Hi me and my wife are new to raw and have a few questions but first a little introduction.
I am a Norwegian and my wife is Italian she has been vegetarian for 4 years now, I was not but lately i never ate meat at home, only when i ate out so i had/have no problem with vegetarian food.
so now three weeks ago we found some articles on internet about the raw food diett and did some research and found more info. we both got very exiteed and wanted to try and start for it makes sense, and so far it is working very good.
The thing i want to ask is we eat almost everything raw now exept alittle bread every day and one time a week usually we go out with friends and then we eat cooked food. Is that normal?
and how many procentage is to be considered raw?
we have now started sprouting alot and its going fine.We dont have a dehydraiter( and im not sure where to buy one) but we have blender.
The nuts do you buy them raw or toasted(all kind)?we seem only to find toasted nuts here and salted can you soak them?
We both feel good on the diett so far , no problem. We also have a great big healt store very close thats nice.
thx
Helge & Elena
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Personally, I call myself Trisha. And that's what I want people to call ME. And I do happen to eat a couple of raw meals a day, but I feel no need to move the needle further in one direction or the other. I started out outstandingly fit and healthy. Since incorporating more raw food into my diet, I'm still outstandingly fit and healthy. But according to recent lab reports - I'm not appreciably healthier since I traded in my egg breakfasts for green smoothes. I do it raw because I like the way it tastes. Why do people get so passionate about percentages? Is it a competitive thing? I don't get it.
Wow, I think epie has ducked out of town. This is kind of like if you walk up to a couple you haven't seen in a while and say "So how's it going with the new house?" and then WWIII breaks out between them. LOL I think this is a GREAT community, and I'm glad we can be honest with each other and even heated at times. I hope epie gives himself a chance to get to know us better, and that we're not always so rowdy.
So, epie, where you at...???!!!! Please let us hear from you.
As a newbie to raw but vegan for several years I can definitely identify with loose termanology.
Chris - I think I can agree. Raw foodie/foodist makes me think someone who eats only raw food just like vegan makes me think absolutely no animal products (anywhere in your life). I think it's fair to say you are working towards being a raw foodist or even you are about 60% raw or whatever percentage. I think people should make it clear. There is far too many people throwing terms and labels loosely around.
Dagny - I can't even hold back anymore when someone says "well some vegetarians eat fish" No No No! Those aren't vegetarians, those are wannabees. They have their own term they are just too lazy to use it and like to confuse the crap out of everyone they meet so that when a real vegetarian shows up they are served a plate of fish! Sorry. Mini vent.
Hi everyone..
First i want to thank everyone for their many views on my post. Every oppinion is appriciated and also all the answers.
The reason i asked 80 prosenatge was because i read in many other treads in this forum of people writing they eat raw food most of the day and then had only one cooked meal a day and they considered themself 60-70 procentage raw etc etc.
I am new so i thought it was maybe normal to count or think like this.
My view is that you you could consider yourself raw when reached 100%. Im also doing this for myself my own good.
It is for us a goal to reach 100 % but i see now it is gonna take a bit time.but we stopped eating bread but still we eat one or two times a week at or other people and there we eat cooked food. and we also use balsamico vinegard on salad that is not raw.
A question is yeast considered raw direct translated to english it would be "edible beer yeast"?
Anyway we love the raw food and try to eat as much as we can and we do it because we belive it is only for our own good..:)
honestly, i would compare this whole clouded, bloated discussion to, (what else?) Christianity.
There are Christians. people who consider themselves followers of and believers in Jesus Christ.
I consider myself a Christian. Do I go advertising it everywhere? No. If someone asks me about my beliefs, do I tell them? Yes.
Then there are the Fundamentalist Christians. Christians who set borders and boundaries and parameters to designate, segregate, and distinguish. I am a Christian and I do things differently, so therefore the way I do things is more Christian than the way you do things, and you need to therefore adjust your Christianity to suit my needs as a Christian. WTF?
I feel that the term 'raw foodism' has become similarly the same way. there are fundamentalist Raws, and just 'spiritual' raws. is either any less deserving of the term?
no i'm not 'calling anyone out' or trying to point fingers, but i feel it helps to grapple this dialogue by comparing an a way that many can relate to.