Mindful Eats

Supplements and Vitamins are not Food

This is also posted with other food posts at Food Renegade. 

"The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things - the power to tell the good from the bad, the genunie from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit."

We're not foodies at MindfulEats, but we enjoy a delicious meal. However, when we think back to memorable meals, it's the company and the conversation we remember, not the actual drink and food details. And when we're not with loved ones, food can be a hassle, especially when we're on the run (always). Then a meal in a pill would be a perfect answer.

The Raw Foods Diet

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. ~ Napolean Hill

There are many diet philosophies, and you need to figure out what works the best for you. What works for you is not necessarily going to work for me. We have different allergies and digestive tracts.

We will review different diets on MindfulEats, and if one appeals to you, experiment with it. You can follow it whole hog or take elements from it that work for you. The first diet up is the Raw Foods Diet. This has gotten a lot of press - a CNN profile on Angela Stokes (raw foodist that lost 160 pounds) generated a lot of interest. 

Raw foodists believe that they are eating living foods and that cooking kills valuable nutrients in food. They eat at least 75% of their food raw, and most of them are raw vegans, though some eat raw meat as well. Central to their belief is that raw food contains living enzymes that help digestion and broken down cells. They think these enzymes slow down at 117 degrees, and are completely destroyed at 130 degrees. Raw is basically: