The RAW HOLIDAY season!

Yehaaa!
That was the phrase I sang out every time I took a walk with my Grammie this weekend who desperately need some motivation to move after a tramatic weekend of receiving over 7 pints of lost blood. She was rushed to the hospital with bleeding to later determine that the cause was a disease called Diverticulitis. Diverticulitis is an inflammation caused by compacted hard fecal material getting impacted into herniations along the colon-WOW sounds painful. This is a disease which is normally caused by a diet LOW in FIBER. A very common disease the nurse told her nonchalantly as if because many people had it, it wasn't a danger to your health. That got me thinking! FIBER is a huge component in the diet of raw foodies-in the form of fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, dried fruit-Yep the whole diet=Fiber. Now look at a SAD typical diet. pancakes with syrup, white bread with mayo and cheese and meat for lunch, and steak for dinner with a roll and some cooked skinless mashed potatoes=virtually no fiber! We gave her some education on this. But while she is healing she is eating a diet LOW in fiber called a Low residue diet so that she can heal! After that it is recommended to increase your fiber intake gradually. I will talk about Fiber and the benefits of fiber later today...Time for class!

Be back soon,
Rawkn Yogini~