The Raw Food Kitchen came about after a 5+ year battle with systemic candida which made me a sick, depressed, bloated insomniac shell of my former self.
I couldn’t digest any type of food without being in pain and bloating up like a balloon. I had major sugar cravings to the point where I would get in the car at 10pm at night to drive to a service station just to buy a tub of ice cream. And I never even used to like ice cream!
I was teary, angry, had constant bouts of tonsilitis, a face full of acne, flu’s and colds, shingles, and glandular fever. I was in a constant brain fog and had chronic sinus infections. My hormones were all out of whack and I never had a regular cycle, but had what felt like constant PMS. And never slept.
I spent countless hours and hard earned dollars trying to find a cure from conventional medicine (big mistake!).
In fact the pills and potions they were prescribing me were making me more unwell.
I turned to holistic health treatments and began to see a naturopath, and although I began to make some improvements I would get to a certain stage and stay there. I still did not feel like my old self.
I began to delve deeper and do some more research of my own. I did lots of detox treatments, tried lots of pro-biotics, vitamin C IV and B injections in the bum and went through some fantastic detox reactions. I started colonics and infra red saunas, and coffee enemas. You name it I was up for it!
And then I discovered healing using plant based foods and fermented foods.
Within 2 weeks I began to feel happier, healthier, more centred, I craved less junk – instead my body started to crave green juices!
After a month of changing my diet, I had lost the weight I had never been able to lose while trying to get better, I was sleeping through the night and waking up with energy and feeling alive again!
My balloon of a belly was going down too!
After two months of eating high raw vegan and fermented foods, I had cured myself of my health condition, all my niggling health conditions disappeared, I had my energy back and I could actually focus and get through the day without wanting to crawl into a corner somewhere.
I feel so blessed to have discovered this magical way of eating, using food as medicine.
It’s so simple really –
• Eat the way nature intended
• Sourcing local produce where possible
• Add fermented foods, superfoods and sprouts to heal the gut, boost the immune system
• Increase intake of colourful fruits and veges
• Receive the life force of plants.
But changing existing diets or eating habits can be tricky.
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Amanda 
Amanda is a qualified Raw Food Chef, Teacher and Coach, and published author.
