Brad Gruno, Owner of Raw Foods
Brad
Gruno, Owner of Raw Foods
Interviewed
by Tocarra Eldridge
The Owner of Raw Foods, Brad Gruno, has just come out with
a new chip called Brad’s Kale Chips. I was granted an
interview with the healthy food eater. Here is what he had to share with
the readers about a healthy eating lifestyle and his forthcoming book Brad’s
Raw Made Easy.
Tocarra Eldridge: In order to live a healthy
lifestyle, what should an individual be conscious of and live by on an everyday
basis to not forget why they want to live a healthier lifestyle?
Brad Gruno: We have to definitely be
conscious of what we eat. We are what we eat. We want to be conscious of eating
the proper foods, because we want to live a vibrant life. You must have good
healthy raw foods in order to live a vibrant life.
Tocarra: At one point in your life you had
high-cholesterol and couldn’t sleep through the night due to having insomnia.
How did you overcome these health issues?
Brad: I changed my diet to eating more
raw foods. Today probably 80% of my diet is living raw foods, which include
fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts. When I changed my diet and loss 40 pounds,
along with the proper exercise, my cholesterol came down to perfect. The
biggest thing that helped me sleep through the night was cutting down alcohol.
It’s eating a healthier diet, not eating late at night and cutting back on the
alcohol. When you eat late at night, your body is in digestive mode all night
and tends to keep you up.
Tocarra: You intake raw foods such as kale
and veggie chips on a daily basis. Can you enlighten us on the difference between
eating raw veggie foods as opposes to eating them cooked or eating other foods
not listed in the vegetable food group?
Brad: Number 1, it’s alive, meaning it
has living enzymes in the food which aid digestion for our bodies. If you eat
food that is not alive, it’s not aiding your digestion. That’s why we need to
eat more living raw food to aid our digestion. So, it’s all about the enzymes
that aid our digestion.
Tocarra: You’re releasing a new book titled
Brad’s Raw Made Easy. What was the inspiration to putting together this brilliant
book?
Brad: It inspired me to get a book out
to the public because I made it very easy for myself. I’m an easy, simple
person. I felt as if I’m able to do it that everyone is able to do it. There
are other books out there that are way too difficult to follow the recipes, and
it just wasn’t easy. I felt like I had to get this out to everyone else to let
them know it’s not as hard as they make it out to be.
Tocarra: In your new book, what kind of
recipes can individuals anticipate preparing in hopes of eating healthier and
having a healthier lifestyle?
Brad: The recipes are very easy
recipes. It’s just eating with more fruits, vegetable, seeds and nuts. I wanted
to get that out to aspire Americans to eat healthier.
Tocarra: You also mention a 60 day
cleanse, with 30 of those days of those consuming 100% raw foods. Is there a
certain challenge a person should be ready to take on in order to break their
everyday eating habits?
Brad: In my book I give a day by day
instruction to hold someone’s hand to go through this. I teach them how to get
out of eating a lot of processed cooked foods. For the first two weeks I wean
them down from eating processed foods to more raw foods. I give day by day
instructions on what to eat and how to eat for those 30 days to cleanse. Then
for the last two weeks I wean them back on an 80/20 diet.
Tocarra: A lot of individuals seem to think
that it takes more time and effort out of there day in order to eat a healthy
diet. Do you feel as though eating healthy is much more time consuming as
opposed to an unhealthy diet?
Brad: Absolutely not! It was easier for
me, because my breakfast consists of a kale green smoothie which I can make in
a couple of minutes in a blender. It taste fantastic compared to cooking my
traditional eggs, bacon and toast which will take me a half hour to cook and an
half hour to clean up…when I can have a kale green smoothie in a matter of
minutes. It was 100% easier for me.
Tocarra: What advice would you share with individuals
who have no ambition or do not know where to begin to have a healthier
lifestyle?
Brad: Yes, because I was in that boat.
There are a lot of groups, raw food and healthy eating groups. What inspired me
was to get around other people that eat healthy. Being around those people is
what kept me on track. I would go to raw food restaurants everyday just to get
inspired. I would go to health food stores all of the time asking questions.
Anybody can google ‘raw food meet up groups’ and get around those people and
dive into it that way. They inspire you because they are feeling better. You
just have to put yourself around it more and more.
Tocarra: Would you like to add anything in
closing that we haven’t discussed before we close the interview?
Brad: I think if anybody else
wants any additional information, we offer a lot of free services and
information on our website. If anybody has any questions, feel free to email
your questions to us. We don’t even charge for that. Just by going to our
website we have a lot of free things there to help and inspire people. I just
appreciate you for reaching out, and hopefully I can just get one person to
think about eating healthier.
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