I keep seeing nutritional yeast and pure maple syrup in raw recipes, even though these aren't raw.
I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to use nutritional yeast and maple syrup when I go raw. There's a part of me that doesn't want to simply because they aren't raw. But, on the other hand, I'm not opposed to using spices (powder). I almost look at nutritional yeast as a cheesy flavored spice.
I'm also not opposed to using other things that aren't "technically raw" like agave (from what I've found, even the kind marked raw aren't truly raw) so I almost want to say as long as it's organic pure maple syrup it's okay. I'm not sure if I'm okay with using frozen veggies since they are heated before freezing. I suppose if I were running low on money and in a tight situation I would.
There's a part of me that doesn't want to use things that aren't truly raw, but at the same time I don't want to be dogmatic.
So, do you use nutritional yeast and maple syrup? and why or why not. If you do, are you considered high raw or can you just get by with saying raw?
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* waterbaby12347, I see what you're saying about the pool thing, but I'm the kind of person who needs to ease into it. It took me 3 years to go from omni to vegetarian, 2 years to go from vegetarian to vegan and I need a transitional period to go from vegan to raw.
I'm not too worried about the label. I'm more concerned with why raw foodists use these and if I should, too. I would like to know what to call myself, too, though.
My girlfriend has been with me since high school, so she's seen my transformation from SAD to now. She's come a long way with accepting my food choices.
SAD? LOL, I'm not sad. I'm vegan... some of those videos are old. I should probably add annotations to them. I just broke a 15 day Master Cleanse with orange juice today. I still have a few more days to come off of it, for a total of 3 weeks of cleansing.
The reason I couldn't make it past 6 days raw back in 07 was because I was jumping the gun and I was literally just eating produce. Now, I have TONS of recipes to start using.
*blueyz, Thanks for the reply. I'm seeing from other forums, that most people are okay with using these in moderation.
I'm still going to use them now in my transition period. I guess I'll just have to see how I feel about them once I go raw.
joannabanana, I luv hummus! You can make raw hummus, you know.
waterbaby12347, that's okay. I fast once a week, so that helps detoxify a little bit.
Someone on another forum mentioned that nutritional yeast is like a supplement in powder form. That's a good way to look at it because I'm not opposed to using things like spirulina powder.