The Reluctant Raw Foodist

Are you what you eat?

"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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Posts tagged "raw"

Sounds interesting and looks great! I will make a version of this later.

elizabeth-antoinette:

Most delicious thing on the planet, what I like to call “Sweet Broccoli Crunch” salad: raw broccoli, chopped dates, raw sunflower seeds, chopped shallots, garlic, black pepper, agave and a little Veganase. Mix it all up and let marinate for an hour in the fridge. Delectable.

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This is how I make it :)

organic-bunny:

Easy Almond Butter:)

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My lunch salad

A large bowl of carrot, lettuce (2 types) , spinach (a little as I cannot eat much), white cabbage, walnut pieces, pineapple, cucumber, watercress…

thereluctantrawfoodist:

Carrot Cake with a difference! made this morning! Recipe here :)

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True, and what you eat continually creates your body…..

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danistellabotte:

fruitandtea:

Healthy Christmas Cookies // Raw, Gluten-Free, Vegan

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup raw pistachios

2 tablespoon coconut flakes

1/3 cup melted coconut oil

1/3 cup agave

1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Clean the pistachios from their outer shell and blend them into flour.

Mix everything in a big bowl using a spatula.

Roll into a salami form using some plastic foil and put in the fridge for 24 hours.

Using a sharp knife cut into small cookies. If you have some small cookie cutters you can also shape them differently.

Serve garnished with coconut flakes and fresh fruits.

I’m making this..like now