Challenges and Tips For Beginning Your Raw Food Lifestyle

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Kevin Let's move a little bit intoMeridian Health Protocol food and the raw food lifestyle. What was the greatest challenge for you starting the raw food way of life? What were some of the biggest hurdles that you had to overcome?

Matt I think it would probably resonate with what most people face, the actual physical addiction to cooked food, which I think anyone who tries to not eat corn chips or bread for a day will realize it is something that happens. That's just in the beginning though. After a couple of months of using willpower you don't have to use willpower anymore and it just becomes something that you're used to. But it's certainly tough for people at the very beginning.

Then I would say the fact that you're sort of stepping into another world from where other people are. It comes up a lot in social situations. You find people will say, "I was doing so well. I was really motivated. I did raw for two months and then the holidays and I didn't feel comfortable around my family and they were upset that I wasn't eating what was offered." That's definitely something that happens and I can empathize with that. But I will say, that too will pass.

These days the more you become comfortable with what you're doing the more people around you will become comfortable with it and they'll realize that you're not trying to be an outsider or anti-social, you're just making a choice for yourself. There's less offense taken and people start to realize it's something you really believe in and you're committed to and you can enjoy the holidays and whatever other dinner gathering it is in another way, just with company. You don't all have to be eating turkey to have a good time.

Kevin Yeah. In some of the early days when you were dealing with this, with your family, what were some of the things you did? Did you bring your own food or did you just push it around?

Matt In the very beginning I hadn't come up with any, or knew of any raw food recipes so it was just making a big salad. When you have a big salad on Thanksgiving or Christmas people look at you like you're somewhat strange. But like I said, it only has to be willpower-driven for a short amount of time then you start to feel comfortable with what you're doing. The benefits of doing it far outweigh the glares that you may get for the first little while.

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