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 :
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…
These look great! I often freeze whole blackberries and then eat them like little sorbets!
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Great for those of you who need a recipe. I actually don’t sweeten or else just use a date to sweeten the whole. Depends how sweet you want it.
Unsoaked almonds also work in a Vitamix but I do usually soak the almonds.
This is so easy to do! And only takes a couple of minutes. And tastes way better than anything you can get from a store!
Try dropping the parmesan and using nutritional yeast instead if you can tolerate it or some sesame seeds :)
Try roasting the cauliflower in the oven with those seasonings and some olive oil. Crazy yummy.
This is honestly one of the best tricks Tumblr has taught me. So good!
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My smoothie this morning - frozen pomegranate seeds (I deseed the fruits and freeze the seeds in small bags), a banana and 2 little gem lettuces with a little water :)
Going Raw.. part 1 … My post on how I changed my diet.. read more
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Carrot Cake with a difference! made this morning! Recipe here :)
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A great recipe for health :))
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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
Look good so I thought I would reblog for you all. Not sure I can eat pistachios but will have a go !:))
Pink Smoothie…
I will be sending the recipe to my mailing list over the weekend.
:)
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