Why I Eat Raw Carrots

To start 2019 with a bang… I bought a big bag of carrots. No, I was not wasting 3 pounds of vegetable to create 1 glass of carrot juice… I eat carrots as they are. Big, raw, orange sticks.

 

Here’s why I’ll try to eat as many raw carrots as I can in 2019.

 

1. Physical Health

 

Carrots don’t have a lot of sugar, salt, fat, caffeine, or much of anything to an extreme level except for vitamins and fiber.

 

I am not a health nut and I don’t do carrot research, but I have 2 convictions about carrots.

 

1. I don’t think they ‘improve your vision’ any more than pineapple.

2. Eating carrots is generally, good for your overall health.

 

2. Mental Health 

 

“The most delicious taste is that which does not bland the palette.” – Someone who died 2,000+ years ago.

 

When I bit into a raw carrot nearly 4 years ago (out of necessity, when I was in Thailand, totally broke) I noticed 2 things.

 

First, the taste wasn’t as overwhelmingly delicious as a bowl of white noodles filled with salt, sugar, and MSG.

 

Second… I could taste just a hint of sweetness. This raw vegetable was sweet.

 

I realized that I was (still am) accustomed to (hooked on) ultra-high levels of flavor and stimulation in food. This includes saltiness, sweetness, fattiness, all at very high levels.

 

A carrot has perhaps 1% the sweetness of a Coca Cola, but you’ll taste it if you give your palette a chance to recalibrate.

 

If I eat 1 raw carrot per day, no sauce, I maintain awareness of the ultra-concentrated foods I eat throughout the day, and control over my attraction and addiction to these foods.

 

3. Financial Health

 

A huge bag of carrots costs nothing.

 

This provides a perfect venue for avoiding ‘lifestyle creep’. (Living expenses expanding rapidly to meet or exceed your income) I can only eat so much in a day, so if I start with carrots I’m lowering my living costs, guaranteed.

 

Eating carrots puts the rest of the money I spend on food in perspective. (A $20 meal would literally buy me an uneatable amount of carrots.)

 

It reminds me that I can eat healthy for basically nothing, and that bread and fast food are not the solution.

 

More money to pour into investments, or into my own business seems like a good idea to me.

 

Raw Carrots… Will You Join Me?

 

For me, eating carrots is like a form of daily meditation.

 

For you, carrots can become a healthy, non-addictive, and financially intelligent decision.

 

Go to the store, buy a bag, and take a bite. (Best results if you do this now.)