Dangers, cravings & other challenges

Why cleanse your body? Many different reasons. Who needs a cleanse? Everyone. I think nowadays days detoxing your body is vital even if you are  a raw vegan or fruitarian. Even if you a breatharian, you need it (by the way congrats, and  I’d appreciate if you

I say ‘slightly’ because it wasn’t even cooked. What I did is I poured some boiled water over ground amaranth grain. I also added a little teff flour in there. Then a teaspoon of coconut oil, and pieces of dates. And then I ate it in the

There is so much raw vegan advice on the Internet that being lost is natural. Who do you trust, what should you do? I’d say trust everybody and nobody. By that mean, explore what long-term raw vegans suggest (and short-term too) but tailor that advice to yourself.

Do you feel an urge sometimes to eat something but you don’t know what that is? I get this from time to time. Cravings on a raw vegan diet can be especially pronounced when you are on beginner stages.   If you know what it is you

Judging a book by its cover or its title is never smart. So, making conclusions about raw vegan lifestyle based on how your raw vegan neighbor looks like is not smart either. No doubt, when you eat lots of organic veggies and fruits every day and  try

I’m continuing with the ‘raw’ vegan foods that are not truly raw. A bowl of wild rice that looks like messed-up zebra coat, a handful of cranberries, and thawed broccoli in your salad… Are these raw?   1. Wild rice   When I tried to soak wild

Today, I’m continuing with the topic of foods that seem like raw but are not truly raw.   Olives   Sour, salty, juicy, not too fatty, not too bland, I always had a soft spot for olives. Especially, the green big ones; with spicy cayenne or garlic

Raw is better than cooked. Because raw foods look better! Kidding. But seriously, compare a nice just-picked organically grown apple to its cooked counterpart. Brown, wrinkled, who wants to look at it for long? Or how many artists would choose to paint a baked apple over a

  I’ll quickly look at three relatively common problems on the raw food diet and provide solutions for them.   Problem #1. Feeling cold when you are ‘not supposed to be cold’ This problem is more prevalent among those living in cooler climates. I live in Calgary,

Do LED light bulbs contain mercury? I’m not sure. One Swiss lady said that they do. A couple weeks ago, she stopped to pick some rosemary herb at the place where I work. We only had a rosemary essential oil. She looked different from the elderly I

  Moments ago I published a post on how to make a rye sourdough starter. If you read my recipes and posts, you know  that I’m a big fan of fermentation. Especially when it comes to grains and pseudograins.   They keep you full   The major

  In this video I tell how raw and vegan I’m (took it after a long day, so I’m slightly tired). You can actually guess this from my last post on raw food staples.     It’s a bit tedious, so below I’m summarizing the important points.