Raw Food

Morning A.---I am studying to be a wellness educator through a naturopath who has her PhD in nutrition. Dr. Pam Popper runs the Wellness Forum in Columbus, OH. Her advice for optimal health is to eat a diet that is 90% plant based diet, with 10% coming from animal sources. At may house, we 'mostly' use animal protein as a condiment or as a flavoring for soups or stews. On a side note, cows milk consumption is discouraged and is NOT recommended for humans. Go to www.strongbones.org to learn more. You can get lots more absorbable calcium from broccoli, kale and bok choy.

Dr. Pam says in my Wellness 101 class that comsuming a 100% raw diet is difficult and can lead to deficiencies for 2 reasons. First, it is difficult to get enough calories in the diet. For example, a pound of veggies only contains 100 calories. You'd have to eat an enormous amount of food each day in order to maintain your weight. The other reason is that many excellent and very nutritious foods would be eliminated from the diet, such as potatoes and grains.

Let me know if you have any questions about this information. I am happy to share. Good luck with your research. In health, D. ###-###-####

Hey I live in Grand Rapids. I have read some books and information on it and think it's very interesting. I know raw foods are best for our bodies, and make us more alkaline. I will never be able to institute a 100% raw food diet because of our life style... it was make it quite un-social. But when we eat at home we do our best to incorporate many raw foods and lightly steamed veggies as well.

Are you a raw foodist???

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Check out http://www.detroitevolution.com. It's a school (of sorts) in Detroit committed to helping people learn how to live a better life, by eating raw or vegan, practicing yoga, meditative exercises, etc. One of the news anchors on Fox 2 is "going raw" all this month with their help and is keeping a blog about it. They have a link to it on their site.

Hope this helps!

Just starting to research eating raw. At this point I would like to try getting to 50% raw, my body feels so good when I eat raw foods...so much health benefit to it. Are you just getting started?
C.

Some of my friends just went to a raw potluck yesterday. I just checked out a good raw foods book from my library - if yours doesn't have one ask, or they can get one from another library. I have a friend who teaches classes but I think you a ways from Detroit. I'm adding raw food to each meal to get more raw in. I made green curry and used raw chopped napa instead of rice. Last night I used butternut squash as rice - just wash peel cube and pulse in food processor till it's the right size. I make smoothies, and blended frozen fruit as ice cream. I'm looking for a good dehydrator to I can play with making crackers and raw breads. There are some amazing sounding sauces that can be made w/ a nut base = protein and good fats. I'm looking for a good raw blog...haven't found one I like yet.
:) A. H