[buttermilkfreelovecult]

1. Why have you chosen to eat all/mostly raw foods?
I've suffered from anorexia,binge eating, bulemia and depression since I was twelve and it wasn't until recently that I started eating raw food that I've began to begin to get myself under control.

2. How long have you been eating this way?
3 months

3. Do you consider yourself to be part of the vegan culture, or something completely separate?
No not really.

4. Do your friends and family eat raw with you? Do they support you, or nag you about your diet?
My friends/family don't really care.

5. Do you feel that your raw-food lifestyle plays into your politics, religion, and social beliefs? How about your job?
Actually I think my social beliefs, and religion are what turns me on to raw food. I'm a buddhist and I believe that we as people should try to reduce ourselves to as simple a state as possible.

6. What do you eat in a typical day? (I am not asking for a food journal here. Just tell me if you prefer to eat mostly fruits, mostly vegetables, if you take supplements, if you're into food combining, etc)
I eat mostly fruits and greens. I try to practice food combining as much as possible.

7. Are you part of any other subculture?? This includes macrobiotics, punk, hippie, liberal, Jewish, etc.
Jewish is a subculture? I guess that I live a kinda neo-beatnik, pseudo gypsy life.

8. Anything else you would like to add about what raw foods means to you?
Learning as much a possible is great but you shouldn't waste your money buying expensive books and programs when all you have to do is what in your opinion feels right. Raw food isn't something you should jump right into, raw should be something that to strive to become little by little. Sweet things with sugar and carbs are very tempting but even people on a SAD arn't suppose to be eating these things in quantity. Instead of making lists of all the things you won't eat, make lists of all the things you will. And as you feel ready you can cross of things you're ready to give up. I don't eat all raw maybe 80-90% most of the time and I don't feel that there's anything wrong with that.
And If it comes down to the choice between cheating on one small thing and giving up altogether, it's better to go with the lesser of the two evils.