When I first went raw in 2002, it was on a diet of raw fruit, salad greens, coconut oil & nuts. I looked amazing, slim, glowing skin, BUT after 1 year I felt my skin was dry & my hair was dry too.
One night I woke up craving raw egg yolks even though they were not part of my raw diet. But I HAD to have them! So I went downstairs & into kitchen. I cracked open 5 eggs, separated out the whites & drank down the 5 raw yolks. I wanted more so I had 3 more yolks. It was my body telling me: GET OMEGA 3 FATS NOW!
After I ate them I felt so much better & I slept deeply. From that point on i felt the yolks were something my body needed, so I ate at least 3-4 RAW egg yolks daily.
My hair & skin became smooth, soft & I got so many compliments.
When I posted my story on raw vegan message boards....WOW..... I got blasted for even suggesting people need Omega 3 from animal products! Some said it was disgusting, gross, I was a loser, a bad person for eating animal substances
I also got blasted for suggesting egg yolks would help supply much needed B Vitamins .
Luckily a couple of Raw leaders came to my defense (Nazariah was one. He told his own story about temporarily losing the use of his legs due to Vit B deficiency on a raw vegan diet. He was cured after adding raw egg yolks, raw goats milk back into his diet).
Needless to say I do NOT recommend a RAW VEGAN DIET (whether low or high fat) & I DO recommend a RAW PALEO DIET (being sure to have either raw egg yolks &/or raw salmon for Omega 3 etc) with addition of some Cooked veggies in winter.
The one food I personally don't do well with (cooked or raw, soaked) are grains or heavy starches.
Yep. I remember a guy from Florida back in 2002 on a raw vegan forum reporting that the only thing that completely cured his Lyme symptoms was raw egg yolk. He was vegan otherwise, but the yolks really worked for him. A lot of people gave him crap about it, but he politely continued to assert his case.
When did you start eating RAF regularly? Where are you from? I started raw mostly-vegan in 2001, and added raw shellfish/fish in 2005, and have continued to try different meats, fish, organs, etc. ever since. I mainly eat seafoods for my flesh foods, a lot of fatty fish and shellfish.
