My Story and What Eat it Raw is All About...

Hello!! Welcome to my Eat it Raw Blog. Eat it Raw... Hmm, What's that? Let me start from what I would say is the beginning of this adventure. It all started from a documentary I watched, "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". The movie was about Joe Cross, an average man, who had enough of a lifestyle that was slowly killing him. He took on a Juicing fast for 30 days and traveled America sharing the benefits and how he felt. He lost a ton of weight but what inspired me the most was the way it healed him from his ailments and how he shared it with others.

As I took on the 30 day Juicing Fast I started to discover a new level of energy and felt amazing. I never realized it was possible to feel this good until experiencing it first hand. This intrigued me so I began to search further into what appeared to me as a little known secret. In my search I found much evidence that not only could a raw plant based diet prevent and possibly cure cancer but it could also allow the body to heal from other ailments. My father died from a heart attack at age 56 and so this new found information really hit home. Apparently, heart disease is non-existent in cultures where very little to no animal protein is consumed. In fact, these cultures have an average life span in the 90's. So ... what I said to myself is if I cut the meat out of my diet I could possibly double my life span...

After getting off my juicing diet and losing 23 pounds I splurged for a week and then remembered what I had learned and could feel my body getting more sluggish like it was prior to the diet. BAM... I chose right then and there that I would cut meat out of my diet completely and other than one cheeseburger and a pulled pork sandwich I haven't eaten meat since January of this year.

In the recent weeks I've noticed I have replaced my meats with cheeses and artificially created foods. Although I still feel pretty good compared to how I once did and I have kept most of that weight off I know that I can feel better so I am taking on a Raw Food lifestyle for 30 days. I will document my adventure throughout my progress on this blog and share the results of my health improvement or lack there of throughout. I will be getting blood work before and after and hosting a Raw Food Potluck where I will share with anyone and everyone interested. Thanks for reading, please share my Blog and come back often...

Travis