The Joy of Cashew Milk, & Other Absurdities
February 4, 2009 | Raw Musings | Share
Dazed and Confused?
Sorry folks. I have been neglecting this site lately, mainly because of the following reasons:
1. I’m frantically preparing my taxes right now because I have an appointment with my accountant this Friday.
2. Have been concentrating on marketing and promoting and musical groups I am currently performing with.
3. I’ve been doing a lot of other work online to pay some bills and save up for some studio recording equipment (I plan to record at home).
Anyway, I’m back, somewhat. But plan on being “more” focused on this site in the next week or two.
I thank you for visiting this site and for your continued support…
The Joy of Cashew Milk, & Other Absurdities
Regular people must think us raw foodies are totally on the fringe when it comes to diet and lifestyle. I mean, to turn your back on hamburgers, hotdogs and pizza?
Are you nuts!?!
Well, frankly… yes! I eat plenty of them now… nuts, that is!
But when people come home from work feeling tired and fatigued, they blame it on the job, or the stress, or getting through an hour’s worth of traffic.
They don’t consider that food could be the problem causing their tiredness and fatigue. Or the lack of certain foods.
I have this theory that, unless you go totally raw… and I mean, like TOTALLY raw, your simple NOT going to feel the benefits, that amazing “euphoria” you get when adopting (and adapting to) a 100% raw food lifestyle!
You see, the more processed, refined, chemically enhanced foods that go into your system, the more YOUR body has to work on handling all the toxins and junk that come with that food. And the less nutrients your body gets, the more it struggles with eliminating the poisonous stuffs, and less time rejuvenating and healing the body.
Enzymes, which are abundant in raw foods, are the stuff that helps metabolize food and is vital for the body’s maintenance and healing. Cooking simply destroys much of those important enzymes, AND cooks and steams away all that vital water… overall the body just has a tough time and thus…
…feeling tired, fatigued, low on energy and less vitality.
Major Relapse For The Sake of Culture and Heritage
Last year in June, after coming home from the Philippines after attending a funeral there, I was feeling extremely fatigued and had no energy whatsoever to even do simple tasks. I thought I had chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
The reality concerning my fatigue wasn’t really the stress because of a death in the family, although naturally that would be a big blow to anyone. I think it was the simple fact that (for the two and a half weeks I was there in the Philippines) my diet had changed from a “high raw” vegan to a total omnivore.
Talk about absurdities…
I really let myself go, and that is my big confession for the year 2008. But I guess a part of me was saying, “Well, you’re back in the homeland now, so you have to experience the food, it’s a part of the culture”!
Today I’m still on my raw food journey and approaching day 100. When that happens I don’t know what will happen. Maybe, I’ll revert to a 75-90% raw diet (but most definitely vegan), maybe I’ll continue to be 100% on my own… or maybe I’ll go on a long juice fast, or feast.
We’ll see how that goes in a couple of weeks…. :o)
So, what has this article have to do with cashew milk? Well, nothing really. It just sounded good at the time, but actually, I’ve been loving cashew milk in my raw cacao smoothies! It is amazing and different than almond or walnut milk. And definitely blends well with the cacao, in my humble opinion…
