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 :
I used to like the smell of smoke and although I didn’t smoke (I used to front a rock band as a singer) I would often light a cigarette for my then husband. Now my body reacts to smoke in that my knees, joints, and skin all hurt, my eyes dry up, and my throat constricts. If I don’t get away then I may start to vomit. This reaction is my mast cells (immune system) reacting to all the chemicals. There are apparently over 400 chemicals in cigarette smoke.
(via tastemakerrr)
and as I carried the coffee down the street I realised..
I have not drunk a coffee for about 3 years , I don’t miss it, and I don’t actually like the smell anymore!
and my hair definitely looks thicker than it did .. and no holes, no sore spots…. Yeaaay!
In any event we can only go on from here x
(via jennhope)
I have found it very difficult to quantify what I eat in a week as I tend to shop for things most days. I also look for what is in season and what I can find in the sale bins. That is the great thing about perishable goods - they get sold off.
I steam veggies and well as eating a lot of raw fruit and greens. This is a typical shopping list that I would probably manage to consume in a week. Remember this is an estimate as I shop several times a week and my whole household (Husband and Carer) eats a lot of vegetables with me these days. So anything that goes into the stew is shared. I have found that by looking for bargains and buying seasonal fruits I actually spend a lot less than I used to. Of course, I dont buy alcohol, cheese (for me), biscuits, cakes, sodas, etc. x
Apples x 10
Pears x 10
Bananas - loads - I currently have 30 bananas in my stash
Cherries x 2 punnets
blue berries x 2 punnets
Mangos x 4
Melon x 4
Watermelon x 1
Raw almonds x 1 bag ( not all for me)
other nuts if I need them
medjool dates x1 pack (10 dates)
Sweet potatoes x 10 ( go in stews or steamed - not all for me)
little gem lettuce x 4
Cos lettuce x 4
Cucumber x 3
Celery heads x 4 ( I always try to buy organic celery)
bag of lamb’s lettuce x 1
Carrots - 2 large bags (I eat these raw and in stews or steamed or juiced)
Asparagus - 1 bunch
Sweet corn x 4 - I eat these raw
2 pots of organic hummus ( my bit of processed food I still eat when I am too busy to make my own)
parsnips x 1 bag ( steamed or in soups and stews)
green beans x 2 bags ( steamed or in soups and stews - but I do eat a few raw)
cauliflower x1
broccoli heads x 3
large bag of kale x 1 ( if I don’t eat it all in smoothies it goes in the stew)
swede x 2 (steamed or in soups and stews for the family)
punnet of tomatoes x1
bag of clementines x1 (high in histamine)
lemons x 6
Root ginger - a large lump
Live herbs such as sweet basil or mint.
Anything else (veg or fruit) that I come across on special offer. We also tend to try any unusual (for us) fruit or veg that we see.
As my diet is so strict I do occasionally eat an organic free range egg (I cannot eat anything processed much at all so processed vegan foods are out for me)
I probably consume about 30 organic coconut waters a month but I do use them to make my husband’s/ guests’ smoothies as well as my own.
…. create new blood, renew your bone marrow, fuel your brain, ease your mind, make your lungs work, support your immune system, heal your skin (including that tattoo you had done yesterday), keep your digestive system working smoothly, lubricate your joints, repair and build your muscles, ………
What will you eat to do all that?
(via positivelyglowing)
…For a raw food magazine, a book written by some raw food experts, and also for the on- line shop where I buy all my coconut water as people keep asking me…
Just trying them out.
… and yep, I get a small percentage if you order anything via my links.
x
Remember I have a smoothies page .. click here
Try,
Fail
Try Again, Fail better
(Samuel Beckett)
