ESSENTIAL Nutritional Information

INTRODUCTION (you can skip this and scroll down to the information)

Less than a week ago I realized I was out of control and it was time for a change. I started eating healthier and it's now been three days on raw foods. Yesterday was only liquids, and today mostly liquids (a salad for dinner). Despite the expected detox/withdrawal symptoms, I'm already seeing profoundly positive changes in my attitude, emotions, outlook, and physical well being. So far, I've already lost ten pounds, had better sex, and felt more awake, more hopeful, gentler and happier than in a long time.

Two years ago, after overdosing on an unfamiliar drug, I landed myself in a coma for a week. While in the hospital recuperating I drank juiced veggies and fruits (which my father prepared for me), and confounded the doctor with my speedy recovery. When I got home, I went raw for about two weeks in order to further recuperate and during that time I never felt better in my life (happier, calmer, more energized). But it didn't stick. I relapsed back into my addiction to toxic foods and self-medicating substance abuse. This happened several times. However, the "false starts" I've made in the past have only prepared me to make the real push, and I'm hopeful now that this time it will stick. Last week seems so long ago, and I feel confident that I have officially entered a new, higher stage in my life. :)

The authorities I take seriously are the ones getting the results I want. It's not a question of mystifying credentials or diplomas on the wall, but of common sense requirements: vibrant health and quality of life. While mainstream medicine is great for treating sudden emergencies (wounds, overdoses, etc.), they know practically nothing about preventing and treating chronic disease. They treat symptoms; they treat the surface, while the disease rises, again and again, to the surface. So I don't listen to fat, pasty, uninspired doctors, who only know how to pump you full of toxic drugs and cut you up. Their methods are medieval, and will soon be widely recognized as such. Instead, I listen to radically fit, joyful, loving, purpose-driven, and energized people who walk their talk.

Here's just a bit of what I've learned:

THE BASICS:

Real Food = RAW Food
There are 3 classes of essential foods: Green Leafy Vegetables, Sweet Fruits & Good Fats

Green veggies build the cells, sugary fruits fuel the cells, and good fats/oils lubricate the cells
(good fats are mostly nuts and nut oils, seeds and seed oils, coconuts and avocados)

[An Important Note: When people think they're craving meat, or animal protein,
they're actually craving fats; this is why giving up meat is so much easier than giving up dairy]

Taken in roughly equal amounts, these 3 types of food (i.e. medicine) lead to optimal health.

Pretty much everything else you put in your body makes you sick and stunts your potential.

Perhaps the best thing to do in the morning is to drink as much as two liters of water, and especially lemon-water, before taking in anything else. This flushes out your system. Lemon is unique for its anionic structure (containing more electrons, or negatively charged ions, than cations, or positively charged ions), which resembles the structure of digestive juices (saliva, hydrochloric acid, and bile). Lemon has a remarkable ability to stimulate enzyme production in the liver, detoxifying and alkalizing the body.

One of my teachers is Philip McCluskey: http://www.philipmccluskey.com/

‎"Philip McCluskey is a raw food expert who motivates hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to become healthier, happier, and fitter by trading in their standard diet for a raw food lifestyle. Philip’s journey began in 2006, when, at a morbidly obese 400 pounds, he discovered raw food and shed 215 pounds, gaining vibrant health, energy, and a renewed passion for living. His story has inspired countless others who have seen him on CBS’s The Doctors, Jack LaLanne (the Juiceman) commercials, have heard him speak at events like the Raw Spirit Festival, or have followed his journey on YouTube and on his website. He is also the author of three published books, including Raw Food Fast Food."

Philip has lots of great videos on YouTube.
This is him, telling his story and introducing his video blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kbKL8KKBJk

If you took the time to read this and watch Philip's video, Thank You. <3