Video by the “Raw Family”

Greetings from Emerald Isle NC!

We made it to the beach safe and sound late last night. To be completely honest… I cheated on the raw diet and had BBQ last night (Smithfield’s is my FAVORITE BBQ and it was on the way)! Yikes! It was my first cooked meal in 6 days. I noticed that I got full much faster. I feel like my body was telling me I was eating something it really didn’t need… however the taste was still delicious. My conclusion was made right then and there: I LOVE how I look and feel on the raw diet (better skin, more energy, and a few pounds lighter). However, there are a few things I wouldn’t want to give up forever. Therefore, my goal now is to eat all but 1 meal per day raw. To me, that would be a wonderful lifestyle diet. But, from what I’ve heard, the more you eat raw, the more you want it.

Because I am NO expert in the subject of raw diets, I sought guidance from someone more experienced. This included “The Raw Family”, who was “able to heal all of our incurable, life-threatening diseases” on a raw diet. Three cheers for that! They even took raw one step further… Here’s an excerpt from the article the family sent me.

My husband, our two younger children and I have been on the raw food diet for more than eleven years. We were able to heal all of our incurable, life-threatening diseases. However, after several years of being raw, each one of us began to feel like we had reached a plateau where our healing process stopped and even somewhat began to go backwards. Since then a burning question in my heart grew stronger every day. The question was, “Is there anything missing in our diet?” The answer would come right away: “Nope. Nothing could be better than a raw food diet.”

Yet, however tiny, the unwanted signs of less than perfect health kept surfacing, in minor but noticeable symptoms like a wart on a hand, a gray hair, etc. that instantly brought doubts and questions about the completeness of the raw food diet.

Victoria’s findings have completely intrigued me. The more I read about eating fruits and veggies to reverse serious illnesses, the signs of aging, and ultimately people’s lifespans, the more I have become a believer. Click for Victoria Boutenko’s entire article to find out what was missing from their diet:  THE DISCOVERY OF GREEN SMOOTHIE.

For more information, visit their blog and website:  www.rawfamily.com and www.greensmoothiesblog.com

The video above gives some tips for green smoothies.

I’m doing my best to stay raw at the beach, except for 1 meal a day. I am happy to say it’s not because I have to, but because I WANT to. :)

Love Wins,
Katie