How I Successfully became a Rawfoodist?

[anilkapur]

I have been a Rawfoodist for 6 years now, though I ate very little cooked foods for many years before that. I first became a Rawfoodist almost 10 years ago and after a year of that event I went back to eating cooked foods as I did not feel too well. Now I thrive on simple raw foods and have abundant energy and vigour!

How did I become a Rawfoodist? My elder sister about 11 years ago gave me three books ‘Become Younger’, ‘Diet & Salad’ and ‘Fresh Vegetable & Fruit Juices’ written by arguably the Greatest Nutritionist ever Dr. N.W.Walker or Dr. Norman Walker. He is the Father of Juicing, The Originator of the Food Combining Plan & The Father of Colon Health. What made Dr. Walker different from others is that he just advocated good health and was not out to make money from selling supplements or any other products. He wrote his books because his patients and followers requested him to do so. He wrote eight thin books which even a 10 year old child can read. It is his simplicity and sincerity that impresses.

In Dr.Walker's books you will find every answer on how to achieve and maintain vibrant health, the etiology of disease, and much more. He was a Doctor of Science and has researched for 70 years man's ability to live a healthy life. He does not quote the research or findings of any studies other than his own and he did not need to do so, as his findings were more remarkable than anything that has ever been done up to date. His work is based on science and you will realise that there are no coincidences about maintaining vibrant health.

Dr. Walker died almost twice by the time he was thirty, yet with raw foods, he was able to rejuvenate his health and went on to live remarkably for 108 years. At the time of his death, he was the fittest man ever, with no disease. He never wore glasses, lost none of his teeth and had no kind of physical or mental degeneration of any kind. He lived vibrantly and died peacefully in his sleep.

When I first became a Rawfoodist in Bangalore, India, I did not have anybody to guide me, nor did I have access to all the kind of foods I wanted. When I went back to eating cooked foods after my first attempt on raw foods, I re-read Dr.Walkers books and started understanding the meaning of his words and implemented changes slowly. Today I have a completely balance diet and enjoy and love my life.

One should thoroughly read at least ‘Become Younger’, ‘Diet & Salad’, ‘Fresh Vegetable & Fruit Juices’ and ‘Vibrant Health’ before they embark on their journey to raw foods. Let the steps be small and patient, the results will be remarkable.

Dr. Walker is definitely the Father of Organised or Scientific Raw Foods, everybody else are offshoots of his teachings, and yet none of them as complete.

Let Dr. Walker's teachings be your success as it has been mine.

Best of luck, a great journey awaits you, live it Vibrantly!

ANIL KAPUR
B'com (Bangalore University, India),
Holistic Nutritionist (Bauman College, USA), Colon Hydrotherapist (IACT),
Raw-Foodist.

[LauraC]

thank you so much for your book recommendations, i have written them down...
the only times i have tried the raw food diet, i have faded after exactly 7 days, feeling weak, lethargic, and gave up thinking maybe it wasnt for me...
i have blood group O, who apparently need meat in their diet for engery, is this possible, that some blood groups thrive on different foods?

[WellingtonGrey]

According to the economist, you can't really be a pure raw foodie. You need a little bit of cooking in order to maintain a healthy weight.

[tsjechov]

Thanks for the links!
Everyone can live on a rawfood diet. I really love vegetarian rawfood because it makes me feel so good, clear and energised! It is important to gradually change from normal food to rawfood thought because your body has to get used to it.
But what is a healthy weight? I think it is a little skinny. People seem to live longer when they are a little skinny.

I have never heard that people with certain bloodgroups need cooked food?? So i can't say anything about that.

[backpocket]

Karen Knowler had a recent teleseminar, btw. I'm not raw yet, but vegan, and moving closer towards it, and I find her very helpful.
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[KazeCraven]

Originally Posted by LauraC

thank you so much for your book recommendations, i have written them down...
the only times i have tried the raw food diet, i have faded after exactly 7 days, feeling weak, lethargic, and gave up thinking maybe it wasnt for me...
i have blood group O, who apparently need meat in their diet for engery, is this possible, that some blood groups thrive on different foods?

I am blood type O, and I've been doing a not-so-strict vegan diet for the past 30 days or so. I haven't noticed a very big difference just from the food, but I do have an easier time overcoming the inertia of getting started on something though.

[Said1]

I eat raw foods all day, no sugar, no carbs (if I can help it). This helps avoid that 2 pm crash. I eat what I want when I get home, though.

[anilkapur]

Originally Posted by LauraC

thank you so much for your book recommendations, i have written them down...
the only times i have tried the raw food diet, i have faded after exactly 7 days, feeling weak, lethargic, and gave up thinking maybe it wasnt for me...
i have blood group O, who apparently need meat in their diet for engery, is this possible, that some blood groups thrive on different foods?

The biggest mistake is to suddenly change your diet so drastically. Dr. Walker recommends that you first cleanse your body internally before you begin your journey on raw-foods. When you suddenly eat so much of raw-foods, a massive internal cleansing process starts and it takes so up so much of energy that it leaves you with little or no energy to do anything else. It is like coming back to a house after many years and cleaning it up, that kind of atmosphere within the body can also make you sick. So when I say cleanse, I mean to detoxify and this should be done gently under guidance and the transition to raw-foods should be small steps and not a leap.
When you make a change to even the first step of eating raw, it would take time for your body to get use to it, maybe two to three weeks or even a month, during which time you will have swings in energy and thats when you need to rest and sleep more. Once your body has got accustomed to the change, your energy will improve, and as you make further changes you will under go similar experiences and some new ones and the consequence at the end of the change will be a further enhancement in energy.
I would suggest that you first read Dr.Norman Walkers' books first before you embark on your journey. You will realise that it is immaterial to which blood group you belong, and that raw-foods will enhance your health irrespectively. You could write to me. In good health, Anil

[anilkapur]

Originally Posted by WellingtonGrey

According to the economist, you can't really be a pure raw foodie. You need a little bit of cooking in order to maintain a healthy weight.

What you mean by healthy weight is debatable. When you eat foods naturally (that means as nature intended it to be) and raw-foods is the most natural way, your body will balance and find it's optimum weight. One of Dr. N.W.Walker's book is NATURAL WEIGHT CONTROL, PURE AND SIMPLE. But that's not the only book of his that you should read. Dr. Walker also asks, "what purpose does the extra weight on you body serve?" Your heart has to pump so much more to go through the extra weight. You will realise that mostly extra weight on you body is filled with toxins. It is important to have a completely balanced diet and you will understand how to achieve that the Dr.Walker way. Having more energy, being vibrant, not falling sick and leaving a healthy life without physical and mental degeneration is a way of life worth pursuing. Dr.Walker says that you can replace many materialistic things in life but not your body. Begin with, BECOME YOUNGER, the book will shock you. Best wishes, Anil

[anilkapur]

Originally Posted by Said1

I eat raw foods all day, no sugar, no carbs (if I can help it). This helps avoid that 2 pm crash. I eat what I want when I get home, though.

It is important to have a completely balanced diet otherwise you are bound to have problems in the future. Dr. Walker says that all disease are due to malnutrion or retention of waste matter in the body. He also writes about mental health and happiness, which can negate any of the health benefits derived from eating healthy, having clean air, exercsing and sleeping well. In peace, Anil

[Cantando]

Hi Anilkapur, I find your above posts quite interesting.
How about starting a thread on the Health & Fitness forum?
Perhaps you could give us a breakdown of a typical day's food.
Would you say eating raw vegetables is preferable to drinking vegetable juices?
Where do your protein sources come from?
Would you recommend giving up meat, dairy and alcohol completely?
How about coffee?

Many Thanks.

[RINETTE]

Have been eating only raw foods now for four weeks, after reading about it on internet, first wekk was terrible i was sick and had no energy but afre ten day it is all changing, i am getting more enrgy and am losing some wiehgt, which in my case is a real necessity , i feel better and try new ideas all the time, not so sure about the liquidisers yet, i lkie te chew my food and feel it going down, i suppose i will get there in time

[scorpio1980]

Actually both his grave stone, and the social security death index both say he was 99 when he died. There are all sorts of claims he was 108, 113, 109, and so on, but it's just not true. He was born in 1886 and died in 1985. He advocated the drinking of raw goats milk, and cheeses.

[Savage]

Originally Posted by WellingtonGrey

According to the economist, you can't really be a pure raw foodie. You need a little bit of cooking in order to maintain a healthy weight.

Lol. That is B.S. in my experience.

[Savage]

I read two of those three Dr. Walker books, and they were pretty good, but I can't say they had a profound effect on me. He recommends a very simple diet of small meals.

[ginkgo]

Originally Posted by WellingtonGrey

According to the economist, you can't really be a pure raw foodie. You need a little bit of cooking in order to maintain a healthy weight.

Yes Norman Walker was 99 at death but there are those different wrong numbers out there. It is time for everyone to go running for the hills again. I am going to bring in actual numbers in real life, not in imagination. The article said "Meat has more calories than plant matter, the theory went." 114 grams of flank steak is 222 calories. Now 83 grams of dates have 228 calories. The way that you compare them is with differential calculus. So you take the cube root of the natural log of pi... Just kidding.

You want to know how many calories are in 114 grams of dates to compare them to 114 grams of steak. So multiply 114 grams of dates times 228 calories/83 grams of dates. Grams divided into grams cancels them out and you are left with the the calories that are in 114 grams of dates. That is 114 grams of dates have 313 calories. So the 313 calories of dates is more than the 222 calories in the same amount of steak.

So the author needs to go back and learn math. Here are conversion factors for anything. How many seconds are in a year. 1 year times 365 days/1year. You are left with days. Multiply that times 24 hours/1day (left with hours). Multiply that times 60 minutes/1 hour. Multiply that times 60 seconds/1 minute. So it looks like this: 1year X 365 days/year X 24 hours/day X 60 minutes/hour X 60 seconds/minute. That is how it is done.

[Cantando]

Originally Posted by scorpio1980

Actually both his grave stone, and the social security death index both say he was 99 when he died. There are all sorts of claims he was 108, 113, 109, and so on, but it's just not true. He was born in 1886 and died in 1985. He advocated the drinking of raw goats milk, and cheeses.

Yes, I noticed that when I googled him. Still, 99 is still a pretty respectable age to pop your clogs!

With reference to his advising goats milk - well, he never claimed to be a 100% raw foodist (as far as I can tell).

To his credit, he has helped people become more aware of colon health and its possible influence in underlying health problems, even though some of his teachings may not be 100% accurate.

[Said1]

Originally Posted by anilkapur

It is important to have a completely balanced diet otherwise you are bound to have problems in the future. Dr. Walker says that all disease are due to malnutrion or retention of waste matter in the body. He also writes about mental health and happiness, which can negate any of the health benefits derived from eating healthy, having clean air, exercsing and sleeping well. In peace, Anil

I totally agree. I began taking vitamins in May and I feel 10000000 times better. many odd ailments have cleared up and I feel so much happier and positive.

I've also eaten no meat aside from fish and a very small amount of chicken, for 30 days. I haven't lost any weight, but my stomach has shrunk, noticabley!

[funchy]

anilkapur : Thanks for your inspiriting post! I love the idea of the raw food diet. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

According to the economist, you can't really be a pure raw foodie. You need a little bit of cooking in order to maintain a healthy weight.

The author writes:
"Another telling experiment, conducted on rats... Rats fed on the softer pellets weighed 30% more after 26 weeks than those fed the same weight of standard pellets. "

Would it really be a good thing if Americans, already chubby, were kept on a diet that we believe makes one fatter?

There is another flaw in this argument -- the idea that we needed cooking to make food digestible enough to feed our brain. But the carbs the author claims are broken down by cooking are also naturally broken down by our own body's enzymes. From the moment you bite into food, amylase in our saliva starts breaking carbs down. Our bodies are very good at breaking complex carbs down to monosaccharides in the digestion process, then converting them all to glucose in the liver.