To Your Health

I received a lovely letter the other day from a woman whose daughter had bought my book and started on the raw diet. She told me her daughter felt so great already. And she expressed surprise at this and asked why did her daughter feel so good after just about a week of eating this way? Then she said she was over weight and that she wanted to start on raw but she was afraid. Afraid she couldn’t do it. Afraid she wouldn’t be able to start or that she might not like it. Believe me, in my book, even some raw is better then no raw. And starting somewhere is better then not starting at all! So this is what I told her:

First always check with a doctor who understands raw and who knows you.
That said, I will answer your last question first: change slowly!
Don’t push yourself to be in competition with your daughter. Some people change everything right away and some people move more slowly.
The thing is, you probably eat some raw already-fruits and salads perhaps?
The best way I have found is to list what I like to eat. Then I look for the raw substitute.
For example:as a model I NEVER ate cheese-too fattening. But now I go to the Cheese Store or Whole Foods and ask to taste RAW MILK CHEESES. Then I picked my favorites.
Now I feel fine eating some cheese just about everyday. But remember, I said SOME cheese-some people find their favorite things and they over eat them! Not good. One girl wrote me and asked why she wasn’t losing weight. When I wrote back and asked her what she ate, she wrote that she happened to love the sandwich recipe in my book. And that she ate it everyday-twice even! First of all, the Ezekiel bread is not RAW! And to eat the same sandwich everyday is to stock up on all the minerals and nutrients that are in that combo-only! We need a wide variety of things in our diet so change things around each day.
Anyway, there are raw substitutes for just about everything. And some things are already raw prepared: Spence and company cured fishes (not smoked) and cured ham (also called prosuitto) I found both at whole foods. The thing is to make sure you read the label. For example that salad dressing you eat on your salad is NOT raw. But, go to the store and buy olive oil-COLD PRESSED-it is right next to the cooked stuff. To me, it is the difference between fat and thin, sick and healthy! In my book I have recipes for dressings (among other things).
Even your salt is cooked if you eat iodized table salt-there are many fabulous evaporated salts out there without added iodizing that can be actually good for you.
so, my suggestion was to read “Eating In the Raw”. And don’t fear. Nobody is judging you, but you. I mean she even said in her letter that she was over weight.

So relax, read the book, think about what you eat and like and then do you’re first investigating into where you can buy or order what you like. Many things are right in your neighborhood grocery store; it is just that you may not be aware of them. Also, carolalt.com is a good place to start as I have lots of things on there.
Now, remember, you won’t like everything you try that is raw, just like with cooked food. It is a process of trial and error. But eventually, you will find your likes and dislikes-and your sources.
Second, in a nutshell, as I understand it, the reason your daughter feels better is because she is nourishing her body! She is stressing it less to digest raw foods. (Read the book!) Now because she has nutrients available, she will eventually eat less as her body repairs itself and then rebuilds and then gets to a point where she needs less food to do the same amount of rebuilding and repairing. And her PH will hopefully become more alkaline (as raw foods are alkaline. that is supposedly very necessary for the body)-making her feel better and better!
To Your Health!

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