Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease/Dr. McDougall

[Guest guest]

When I was first beginning my research into raw foods, I asked Dr. McDougall

personally about the raw diet. His reply was that it probably was the best

diet, but he felt that most people would not follow it. So with his food

plan he felt he could convince more people. And he is probably right, in my

opinion.

 

Suzanne

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I think you're right Suzanne. I keep forgetting about how long the transition

was for me, and how many transitional steps there were between the fried

potatoes and fried meat days of my earlier life and now. Each transitional phase

was almost too much for me. Yet after years of that step, it became " normal " ,

and I could consider one more major shift towards a healthier diet.

 

Its not just the diet and physiological shifts that happen as you body has to

adapt to a radically different diet, there is a cultural transition with each

shift to adapt to also. Many people truly choose to die rather than stop eating

the diet they were raised on because the psychological programming about it is

so strong. Transitional steps are usually essential for shifting this

programming.

 

I suspect very few people go straight from a fried potatoes and fried meat diet

to a raw vegan diet, and so without these diets for the in-between steps, very

few people would ever make a huge single step transition. Dr. McDougall is one

of many who are helping to provide paths for people to travel as they learn to

be healthier.

 

Its really kind of odd to think that at one time I thought the cooked food

vegetarians were way out on the fringe, and now they look like part of the

mainstream, and still a long ways away, but I'm on the other side of them now.

What a surprise

 

May your day be filled with clarity, grace, strength, progress, and warm

laughter,

Roger

 

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<ionray

 

Friday, September 12, 2008 8:55 AM

Re: Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease/Dr.

McDougall

 

 

> When I was first beginning my research into raw foods, I asked Dr. McDougall

> personally about the raw diet. His reply was that it probably was the best

> diet, but he felt that most people would not follow it. So with his food

> plan he felt he could convince more people. And he is probably right, in my

> opinion.

>

> Suzanne

>

>

>

> **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog,

> plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com.

> (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)

>

>

>