RAW JOURNEY - JOURNEY TO RAW
This is the title of my first post and dedicated to a valuable friend ... Luke in South Tyrol ... you just made 27 years ago and one day as requested by you now I want to share experiences and information I could gather in the last 4 years of travel on the 'revolutionary' RAW VEGAN DIET - interesting to mention that I have for the first time heard from you ... he-he ... it all comes back to its origin ...
start first with some general frequently asked questions and answers - though I imagine you know what you mean, but because 'no, it never hurts to repeat and refresh the ideas ...:
-First, because eating raw foods?
First throw light on some key points in the world 'raw food' also called 'live feed' ... In English, this radical (because natural as we are no longer ') diet is called "Raw Diet''or''Living -Food Diet''and warns that a large maggiornaza of food are consumed in their raw state, natural, unadulterated, that is' not from destrutti heat of the fire and heated above the temperature of 40 degrees C (around the blood of the human body) ... Why? To make the enzymes, vitamins, minerals and fatty acids are still alive and what elements are sensitive to heat and then absorbed and used in more (something like 75-90%) from the human body for the operation that in giving us health and prevention of mallattie ... nothing gets 'thrown to the fire' ...
cook food with fire not only destroys these important essential nutrients that the body can not produce totally should - but it also changes the molecular structure of the food itself (with the retention of water for example) , making no of 'information' and leaving debris in the body of mucus, acidity 'and fermentation - with all its consequences as mallanni psycho-physical and even spiritual character ...., deppressioni and weaknesses so present in our society,' 'sick' ...
-2. How much and how you eat raw?
Not all people who follow this type of diet they choose to be vegetarian or vegan to 100% and sometimes introduce certain amounts', smaller or larger, organic raw meat, raw milk or dairy goats and raw eggs for example ... and 'an individual choice based on different grounds ethical, philosophical and / or nutrients ... the same people often do not choose to follow a 100% raw diet and introduce a regular or steamed foods some exceptions such as vegetable and other organic whole foods such as rice, barley, etc .... and 'put forward a similar aproccio recommended to ease the transition gently as so radically revolutionary diet and detox ... and the' alert, for example, first to eliminate all refined sugars and stay there, gradually the red meat and alcohol, dairy products, juices (not especialmente because organic 'contain harmful hormones and other medicines such as antibiotics) and transition gently (this varies from person to person) to foods more' integral and organic For example: Spelt pasta or brown rice, millet, steamed vegetables as mentioned above, algae prescribed in macrobiotic cooking, vegan whole other recipes that you can find on the Net ... (no refined sugars and stay there please!) One thing ' some more ... 'you move with integrity' and joy to a raw diet, more 'surprising to find that this diet is not' as radical, as designed for our human body
... but give yourself the time you need ... Nature works slowly but steadily ...
3. Some day?
For now I eat a large amount 'of fresh fruit Biological always depending on the activity I do (fruit sugar = energy), another good amount 'of salads, green vegetables and herbs or colorful (contains amino acids that form proteins, minerals, vitamins, and fats Omega 3 +6 for the functioning of the brain structure, nervous system), less sweet fruits like cucumbers, tomatoes (fruit are called) and a lesser amount but need Startup seeds and sprouts and nuts in season (fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals) ... Watch
combinations and 'an important point in the diet beginning ... you can' finish often combine fats (nuts, seeds) and sugar (fruit) which does not and 'very alert, even catastrophic or harmful on the other hand ... I will try' to understand this issue more 'forward with a simple scheme is easy to remember ... but a few brief note here':
-right combination of nuts and vegetables, leaves salad with wild herbs,
-right combine sweet fruits with herbs - lettuce leaves (the chimpanzees eat fruit with green herbs to balance the PH)
-not good combine nuts, seeds, fruits, fermentation creates ...
and A typical day might be precisely :
just wake up you feel the 'common needs' to drink water after half an hour ... you can eat your favorite fruit rich in calories that you need for energy as apples, pears, bananas, grapes, peaches, apricots, dates, figs, oranges (again, to remember some simple rules of combinations: sweet fruits, sub-acid and acids to look more closely ... 'on this)
I personally eat one, two, maximum three types of fruit at a time ... for example 3-4 grated apples (sub-acid) and a layer of sultanas (sweet) with a smoothie made with 2 bananas (fresh) water of sultanas (soaked the night before) with a coat of parsley or celery ... this' a good breakfast high in sugar (the ones you need), minerals and vitamins ...!
Towards
mezziogiorno eat with plenty of fruit such 2.colazione (8 bananas because 'no) and some wild grass here and there,'
This gives me the necessary energy to face the day with 'light' and detachment 'emotional' from food (not great food) ...
Towards afternoon if I still feel hungry after I eat some work date, apple, fig, peach, or what happens to me ee 'in season, I often like to eat some fruit' juicy 'if I ate too many bananas, dehydrated bananas, that 'need of water, so I always make sure to drink plenty of water when I eat so many bananas, as in this period precisely ...
A dinner at 6 or 7 I eat a 'mega-salad' with half lettuce, wild herbs (dandelion, plantain, wild mallow etc.etc.) Arugula, endive, alfalfa sprouts or other seeds (protein), 3-4 tomatoes, half a cucumber, ¼ carrot gratings or more ', and a light dressing made with half a courgette, half a red pepper (vitamin A), 2 tablespoons sesame seeds, flax and 1 ¼ sunflower .. the sauce is all finely chopped with a chopper or suitable equipment (food processor) and a squeezed lemon to facilitate assorbizione of minerals through the important vitamin C. I always add chopped herbs in season in the 'dressing' as basil or parsley and other things that I happen ... Do not use any kind
salt and vinegar or oil as it blocks the assorbizione of important nutrients and are present in natural form in raw food and non-seasoned ... the taste of food 'naked' and 'exciting and connects to anntenne' New World '.. .
Another simple rule to remember:
feel you need sugar as eating fruit, when you feel you need to eat salt herbs, lettuce, green leaves are rich in minerals and this ... 'a scale on which we must find balance ... follow your intuition!
E 4. How and when to end''the idea''of the raw diet?
one thousand are the assumptions that we take up a scenario so mysterious as ancient but one thing is' not sure ... we must involve more 'instead of as much as we should target the real opportunity' that is born and is given to us to create a rewarding lifestyle , transformed at all levels, sustainable, ethical (good karma), healthy and respectful of nature / planet and its resources so precious ... Eating raw foods detoxify not only our physical body but has a purifying action on our faculties' mental, emotional and spiritual by opening many doors and paths towards the realization of our more powers' innate
... Investing your life and health on a diet so simple as a positive and effective 'investment in the whole world and for the true progress of humanity ..
So, we are ready for this trip Raw?
Take all excuses that comes to mind right now and say to yourself: yes, I go to the grocery store / market and I look around all the beauty that Mother Nature has created for me, all the delicious fruits and tasty, the graceful herbs and vegetables and salads, rich nuts, seeds and sprouts ... All this and I 'as to turn my body into a sanctuary and a means of vital energy ...!!
Start now,,, start now and be careful: raw food could be converted your life dramatically for the better of course, with ups and downs (which we will discuss 'later), but one thing is' certain:
''and difficult to go back ... as a''Seventh Heaven''reached ... ;-)
Best wishes
Ivan - No-Frontiers
