Eating Raw in India

May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Um3z6dewc

This is a video of me showing you what I eat everyday in India. It’s definitely not what you expect. Here’s a quick break down of what I eat and how much:

  • Tomatoes (1.25 to 1.5 kg or 3+ pounds)
  • Cucumbers (10 very large or 16-20 smaller ones)
  • Apples (2kg or 4+ pounds)
  • Mango (2kg or 4+ pounds)
  • Almonds (250 to 300 grams)

The amount above is split equally 4 times for each of the 4 meals I eat. I space each meal evenly as well. I also take 2 supplements: New Chapter Every Man’s Daily, and Mercola.com’s Krill Oil.

I work out pretty hard every other day and have more than enough energy. I’ve been building muscle pretty quickly and I feel great, so I know I’m doing well.I won’t go into anymore details, but I recommend you do some research into it. Google “Raw Food” or “Raw Diet” and explore.

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  1. 3 Responses to “Eating Raw in India”

  2. By nariposa on May 23, 2008

    You may be interested in this recent new york times article that goes into excruciating detail about the “best,” research-supported way to cook various produce. My gut feeling on this (if you’ll excuse the pun) is that the nutritional gain you’re talking about between eating raw, or steamed, or fat-complemented vegetables is scraping for the last 5%, if you understand me. I just think it starts to get a little academic, debating over this and that preparation style. If you’re eating a vegetable heavy diet, you’ve already scored most of the points. You’re not going to be malnourished. Any extra benefit beyond that is small compared to just selecting the right foods to have a balanced diet in the first place. What do you think?

  3. By admin on May 24, 2008

    Hi Nari, you bring up a very interesting point. At one point, I used to read everything under the sun to find what was the absolute best. I came to the conclusion that it’s just too complicated of an issue to figure and there isn’t enough funding in the health food market to ever find out anytime soon.

    If you’re eating steamed, boiled, or whatever veggies, I believe you’re doing very well. If you look at the Standard American Diet (SAD), it looks like everyone is voluntarily committing a slow type of suicide.

    However, I am strongly against most processed foods like grains and dairy products. Raw milk is acceptable though. There is a lot of research into how grains are terrible for you.

    I’ve forgotten all the “scientific” studies I’ve read, but I think the best is to just incorporate a lot of natural foods and avoid harsh cooking like frying. If you’re vegan or vegetarian, then make sure you don’t leave out Vit B12 or anything else.

    To end my rambling, I think it is really is a 5% issue that isn’t that important, unless you’re goal in life is to be the ultimate perfect eater.

    Btw, my diet would be slightly different if I was living in the US and had access to higher quality produce and other random stuff (ie. organic lettuce, veggies etc).

  4. By tommyfocus on Jul 22, 2008

    I’ve been real inconsistent in eating a raw food based diet but after reading your post, I will recommit tomorrow.

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