Proper Eating Techniques

“We must learn to eat slowly, chew well, and avoid over indulgence, by stopping just when the food tastes best.  If we still get a feeling of having eaten too much, it is advisable to skip a meal.  Then too, we should think of what we eat.  By enjoying every mouthful we increase the flow of gastric juice and thus facilitate digestion.  When the feeling of satiety comes, the gastric juice has been used up.  If we eat more than the gastric juice can digest, we nourish our diseases instead of our health”.   Kristine Nolfi,  Raw Food Treatment of Cancer, page 27, 1995.                                                                     

Tonight I went to a wonderful potluck, and it was, for me a great party, of deep and meaningful conversations with like-minded people as passionate about the raw foods as you can get in your area.  So I obviously felt very at home.  As social beings, connecting with each others mutual interests and experiences is like watering your own seeds inside so they’ll grow, it is so so important.  It’s such a refreshing way of affirming your values, and embedding them further in your heart.  I felt that everyone there was a unique and wise being, and had something special to teach me.  So I wanted to stay open and really listen – and sometimes write down their words in my little note book to capture the nuggets of wisdom that kept popping out of the mouths of many of those at the potluck - I did get to mingle abit too, and make new friends. 

I discovered fantastic synchronicities going on through some of my conversations – parallel experiences almost to the letter which was very interesting – talk about Law of Attraction; and information and news on the raw scene were being freely shared; recipes got swopped, tasted and recorded; AND I witnessed that my ‘melt in your mouth raw chocolate’ went down a treat for many, which was very encouraging. Yes, I definitely felt refreshed, invigorated and wonderfully stimulated on many levels. Today I felt so happy to be raw, and was so proud to be a part of this little group, in this little village, eating little bits of everything spread on the table. 

I overate somewhat too though, and got a little belly-ache afterward, from all the poor food combining I was doing, which I often forget I do only to repeat it at the next potluck.  Witnessing my belly’s response to  mixing foods harphazardly is my body’s voice loud and clear. However great a time I’m having, the principles of good raw nutrition combined with good coordination still apply, and the quote above is just as valid as the day it was first written.  So I log this moment as a moment to remember for next month, before the potluck fun begins again next time…