Now that I’m “all grown up” in my nutrition and cravings knowledge, I thought it’d be interesting to look back at my old food journal entries to point out “what went wrong” during those binges and intense cravings (for all the raw food journal entries posted on the website, go here). Why did I feel so out of control? What was I missing?

A whole lot, some of you say. You shrug. “Raw food. Not enough nutrition.”

Sure, to an extent. Raw food provides great nutrition from fruits and vegetables, but it isn’t sufficient. And I wasn’t eating enough food overall. I was scared of calories–even from raw food. I worried about eating too much fruit or fats from nuts and seeds.

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