Raw, modified. (aka, cooked.)

So.

I'm back. Sort of.

I thought it was just about time for me to detox before winter reared its ugly head, causing me to gorge on nothing but dairy and carbs until the spring thaw. Somehow it comforts me to cleanse and prove to myself that I can break my addiction to these things briefly before I succumb all winter long.

This time however, my plan is slightly different. I've actually been reading a lot about nutrition these days, and if I've learned anything, it's that modern science is far less knowledgeable about the field than it lets on. What we do know, and what I believe, is that we eat a lot of processed foods and sugar in this part of the world, and that stuff just isn't good for us.

I've admitted before that the raw diet has more than its fair share of quackery, however, it also necessarily omits any substance that is of questionable nutritional value, and instead focuses on non-processed, whole foods that are unarguably good for us; greens, vegetables, fruit and nuts. It is also very, very tedious.

So this time around, I've decided to embrace the foods the comprise the raw diet, but, well, cook them a little. Cooking food may or may not (depending on who you ask) suck away the life-force and nutritional benefits in our food, OR, it may actually make our food healthier, by making its vitamins and such easier for our bodies to access. I'm not going to get into that debate here. Instead, I am going to try my own detox plan. I am going to limit my diet to only foods that I would eat while raw, but ease up the rules on preparation. We'll see what happens.

I'll be doing this for as long as I can, but my goal is 2-4 weeks. I don't expect that this will be much easier on my social life than raw, but I'll do my best to stick to my plan and eat in public if the occasion arises. All details will be chronicled here. As always, I welcome comrades in my quest for digestive purity. As always, do NOT fucking offer me a cookie.

And away we go.