Submitted: 9/9/07 Modified: 9/9/07 How long have you been a rawfooder: 4 years, 7 months Your current percent raw: 100% How long: 4 years, 7 months Your goals -- why you're on a raw food diet: I have been raw three separate times in my life. The first time, I was in my 20's and was raw for a year. I went raw then after recovering from a nasty case of pneumonia. Someone told me about colonic irrigations and gave me Walkers, "Become Younger." I wanted to regain some control over my life and so choose this healthy path. I stayed on it because I felt so good. Unfortunately, I quit after a year.
This time, I went raw when a doctor told me I had Hep C and he wanted to put me on interferon therapy, which, if you know anything about that, it's a grueling regimen. I remembered what raw food had done for me in the past and I decided, then and there, I was going to be raw from now on. When the doctors did a biopsy of my liver, two months after I started, they told me I didn't need interferon after all. What you like about a raw food diet: I like the fact that it's the only truly natural way of eating. I hate the idea of garbage rotting in my colon which is what you get from a S.A.D. diet. (I knew all this the whole time I was eating SAD after that first year raw. I just tried not to think about it.) I am really happy to be back on track. I lost 70 pounds, look younger all the time and have the energy of a teenager. My skin is soft to the touch and I know I am expressing self-love in one of the most effective ways possible. What you haven't liked about a raw food diet: I don't like the restrictions imposed by being raw in a cooked world. I am really glad there are now raw food restaurants around so I can eat out without just going to a regular place and getting the eternal salad. I hope there will soon be a raw restaurant on every street. I sometimes feel sad when people eat something that looks appetizing in front of me which is not raw so I can't partake. But, when I see all my friends developing health problems, I know I'm doing the right thing. What you would have done differently: Stayed raw when I did it the first time. But what good is 20-20 hindsight. Your tools for dealing with cravings and with feeling deprived: Thank gods for gourmet raw. That helps a lot. It contributes to the variety of a raw diet. I can now satisfy some of my cravings by eating raw pizza and other yummie recipes. Sometimes, I have a craving I can't satisfy that way, like a craving for Southern Fried Chicken or pork chops. (Yes, I was a very decadant eater when I was cooked.) I deal with those cravings by just letting them pass through me. They are temporary. They will pass. But, if I eat the things I crave, they will become part of me and I won't let that happen. WebSites:
http://homepage.mac.com/kia
http://homepage.mac.com/kia/rawnav.html
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