Guest guest Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Hi, I am very new, and I will start with an odd question for you. I would like to hear your opinions about 100% raw diets. What do you think it exactly means? For example, do you think that a raw foodist who sometimes (ebery now and then) eats steamed potatoes (or other vegetables)is a 100% raw foodist? And what about a raw foodist who keeps on drinking coffee and/or beer and is not going to stop it? Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Someone eating steamed pototoes is not 100% raw. For that matter eating most cashews makes one not 100% raw. They are heated during the shelling process. If one buys " raw " items from health food stores that are combinations of ingredients you're not going to be 100% raw. This is just simple math. What I think about it... What's more important than the 100% label is the question of one's overall health. Striving to be 100% raw and not exercising... Or striving to be 100% raw and eating a diet that's 50% fats and protein... Not the best choices in terms of overall health. The new market for being raw is overall a good thing. I can't imagine that anyone moving from SAD to 99% raw (or 90% raw) will not dramatically improve their health. But they can continue to medicate themselves with gut produced alcohol and numb themselves with heavy meals that are difficult to digest. Or drink 'organic' wine! As for raw foodists drinking coffee, wine and beer... What can one say... They are human beings doing the best the can at the moment. It's all a process. Drink " organic " wine and be healthy! This is one way that new information gets co-opted by the large financial interests. The seem to adopt it. But they adopt it in a perverted way and only in a way that they can continue to reap huge profits. Not in a way that serves people. Look at what's happening with organic foods. It's becoming big business. But when organic only means no pesticides and has nothing to do with the health of the soil or food being picked when it's ripe - it's only a fragment. But it's one that can be sold - marketed. Over time you find out how committed one really is to health - how committed one is to this path with all its implications in relationship, politics, economics, disease... overall health of the planet, not just eating a raw pie. I know many people that say they are committed to alternative healing and lifestyle. However, when they get chronically ill - heart disease, cancer, shortness of breath, etc -- you have to watch where they go. Do they use to the doctor for diagnosis? (It's the only thing MDs are well trained in.) Do they go to the doctor for treatment? Or do they step up to what life has brought them, get educated and take personal responsibility for their problems? Healing themselves? It crisis you get to see what people's real motivation - where people's real heart is. ..wyn The Raw Retreat http://TheRawRetreat.com o) 888.EAT.RAW4LIFE f) 877.236.6999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Wyn would you allow me to use this response to the 100% question in an article in the upcoming issue of my zine P3- Pear, Pare, Pair? If you would rather contribute a full article on the differences in percentages of raw diets that would be great but other wise I would be happy to use the response if you'll allow it. Thanks Calliope We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): TV's Guilty Pleasures list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Let's talk offline. I need to know the who, what, where stuff... ..wyn The Raw Retreat http://TheRawRetreat.com o) 888.EAT.RAW4LIFE f) 877.236.6999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I thought I was 100% but after reading this I guess I'm not. I eat cashews. I've been eating them all along. I don't drink coffee anymore, I don't drink alcohol, but ....I don't have the time to be exercising like I should. I have not ventured to the path of raw for political reasons, or for earth reasons, I did simply to improve my health and to loose weight. I still love sad foods, I just know they are not good for me and have caused me to gain lots of weight and become very unhealthy. I have to admit, if I get chronically ill - heart disease, cancer, shortness of breath, etc I will be going to a doctor. So I guess I am not 100%. That's ok, I am learning and I am doing the best I can. Jeannie your time is the most cherished gift of all, tomorrow is promised to no one. The Raw Retreat <therawretreat rawfood Monday, June 25, 2007 10:45:12 AM [Raw Food] Re:100% Someone eating steamed pototoes is not 100% raw. For that matter eating most cashews makes one not 100% raw. They are heated during the shelling process. If one buys " raw " items from health food stores that are combinations of ingredients you're not going to be 100% raw. This is just simple math. What I think about it... What's more important than the 100% label is the question of one's overall health. Striving to be 100% raw and not exercising... Or striving to be 100% raw and eating a diet that's 50% fats and protein... Not the best choices in terms of overall health. The new market for being raw is overall a good thing. I can't imagine that anyone moving from SAD to 99% raw (or 90% raw) will not dramatically improve their health. But they can continue to medicate themselves with gut produced alcohol and numb themselves with heavy meals that are difficult to digest. Or drink 'organic' wine! As for raw foodists drinking coffee, wine and beer... What can one say... They are human beings doing the best the can at the moment. It's all a process. Drink " organic " wine and be healthy! This is one way that new information gets co-opted by the large financial interests. The seem to adopt it. But they adopt it in a perverted way and only in a way that they can continue to reap huge profits. Not in a way that serves people. Look at what's happening with organic foods. It's becoming big business. But when organic only means no pesticides and has nothing to do with the health of the soil or food being picked when it's ripe - it's only a fragment. But it's one that can be sold - marketed. Over time you find out how committed one really is to health - how committed one is to this path with all its implications in relationship, politics, economics, disease... overall health of the planet, not just eating a raw pie. I know many people that say they are committed to alternative healing and lifestyle. However, when they get chronically ill - heart disease, cancer, shortness of breath, etc -- you have to watch where they go. Do they use to the doctor for diagnosis? (It's the only thing MDs are well trained in.) Do they go to the doctor for treatment? Or do they step up to what life has brought them, get educated and take personal responsibility for their problems? Healing themselves? It crisis you get to see what people's real motivation - where people's real heart is. ..wyn The Raw Retreat http://TheRawRetreat.com o) 888.EAT.RAW4LIFE f) 877.236.6999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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