So far, changes that I believe are consequences of this new diet;
- I feel less joint pain. Mostly in my hips and knees. I am still stiff startng an hour or so after running, but less so. After sitting for a while (say, at the computer) I find I can move around easier from sitting position than before.
- My nails! How are they so long and strong? And my cuticles have never been this soft and un-noticable. My cuticles look like they used to when I would have manicures. Nice!
Is the skin on my hands getting softer and less dry?
Hmmm......
Dec 31, 2008
When I started...
Around Thanksgiving of 2008 I began to research raw food eating. I was reading Steve Ross's book "Happy Yoga" in which he talks about raw food, but also I had heard general references and did some research on the web. I purchases some books, about four, which I have been reading. They vary in their doctrine and suggestions about raw food diets, and I appreciate that. I like to read or hear different points of view on a subject. It rounds it out better for me to make my own conclusions. And I do not think this process is through; rather just beginning. But these books are a helpful start.
So around the first week of December I began to mindfully eat more raw fruits and vegetables, meanwhile reading all aI could about raw food and lifestyle. I read about and believe I experienced an issue that can occur when a person enters raw eating too quickly. They detox at a rate their bodies cannot keep up with, consequently "re-toxing" their blood and systems as toxins are released faster than they can be cleared. I did not feel so well, but persevered. Today is 12/30. Over the month I have gone from feeling initally (briefly, like one day) GREAT, to feeling not so great, and then slowly feeling better.
A BIG improvement (was it just timing since I had arlready started focusing on raw?) occurred with the Christmas gift of a juicer from Carlos. I had already read a lot about the benefits of juicing and taking juices on an empty stomach, so I was eager to try and started drinking green juice on Christmas day. Here it is one week later and i swear I can feel and see differences, that I attribute to both diet changes and juicing, How exciting that positive progress can be seen in so little time! It is very motivating to continuing this way of eating.
So around the first week of December I began to mindfully eat more raw fruits and vegetables, meanwhile reading all aI could about raw food and lifestyle. I read about and believe I experienced an issue that can occur when a person enters raw eating too quickly. They detox at a rate their bodies cannot keep up with, consequently "re-toxing" their blood and systems as toxins are released faster than they can be cleared. I did not feel so well, but persevered. Today is 12/30. Over the month I have gone from feeling initally (briefly, like one day) GREAT, to feeling not so great, and then slowly feeling better.
A BIG improvement (was it just timing since I had arlready started focusing on raw?) occurred with the Christmas gift of a juicer from Carlos. I had already read a lot about the benefits of juicing and taking juices on an empty stomach, so I was eager to try and started drinking green juice on Christmas day. Here it is one week later and i swear I can feel and see differences, that I attribute to both diet changes and juicing, How exciting that positive progress can be seen in so little time! It is very motivating to continuing this way of eating.
Dec 30, 2008
Declaration
I am starting to inform myself about raw food diets, vegetarian diets, the effects of cooked food vs raw food on the body, etc... This journey has already proven interesting and the purpose of this blog is to help me follow and track courses I choose and the changes I experience. I am not a person to make changes without some level of information first. Although once I make up my mind to do or try something, I have little patience but to move forward.
I am keeping this private for now, more like a diary. I just want a sounding board for myself. I do plan, however, to open it up within the next few months or so, for public consumption.
Upfront, a couple of assertions about myself and this process;
I don't like to call attention to myself, nor do I like when others call attention to themselves. While true allergies exist, I have also suspected some people declare dietary likes or restrictions or even allergies, in what I see as simply a need to be noticed and have attention. Gaah.
My interest or practice in eating raw will be under the radar, when doable in my own home, when traveling and able etc.
I will not forgo cultural, or gastronomical experiences for the sake of dogmatic adherence or dietary guidelines of raw, or any other label.
I love food, love experiences around good food, and passionate chefs and preparers. This is more important to me than meeting some measurement of being a certain percentage raw for any given day.
I am keeping this private for now, more like a diary. I just want a sounding board for myself. I do plan, however, to open it up within the next few months or so, for public consumption.
Upfront, a couple of assertions about myself and this process;
I don't like to call attention to myself, nor do I like when others call attention to themselves. While true allergies exist, I have also suspected some people declare dietary likes or restrictions or even allergies, in what I see as simply a need to be noticed and have attention. Gaah.
My interest or practice in eating raw will be under the radar, when doable in my own home, when traveling and able etc.
I will not forgo cultural, or gastronomical experiences for the sake of dogmatic adherence or dietary guidelines of raw, or any other label.
I love food, love experiences around good food, and passionate chefs and preparers. This is more important to me than meeting some measurement of being a certain percentage raw for any given day.
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