Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:48 am
We can always find one (or two) exceptions in everything, but one or two exceptions don't make the rule.
So, lets us look to the entire world of professional and competitive athletes.
When we do, we see many incredible feats of what the human body can achieve, in all areas such as strength, endurance, balance and flexibility.
Many of these athletes will do almost anything (and some already do) for the slight edge that will give them the advantage and move them from one of the crowd to one of the top performers. And, amongst the top performers, most of the would do anything to move from #3 to #2 and from #2 to #1, and, many already do "almost anything." Being number one is their goal, not whether they eat a certain way or a certain food or exercise a certain way, etc. They already make incredible sacrifices to try to be number one.
Yet, when we look to this "world" we do not see any raw athletes, though we have seen a few vegan ones who have reached the true top of their field, such as Dave Scott, who is a 5 time Ironman World Champion. There are a even few other examples of vegans who have excelled to the top of their field, but not one of a raw fooder.
In addition, when we look to the greatest endurance athletes, we see the Kenyan's and the Jamaican's who eat a diet very similar to the one recommended here, a low fat starch based diet with fruits and veggies, though they do include some animal protein.
If I was a professional athlete, especially a professional endurance athlete, I would be willing to do whatever it took to gain that extra little advantage to push me to the top of my performance and the top of my field, even if it meant eating a raw diet.
Yet not one of them uses a raw food diet. And for those who did, and were coached by raw food guru's, they did not reach the pinnacle of their ability or the top of their field. Not one.
Cooked vegan? Yes.
Raw food vegan? No
When we look to the long lived populations, we again, see the exact same thing, low fat, starch based diets that are cooked.
Success leaves clues.
The raw food movement needs better clues.
Much better clues.
In Health
Jeff
So, lets us look to the entire world of professional and competitive athletes.
When we do, we see many incredible feats of what the human body can achieve, in all areas such as strength, endurance, balance and flexibility.
Many of these athletes will do almost anything (and some already do) for the slight edge that will give them the advantage and move them from one of the crowd to one of the top performers. And, amongst the top performers, most of the would do anything to move from #3 to #2 and from #2 to #1, and, many already do "almost anything." Being number one is their goal, not whether they eat a certain way or a certain food or exercise a certain way, etc. They already make incredible sacrifices to try to be number one.
Yet, when we look to this "world" we do not see any raw athletes, though we have seen a few vegan ones who have reached the true top of their field, such as Dave Scott, who is a 5 time Ironman World Champion. There are a even few other examples of vegans who have excelled to the top of their field, but not one of a raw fooder.
In addition, when we look to the greatest endurance athletes, we see the Kenyan's and the Jamaican's who eat a diet very similar to the one recommended here, a low fat starch based diet with fruits and veggies, though they do include some animal protein.
If I was a professional athlete, especially a professional endurance athlete, I would be willing to do whatever it took to gain that extra little advantage to push me to the top of my performance and the top of my field, even if it meant eating a raw diet.
Yet not one of them uses a raw food diet. And for those who did, and were coached by raw food guru's, they did not reach the pinnacle of their ability or the top of their field. Not one.
Cooked vegan? Yes.
Raw food vegan? No
When we look to the long lived populations, we again, see the exact same thing, low fat, starch based diets that are cooked.
Success leaves clues.
The raw food movement needs better clues.
Much better clues.
In Health
Jeff