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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My supper tonight
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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…
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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I made a blended salad this evening as I didn’t want to chomp my way through a large salad:)) I blended 8 romaine leaves, 5 celery sticks, 2 tomatoes, a cucumber and a courgette. Just drinking my dinner now ( I already drank a 4 banana smoothie)
I told you I eat rainbows! Actually I am careful with tomatoes and with peppers as I find they increase my histamine load for the day but I do eat some in preference to other “histaminy” foods.
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My green salad in a glass this morning … 4 large romaine lettuce leaves, 3/4 of a cucumber 4 sticks of celery, a small apple and a splash of water to get the blender going.
I did not feel like eating a salad this evening so I put a cucumber, a romaine lettuce and 2 tomatoes in the blender with a little water and I am now sitting here drinking my salad.
Mouthwatering :))
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Meals out are easy!
I was taken out for supper after the theatre and there was literally nothing on the menu I could eat. So I had a green salad with lemon. There are a couple of spinach leaves there but I ate it all.
My supper today - Steamed veg with spring onion and tomatoes. A squeeze of fresh lemon as a dressing :)
