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Kruben · 09-01-2008, 04:30 AM

Hey everyone this is my first post, but I've been a fan of Steve's blog for sometime now. Anyways I wanted to jump in here after reading about Steve's experience with eating only raw foods.

I've tried many different types of diets over the years, always aiming for optimal energy, clear mindedness, sense of well being, and just overall health in general. I've eaten strictly raw foods for fairly long periods of time (months) with good results, however I personally have a hard time believing that eliminating animal products completely is the way to go. This may sound a little gross to some of you, but has anyone actually tried combining a raw plant based diet with some very lightly cooked meats in moderation? What has worked great for me is having a predominantly raw plant based diet (lots of fruit) with some nuts/seeds, along with meats that are almost always lightly cooked. I will often times eat salmon raw as in sushi.

I know there's people out there who eat raw meat and swear that it's the way to go for optimal energy etc. Basically stating the same positive effects as those who fully commit to eating a raw plant based diets. I personally can't do it, but I can eat very lightly cooked meats. I.E. grass-fed/organic steaks with the outside lightly cooked but the inside basically raw or close to it. Obviously some people will find this disgusting, but I love it. I do this maybe once a week. I also eat a lot of wild alaskan salmon, as mentioned either as sushi or baked at a low temp/short period of time, and this I have almost daily. The cardiovascular benefits are worth it.

Adding in some meats like this has worked great for me. I would like to mention that the only way that this has worked for me is by keeping the meats lightly cooked. Also the meat is almost always fish except for the steak maybe once a week. It is always wild-alaskan salmon as well.

Just wanted to mention this since I have some experience eating raw foods only, and this has worked great.

Good luck to everyone who does go with a strict raw diet. It can be very challenging but it's definitely worth it.

09-01-2008, 04:30 AM	#48 (permalink)
Kruben Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3	Hey everyone this is my first post, but I've been a fan of Steve's blog for sometime now. Anyways I wanted to jump in here after reading about Steve's experience with eating only raw foods. I've tried many different types of diets over the years, always aiming for optimal energy, clear mindedness, sense of well being, and just overall health in general. I've eaten strictly raw foods for fairly long periods of time (months) with good results, however I personally have a hard time believing that eliminating animal products completely is the way to go. This may sound a little gross to some of you, but has anyone actually tried combining a raw plant based diet with some very lightly cooked meats in moderation? What has worked great for me is having a predominantly raw plant based diet (lots of fruit) with some nuts/seeds, along with meats that are almost always lightly cooked. I will often times eat salmon raw as in sushi. I know there's people out there who eat raw meat and swear that it's the way to go for optimal energy etc. Basically stating the same positive effects as those who fully commit to eating a raw plant based diets. I personally can't do it, but I can eat very lightly cooked meats. I.E. grass-fed/organic steaks with the outside lightly cooked but the inside basically raw or close to it. Obviously some people will find this disgusting, but I love it. I do this maybe once a week. I also eat a lot of wild alaskan salmon, as mentioned either as sushi or baked at a low temp/short period of time, and this I have almost daily. The cardiovascular benefits are worth it. Adding in some meats like this has worked great for me. I would like to mention that the only way that this has worked for me is by keeping the meats lightly cooked. Also the meat is almost always fish except for the steak maybe once a week. It is always wild-alaskan salmon as well. Just wanted to mention this since I have some experience eating raw foods only, and this has worked great. Good luck to everyone who does go with a strict raw diet. It can be very challenging but it's definitely worth it.