Fresh Raw Vegan Lifestyle
& Inspiring Others

I have recently been contemplating certain aspects of a raw vegan lifestyle and why I have enjoyed and been thriving on plant power for over 16 years now. Than by pure perfection I receive this beautiful question from a friend at Raw Food Diet Inspiration.com asking how they could more support others as well to eat more fresh foods:

"Do you have any specific advice to say to a 14 year old daughter? As she is still under my influence, and I would like to influence her to eat raw also. She is somewhat receptive, is eating more vegetables, and even a little bit of salad, which she used to hate. She sometimes has a smoothie for breakfast, made with frozen mangoes and strawberries. But she loves her meat, and can get grumpy if deprived of her favorites. Probably her biggest concern right now is her skin--she has a bit of acne which she would love to have cleared up!"

5 Fresh Vegan Lifestyle Tips To Support and Inspire Yourself Others:

Fresh Vegan Lifestyle: YOU Are The Best Inspiration!
The best influence is you. I believe our only true power comes from "walking our talk". When we want others to eat better, live healthy, joyful lives we must live the life first. Others will either follow or fall away. This I have found to be so hard as a parent because as parents we feel as if our children are an extension of us. As this may be true to some extent, our children come to create and live their own experiences and witnessing as they put things into their bodies that we judge as harmful, bad or painful, is ultimately for their own experience to expand, learn and grow from. Of course we can educate them and be the example but they ultimately have to make their own final choices.

Fresh Vegan Lifestyle: Provide Support and Guidance When Asked or When You Get The YES!
Finding out what another wants or needs is a great place to start to help. If our friend above asks his/her daughter "Is the acne on your face a concern for you?" Then she listens and uncovers the why and what emotions are surrounding the issue, the parent or parents can then offer support and address the issue from the emotional stand point. Whenever you want to support or inspire another or even yourself, look for the emotional component. A raw or even just vegan lifestyle is also about the emotional aspects of health and complete well being not just the nutritional part.
It is amazing to me that after hearing over and over again "you are what you eat" so many don't see how what they are eating and of course thinking/feeling has so much to do with many emotional issues as well. Child crave sugar because they need glucose to power their body and brain. Without sufficient ripe, raw fruits around, they will reach for the next best thing and often times that will be processed sugars like cakes and candy or high fatty foods which will also turn to sugar (as does everything we eat) and the fat will most generally get stored. Than parents wonder why their children are carrying around more fat mass and emotions.

The other day I was counseling a young 17 year old dancer who had acne and a little weight she wanted to release from her tall figure. After getting to know her and her family history she told me her parents were both obese and had both undergone gastric bypass surgery's. Her mother who was once very over weight was now 112 pounds and was very careful about what she and her family ate now. However, what struck me as odd was that she said her mother would rarely purchase bananas saying they were not good to eat. I told her that yes most people eat bananas when they are not ripe so YES they can be hard for your body to digest but if you eat them when they are ripe and spotty they are very great for your body and a great source of sugar to support your athletic body.

After only one day of eating a plant based diet full of fruits, vegetables, beans and grains she began to feel great. I will be curious to see if she continues on her path how she will easily clear her skin and shed those extra pounds in time for her up coming dance competition.
Fresh Vegan Lifestyle: Knowledge: Enjoy Delicious Fresh, Whole Plant Based Foods and Keep Them Around Everywhere
I have stumbled and fallen, tripped and twisted my way around my raw vegan lifestyle for 16 years now. I started out eating a cooked version of the 80/10/10 diet (raw vegan lifestyle) based on 80%-90% carbohydrates from beans, rice, potatoes and other cooked plant sources, 5%-10% proteins from all plants (grains and beans) and 5%-10% fats from plant sources like tofu, soy and other vegetable products.
My average day of eating and living was: Breakfast- Oatmeal or cream of wheat with non vanilla rice milk, Lunch- bowl of no-oil, low sodium vegan chili with various beans and cooked vegetables with 2 slices of sprouted whole wheat bread with apple "butter" spread, Dinner- rice or whole wheat pasta with no-oil, low sodium tomato sauce and 2-4 slices of sprouts whole wheat bread with rice syrup or jam. If I thought about it I may have carrots slices or cooked broccoli or maybe a piece of fruit. It was close to a version of this every day.

I did not know about gluten intolerance or how hard it is on a typical digestive system to digest grains I still ate them and my stomach hurt all the time, I mean doubled over pain kind of "hurt". I went to the gym everyday and taught spin classes or did some type of fitness everyday or at least 6 days a week. Emotionally I still struggled and went through many bouts of depression and just started to tap into the conscious mind set.

Next I stepped into a Raw high-fat based lifestyle with not as much fitness. Although my conscious mindset of creating my life on purpose was really forming, I was not truly enjoying the benefits as my high nut based diet was not supporting my body. I was 15-25 pounds heavier than ever and I was more confused than before. Here I was being told I could eat as many raw fatty foods like nuts, avocados, seeds and coconuts as I wanted because they were the "good" fats, yet I still was not thriving, and instead I was gaining weight, experiencing emotional ups-downs and my stomach still wasn't well.

Finally after reading, listening and then really "hearing" Dr. Douglas Graham (foodnsport.com) and next Freelee (30bananasaday.com) I started following a fresh, whole, ripe, raw, low fat, vegan lifestyle consistently instead of off and on. I now I enjoy running long distances, of which I could never do in the past 4 days a week. I eat loads of fresh food, more than I ever have, and I am fitter, trimmer and healthier at 40 than those previous 40 years. My stomach or rather my digestion is so good and feels amazing. My emotions are more balanced and my intuition is on full connection at all times.

Today my average life includes:
- 2 liters of water first thing in the morning
- 1/4 watermelon
- 15 min walk followed by a 45-75 min run and on opposite days a 60-180 min bike ride and 1-2 day(s) a week of yoga
- 1 liter of water and 1/4 of watermelon
- Lunch including a 8-10 banana smoothie or banana and date smoothie with spinach
- Snack is more bananas and dates maybe in frozen ice cream form or smoothie or I may have a liter of fresh orange juice or orange/pineapple smoothie or sorbet
- Dinner is a large salad with spiralized zucchini and other root vegetables topped with 2 mango, pineapple, and red bell pepper sauce or tomato and mango sauce.
- I meditate everyday and enjoy quite moments of peace and ease first thing in the morning. My days feel more balanced and full of fun and laughter, as my primary focus in each day is to PLAY!!!
For the first time in my life I am truly enjoying a business and life I feel fully committed to, passionate and purposeful about. This fresh vegan lifestyle is feeding my body, mind and spirit all at the same time. Remember it is not just about food it is about a whole new mind and lifestyle shift!

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Fresh Vegan Lifestyle: Plants Are Best
Our primary source of nutrients first comes from the sun, second the plants and third animals. Animals are best when eaten raw and animals that naturally kill and eat other animals start with the intestines first and finish with the bones last. If human were truly meant to enjoy other animals they would salivate at the sight of a cow, deep or sheep out on an open pasture. A lion or tiger when hunger do salivate when looking to hunt, kill, and consume other animals, like a bison or buffalo. They do not salivate at the taste or look of a fresh ripe peach, banana or watermelon and humans, when hunger is present, do.
In addition, the intestines of carnivore type animal are short and straight and our human intestines is long (anywhere from 6 to 8.5 meters in length depending on size and age of the person it occupies) and tangled in a compacted bunch. Then of course there's the issue of our teeth and body ability as a human vs. that of a truly carnivore animal. The list of the nutritional aspects alone goes on and on. When I hear people say "I need my meat." what they are really saying is I am use to eating meat and I like it.

I want to make sure something is very clear here, I am not judging anyone for eating meat, I am simply offering a healthier, fresher way to enjoy eating and living. I personally enjoy freedom of choice and within that I love that we all get to make choices regardless of where we live or what we do. There is so much information and inspiration on how healthy and important eating a plant based diet can be and below is my own personal favorite choices for support:
Fresh Vegan Lifestyle: From Cravings, Smoking and Unhealthy Food Choices To A Fresh Conscious Vegan Lifestyle
Living life in a way that offers you and others the freedom from cravings, unhealthy habits like smoking, drugs, or alcohol and nutritional starvation. Enjoy a fresh plant based whole foods low fat vegan lifestyle and many of your "problems" will naturally solve themselves. I have heard many, many people express to me and to others how by just adding more fresh foods into their lives they all the sudden wanted to quit smoking or taking those prescription pills they had previously been addicted to.
Just imagine if the average obese person started eating 3000-4000 calories of fresh, whole, ripe plant foods everyday (low fat of course) their bodies would no longer crave the unhealthy choices naturally and with ease. They simply would not want the big burger, fries and shake, they would be too full and too satiated to want or need more food and/or comfort. Over eating is more about comfort than it is about the nature of food itself.

For some reason switching over to a plant based vegan lifestyle increases your conscious awareness as well. I am not saying that this diet or rather lifestyle choice is a cure all or better than anything in the world but I am saying that from what I and many I have followed, read, met and counseled have experienced is this fresh vegan lifestyle is a road worth exploring, testing and looking into, seriously. Your health effects every aspect of your life and when you feel good life can be so much brighter and lots of new possibilities can flood your way.

I hope this supports and inspires you and all those that you inspire and effect in your life in the best most loving way. The journey we take is the journey that will naturally effect the lives of others. When you live in a space of complete love and knowing, listening and following your heart you will climb mountains and achieve greatness in anything and everything you do.

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