The Reluctant Raw Foodist
"I used to be a' foodie' and now I am a "foodist'"
Welcome to my health and wellbeing blog.
I’m not a raw foodist by choice. I was recently diagnosed as having a complicated autoimmune condition including severe Histamine Intolerance and a form of reactive arthritis. I have become hypersensitive to high histamine foods, pollen, dust and some everyday chemicals. My condition affects every area of my life.
I have Mast Cell Activation Disease (MCAD).
I was prescribed a low histamine diet and then a raw food diet to ease my symptoms and over the past 2 years I have overcome my reluctance to a new way of eating and living. I have been experimenting to combine the two diets and I have been learning how to eat a diet comprising mainly of low histamine raw fruit and vegetables and how to change the habits of a life time.
I am starting to feel healthier than I have ever been before. I have also lost 35 lbs in weight.
I will be sharing with you how I got here and I'll be exploring low histamine raw recipes, natural beauty products, how to cope with being "allergic to everything" and generally how to regain health and fitness and live life to the full despite my unusual condition!
Please feel free to message me with any suggestions, questions, or comments. I'd love to hear from you!
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These are some ads for where I buy my coconut water and stuff like that :
sherunsfromdarkness Asks:
I've always been so interested in going raw- the benefits are amazing.
thereluctantrawfoodist Said:
Thank you, so glad you liked it. Do consider going raw but you do not need to go completely raw to start seeing the benefits. An apple and or some other fruit, a green smoothie and an extra salad a day and you are well on your way and you will start to see changes x
“The omega-3 fats in walnuts, which affect levels of the mood-altering brain chemical serotonin, make them useful for dealing with depression. They also contain melatonin, which aids the body’s natural sleep patterns so they may help deal with insomnia.”
Hamlyn. 2007. 100 Health Boosting Foods. Octopus Publishing Group: London.
Can raise Histamine levels in the body so I eat a few at a time but they are one of my sources of Omega 3
(via lessonsindamagecontrol)
Interesting! The Reluctant Raw Foodist
Just because we cannot see the damage we are doing to our bodies does not mean that it is not happening. Eating food can be such a mindless act. Think before you eat or drink it! Health or harm? ..Then decide.. The Reluctant Raw Foodist
roughly chopped sweet potatoes (by PeaSoupEats)
I eat these both raw and cooked. I love sweet potato and it is low histamine.
(via healthy-inspiration)
I actually follow 2 diets for my health:
an anti inflammatory raw food diet and a Histamine Intolerance diet (HIT) diet.
I have been asked how I changed my diet. I changed slowly one thing at a time, substituting healthier foods for the more unhealthy foods.
The very first thing I did was give up products containing sugar. i had not realised how addicted I was to it until I tried to stop. Had you asked me I would have said that I did not eat many sugary products, but I must have done. Biscuits, cakes, sweets etc all added up.
I substituted medjool dates for chocolate, and ate apples and grapes when I wanted to binge on something. I carried carrot and celery sticks with me to munch every where i went. I had huge headaches on and off for about 2 weeks. I could not believe how bad I felt. I also lost 7 lbs in those 2 weeks, just like that. I must have been retaining fluid as a reaction to the sugar I suppose.
Then one day I didn’t want to eat sugar anymore. I found that chocolates tasted different and had an after taste. Sweet biscuits tasted salty and had a chemical taste. I felt free of sugar. That Christmas I made a mistake and tried my old favourites - a few cherry liqueur chocolates. I also ate a sliver of Christmas cake. OMG the headache that ensued. I realised then that my sweet eating days over and I could not go back.
Sometimes I eat raw chocolate that contains agave ( a controversial product - as in raw or not - in the raw foods world) but I do not become addicted in the way I was to sugar. I can take it or leave it. If I crave chocolate i might add some raw cocoa powder to some fresh melon in my blender. I eat fruit and I drink coconut water. They all taste incredibly sweet now. Medjool dates, which were a life saver when I was giving up chocolate bars, taste incredibly sweet to me now.
Ingredients
1 cup carrot pulp (I juiced some carrots yesterday)
1 eating apple
1/2 cup porridge oats ( I used these as I wanted not to go over my nut allowance for the day - you can use all nuts - porridge oats have already been steamed when you buy them))
1/2 cup pecans and walnuts mixed
2 tablespoons of ground sprouted linseeds I used raw organic Linusprout)
juice 1/2 lemon
2 medjool dates
1 teaspoon cinnamon
few cloves
Method:
I processed the whole lot in the food processor - driest ingredients first.
then pressed into a bowl
Place in fridge - decorate when serving (apple will go brown otherwise)
The Reluctant Rawfoodist
