A Raw Path and Typical Diet

Steve’s Raw Path and Current Typical Diet …

I have been eating all or mainly raw since the end of 1994, and I have learnt a lot along the way … and still have much to learn of course.

For some of that time (5 years) I lived mainly in southern Spain, and this has taught me that different climates suggest different raw diets. Whatever climate I am in I think eating plenty of fresh greens is important, for its stabilising alkaline effect and because greens are such a fantastic source of the minerals we need, both for vibrant health and for cleansing. It’s certainly easier and often more desirable to eat mainly in a warmer climate, but back in a cooler climates it’s particularly important to have good quantities of greens.

I have also learnt that there appears to be no ideal raw diet. Apart from climate affecting what we eat - which also implies different balances in your diet at different times of the year – your emotional situation will be a big factor, as will be your stage on the raw pathway and the balance of raw foods you choose to eat. There are very few 100% raw fooders, so if you want to set yourself up for success, then get some basic recipes behind you and decide how raw you want to be, and don’t think or feel that you have to 100% raw. Find the balance that’s right for you and then go from there.

For much of the last ten years I have tended to eat about two-thirds fruit (morning and lunch/afternoon), and one-third salad (evening meal). This has suited me well, although when in England I am more likely to sometimes have 2 salad meals a day.
For me growing at least some of your own salad vegetables (and herbs) is highly desirable and beneficial, as this means you have the best quality salad greens available every day just outside your door – and at a decent price i.e. very little. And because I have combined permaculture with my raw food lifestyle (as I feel they are both about the theory and practice of ‘working with nature’), during most of the last 10 years I have been able to eat fresh greens most evenings with my salad meal. This has been a crucial element of my diet.

As others encouraged me to do so, I have written of my experience of the raw lifestyle and permaculture in the book Eat More Raw – so if you are keen to know more that’s a good place to start.

Email Steve at true_charter@yahoo.co.uk, phone 07990 778581
or write to Steve Charter, 5 Hoathly Hill, West Hoathly, West Sussex, RH19 4SJ

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