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I have been a vegetarian for almost 4 years, I am considering going fully vegan and then maybe fully raw. Anyone else any of these diets?
No, to answer ur question. We only minimize meats, but i dont think we can afford to be... in the sense that marketing for one (scheduling that is, so none dries out or gets unusable or uneatable before we can prepare it) cannot be done so often. Esp in a hot climate, that would mean spending more, buying more often, and taking a while longer to prepare because even root crops wc normally would last longer, also become unusable when stored and they werent dried or cleaned enough when purchased. \For ex., yuca or cassava, wc i have discovered is very rich in vit C, and that was never mentioned in any class in school or in my readings, is often sold fresh after harvest, but i
hear it best used within a week. (Havent gotten to finding other ways to preserve except to refrigerate, but in time it also darkens.) I accidentally discovered that as i tried to see the daily values of food items we consumed to see what we could do more w/. And it cannot be eaten raw, we're told, so what good would it be for.. fodder-)? And so with many other food items we can easily obtain, but with family around, we also always have to consider their preferences.
I reply to this in a rush, sorry, as i am catching some sked, but abt the 'arguments' that seem to come up when some diets are talked about, i think as some ppl say, we are all free to choose what wwe like and find healthy, but as some do not know, it is easy to be fooled abt what is and is not healthy. even i thought all my life i was eating healthy bec. i loved fruits and veggies and i never grew fat, but w/o enough exercise... a health screen showed some inelasticity in some vascular tissues, and skin elasticity also, dryness, whatever those cvoefficients i cannot just remember now, but are so impt, it was being explaind to me (not by an MD of course-) as our skin is like our 3rd kidney so we dont allow it to deteriorate esp in hot climes like ours. Selenium... selenium what? Collagen too, why i dont think i ever heard that all the yrs i went to school, and how impt to get. but if ur not meat eaters, i dont remember where else they are abundant in except ribs, chicken feet and skin-) wc we often discard bec.we learned they are unhealthy. Anyway, as i see a chemo patient recovering and see and hear her doc say she can eat meat soups, etc but discourage lemon grass and other 'vegetable' teas and even viands... i can only say we do not have to listen and believe all our MDs are telling us abt health. i cannot agree to all jospeh says, esp bec we cannot afford those gadgets he recommended before.. (was there a dehydrator and what else?) but we can listen to what those who trained on these have to say after evaluating our own diets and lifestyles..
let me add this. i recently talked w/ a man i his 70s, actually a poor man living on land he tills but wc was never his. he was allowed by the owners to care for some unused properties. he said he was poor, but he didnt look it, in fact he looked fit, and also mentioned chewing on ginger as candy when needed. my, i couldnt do that, but if u lived mostly on the plants around (lived near a forest) and those he planted, and did not forget to call on the Lord he said, and not have enemies...
