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Raw Vegan lifestyle

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The myth that athletes can’t thrive on a vegan diet should have died long ago. But like many other untruths about veganism, it seems to live on.

What about "super athletes" like Brendan Brazier, Noel Polando, Tim Van Orden, Kenneth G. Williams, all amazing, muscular, energetic vegan athletes, with extraordinary performances in their field... What about Tony Robbins and his incredible energy, what about guys like Mike Tyson, Brad Pitt or Hugh Jackman turning vegan...

Months ago, I switch from a "part-time vegetarian" to a full time strict vegetarian diet. Searching for as many information I could on the vegan life-style and athletic performances, I end up on 3 websites that introduced me to the RAW VEGAN life-style, and more specificaly to 3 "partially raw" and "fully-raw" vegan athletes: Brendan Brazier, Tim Van Orden and Noel Polanco.

This plus many hours of reaserches convinced me that eating an Organic-Raw-Vegan diet was not only the most natural way to eat for Humans (we were "here" way before cooked food, and we must have eaten something, right?). Our closest cousins, Apes and Gorilas eat a plant-based diet, mostly from raw vegetable and fruits... They are strong, agile, muscular, and never sick...

I've decided to give "it" a try, and there, surprise!! My body fat went way down, while increasing my muscle mass, and my energy level went up like crazy. I have never felt better. I am now on a 100% strict vegetarian, 70 - 80 % Organic Raw vegan diet, and I feel great.

Here is an article based on a fantastic "Raw food" book I just bought, called "The Art of Raw Living Food", by Doreen Virtue and Jenny Rossl:

"Around the world, a revolution is quietly occuring as more and more people switch to "raw food" diets. Raw foodists, with their youthfull complexion, vibrant health, radiant skin, silky hair, and clear eyes, are inspiring others to add "living foods" into their meal plans. This way of eating is delicious, easy, and fun... and it's the ultimate contribution to going green for the world's environment and the best way to stay healthy.

Far from just boring salads, "living cuisine", consists of incredible dishes such as raw vegan burritos, lasagnas, pizza, sushi, apple pie, etc... all cleverly created from fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and sprouted grains. Restaurants devoted to raw food are popping up internationally, and celebrities touting its fountain of youth benefits.

The philosphy behind raw food is both nutritional and spiritual. Fresh products contains living and healthful enzymes, which are killed when it is cooked above 50 degrees. I know that the enzymes, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and pure energy within raw food can heal and detoxify the body. Many formerly ill people credit their raw diets with saving their life.

The highly processed, cooked food of the standard western diet, contribute to lethargy, obesity, and diseases. Just by adding a small percentage of raw food to their diet, people loose weight, heal, and feel better.

Raw food also answers the call to Go Green, since it supports sustainable organic farming; and as a vegetarian diet, it's a cruelty-free lifestyle.

Those who "go raw" find that their intuitive and psychic abilities immediately increase because of the Qi (life force) of those food.

In 2004, Medical News Today reported raw food as one of the 7 most popular diet in the world. "Google.com" has 1.7 millions sites devoted to this style of eating.

This type of food promotes health and life. Raw living food has been known to:

- Increase stamina and internal energy

- Improve mental focus and clarity

- Lower cholesterol

- Reverse "life-threatening" diseases and conditions

- Promote healthy skin and hair growth

- Improve vision

- Create a youthful, glowing complexion

- Revitalize overworked organs

- Prevent osteoporosis

- Maintain longevity

- Stabilize moods and emotions

- Increase spiritual awareness"

The more fresh, organic, raw-living foods we consume daily, the healthier our minds and bodies will be.

Over the years, many of my masters, instructors, brothers and friends told me about the vegetarian / vegan / raw diet, but I wasn't ready to hear... Today, all their advises and living examples come back to my head, and I want to thank them for being who they are:

Sify Amon, Ten Shao, Boyd Thomas, Stephane & Karla Chollet, Michel Coquet, Robert Casale and his Mum Patty, Philippe Donaghy (Dodo), Mario Bouchina...