It’s time to get a new outlook on life. I’ve tried to eat only eggs and meat and fish for two weeks before and to be honest, it felt good but call me crazy, even though my body told me it was great, my mind could not go past the fact that eating lots meat and fish is wrong. I know that I don’t buy the cheapest meat and fish out there and I do hope that some of what is claimed on the package is true, perhaps the way they were raised didn’t affect the planet all that much. You do have to admit that raising meat and fish wastes a lot of resources, no matter if it’s cheap battery farmed chicken or high end Bresse chicken.
I’ve eaten like a pig while at my parents’ and probably for about two weeks before going there. So it means it’s time for another experiment! Let’s try two weeks (or more…) of purely raw food. I’m not going to eat raw meat or fish, although I do enjoy sushi with raw fish, raw fish by itself does not appeal to me. The protein content of what I will be eating is a bit worrisome as one needs lots of protein for muscle development, but I will be taking L-glutamine daily to stop any muscle loss, if it should ever happen. Sure, I could eat quinoa all day but it’s not that great when uncooked and really do want this to be purely uncooked. Tofu doesn’t really count as raw either, you have to prepare it for a long time.
I kind of started yesterday. Well, let’s say that since Sunday I’ve been well below my peak form. Yesterday I only ate a lot of dried apricots and dried cranberries, the latter were sweetened with sugar though so they don’t count.
I also highly like this experiment because I will be actually able to eat at the cafeteria. When it was all eggs/meat/fish, it was impossible for me because there is never meat/fish without any sauce. There is always the possibility of only taking salad though. I know I don’t have to eat at the cafeteria, with raw veggies and fruit, it’s easy to bring your own lunch to work, but my supervisor loves it when the whole team (or as many of us as can make it) go eat together.
And one final note, one thing I won’t be giving up, along with my daily L-glutamine and daily vitamins, is my tea. Green tea and jasmine tea.
Goodness me, along with my water-only/sometimes baking soda hair washing and olive oil/water only face cleansing, I’m getting really into a natural remedy thing, aren’t I? I also only wash using soap nuts/lavender essential oil. If only my skin weren’t so sensitive in those areas, I’d start using baking soda as a deodorant! Has anyone heard of a natural deodorant that one can make at home that’s gentler than baking soda? There must be one!
If people don’t mind, I’ll keep posting updates about this experiment in public form, so you’ll have to read through it.
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I do the washing-hair-with-baking-soda routine too, it’s great for my dreadlocks, keeps them clean and tight and fresh! I have scalp issues though (hereditary, not related to the dreads) so in my baking soda & water mix I add a drop of peppermint oil and one of rosemary… then add apple cider vinegar to my rinse water. Works great, and everything rinses clean.
I love the oil-cleansing method for the face, but can only do it once every three days (I just wash with warm water the other days) or else my skin gets irritated. What’s your oil ratio, are you using straight olive oil? I broke out so bad using olive! Now I use 50/50 almond and castor oils, that seems to work the best for me. Which reminds me, I’m almost out of castor oil, need to stock up before I move!
For deos, arrowroot powder and/or cornstarch are soft and supposed to be good when mixed with pong-killing herbs like lavender or rosemary. I’ve also heard of making a spray deo with ACV (the vinegary smell evaporates in a minute or two, apparently) and essential oils. Let me know if you find anything!
I just use straight olive oil on my face, so far so good. I tend to have a very mixed face, some oily spots and some really dry spots and olive oil is the easiest thing to keep everything in check. I’ve never really tried anything else.
I’m not so hot for using acv on anything, I think it still might be too harsh for me. Alas I’ve had very sensitive armits ever since I was a child (some of my worst memories from when I was about 4 or 5 is suffering when I had huge open wounds there). These days I can only use deodorants by yves rocher that contain no alcohol and basically nothing strong. Cornstarch might be a good idea, I’ll really have to look into it. There must be “recipes” for deos out there