Alcohol and Raw Foods

omnithought

Before I went raw, I loved sitting down to a nice pint of stout. I know from previously being a homebrewer that beer isn’t raw. However, I wanted to know where things like beer and wine fall for a mostly raw diet. I’m about 90%-95% raw and wonder if a pint or a glass every couple of weeks or so would be that detrimental. It’s one of those very dear pleasures that I really miss.

birdflew

is kombucha pretty much the same as sake? because sake, (fermented rice) is raw i believe. and you can make some pretty fantastic cocktails with it.

Audrey

Pianissima, you’ve been able to stay raw all this time…you WILL be able to keep away from alcohol, if you so choose. Remember that! And if there’s anything in you that’s not ready to choose to completely cut out wine, then know that you’re just not ready yet…and that at some point you probably will be, and it’ll be easy to stop. I’ve been really working with myself the last couple of weeks on being gentle with my own cravings, and to know that it’s when I stop resisting them that they will fully drop away. Sometimes it’s helpful to give in and have the glass of wine to see just how much you don’t really need or want it. In my case, I had a little bit of vegan Thai food and promptly my lymph nodes went nuts and my throat swelled up and I felt like I was coming down with something for about an hour. What can I say? Lesson learned. Way better than to have gone on wondering and craving something I now know I do not need.

Rawnessrox

I am newly raw as of 2 weeks, and have been exploiting the fact that wine is technically raw…a lot. Haha. Well I have an active social life, and I didn’t want being raw to inhibit that in any way. So far, my diet change hasn’t been a huge issue, as most places my friends go to eat have salad. But they also have wine. It doesn’t bother me at all because I am not a raw vegan. I eat sashimi, and I don’t know if I could survive a raw food diet without it!

And why beat myself up about my habit? I love wine, and I will give it up when I’m older and more mature. For now, my new diet makes me feel great. And wine does too!

iluvbroccoli

so all wine is raw? really?

oldskuul

http://www.realage.com/DiseasePreventionCenter/... I don’t know if I did this link correctly or not but this is from realage.com. I found it very interesting because we all know that alcohol kills the liver but what about the rest of the body? I’m not preaching at all here because I love beer!!! I am trying not to drink at all because I cannot have just one. Reading all these posts is helpful. I guess everyone is different. When I don’t drink I feel much better. It is just a difficult transition to get back to that place. I’m on day 3 now and doing good. I wanted a beer earlier but opted for a smoothie instead and now feel better for it.

I’ve made my own kombucha before…only once and it was pretty good. Does anyone know how long homemade kombucha can sit in a fridge before going bad? Cool.

time4lunch

namazake is unpasteurized sake. I believe it’s raw, but haven’t done much research.

sunnyenergy

wine and raw food...i was 3 rd day into my raw food diet (its still cooked food on sunday for me ).. and had wine - 2 glasses and a bit of baileys irish cream . i passed out for about 10 minutes ...scary...alcohol will hit hard and in a negative way if on the raw food diet.:)