In this article, Victoria Boutenko shares on raw food challenges and green revelations. Victoria Boutenko is part of a raw food family and is the author of Green Smoothies and Green for Life. Victoria: Since going raw then we began to feel better and better and better.
But interesting shift in our lifestyle was seven years after being raw. We were eating actually better. Our variety was more wide and more balanced.
Still we noticed that our teeth were falling apart very quickly. Victoria: Pain. Every six months, many, many fillings.. And our gums started to get purple and bleeding and our nails started to get brittle and our hair started to fall. And I started to gain weight again; was very disturbing for me because I was a public speaker for raw food.
And nobody knew what was going on. I picked up chimpanzee because according to my research, chimpanzee is the closest to human genetic structure. Chimpanzees shares with humans And then I wanted to see what wild chimpanzees eat, what is their diet. And luckily Jane Goodall made lots of research and she wrote volumes about chimpanzees of Gambi Valley and when I looked what they eat, that was it. As soon as I saw the charts of their diet, I instantly knew what the answer was.
I found it. I found it! Because not only did we not eat enough greens, we hated them. Every one of us. My choice to be raw vegan is not based on anyone besides myself , so whomever falls off the wagon so to speak is of no consequence to the greatness raw veganism offers me!
Raw is great but I think a bit of cooked food has a place in our healthy temple. Thanks for reading, Casey. Yes there will be some muscle loss during these 72 hours, but the body will it back up better than before, if we are using those muscles. Great post.
The problems really start to mount after maybe the 3-year mark. Liars trying to make a living off of those lies. I got out for health reasons and found the weston price foundation information that totally changed my life. I still lean towards vegetarianism, but there simply is NO vegan culture in existence to support the idea that raw vegan EVER existed in the world as a healthy, sustainable lifestyle.
The closest culture is the south indian hindus who live the shortest lives of all cultural groups. As a short term cleansing program in the warm summer months raw vegan is excellent, but long term the health issues just continue to creep in making it a ridiculous effort to maintain when HEALTH is what you are looking for.
Thank god i did,and you did Andrew before we suffered anymore than we needed to! Geez i am so silly,Alex!!! Unlike food drying this will not stink up your apartment for a month every time you do a batch of the more fragrant beef or pork. It was tough initially to change,but now i embrace the changes i have made,because my body mind and spirit is responding so positively and quite quickly! That was UNsustainable to say the least — you could have hooked a pipeline up to my butt and powered a small city.
I am so, so grateful for this post!! I have been high raw organic vegan since What a blessing to finally find others who have been there, done that, and come full circle. Now how do I come back? Hello there, Im an open minded raw of about 7 months 2 years high raw before that I am on it to get rid of mild chronic fatigue and have had glandular fever twice and it has worked brilliantly. I am studying to be a naturopath and currently researching to make sure my diet gives me the necessary calories, protein and other nutrients.
Should I find that it doesnt, I will hapily add some cooked legumes and grains to my diet. So far I have found that I can meet caloric and protein needs from raw food, but I wasnt until I did this research.
I know what you mean, Ashley, when you talk about weight loss, weakness, lightheadedness. I had that for the first 5 months or so. My weight, normally 56 kg and skinny, was dropping and I said that if it reached 50 I would go on high raw. Then, with a bit of help from Dr Douglas Grayams book 80 10 10, which alothough I think he takes the food quantities to extreme I highly recommend that you get a copy of I turned things around and am back to my usual weight and even have a small amount of fat to grab on my stomach.
I work 12 hour industrial cleaning shifts in coal mining. Here are a few facts that may help you. Energy is not hard to get on raw food it you know where it is and what quantities to eat.
Do not listen to people who say there is a lot of energy in dark greens. Makes an entire blender full of smoothies. Ideally, all ingredients should be organic. Ingredients: The meat from 2 young Thai coconuts scrape out the white meat from the inside of the coconut The water from the 2 coconuts 2 bananas dates 1 cup spinach or more, depending on how green you want it Pinch cinnamon Pinch nutmeg Click here to watch the full video on GaiamTV.
You can generally find young coconuts at Whole Foods, health food stores and Asian markets. Good luck! Your email address will not be published.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Name First. So much love for the green drink! Comments Thanks, Jenny. I have only a blender and this helps a lot! Leave a comment! VB : This was another argument I often made. VN : Knowing what you know now, what do you think is the optimal diet for great health? VB : I consider a high-raw diet, meaning 80—95 percent raw vegan food, to be optimal for everyday life.
I have stopped eating most nuts, all nut butters, and most oils, and have added cooked foods into my diet like steamed broccoli, asparagus, and cabbage. VN : So why write this book? VB : We wanted to prevent our followers from making the same mistakes we did. VB : All three of us discovered the benefits of raw eating approximately at the same time, some 17 years ago. Throughout this time, we often participated in the same events teaching people how to prepare raw foods. We decided it was important to share our adjusted raw-food diet with our followers.
What has been the response from the raw community on your new take on raw food? VB : I was surprised to discover that most people have already arrived to the same conclusions.
I cannot continue encouraging my followers to consume those heavy raw desserts, and without them many people lose too much weight and become too skinny—since they do not consume adequate amount of calories for their lifestyle.
I chose to add a small percent of steamed veggies instead. VN : Is a percent raw-food diet ever a good idea?
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