Hello everyone, this is Elias Cepeda. Among many other less noteworthy things, I’m the editor at www.InsideFighting.com which, as we like to say, is the premier boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) news source in the world. Sports fans can already get enough of me on the pages of InsideFighting so at first I wasn’t entirely sure why I started a WordPress account but I do believe I’ve thought of something different (and hopefully interesting) enough to make good use of this fine site and their services.
Over the next weeks and month I’ll be busy interviewing fighters, writing and editing stories and coordinating coverage of big events like those of the UFC. That’s normal. But what will be a bit different is the fact that I’ll be trying to do it, as well as everything else in my life, fueled entirely by raw food.
Interestingly enough, raw food isn’t an oxymoronic phrase much to my own surprise. Apparently there’s a whole world of appetizers, entrees and desserts prepared without actual heated cooking. What’s more, there are those who say such meals are actually healthier than my typical (and wonderful, if I do say so myself) fare of all sorts of battered, fried, baked, stewed, at least sautéed delicacies.
Even crazier some of this weird stuff is supposed to be pretty tasty. We’ll, I guess I’m now officially one of the people with such an opinion as recently I’ve occassionally free loaded some pretty good items from Chicago’s Cousin’s Incredible Vitality (IV, for short) from my mother, who is giving a raw food diet a sincere go, and I have to say I’ve enjoyed it.
I made the mistake of commenting openly about how the odd falafel wrap and tomato soup from Cousin’s kitchen was pretty good and now a generous late Christmas gift offer from my beautiful girlfriend has me set to begin a month long period of all raw meals beginning tonight.
Last week I ate pizza on three different days. I considered that an average week.
This morning I fried some eggs, beans, sausage (yes, it was veggie but it was still nice and greasy) for breakfast and when I step away from the computer in a few moments it will be to make a few grilled cheese sandwiches (All this may not be so great for my lingering bronchitis but hey, I love cheese and oil). The closest I’ve ever gotten to eating full raw meals before was gorging myself on entirely too much tempura-laden sushi (for example, a week from last Friday at the Sushi Lounge all you can eat buffet. Yes, I recommend it highly.) and that wasn’t even fully raw.
Occasionally I’ve eaten cold pizza but unfortunately I’ve also recently learned that doesn’t count as raw. I know I like the items at Cousins, but I’m not sure how well I’ll react at, let’s say, hour 12 without cheese (raw cheese exists, but I’ll be eating raw and vegan).
I won’t get into now what cheese has meant to my life, but I will say that my “Eat Cheese or Die” t-shirt is at this very second downstairs in the clean clothes pile waiting for me to bring it up to my closet. I am genuinely interested to see what this “detox” diet will do for my overall health. Covering boxing and MMA, I’ve run into many fighters who eliminate dairy from at least their training camp diets and go out of their way to eat dark leafy green vegetables to balance their body, reduce acid and have the energy to do the amazing things they do in the ring.
Will this diet along with sleeping more and drinking enough water help me get rid of this bronchitis? If it does and I can get back to my own meager physical training, will I have enough energy from this raw, vegan diet not to pass out on the mats?
We’ll see. I’ll also ask health, fitness and fighting (for my base) experts to weigh in on this whole raw thing.
All this in addition to detailed accounts of my hunger pangs, dairy withdrawal, and photos of my food, will make up this blog. So will answers to any questions I get from readers.
I hope you enjoy it. If not, I’d rather you write me at Elias@insidefighting.com to tell me why and give me time to possibly improve it before you check out entirely.
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