by

dietitians and that, my friend, is nothing to be proud of.

<br><br>Here is a bit of truth to think about—EVERY living

creature that EVER lived from the beginning of time until

now eats EVERY bit of food RAW (not cooked) with the

sole exception of humans. In the animal kingdom WE are

sole experimenters of eating cooked foods. Other than

the good taste of cooked foods the benefits of our

overindulgence is debatable. <br><br>Now there are many people

who are not overly concerned about their health. They

are smoking, drinking, not exercising and eating any

and everything that doesn’t kill them the next

moment. What I’m saying here is of no concern to them

because health is not one of their priorities in life.

People have the right to eat anyway they see fit, of

course, but that doesn’t mean that there are many

truths—one for each of us. People eat for different

reasons-- some for health, some for pleasure and others for

both.<br><br>For those people who do have health as a priority I

contend that we are living in an orderly universe that is

governed by laws. There are physical laws, spiritual laws,

and laws of “life”. We all can break these laws… for

a price. Go break the law of gravity by jumping off

a tall building and see how far you get. The law of

gravity rules whether you understand it or even believe

in it. Go do “bad” spiritual things in your life.

You might have to wait longer for the repercussions

but you will… sooner or later. It’s the same thing

with the laws of “life”. In order for us to have

excellent health we have to give the body what it needs. Go

hold your breath for about ½ hour and see what

happens. Can anyone argue that our body doesn’t need air

and the oxygen it contains? Go without water for a

month and see what happens. Can anyone argue that our

body doesn’t need water to carry out its functions?

The same can be said about rest, exercise and food.

Our health is directly proportional to our ability to

provide our body with what it needs. If you fail to

provide what your body needs to live you will get

progressively sick and eventually die because of it. (continued

in next message)

[Guest guest]

I believe that the raw food lifestyle is the best

for your body and you should strive to eat as much

raw as you can, but I believe that a little bit

cooked food wont kill you. Personally I do like cooked

food like warm soups in the winter sometimes and I

believe there is nothing wrong with that. I believe it is

important to listen to your body. It knows what it is best

for it. I believe eating mostly raw food is best for

me. I feel more energetic and my mind is much

clearer:) <br> I am now only about 40-50% raw at this point

but I plan on becomming about 85% soon like i was

before. I got a great raw food recipie book that I cant

wait to try:) I will be posting some recipies from it

when i make them. <br> It is important to eat mostly

fruits and veggies in your diet but if you want to eat

cooked food once in a while and feel that your body can

handle that then i say there is nothing wrong with that.

Our bodies are amaising and can handle that. If they

werent then we would all be dead at this point. <br> I

wish you much success with the raw foods lifestyle

though because it is not only the supperior diet for our

bodies but for the environment as well. You use less

resources and your produce very little trash on this type

on lifestyle so it saves the fragile ecosystem. <br>

There is nothing wrong with having some cooked food as

long as your diet cosists of mostly raw fruits and

veggies, I believe. It is better for you and the

environment. I will be posting some great raw food recipies

soon. They are so creative unlike any recipies that i

have ever seen. <br> I wish you all the best and much

happiness:)

[Guest guest]

Wait a minute, what about Proteins? I mean you can't live off of nuts and

banana's!! What about steak and fish? These have important vitamins, that

fruits and veggies can not give you!!!

[Guest guest]

You know what? I became a vegetarian at age 12

and everyone kept on telling me the same thing that

you just said. I resurched a lot about nutrition at a

young age and I found out that the myth about protien

is just that, a myth.Where do you get your protien

you say? You can get protien from consuming large

amounts of raw food, yes like bananas and nuts. Protien

in animal products are very hard for the body to

digest. No, it is not impossible but the digestion of

animal flesh wipes out energy from your body leaving you

tired. People shouldnt be concerned about getting to

little protien, they should be concerned about the

opposite, getting too much protien. When you eat lots of

dairy and animal products all of that protien is one of

the main causes in osteoperosis because excess

protien wipes the calcium in the body. <br> Our bodies

are not designed to eat animal protien. Just look at

out teeth for instance. We dont have knife like

incisers to rip flesh be have flat like teeth to chew our

food. And if we were made to eat animals we would

salivate to the thought of killing an animal and eating it

raw because that is the way they do it in the wild.

Kill and eat their prey raw. Now the thought of me

killing and aninimal and eating its raw flesh like a meat

eating animal discusts me.<br> So in responce to your

question. You can get all the protien you need if you have

a raw food lifestyle and you get better quality

protien because it is more easilly absorbed.<br> No, i am

not a certified nutritionist but I have read a lot of

books by PHds and nutritionalist that conferm this. I

believe also that this make the most scence.<br> Two

great books I reccomend are May All Be Fed by John

Robbins and Fit For Life by Harvy Diamond. They are

Excellent books that are educational in Nutrition and they

have info on meat and dairy and why they are not good

for you at all. Both are a must read:) I became a

vegetarian after I read May All Be Fed at age 12 and I think

if you read it it will convince you to do the same:)