Raw Food folks?

[turil.livejournal.com]

I just went raw (YAY!) and I'm frustrated by the lack of raw food options for both restaurants and stores in the area. I can't afford to take the train out to Beverly every time I want to eat out! And I'm wondering if anyone else knows of secret/independent restaurants and stores in the area that wouldn't be obvious that they have a good selection, or just one or two really good things, for a raw diet?

I know that the fresh made juices at Blue Shirt are raw (some of them anyway), and that's been useful and fun. And I just found raw nori (not roasted/toasted) at the Asian market in Union Square. (The Asian market in Porter didn't have it, surprisingly, and the Asian market in Central went out of business.) And I know about the Harvest Coop, Whole Foods, and Cambridge Naturals.

Anyone else raw here? Any other suggestions?

Comments

[ellf.livejournal.com]

Your facts are somewhat flawed. All of the eight amino acids required within a diet - that is, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine - can indeed be obtained by plants. However, it is categorically false that the human body can "complete any amino acid mix from our bodies amino acid pool, no matter what the amino acid composition of a meal consumed". This is why there is a distinction between essential and non-essential acids - the former cannot be synthesized.

Quoting a single source that is devoted to espousing a particular way of eating, and its associated claims that science is being manipulated to some end, is easier than learning from a neutral third party how nutrition works. That's fine - I'm not bringing up my own dietary choices or trying to change yours.

However, I strongly encourage anyone else who reads your post to discuss what they want to do with their doctor before taking nutritional advice from a relatively anonymous raw-foodist on the Internet.

Don't take my advice, take your body's advice :-)

[turil.livejournal.com]

Definitely don't believe anything you read! :-) Instead, do a scientific experiment, try it out for yourself, and see what the results are.

Personally, I don't care what corporate medicine has to say about my diet. I do care what reality has to say about it. And reality says that I have more energy than ever before. My skin problems have all cleared up or are clearing up (scaly skin, acne, athlete's foot fungus, gingivitis, danduff, etc.) And my mental health is far better than it's even been before in my adult life (and I'm currently going through hell right now, with the worst thing that's ever happened to me in my adult life). And everyone says I look amazing. So yeah, I don't care if corporate science doesn't know why a raw plant-based diet is so damn healthy, but reality shows that it clearly is.

And, yes if you want to try out a healthier way of eating, do your research! Don't rely on any one opinion! Read lots of other people's ideas and studies, and then do your own studies: eat different foods, see how your body reacts (it's usually pretty quick, within hours or days, at most), and you'll find out first hand what foods make you healthier and what foods make you sicker.

Re: Don't take my advice, take your body's advice :-)

[catbird.livejournal.com]

Not to judge what is best for _your_ body but I know from experience that my body needs meat, grain and veggies to be happy.

I lived in a vegan/veggie co-op for two years (Anyone thinking of moving to Pomona, CA, great place to live!!). During that time I was vegan for a few months just for the convenience factor. I had low energy and wanted to eat _all_ the time. I was on the same diet as people who had been vegan for years so I doubt that it was a balance thing. I ended up going out to eat meat two or three times a week and everything evened out. There was at least one other person in the co-op who had a similar reaction.

Congrats on finding a diet that works so well for you! Keep in mind that universal truth's are far and few between.

Re: Don't take my advice, take your body's advice :-)

[turil.livejournal.com]

Right, but a standard vegan diet is very different from a raw diet. I've been a vegan for nearly 20 years, and never had any energy. Then when I went raw, I had astounding amounts of energy. So I say, try it, you'll like it!

You'll never know if you don't try... :-)