Hi all, I've recently come back to 100% raw after staying high raw for most of the summer & earlier fall. I also just began following 811 a little over a week ago and love it so far. However it's getting seriously cold here in NYC and I've found myself freezing to death to the point where I have to take multiple showers a day, run hot water over my hands every time I pass the bathroom, etc. I'm not a huge fan of tea/don't have a kettle, but I am a huge fan of lightly steamed veggies, especially sweet potatoes. I'm wondering if you think it eating sweet potatoes, broccoli or cauliflower that's been steamed (plain) every other day in the evening will hinder me. I'm doing 811 mainly for athletic purposes- I'm a distance runner and want to get faster to qualify for Boston. I'd love any insight you might have about your experiences eating some cooked veggies to keep warm!
In the past I was living in LA so it wasn't as cold, and I turned to "raw" cacao that probably wasn't raw, Lara Bars that weren't all raw, and high fat foods like nuts and lots of avocadoes when I was cold. I think my body would do better sticking to low fat even if it's cooked veggies. Right?? I know it's not ideal, but neither is humans living in cold climates :-p
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Thanks for the input! I think I'm going to just listen to my body and of course try to stick to 100% raw, but not beat myself up about eating some cooked veggies if I feel like that would be best for me. If only I lived somewhere warm!
You can also include some "warming spices" like ginger, like on top of a salad or something. That always gets my circulation going, and might be useful. Not sure if that's part of the 811 thing or not, though since I don't know much about it.
Though yeah, I think yams and other veggies are probably quite okay. :-)
i make herbal chai by taking hot, not quite boiling water and steeping in cloves, ginger, and cinnamon. mmm apple would be good too. my heart goes out to all you folks in north america, im in india currently and going to fiji in a few days, might not even see snow this winter. stay warm everyone! bundle up!