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After my trip to Chiang Mai I was excited by all the healthy food and I decided to try a Raw Food Diet.

They say that if 75% or more of your total food consumption is raw,  you are a raw foodist or living foodist. My Raw food diet contained:

• Raw fruit
• Raw vegetables
• Nuts
• Seeds

People living by the raw food diet believe that consumption of uncooked foods encourage weight loss, while also preventing and/or healing many forms of sickness and chronic diseases.

BANANA SMOOTHIE

• 1 banana
• 1/2 cup oats
• 1ts honey
• 1/4 cup ice water

mix for a few seckonds in blender and top with chopped macademians.

BEETROOT AND APPLE JUICE

• 1/2 cup of grated raw beetroot
• 2 apples
• juice of half a lime
• 1/4 cup ice water
• rhubarb sticks, chopped in fine slices.

Mix all the ingredients in the blender, accept from the rhubarb stick that you put in after.

APPLE AND KIWI JUICE

• 2 apples
• 2 kiwi’s
• 1/4 cup ice water
• 2 table spoons of maple syrup

Mix it all in the blender and top with slices of kiwi and sunflower seeds

My week of eating raw food was a bit up and down.

Monday I was low on energy, and Tuesday I was ready to give in. Tuesday night I was cheating a bit and I had a can of cooked tuna. This seemed to help on my energy level. Wednesday I felt better, and I didn’t crave the bread or my yogurt. But I ended up cheating this day as well: I had some tofu. Thursday I felt really fresh, light and I had lots of energy. Friday I kept going, and was thinking I could keep it up for longer. I ended my Raw Food Diet for a lovely dinner at Mat and Faustine’s on Friday night. I really enjoyed a hot meal after a week of cold food. My conclusion is that I’m going to try to eat more raw food in my everyday diet, but I can not be without warm food or any bread. But my skin felt better and at the end of the week I had restored my energy level. I spent a lot of time in the kitchen in the morning preparing my lunch for the day. I was eating every two hours, quite frequently since what you eat doesn’t last you long and you get hungry quickly again.

RAW BEETROOT AND ORANGE SALAD

• 1 raw beetroot chopped
• slices from one orange
• juice of one lime
• spinach and fresh basil
• pinenuts and sesame seeds

Grate the beetroot, and slice the orange. Layer it on a bed of spinach and basil. sprinkle with lemon juice, and the nuts.

CUCUMBER AND AVOCADO SOUP

• 1 cucumber
• 1 avocado
• juice of 1 lime
• bunch of fresh basil
• salt and pepper

Chop the cucumber, and add all the ingredients in the blender. Decorate with basil leaves, and grind some fresh pepper and sea salt on top.