Raw Food Lifestyle  the Transition

In my transition from a low animal intake diet to a vegan low fat raw food life style there has been a lot of learning for me. I have had no eureka moments, and a few challenges.

Part of the difficulty is the amount of diversity in what is the accepted form of raw food regime.

1. You will get
2. high fat,
3. low fat,
4. gourmet
5. vegan
6. super foods
7. non fruit
8. high greens
9. no nuts
10. stay away from the Avos

Unfortunately there is almost a religious fervour that surfaces in the various forums and leaders of the practice.

It is a case now, where  that I will use  the tag Rawfood Barefoot Athlete it is not an issue that I like to spend any time defending.

I am finding that for me it is not only about what you are eating that makes up your overall health.  For me I see a great more harm done with the belief structure that you have to adhere to this and that principle before you can get the raw foodist badge.

I tend to look at other elements of the  Raw food lifestyle that make up more of the holistic side of being able to walk a with caring for all elements of what keeps us alive on this earth

I read other testimonials that glow with instant this and instant that results, I guess it is where you are starting from that is a datum start point for measurement to take place.

I came from a competitive athletic back round so had an awareness of the positive building blocks and the negative foods that impacted on my performance. After a couple months of the 811 regime I had definitely better digestion. This had been a problem for me for a long time.

It often that manifested in chronic energy leval dips, to actualy

vomiting after a fish and chip meal which I was fond of.

The first challenge in consuming more fruit I had, was to get through was salicylate allergy.

Salicylates are in a lot of foods, I found that I reacted more to some then others. http://salicylatesensitivity.com/

At 4 months proper food combining and more understanding of a raw food life style as opposed to 811 dogma, I balanced out definite mood swings that always exasperated my ability to control my bouts of depression that spun me of into places that were hard to see out from.

Mum Was Right Eat Your Greens

At six months the difficulty I had was always feeling hungry all the time and never feeling satiated.

Getting information on the quantity of greens and juices needed, enabled me to get a larger volume and variety of water and nutrient dense intake, apart from fruit.

At this time I started getting really severe itching on my back and shoulders, to the degree of causing the skin to bleed with scratching. I also developed a tear drop psoriasis on my scalp.

I persevered through the ‘detoxing’ thinking but the discomfort was to much to bear ( see bed sheets with blood stains all over from bleeding skin)

After reading varying discourses on the amount of fats in a diet I added more fats than the 10% through more nuts, avocados, hemp seed oil, olives, and coconut oil as a skin oil.

After 12 to 14 days I saw the shift and the the itching subsided and after a month the psoriasis cleared up.

I have my own garden that can provide 40% of my veg, and live in a sub tropical climate with readily available fruits and vegies.

At 10 months I have found an eating regime that has me feeling more satisfied, but I still am adjusting as I go along.

I know that as a lifestyle, a raw food eating plan has seen me gain a lot of ground in reclaiming a quietness of mind and focus, from a demolition site of depression, alcohol dependency,and scattered thoughts.

I continue to learn and respond to the feed back my body gives me. At this time I still working out the way that my body optimally work’s at. It is a journey of conscious eating I am sure is more preferable and long term more beneficial for my soul and the earth I inhabit.

As always love to hear from you guys and tell me what effect a change of diet has had on you.

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