“The
person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing
it.”
– Chinese Proverb
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Running Raw came into existence on December 25th of 2005. I was at a Christmas
party at my friend's house in Venice, CA. The topic of my recent entrance
into the world of running had come up. As I described the changes
that were happening to my body and the abnormal feats of endurance that
I was capable of, someone said - "you should film this". That hadn't
occured to me before. Had anyone ever done that? Was anyone documenting
the physical changes that occur when one goes raw? Were people testing
this diet and it's relation to physical performance? I looked around
online and found not one reference to a Raw diet and athletic performance.
This blew my mind. What I was experiencing was off the charts, was I
the only one experiencing these physical improvements on this diet?
I had to find out. Thus the journey began.
- In 2006, 1.5 million Americans died from dietary related diseases
at a cost of $800 billion.
- Agri-business and food processing account for
60% of US oil consumption.
- The prevalence of obesity quadrupled in the past 25 years among boys
and girls - currently 15% of the U.S. population. In minority youth,
this statistic climbs to 20%.
- Type 2 diabetes accounted for 2 to 4 percent of all childhood diabetes
before 1992, but skyrocketed to 30 to 50 percent by 2004.
I've been asked a thousand times where I get my protein.
I've been asked 500 times where I get enough calories. I've been asked
if I'm concerned about being deficient in certain nutrients and amino
acids, deficient in vitamin B12 and such. I've been told that it's not
possible to perform at a high level on a Raw Vegan diet. I've been told
that vegans can only make it as athletes if they intake vast quantities
of processed soy protein powders. I've been told many things... None
of them seem to hold up.
