Who is Who - vegans fruteriantsy, pranisty ...

Now the planet is about 1 billion vegetarians. Figure is not exaggerated - in one only populous India, most people do not eat meat for religious reasons. In order not to get lost in the vegetarians, they can be divided into several communities.

Vegans

Proponents of absolute vegetarianism. The main principle is a complete rejection of any other kind of animal exploitation. Vegans do not eat any animal products, including milk and honey, do not wear clothes made of fur, leather, wool, silk, not sitting in a leather chair, do not use products that have been tested on animals (drugs, cosmetics, household chemicals and even condoms ). Vegans protest against the use of animals for entertainment: circus, a zoo, dolphinarium, horse riding and other activities involving animals, for vegans unacceptable. Pets are also considered unethical. Vegans - the most active fighters for the rights of animals.

Ovolaktovegetariantsy

This is the largest group. They do not eat anyone who moves, but may eat eggs and / or milk. Accordingly, ovovegetariantsy eat eggs, but avoid dairy products. Laktovegetariantsy - contrary consume milk and dairy products, but do not eat eggs.

Pesco-vegetarians and Polly

Disclaimer of red meat, but eating fish and seafood (sand-vegetarianism) and / or poultry (Polly vegetarianism).

Fruteriantsy

As vegans, vegetarians follow the philosophy of the absolute, but even more radically. Fruteriantsy try not to harm not only to animals but also plants. Eat only those fruits that are collected is not harmful to plants: fruits, grains, and nuts. Fruteriantsy think to pick apples or tomatoes can and digging carrots or potatoes - is inhumane. Just in case some do not eat mushrooms, so that from the point of view of biology mushrooms - not plants and animals, and a separate kingdom.

Syromonoedy

Small group. Eat only raw ("live") vegetables and fruits, and seeds, nuts and raisins. The main difference from fruteriantsev - never subjected to the food cooked and eat only one type of food at a meal. For example, only apples for breakfast and only tomatoes for lunch.

Pranisty

Can live without food. (More details can learn from books Dzhasmuhin.)

What is the meat, really?

Meat is not a peculiar source of nutrients. You can often hear: meat is necessary for food, meat is indispensable, not a meal without meat ... But in reality? In fact, the meat is not any particularly useful, "a wonderful product," quite the contrary. Judge for yourself.

Animal meat, used for human consumption, contains 14-20% protein. According to this parameter is not meat records. Cheese contains 30% protein (about 25%), 18% low-fat cottage cheese, beans, on average about 20% (to 35% of the protein in soybeans).

"Experienced" meat-eating supporters say: "Meat protein very nutritious." Is this true?

Indeed, apart from the amount of protein in the product, important nutritional value of the protein. Proteins are made of amino acids. From food proteins are digested, not directly but only after expanding into their constituent amino acids. It is so important for the amino acid nutrition of the human body and determine the nutritional value of a protein. From the set of amino acids out eight "special", so-called "essential" amino acids: lysine, methionine, tryptophan, leucine, isoleucine, valine, threonine, phenylalanine. Essential amino acids can not be synthesized in the body of animals (not only human), and can not be replaced by other amino acids, so they must come from food. There are also amino acids, which are often (for whatever reason) are synthesized by the body in sufficient quantities, it is histidine and arginine. In turn, the amino acids cysteine ​​and tyrosine are formed only of the essential methionine and phenylalanine.

In debate on the need to use flesh to eat often refer to the amino acid composition of meat proteins. However, as seen from the table, the meat does not have any noticeable advantage in this area.

In addition to the amino acid composition, nutritional value of proteins depends on their digestibility. With these requirements in the best proteins are proteins of dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese, etc.), and not the meat, as it is in the body longer to digest protein and less digestible.

In addition to protein, meat contains fat - a significant part of its substance. Components of fat - fatty acids - are divided into two types: saturated and unsaturated (ie the degree of saturation of acid molecules with hydrogen atoms).

Meat fats consist mainly of saturated fatty acids. The nutritive value of a saturated fatty acid yield unsaturated. In addition, the possible negative effects of saturated fatty acids on the fat metabolism and function of the liver. Also, saturated fatty acids increase the development of atherosclerosis.

Unsaturated fatty acids, prevalent in vegetable fats, on the contrary, strengthens blood vessels, has a positive influence on the metabolic processes in the skin and mucous membranes.

In addition to the lower nutritional value, fat meat is difficult to digest, and low-fat meat is digested worse.

Along with the proteins and fats in the diet of the important role played by minerals. The meat of minerals containing iron and phosphorus. Compare the amount of iron in meat and other foods (per 100 g): meat - 1.5-2.8 mg beans - 12.4 mg, buckwheat - 8.0 mg, seaweed - 16 mg, hips - 11.5 mg, peaches - 4.1 mg. Iron content, some cereals, fruits and vegetables are superior meat in 3-10 times. It's the same with phosphorus (numbers per 100 g): Meat - 130-210 mg, beans - 541 mg, peas - 226 mg, millet - 233 mg.

The most important component of the diet - vitamins. Needless to say that their main sources are plants. In meat food vitamins are scarce. Meat food boasts the only more or less is there in it vitamin B (100 g): B1 - 0,10-0,93 mg, B2 (riboflavin) - 0.15-0.25 mg, B4 (choline) - 80-113 mg, B6 (pyridoxine) - 0,3-0,61 mg. Also, meat contains nicotinamide (vitamin PP) - 2,7-6,21 mg/100 g, however, the meat does not have vitamin C, which is not synthesized in the body and does not accumulate, and vitamin A. The lack of these vitamins in causes severe human disease.

Vegetable and dairy foods are composed of B vitamins in no fewer than meat, for example (100 g): B1: Buckwheat - 0.43 mg, peas - 0.90 mg, 0.62 mg of wheat; B2: spinach - 0.25 mg, Beans - 0.12 mg, cheese - up to 0.5 mg. However, apart from this group of vitamins, vegetables and fruits contain a diverse set of other essential vitamins C, K, E, Group A. ..

Thus, the meat is not the source of any particular protein or fat, and the more minerals and vitamins. At best, the meat food may accept a mediocre source of nutrients, not create even the appearance of a full ration.

GM ingredients? Meat can be more dangerous than just meat!

Unfortunately, anthropocentrism ("All for the people"), which lies at the heart of most environmental organizations, played a role in the unseemly fate of animals in the newly organized anti-GM foods (genetically modified food).

Speaking for the completeness of information for consumers, environmentalists do not give it to the desired volume, focusing solely on the transgenic plants. In layman came to mistrust of vegetarianism, which is associated in people's minds, especially with soybeans. Frightened people do not explain that not all transgenic soybeans, and that health is much more useful to eat a piece of meat instead of soy cheese - tofu. "Zoom in" on rival meat - soy was very convenient for the meat corporations that together took up the excitement, making it a struggle for the "clean meat" free of herbal supplements ...

So, General Manager slaughterhouse "Wellcome" proudly states: "Few people can resist the temptation not to use soy. We believe that the sausage - it's still a meat product, and it should be made out of meat. Therefore we do not use its production of soybeans and other genetically engineered substitutes and supplements. (m / k "TVC", 15.02.2005) and has been agreed to the fact that the national president of the Association of Genetic Safety Alexander Baranov says: "By itself, soy is not very useful, because this plant contains a protein that is not well absorbed by the human body. "(" MK ", 31/05/2004).

Today, no one remembers that soy - the most valuable crop, which for centuries was used by monks-vegetarians, Eastern peoples, and their longevity.

Perhaps inadvertently, can quarrel with the reluctance of the meat, as well as pharmaceutical magnate, environmentalists do not reach to the people most important information.

1. In Russia, a huge number of imported meat from animals fed the transgenic corn. To this end, Europe last year bought 17 million tons of transgenic corn. Studies have shown that meat and milk of animals eating GM foods, retains the GM components. Attention! In March 2004, Dr. Terry Trawick discovered cauliflower mosaic virus, which is used to modify cereal, meat. In June 2004, researchers from the CDC for dairy products for the first time the Munich University of Technology, revealed traces of genetically modified organisms in the milk. ("New news, 10.12.04). And considering accumulative ability to store meat, in addition, pesticides (13 times more than the vegetables), as well as hormones, antibiotics and vaccines, it begs a simple conclusion: the danger of meat can be just meat !

2. In addition to transgenic plants, there are transgenic animals, whose meat has long been used around the world, including in Russia and Ukraine. A number of foreign companies (PPL - U.S., Pharmino - Netherlands, Transgenics Advanced and Cell Technologi - USA) engaged in the cultivation of special transgenic animals, in which the body produces a special protein that is used to manufacture drugs.

3. The creation of new forms of plants and animals that are more productive, dictated solely by the needs myasoedcheskoy civilization which spends 90% of agricultural land for pasture and forage crops, while crops like 16 times more economical livestock.

Vegetarianism and Pregnancy

If the benefits of a vegetarian diet during pregnancy Russian mom heard for a long time (as evidenced by many of the popular edition), by vegan literature collected much less. This gave rise to doubts as to the admissibility of vegan food for children and pregnant women.

(Vegans - the most severe group of vegetarians, are excluded from the diet not only meat and fish, but all animal products - eggs, etc.). As you know, real life examples are the most convincing.

June 11, 2005 marked the birth of a boy Alexis, born employee of the Centre "Vita" Tatiana Maruyev. Doctors who watched Tatiana, stated a normal pregnancy, childbirth and successfully passed the excellent state of the infant.

Tatiana - Convinced veganka. "I did not take any vitamins during pregnancy, eating simple, wholesome food - vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, rice. I felt almost no discomfort when pregnant with Alyosha, continues to be active in the" Vita "- says Tatiana.

Tatiana's husband, a physician, physical therapist, specializing in natural methods of healing the body, "Veganism is the most natural and healthy way of eating, it is recommended for a variety of diseases. This applies to both adults and children. Truth is that children that grow on the vegan diet, get everything you need from plant sources. Children are not only unnecessary animal products, they are harmful to them. "

Foreign experts:

 American scientists have shown that pregnant women and their children best vegetarian diet. The potential deficiency of vitamin B12 may be covered by a multivitamin.

This study was conducted during the seven years between 1983 and 1990 in these three groups of pregnant Irish women. The population of this region was chosen for a reason. They were chosen because it was rare for them the use of vitamins or other additives in food.

Many experts agree that pregnant women can thrive on a vegetarian diet. Experts of the American Dietetic Association - the largest organization of food and nutrition, report that a well-planned vegetarian diet suitable for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, and for children and adolescents. A vegetarian diet has many benefits, including lower levels of saturated fat and cholesterol, and higher levels of protein, folic acid.

"Women who follow a vegetarian diet, not only have healthy pregnancies, they are often healthier than moms who consume meat," - according to specialists. "They eat a variety of fruits, vegetables and other healthy vegetarian foods, including cereals and other foods fortified with vitamin B12, thus obtaining all the nutrients."

Choosing a vegetarian diet can help women escape can also help women avoid hormones and environmental toxins found in dairy products, meat and fish. Analysis of breast milk show that the level of environmental contaminants in breast milk in women - vegetarians are significantly lower than in women - not vegetarians.

The need for vitamin B12, which is mainly found in meat, fish, dairy products and eggs, can be satisfied with cereal and soy milk, which is low in fat and calories. The simplest and most reliable source of vitamin B12 is a daily multivitamin.

Life without murder

More often than not, doing the cooking or sitting at the dinner table, we did not think about that daily paid to kill animals, so we got used to this ugly aspect of cooking. We are comfortable with the fact that we have ham on the plate - it killed a pig. And should think about it and reconsider their views on eating meat, even though the topic is certainly not pleasant.

Let's imagine the following situation. Here Chinese friends have invited you to visit and offered some exotic dish. You ate it, you liked it, and you asked, from which it is made. You respond that of worms, grasshoppers, and others, is not the most appetizing food in our opinion. What feelings do you have in this experience? Understandably nausea, disgust, etc. But the amazing truth is that every day you eat the same thing - dead animals, even other species.

We are horrified at the thought that in some countries people eat our friends dogs and cats. But most of us quietly eat cows and pigs - animals are just as highly as our pets. There are cases when the animals saved their owners from a burning house at the risk of his own life. Before slaughter farm animals feel the impending doom and cry real tears.

Would you agree to crank through the wringer your dog or pussy? No? Why, then, buy ground beef patties to make him? After all, this shapeless mass, cut worms, was once a cow with beautiful sad eyes shining.

The word "fresh meat" always makes us special appetite. We think that this is something particularly tasty and healthy. Think about it: the bloody corpse torn from which steam is coming - this is very good? You will want to run up to this dead body, climb into his trembling hands inside, tear it, tear off a piece of warm meat and enthusiastically absorb it? If a person during a meal to talk about how butchered carcass, from which it is made sausage, his appetite is likely to be lost.

Go to the meat market and you should look into a severed pig's head. Previous skin, eyes put out, print side ... It's like a headless outlaw whose head planted on a pole on the central city square. Only animals except us enemies, why do we execute them?

Many people love the pudding, and the kids just love hematogen. Imagine yourself in a slaughterhouse: animals had their throats cut immediately begins to beat jet black and blood red. In a stuffy, cloying air and breathes fear and death. Can not find a treat, received a more humane way?

For most people, the best stay in good weather is associated with a barbecue. We were attracted by the smell of delicious pork, roasted on skewers. And imagine yourself on the island of Papua New Guinea. Here savages killed his enemy from another tribe, butchered and devoured. By the way, according to the testimony of ethnographers, killed opponents they call "long pig" - because they are in the form of fried and externally, and they taste similar to pork. I would like you to be on such a feast?

We are particularly shocking murder of a child, but we quietly eat veal and lamb and suckling pigs are the adornment of any feast. Let our celebration will not be fatal for playful cheerful children with a whole life ahead!

Soft rabbit we have because the pretty defenseless trusting long-eared rabbit with soft eyes and long whiskers hit on the head with a truncheon. Then, to a better place bleeding, small animal with a sharp knife take out the eyeballs and turn the carcass upside down. Then remove the urine, so it does not spoil the meat. You take care of your health, your body and feel sorry because you eat rabbit meat diet? Please take care also about the living things! If you refuse any meat, it will be for the benefit of the animals and your health!

We all know the harshness and cruelty of our state officials to retirees. If a person because of age and illness could no longer work, the pension he is purely symbolic, on which it is impossible to live, health care, so necessary for old people, terrible. Old farm animals do even worse. When should a cow down, they sacrificed, the same fate awaits the hens when they stop laying. Where humanism, where respect for life? While necessary, because able to work - live, grow old - no space, do not eat the food, get the meat, so much good to you anymore.

Our major mistake is that we are used to divide the killing of animals for good and bad. By killing bad we usually mean the killing of our friends dogs and cats, rare animals, killing for fun, etc. However, we unconcerned about slaughter of farm animals. Why do people believe that if the animal is bred specifically for meat, then it has no right to life. We do not come to mind, that these animals are able to feel, suffer.

The Nazis did not consider non-Aryan races representatives of the people, they killed them by the thousands and millions. In their long-term plan was to grow "nedolyudey" for the heaviest work. Those villains allowed cruel exploitation non-Aryans only because this race belonged, so to speak, to a particular type of person. Now we take it as a wilderness, but allows a number of animals slaughtered just because they are farm animals.

Please understand that every living being has a right to life! Help stop the cruelty: do not turn your kitchen into a morgue! If you become a vegetarian, it will save the life of 5 cows, 20 pigs, 29 sheep, 760 chickens, 46 turkeys, 15 ducks, 7 rabbits and half a ton of fish. Not too little, is not it?

In addition, you greatly extend its life, the risk of many diseases (including heart disease and cancer) will decrease by several times. According to Academician P. Anokhin, vegetarians have a chance to become centenarians is 10 times higher than the "meat eaters." The average life expectancy is 80 years vegan! Doctors have long understood that meat and animal fats are harmful to health. The benefits of vegetarianism is officially recognized in most countries, including in Russia.

Children vegetarians usually healthier peers, they are less likely to colds, their growth above.

These days, more and more people are turning to vegetarianism because they want to save the lives of animals and maintain their health. In the UK, over 10% of people give up meat. A total number of vegetarians in the past 10 years has increased by half.

Remember that the conventional wisdom is not always correct, so do not pay attention to the fact that most people still eat meat. Global trends show that the meat is increasingly losing its former importance in human nutrition. Whenever you give up meat and fish, you are saving lives.

Animal life on the farm. factories of Death

In modern intensive methods used farm animal breeding, in which they are treated as machines for the production of eggs, milk and meat.

Calves weaned from the mother at birth. They are placed in a small cage, and much of cow's milk, which was intended for the calf, is the people. Separation from the mother is a huge stress for the newborn calf and the cow-mother. Cramped, stuffy and loneliness hurt psyche of the calf, and he does not develop normal behavior - he licks the corral wall or their own urine.

Egg chickens are in small cages so that each bird has an area the size of a little less than one album sheet. That is, they can not even straighten the wings! As a result, the birds develop abnormal behavior: they pull out their own feathers and peck to death the weaker birds.

To reduce the number of such cases, cut the chicken part of the beak, which is very painful for them.

In broiler chickens bone growth has not kept pace with the growth of muscles, and legs bent under the weight of the body. This was the result of selective breeding. 4/5 chickens have broken bones or other bone defects. Chickens be hurt and they are sitting on crooked legs. They can not get to food and water.

Pigs - is highly evolved animals, their intelligence is close to the dog's intelligence. Pig - a real concentration camp for the poor animals. Pigs to gain weight faster, they are castrated, without anesthesia.

Very often the pigs are kept on bare cement or on a perforated floor. Abroad in the commercial breeding of pigs 20% of pigs are killed within the first 8 months of life. If not for the regular administration of antibiotics, the mortality rate would be even higher. Animals constantly give stimulants and hormones, and because of this they are just 5 months to gain weight 100 kg!

For most of the livestock deaths - the only deliverance from suffering. Slaughterhouses reminiscent of the paintings of hell, where the animals are killed with little or no stunning, simply cutting the throat.

In the event that the flesh of animals is to go for export, they were taken to a slaughterhouse in another country. Such transport is very painful for the animals, as beaten up during loading and during transport, they often do not provide food, water, rest for a few days. Can you survive the long trip in the crowded summer train, when for a few days, you do not give to sit down, you can not eat, drink and go to the bathroom? Not surprisingly, some of the animals die during such transport.

For fish, they have a complex nervous system and in pain about the same as a man. Professor Frank Hurd, a microbiologist at the University of Melbourne, for 10 years has studied the sensitivity of the fish to the pain, said: "The argument is that fish do not feel pain, it is very convenient." Therefore, vegetarians refuse consumption not only meat, but also fish. Veganism called veganism, the abandonment of all animal products, which is always associated with the operation of the animals.

How to get the goose liver. Liver pate is very expensive. But the highest price paid for his animals.

14 million ducks and geese in France, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the United States should suffer for the sake of a whim gourmets around the world. More than anything in the world makes this product France - 10,000 tons of fatty goose and duck liver. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the liver production is prohibited. However, these countries are the largest importers of the product, and the current trade agreements to ban the import of the liver until it is impossible.

Liver - is the largest organ in the body metabolism of warm-blooded. It can process large amounts of sugar, fat and protein. With it neutralized and eliminated many toxins in the body. If the authority reaches the limits of its capacity, the fat begins to accumulate in the liver cells, and it is growing. This property is used for liver and duck liver production of industrially.

Three times a day, each duck forcibly stuffed. For this work is included in the corral, grabs a duck, which is frantically trying to escape. He pulls her to the floor, pulling her head up and stretch the neck. Then strongly embrace her beak to force the bird's beak open and pushes the metal tube in the throat. The tube is inserted deep into the stomach. Then air Pumpe several strong pushes forcefully pushes a bird or 7.6 pounds of corn porridge, which is ten times the normal amount of food. This procedure often leads to rupture of the stomach and goiter. Workers often do not look properly positioned bird feeding. One of the workers shows that animals appear tumors caused by wounds from the tubes. One of the ducks neck was so hurt and is dotted with worms that when she saw the water poured out.

Veterinarians report that after a short time of the feeding due to the damage of the pharynx and esophagus birds no longer able to feed themselves. In addition, there is a high risk of infection, since the same tube is used for a variety of animals without prior disinfection. Food often gets into the lungs, causing pneumonia. Spread of infection, which is treated with antibiotics and other drugs, which eventually come to us.

A huge number of animals die before they reach the slaughterhouse. One of the workers told reporters that those employees who die in less than 50 "of" birds, receive the award.

Other "ways" treatment of workers with birds also cause shudder: workers routinely experience them by the neck. While ducks are wheezing and release from fear feces and urine. And the multitude of ducks bleeding wings and sides, wounded beaks and legs. Experts say that "birds look sick. Their eyes are indifferent, they're not - feathers neuhozheny. This can happen only when the animals are suffering. Being very weak, wounded or sick, many ducks are not moving or able to move without the aid of wings. "

Since only the liver drakes used for roast, female chicks literally thrown in the trash: after sorting chicks by sex workers fill the tank waste boiled water and pushed chicks in nylon bag. Bag tied and thrown into the tank. If the bag pops up, press down its huge stone. Those chicks that manage to swim out through the hole in the bag, killed by a blow on the wall of the tank.

Feeding lasts 4 weeks and at the end of this period, poultry liver weighs about 1.3 - 1.5 pounds, which is in the 6 to 12 times more than normal duck liver (30 - 60 grams). It is a great burden to other organs. Ducks are terminally ill.

It is this degraded, full of antibiotics, toxins, fat and cholesterol products are sold as "fresh duck liver."

The famous scientist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of the science of animal behavior Konrad Lorenz called this "production", "a disgrace to the whole of Europe."

Interview with Dr. Ruth Heydrich

Dr. Ruth Heydrich, always in motion. Multiple winner in track and field (marathon, triathlon) without being engaged in the competition, she spends breathtaking oratorical marathons, where shares his experience and inspiration on the benefits of plant-based diet. We were lucky to find her for a short conversation. The latest e-book of Ruth, "Running for Life - cookbook" Chef ": Cheap, useful, easily, without fat [CHEF (Cheap, Healthy, Easy, Fatfree)] will soon be available online. If you want to learn more about Dr. Heydrich, the schedule of her performances, buying her books, or want to ask her a question - please go to the site RuthHeidrich.com.

 

Tell us a brief history of your vegetarianism / veganism.

Dr. Heydrich: I strict vegetarian (vegan) for the past 21 years, and the last 4 years have been practicing a raw food diet. The reason that I became a vegan and switched to low-fat diet that I was diagnosed - progressive breast cancer [in 1982, at age 47 - approx. author of the blog]. Clinical studies conducted in this field, Dr. John McDougall (Dr. John McDougall). I offered myself as the subject of his research, and it is required to adhere to vegetarian diet without oil, plus the refusal of chemo-therapy and the incident so that the positive result was due to the diet, and not therapy. I think I can say that it worked!

Like most people these days, you got to the vegetable diet in adulthood. What do you think about children and vegetarianism?

Vegetable diet - the best for everyone, from the age when the child is weaned. There is evidence that feeding food of animal origin contributes to the formation of platelets and the development of arteriosclerosis in children for 2 years of age. The situation may be exacerbated by the time they reach late adolescence and into adulthood, these diseases are already common in the general population.

Do you have friends / relatives, families raising children-vegetarians?

Oh, and the closest thing I know a 18 year old boy who was raised as a vegan. I watched him during the time when it was weaned, and now he - college freshman.

How these people influenced your understanding of life, based on the plant-based diet?

They - the living proof that plant foods provide all the necessary human nutrients.

Your work focuses on the use of a vegan diet for the treatment of diseases. You or the people you help, had difficulty obtaining support for your approach to the treatment of doctors?

Yes, it seems that the majority of physicians adhere to the rules that are taught in medical schools, namely, that the Standard American Diet is quite adequate, it is their duty as physicians to diagnose and treat, and only very rarely do they think of the prevention or reversal of disease through changes in diet. Most doctors, with whom I talked, they say that they do not have time to talk with patients about their eating habits, and in addition, they believe that the patient is still unlikely to be a change.

You have worked with children / young people, using his approach?

Only to support mothers and babies, and in conversations with children during my performances in schools.

As I understand it, you practice a diet of mostly raw foods. In your opinion, such a diet is appropriate for all ages?

Two of my children were adults and lived separately, when I switched to a strictly vegetarian diet. If I had known before, of course, brought to them vegans. Relative to the raw food diet, I believe that having on hand a selection of fruits and vegetables can not be lacking in any nutrients, because I include B-12.

What is your daily diet?

Main - leafy greens during the two meals daily. In addition to herbs, this morning the carrots, celery, mango, banana, molasses, molasses (molasses) and nutritional yeast with the B-12. Evening - more greens, carrots, plus tomatoes, broccoli, celery, cabbage, garlic, salsa - as a decoration, plus flaxseed. For dessert - a large bowl of berries and a few walnuts. Snack on carrots, apples and popcorn.

Do you have a favorite recipe that you would like to share with us?

I have a cookbook for raw-foodists. Of course, I would like everyone to have bought it. And briefly, I can say the following: buy a lot of greens, fruits and vegetables, bring home, wash and serve! I - a very practical person, I prefer jogging, cycling, swimming, - instead of spending time in the kitchen. My style food gives me much time for sports and other activities.

Eat to Live

Some people ignore the advice of nutritionists reduced or eliminated from the diet of animal products, hoping, apparently, to the emergence of a "magic pill" that will cure all ills. Common sense tells us that the best treatment - prevention of disease. More and more people are finding the ability to please your taste buds, without feeling that fate.

Elimination of animal products from the diet reduces the risk of some of the most dangerous diseases. Dr. T. Colin Campbell (Dr T. Colin Campbell), a research nutritionist at Cornell University and the head of the largest epidemiological study in history, said: "The majority of cancers, cardiovascular disease and other diseases can be prevented - simply go to food-based plant foods. " Cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity, and other diseases associated with the consumption of meat and dairy products. Never too late to change your habits. Change the diet much easier than to go through heart surgery, the suffering caused by paralysis after a stroke, the need for the passage of chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer! The transition to a vegetarian diet - the only and best thing you can do for your health.

"A vegetarian diet - the best. Among vegetarians - the lowest rate of coronary heart disease in the country ... ". - William Castelli (William Castelli), MD, Center for the Study of the heart in Framingham, the longest epidemiological study in medical history.

"At any time of life there is no reason for a person to use cow's milk. It is designed for calves, not for people. " - Dr. Frank A. Oski (Frank A. Oski), Head of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University

"What is your opinion about the meat-based diets, such as Atkins diet?"

I call them "diet to get sick," as they immerse the body in ketosis - a condition in which the seriously ill man. Another reason why I use a similar definition of such diets - what they themselves recommended foods - meat, chicken, bacon, eggs and cheese - are those who study the association of cardiovascular disease and the Organization for Research on Cancer has identified reason most serious illness ... There is only one way to satisfy your appetite for delicious food - while remaining slim and healthy for life: it is a low-fat vegetarian diet, fruits, vegetables, and a little exercise. - Dr. John McDougall (John McDougall), head of the medical program McDougall.

Vegetarians usually leaner meat eaters. In the UK, a huge number of men - 70%, and 63% of women are obese or overweight. Under such conditions, developing a number of diseases - cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, gallbladder disease, arthritis, and problems with the musculoskeletal system.

A study by the British Medical Journal, the researchers observed 21,105 people and found that compared to meat-eaters, male vegetarians (vegans) weighed 5.9 kg less, and women vegans - 4.7 kg less. The researchers concluded: "These data show that a low degree of obesity is caused by a diet without meat."

The risk of cardiovascular disease among meat eaters are 50% higher than among vegetarians. The researchers found that the longer and more often people eat meat - the higher the risk for a cardiovascular disease.

Meat, dairy products and eggs are completely deprived fiber and complex carbohydrates - those nutrients that we need to eat more. On the contrary, these foods are overloaded with saturated fats and cholesterol, which quickly make us apathetic fat, subsequently becoming the cause of clogged arteries and heart attacks.

Osho on vegetarianism

The modern mind is much easier to understand this, because now we know that all life forms are interconnected and interdependent. Man - not an island: one lives in an endless web of millions of forms of life and existence. We live in a circuit, we are not separate. And kill other animals is not only ugly, unaesthetic, inhumane - it is also unscientific. We are destroying our own foundation.

Life exists as an organic unity. Man can only exist as part of the orchestra. Just imagine a person with no birds, no animals and no fish - such a life would be very, very sad, it will lose all the complexity, diversity, richness and color. Forests completely empty, not a voice of the cuckoo bird will not fly, and the water seems very sad without fish.

And behind it is something very scientific. Not by chance that all religions born in India, is based on vegetarianism, and all religions born outside India, do not contain a vegetarian. But the highest peaks of the religious consciousness were known only in India and elsewhere.

Vegetarianism acts as a cleansing. When you eat animals, you no longer under the law required. You become severe, you are more attracted to the ground. If you are a vegetarian, you are light, do you belong to the law of grace, law, power, and you begin to draw the sky.

Your food - not just food: it's you. You become what you eat. If you eat something that is basically rooted in the murder, rape, you can not rise above the law of necessity. To a greater or lesser degree, you will be animals. Man is born, when you start to rise above the animals when you start doing something for yourself is that it can not do any animal.

Vegetarianism - a conscious effort, a deliberate effort to get rid of gravity, which binds you to the ground, so you can fly - to make it possible to fly from a single common. The lighter the food, the deeper meditation. Denser than the food, the more and more difficult it becomes meditation. I'm not saying that non-vegetarians meditation is impossible - it is possible, but it is too difficult.

It's like the man who rises to the mountain, and all the time is a lot of rocks. Perhaps even carrying stones, you can reach the top of the mountain, but it creates unnecessary complexity. You could throw the stones, you could relieve yourself and your progress could be an easier, more pleasant. Reasonable person would suffer rocks, climbing up the hill, do not suffer unnecessarily. And the higher it will go up, the easier and easier it will become. Even if he was carrying something, he gave it up. Hidlari when Edmund and Tenzing climbed Everest for the first time, they had to give up all the way - because the higher they go, the harder it was something to wear. They threw even the most significant. Carry themselves more than enough.

Vegetarianism - a huge help. It changes your chemistry. When you eat and live off animals ... First, when an animal is killed, it's angry, afraid - naturally. When you kill an animal ... just imagine that kill you. What will be your state of mind? What will happen to your psychology? In your body will direct all kinds of poisons, because when you are angry, your blood goes a certain poison. When you are afraid, your blood again flows poison another. And when you die, it is a limiting fear, anger. All the glands of your body release all their venom.

A man continues to live on this poisoned meat. Not surprisingly, if you remain angry, violent, aggressive, and this is natural. If you live by killing, you do not respect life, you are hostile to life. A person who is at enmity with life, can not go into a prayer - because prayer means reverence for life.

And those who are hostile to God's creatures, can also be very friendly to God. If you destroy a Picasso painting, you can not be very respectful of Picasso - it's impossible. All creatures belong to God. God lives in them. God breathed into them - they are its manifestations, in the same way as you do. They - brothers and sisters.

If you look at the animals, and you do not have a thought about the brotherhood - you do not know what prayer is, you never know what prayer is. And the very idea that just for the food, just to eat, you can destroy life, so ugly. It is impossible to believe that a man just keeps doing it.

Pythagoras vegetarianism first brought to the West. This is - the deep wisdom for man: to learn how to live in peace with nature, in peace with creation. This becomes the foundation. Only on this basis can establish his prayer, his meditative. You can see it in yourself, when you eat meat, meditation will be more and more difficult.

Buddha was born in a non-vegetarian family. He was a ksatriya - belonged to militant caste - but the experience of meditation gradually turn it into a vegetarian. It was his inner understanding, when he ate meat, it was more difficult to meditate, when he avoided meat, meditation was easier. It was a simple observation.

You will be surprised to know that the greatest in the world were vegetarians Jains - but all of their twenty-four masters were born in non-vegetarian families. All of them were soldiers, they were brought up as soldiers. All twenty-four Jain masters were Kshatriyas.

What happened? Why do these people who were raised, taught from the beginning to eat meat, have created one great vegetarian movement in the world? Only because of his experiments with meditation.

We can not ignore the fact that if you want to meditate, if you want to get rid of thoughts, if you want to be easy - so easy that the land will not weigh you down, so light, that you begin to levitate, so light that you open sky - then you have to turn off non-vegetarian according to the freedom of vegetarianism.

Vegetarianism has nothing to do with religion at its core is something scientific. It has nothing to do with morality, but he has a lot to do with aesthetics. It is impossible to believe that a sensitive, conscientious, intelligent, loving person can eat meat. And if he eats meat, then something is missing - he's still out does not realize that he does not understand the value of their actions.

Pythagoras but not heard, did not believe him - on the contrary, he was ridiculed, persecuted. And he brought from the East to the West is one of the greatest treasures. He brought a great experiment - if it was heard. West could be a totally different world.

Problems facing today - what we have destroyed nature - would never have arisen. If Pythagoras became the basis of Western consciousness, would not have these great world wars. He could completely change the direction of history. He tried very hard, he did everything he could - it's not his fault. But people are blind, deaf people, they can not listen, they are not able to understand. And they are not willing to change their habits.

People are living their habits, they live mechanically. And he brought a message of awareness. The West could release huge meditative energy. Produce Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin would be impossible. It would be a totally different world. But still remain the same old habits.

We can not change human consciousness, until we begin to change the human body. When you eat meat, you absorb an animal - and the animal must be overcome. Avoid it! If you really want to go higher and higher if you really want to go to the sun peaks its consciousness, if you really want to know God, you have to change every possible way.

You will have to look at everything that surrounds your life, you have to consider in detail every little habit - because sometimes a very small change can change your life. Sometimes it can be quite Prostejov thing, and it can change your life so much so that it seems almost incredible.

Try to be a vegetarian, and you will be surprised: meditation becomes much easier. Love becomes thinner, loses its weight, density - become more sensitive, but less sensible to become more prayerful and less sexual. And your body will also start to vibrate differently. You will become more refined, softer, more feminine, less aggressive, more accepting.

Vegetarianism - is an alchemical change within you. It creates a space in which you can turn base metals into gold.

Second, that Pythagoras discovered the Western mind - the idea of ​​reincarnation. It too has some connection with vegetarianism. Again you will be surprised: all vegetarian religions believe in reincarnation, and all non-vegetarian religions believe in only one life. This can not be a coincidence.

In India, three great religions - Brahmanism, Jainism, Buddhism. They have all sorts of differences - their ideologies are so different that you will never find a more different ideologies. Hindus believe in God, they believe in the existence of the soul. Jains do not believe in God - this is extremely important - a religion without God. Buddhists do not even believe in the soul - there is no God, no soul. You can not imagine a religion without God and without a soul. These are the differences.

But of one thing they all agree, and that is - the idea of ​​reincarnation, rebirth. Even the Buddha, who does not recognize the soul, agrees. It looks very ridiculous - how can you be reborn, if there is no soul? He does not recognize a soul, but he believes in continuity. He says it's just as if you lit a candle at night - in the morning, when you extinguish it, if you can say that this is the same fire that you lit at night? It's not the same - and yet somewhere they are associated. Flame me all night, the flames disappeared overnight - it turned into smoke, and instead of him at every moment there is a new flame. In fact, the movement was so fast that you could not see the gaps. It was a continuous-constant change, but so rapid and profound - one flame is replaced by another, all night.

So when you put out the candle in the morning, it's not the same fire that you lit - although it seems the same. The first and the last flame connected - is part of the same chain, the same process - but you can not say that this is one flame, one soul.

That is the Buddhist idea of ​​reincarnation: the continuity continues, but personality disappear - not the individual soul. Yet the Buddha believed in reincarnation. Jains believe in reincarnation, Brahmins believe in reincarnation.

But the Jews, Christians and Muslims do not believe. These are the three great religions born outside India. How is it that all three Indian religions came across the fact of reincarnation? - Even though they do not agree in anything else. Why one they agree? They could not agree more. Where did it come to this experience? You will be surprised that the answer - it's vegetarian.

If a person is an absolute vegetarian, he can easily recall past lives. It is so pure that can look into your past lives. It does not have the density, the energy is not blocked, the energy moves easily. His stream of consciousness can penetrate in ancient times, and it can go back as far as he wants.

Consciousness is not a vegetarian blocked - in many ways. He accumulated a solid matter. This dense material acts as a barrier. That's why all three religions born outside India and the remaining non-vegetarian, could not come to the idea of ​​reincarnation. They could not try it out.

Pythagoras lived in India, deeply meditated realized past lives, could see myself in the past. He could not understand what the Buddha meant by saying, "Once I was a bishop, I once was a fish, I once was a tree."

The idea of ​​evolution has always existed in the East - and in a much more subtle form than it is presented by Darwin in Western science. Darwin's idea is very rude: he says that the monkey became a man - though Darwinists still not able to prove it, because they are still looking for a link between ape and man. And the problem arises: why only some people are monkeys? What happened to the other monkeys? A monkey mainly imitators - if some monkeys are people, then all the monkeys had to imitate them. What happened to the other monkeys? They are excellent mimics: why only some - people?

And there is still a monkey! Have been thousands and thousands of years, and monkeys - still a monkey. And you will not find a monkey, which unexpectedly became a man ... one morning she wakes up, and she - the person. No one has ever seen such a miracle happened. Here's the question: where is the link between ape and man? - And the difference is large, it is no small matter.

Just the other day someone asked, "John Lilly, said that the man - not the only creature on earth has consciousness, there are beings that are conscious man." He asked: "Is it true? Rights if John Lilly?"

However, these other animals have not revealed to man - it was John Lilly discovered these other animals. That person continues to open. Specifically, the one who reveals more conscience than to open. Even if once we find an animal with more developed brain, the discovery we do. This large brain simply could not find us.

There is a very developed animals, but no animals developed as a man. And the difference is great! John Lilly has worked with dolphins, and he thinks that dolphins are much more developed consciousness. If you ever meet John Lilly, tell him that there Dolphins opened it - he opened the dolphins. And the one who discovers a conscious, obviously.

Dolphins do not talk about yourself - that person is talking about dolphins. They can not even confirm anything about themselves. Dolphins - wonderful people, and Lilly on the right track, but the Dolphins do not have a more developed consciousness than man. Among them were born Buddha, Patanjali, Pythagoras - and even John Lilly.

The Western concept of evolution, the Darwinian concept of evolution, it is very heavy. Eastern view of the evolution of very thin. The issue is not that the body of a monkey becomes a human body - it never was, or the body of the fish is the human body - that never happens. But the inner being of fish continues to grow, it continues to change from one body to another.

Growth, evolution is not from body to body: the growth is in the mind. When a monkey gets a certain consciousness in the next birth she is a man, not a monkey. She will die and be born a monkey man. Evolution does not occur in the body of the ape. The body uses the soul - or whatever you call it, the continuity - the body of a monkey served, now the soul is ready for the best of the body, one in which more opportunities for growth.

The soul moves from one animal to another. The body does not evolve, evolving soul. The candle does not evolve, but the flame continues to go from one candle to another. The flames continued to climb higher and higher. Evolution - an evolution of consciousness, not the material, physical body. That's where Darwin completely wrong. But in the East, we realized that at least ten thousand years ago. This realization came through meditation, and this awareness was based on vegetarianism - because people began to remember their past lives. This was the main technique and the Buddha and Mahavira, when dedicating a new student, the first thing that was required of him and the Buddha and Mahavira - is to go into his past life. Have developed excellent methods to move past life.

And once you start moving past life as this life is completely transformed. Why? Because once you see that all those silly things you do now, or are about to do, you have been doing for many, many lives ... you did the same thing many times, and each time nothing achieved.

For example, if you're going crazy because of the money, and then I remember that in a past life, you are also going crazy because of the money, and you do well, and you have become rich, very rich, and then you die ... and all this wealth, all this abundance was useless. Death took him away, and you died as empty, as were as poor as they were. And you even remember what it was before this: you were king, you had a great kingdom. And yet you were disappointed, and yet you were unhappy, and you died in the accident. And again, you do the same thing and eager to have more money? This is impossible. Desire to simply return to dust. How can you keep repeating the same nonsense over and over again, if you can remember. You can repeat again and again the same stupid only if you can not remember. The idea of ​​reincarnation - a philosophical idea: it is an experience, it is completely scientific. People remember their lives.

When you enter a little deeper into meditation ... Here we continue to perform all of these techniques. But these techniques assume that you're an absolute vegetarian, otherwise you will not be able to go beyond this life. Your mind can not move - it should be as easy as a feather, so it can just go from one existence to another. And the easier it is, the deeper it penetrates.

Interview with rawfoodist

Probably no one would deny that good nutrition - overriding component of a healthy lifestyle. The cornerstone. And you wonder what put it into his mouth? It's become part of you. And you think about it! Well, poplohelo? :) If not - I am happy for you. For the rest, I think it will be useful to the experience of one of my friends. The effect of the measures is not limited to the disappearance of acne and excess weight (and many people spend a lot of money and / or time to get rid of these problems. Ladies, do not worry and look for the next miraculous ways. Everything has been invented by nature!). Well, I wish you a pleasant acquaintance with this interesting man.

Nice to meet you

Allow me to introduce my guest, friendly young man, the owner of a funny tousled bangs and trim in good shape: they call Kornyakov Stepan, 22, is now on the 5th course MIET, is a student with a degree of CAD (although the issue of specialty was easy - it seems to have forgotten :) ) He and I can say, neighbors - we live under the same roof, in the home campus of MIET.

The question "where?" answer is simple, but insecure :)

- From the Earth, probably ...

Then refines - the city of Yaroslavl.

In our favorite MIET decided to do because of the fact that his parents are learning, and Zelenograd very much - "I'm in love with this town just once!"

After a short 10-minute discussion of Zelenograd, MIET, moose wandered into the city and the girls (no, do not wander, girls have enough, and they are all nice and good), and the sympathy of the lesser guys devushkalizirovannyh technical universities, Stepan told me a little about his character. Man he is very calm ("up to apathy"), its pretty hard to ruffle. However, the easy-going and "some part of the soul is always looking for change, adventure." Loves people so active, progressive, unconventional. One of these is his very good friend - Jack (you can write the name, if a friend will not mind), nick var.

That Jack and pulled him to a venture that later drastically changed the lives of Stephen. But I'll try to be consistent.

How it all began

As a freshman, friends began to run together: first from the hostel to the MIET and back, ran on turnichki - engaged. In the second course, they were already running 15 kilometers.

Somehow, once again back together with horizontal bars, pitch apple bought in the shop, and proclaimed, "This is the last thing I eat for the next 36 hours." On the other logical question "why" - said, "Well that's good."

Just as with Viola - "the month and year I do not remember, but the date April 4, 2003 in memory hit" :) Stepan decided to support each other and together they began to starve. For a while they were starving, 2 times a week - it turned easily, without difficulty.

Away we'd go

It is necessary to mention that my mother once too fond of Stephen starvation, Paul Bragg read the book "Miracle of Fasting." Remembering this, Stepan found on the Internet this book, read it and somehow "it all sunk in.", "roof just slipped," inspired. By virtue of his impulsiveness, he immediately read embodied in reality, I tried everything in practice. The following summer, he ate mostly fruits and vegetables.

Parents react to the new way of life of the son knowing. However, there were some friends who treat it with some skepticism, but the strong negative impact Stepan experienced. Especially, it is quite fortunate: nearest man, his girlfriend and future wife, eats the same way. So that they support each other, because "together is always easier."

By the way, Stepan mentioned common to all beginners mistake: when you find out about all of this - eyes open wide, "Oh, I know," you try to talk to other people, such as campaigning, to explain ... Naturally, not all accept this, meet with understanding. I also attempted agitation friends - with mixed success. But on my way I will cover in another article.

The first results

It is worth mentioning that while Stepan did not even think that would give him a way of life in general and in particular the raw food diet. He had no idea that he could have "a completely different organism" - all happened "nonspecial." Still, he knew that the main results are not immediately, but in 10-20 years - worked for the future. And then - but what to say, only 18 years old, physically developed normally, moving, running, rollerblading, dancing, doing ... When he had answered the question, "What gave you the raw food diet?", I could just say a couple of common phrases: "Well-being, mood, health ..."

Most thought to ask, "Yes, I like and so feel good, like and so have no pain." But because few people think about the fact that on the one hand - as many as possible, and on the other - it is necessary to do something to get it more.

Now, that just experienced the Stepan:

- Lost (though never been fat, engage in physical activity)

- Has become easier to get enough sleep

- Feel better, but not revolutionary

Still, in 18 years, the body is not so dirty poor diet and environment to dramatically manifested any global changes. Healing crisis as there were no (more about what it is, I'll discuss in my next articles, more practical and similar to the guide to action). However, some positive developments were bright enough and objective:

Since childhood, Stephen was allergic to pollen. So 2-3 weeks in May turned into a living hell - cough, runny nose, heavy breathing, eyes watering, all itchy and have a lot of discomfort. With the transition to raw food allergy does not entirely disappear, but now it is much easier: just a runny nose for 2-3 days. And this despite the fact that before swallowing pills and stayed at home to somehow relieve the symptoms, and now - without drugs and without fear in the air is selected.

Former pig-zveryushkoed

By the way, I was interested to know whether the decision affected Stepan abandon cooked food (and eating meat, in particular) taking care of our little, the poor pig-creatures. "No, I did not care!" :)

Prior to the beginning of practicing raw food he ate as well as all "ate everything that came across his arm - everything that moves and does not move, and that move - stop it and still eat it." The typical student food: pasta, ravioli, mayonnaise, ketchup, fried, boiled - "Excuse me, are not the most healthy food."

4 years of searching

In April 2007 it will be exactly 4 years, as Stepan completely changed his diet. But during those years, he was constantly looking for that best suits his true body. There were periods of both full raw food diet, raw food diet with yogurt (they were the majority) and just vegetarianism. In the transition to a pure raw food (ie, refusing only yogurt) he always lost a bit of weight. Stamina is not lost, just the opposite. Although, perhaps, it was due to the fact that the weight dropped off and exercise became easier to do. During such periods, could run 20 km and not feel tired. "I was looking for, where else is there for me to run here," - obbezhal almost the entire city. There was even a shift on the extra weight - it seemed to be, though, and weighed a little bit. Now, can say for sure that excess weight was not. However, while it is slightly limited his diet in calories.

Or what is the diet

In periods nesyroedeniya ate oatmeal, cottage cheese, yogurt, vegetables, fruits (bananas and tangerines favorite). "In the winter eating enough," so basically in use are bananas, apples, pears, tangerines, oranges. "When recently had a lot of tangerines and they were pretty cheap - could eat up to 4 kg per day." But now (February-March 2007) - not a full season (so that the fruit (which you will find), every day salad vegetables - cabbage, carrot, radish with unrefined oil and cleaned seeds. During the day - nuts, honey or their mixture. summer it - grace, a mountain of vegetables and fruits, "the food very much." So anything that grows! "In the season of grapes - calmly ate 3 kg of grapes per day."

Fasting or not there is a

All this time he steadily starved for a day in the week (by the way, this is a half months a year. Total Stepan did not eat more than six months :)) At the beginning several times starved for 2-3 days. At the beginning of the 4th year began to gradually increase the number of days: 4, 5, 6, 7 ... At the end of the 5 year otgolodal 10 days! After fasting the first 10 days of nothing but fruits and vegetables are not wanted. "I tried yogurt - not like the taste." Decided, "Well, it nafik, this yogurt!" I asked him whether he plans to starve for 40 days in order to "achieve enlightenment." But no, the enlightenment he "does not apply." Looks like - well, it, enlightenment as kefir :). Starvation - only a means, a tool, not a test of will there.

Gym

All the while Stepan worked in the gym. He admits that at first made some mistakes. First, ate little - like as not particularly like, but when engaging in trenazherku desirable yet there is more. Second, forget about vegetables - mostly ate fruits and nuts. At night now eats a big plate of vegetable salad. It seems that vegetables have a very strong effect - because weight recently been stable at around 72 kg (height 185 cm). Before the last 10 days of fasting Stepan reached the following maximum weights:

- Bench press - 100 kg

- Squats - 140 kg

- Deadlift - 165 kg

After fasting weight always fall, but he quickly goes to the results achieved. Compared vegetarianism and raw food diet says that "vegetarianism me gain muscle mass more easily."

Be Healthy!

In late 2006, Stepan first time (!) Over the 4 years sick. At the time he worked on a "very cool project" (by the way, Stepan is working in the Moscow office INTEL'a). "Then had to spend 30-40 hours at the computer, not standing up, and then another, trudging to Moscow to negotiate with the customer ..." Stress was a huge - "here and got sick." But escaped with "a little runny nose, cough, temperature" for 3 days.

Albino crow

Thus never had a desire to quit. Had a great desire to find the right system, to change something in your life - that's looking for me ... Because I knew that health means a lot, and he's ready for this "look, think and strain." Even being the "black sheep" :). Although by its nature it's pretty cool, many do not pay attention. And anyway, "food's not the most important thing in life. Just when you build relationships with other people, do not accentuate attention on it. And then all good [...] The people, of course, notice that everything seems eat everything, and he sits and bananas hamster. " By the way, to work Stepan brings in a big backpack, a lot of food (bananas, pears, tangerines). "People notice asks say - here is such a me."

An old friend

It is worth mentioning that Jack, a friend of Stephen, who knocked him to the adventure with fasting, eats almost the same, but they are less severe. Stepan always let his thanks for the indirect, but still quite significant impact on their lives. Can independently Stepan would "not come to this, because everything happened spontaneously, though, God knows ... maybe would have come from the girls took over would be ... yes, in general, what's the difference ..."

The result?

Let's summarize what good has brought to life a new way of life Stepan:

- Has become less sick, "ill 1 time in 4 years, used to be 4 times a year :)"

- Almost forgot the worst once the word "allergy"

- Being "pretty hard to compare - it was a long time ... but right now it is better, all day I feel more cheerful ..."

- Sleep for 8-9 hours a day (always slept well, without changes, did not think that had to change. Many people who move to a raw food diet is reduced during sleep. Though, it is worth to make an amendment to classes at trenazherku that require a lot of effort and a long recovery period.) Now in the morning began to do exercises in the book "The Eye of the revival" - after exercise gets energy boost for the day!

- Has become much less sweat, "and if I sweat, it is not as smelly as before [...] before a hike in trenazherku - all hung, who is near"

- In the morning no unpleasant sensations in the mouth. "During the pure raw food always want to throw clean teeth."

- "Skin improved, fewer pimples"

- "Temperature expanded: it is easier to transfer heat and cold." But he is also quenched every time goes into the shower.

What would advise interested?

"Depends on the person: impulsive - to try everything at once."

In more general: to start fasting once a week. Is able to do absolutely anyone. Everyone is able, it is not hard. Stepan said that the best thing on the subject - Paul Bragg book "Miracle of Fasting." The book he likes the fact that in spite of his strict attitude towards themselves and their system performance by 100%, Bragg quite rational approach to the problem, offers people the best relative price-performance option, as with the least effort to get maximum results. "So it will be enough to start just by reading a book Bragg. Unless one will master it, it just is not ready for this and then do not even try."

- And then begin to starve.

- Increase physical activity (If you drive to work, to college, then you can begin to walk part of the way. A better - of course, start running, attend turnichki. Make it not take much time, but it still gives a very large effect.)

- Add more to the diet of raw vegetables and fruits.

- "And yet READ Bragg" :)

It is important to remember that a month or two you begin to feel just some of the first results, perhaps not so obvious. Serious pluses raw foods will appear only after several years. Of course, when after 40 you have something starts to ache a little, to fall off, the results of a raw food diet you will feel faster ... But should you bring to it!?

Maybe we still do not know what is really cool?

Afterword

Of course, to get to the "complete stereo" (ie prochuvstvovaniya atmosphere) needs crushed almonds and honey, a large number of which were consumed in the process of interviewing and writing, but I hope that, even without the sample this delicacy was interesting for you (although, really exactly, not so tasty). :)

Raw food - not just another trendy diet. I think it's a natural human nutrition. But the choice is still one makes for himself. I am very happy for Kornyakova Stepan, he found his way, consciously opted to remain faithful to him for almost 4 years. This is great! And I'm happy that I know with people who are able to support and give advice, share a delicious recipe.

healing food

Scientifically established fact - vegetables, fruits, berries, grains, nuts, honey and other natural products have a positive impact on human health. There are entire methods to cure diseases by using only natural food and juice squeezed out of them. Here are just some examples.

Apple. In ancient times it was believed that this fruit has a rejuvenating effect. Just think of a story about how his father sent his son to get him a rejuvenating apples. The spectrum of diseases that can be treated apples, large diabetes, intestinal infections, influenza, kidney disease, gastritis, gastritis, hypertension, obesity, anemia, gout, colds, warts. Most modern research also found that eating fresh apples slows down the development of malignant cancers.

Pear. Diuretic, antimicrobial, analgesic, virusoneytralizuyuschim and fastening properties. It regulates digestion, are very useful in diabetes, obesity and inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract.

Cherry. Used to treat cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and various tumors, inflammation, fever, bronchitis, asthma, epilepsy, and mental illness. Cherry recognized as an effective substitute for aspirin.

Carrots. Useful in many diseases: beriberi, myocardial infarction, angina, atherosclerosis, kidney stones, hepatitis, liver, gall bladder, anemia, cancer, arthritis exchange, disorder of the gastrointestinal tract, piles, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, stomatitis . Carrots kills germs in your mouth, that is, it can be used instead of brushing with toothpaste.

Cabbage. Used to treat bowel disease, constipation, hemorrhoids, heart disease, diabetes, gastritis, ulcers different, liver disease and even cancer. Fresh cabbage leaves applied to the festering wounds and ulcers, tumors and abscesses.

Tomato. Most effective in the fight against cancer. Prevent cancer of the prostate, stomach, lung, pancreas, colon and rectum, oral cavity, breast, cervix. Prevents heart attacks.

Grapes. Improves metabolism, effective diuretic, useful in diseases of the kidneys, lungs, gout, hypertension, cardiovascular system, liver. Grape juice is called "longevity drink."

Raspberry. Useful in anemia, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, atherosclerosis, kidney disease, hypertension. Volatile raspberry kill Staphylococcus aureus, yeast and mold spores of the fungus. Raspberry juice is used as an antipyretic and diaphoretic.

Strawberry. Normalizes metabolism, helps with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, kidney and urinary tract infections, stones in the gall bladder, intestinal infections, cardiovascular diseases.

Currants. Useful for gastric ulcer, gastritis, atherosclerosis, kidney disease, anemia and metabolic disorders. It is quite a powerful tool that enhances the immune system. Juice is used as a diuretic, astringent and diaphoretic, and also for the rapid removal of salts from the body, stimulate intestinal activity.

Watermelon. Cleanses and purifies the body, especially the kidneys. In folk medicine, watermelon has long been used as a strong diuretic and febrifuge. Eating watermelon rind raw or dried form improves the intestinal inflammation and improves its performance.

Honey. In the old days it was called the cure for all diseases. Honey is very easily digested, quickly relieves fatigue, provides the full range of cells necessary micronutrients. No disease can resist medoterapii.

Each natural product has certain medicinal properties, not just those listed above. The ability of conventional fruit and vegetables to treat diseases of the human body has long been known to people. Nowadays, there are clinics in which patients given drugs instead just eat natural foods and people recover. And even recover from diseases that conventional medicine to treat impotent. Cancer is a disease of people leading unhealthy lifestyle. The cancer can be stopped only by surgery, cut it out. If the cancer will metastasize, the disease is considered incurable. Incurable but only from the point of view of conventional medicine. Naturopathic doctors (they call themselves doctors treating "natural" products) is not afraid of even the stage of cancer, when the disease has metastasized. Medicinal products of nature to cope with this problem joking. And a former patient will live more than a dozen years after the official doctors put a cross on it. Examples of this are not unusual, sorry that conventional medicine does not want to recognize them.

An experiment. Take carrots, potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, onions, garlic, dill, can cut it all to pieces, throw in a pan, fill with water and will cook for a while. What happens as a result, can be called soup, soup or just soup. Now the question is: What are the medicinal qualities have soup? Nutritional value of soup is, no doubt, but that he is able to cure the disease?

Since the soup is made from a large number of medicinal plants, it should just be a panacea for all ills, but in practice some reason this is not noticeable. Soup does not have healing properties. The question arises: where do they go? Indeed, in carrots, tomatoes, etc. a lot of healing properties, in theory, these properties have to move and the final product - the soup. But in practice, everything is different. In the process of cooking all the healing properties of fading. Why?

Yes, simply because nature made no provision for the use of fire. With fire products are heated to a temperature of over a hundred degrees Celsius, most of the trace elements can not withstand the high temperature and break down. It is the richness of trace elements gives fruits and vegetables healing power. The disease occurs when the cells no longer enough micronutrients they need. To eliminate the shortage of man has to drink vitamins and pills that contain these minerals. Struggling with the disease not the pills, and trace elements contained in them. But in any vegetable or fruit of various trace elements, tens of thousands, it means that its healing value of any vegetable or fruit can replace several different pills.

Here's an example, you are building a house. For its construction requires the following elements: bricks, cement, boards, nails, frames, windows, doors, roofing slate, insulation, locks, latches, hinges, tubes, pipes, valves, wallpaper, wire and more. You are building, and the supply of all necessary materials manages your buddy. What would happen if he suddenly forgets to put on the construction of the house of some of these items? For example, the supplier forgot to bring you the slate, and the house regularly pour rain. Or brought glasses less than required, the frame is inserted, and half glazed windows, but some of the windows without glass, so they - hole, piercing your building. Or supplier has forgotten that the door needs shelters, will open the door? Or he did not bring taps on the pipes in the house as it will take water? But instead of all this supplier brought a lot of bricks, from which you can build at least ten houses piled on a mountain of sand, but the cement had brought a couple of bags.

Vitamins - the building blocks for cells. Scholars often point out that the prevention or cure the body lacks, for example, vitamin C, or B, B6, B12, D, E. Under these code names are hiding the very different building materials that cells use to build their "homes." You supplier of building materials, and it's incumbent on you to provide all the necessary cells, so that their structure did not have "holes." But here's the problem, the cells do not need a dozen items of construction materials, not hundreds, or even thousands, and tens of thousands of names of various building materials, called vitamins. You also need to take care to place the body whole range of building materials, not missing a single, or in the cells formed a "hole", which will start up in the body's disease.

To date, scientists have not yet studied all the many thousands of the spectrum of trace elements needed by the body. Scientists sometimes say that the body is not enough, for example, vitamin C, and to refill the offer to eat a sweet pill called "Vitamin C", probably tried everything. But vitamin C is just one of tens of thousands of vitamins required by the body, it means that pharmacists have to release another nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine other tablets, vitamins, to meet all the needs of people in micronutrients. In practice, it turns out the pharmaceutical industry produces today tens of thousands of different types of drugs, each of which carries a certain body building materials. But the problem remains, for now, to be healthy, a person must take all these tens of thousands of pills. The only way he will be able to put in your body the full range of essential micronutrients.

Nature took care of everything completely differently. It does not burden the person searching multiple vitamins for your body. All of these vitamins it has entered into by its food. Creator's plan was simple: a man eats what he gives nature and does not think about some sort of vitamins, trace elements, disease and the like. Each product contains all of the "periodic table", and then eaten by man of his body can choose those minerals it needs at the moment. All that is asked of human nature instead of their precious gifts, so this basic trust.

Trust in nature, and you will forget the way to the pharmacy and hospital. Confidence suggests that a person should not believe him instead slipped edible cake mix, which needs further cooking. Nature Trust is all the animals and plants in our world, with the exception of only one person. That's why almost no sick animals encountered (except domestic, whose life is affected by adverse human impact). But man, once stopped trusting nature, got such a huge number of diseases that the thickest medical encyclopedia is not able to accommodate all of their diversity.

In the modern era, when our table littered with unnatural processed food, there are many healers who treat their patients just because they are excluded from the diet all processed foods and forced to eat only raw food. A diet consisting solely of raw food, raw food or called natural diet. It is important that raw food diet can be practiced without the doctors. If your daily diet you will form primarily of raw foods, and processed will be used in small amounts, you know, the disease will no longer bother you. If you gain strength and finally give up all processed foods, your body rejuvenate for a couple of decades, there will be an unprecedented vigor, vitality, significantly improved memory and mental ability, optimism appears (if it was not before), and your life will last away for a hundred years. The choice is yours.

In our full diseases in the world, a host of diets, each of which offers a person cured of certain diseases. Most often sit on a diet to lose weight. In this regard, one might think that a raw food diet is another new-fangled diet. To thousands of diets added another one. However, it is not. Is not quite correct to consider a raw food diet, nutritional therapy or therapy. Enough just to acknowledge the fact that any of the existing diets invented this or that person, and the raw food diet - is a way of eating that came up with God himself. Food, fresh raw vegetables and fruits - a divine power, and in this it differs from the entire set of diets invented by man. Divine diet stick is all living beings on Earth and in the universe. And only a man considered himself the right to invent their own diets, but none of them is able to give a man full health and longevity. This is done only by divine diet - raw food diet.

And the last. Natural food, it is not so much a method of treating disease, as a way of life in which the very concept of "disease" thing of the past.

Vegetarianism as a lifestyle

The life of any creature is sacred and unjustified killing is a grave breach of the laws of Nature. All the plants and animals in the choice of food is followed only his instinct, but a man of his advanced state of consciousness when choosing foods should be guided by higher principles.

The word "vegetarian" was popularized in 1842 by the founders of the "British Vegetarian Society," it comes from the Latin vegetus, which means "strong, healthy, fresh, vigorous," as in the phrase homo vegetus, which means the spiritual and physical growth and development. Originally, "vegetarian" meant harmonious with philosophical and moral point of view life, not a way of eating.

Vegetarianism - is an important step on the road to perfect society, and those who will reflect on its benefits, will be on a par with the likes of Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Plutarch, Leonardo da Vinci, John Milton, Sir Isaac Hyuton, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lamartine, Percy Shelley, Billy, Leo Tolstoy, George Bernard Shaw, Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein.

Benefits of Vegetarianism:

1. health

2. economy

3. ethics

4. Law of Action

5. History of Consciousness

1. Health

Consumption of meat increases the chances of cancer and heart disease sosudityh (atherosclerosis, etc.). Switching to a vegetarian diet in 90-97% of cases, prevents the development of heart disease. [Journal of the American Medical Association 176: 134-5, 1961]

After alcohol and tobacco consumption of meat is a leading cause of death in Western Europe, USA, Australia. [Inter-Society Comission for Heart Disease Resources. Primary prevention of the arteriosclerotic diseases. Circulation 42: A53-95, December 1970]

One reason for meats is that human digestive tract is not designed to digest meat. Carnivorous animals have relatively short intestines (three times longer than the body), that allows to excrete rapidly degraded and release toxins meat. In herbivores intestine six times longer than the body, as plant food decomposes more slowly than meat. Man, like herbivores, have a long intestine, so when he eats meat, toxins produced in the body that prevent the kidneys and contribute to the development of arthritis, rheumatism, gout and even cancer. In addition, the meat is treated with chemicals. As soon as the animals were killed, its carcass begins to decompose in a few days becomes a gray-green color. This prevents the meat processing plants ha nitrites and other substances that are carcinogenic. Also in food animals intended for slaughter, also add a lot of chemicals.

People can prevent many cancers, reducing the consumption of meat and eat more vegetables and grains. [American Academy of Sciences. Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, National Research Consul, National Academy Press, Wash., June 1982]

Standard questions: Is it not natural for humans to eat meat? Is body does not need animal protein? The correct answer is no. Anatomical structure - teeth, jaws, and digestive system - better able to eat vegetarian food. American Dietetic Association notes that "the vast majority of people throughout the history of humanity fed predominantly vegetarian and vegan food." Most of the world follows this up to now. In developed countries, the habit spread to the meat no more than a hundred years ago, after the refrigerator. However, even in the XX-th century, the human body has not adapted to digest meat.

Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus spent "a comparative analysis of the external and internal structure of the human body and animals," which proves that natural food for humans are fruits and vegetables.

The data in the table A.D.Endryusa from "Food for Human Use (Chicago, American Hygienic Society, 1970)

Carnivorous Herbivore Man

no pores on the skin, the body is cooled through the language of many pores on the skin, sweating, many pores on the skin, sweating

sharp incisors for tearing meat cutters blunt blunt cutters

immature salivary glands pre digesting well-developed salivary glands prior to digesting well-developed salivary glands prior to digestion

acidic saliva without ptyalin alkaline saliva with ptyalin to digest grains and fruits alkaline saliva with ptyalin to digest grains and fruits

no flat back teeth for chewing has flat back teeth for chewing has flat back teeth for chewing

strong hydrochloric acid in the stomach to digest animal hydrochloric acid in the stomach 10 times in carnivores slabeechem hydrochloric acid in the stomach 10 times slabeechem in carnivores

length of the gastrointestinal tract only 3 times body bolshn for rapidly excreted rotting meat length of the gastrointestinal tract is 6-10 times greater than the length of the body; vegetable food decomposes more slowly than meat bowel length is 6 times larger than the length of the body

Dr. Paavo Airolo, a specialist in nutrition and natural biology, said: "Twenty years ago it was believed that a daily intake of 150 g of protein, and is now officially accepted standard reduced to 45g. Why? Through research it is known now that the body does not need lots of protein and its daily intake is 30-45g. Excessive protein intake is not only useless, but is harmful to the human body, in fact, it may cause diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. To get 45g of protein a day it is not necessary to eat meat. Full vegetarian diet consisting of cereals, legumes, nuts, vegetables and fruits, etc., it is necessary to provide you with a number of proteins. " [Dr. Paavo Airola "Health Forum", Vegetarion Times, August, 1982, p.52]

Nutritionists still believed that complete proteins (ie, containing all 8 essential amino acids not produced by the body) are found only in meat, fish, eggs and dairy products. Ho research at the Karolinska Institute (Sweden) and the Max Planck Institute (Germany) have shown that most vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts and grains are sources of proteins, which are also easy to digest and does not contain toxic substances. Eating enough of natural products eliminates the possibility of a lack of protein in the body. Do not forget that the plant world are ultimately the source of all kinds of protein. Vegetarians get protein directly from the source, and not "at second hand" as those who eat the meat of herbivores.

Excessive protein intake reduces the capacity of man. Dr. Irving Fisher of Yale University conducted a series of experiments which showed that vegetarians have twice the stamina than those who eat meat. When he is not consumed by vegetarians reduced the amount of protein by 20%, their performance increased by 33%. [Irving Fisher, "The influence of Flech Eating on Endurance", Yale Medical Journal, 13 (5); 205-21 (March 1907)]

A number of similar studies have found that well-chosen vegetarian foods contain more nutrients than meat. Research by Dr. Dzh.Yoteko and V.Kipani of Brussels University showed that vegetarians are able to work in two to three times longer that those who eat meat, and also they are three times more quickly recover their strength. [JLButtner, A Fleshless Diet: Vegetarianism as a rational dietary, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1910, p.131-2]

2. Economy

Meat - food that consumes few of the many. Dl their meat, grain, which can be used for human consumption, fed to cattle. According to the USDA, more than 90% of the grain produced America goes to feeding livestock and poultry for meat should be fed kg 16 kg of grain to livestock. [Frances Moore Lappe, Diet for a Small Planet, NYBallantine Book, 1975]

In middle-income countries the average person consumes about 200 kg of grain per year, with most going to eat. But in Europe and the U.S. consumes 1,000 kg of grain per year, of which 90% goes to feed livestock. [By Lester Brows from - Vic Sussman, The Vegetarian Alternative, Rodale Press, 1978, p.234]

These facts show that the problem of hunger is created artificially. Today, the world produces more food than is needed to feed the population, but they are meaningless spent. If you reduce the production of meat by 10%, it will release amounts of grain, enough to feed 60 million people. [Gene Mayer, a report on the U.S. Senate Committee on Nutrition and Food Strategy, Washington, DC: Febrary 1977, p.44]

Another price of meat - pollution. Drain waste water and waste disposal meat plants pollute rivers and streams more than the city sewer. For the cultivation of one kilogram of wheat requires 60 liters of water to produce 1 kg of meat consumed from 1250 to 3000 l. [Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Population, Resources, Enviroment, WHFreeman and Company, 1970, p.64]

A sample survey of the New York stores in January 1986. showed that a kilogram of beef filet costs about $ 8, while a kilogram of vegetarian products from which you can prepare nutritious meals for a family, it is worth less than $ 4. By becoming a vegetarian you will save thousands of dollars a year.

3. Ethics

According to many, the most important argument in favor of vegetarianism are the ethical considerations - the desire not to cause suffering or death of living creatures. Essay "The Ethics of vegetarianism" in the "North American Vegetarian Society" debunks the concept of so-called "humane killing of animals": "These days a lot of people comfort themselves with the thought that the animals now kill" humane "ways. Unfortunately, these ideas have nothing to do with the truth. " Slaughter animals all its life in captivity and are doomed to a painful existence, they are the result of artificial insemination, undergo castration, are stimulated by hormones, fattened unnatural food and then they are in terrible conditions were going to die. They are constantly in a state of terror, and it is passed through the meat to those who eat it. Ha slaughterhouses stun animals hammer blows, electric shock, or shots from air pistols, then hung by his feet on the conveyor belt, was still alive and cut the throats flay their skin, so they die from loss of blood. And the Convention on the conditions of treatment of domestic animals, and even laboratory rats do not apply to farm animals, which maim and kill in slaughterhouses. (Go, by the way, take a look.)

Plutarch's treatise "On the eating of flesh": "Should I ask why Pythagoras gave up meat? Personally I'm more interested in what state of mind was a man first touched lips to taste the bloody flesh and carrion, which circumstances forced him to dinner, as the Charter of decomposed carcasses and name the food that recently moaning and bleating, move and breathe ... For some reason we do not eat lions and wolves that threaten our lives, but instead kill innocent and submissive creature who can not do us any harm . the sake of a piece of meat, we deprive them of life to which they have the same rights as we do. "

We are afraid of bombs and rockets, but quietly close our eyes to the pain and horror of death, which have killed each year for human consumption 1.5 billion cows, sheep and pigs, 22.5 million birds. [FAO Production Yearbook 1984, vol.38, Statistic Series No.61. Food and Agriculture Organization of Unated Nations, Rome, p.226-47]

4. Law of Action

Action in Sanskrit called "karma." Every action has implications. Although the concept of karma is usually associated with Eastern philosophy, however many realize that the law of karma (action law, the law of cause and effect, the third law of Newton) is the same as the fundamental law of nature, like gravity and time. Our every action causes certain effects. According to the law of karma, if we cause harm or suffering to another living being, then we will suffer - this applies to every person and to society as a whole. We always pay the price for what he did and in every language there is a saying "what goes around, comes around", "a backfire, and respond," and so on.

A man eating meat, can say that he did not kill anyone, but actually, buying meat in the store or at the market, it pays the money for someone else for it committed the murder. And both bring upon themselves the consequences of karma killing. Disasters and world wars - it is also the consequences of karma, the results of the effects of actions of individuals or society.

Writings of major religions prohibit a person without having to kill other living creatures. Old Testament - Genesis (1.29), the Lord says, "I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed: to you it shall be for meat." Register new Testament - Isaiah's prophecy about the appearance of Jesus Christ: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call his name Immanuel. He will eat curds and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good." Lord Buddha is known for preaching against the killing of animals and proclaimed ahimsa (not harming living things) and vegetarianism necessary conditions for spiritual perfection. Vedic philosophy and literature - the Mahabharata: "He who builds his body by eating the flesh of other creatures, condemns himself to suffering, in whatever body he was not born."

5. History of Consciousness

In addition to medical, economic, ethical, and religious karmic benefits for vegetarianism is another dimension - the spiritual. Vegetarianism promotes awareness (as well as Transcendental Meditation).