Originally published July 26 2005
Celebrities become icons for raw food revolution
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
In her column for The Statesman, Genevieve Roberts says that celebrities like Uma Thurman and Natalie Portman are leading the way in the raw food revolution, making it more socially acceptable to be seen eating uncooked food in the name of optimum health.
Uma Thurman, Natalie Portman and Alicia Silverstone have all been eating uncooked food in the name of optimum health.
She threatens me with weight gain on my upper legs, a muzzy head and unclear thoughts.
She suggests that I eat vast quantities of pumpkin seeds, raw nuts, avocado and fresh juices.
"Uma Thurman would probably drink fresh juice and eat fruit for breakfast, and salads with grain, avocados and sprouts for lunch."
Bread is the most difficult thing to give up when eating a raw-food diet, says Karen Knowler, author of Raw Food for Beginners.
Phytochemicals, which make you feel good, get destroyed by cooking and enzymes in food are destroyed at 48 degrees Celsius," Knowler says.
But, she tells me, my body will be cleaning out the caffeine residue from many years of relying on coffee to trigger some semblance of alertness in the mornings.
Commercial fruit juices are pasteurised so I should make my own, and add nuts, olives, avocados and seeds to salads for extra energy.
The Little Earth Cafe in Primrose Hill is London's only raw-food eatery.
Katia advises people to use almond milk as opposed to dairy, honey instead of refined sugar, and cut out caffeine.
My day is spent feeding oranges and ginger, strawberries and banana into the lawnmower-sounding appliance.
A trip down to the local organic store to stock up on alfalfa sprouts, unroasted nuts and almond milk.
Heston Blumenthal, owner of the Fat Duck at Bray in Berkshire, voted the world's best restaurant by Restaurant magazine, is not impressed with my raw diet.
My blood pressure is up to 110/70 but this is probably just because I have been rushing around in the heat.
Two kilos, which is five pounds, which is almost half a stone.
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