Going Raw

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moparjer · July 2014

4 months ago, my husband's heart Dr. told him to eat whole foods only. At last month's appt., the doctor said he was doing so great that he was able to cut out 2 of his heart medicines and lost 8 lbs. First thing we did, was buy "Forks over Knives" cookbook by Del Sroufe. It has 300 recipies for plant-based eating. We fix a lot of spaghetti with rice noodles and fresh mushrooms. I still have occasional chicken, as my health is good; so I can't say I'm eating 100% what he eats. Good luck with your journey! Now we just walk by the meat dept. and seldom buy eggs. We have a teenage adult at home, so I try to mix things alittle!

parys1 · July 2014

Raw rice is gonna be crunchy.

calibriintx · July 2014

In

carlyraer · July 2014

I am raw vegan and lost too much weight and now weigh 88 pounds. Be careful

Some_Watery_Tart · July 2014

and they say guys and Marines (even veterans) are crude and make things come back to sex. lol .:laugh:

People who say that have never worked in an office full of women.

gypsy_spirit · July 2014

Winning.

parys1 · July 2014

and they say guys and Marines (even veterans) are crude and make things come back to sex. lol .:laugh:

People who say that have never worked in an office full of women.

Any group of women, really.

HeidiCooksSupper · July 2014

If you were to read, as I did, the book How Cooking Made Us Human by primatologist Richard Wrangham, you might accept his theory that it is by learning to cook food, and therefore make the nutrients more readily available, that humans were able to develop larger, more complex brains than the other apes.

But, of course, there are other scientists who say this is bunkum.

If you were to read raw food movement books, you would believe that raw is the only way to go.

But, of course, there are other scientists who say this is bunkum.

So, eat raw vegan for a couple of weeks. Why not? But don't blindly accept all the writers who claim that raw-only is the BEST way to eat. Bear in mind that any diet that includes ONLY this and NOT that is likely to lead to some sort of biological imbalance in your system unless you are extremely careful to design a carefully crafted balanced diet. Humans evolved as omnivores -- not obligate omnivores, we can also thrive as careful herbivores -- but we are mostly omnivores.

Robinson1258 · July 2014

Yes!

Wait...not what you meant?

No lol

brower47 · July 2014

I thought this was about something else entirely and was going to advice against it unless you're in a committed relationship but then I saw it was about restricting food prep...

LolBroScience · July 2014

All for it

brower47 · July 2014

If you were to read, as I did, the book How Cooking Made Us Human by primatologist Richard Wrangham, you might accept his theory that it is by learning to cook food, and therefore make the nutrients more readily available, that humans were able to develop larger, more complex brains than the other apes.

But, of course, there are other scientists who say this is bunkum.

If you were to read raw food movement books, you would believe that raw is the only way to go.

But, of course, there are other scientists who say this is bunkum.

So, eat raw vegan for a couple of weeks. Why not? But don't blindly accept all the writers who claim that raw-only is the BEST way to eat. Bear in mind that any diet that includes ONLY this and NOT that is likely to lead to some sort of biological imbalance in your system unless you are extremely careful to design a carefully crafted balanced diet. Humans evolved as omnivores -- not obligate omnivores, we can also thrive as careful herbivores -- but we are mostly omnivores.

I thought it was our opposable thumbs and our cooperative hunting styles that led to our diverse brain abilities but I'll check out that book because evolutionary adaptation is fascinating to me.