What do YOU eat?

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As the raw food movement sweeps the world, more and more people are becoming aware and trying to incorporate more raw into their lives. This is great and people need direction. There seem to be raw food gurus everywhere with all sorts of different recommendations. My first advice is to eat anything in the beginning, as long as it's raw. I'm talking plant-based organic and fresh as possible.
I am terribly focused and going 100% raw for long periods (6-12mths)i found that i could quiet easily detrimentally affect my social connections and become quite isolated. For example, if I visit my mum a few times a year and don't at least try some of her cooking I wouldn't be polite. Going to social events carrying my box of bananas can look a little strange and I know people do do it, but are we here to stand out and prove something or to have a positive impact on other people's lives? I believe the latter.
Given this background and understanding, I would have to say I'm a 100% raw foodist most of the time, on the odd occasion having a little cooked so as to mainatain relationships. But I'm always trying to push the envelope and see how far I can carry this message. At home 21 meals a week are 100% raw and after doing this for 4 years now you get to know what works and what doesn't work long term.

Upon rising I drink as much water as I can. After this I sometimes have a fresh young coconut with my boy. When they're in season I will have a glass or 2 of freshly squeezed orange juice. At this stage I've already had more nutrition than many people have in their entire cooked day.

Breakfast consists of smoothie 9 times out of 10. We go through boxes of bananas every week. A good combination is 10 bananas, 400g of blueberries, 300g of raspberries, the meat of 1 young coconut and some leafy greens like bok choy, comfrey or lettuce with a little water.

Another really good combo is banana and paw paw (we can go through a box a week). We also use a lot of pineapple.

Before lunch we make a vegetable juice with carrot, apple, beetroot, beet leaves, barley grass (fresh out of our garden), celery, a little ginger and lemon with the peel.
Lunch in our house means lots of salads. A popular combination is lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onions, olives, avocado, sun dried tomatoes, sprouts and almonds, sunflower and raisins dressed with lemon juice and olive oil and himalayan pink salt. I can quite often follow this up with 4 bananas or apples or some sort of dried fruit.

Just before dinner I will have another glass or 2 of orange juice (sometimes I go a little crazy and have 4 or 5 glasses and then that's it for me for dinner).

Dinner can be a fruit salad but more often than not it is a green smoothie. Usually banana, pinepple and comfrey, sometimes we use orange juice instead of water but this can be a bit rich. Usually half water and half orange juice works best. We try to go with what is in season, fresh and freely available in abundance.

We will be putting out a more detailed dietary plan and options on the website and as a handout in the near future, so stay tuned