Time and time again, turning to a richly hued living foods diet has helped me to almost instantly break the spell of “over-carbification”.
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The post below was originally published on my “This Raw Life” blog on March 28, 2009: De-Carbing with a Rainbow Foods Diet
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Carb Overload Adds Dead Weight, Bloat, and Pastiness
After carb-festing a couple days ago, I can feel the effects of it in my body now. Cooked carbs are just completely dead energy in the body, and I can feel an increase in heaviness and stiffness, as if my body is now carrying some dead weight in it rather than the wonderful “lightness of being” that live foods give. As a dancer (hiatus or no), weighing the body down and creating stiffness through diet just seems insane to me — it’s the opposite direction I wish to be going right now! I can instantly tell people who are very big into cooked carbs — their bellies are bloated, their skin is pasty and lacking a natural glow, and they become sleepy very often. It’s just what carbs do. And I don’t want any part of it.
So I’m flooding my system right now with all the great raw foods that I know from experience are potent “direction-shifters” that rapidly break a negative state into one with more energy and lightness. These foods are rich in color — bright orange, deep green, bright yellow, rich brown, and blood-red fuschia. Antioxidants and minerals are intrinsically rich in color, and it’s the antioxidants and minerals that build a body and life force that is dynamic and full of energy! I’ve set the intention that, next time I’m craving a bowl (or two) of pasta, to listen to see if there’s something I could do to satisfy that craving in another way. For example, I’m aware that sometimes I just want to sedate myself with carbs because my energy is just too high. In which case, maybe an intense workout is all that’s needed as a way to use up or redirect that available energy.
In the meantime, I’m flooding my body with the raw foods rich in color… a veritable rainbow.
Easy Raw “Rainbow Foods” Meal Plan for the Today
First off: Polysaccharide-rich foods, which I’m getting right now in the form of raw “Soda Pop” and tea made with Goji Berry, Lemon, and organic raw Apple Cide Vinegar. If I had noni on hand, I’d throw it’s lovely purple-ness into a nice Noni Soda. But alas… am noni-free at the moment.
Next: I’ve got fresh vegetable juice planned for this afternoon, made with Kale, Celery, Ginger, and Apple. Nothing more rapidly breaks an energy stalement or the effects of carb-overload, in my experience, than fresh green juices. Fresh juices in general, but fresh green juices especially.
For main meals I’m making: An avocado salad with red onion, sweet red pepper, garlic, and chopped beets.
As well as: A creamy warm live blended, curried soup with turmeric, garlic, hemp seeds, coriander and fresh cilantro, with shredded sweet potato.
And finally: Am making “hot cocoas” with raw chocolate, raw maca, and raw carob. Not “rainbow pretty”, but earthy, like gorgeously rich soil.
You can’t go wrong if you just think “live foods” and “color” at the same time! 
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