While waiting for raw fast food chains, gourmet raw food cafes and raw vegan snacks stalls to be set up in our neighborhoods, staying raw in Singapore and Asia remains a definite challenge.

Besides the most commonly asked question about what I eat outside, there were also remarks like “troublesome, anti-social, impossible etc” coming from friends and relatives.

But challenging does not mean impossible! After turning raw, I’m grateful to say that I’m more alive than ever, still living in Singapore, and I still have my circle of loving friends.

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I was extremely reluctant to write about this, because the best way to deal with negative comments is simply not to deal with it.

But because so many of you asked, I guess I’ll just touch on 2 of the most common, and probably toughest types.

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Thinking that going raw may blow your budget? It definitely does not have to be. Check out the following budget survival tips every raw foodist must know:

1) Going Slow

The truth is - if you plan to be complete with elaborate equipment, measuring utensils and expect to prepare gourmet raw foods everyday, there will be some investment which needs to be made.

But you can always take smaller steps and go slowly. For beginners, I do not recommend getting expensive equipment right away. In fact, if you have my 3D2N Weekend Detox, you can see that a person can be raw even without a blender.

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These were some of the photos from my latest weekend gathering. If you think raw foods are boring, unpalatable and uninteresting, think again!

First, I served them some noodles with marinara sauce:

After 3 mins, we’ve got this!

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