patchouli wrote:
anyone here intrigued by the Raw Food Lifestyle?
To a degree
I spent a lot of time reading labels when I was on my back after cancer surgery last summer. When I was back on my feet there were some serious changes. Processed foods are horrid in terms of the nutrient content and there is a lot of c*** on our food and in our water that I don't want in me.
My organic garden is one part of my response to that, I also look for some good raw food supps, probiotics and try to get meat as natural as possible, wild caught fish instead of farm raised, etcetera.
I figure 5000 years ago there weren't many pre-packaged 1000 calorie microwave meals loaded with preservatives and nutrient poor vegetables, hormone and antibiotic laden meat etcetera. People ate a lot of fruits and roots and had to outrun or outhink their protein if they wanted meat - that protein in turn ran like hell to get away from them, drank clean water and ate fresh grasses.
The organic thing is one response to my being very pissed off about cancer. Now that it's beat I have no great desire to invite another one.
I'm not a zealot about it, I do however substitute brown rice for white, grass fed beef/bison over feedlot, fresh veggies from my garden over grocery and figure that anything with a shelf life exceeding my own life expectancy isn't food.
