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Note: I am posting this entry to answer some questions I’ve gotten from people on twitter. This is not an attempt at prosteletyzing: I hate it when people get preachy about food. Your diet is your business, and you’re awesome.

My wife and I been vegetarians for about 20 years and, like many of others, my diet has become *really* carbohydrate intensive. As time goes on, it becomes very easy to focus on bread, rice, and pasta instead of a healthier, more balanced diet.

The long term results of this diet, coupled with a high tech, sedentary life style are obesity and, with alarming frequency, diabetes.

I’ve been trying to find a convenient mindset that will allow me to rapidly decide what to eat. Moderation doesn’t work for me: things tend to spin back out of balance pretty quickly as soon as work gets busy. The easiest way for me to meet my nutritional goals is to pick an immersive lifestyle that maps closely to them.

I know that a lot of raw vegans feel that uncooked food is nutritionally superior to cooked ones, but for me, this is a simple, pragmatic choice. Going raw immediately eliminates all of the bread, pasta, chips, and other crap that typically constituted the bulk my diet and replaces them with a highly desirable but rarely seen combination of raw fruits, nuts, and vegetables.

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