Axel,

One possibility to consider is that when you eat cooked or junk food,
you
stop the elimination or detoxification process which occurs during a
raw
diet or fast.  So naturally you will feel better when you return to
junk
eating, because the toxins are no longer being released into your
bloodstream.  Instead they remain in your body to give you more
serious
problems down the road.   This makes intuitive sense to me.  I cannot
state with absolute certainty this is what happening, however, because
I
don't feel I have come close to detoxing sufficiently myself.  I've
haven't been able to stay 100% raw for more than two months, and I've
never managed more than a three-day fast.

But my limited experience with raw veganism has been positive.
Shortly
after beginning this diet, my body spontaneously expelled a cancerous
bladder polyp (which I didn't even know I had).  After a few more
months
of raw eating I had conventional tests which showed me to be cancer
free.

Like you, I don't want to eat meat, and though I respect those who
feel
they need it, I am listening to my inner voice which tells me to take
another path.  I've eaten raw cheese on occasion, but though it is
filling
and satisfying, I can tell the next day that it is clogging up my
system.
At this time I feel that what is doing the most for my health and
overall
well-being is raw fruits, vegetables, sprouts, nuts and seeds (with
maybe
some raw grains) and at least one green juice a day.  I also want to
start
doing some longer (1-2 week) fasts when circumstances permit.

Mark
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