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Stop Complaining and Go Raw Today!
Quit complaining about how hard it is to stay raw, how difficult it is to find quality fresh foods, how much it sucks feeling isolated from your friends and loved ones.
Wah wah wah. 
Today is seriously the best time to start a raw food diet. Seriously, it is.
Go RAW and be FIT,
Swayze
Can Low Fat Raw Vegans Get Pumped?
Chris asks:
My question is, can somebody please show me examples of STRENGTH athletes that are low fat raw and filled with muscle? All the examples I’ve seen people point to have been endurance athletes… or the high fat, supplement consuming raw foodists who also are weightlifters.
Specifically, does anyone know of any powerlifters, MMA fighters, football or some type athlete that needs a lot of muscle who is raw and thriving? I really would like to see some other examples of success other than “amateurs”… or distance type athletes that are thriving on raw.
Thank you Swayze… your blog is great! You’ve given me great guidance… can you help me with this area too?
Are you talking about strength or size? Yes, it is possible to build strength on low fat raw. No, it is not possible to build substantial size (like you would see in cooked food bodybuilders) on low fat raw. A low fat raw, enhancement-free vegan could never compete and win in any contest judging for size and form.
Look up Charlie Abel for a low fat raw vegan bodybuilder. He’s certainly ripped, but I’ve seen female lifters bigger than he.
I just want to be clear, I’m not knocking Charlie or other raw vegan lifters. I think he looks GREAT, really toned and healthy. I just don’t want to give any false hope that someone eating a clean and simple fruit-based, carbohydrate-rich, low-fat, salt and steroid-free raw vegan diet can grow to look like Schwarzenegger or Stallone.
Hope that helps!
Swayze
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[..YouTube..] LOL! Be the person you soooooooo want to be! Go RAW! It’s so worth it!
I started my first ever juice fast 1st Jan and have completed 6 x 10 day juice fast since then. Never looked back. I’m not perfect, but eating high raw and continuing juice fast and juicing green juice daily. There’s no looking back for me! Hey!! I went to COSTCO’s last Saturday. and the value was exceptional. OK not organic, but great quality!! Great video!!
[..YouTube..] Well said!
[..YouTube..] Well said!
[..YouTube..] Well said!
[..YouTube..] @Avrilxxxmac Going raw is definitely worth it. And having a Costco makes it so much easier.
[..YouTube..] @Avrilxxxmac Going raw is definitely worth it. And having a Costco makes it so much easier.
[..YouTube..] @Avrilxxxmac Going raw is definitely worth it. And having a Costco makes it so much easier.
[..YouTube..] @Avrilxxxmac Going raw is definitely worth it. And having a Costco makes it so much easier.
Great perspective. There are many fruits available to us. I’m reading, “The fruit hunters,” right now and amazed and at all the different fruits that exist that I’ve never heard about. It’s amazing. ; )
Swayze Reply:
September 17th, 2010 at 8:32 PM
I LOVE that book! It makes my mouth water.
[..YouTube..] Are you 100%? How long? Where do you live?
[..YouTube..] Are you 100%? How long? Where do you live?
[..YouTube..] Are you 100%? How long? Where do you live?
[..YouTube..] Are you 100%? How long? Where do you live?
[..YouTube..] @considereden I’ve been something like 99% raw since November 2007. I was 100% raw from December ’08 to March or April 2010 (I had some steamed veg) and have been 100% since then. I live in Memphis, TN.
[..YouTube..] @considereden I’ve been something like 99% raw since November 2007. I was 100% raw from December ’08 to March or April 2010 (I had some steamed veg) and have been 100% since then. I live in Memphis, TN.
[..YouTube..] @considereden I’ve been something like 99% raw since November 2007. I was 100% raw from December ’08 to March or April 2010 (I had some steamed veg) and have been 100% since then. I live in Memphis, TN.
[..YouTube..] @considereden I’ve been something like 99% raw since November 2007. I was 100% raw from December ’08 to March or April 2010 (I had some steamed veg) and have been 100% since then. I live in Memphis, TN.
[..YouTube..] @considereden I’ve been something like 99% raw since November 2007. I was 100% raw from December ’08 to March or April 2010 (I had some steamed veg) and have been 100% since then. I live in Memphis, TN.
[..YouTube..] Thanks Swayze.
[..YouTube..] Iceland is hardly the coldest country out there, though. Not a really good example… Interesting point about the organic food stores, but a bit assumptive to think people just go buy there for health reasons and not because they don’t want to support a harmful and exploitive industry. My banana from Spain might still be healthier than not having a banana, but tell that the immigrant workers spraying shit & getting ill.
[..YouTube..] Iceland is hardly the coldest country out there, though. Not a really good example… Interesting point about the organic food stores, but a bit assumptive to think people just go buy there for health reasons and not because they don’t want to support a harmful and exploitive industry. My banana from Spain might still be healthier than not having a banana, but tell that the immigrant workers spraying shit & getting ill.
[..YouTube..] Iceland is hardly the coldest country out there, though. Not a really good example… Interesting point about the organic food stores, but a bit assumptive to think people just go buy there for health reasons and not because they don’t want to support a harmful and exploitive industry. My banana from Spain might still be healthier than not having a banana, but tell that the immigrant workers spraying shit & getting ill.
[..YouTube..] Iceland is hardly the coldest country out there, though. Not a really good example… Interesting point about the organic food stores, but a bit assumptive to think people just go buy there for health reasons and not because they don’t want to support a harmful and exploitive industry. My banana from Spain might still be healthier than not having a banana, but tell that the immigrant workers spraying shit & getting ill.
[..YouTube..] Iceland is hardly the coldest country out there, though. Not a really good example… Interesting point about the organic food stores, but a bit assumptive to think people just go buy there for health reasons and not because they don’t want to support a harmful and exploitive industry. My banana from Spain might still be healthier than not having a banana, but tell that the immigrant workers spraying shit & getting ill.
[..YouTube..] Lol, when I went raw, I already rarely went out to eat, and even non organic stuff here tastes, great… I wasnt that big on fast food, and a lot of my friends were vegetarian/vegan… So it was really easy and natural for me… Btw I was 14
[..YouTube..] Lol, when I went raw, I already rarely went out to eat, and even non organic stuff here tastes, great… I wasnt that big on fast food, and a lot of my friends were vegetarian/vegan… So it was really easy and natural for me… Btw I was 14
[..YouTube..] Lol, when I went raw, I already rarely went out to eat, and even non organic stuff here tastes, great… I wasnt that big on fast food, and a lot of my friends were vegetarian/vegan… So it was really easy and natural for me… Btw I was 14
[..YouTube..] Lol, when I went raw, I already rarely went out to eat, and even non organic stuff here tastes, great… I wasnt that big on fast food, and a lot of my friends were vegetarian/vegan… So it was really easy and natural for me… Btw I was 14
[..YouTube..] Lol, when I went raw, I already rarely went out to eat, and even non organic stuff here tastes, great… I wasnt that big on fast food, and a lot of my friends were vegetarian/vegan… So it was really easy and natural for me… Btw I was 14
[..YouTube..] Low fat/Raw Vegan is definitely NOT mostly fruit. If you are new, include as much leafy greens as you can. I do a smoothie in the morning with lots of greens, a fruit, often an apple. I like to add some ginger and lemon too. All this gets the most good from all the ingredients. Love the fruit all day and a mega salad in the evening with lots of mixed greens, etc. I add goodies like sprouted pumpkin seeds and/or sprouted adzuki beans for example. Squeeze a tomato and half a lemon on it. Mmm!
[..YouTube..] Low fat/Raw Vegan is definitely NOT mostly fruit. If you are new, include as much leafy greens as you can. I do a smoothie in the morning with lots of greens, a fruit, often an apple. I like to add some ginger and lemon too. All this gets the most good from all the ingredients. Love the fruit all day and a mega salad in the evening with lots of mixed greens, etc. I add goodies like sprouted pumpkin seeds and/or sprouted adzuki beans for example. Squeeze a tomato and half a lemon on it. Mmm!
[..YouTube..] Low fat/Raw Vegan is definitely NOT mostly fruit. If you are new, include as much leafy greens as you can. I do a smoothie in the morning with lots of greens, a fruit, often an apple. I like to add some ginger and lemon too. All this gets the most good from all the ingredients. Love the fruit all day and a mega salad in the evening with lots of mixed greens, etc. I add goodies like sprouted pumpkin seeds and/or sprouted adzuki beans for example. Squeeze a tomato and half a lemon on it. Mmm!
[..YouTube..] Low fat/Raw Vegan is definitely NOT mostly fruit. If you are new, include as much leafy greens as you can. I do a smoothie in the morning with lots of greens, a fruit, often an apple. I like to add some ginger and lemon too. All this gets the most good from all the ingredients. Love the fruit all day and a mega salad in the evening with lots of mixed greens, etc. I add goodies like sprouted pumpkin seeds and/or sprouted adzuki beans for example. Squeeze a tomato and half a lemon on it. Mmm!
[..YouTube..] Low fat/Raw Vegan is definitely NOT mostly fruit. If you are new, include as much leafy greens as you can. I do a smoothie in the morning with lots of greens, a fruit, often an apple. I like to add some ginger and lemon too. All this gets the most good from all the ingredients. Love the fruit all day and a mega salad in the evening with lots of mixed greens, etc. I add goodies like sprouted pumpkin seeds and/or sprouted adzuki beans for example. Squeeze a tomato and half a lemon on it. Mmm!