Ok, so I recently saw a documentary about this and heard about it in a lecture a while ago at university, apparently it is the healthiest diet you can get, so I thought, 'What the hey?' and decided to take it up for five days. Five days of fruit, veg, seeds, nuts and not much else... Oh, and all uncooked!
Here I shall document my progress and see if I really do end up feeling better!
DAY ONE.
This seemed like a fun idea, a great excuse to try making things such as houmous, something I'd always fancied making! I spent £20 at Sainsbury's (look, I am (technically still) a student, I can't afford fancy health-food shops!) and carried the whole lot home! I made my first 'meal' up, sat down in the lounge and spent time with my housemates. Then one of them remembered that the giant-chocolate-cream-filled muffin in his fridge was about to go out of date. Good timing! He brought it into the room with plates and forks after I'd said I would have some and 'start the diet tomorrow', but I did something I was very proud of, I ended up having the willpower to say no! I sat there with my bowl of raw peas whilst they stuffed their faces and made remarks about how good it was. I was already feeling good.
What I ate...
Peas, blueberries, pea shoots.
Homemade houmous with carrot sticks.
Cherries.
Strawberry and banana smoothies.
Homemade peanut butter.
DAY TWO:
The giant muffin came out once again! Again I resisted! Please pat me on the back! :) However, I'm already getting tired of this limited diet. I'm supposed to be noticing a change, I have; my stomach is having a complete go at me! I suffer with IBS and let me tell you, this diet does not help it at all! I also have to pretty much constantly eat to keep my energy levels up!
What I ate...
Raw porridge with peanuts and strawberries.
Bean and pea salad (black-eyed beans, berlotti beans, chickpeas, peas) with a lemon and herb dressing.
Broccoli and bean soup (black-eyed beans, berlotti beans, butter beans).
Banana, strawberry and grape smoothie.
Cherries.
Seeds.
Mushrooms.
Grapes and strawberries.
