raw/living food?

[TABS]

Hi ksomom,

It seems that alot has been said about milk, we do get raw milk and we do pasteurize it due to not being sure if the dairy is using all the cleaning things that they should.  We are all very healthy and our son loves his milk!

As to living food (fast food) - we do juicing as a family.  Just for breakfast though.  After reading Jason Vale's book The juice master's ultimate fast food, I was quite resolved to implement as much as was reasonable into our diet.  We do have the advantage of having a wonderful veggie garden and so have the basics for the juices - tomatoes, carrots and cucumber.  Apples are expensive, I use one a day and then there are other veggies that we include like spinach, cauliflower, butternut etc.  Recently we have had strawberries in the garden and our peach trees were loaded with fruit so we've been using them too.  I won't lie, it's not everyone's cup of tea!  It took a while to get my husband to agree to it, but now he loves it!  Our son isn't mad about it, but does drink half a glass every day.  He prefers it when there is more fruit in the juice than veggies.  We eat normally after our juice - museli and yoghurt and on occasion a farm house breakfast.  The idea is to start out with a glass of water, a glass of fast food (juice) and then keep as much as possible to raw/living food.  I'm not overly strict and try as much as I can to keep things in their natural state.  It does take time though - grating and chopping etc.  As to a recipe, well I just use what I have on hand with the juices and as to the other meals try to be inventive as I can with making salads.  We eat alot of dried fruit - mostly raisins, and try to always have fruit in the house for inbetween snacks.

If you can do it, you do have loads of energy, are healthier and sleep beautifully!  Is it easy?  Well it just depends on how you approach it.  My hope is that our son will always remember drinking his juice in the morning, eating fresh fruit and veg and hopefully will think of snacks as being raisins or fruit...  He also has loads of fun helping put the veg and fruit into the juicer so is quite involved, hopefully also learning that it's easy to be healthy and get the nutrients we need from raw and living food.

TABS

[nohayo]

I was wondering about raw milk... I did some research but there is one aspect that I am not sure of...By consuming raw milk you mean you don't even boil it at home? Even if you take it directly from the farm, isn't that risky? Are there ways to reduce the risk of diseases without compromising the nutritional value of the milk? Is there a certain way to boil it that is OK?

[ksomom]

there's a book called RAWvolultion that is very good, and i believe there's one by Juliano called Raw: the Uncookbook.

both are really great.

i am not a raw foodist, but my husband and i do eat a lot of raw foods (we also eat a lot of cooked foods. our dairy is also raw dairy (butter, yogurt, cheese, and milk--which is legal to sell here in PA).

a friend of ours runs a raw food cafe, and we love to eat her food! we go there about every 6 weeks or so (it is expensive!), and it's wonderful. she loaned us these two cookbooks and we dug out our favorite recipes.

my husband loves juliano. here is juliano's web site: http://www.planetraw.com/

Thank you for your reply and karma to you for your book and website suggestions- they are helpful!

[ksomom]

Hi ksomom,

It seems that alot has been said about milk, we do get raw milk and we do pasteurize it due to not being sure if the dairy is using all the cleaning things that they should.  We are all very healthy and our son loves his milk!

As to living food (fast food) - we do juicing as a family.  Just for breakfast though.  After reading Jason Vale's book The juice master's ultimate fast food, I was quite resolved to implement as much as was reasonable into our diet.  We do have the advantage of having a wonderful veggie garden and so have the basics for the juices - tomatoes, carrots and cucumber.  Apples are expensive, I use one a day and then there are other veggies that we include like spinach, cauliflower, butternut etc.  Recently we have had strawberries in the garden and our peach trees were loaded with fruit so we've been using them too.  I won't lie, it's not everyone's cup of tea!  It took a while to get my husband to agree to it, but now he loves it!  Our son isn't mad about it, but does drink half a glass every day.  He prefers it when there is more fruit in the juice than veggies.  We eat normally after our juice - museli and yoghurt and on occasion a farm house breakfast.  The idea is to start out with a glass of water, a glass of fast food (juice) and then keep as much as possible to raw/living food.  I'm not overly strict and try as much as I can to keep things in their natural state.  It does take time though - grating and chopping etc.  As to a recipe, well I just use what I have on hand with the juices and as to the other meals try to be inventive as I can with making salads.  We eat alot of dried fruit - mostly raisins, and try to always have fruit in the house for inbetween snacks.

If you can do it, you do have loads of energy, are healthier and sleep beautifully!  Is it easy?  Well it just depends on how you approach it.  My hope is that our son will always remember drinking his juice in the morning, eating fresh fruit and veg and hopefully will think of snacks as being raisins or fruit...  He also has loads of fun helping put the veg and fruit into the juicer so is quite involved, hopefully also learning that it's easy to be healthy and get the nutrients we need from raw and living food.

TABS

Thank you TABS, for your personal experience and suggestions... your commentary was easy to read and interesting, making me even more interested in giving it a shot.  Thank you and karma to you! 

[ksomom]

I was wondering about raw milk... I did some research but there is one aspect that I am not sure of...By consuming raw milk you mean you don't even boil it at home? Even if you take it directly from the farm, isn't that risky? Are there ways to reduce the risk of diseases without compromising the nutritional value of the milk? Is there a certain way to boil it that is OK?

You know what, I haven't figured out the answers to those questions either.  I do think it's risky, but others say it's not.  I just don't know.  I'm still researching and will share any answers I can find, but hopefully someone else knows more.  ?

[sb1201]

I have really been looking into this lately and think that it is a great thing to do for your body. Now, I don't think I would ever go 100%, but who knows?

I was able to check out several recipe books from the library, so you might check with yours to see what is available. The best thing I have found so far for my little guy is to make a "green smoothie". Like you said a lot of raw foods are to difficult for little ones to chew without choking so this is the perfect solution.

All you do is take a large handful of greens, I have only tried spinach so far, then add lots of fruit, some water and ice and blend it all up. I put in bananas, apples, grapes and mangoes.

You don't taste the greens at all. It is a bright green color though. Jacob, my one year old loves it! I was so excited, he will drink it through a straw. My 5 year old says she likes it but will only drink a little bit. She didn't like the grapes because there were still bits of skin that just wouldn't blend up. (my blender isn't all that powerful).

My older boys wouldn't go near it (8 & 11) they saw the spinach and the green color and ran!    I don't want to push it too much because if they know I realy want them to drink it they will want it even less.

Just google "green smoothie" and you should come up with a lot of options. But I have found it is great for getting raw fruit and greens into the little ones.

On the subject of raw milk. Does it taste the same as "regular" whole milk. Does it keep as well?

I found an all organic grass fed dairy farm just a few miles from my home. They sell raw milk in thier shop. So I am excited to give it a try. I was a little shocked that it was $10 a gallon Guess I won't be saving all that formula money after all. Oh well, any thing for my babies. 

[joan]

Does anyone know if raw milk is available in Singapore?

[joan]

TABS, what age can you start giving living food (juice) to babies?

Raw milk is most likely not available in Singapore. There's a goat farm but the milk is pasteurized. I heard that goat milk is better than cow's milk. Is anyone feeding goat's milk to their kids?

[linzy]

Sb1201, I love the green smoothie idea.  Karma to you!  I can't wait to try it.

[TABS]

Hi there joan,

As soon as you start solids.  Often you are encouraged to start with fruit puree, which is usually cooked.  By juicing the eg. apple, pear etc.  you could give your baby living food.  To start with you will probably find that you are drinking more of it than your baby - and it does have to be juiced and given straight away.  It is a little sloppy, but that is good when babies are little, if it is a bit too runny you could always add a little baby cereal (not too sure how you feel about cereals...).  You could later include vegies into the mix like - an apple and a carrot etc.  It's pure food so you can't go too wrong with it.  Your baby will let you know if they like the taste or not.  With all early food you'll find there will be preferances.  All the best...

TABS

[texaslady22]

On the subject of raw milk. Does it taste the same as "regular" whole milk. Does it keep as well?

When "regular" milk spoils, you throw it away. When unpasteurized milk gets older, it turns into other things. Remember - you can make curds and whey with it, butter, cream, yogurt. It doesn't spoil, it just becomes other things.

[sb1201]

Unfortunatly, I was unable to find any of these books at the library so I haven't read them yet but here is a list that has resources for children:

Raw Kids: Transitioning Children to a Raw Food Diet
http://www.amazon.com/Raw-Kids-Transitioning-Children-Revised/dp/0967785278/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230062577&sr=8-2

Eating Without Heating, Favorite Recipes From Teens Who Love Raw Food. Authors: Boutenko, Sergei & Valya
http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Without-Heating-Favorite-Recipes/dp/0970481977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230062676&sr=1-1

Baby Greens: A Live-Food Approach for Children of All Ages
by Michaela Lynn and Michael Chrisemer
http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Greens-Live-Food-Approach-Children/dp/1583941371/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230062716&sr=1-1

Conscious Eating, by Gabriel Cousens (contains a chapter on nutrition for pregnancy)
http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Eating-Gabriel-Cousens/dp/1556432852/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230062760&sr=1-1

Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine, by Gabriel Cousens (contains a chapter on live~food babies and children.
http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Live-Food-Cuisine-Gabriel-Cousens/dp/1556434650/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230062807&sr=1-1

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