New to Raw Diet and have some ?'s ... Posts for Beginners

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Hi Roberta, and welcome to a new adventure!!! The most important thing: if

you find yourself experimenting and going " forward and back " , just treat

yourself with kindness and patience. Rome was not built in a day.

 

Book: The 80/10/10 Diet, by Dr. Douglas Graham, available through his Web

site at www.foodnsport.com/811.

 

There are many approaches to raw, and most end up teaching people to

take/eat stimulants ... chocolate, various herbs, supplements, powders, etc.

But it is possible to create for oneself a diet that is so very pure and

simple that one needs no stimulants, supplements, or the like. The 80/10/10

approach will take you in this direction, if you wish to go there.

 

One widespread misconception in the RF world is that " if it's raw, it's good

for you " . This is simply false. Dairy provides a great example: yes,

unpasteurized dairy is indeed raw. But that does not address that the

content of, say, cow's milk, is dramatically different than the content of

human mother's milk. Nor does it address that ALL mammals are designed to

wean, then never to consume milk again. Nature's design is quite consistent

in this regard.

 

I suggest that you forget about all notions of X% raw, as most people have

no idea how to perform such a calculation, anyway. Most statements to the

effect that " I am X% raw " are completely vacuous. You will progress as you

progress. Success means reasonable progress toward a worthwhile goal. Using

that definition, you are already succeeding!

 

You don't need any equipment to begin ... just begin introducing fresh,

whole, ripe, raw, organic or better fruits and tender greens into your diet.

As you fill up on these, other foods will simply fall by the wayside, over

time. One easy way to get started is at breakfast ... simplify and introduce

fruits. Ideally, you'd eat AS MUCH AS YOU WANT of any fruit you like for

breakfast. Start there and keep posting!

 

Here are some posts presently in the group archive that you may find helpful

as you begin. Posts grouped in square brackets " go together " , so to speak.

 

32361, 30764, 30679, 18062, 32643, [32590, 32596, & 32626], 31951, [18198 &

18199], 18191, 18073, 18129, [16198, 14536, & 14573], 18015, 18029, 18031,

18062, 18139

 

Best,

Elchanan

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Roberta

Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:50 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] New to Raw Diet and have some ?'s

 

 

I am just bginning this Raw Food way of life. I watched 30 Days Raw

yesterday and it was rather convincing to me. I have been an organic food

person for a long time but have never followed a Raw Diet.

 

I'm kind of nervous about the whole thing and I am hoping that I will have

the self discipline to stick to it. So here are some of my questions.....

 

Are there any books or websites that you would recommend to a new Raw

Foodist for recipes and ideas?

 

Would Raw Dairy (milk/cheese) be considered ok on a raw diet? I have been

drinking raw milk for about a year now and am wondering if that would still

be ok?

 

What is a good % to start out with in going Raw? Like 70% Raw????? What

would the other 30% consist of?

 

I want to start with a 3 day Juice Fast but I don't have a Juicer yet. Can

anyone recommend how I can do a juice fast without a juicer?

 

Thanks so much for all your help in this journey.

 

Roberta