So I've been reading a lot about raw food diets for awhile now. While I understand the benefits of it, the practice of it is another matter entirely. I mean, I find it hard to feel full and find myself craving bread and crackers. Right now is the height of the Oregon summer fruit season, and oh my goddess, sooooo delicious! Right now in my kitchen I have raspberries, strawberries, melon, blueberries, peaches, and cherries. Amazing. So yesterday I decided to try just having raw fruit for breakfast. I had a huge bowl of raspberries and some melon. And... I felt strangely full and satisfied. Wasn't craving anything else. Got Il Tonino dressed and the two of us went for a short walk and to the playground. Came back and wasn't starving or anything, but had a smaller-than-normal bowl of oatmeal covered with peaches and raw sliced almonds, ground flax seeds and a touch of maple syrup. Satisfied again.
This morning more of the same, but with more fruit. So far so good. But does this mean in the winter I'm going to be eating grapefruit and banana every morning? That might get old, fast. I really don't know. But I do feel pretty darn good. So maybe this is a good first step. For lunch and dinner I find it more difficult -- I would be perfectly happy having a salad each time but that just wouldn't work for Il Tonino. I mean, this 2 year old just doesn't quite get the concept of chewing lettuce yet. (You want me to eat that?) Avocados he'd eat perfectly happily but I think it will be a bit more time before I can sell him on just popping in tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, etc. Right now he's perfectly happy being mostly a fruitarian -- there is no problem getting him to eat all the delicious fruits we have in the house.
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I don't think people can be fruitarians anymore. You'd have to go back to the time when we were primates to be satisfied with that kind of diet (think the opening scenes from 2001: A space odyssey) Now we have fun food-borne things to worry about like Salmonella and etc. Plus there's a psychological component to eating cooked food that makes it more satisfying. Have you ever watched Jamie at Home on food network? He's got his own garden. I've seen only two episodes, but everything he cooks comes from his garden. The episode on strawberries was champ.
Cooked food is satisfying, but does that mean it is good for us? Supposedly the cooking destroys the enzymes which makes for easy digestion and optimal nutrient absorption. And I'd never suggest becoming a full-time fruitarian, gotta eat your veggies, as your mother always told you.
Have you seen this site? I think there are a lot of choices for raw foods these days. It is interesting to me, but would be a long and hard transition.
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