Do you ever feel like having a nice bowl of breakfast cereal, even though it’s been years since you’ve last eaten it and don’t even like it anymore because it’s way too sweet and full of grains you don’t even like (anymore)?

I sometimes feel I could go for a nice bowl like that. But since going vegan, mostly raw vegan, I’ve learned how bad grains really are for the body. Their absence showed what it’s really like to feel the best in my own body (same goes for dairy products). I found a solution – a very simple and delicious one.

 

What you’ll need – raw vegan version:

• bananas (I mostly use 4-6)
• some fresh or frozen berries (I usually go with hand picked fresh or frozen blueberries from the forest nearby)
• coconut water
• about 50 g of nuts or seeds, one or several types (hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, hemp, flax, chia and/or pumpkin seeds)
• medjool dates if you have a major sweet tooth (the thing is very sweet without these already)
• dried bananas
• coconut flakes

 

For the vegan version you can add:

• coconut/almond milk
• banana chips (they differ from dried bananas in the fact that these are fried in coconut oil)

 

Blend the bananas with coconut water/coconut or almond milk. If you’re adding flax or chia seeds, which must be ground first, add about one soup or tea spoon in the blender. At this point you can also add the blueberries if you want them blended. Blend, pour in a bowl (a small salad bowl should do) and add everything else desired on top.

A word about grains, its proteins and fiber

Grains, no matter how much the mainstream media is trying to persuade us, aren’t food for human organism. First of all, they are seeds meant for plant reproduction. Animals eat them, which is nature’s way of spreading the seeds. In order for these seeds, and the starch they contain, to be edible for humans, they must be treated; ground to dust – flour, and then heat treated or just heat treated.

Heat treated grains cause toxemia due to acidity which is a cause for many chronic diseases.

Grains contain 20 % of proteins (for comparison – legumes 30 %, potatoes 6 %). We only need as much as 10 % max of protein per day. What is not used is excess and excess of protein is a cause of cancer. Our health is in our hands and therefore it’s important to consider how we manage it!

What about fiber? Grains do indeed contain certain fiber, but so do fruits and these are different kinds of fiber entirely. Roughly speaking there are two types, water soluble and water-insoluble. Water soluble fibers are essential to the body as it is unable to produce these on its own. They are mostly present in fruit and, to some extent, vegetables. They absorb water and act as a gel-like absorption fluid, allowing the substances to move through the gastrointestinal tract. Whereas water-insoluble fiber are found in grains and are rough on the intestines. They don’t absorb water, edges of the particles remain sharp and they literally scratch the sensitive intestinal walls.

 

Please note that the meal by this recipe contains a high number of fatty acids and should therefore not be eaten daily or if so, just reduce the amount of nuts and/or seeds or leave them out entirely.

Eat on an empty stomach or when you’ve only had raw food before as it digests quite quickly, yet it leaves you feeling full and satisfied for hours! Yumm!

 

 

References: The 80/10/10 diet, Dr. Douglas N. Graham

 

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