Hi everyone, before you read this I *love* raw food and think its very healthy (and tasty) but I thought I'd share my story just because I was so overwhelmed and feeling so sad a few weeks back and feel so good now, I want it to be here to help anyone else who has any problems.
I tried going high raw this year since January. Started off fantastic making lots of yummy things and trying new foods but the more I read the more and more overwhelmed I got by nutrition and what is good/bad for me. It felt like I couldnt eat anything and though I tried to listen to my body or 'let go' I'd read something else and get confused again. Gradually I cut more and more things out for whatever reason...like I didnt want too much fat, grains were 'bad for me', obviously raw over cooked... I was basically living off fruit and salads because they were the only things I could eat without worryingI was doing it wrong, the weight dropped off and now weigh 6 stone at 5 ft tall and am looking emaciated I also found cooked or heavy foods really hard to digest and just got to the point where I felt like I'd never be able to eat anything again. My stomach was all gassy and bloated and horrible and I felt full after like 1 bite of salad even though I knew it wasnt enough. I also was really wanting to just eat something cooked, not junk food but a wholesome rice meal or something but I wouldnt let myself because maybe these cravings where my 'addiction to cooked food'.
But in the end I made myself a baked potato and some rice the next day and really enjoyed both meals. I went to a naturopath about my digestion and she said my digestive system isnt strong enough for all that raw, also in chinese medicine its unbalancing for the spleen to eat that much raw (I have all the symptoms of spleen deficiency!) so she told me to eat all whole natural healthy foods but lots of warming things and grains and good fats! And I feel brilliant I still have loads of energy like when I was completely raw but its grounded and I suddenly feel so free with no restrictions on what I can eat, there are so many foods out there raw and cooked and I cant wait to try them all. My stomach isnt bloated anymore and has gone really flat and quite sexy which makes me think I'll gain weight in all the right places.
So I'm not saying that raw food is bad, its wonderful, I have a raw pizza base dehydrating at the moment that I cant wait to eat with veg and pinenut cheese (I wouldnt have made that before because various ingredients weren't 'doing it right' or too much fat or whatever), but I feel so free knowing I dont have to be a certain percent raw or cooked to be healthy I can have what I like.
So I wanted to share that really because it was horrible being so overwhelmed, so dont listen to all the extremists or people who talk about how UNhealthy things are but enjoy being on a healthy and natural diet and enjoy your food raw or cooked and concentrate on how GOOD for you everything is, food is nutritious!
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