This morning I came across a guy who’s been eating raw for over a decade and it wasn’t what you’d expect.

t’s not blending five pounds of kale and adding sea moss, hoping for a detox fix.

It’s not just crunching celery while everyone else loads up their plates.

It’s not sipping wheatgrass through a straw and quoting chlorophyll facts.

It’s not living on fruit, tracking enzymes, or moving somewhere tropical to feel legit.

And it’s definitely not arguing in raw food groups every time someone mentions steamed broccoli or cooked quinoa.

No.

It’s that sticking to raw, nutrient-rich food over the long term might be the simplest, most effective way to build a high-performance body and mind and sidestep the slow, degenerative collapse that passes for “normal” aging.

Consider the saying, “You are what you eat,” and how it links to everything from energy to aging.

The lower your intake of raw, whole plants, the more prone you are to inflammation, fatigue, and decline.
At bare minimum, when your meals lack raw fiber and living nutrients, you feel off your game and when that becomes your “normal,” the cost adds up fast.

So, I don’t eat raw to win a medal in dietary virtue.

I do it because it’s directly tied to steady energy, better digestion, clearer skin, sharper focus, and easier recovery.

And in my opinion, there’s no better place to start than with these foundations: nutrient-dense, high-raw meals that actually taste good.

That’s why I created my book Raw Food Secrets as a practical field guide for building meals that don’t disappoint, don’t take hours, and don’t need a culinary degree to pull off.

(You don’t need to know everything about raw food to start. You just need a structure that works and something you’ll actually use.)

In part one, I shared the recipe framework that flips eating raw from guesswork into a repeatable system - how to prep with purpose, flexibility, and almost zero friction. In part two, I broke down 15 real-world meals using calorie density, nutrient balance, and synergy to keep your energy stable, digestion smooth, and prep simple enough to stick with. Those who used the template were surprised by how easy eating high-raw became and how naturally they stopped craving the usual comfort foods.

The more I shared it, the more it helped.

So I organized it into Raw Food Secrets and you can get it now if you’re ready to use it.

To start using the framework yourself, go to Raw Food Secrets

Irina Valeva

​​www.IrinaValeva.com​