Meat. Meet. Me, etc.

I feel great today. I've been doing some heavy detoxing. Before bed, I have been getting headaches. I'm about 98% sure it's from not having cacao since the morning, which still has some caffeine in it. My body begins to totally detox at night and then while I've been sleeping, my body has been responding to having all plant based foods and is releasing toxins into my bloodstream to be excreted.

When I wake up, I have a stomach ache and have to use the bathroom. I drink my quart or so of water with MSM* and fulvic acid* and start my day. After just a few minutes, I feel great, refreshed and ready to go. My lower intestines and stomach feel really light and clear. It's absolutely wonderful!

Yesterday, I ate 99% raw:

**Cacao/agave tea
**3 raw homemade cinnamon rolls--> And it is SO EASY TO MAKE! (
*Compliments of the "Superfoods" book by David Wolfe
~1 cup pecans
~1 cup dates
~Cinnamon
~Coconut oil
~Raw Cacao
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~Throw dates and pecans into a food processor and make into a dough (add a bit of water if necessary)
~Spread Cinnamon on the counter
~Roll out your dough on the cinnamon. If it sticks to the counter, add more cinnamon
~Melt the coconut oil on low heat and add cacao
~Pour cacao/coconut mix onto the flattened dough
~Roll up and cut into sections.
~Eat and Enjoy!
**Raw tacos (recipe coming soon!)
**Superfood mashup (This is just a bunch of superfoods, nuts and fruits blended together that create optimal nutrition. It's basically all the nutrients you need in one meal.)
**Kale Salad with lemon, olive oil, breadcrumbs (which were not raw and I thought were a seasoning from True Foods) and almonds
**Juice from True Foods. I discovered it had black tea in it, which I was unaware of before, so that's now out.

And...duh duh duh...other things:--->

Meat
I get asked these questions a lot: "Do you think meat is bad?" OR "Do you think people shouldn't eat meat?" It's always defensive unless the person already thoroughly understands nutrition and they are genuinely curious.
So, do I think you're going to hell because you consume meat? Haha. That sounded funny just writing it. No, I don't even believe in hell but rather that it is a self made place. Meat, in my humble opinion, is a personal choice. That choice, however, should not be made with a blindfold on. The traditional meat sold in the marketplace today is not okay for human consumption. It's just not. That can't be refuted. Even places such as the New York Times are reporting on this now
A book called The China Study conducted a 20 year (and yes, a very controversial) study on the consumption of meat. They found that it was directly linked to cancer. There is a lot of research out there on this, obviously not much is presented here, however, it's a good thing to know about...so you're not caught with that pesky blindfold stuck to your face. It's not a secret anymore that what's going on in the meat industry (and the food industry in general) is other than the best ever. Cancer and disease caused is just the beginning. Treatment of animals, etc. is a whole other topic. Okay.

So, how do you still have your meat and eat it too?
~Choose Free Range (and actually do the research as to where it comes from, what they are feeding it, etc.) Animals are not meant to be fed corn mash (for the most part) & most of the corn that is presented is genetically modified. More on genetic modification soon. They naturally graze on grass and such. It's important this is part of the knowledge to be obtained when choosing your meat.

~Kill and prepare it yourself (This probably seems kind of extreme. But, it's an option.)

Meet:
One of my favorite things about the raw food lifestyle so far has been all the synchronicities. I've been meeting amazing people and everyday there are a plethora of awesome opportunities that meet me. It feels like as soon as I think of something, it comes into my life, either the best stuff ever or not so much the best stuff ever. What ever it is though, has been in direct relation to what I had thought about, literally just hours before. A small example of this was at True Foods last night. I was sitting with my amazing mentor and we already had our food and juice/tea drinks. As I was sitting there, I had briefly though "I'm getting thirsty". No more than 2 minutes later, the waiter set one glass of water down on my side of the table without ice. I don't ever have ice in my water. It was awesome! I'm going to keep practicing!;-)

Me,etc.
Finally, I realized that I haven't really been open about what I "occupy my time with". (I love that!)
So, soon I'll be including what my beautiful life entails.

Until later <3