Bliss

On April 1st, I will participate in a raw challenge; for the month of April will try to eat 100% raw food. To most, this sounds crazy, but isn’t eating pre-packaged and cooked food? Who told us that was good for us? Being vegetarian is great for one’s health, being kind to animals and the environment – for more than one hour. I don’t have to worry about cholesterol, what effort went into the creation of my food and packaging. I generally produce one small bag of non-organic waste per month.

I tried going vegetarian when I was in uni, but I didn’t have the time nor education to research it properly and I think I lasted one week. When I started going vegetarian again in 2000, the Internet was a great resource as was the Toronto Vegetarian Association and related groups. Since then, I haven’t looked back.

I’ve been eating raw food primarily for about two and a half years now and it’s the best thing that I’ve ever done – even better than going vegetarian! Going veg was great; but going raw was spectacular! I sleep better, feel alert throughout the day, do not get sick anymore, lost my allergies to pollen and have unlimited amounts of energy – because of this, I’m generally in a state of bliss. I wrote about my my experience of the first year. You can read about it by clicking here (it opens a pdf document).

I’ve been through many changes in the last two and a half years. I’ve been 100% raw for a period; but I don’t obsess about it if I eat something cooked or that is not that good for me. It can be as easy as a piece of fruit or a prepared dish that could take days of advanced planning.

For every day I am raw I am donating a dollar to charity. Dare you try it?

From a supermarket in Nice, France; May 2005,

My first raw pie, strawberry cream,

My fruits and vegetables set on Flickr. Click on the larger image to advance to the next one.

My raw food set on Flickr.