I bet that if you got a dollar for every time you heard someone unceremoniously exclaim "THAT's what you're eating?", you'd be on your way to being seriously wealthy by now. Feeling like the alien among the human masses can be part of the terrain when you are a raw fooder, vegan or even just a healthy eater. So ingrained in our social culture are food and drinking practices, that doing anything differently can feel like you are waving a red flag at a herd of bulls and shouting "come and mow me down guys, pronto!". Social situations can suddenly become fear-inducing occasions which make you want to pee your pants or run in the other direction. Gone are the days where you would grab a glass of vino and scoff down a beef canapé between drags of a cheeky smoke (only socially of course). However, Read more [...]