As a kid my mother forced me to eat meat even if I didn't like it. I grew up in a farm where vegetables, fruits and animals were available for food.Once in awhile we would kill an animal like a chicken or a rabbit for a meal and once a year a big pig to make salami etc. This was a normal routine on our farm.
When I came across meditation in India, in a center that is now Osho International Meditation Resort, I discover vegetarianism. It was there that I got to know the passion and the creativity that comes along with cooking and creating vegetarian recipes for thousands of visitor from allover the world.
And in that wonderful place I had the opportunity to create and create!!! And now I am in touch with the chefs there and I orchestrate the menu and recipes through mail.
In one occasion many years ago when I returned to Italy from India, out of habit I killed a rabbit for a dinner party, and in that moment it became very clear that the rabbit didn't like to be killed, so I asked myself "do I need to kill to eat?" For sure no!!
From that moment it became clear that I wanted to eat only vegetarian food.
Recently here in Sweden where I reside now I came across raw food and I took a course from Janne Larsen of the Nordic Raw Living Chef Academy. I'm now graduated as a Raw Chef.
It's very interesting to see the habit that we carry with us about food. Raw food is usually at room temperature and we are used to eat hot or warm food so is quite a change. On the other hand in raw food all the nutrients are available since by cooking most the enzyme get destroyed.
Often I get the question on where I get the protein as a vegetarian or vegan or raw eater?
The answer is quite logic. The cow doesn't eat meat but grass, and there are many animals that doesn't eat meat and they have no problem getting enough protein. Why would humans? Many studies say that the human digestive system is not made for digesting meat.
In fact there are more protein in kale leaves that the same amount of meat and like all the vegetables if eaten raw it contains enzymes that make the digestion easy.
And regarding the myth that drinking milk you get strong bones, USA and Sweden are the biggest consumer of milk pro capita and is where there are more cases of osteoporosis. Worth some thought.
I feel that vegan and raw is the future of food where respect for life is part of human consciousness and meditation is the key to consciousness.
When I came across meditation in India, in a center that is now Osho International Meditation Resort, I discover vegetarianism. It was there that I got to know the passion and the creativity that comes along with cooking and creating vegetarian recipes for thousands of visitor from allover the world.
And in that wonderful place I had the opportunity to create and create!!! And now I am in touch with the chefs there and I orchestrate the menu and recipes through mail.
In one occasion many years ago when I returned to Italy from India, out of habit I killed a rabbit for a dinner party, and in that moment it became very clear that the rabbit didn't like to be killed, so I asked myself "do I need to kill to eat?" For sure no!!
From that moment it became clear that I wanted to eat only vegetarian food.
Recently here in Sweden where I reside now I came across raw food and I took a course from Janne Larsen of the Nordic Raw Living Chef Academy. I'm now graduated as a Raw Chef.
It's very interesting to see the habit that we carry with us about food. Raw food is usually at room temperature and we are used to eat hot or warm food so is quite a change. On the other hand in raw food all the nutrients are available since by cooking most the enzyme get destroyed.
Often I get the question on where I get the protein as a vegetarian or vegan or raw eater?
The answer is quite logic. The cow doesn't eat meat but grass, and there are many animals that doesn't eat meat and they have no problem getting enough protein. Why would humans? Many studies say that the human digestive system is not made for digesting meat.
In fact there are more protein in kale leaves that the same amount of meat and like all the vegetables if eaten raw it contains enzymes that make the digestion easy.
And regarding the myth that drinking milk you get strong bones, USA and Sweden are the biggest consumer of milk pro capita and is where there are more cases of osteoporosis. Worth some thought.
I feel that vegan and raw is the future of food where respect for life is part of human consciousness and meditation is the key to consciousness.
