Hi Steve,
I've noticed that you haven't included fresh herbs in your raw food diet. Perhaps it is difficult for you to source fresh parsley, coriander, basil, chives, tarragon, etc in your northern winter. Nonetheless, if you were able to source easily digestible herbs according to the season, they would give you a power pack of nutrients and medicinal properties, let alone zest up the flavour of your salads and green smoothies considerably. Our prehistoric ancestors foraged for wild fresh herbs to augment their predominantly raw food diets, for all the reasons above. I would definitely consider herbs to be a crucial component of a raw food diet. Some research into the benefits, particularly medicinal, of eating fresh herbs might be of value.
Have fun with the rest of your trial!!
DCW |