Does Eating Raw Food Mean Eating Raw Meat?
Well when someone first asked me if eating raw food meant eating raw meat, I said YUCK!!! Are you completely mad?! But obviously this is one image that many people have when they hear the phrase eating raw food.
So I was very pleased today to stumble across this very witty blog post explaining the different eating habits of different raw food devotees – I never realised there were that many – and yes, some DO eat raw meat (something I am NEVER gonna do having been brought up by a mother obsessed with us having worms and force feeding us worm medicine that made us gag!).
The Skinny of Raw Food by Tim Brownson, http://www.adaringadventure.com/
I’m not sure how I first got to know Si Dawson. It was either after he left a comment here or on Twitter where he has one of the spookiest avatars going. I suppose I could ask him, but then I’d have to change this intro and I’ve typed it now.
I don’t suppose it really matters other than he was very supportive of me (like many here were) when I started my detox a few weeks ago. He sent me some very helpful e-mails and didn’t want to burn my house down when I backed out early. I like those non-fundamental, non-militant types that go with the flow.
Si has got a very similar sense of humor to me and I thought that a guest post by him would fit in really well. The field (pun intended) of raw foodism is not something I know anything about, but it does interest me. Five years ago I would have wanted to rub a filet mignon medium rare in the face of anybody suggesting something so weird and freaky.
After reading and posting here about the brilliant “Five Forces of Wellness” (which by the way isn’t about raw food, but health in general) I started to reconsider my position and admit people that ate raw didn’t necessarily have several large kangaroos loose in their upper paddocks. Maybe an odd Wallaby or two, but there was indeed some method behind their apparent madness.
Before this develops into the world’s most rambling intro to a guest post, I wanted to say this is a long post. In fact, it’s about twice my average, but read it all anyway. It’s funny and informative and considering it’s free, that’s a great combination.
Let us know what you think of the raw food idea in the comments because I’m fascinated to know if reading this has changed your perspective at all. Read on…
Raw food has been in the news a lot lately – on CBS’s The Doctors & Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods – heck, you may even have heard of it.
So what is this “raw food” diet, and why should you care?
Well, let’s start by confusing the hell out of you. Here are the main types of “raw foodist”:
continue reading The Skinny on Raw Food at Tim’s blog >>>
