On Feb 24, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Shirley wrote:

I get so confused reading the controversary on RAW vs ALMOST ALL RAW...what is your opinion? Isn't all raw the best diet ever?
Thanks

Shirley

Dear Shirley,

I'm sorry that you are confused by all the different viewpoints.

Yes, in my opinion and view all raw is the best diet... BUT not everyone wants to do this for whatever reasons that they may have. So then, even the all raw people or at least most of us, concede that almost all raw is still an excellent option, especially when you compare high raw to the SAD standard American diet. If a person is 80% raw and including a wide variety of raw food categories, they will still achieve outstanding health for a very long time. The all raw diet is for those who want to push the envelope of what is possible and who are experimenting with the cutting edge of a resurgent ancient way of eating and living.

It is true however, that some all raw food people do get themselves into trouble sometimes. In my experience, this occurs when they refine their diet to an extreme... they keep excluding first this food, then that one until they are down to just a few items. I feel that this is a mistake. In my view a raw diet should include a wide variety of foods from all categories except meat, poultry, fish and dairy. A raw diet should include some heirloom produce and ideally some home grown produce as well, and tree ripened fruits. The only way to get tree ripened fruits is to grow them yourself or know someone who does and wants to share.

Whichever way you go, raw or almost all raw, it's an individual choice and it's all good.

With blessings and peace,

Rhio

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