Day 2 October 2nd 2:23 PM

Food Eaten: Avocado, portobello mushroom, apples and bananas.
Quality of Life: Capable of cautious optimism
Activity level: Walked to the chair from the bed
Estimated raw food percentage: 100%

So I'm willing to admit I should've done more research. Or at least bought some food in advance.

Last night while falling asleep I realized I wanted potatoes and pasta more than anything in the world. Now, I'm a reasonably intelligent person, and I vaguely remember that starch and complex carbohydrates come from such things. But where could I get such things if they were raw?

You kind of can't, near as I could tell. I mean, you can eat raw potato, its just not highly recommended. It tastes like crap and your body has a devil of a time digesting it. Which sort of goes against the whole "Raw food is instantly useful to your body" thing. Though grains help. So thats on the grocery list for today, or whenever I get around to it.

I also found a bunch of people arguing for only fruits and vegetables. The premise was that while fruit looks very appetizing and feels natural, grains do not. I can see where they're coming from, after all, agrarian culture was probably something of a shock to the digestive system. But that was millennia ago.

Anyhow, the upshot seems to be that with enough simple carbohydrates from fruit your body will slowly learn not to be dependent on complex ones. I'm sure there's a downside here. Probably a lot of them actually. Anyhow, more research is needed...

As a side note while I read wikipedia to try and remind myself what complex carbohydrates are, nothing for me is more irritating than slogging through some of the more mystically inclined raw food articles. As a general rule of thumb, the minute someone refers to the life force of plants, I am out. Vitalism was rejected so long ago blogger will not accept it as a properly spelled word and I'd rather not encourage its return. While spiritual beliefs and nutrition go hand in hand at times, I've certainly eaten my share of Jesus body and blood, I'd rather this particular month remain secular.

Ah here we go, beans. Beans will provide protein and also give me a change of pace from fruits and vegetables, they also have delicious delicious starch in quantity. Legumes, how could I forget you. Though apparently they'll need to be sprouted, so that's going to be pretty damn exciting.

Anyhow, other things on the grocery list for the next little while, macca root, cloud ear mushroom, fresh flaxseed. Also, making and eating some of these recipes I have. Descriptions and reviews to follow in the next few days, or possibly just whining and a slow spiral into malnutrition.