You Have Nothing To Fear (**read this thread it may change your life**), page 6

The new revolution that is going on right now is green smoothies. Based on documentaries I've watched, some raw foodist have pointed out that if you look at the chimpanzees diet and break it up into percentages, it's primarily fruit, vegetables, and a very small percentage of bugs. They do not eat meat, only in extremely rare situations of canabilism! This is our closest DNA match ironically and closest body makeup. One raw foodist pointed out that she had a hard time eating dark greens by themself with no dressing. She would even gag a little. She later discovered that chimps rolled their berries in leaves and ate them! How interesting is that, talk about getting back to your basics. She also noticed that bears would swipe a handful of berries and leaves and would eat it all together. She then started juicing greens with fruit and made green smoothies. I tried it and she is right, the fruit overpowers the taste of the greens. I personally prefer 3 bananas blended with half a head of spinach. I add some water so it's not as thick. You can also add frozen blueberries for an added kick, and any frozen fruit makes it more like a smoothie. I find that this makes for a great meal replacement and is very filling and nutritious. Eating a head of spinach a day would seem to be almost impossible if you didn't do it this way. If you want to live to 100+, I think we have to explore things like this.

David Wolfe really advocates this too if you watch his youtube videos because you can add all sorts of raw, nutrient rich foods into a smoothie and get more nutrients. You can fuel this lifestyle by growing what you can.

Based on everything I have researched, it concludes we are not really meant to eat meat but our body is strong enough to live on it if around. This is based on us having longer intestinal tracks versus carnivores with shorter intestinal tracks who are able to more quickly excrete the meat so it doesn't rot or stay too long inside them. We also have a PH balance that is suppose to be more alkaline, whereas carnivores have a more acidic makeup. We are also more succeptable to pathogens and diseases in meats than we are in plants, the diseases that effect plants don't effect us nearly as much. Therefore if we eat a diseased plant, it's less likely to harm us than some diseased worm infested meat. Also plants like human fertilzer which always reminds me of some chimp eating a seed, pooping it out and a tree growing. Then there is the CO2/Oxygen relationship between plants and humans. This is a universally balanced relationship. Plants also have built in enzymes that help the body naturally break them down that takes pressure off our digestive system. Meat does as well but you have to eat it raw, so again you lose those enzymes. It takes much longer to break down meats versus plants. The brain is fueled on glucose also, you need fruit to help you think straight or stay alert! Add the fact that people don't salivate or jump around for raw meat like dogs do! But are highly attracted to the smell of fruits that we put the fruit fragrances in everything! Throw in the chimps and their diet and you see we really aren't suppose to eat meat. Read the book the CHINA STUDY (a book that explores what they eat in China in areas less proned to cancer and heart disease) and you'll see they eat very low amounts of meat. Primarily rice with maybe a slice of meat on top if any. I'm not saying don't eat meat, I know some cannot do that. I still eat meat, I'm just saying to eat more fruits and vegetables since it's really what your body needs.

Getting back to the fascinating reality of the universe, fruits and vegetables have roughly the same balance of water as the human body and as the planet. Tell me that isn't some strange coincidence. Roughly 70-80% in the body, in fruit/vegetables, on earth, that's strangely aligned isn't it! WATER, wow, isn't that fascinating.

[edit on 29-10-2009 by Colopatiron]