the *rawfood way of life*?

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Sorry to bother you Janey (Mrs Rochester as she is known on the

*other* list) but when did eating rawfood become a way of life?

 

(P-l-e-a-s-e get a grip!)

 

 

 

, " Janey " <jane.cuming@b...> wrote:

> My mistake. I actually to a rawfood list and I

accidentally

> replied to this list thinking it was the rawfood one. I'm

currently keeping

> away from the vegan lists, so my mistake. Just ignore me, I'll go

back to

> where I came from!

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> Re: detox diets for vegans

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> > Sounds good, but I'm a hardcore bread, muffin, and rice addict.

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Whats wrong with raw food eating? - I became vegan for ethical issues, but I eat predomitely

raw food for health reasons

 

 

Kim

, "Janey" <jane.cuming@b...> wrote:> My mistake. I actually to a rawfood list and I accidentally> replied to this list thinking it was the rawfood one. I'm currently keeping> away from the vegan lists, so my mistake. Just ignore me, I'll go back to> where I came from!> > > > -> "Anita Dittmar" <amazon61@h...>> > Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:14 PM> Re: detox diets for vegans> > > > Sounds good, but I'm a hardcore bread, muffin, and rice addict.> >> >> > ----Original Message Follows----> > "Janey" <jane.cuming@b...>> >> > Well, isn't this the *programme* that you're after - the rawfood way of> > life?!> >> > _______________> > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com> >> >> >> > To send an email to -> >> >

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Kim said

 

Whats wrong with raw food eating? - I became vegan for ethical

issues, but I eat predomitely raw food for health reasons

 

Hi Kim

 

Nothing is wrong with eating raw food. I eat uncooked salad quite

often but I would never call it a " way of life " ! Do the *raw

foodists* and *fruitarians* imagine themselves to be some kind of

*purer* vegan than I because I also eat lovely baked roots & herbs?

Is that why they want to go off on their own away from the rest of

us? All pretty sad imo.

 

btw, how *raw* is *raw* exactly? If I cut up and pickle a coconut in

chilli and mint vinegar is it still raw or is it *cooked*?

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Rob

 

> Sorry to bother you Janey (Mrs Rochester as she is known on the

> *other* list) but when did eating rawfood become a way of life?

 

....tis to some!

 

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Hi Rob

 

> Nothing is wrong with eating raw food. I eat uncooked salad quite

> often but I would never call it a " way of life " ! Do the *raw

> foodists* and *fruitarians* imagine themselves to be some kind of

> *purer* vegan than I because I also eat lovely baked roots & herbs?

 

Speaking as a non-fruitarian (i.e. average, everyday vegan), I think you're

missing the point. Fruitarians/raw foodists will make sure that they only

eat non-processed, non-cooked foods - that must be a fairly dominant aspect

of a fruitarian's lifestyle, and it is therefore a " way of life " .

 

> Is that why they want to go off on their own away from the rest of

> us? All pretty sad imo.

 

As a matter of interest, why are you so down on raw foodists? It seems to me

that they make a decision about what they want to consume based on available

information. I personally feel it is an unneccesary step - although I

recognise that, done properly, it is the healthiest possible diet - but I

don't see why any of our decisions should meet with an unfreindly response

from each other.

 

As a matter of interest, I'd like to turn your question around - do you

consider yourself somehow better than raw foodists? I only ask because

that's the impression I get from your attitude toward them!

 

BB

Peter

 

 

 

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Rob

 

> Do the *raw

> foodists* and *fruitarians* imagine themselves to be some kind of

> *purer* vegan than I because I also eat lovely baked roots & herbs?

> Is that why they want to go off on their own away from the rest of

> us? All pretty sad imo.

 

I think a lot of raw foodists eat raw food because it does not involve the

use of fossil fuel and add to the environmental pollution. Whilst I would

not particularly want to be a rawfoodist I don't think they are trying to

be an elite anymore than vegans are from vegetarians etc etc.

 

Jo

 

 

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I'm sorry you've adopted this attitude with me Rob. I don't know you, but I

know I don't like your attitude. Oh and for your information I'm not called

Mrs Rochester thanks.

 

I regularly contribute to a *living foods* e-group and we talk about detox a

lot because that's what naturally happens when you increase more raw/living

foods into your diet. I thought someone was asking about detox on that list

and that's why I replied the way I did. Its my fault for quickly typing a

reply and not (I think for the first time!) looking at the list I was

replying to! These past few days its been the only list I've been active

on. The people are all really friendly and I've learnt a lot. I'm sorry my

mistake got you all hot and bothered.

 

 

 

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Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:00 PM

Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

 

 

> Rob

>

> > Sorry to bother you Janey (Mrs Rochester as she is known on the

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>

> ...tis to some!

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Janey said

 

I regularly contribute to a *living foods* e-group and we talk about

detox a lot because that's what naturally happens when you increase

more raw/living foods into your diet...These past few days its been

the only list I've been active on. The people are all really

friendly

 

 

Janey says she prefers some *living foods* (?) e-group to what she

has tellingly called *vegan lists*. In other words she makes a

distinction between vegans and so-called *raw-foodists* which in my

opinion is not a very constructive distinction: I am a raw foodist

because I eat what I would consider to be raw food but I am not a

*raw foodist* in the minds of people who to *rawfood* as a

*way of life* and define themselves as a seperate group from ethical

vegans simply on the basis of how we prepare our food!

 

I note that no-one has answered my question as to what exactly

constitutes a *raw-food* diet. How *raw* does *raw* have to be to

qualify as *really healthy* for a strict *raw foodist*? Moreover, the

*raw food* diet is surely not at all identical with a fruitarian

diet: eating *raw* food does not mandate eating only fruit and eating

only fruit does not preclude more conventional cooking.

 

So the healthiest of the healthy among us eat only *uncooked* fruit?

Empirical evidence, please. What, say, proportion of *fruitarian raw

foodists* are marathon winners compared with the rest?

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Is it a Janey ? and is it called " living foods " ?I'm

interested in joining such a group

Angie

 

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Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:15 PM

Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

 

 

> I'm sorry you've adopted this attitude with me Rob. I don't know you, but

I

> know I don't like your attitude. Oh and for your information I'm not

called

> Mrs Rochester thanks.

>

> I regularly contribute to a *living foods* e-group and we talk about detox

a

> lot because that's what naturally happens when you increase more

raw/living

> foods into your diet. I thought someone was asking about detox on that

list

> and that's why I replied the way I did. Its my fault for quickly typing a

> reply and not (I think for the first time!) looking at the list I was

> replying to! These past few days its been the only list I've been active

> on. The people are all really friendly and I've learnt a lot. I'm sorry

my

> mistake got you all hot and bothered.

>

>

>

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>

> Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:00 PM

> Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

>

>

> > Rob

> >

> > > Sorry to bother you Janey (Mrs Rochester as she is known on the

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> >

> > ...tis to some!

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robjstyle wrote:

>

> Janey says she prefers some *living foods* (?) e-group to what she

> has tellingly called *vegan lists*. In other words she makes a

> distinction between vegans and so-called *raw-foodists* which in my

> opinion is not a very constructive distinction: I am a raw foodist

> because I eat what I would consider to be raw food but I am not a

> *raw foodist* in the minds of people who to *rawfood* as a

> *way of life* and define themselves as a seperate group from ethical

> vegans simply on the basis of how we prepare our food!

 

As a sub-group. I think one can call a list for veggies a veggie list, a

list for vegans a vegan list, and a list for fruitarians a fruitarian

list. (Some raw foodies eat raw meat, so raw foodies as a whole aren't

actually a vegan subgroup, but you get my meaning.)

 

And given your approach, you can't really blame her for preferring the

other list!

 

> I note that no-one has answered my question as to what exactly

> constitutes a *raw-food* diet.

 

Well, they have to feel motivated to communicate with you first .

 

> So the healthiest of the healthy among us eat only *uncooked* fruit?

> Empirical evidence, please. What, say, proportion of *fruitarian raw

> foodists* are marathon winners compared with the rest?

>

 

Marathon winners are athletic, rather than merely healthy. So that's not

a good test. A better comparison would be death rate, life expectancy,

and incidence of the big three kills for populations of raw foodies

compared to other vegans, veggies and/or omnivores, normalised for

people without any malnutrition.

 

I share your skepticism, BTW, but not your tone.

 

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My reply for was meant for an e-group of like minded people. I've already

said I made the mistake of replying to the wrong list.

 

We eat a raw vegan diet. It is a healthy way to live, no meat. Just

*living foods*.

 

I wish to discuss this no further with you Rob.

 

 

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Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:16 PM

Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

 

 

> Janey said

>

> I regularly contribute to a *living foods* e-group and we talk about

> detox a lot because that's what naturally happens when you increase

> more raw/living foods into your diet...These past few days its been

> the only list I've been active on. The people are all really

> friendly

>

>

> Janey says she prefers some *living foods* (?) e-group to what she

> has tellingly called *vegan lists*. In other words she makes a

> distinction between vegans and so-called *raw-foodists* which in my

> opinion is not a very constructive distinction: I am a raw foodist

> because I eat what I would consider to be raw food but I am not a

> *raw foodist* in the minds of people who to *rawfood* as a

> *way of life* and define themselves as a seperate group from ethical

> vegans simply on the basis of how we prepare our food!

>

> I note that no-one has answered my question as to what exactly

> constitutes a *raw-food* diet. How *raw* does *raw* have to be to

> qualify as *really healthy* for a strict *raw foodist*? Moreover, the

> *raw food* diet is surely not at all identical with a fruitarian

> diet: eating *raw* food does not mandate eating only fruit and eating

> only fruit does not preclude more conventional cooking.

>

> So the healthiest of the healthy among us eat only *uncooked* fruit?

> Empirical evidence, please. What, say, proportion of *fruitarian raw

> foodists* are marathon winners compared with the rest?

>

>

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? Is that why they want to go off on their own away from the rest of us? All pretty sad imo.

 

Hi Rob,

 

I've found that a lot of raw foodists that i've met don't come from an ethical vegan background. They are purely doing it for selfish reasons and don't have much interest in ethical reasons. I recently had an argument with a raw fooder who had just come of the SAD diet and was still talking about how he missed meat! as it was just another food product. I was ranting on about animal rights and "meat is murder " and I was banned for causing disharmony! A lot of these raw food groups that claim to be vegan, don't actually want you talking about animal rights in fear of upsetting anybody.A lot of raw fooders aren't vegan and some eat raw dairy and meat, which is revolting although the majority that Ive met are raw vegan.

I was 100% raw for 1 year and now I'm about 80%, after dipping down to 50% raw for a while, I eat potaoes and tofu, rice, - mainly because I'm pregnant. Ideally , I'd like to be 100% raw, but its difficult and v.expensive in this country. I'm going to the Far East soon where I can be fruitairian, because of the amazing selection and quality of fruit. I follow the principles of natural hygiene, but I don't take life very seriously as some raw foodists do,- I take the animal rights and ethical vegan issues seriously.

btw, how *raw* is *raw* exactly? If I cut up and pickle a coconut in chilli and mint vinegar is it still raw or is it *cooked*?

 

A marinated coconut, -thats still raw,

 

 

Kim

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, " robjstyle " <RobStyls@a...> wrote:

 

>

> So the healthiest of the healthy among us eat only *uncooked*

fruit?

> Empirical evidence, please. What, say, proportion of *fruitarian

raw

> foodists* are marathon winners compared with the rest?

 

I, too, am interested to know what limitations are imposed by a raw

food way of life. If there are any raw foodists on this list, I say

we welcome them with open arms and listen to what they can bring to

the table.

 

However, I'm a little disturbed by Rob's attitude towards the

subject. Honestly, his tone reminds of the way that meat-eaters

sometimes talk to me about how I need to eat meat to be healthy! I

see the same kind of rhetoric in his posts - such as - where is the

evidence that this is healthy? can you really run a marathon and not

eat cooked food? How many times have people asked vegetarian/vegans

if we can be athletes based on our diets? How many times have they

dismissed our diets as unhealthy without reading one piece of

research to back up their claims?

 

If we want meat-eaters to be sympathetic and educated about our

dietary choices, I think we need to be tolerant of others' choices in

turn.

 

Dawn

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Hi Jane

 

> My reply for was meant for an e-group of like minded people. I've already

> said I made the mistake of replying to the wrong list.

 

Please don't apologise - there was absolutely nothing wrong with what you

said. Rob seems to have a chip on his shoulder about this issue (I have no

idea why). As far as I am concerned, " raw foodism " (or whatever the correct

term is) is a perfectly valid topic of discussion - and something that I

know many people here have expressed an interest in during past

conversations. Please don't let Rob's aggression prevent you from sharing

info about raw food diets with the rest of the list.

 

BB

Peter

 

 

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Rob

 

I'm not sure what your problem is! What is the matter with someone being

either a rawfoodist or a fruitarian?

 

I don't think there was any inference that rawfoodists are better than

'ethical vegans'. Even if there were it would be no different to vegans

inferring that they are better than vegetarians, and vegetarians inferring

that they are better than meat eaters.

 

Does something that Janey said make you feel uncomfortable about yourself?

 

Jo

 

> I regularly contribute to a *living foods* e-group and we talk about

> detox a lot because that's what naturally happens when you increase

> more raw/living foods into your diet...These past few days its been

> the only list I've been active on. The people are all really

> friendly

>

>

> Janey says she prefers some *living foods* (?) e-group to what she

> has tellingly called *vegan lists*. In other words she makes a

> distinction between vegans and so-called *raw-foodists* which in my

> opinion is not a very constructive distinction: I am a raw foodist

> because I eat what I would consider to be raw food but I am not a

> *raw foodist* in the minds of people who to *rawfood* as a

> *way of life* and define themselves as a seperate group from ethical

> vegans simply on the basis of how we prepare our food!

>

> I note that no-one has answered my question as to what exactly

> constitutes a *raw-food* diet. How *raw* does *raw* have to be to

> qualify as *really healthy* for a strict *raw foodist*? Moreover, the

> *raw food* diet is surely not at all identical with a fruitarian

> diet: eating *raw* food does not mandate eating only fruit and eating

> only fruit does not preclude more conventional cooking.

>

> So the healthiest of the healthy among us eat only *uncooked* fruit?

> Empirical evidence, please. What, say, proportion of *fruitarian raw

> foodists* are marathon winners compared with the rest?

 

 

 

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Janey

 

> We eat a raw vegan diet. It is a healthy way to live, no meat. Just

> *living foods*.

 

I have read of the benefits of a raw food vegan diet. The naturopathic

nutritionist that I see follows this regime.

 

I hope you will get to like this list as much as the rawfood list.

 

Jo

 

 

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I hope so too Jo. But what with the *gay* topic and now this *vegan raw

food* one, I'm not enjoying it. Its nice to be on a list with other vegans,

but sometimes it gets aggressive and I don't want that for me personally.

People like Rob seem to be out to *attack* and I don't know why.

 

Janey

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Friday, January 11, 2002 8:54 PM

Re: Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

 

 

> Janey

>

> > We eat a raw vegan diet. It is a healthy way to live, no meat. Just

> > *living foods*.

>

> I have read of the benefits of a raw food vegan diet. The naturopathic

> nutritionist that I see follows this regime.

>

> I hope you will get to like this list as much as the rawfood list.

>

> Jo

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I'm usually raw for breakfast (fruit) And for lunch at work

(salad/nuts/fruit) In the summer I'm going to do salads for tea .I tend

to eat bread/toast/ tinned soup in the winter cos its quick !!!! If I can

be bothered I do A veg stew I hate cooking as it takes up time that I dont

want to waste So a raw diet would suit me

Less washing up too

Angie

 

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Friday, January 11, 2002 6:21 PM

Re: Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

 

 

> Hi Jane

>

> > My reply for was meant for an e-group of like minded people. I've

already

> > said I made the mistake of replying to the wrong list.

>

> Please don't apologise - there was absolutely nothing wrong with what you

> said. Rob seems to have a chip on his shoulder about this issue (I have no

> idea why). As far as I am concerned, " raw foodism " (or whatever the

correct

> term is) is a perfectly valid topic of discussion - and something that I

> know many people here have expressed an interest in during past

> conversations. Please don't let Rob's aggression prevent you from sharing

> info about raw food diets with the rest of the list.

>

> BB

> Peter

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Thanks Angie and Peter. I don't expect people to agree with the lifestyle I

lead, but sometimes common courtesy is nice. I am a vegan afterall, and

there's room for everyone on this list.

 

Angie, you seem to eat quite like I do. Though, if I have time I make

smoothies before work. Other days I eat simply - just pieces of fruit and

nuts during the day, and a salad with avocados etc in the evening.

Sometimes I'll have a baked potato with my salad, but very rarely these

days.

 

Janey

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Friday, January 11, 2002 11:19 PM

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> I'm usually raw for breakfast (fruit) And for lunch at work

> (salad/nuts/fruit) In the summer I'm going to do salads for tea .I tend

> to eat bread/toast/ tinned soup in the winter cos its quick !!!! If I can

> be bothered I do A veg stew I hate cooking as it takes up time that I dont

> want to waste So a raw diet would suit me

> Less washing up too

> Angie

>

> -

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>

> Friday, January 11, 2002 6:21 PM

> Re: Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

>

>

> > Hi Jane

> >

> > > My reply for was meant for an e-group of like minded people. I've

> already

> > > said I made the mistake of replying to the wrong list.

> >

> > Please don't apologise - there was absolutely nothing wrong with what

you

> > said. Rob seems to have a chip on his shoulder about this issue (I have

no

> > idea why). As far as I am concerned, " raw foodism " (or whatever the

> correct

> > term is) is a perfectly valid topic of discussion - and something that I

> > know many people here have expressed an interest in during past

> > conversations. Please don't let Rob's aggression prevent you from

sharing

> > info about raw food diets with the rest of the list.

> >

> > BB

> > Peter

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, "robjstyle" <RobStyls@a...> wrote:> > So the healthiest of the healthy among us eat only *uncooked* fruit? > Empirical evidence, please. What, say, proportion of *fruitarian raw > foodists* are marathon winners compared with the rest?I, too, am interested to know what limitations are imposed by a raw food way of life. If there are any raw foodists on this list, I say we welcome them with open arms and listen to what they can bring to the table.However, I'm a little disturbed by Rob's attitude towards the subject. Honestly, his tone reminds of the way that meat-eaters sometimes talk to me about how I need to eat meat to be healthy! I see the same kind of rhetoric in his posts - such as - where is the evidence that this is healthy? can you really run a marathon and not eat cooked food? How many times have people asked vegetarian/vegans if we can be athletes based on our diets? How many times have they dismissed our diets as unhealthy without reading one piece of research to back up their claims?If we want meat-eaters to be sympathetic and educated about our dietary choices, I think we need to be tolerant of others' choices in turn.Dawn

 

hear, hear!

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Friday, January 11, 2002 10:45 PM

Re: Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

 

 

> I hope so too Jo. But what with the *gay* topic and now this *vegan raw

> food* one, I'm not enjoying it. Its nice to be on a list with other

vegans,

> but sometimes it gets aggressive and I don't want that for me personally.

> People like Rob seem to be out to *attack* and I don't know why.

>

> Janey

> x

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>

> Friday, January 11, 2002 8:54 PM

> Re: Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

>

>

> > Janey

> >

> > > We eat a raw vegan diet. It is a healthy way to live, no meat. Just

> > > *living foods*.

> >

> > I have read of the benefits of a raw food vegan diet. The naturopathic

> > nutritionist that I see follows this regime.

> >

> > I hope you will get to like this list as much as the rawfood list.

> >

> > Jo

> >

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> Sometimes I'll have a baked potato with my salad, but very rarely these

 

Stupid, but seriously interested, question... how is a baked potato a raw

food? Cuz in order to eat a bake potato you obviously have to cook it.

 

Talisman

[Guest guest]

That's what I just said! But RARELY these days. I'm transitioning to a raw

food diet. Every day I eat 100% but sometimes (just SOMETIMES!) with my raw

salad I'll have a plain baked potato. It helped me transition, but now I

don't miss cooked food like I did initially. Are you guys just being

pedantic or just plain rude?! I'm really sad this subject came to this

list, because people are just poking fun at it. I'm off back to my new

list!

 

p.s. As I think I mentioned on when Ian McDonald asked,

I eat about two cooked foods a week - not whole meals, but two cooked

items, ie. a potato, or a portion of wholewheat pasta. The rest of the week

is completely raw. Plus, obviously, no tea, coffee, alchol aswell.

 

Janey

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" Talisman " <talisman

 

Saturday, January 12, 2002 12:55 AM

Re: Re: the *rawfood way of life*?

 

 

> > Sometimes I'll have a baked potato with my salad, but very rarely these

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> Stupid, but seriously interested, question... how is a baked potato a raw

> food? Cuz in order to eat a bake potato you obviously have to cook it.

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> Talisman

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[Guest guest]

*head swims*

why, it makes you jane of course

labels are just labels..and, while we sometimes need to categorize

ourselves..sometimes, the compartments be much

yer a raw food vegan...

ugh..steak tar tar...yuck!

personally, couldn't do the raw foos thing..without beer, my bacchus, wot

would i do with myself!

(sorry chris)

oh, and chris, they tried to deliver yer package yesterday, but, you weren't

home

fraggle

 

 

In a message dated 1/12/02 11:38:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,

jane.cuming writes:

 

<< So what does that make me? If I'm a vegan and I eat a rawfood diet?! I

just consider myself a vegan who chooses fresh fruit and salady foods. ;-)

But if someone told me that raw meat would be fantastic for my health, then

I'd tell them where to stick their advice! At the end of the day I'm a

vegan and my current diet compliments my lifestyle but I wouldn't compromise

my views for the sake of a *healthier* me through meat. >>

[Guest guest]

Talisman

 

> Stupid, but seriously interested, question... how is a baked potato a raw

> food? Cuz in order to eat a bake potato you obviously have to cook it.

 

According to the book I read, a Rawfood diet consists of a large proportion

of raw food, i.e. 80% raw, 20% lightly cooked. I'm not sure if that was the

correct proportion because it's quite a while since I read the book. The

reasons given were quite interesting, mainly to do with the goodness we get

from raw food as opposed to cooked food, and the percentage of raw food

needed to out-do the diminished nutrition in cooked food.

 

Jo

 

 

 

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