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Originally Posted by francstoic  Then on November 1 (my birthday), I went on an almost-raw diet. I had lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and lots of milk for straight thirty days. Restaurant food was a complete no, not even salads or juices. The only doubtfully-raw thing I had in the thirty-days was a bowl of soup I'd have every night (it was basically a bunch of vegetables in boiled water with some salt, that's all, no other spice). |
Milk isn't raw [unless you're specifically buying raw milk]. And 'lots of milk' will probably cancel out all and any health benefits from the rest.
Don't get me wrong, I drink small amounts of milk on occasion, but it is very definitely one of those foods that are only good in moderation. Some people will say you shouldn't drink it all. Either way, it messes up the raw thing, unless you were buying raw milk from a local farm.
More importantly though, everybody's optimum diet is different. Maybe on the junk diet you were getting certain nutrients that you weren't getting on the good diet. Maybe going vegan would be better for you than going raw. Maybe you were 'cheating' on your diet occasionally. Maybe your raw diet was made up mainly of supermarket veg and nutrition-deficient plastic fruit, while your junk diet tended more towards upmarket stuff. There's way too many variables.