After yoga this morning I made my way over to Chaco Canyon for some lunch. I figured that it was safe bet. Everything on their menu is either Vegan or 100% Raw-Vegan. You can only mess up your diet so much in that place. I was starving and ordered the Peanut Stew with whole wheat toast (which was amazing) and the Grilled Vegan Reuban sandwich and chips (which I will never ever order again).
These types of places end up attracting some interesting characters. They tend to fit into one of three camps:
- die-hard raw foodists and/or vegans who definitely look the part.
- health conscious and/or curious people who want to see what this type of food is all about.
- university students who were hungry and stumbled into the place, only to leave confused and dejected (but satiated) after learning that their Tuna Melt did not contain a single ounce of mercury…I mean seafood.
The place was fairly crowded today and I invited some first camp folks to join me at my table. Turns out that Dan has been raw for 4 years and his girlfriend has only been 100% raw for two months. He couldn’t rave enough about it and the wonders it has done for his body and “spirit.” He gave up a heavy meat-eating diet (he use to be a bodybuilder apparently) and switched to a Raw food diet literally overnight.
The change was so impactful that he is trying to start a business around helping and educating other people to become aware of and transition to a raw-food diet.
At any rate, this chance run-in reminded me about how I felt when I was raw (amazing) before I started to detox (which wasn’t so fun). I am not going to jump back into the totally raw food thing just yet, but am going to continue making a concerted effort to increase my raw food intake steadily over time. Perhaps through this gradual approach I will alleviate the detox symptoms and actually end up with a dietary change that sticks for the long term.
Also, Dan informed me that wheatgrass is da bomb (he takes it everyday) but that Jamba Juice wheatgrass is a waste of money. Apparently, it is hydroponic (grown in water) and is lacking many of the micronutrients that soil-grown grass contains. If you want the good stuff, try going to a real juice bar.
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