According to "The Joy of Living Live: A Raw Food Journey" by Zakhah, you haven't really been raw until you:
Eat at least 5 different varieties of the same fruit or vegetable
Try at least 20 new foods that you NEVER thought you would eat
Soak and sprout your own nuts, seeds, grains and beans
Plant and harvest food from your own garden
Prepare a raw meal for others that is so good, they begin preparing that same meal for others
Can eat a meal of just cherries or mangoes or avocados or _________ and feel perfectly satisfied
Can drink a fresh green juice straight up with nothing added
Can identify at least 3 edible plants on a nature walk
Watch the sunrise from the top of a mountain
Watch the sunset from the shore of a beach
Spend a night outside under the stars
Shop in an open air market in a foreign country
Shop in a local farmer's market
Walk barefoot in a field of grass
Drink young coconut water straight from the coconut
Peel and chop a stalk of sugar cane
Swim in a natural lake
Attend a raw food retreat
Feel completely happy and at peace with the Creator, the creation, humanity and yourself
Can do these things without FEAR
Start GLOWING and everyone tells you so
Amaze your doctor
Out-live you doctor
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