100% Raw???

[Flip flop Mamma]

I was reading the dead food list over here: http://www.purelyraw.com/deadfoodlist.htm and am thinking about eventually (this may take a long, long, while) going 100%. I have tons of food on this list in my home right now, and I think once it's used up, I'm going to stop buying the "dead foods". I even printed out the page and hung it on my fridge so I would have the reference right there :)

I think when the next Challenge starts (August 10th, WOO HOO!!) I'm going to go into it 100%!!!

What about you?? What do you think about the dead food list???

xoxo
Jaymi

[kiwiandme]

I personally feel it's a bit over the top. Like Bunny says, eat your veggies. I will do my best to join you in this challenge, however, it's hard to make crackers and such without many of these listed items.

[Flip flop Mamma]

I really think it can be done easily...but like I said it'll be a process :)

[Anastazia]

Thanks 4 sharing this link, I hadn't come across it yet...
...It helps to know these things, as something to aspire to, & also helps me not feel deprived of some of the things I haven't been able to afford to try yet, in all my raw reading...

I've been told about grinding sesame seeds in my coffee grinder, then adding a bit of olive oil for tahini, I'm definately going to try this, when I can access some organic sesame seeds here...

I think as long as we don't get down on others for using things not truly raw, (or on ourselves) these are all things that can be transitioned out of...
~Anastazia~

[Flip flop Mamma]

Agave is something I'm working on getting rid of. I think I'm going to buy some date sugar instead....but I haven't researched to see if that's even raw.

bitt said:

Good point. a lot of those things can be found more authentically raw for a higher price (like almonds). But some of us choose to not mind if something is not technically raw. For example seaweed because it has so many beneficial substances in it even though it could be cooked. (But you can get untoasted seaweed as well online.) I think it's important to view these foods as condiments and not eat them in access. And try to purchase from raw companies (like Artisana's tahini who ferment theirs) when possible and affordable. But it is of course a personal choice. Worth experimenting to see how your body feels. I met a woman at a potluck who says she feels so much better off agave. Good for her for figuring that out!

[Flip flop Mamma]

Kiwiandme (who is my bff in real life!) are starting the next challenge early! hahaha. Some major competition going on over here :) RAW everyday, no exceptions (anything over 6 m&m's is cheating! hahaha). Doesn't that sound like fun?? We're calling each other every night to share what we ate for that day, to stay accountable :)

[Bunny Berry]

A lot of the stuff on the dead list I have to stay away from naturally because I am gluten and yeast intolerant. In fact, the gluten free list is eerily long and similar.

Hmmmmmm....

[New2Life]

You can make your own date butter. Jut soak dates in H20 and then blend. I toss my dates in my smoothies. Dates are raw, right?

Flip flop Mamma said:

Agave is something I'm working on getting rid of. I think I'm going to buy some date sugar instead....but I haven't researched to see if that's even raw.

bitt said:

Good point. a lot of those things can be found more authentically raw for a higher price (like almonds). But some of us choose to not mind if something is not technically raw. For example seaweed because it has so many beneficial substances in it even though it could be cooked. (But you can get untoasted seaweed as well online.) I think it's important to view these foods as condiments and not eat them in access. And try to purchase from raw companies (like Artisana's tahini who ferment theirs) when possible and affordable. But it is of course a personal choice. Worth experimenting to see how your body feels. I met a woman at a potluck who says she feels so much better off agave. Good for her for figuring that out!

[Rebecca M.]

Yeah this bums me out too. Is there a way to eventually find a peace with it all? That would be a good question for DW - Are you so clean you that you have more sensitivities to everything?

Bette said:

I sooo agree here Pete. When I went raw, I soared. My skin glowed and I looked radiant. After a year and a half, I dont see myself doing so well. I have things to tweek yet it has been a challenge...with raw emotions too.

And did u read any bit of Matt Monarchs "Raw Success?" To me, it was very depressing. I read to find it get better and it did not. This is the summary.....the cleaner(by being strict 100 percent) you get the less you can live in a toxic world. Not all of us can go live in Equador for clean air and life.

That caused me to wonder about this....as I was already very sensitive and now I am more and more.

Pete Vincent said:

Unfortunately GREAT diets on paper don't always equate to GREAT diets inside your body.

It's what YOUR body can do with those foods that ultimately dictates whether its a GREAT diet for you or not.

You have to also take into account where your health is at right now and what is already going on in your body. Up until you decided to start trying to do the right thing, your body was performing minor miracles in order to maintain as much balance as it could given the diet you were giving it up until you decide to go "ALL RAW".

Radically altering your diet overnight then calls on your body to perform lots of other minor miracles to suddenly begin digesting and altering the internal body chemistry again. Your state of health will dictate how effectively your body is able to do this and whether or not you will thrive long term. Many people feel better in the short term simply because they have stopped giving their body all the things that were causing it problems. After a while this initial high levels off and then the cracks begin to reveal themselves.

[Rebecca M.]

Just found a page with a audio of Dr. Brian Clement.. that talks about sensitivities while raw...

http://www.aliveraw.com/Articles/Why-Has-My-System-Become-Sensitive...

[esther frances]

it's sort of like the stats on the amount of asthmatic/allergy kids go up when they have lived in a too clean environment (maybe it's all the fumes from the chemicals in the cleaning products that mom uses)...or, their immune systems didn't develop fully without the challenges.

when i was a kid, in response to us playing around in the dirt and putting our hands in our mouths, the pediatrician told my mom, that is was ok. kids can eat up to 2 pounds of dirt a day! i guess that's why mom didn't spend her time scrubbing everything ;>) [my aunt scrubbed everything and her kids had the allergies/asthma].

a different attitude, huh? you'd never hear that now.

[Angela]

Finding the ultimate 100% plan is like chasing the white rabbit down the rabbit hole. You never know where you'll end up. It maybe the quest to find more things appealing that causes people to turn to more manufactured raw foods, but getting back to the basics is important. Eat the greens, fresh local fruits and veggies.
It can become a trap of "what's raw and what's not really raw" and in comes the rub. Rules and regulations. Our bodies have amazing restorative abilities when we give it what it needs. I'm fascinated by the idea that we can spend so much time detoxing our bodies, hearts and emotions, find a clearer path for ourselves spiritually, and then get tripped up by raw foods. Somewhere down the line in our journey we start that weeding process because "we just aren't feeling so great" and it must be this thing or that. We start the quest for that next latest and greatest food property brought to us from Peru or somewhere in South East Asia, and we believe if only we get that thing no matter how much it costs, it will help us along on our journey.
I've seen people move from raw foods to only living foods, then to fruitarian, then make attempts at Breathairianism. When do we become content with the beautiful raw foods in their natural state? Before you know it we are pondering living somewhere far away from the toxic hub-bub, when our bodies are magnificently equipped to handle the challenges of the day. We're here to enjoy life and each other, even more than food...it took me a long time to figure that out.

[inspiredej]

Wow.. A DEAD food list. Sounds pretty scary!!

When I went raw, I decided to do it because it was what my body wanted.. not because I knew anything about
Raw Food Lifestyle.

The more I found out, the more I got confused.

I found too.. that being raw at first was great,, but after hearing all the miracles and not experiencing them in the first YEAR that seemingly 'everyone else' was ( in all the books anyway).. I was a bit discouraged.. but went on because it stiil felt the best thing to ME.

I find that now, after 3 years, I am able to handle those more toxic situations Better than before, and I am able to breathe easier in situations that would have triggered three day long asthma attacks not so long ago.

I am VERY grateful to be raw, and not make myself crazy about the % , and also to have other people try to live up to their expectations of where they 'should' be at because others are eating differently.