Digest Number 530

[Guest guest]

Thanks Bridgitte

For the deppression information

 

I don't have any hard data, but I can tell you that raw food has

helped my depression immensely. It started to lift about 3 months

into eating 100% raw.

 

A *great* book on the subject is _Depression Free for Life_ by Dr.

Gabriel Cousens. He's an ivy league trained psychiatrist and a raw

food advocate. The book goes into what physical systems can cause

depression by being out of balance, and what vitamins/minerals/etc

will balance those systems. It's sort of my depression bible - I

suffered so needlessly before I read it...

 

Bridgitte

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for Your honesty I was starting to think I was the only real

addict out here. Rufus how long did this transition take one thing at a time ?

Kay

 

Message: 13

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:41:35 -0800 (PST)

Rufus Shaw <rufus10_99

Re: Start of Fast? & Toothbrushing?

 

Lili,

 

Take it easy on yourself. If you are as addicted to

food as I was, it will be difficult to transition all

at once. For me what worked was quiting one thing at

a time, with one to two week intervals in between. I

just felt way too out of control quiting everything at

once, or even two things at once. Quiting one at a

time was much easier for me. For me, the following

order was important. For example, I first wanted to

eat raw food, and then quit smoking, but it was a lot

easier for me to quit smoking first, gain some weight,

then quit sugar, and then transition to 100% raw. I'm

not sure what order will work best for you, but I

believe that cooked food is addictive (sugar was

harder for me to quit then weed or booze), and it is a

lot to take it all on at once. The one at a time

approach was the way to go for me. It was

frustrating, and took a while, and I got fatter before

I started loosing weight, but in the long run, it was

the only way to go.

 

My order of operations for transitioning to natural

foods:

1 Alcohol

2 Weed

3 prescription and over the counter drugs

4 caffeine

5 cigarettes

6 sugar

7 go a whole day 100% raw

8 go 2 whole days 100% raw

9 go a week 100% raw.

10 no turning back.

 

Good luck,

Rufus