So, Shortus?

[Guest guest]

Am I right in guessing you don't want to answer

the question " why do you say it's good for women to

eat small quantities of red meat? " <br><br>I'm just

curious. If you'd rather not answer, that's fine but it

sure doesn't put up a very strong arguement in favor

of your claim.

[Guest guest]

Dear Ladybugg,<br><br>Thanks for your good

question.<br><br>The answer might be iron, also it might be that

moving from a cooked diet to raw, for some, probably

most, is difficult. So allowing for one small piece of

rare steak per week or fortnight, I think, makes the

transition easier.<br><br>Also I am not approaching raw food

from an ideological or religious perspective, I am

primarily interested in good health. I do think, though,

that a raw food diet, other things being equal,

produces sparkling, good health.<br><br>The problems

moving from cooked to raw are physical, psychological

and social. The physical problems, it seems, are

similar to withdrawal symptoms and can be quite

unpleasant. The psychological problems are self-delusion and

fear of entering new territory, largely alone. The

social problems are lack of support, lack of knowlege

and ridicule by family and peers.<br><br>The most

useful thing I found was developing the habit of going

to the fruit and vegetable market every second day.

If I go every day, it becomes a chore. If I go every

second day, it becomes a change. The fruit market has

tables and chairs on a verandah where I sit and eat my

fruit and read the newspaper; and sometimes I invite

someone to share a meal and conversation with me. However

I respect whatever they want to eat.<br><br>What a

good question, Ladybugg!<br><br>Victor.

[Guest guest]

Hey, thanks for your answer. I didn't mean to

needle you but I did wonder what you meant. <br><br>It's

interesting how you say the problems in moving from a cooked

diet to a raw diet are physical, psychological and

social. I was fortunate enough to breeze through the

first two with minimal problems but the social aspect

is the real challenge. People think I'm outta my

tree for not eating cooked food anymore. Can you

imagine that? They look at this diet as bizarre or

freakish. Little do they know, eating cooked food on a

daily basis is what's truly freakish. If they only

knew.<br><br>Have you had problems in this area? I would imagine so

but I'd like to hear some stories of how others view

you being raw. Same question goes to anyone who feels

like answering.

[Guest guest]

Victor,<br><br>Do you consider yourself a Taoist

(I'm speaking philosophically, not religion here).

Your posts are reflective as such even if you never

studied Taoism.<br><br>And are you one or 2 people? I

first thought one, then saw dialogue between " Victor "

and " Shortus " . Then I got this mental image of 2 gay

rawfood Aussies, but now looks like you are only one.

You're probably just psychotic from too much raw food.

Haah. I'm not close to 100% but probably 50 to 75% much

of the time and I've noticed I haven't gotten sick

for over 2 years myself. Not quite mentally prepared

for 100% but have a longer term goal of being close

to, but not necessarily at, 100%.<br><br>P.S. Almost

everyone I know are morons too! Except I found some

intelligent life at Ralph Nader's website. At least those

people there realize large corporations are mucking up

the world with their overreaching ways and their

splicing and dicing of the animal and plant kingdoms

(genetic engineering). I'll stop rambling now and eat my

cucumber salad (I assume the vinegar on it's " dead " , but

whatever, I'm close).<br><br>The " B " student, Mallon