In Focus | Raw food experiment
Embracing a raw food diet: Day six
Gulf News reporter Kevin Scott ate nothing but uncooked fruit and vegetables for a week, a diet embraced by Video Editor Jaye Lentin. In this serialised diary, Kevin writes about how he got on during each day of the extreme diet.
- By Kevin Scott, Multimedia Reporter
- Published: 12:01 July 8, 2010
- Image Credit: Supplied
- "I crave hummus rather than a steak, a sandwich rather than a burger," says Kevin.
DAY SIX: Wednesday, June 9: Tempted to cheat
I have got into a bit of a routine. I get up, make a fruit smoothie and head to the office. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I have little difficulty observing the raw food diet during daylight hours but I don't think I could take many more salad dinners.
I have been drinking a lot of water and bananas give me enough fuel to get through the day. I am pleasantly surprised that there has been no side affects of the detox such as headaches, stomach pains or any general feelings of weakness.
However, the bottom line is that it is not a very fun diet. I don't crave fast food or fizzy soft drinks in any way at all. But I would absolutely love to add tuna or cheese to a salad or use tortilla chips instead of asparagus to dip into the guacamole. It's definitely the smaller, subtle things that you miss the most. I crave hummus rather than a steak, a sandwich rather than a burger.
I was very, very tempted to break the diet this evening but managed to hold strong with just over 24 hours to go. My other half suggested a trip to the cinema and the thought of a large tub of salted popcorn sent my taste buds into overdrive. In the end I declined and went to bed for another early night.
I have done well to get this far but I'm looking forward to the moment the clock strikes midnight tomorrow evening. Not because I'm dying to eat something unhealthy but because I just want to eat something that's not raw fruit or vegetables.
Raw food diary
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Embracing a raw food diet: Day seven
The diet ends with a roll at midnight, but just how much weight did Kevin lose?
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Embracing a raw food diet: Day six
Kevin resists temptation and laments hummus cravings as the diet almost ends
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Embracing a raw food diet: Day five
Kevin's sister betrays him with chocolate and he tries watermelons
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Embracing a raw food diet: Day four
Kevin compares hummus and crisps on day four of his raw food diet
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Embracing a raw food diet: Day three
An olive treat for our reporter who lived off nothing but raw fruit and veg for a week
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Embracing a raw food diet: Day two
Kevin Scott tries his hand at exercise and raw food cooking on day two.
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Embracing a raw food diet: Day one
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