Article: Raw food is healthy, delicious, expensive

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Raw food is healthy, delicious, expensive

 

 

By Chrissy Makris

 

April 28, 2010

 

 

 

“This is insane,” I thought, as I stared blankly at $170 of fruit,

vegetables, nuts and hemp milk sprawled across my kitchen counter. I

didn’t even know you could make milk from hemp. And really, what was I

going to do with 14 pounds of carrots?

 

It was day one of my raw vegan diet, and I was already suffering from

sensory overload. The beautifully-colored cornucopia of shiny green

avocados, ripe red tomatoes, jicama, spinach, peppers, mushrooms,

bananas, lettuce and three different kinds of apples was inspiring,

but left me feeling sufficiently overwhelmed. As I stood contemplating

my options for dinner, I repeated the words “two weeks” in my head,

which was echoed by a not-so-encouraging stomach growl. Two weeks was

the minimum sentence I gave myself for a raw vegan diet. For two weeks

I would purge beloved pasta, cheese, meat, bread and candy from my

life, documenting my experience and specific mental and physical

changes. I wanted to be enlightened, motivated and detoxified. I

wasn’t sure I would make it.

 

 

 

Full story:

 

http://gargoyle.flagler.edu/2010/04/raw-food-is-healthy-delicious-expensive/

 

 

 

 

[chrissy 0]

My article! thank you for posting this. I found this website by googling the article I wrote to be included in my resume. There are so many great topics on here, and I am honored to be a part of this community!

[Elizabeth Michael 0]

Thanks Chrissy Makris. I hope every people should read the article for a healthy & better life. It's really an exciting and informative article.

 

Thanks & Regards

Elizabeth Michael

[Sundeepan 0]

Raw food is good, but there are a lot of vegetables that one cannot enjoy without cooking. There are many healthty vegetables where the nutrients are released once it has been lightly cooked ie many sattvic indian foods, especially at temples are very healthy for you. Unfortunately the human digestive system cannot break down cellulose, that is where cooking comes in handy. Plus lightly cooked vegetables excrete out of the body easier than raw vegetables, just an observation . But eating some raw vegetables are very good, especially carrots and some greens.

[chrissy 0]

you are right! thats why raw foodists sometimes use dehydrators or warm some of the veggies at a temp of under 116 degrees- to make them easier to digest/more pleasant to eat, but also to keep the nutrients. but you'd be amazed at how many creative recipes there are out there for raw foodies. try this:in a blender mix a giant handful of raw spinach, a few chucks fresh pineapple, a banana and some blueberries. add a few ice cubes, some honey, and a splash of whatever fruit juice you like. drink that and tell me you don't feel totally amazing! i know the spinach thing sounds weird, but even the total skeptics love it!