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  • I'm raw, family's not-battling acceptance

    Well as long as everyone at least tries to accept each other for who they are, then there's hope. I can't offer you any tips on acceptance, but perhaps I can give you another way of looking at things.

    Perhaps the best way to solve this would be to stop thinking of the way they eat as poison. Now I'm a fan raw vegan, it might be the optimal human diet. But humans are amazing creatures and can survive on an amazing amount of foods. But the raw movement has a big focus on calling things toxic, non-foods, poison, etc. and have a very negative view on the 'foods' the majority of the population subside on. Sure they may not be optimal foods, sure they have an impact on heath, but the human race sure has thrived on them for a very long time. Do you know how many people have lived to be 80,90, over a 100 on horrible diets? Yes some may have poor health, but some eat 'poorly' and have good health all their life.

    I'm not trying to say that it's good that they eat this way, just that you should focus on not being deathly afraid of their health. I'm sorry about your moms fight(and the whole family, I'm familiar with the situation), but you can't let that effect your family out of fear it could happen to them. There are a lot of factors to health, it's impossible to calculate everything that effects it. Someone might be sick from eating so many steaks, but it could also be air pollution on the drive to work, contact with toxic chemicals there, lack of exercise, etc. Diet is a huge factor in health, but so is stress. If you're really concerned about their well being you have to realize how you react every time they have a piece of candy might be doing them more harm than the candy itself.

    You'll have to decide for yourself whether you should change or not(of whether you can if you want to). This is just my advice on which direction I would take. As for family dinner perhaps a compromise of you cooking them vegan meals a few times a week, and making raw meals a few times a week. Really while the issues(these at least) come from being a raw foodist, a forum dedicated to general family conflicts might be a better place to seek advice, or a family/marriage counselor(not something I'd like to recommend really, but I have actually heard good things).

    katieb2812