Roar! food

Am eating only raw food this week. Part detox part give my poor cells what they crave - ie vitamins, ie water, ie not caffeine or alcohol or processed food and stodgy breadlike things. So far have eaten avocado, zucchini, sesame seeds, brazil nuts, cashews, dried figs, oats, capsicum, bannana, parsely, garlic, ginger, yellow zucchini, mango, grapes, nectarine, apple. And drunk green tea, rosehip tea, peppermint tea and detox tea (made from scratch which included such unlikely sounding fellows as red clover, dandelion root and liccorice root but amazingly tasted fine). Not that I don't at my fair share of vegies anyway, but it is amazing how satisfied you feel eating raw things - maybe because they are so chock full of vitamins which haven't been broken down or leached out by cooking that your body doesn't need as much? I'm not even wanting to add salt or oil or vinegar to any of my salady creations. Maybe because the flavours are stronger raw and because there are enough good oils from the nuts and salts in the vegies because they are grown organically in good soil? All of the above have been bought organic from you guessed it, the local food co-op (ahem, award winning co-op at that!). Seeing my naturopath this arvo for a shiatsu massage (gotta love those multitalented natural therapists) so will check in about nutrients etc to help plan rest of week.

Loving the idea that not a single 'food product' which is represented by a number will go into my body this week. Amazing when you get down to thinking about it how much crap we can put into our bodies with every jar or loaf or packet of well-meaning food which has salt and sugar and preservatives or anti-flaking agent or colours or flavour enhancers... etc.

PS Yes, am having to pee more.