Raw Food
by Donna Rose Stewart

I have gone on and off raw food over and over again, and have found that eating raw fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sprouts makes me a very happy person (which it is my nature to be, but which cooked food takes away from me to a great degree). As a friend of mine says, "You're more you when you eat raw vegan." I also find that it frees up a lot of energy to do the things that I want to do, but just don't have the energy for when I eat cooked food. I like people a lot more when I eat raw food, and nothing stresses me out the way it does when eating cooked food. I find myself smiling and laughing a lot, too. All in all, I like myself a whole lot more when I eat raw! I'm having fun.... Oh! Yes - and most delightful: I feel God's Presence all around me (as well as within) when I eat raw!

Following are the results recorded in my journal after only three months of 100% raw foods - most of which occurred after one month:

  1. lost one pound per day until reached ideal weight - lost in desired areas
  2. complexion cleared, skin softer
  3. I tanned! (had never been able to tan - burned instead)
  4. hair and nails improved
  5. nasal passages and sinuses clearer
  6. vision improved
  7. no body odor
  8. healthier - when get sick (milder and short-termed)
     a. no headaches! (had chronic headaches)
     b. periods lighter, shorter, and no pain
     c. much more energy (taught five one-hour high energy aerobic dance classes per day, came home and worked out some more)
     d. no more constipation
  9. sleep better and less
10. handle stress much easier
11. can think better, mind is clearer
12. saves on money
     a. no doctor's bills
     b. food is cheaper (need less food)
     c. no vitamin pills
     d. no cooking (electric bill)
13. saves on time
     a. food preparation
     b. cleanup
14. looked 5 years younger in one month
15. life is simply more joyous

Fruitarian: one who eats predominantly (ideally 100%) fruit.

Fruit: tree fruits like pineapple, apple, and banana; berries; melons; vine fruits like kiwi and grapes; vegetable fruits like avocado, tomato, squash, olives, pepper and cucumber; dried fruits such as hazelnut, cashew and chestnut; and seeds, including sprouted seeds. (Some fruitarians do not eat dried fruits or seeds.)

The fruitarian lives without killing any form of life. The fruitarian participates in the propagation of new trees and new fruit by spreading the seeds of fruits, thus living in harmony with all things.

"The body's health must be rebuilt before the body can heal itself. And to rebuild the body's health, we must feed the body Living organically grown uncooked foods, Nature's way to Health."  - Anne Wigmore