Why mono-meals?

Mono-meals are an important aspect of a low-fat raw vegan’s diet. That’s not to say that we’ll make something fancier sometimes, but the majority of the time, we try to eat one thing at a time. So why would we do this? I mean, it seems so boring, right?

Maybe so, if you’re used to eating more complex meals, but once you’ve gotten into mono-meals, you start to realize the beauty of them. You actually get to taste your food. It’s not masked or diminished by other flavors. If you eat mangoes, you get to enjoy them in all their glory.

Who’d want to mask these babies?

In addition to taste appreciation, there’s also the digestive aspect. Think about it: instead of having to process five to ten ingredients (or more) that might digest at different speeds, you just have to worry about one.

But, at the root of it, it’s just the natural thing to do. Name one animal that combines two or three foods in a single sitting. If you were an ape in the wild and came across a fig tree, it makes sense that you would sit in that fig tree until you were full; who knows when your next meal would be? You certainly wouldn’t want to go searching for something else on a half-full belly. We don’t have to worry about those kinds of problems now, but there’s no reason we shouldn’t be giving our bodies exactly what they want: simple, high-carb meals.

What’s your take on mono-meals? Yay or nay?