Post 4645224 - (Healthy foods that give you a buzz)

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Healthy foods that give you a buzz

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject:

I must be living on another planet.

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:32 pm Post subject:

smudge wrote:

Wow...that sounds pretty amazing. Are there any restaurants in the UK that do anything similar? Or should I just eat raw organic food? I'm still in disbelief that it can give you a buzz, but if you say so..

A quick google search for "raw vegan restaurants uk" showed me that there are several, as well as social groups that hold monthly potlucks.
Or you can buy Juliano's book "RAW: the UNcookbook" from Amazon and attempt the recipes at home (they are quite intricate).
Be warned though: he is one of the strangest people I have EVER met (and that's saying a lot for San Francisco!)
If you are looking for a more mainstream/fine dining raw cookbook without the California vibe, there's one called RAW by Charlie Trotter and Roxanne Klein that is gorgeous.

Note that I do not practice or advocate a full-time raw vegan diet. But I do find it a tasty occasional treat. I cannot guarantee you'll feel the "buzz" but if you want to give it a try, make yourself a big salad or smoothie for dinner tonight, see how you feel. Smile

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:40 pm Post subject:

Raw fruit, especially citrus fruits. That buzz is probably just elevated blood sugar, though.

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:38 pm Post subject:

Red wine is very heart healthy ... and it gives me a heck of a buzz about five nights a week.

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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 4:27 am Post subject:

Catamount wrote:

Red wine is very heart healthy ... and it gives me a heck of a buzz about five nights a week. Very Happy

heh

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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:48 am Post subject:

I must be lacking, somehow. I ate a completely vegan diet for an entire year, and I felt no different. Not one whit.

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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 3:18 pm Post subject:

mv wrote:

I must be lacking, somehow. I ate a completely vegan diet for an entire year, and I felt no different. Not one whit.

The argument is that a raw vegan diet, because none of the food is heated, that it contains more "enzymes" or "life force" or whatever, and that's where the energy buzz comes from.

Not that I am advocating a 100% raw diet for you or myself or anyone else, but that is the explanation I have heard.

Also I think it's natural that some people would respond more than others to changes in diet, some people have a strong constitution and can eat anything, others are sensitive to changes.

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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:37 pm Post subject:

Some people do not feel the "buzz" from eating certain foods. I know a person who doesn't get a buzz from foods. When I told them about how I felt after eating what I was, they thought I was just having mood swings, because I felt happy and buzzed from what I ate. _________________ "You know, the blues ain't nothing but a worried ole heart disease"-Son House