Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Hi everyone, My name is Sheri and I'm trying to go raw. I guess I'm learning that I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Could anyone please advise me?! I do know I should choose organic fruits and vegetables and only drink bottled water. Could someone help me with the nuts and seeds part? Particularly about soaking them? I have raw sunflower seeds that I soak overnight. What about raw walnuts? Soak them overnight, too? Any recommendations on a good book to get started? Thankful, Sheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Hi! There's a ton of good info out there, sometimes too much-LOL! But a great way to start is to just start eating some raw fruits and veggies before you have anything else at each meal, i.e. at breakfast, have a bowl of cut-up seasonal fruits before you launch into your cereal or toast or whatever. At lunch, a salad or bunch of cut-up raw veggies before that sandwich, etc. Same at dinner. For snacks, some fruit or veggie sticks. In a short time, you'll find you want the raw stuff more than the cooked stuff that follows now - you'll end up eating way less cooked and a much greater percentage of raw. Be easy on yourself in your transition - if you don't have a major illness like cancer, take the time, and your body will adjust to the new food. As far as nuts and seeds go, yes, soaking them does make them more digestible, etc. but is not absolutely essential if time is short. No, you don't need complicated recipes or equipment to start with - this stuff can be bewildering and too time-consuming for everyday use. If you have a blender you can do alot! If you can first find a few good, tasty, easy-prep ways of getting the raw in, the more likely you'll stick with it. Good recipe books include Sunfood Cuisine by Frederic Patenaude, Hooked on Raw by Rhio, and Vibrant Living(an old fave, with simple recipes) by Dr. James Levin and Natalie Cederquist. These are the ones I have, and they cover a wide range of styles of raw food prep. For general philosophy and info, Gabriel Cousens, and David Wolfe are pretty good. Check out some websites too, loads of links to people who are actually doing it, their transformations, and info! Hope this helps!--- In rawfood , " Sheri " <luv2bakecookies> wrote: > Hi everyone, > My name is Sheri and I'm trying to go raw. I guess I'm > learning that I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Could anyone > please advise me?! I do know I should choose organic fruits and > vegetables and only drink bottled water. Could someone help me with > the nuts and seeds part? Particularly about soaking them? I have > raw sunflower seeds that I soak overnight. What about raw walnuts? > Soak them overnight, too? Any recommendations on a good book to get > started? > > Thankful, > Sheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Sheri, I would say a good book to start with would be " 12 steps to raw food " by Victoria Boutenko. I also just recently read two others that answered some questions for me One is by Dr. Graham " On Nutrition and Physical Performance " , and the Other was by Dr. Jim Guest " Extreme Health " . There is a lot of info out there, and unfortunately as often as not they contradict each other, which doesn't make it any easier. Monte rawfood , " Sheri " <luv2bakecookies> wrote: > Hi everyone, > My name is Sheri and I'm trying to go raw. I guess I'm > learning that I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Could anyone > please advise me?! I do know I should choose organic fruits and > vegetables and only drink bottled water. Could someone help me with > the nuts and seeds part? Particularly about soaking them? I have > raw sunflower seeds that I soak overnight. What about raw walnuts? > Soak them overnight, too? Any recommendations on a good book to get > started? > > Thankful, > Sheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Hi Sheri, It would be fine if you could eat fruits, vegetables and nuts withouth feeling hunger. You also could enjoy some raw food recipes, at least in the beginning. And if you feel hungry there is a possibility to eat soaked or sprouted raw grains, too. I don´t eat them anymore nor I consider them healthy in comparison with the meal mentioned by you but in my case I wouldn´t be able to start with raw food without them just because of hunger. You know, everyone from us is different. Some people prefer crisis, some good feeling all the time, it is all just upon you. Katarína -- In rawfood , " Sheri " <luv2bakecookies> wrote: > Hi everyone, > My name is Sheri and I'm trying to go raw. I guess I'm > learning that I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Could anyone > please advise me?! I do know I should choose organic fruits and > vegetables and only drink bottled water. Could someone help me with > the nuts and seeds part? Particularly about soaking them? I have > raw sunflower seeds that I soak overnight. What about raw walnuts? > Soak them overnight, too? Any recommendations on a good book to get > started? > > Thankful, > Sheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 H Sheri, Please believe me when I say that changing to raw food isn't that hard - the only hard thing is the detox, and you just have to put up with that. What I do is this: 1) Have freshly made carrot and apple juice first thing in the morning - add EITHER other fruits and other vegetables to this mix if you want. I often add celery and leftover broccoli stalks. 2) Eat fruit in the first part of the day. It digests best on an empty stomach. 3) Have smoothies made out of the above juice, bananas, avocado, spirulina (a blue-green algae supplement) when I feel like it. 4) Eat a large salad in the evening - usually with avocado and some sunflower seeds (I sometimes grind the seeds in the mill attachment of my liquidiser and then add a little oil and water to make a pate). I sometimes add a few nuts, olives, sun-dried tomatoes etc for fun. A few pointers: Nuts aren't always raw - often they're heat-treated to dry them (so I hear). You're right that it's a good idea to soak them but if you don't they're still raw of course. Sunflower seeds seem always to be truly raw as they're easy to sprout. If you get cravings for the old stuff you used to eat, just eat more raw stuff - it won't make you fat no matter how much you eat. Near the beginning I sometimes ate about 5 or 6 avacodos in a day, plus all the reast of the fruit and salad! If you feel up to it, juice fast for a day now and again - it helps with cleansing and speeding the process up. Have as much juice as you like - you needn't exactly go hungry! Perhaps most importantly, try and keep in touch with other raw foodists for support. Love and light, Graeme xx rawfood , " Sheri " <luv2bakecookies> wrote: > Hi everyone, > My name is Sheri and I'm trying to go raw. I guess I'm > learning that I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Could anyone > please advise me?! I do know I should choose organic fruits and > vegetables and only drink bottled water. Could someone help me with > the nuts and seeds part? Particularly about soaking them? I have > raw sunflower seeds that I soak overnight. What about raw walnuts? > Soak them overnight, too? Any recommendations on a good book to get > started? > > Thankful, > Sheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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