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Posted by: Anon 102 ()

Date: May 18, 2015 11:34PM

What made you go raw?
My nose had been clogging up for years and I had been having constant breathing problems. Many nights I had to sleep with several pillows otherwise I wouldn’t be able to breathe properly. I had seen a lot of doctors who couldn’t find any fault. They kept giving me one drug or another but nothing helped. This happened in my home country. I came to America in 1994(jtprindl say I am John Rose and temp/powerlifer sometimes say I am fresh and sometimes say I am John Rose. Turns out I wasn’t even born in the USA. Lol. Is my English that good? I had no idea. lol). Anyway, I went to two doctors here and both said I have a deviated septum and recommended surgery. I foolishly believed at that time that American doctors knew everything and did nothing wrong. I had the surgery and it was a waste of time, money (copays. I had Ins) and I endured unnecessary pain. I got relief for about 3-4 months and it was back to square one.
I then decided to look on the internet where I found out about the raw food diet. I went 100% raw right away eating only fruits and leafy greens and coconut water. No nuts or seeds. I did eat the fatty fruits like durian and avocados though. I actually wasn’t thinking about macros then. I just ate what I liked. This was in 2006. In 3 months or so my nostrils were super clear and I could breathe with the greatest of ease. I ate this way, strict 100% raw, for about 8 months and then began to take my healing for granted. Little by little I started adding back cooked foods in. I would say that I stayed about 70% raw for until 2011 but that was enough to clog my nose again though not as bad as before I went raw.

When did you go raw?
2006

have you been continuously raw since you first started or did you leave the lifestyle for a while and then came back?
I never left. The majority of my food (by calories) have been raw since 2006.

Your age (optional) and gender?
52, M

What climate were you in when you first went raw and what climate are you in now?
Same all the time. New York.

Can you say briefly how the climate you’re in affects, whether positively, negatively or neutrally, your raw lifestyle?
Negatively in the winter months, fruits take long to ripen. Positively in the warmer months, I find it easier to be raw.

Do you recommend any place or places that are more conducive to staying raw?
I’d say tropical. That’s the kind I grew up on.

What did you eat when you first went raw and what is your diet like today?
It was more fruit when I started. Now I eat lots of juicy fruits and bananas and almost any young vegetable e.g. eggplant, okra, long beans, squash, almost any. I eat some nuts and seeds and leafy greens. Once in a while I eat some chlorella, spirulina, green powders, but not often. I still don’t bother with macros nor do I bother with checking nutrients. I’ll say I eat anything that I feel like but the crux of my diet is juicy fruits and bananas. From 2011 I started eating cooked foods only on occasions. Right now I eat cooked foods a guaranteed 4 times a year on the birthdays of loved ones. I’ll eat also if there’s some momentous occasion or holiday. Other than that it’s raw. I used to do the same with alcohol. Last time I drank a few beers was Christmas 2014. Before that was Aug 2013. I plan on stopping that entirely from this year. I hope I can keep to the plan. I also plan on stopping all cooked food sooner or later.

Approximately what percentage of your diet is raw?
About 95%. An all raw diet is the best though I have found.

If you knew then what you know now what changes would you have made when you first started raw?
I would have never added back cooked food in my diet. It’s not worth it.

What’s your view on supplements and do you take any?
I don’t take any now. (I don’t recommend anyone follow this. Do what’s best for you). Maybe I’ll take later on down the road. Nothing’s set in stone with me.

Do you do regular health tests, e.g. blood and others?
No

We know there are many kinds of raw diet so this question is specific. Do you have any advice for raw fooders who are leaning towards eating or eating the raw diet you eat?

Yeah. Don’t bother following my way of eating. I don’t use supplements. I don’t watch nutrients. I have a very low opinion of nutritional science. I do all the things you don’t want to do. However, there are quite a few good people here on this forum that you can glean things from and come up with a suitable diet.

Do you have any advice for raw fooders who may have find themselves in a rut?
If you’re going to fail, fail big and let it last for a while so that it sears into your brain and you have that memory for a lifetime. Then fill the house with raw food and never run out of it. Start eating raw before cooked. Eat a little less cooked every day and a little more raw. Exercise a little. Try to let go of the cooked foods that does the worst damage.

Any other thing you’d like to add?
Have raw food around always. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. Exercise a little. Don’t look at raw like a curse has befallen you. Be grateful that you found something that you can eat. The online forums are a double-edged sword. You can get a lot of useful information but because of the conflicting opinions of people a noobie can keep second guessing themselves as they wonder what’s the right way. Always have 100% raw as the ultimate goal. Never eat beans before a meeting. smiling smiley