- Live foods. It’s common sense right? A cooked seed won’t grow, but a raw seed will. Heating food over 118 degrees Fahrenheit destroys much of the nutrients in your food. Cooking food also diminishes the natural life energy. I’d rather put living food in my body.
- Enzymes. Cooking food destroys much of the natural enzymes (your body can also create enzymes, but can only do so much) in your food that are needed to break down nutrients. Eating raw eliminates this problem.
- Insane energy. You won’t know this unless you try it for yourself, but eating raw gives you an amazing boost in energy. I used to get tired around 2 or 3pm during the day. Now I simply don’t have that problem. When I do get tired, it doesn’t last nearly as long and an orange or apple will recharge me within a few minutes.
- Better sleep and less sleep needed. I’ve slept better than ever while eating raw. But most importantly, I don’t wake up feeling tired or groggy anymore. On most days, I wake up feeling full of energy.
- Increased mental clarity. Eating raw has helped me focus on the things that are important and made me more emotionally in tune with others. I feel like a wall of fog has been removed in my mind. It’s easier to think clearly and focus for long periods of time.
- Eat as much as you want. This isn’t really a health benefit, but it is pretty awesome. I never get that uncomfortable full feeling eating raw. You know where you have to unbutton the top button on your pants and take a nap? I don’t get that. I can eat as much as I want, and while I will feel full, I don’t feel weighed down or tired.
- Less cleanup. Simply put, there aren’t many dishes to wash when you eat fruit and vegetables. Although if you do compost (like I do), you’ll probably have to do it more often.
- No packaging. Eating raw means less packaging all around (well, I guess you could argue that banana and orange peels are “packaging”). This means less trash in a landfill and more room in your cupboards. Win/win for everyone.
- More regularity. You should naturally have around two to three bowel movements a day. If you’re going less than that, it probably means your intestines are unhealthily clogged. A raw diet gives you more than enough fiber to keep you regular.
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.Kṛṣṇa. by .krish.Tipirneni. on Flickr.
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Purpose of Marriage -
Giriraj Swami, Radhanath Swami, and Rtadhvaja Swami spoke at Kapil and Kalindi’s wedding.
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"Uno debe ser mas humilde que una brizna de hierba y mas tolerante que un árbol"Siksastakam, enseñanzas de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
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"The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it."Krishna - Bhagavad Gita (via the-lotus-blossom)
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Occupy Chicago! April 7th Harinam!
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Got Wisdom?
If you want to listen to some great lectures on the most important questions and concerns in this life, go here. All the talks are free, streamable, and downloadable.
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*Srila Prabuhpada*
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New Orleans Haiku 4: Get a Taste of NOLA
Group Competition, Our team’s haiku.
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New Orleans Haiku 3: The Fight
Pressure pressure pop
Ignorance drops, still not lost
Salvation within
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New Orleans Haiku 1.2: Levy the Level
Lost shotgun houses,
Crawling coarse quarters catch sun,
Old rebirth renews
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Guerrilla Haikus
Currently, I am on a service-learning trip in New Orleans in the lower ninth ward learning sustainable building techniques and lending a hand to the effort down here in general.
On the first day on site, Carly, guerrilla haiku queen, asked everyone to write a haiku on their experience with chalk on the sidewalk for her website.
After doing that little fun activity, I have been thinking about all these haikus and so I have decided to try out doing one every day while I am here.
Just a heads up.
Om
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New Orleans Haiku 2: Howling
Clouds sweeping the skies
I sweeping soft soil circles
Rolling reflections
