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>>Even at 80% raw you are quite remarkable (even more so w/o RAF) given your
>>climate. You must admit there are few Finns eating the way you do, or am I
>>mistaken and a high% raw diet is very popular in Finland?
>Kirt, tell me WHERE a high% raw diet is VERY POPULAR? :-)
On raw-food? :) Yes, of course you are right--there is nowhere that a high%
raw is very popular...
>There is Living Food Institute in Finland (Ann Wigmore -style) and
>we`ve also an Association of Living Food. This year the Association will
>begin to educate living food trainers and therapists. Two finnish doctoral
>thesis have been published recently concerning live food diet. You know raw food diet -
>or living food, elava ravinto, as we call it - is not commonly unknown in Finland.
That sounds like a lot of raw stuff for such a small population as Finland!
I have learned something today...thanks!
"Eliva ravinto"! Sounds cool. Wonder if I'm pronouncing it correctly...
>Of course I`m an oddity (hope I have the right word here :)) in this
>latitudes with my raw diet enthusiasm. In fact, here in the North near the Arctic Circle
>and Russian border in a town with 18 000 inhabitants I am weird just because
>I don`t eat meat!
I can only imagine, but repeat my impression that you _are_ remarkable...
>It`s unbelievable difficult to get organic
>vegetables here, especially in wintertime, not to mention fruits!. That is
>very frustrating. And I just heard from news that nowadays imported foods
>contain more pesticides than ever (and that is due to slack EU-directives!).
>Instead, organic grains, seeds, beans and such are well available.
Do you sprout at all? Again, for you to succeed at a high raw diet in such
circumstances is an inspiration to me. :)
Cheers,
Kirt
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