Reacting to my first video (when I ate a raw vegan diet)

[@nasjiaglenn1869]

I just like the phrase "traveling in the raw".

[@SamanthaShelley]

Nasjia Glenn hahahaha

[@JessicaSponseller]

My brain filled in Catcher in the Rye.

[@iammicrowavable]

I have not stopped laughing about this.

[@ImaginethenorthNet]

yeah, sounds like Swayze on the road nekkid

[@indeeditiscirro]

Lol I don't understand that phrase wording 😂

[@leifd731]

pretty sure ive never seen a youtuber debunk themselves like this. Pretty funny vid.

[@myramyraUSA]

Yes, it's sad, weird, and unnecessary. I remember walking around NYC with a backpack full of bananas. I'm glad I moved on from that.

[@daisyg509]

Myra Myra hahahaha hilarious!

[@mashakissochka5596]

omg congrats lol

[@marianrising5557]

omg😂😂💀

[@coconutsoursop8539]

You could have simply made a smoothie

[@brittniep9219]

Omg hahaha

[@antonellaregueira4618]

it's like watching a totally different person

[@martairla9578]

@Goddess Ella Haha. It is a very old video. She IS younger :P

[@Twistedhippy]

You didn't need glasses when you were raw! cooked food kills your eyes!

[@Twistedhippy]

And you looked way younger back then, cook food ages you!

[@XDCherylLi]

Twistedhippy ah... I feel so sad for you.

[@Twistedhippy]

Cheryl Li I have no idea what you mean 😉

[@sapphireotaku3399]

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic. :)

[@Twistedhippy]

Sapphire Otaku If people think I'm serious then it makes it even more funny.

[@UnnaturalVegan]

"It's so sad and weird and so unnecessary."

[@brettmayer247]

that's how I feel about the withholding of the kale seitan recipe

[@Pixelynx]

Seriously. You'd think a person would TRY and see if they can buy something rather than just assuming it's possible just because you can still go to the site. I feel like that would be the reaction of someone why GENUINELY wanted to know. Otherwise it just seems like someone who just wants to BELIEVE the person is doing something shady. xDD

[@UnnaturalVegan]

I did, a long time ago. I don't even own that domain anymore.

[@polarbear439]

You look kinda like Julia Roberts in your first video😊

[@Michele-bm1zu]

Magnimazing Lol are you okay? Maybe the person didn't want to buy the book & was afraid to actually get charged. You are making it sound like it's absolutely crazy to ask an innocent question as opposed to accidently charging your credit card for an item you don't want in order to prove a point.

[@marialyn5212]

THE PART WITH THE PEACHES AND RESTAURANT AND WITH THE CUTTING BOARD I DIED

[@ThemisDike]

The fact that you put yourself out there and take the responsibilty for your past videos says a lot about you. I don't agree with everything you say but this video was great and makes you really likeable.

[@milkglassfairy7641]

this is similar to the way i am due to anorexia - i constantly plan my food/meals days in advance, i'll take my own food when i go places and schedule shopping trips and i'm always 'prepared' so i won't eat an 'unsafe' food. really strange. i see a lot of similarities between my ED and ED thinking and raw foodists/raw foodist thinking.

[@Ahmgcats]

A lot of raw foodists seem to be orthorexic which is also an eating disorder (I say this as someone who's also orthorexic)

[@johnsonstepford1848]

help is out there. hope you're doing better.

[@kristinfrey8088]

That accent is what's getting me. You don't sound anything like that now. Sounds like something a raw food advocate would list as a side effect of eating cooked or non-organic foods. "Not only does cooking food kill all its nutrients but it'll kill your accent too."

[@xosugarnspicexoxo]

KEF MyLife 🤣

[@emmacooper4286]

Omg I'm dying

[@notthefather3919]

That shocked me too. Maybe it's because I'm southern too but I never would've guessed she was from Tennessee.

[@Gimlinti]

we could've had it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllll travelling in the raaaaaaaaaaaa-aa-aaaw

[@Kibatorage]

"Oh, we need to schedule trips for my fruit"

[@reeferseasalt]

Indigo Tiger lmmfao

[@beautywearsboots6458]

I would love to know what you did for fun on vacation if you spent all of this time eating fruit, shopping for fruit, cutting fruit, packing fruit, pooping fruit, etc

[@clurrrr2321]

Sorry I laughed out loud at this comment lol "pooping fruit, etc..." lolololololol🤣😂👏

[@pinky1494]

I have an old website still up somewhere on the internet from when I was a devout Christian teenager, "encouraging" people to never doubt, to "always believe, don't ask questions". Oh jeez, I know the cringe you're going through.

[@bbcakez]

What's wrong with that

[@sarahmarie3317]

@@bbcakez Even Christian's are encouraged to always ask questions. To never doubt, and to just "believe" actually goes against what the Bible teaches. I was raised in my church always being told to ask the challenging questions, and not to just believe blindly without truly studying the religion and asking the questions.

[@bbcakez]

@@sarahmarie3317 ahh, makes sense. People didn't always have the answers in my church so i'd just look for them myself, but then again i'm not very vocal

[@soularvision]

😂😂

[@brittniep9219]

Haha my sweet, sweet boyfriend and I were cleaning out his childhood boxes and we found a letter he wrote himself at 17-18 about how much he loved god in every sentence (and god would fill him, etc im sorry but the phrasing is hilarious even if the sentiment is nice as a Christian boy/man) and all the hopes he had. Basically, 2 months later none of his hopes had come true in college 😭 😂 Pretty much freshman year of college in a nutshell for many of us! I’m not religious and he still is (but 1000x less intense language-wise and zero questioning wise when he was 18, 12 years ago!).

[@laurenXocean]

"NOT THE COOKED FOODS" haha, i loved it ahaha

[@ge5970]

6:17 when ur peaches didn't get smushed or anythin' and ur hype

[@theseitanrecipe8180]

501 days without the recipe. This madness has to stop right now!!!

[@n-3262]

The Seitan Recipe she hearted the comment 😭😂

[@Ekaekto]

The Seitan Recipe I ❤ your user name 😂

[@roselavia6110]

She sent you a heart

[@charlie4542]

I couldn't wait that long so I went back to eating chicken and eggs

[@katehache]

What does this mean?

[@icantcontroltheweather]

"You're not gonna have friends doing this" 😂😂😂😂 DO MORE OF THESE

[@tomd8019]

1) Catrobatics in the background were fantastic. 2) This was surprisingly entertaining and I'd definitely watch another one.

[@Laura-zq5cr]

You could hold the camera that still because you were "fit on raw" ;)

[@trinahorton8839]

laura curley haha true dat

[@corichin2156]

ROFL! cooked food making her hands shaky, you made my day

[@Listentonay]

is no one talking about the cat... i was watching him wind up to his lil self attack😂

[@Megleighpd]

Oh man, this is so rough. It reminds me of when I was underweight and period-less (This was when I was vegetarian, not yet vegan. I was and will never be fully raw.) I said some goofy ass shit to justify my weird dietary behaviors. Live and learn, huh?

[@SamanthaShelley]

Isn't it funny the delusions we tell ourselves to feel in control/better about our lives? Glad you got out of that!

[@Phantom-ez4zv]

99% of youubers can't admit it, so props for her. Meat fanatics and Vegan fanatic can be delusional, anti junk food fanatics, anti none-organic fanatics, also can be delusional, the soul of a human being is actually very flexible, sometimes it wants the best food and sometimes it wants the normal food sometimes it wants the junk food, and all has a purpose, but nobody can tap into his soul except a few, majority only trust a DOGMA. if you meet a revived soul, his/her diet will be MORE OF A SOCIAL BOUNDING, and act of love , an act of worship. The lesson is... we should BE PRESENT with our food, whatever that food is.

[@lisanyugenhascancer6332]

@@Phantom-ez4zv I'm vegan born vegan so no it's not a diet

[@dedoubecool]

"cooked food, or whatever your vice is" hahaha so funny :') Btw, what did your family and friends think about your diet at that time ? Did they ever tell you you were crazy ?

[@kaiklaarika8943]

The southerness was sweet though. You were sweet then. well, still are. So glad, that you are smarter now.

[@madisonc2751]

"something cooked something unhealthy" my favorite part 😂

[@tentenwouldeatagain8577]

Awesome video! Loved it. Your southern accent, tho. How is it less pronounced now? Also, your cat had me lmao! MUST. GET. TAIL.

[@acesofspades772]

Emily K Not sure about Swayze, but I definitely lost my twang when I moved away from my hometown. Apparently it's still thick enough for Northerners to catch it, but my family's is much thicker. When I spend a bit of time around them though, my comes back with a vengeance. Lol

[@londonparis9068]

"Just bring a cutting board and knife", haha....🤣

[@backspace7124]

Unnatural Vegan vs. Kale Seitan (Reacting to my non-existent video)

[@Jasminaflowyoga7]

Lol, this is hilarious. "Yes, Swayze...we understand how produce works."

[@ifihadfriends437]

oh god travelling raw in Australia would be a nightmare you're not allowed to bring fruit interstate or from overseas

[@evab.6240]

Even travelling in Europe they would never let you carry a cutting board and a knife around an airport lol

[@justylex]

I am not even Vegan, and I think your channel is just awesome. Your honesty and no BS attitude is so refreshing.

[@SamitaSarkar]

Aw you had such a sweet accent.

[@Arthurcute4]

When you talked about the woman in the small apartment you were talking about the channel Tokidoki Traveler.

[@meghanmiholics8206]

Omg this is the best reaction video I've ever seen on KZbin. The way you're arguing with your former self was killing me 😂

[@LenkaDanian]

around 12:00 when you say "yes we know how produce works" and then younger you laughed it was so surreal it looked like the two of you are having a conversation :-D

[@OliviaKathryn]

I watch stuff like this and I think about how I am almost entirely sustained by progresso's canned lentil soup

[@chloegraves7088]

I love the bit where the kitty powers up for the attack... on their own tail hahaha cats are my fave!

[@ittybittykittypi6565]

I must say, I found your channel when you were raw, and periodically watched you when you were living on bananas, and I could see that you were eloquent but began to realise that I disagreed with half of what you were saying 😂. It's been so nice to come back to your channel in the last few years and see the wonderful, informed youtuber you have become! Definitely an inspiration :).

[@MandieTerrier]

The difference of your hair in the earlier video and now. Your hair is so much healthier, now.

[@jessummlee8866]

Erin Smith first thing I noticed too.

[@Caro-xf8jy]

"We need to schedule trips for my fruit." 😂😂

[@SnackMuay]

I actually really like the accent

[@babyb2393]

Swayze, this video is LIFE! I watch it when I need to decompress from anxiety/depression. It makes me laugh out loud the ENTIRE time! I love your videos and you really make a difference for me personally. ♥️

[@niwaleaf]

Omgosh your cat playing with his tail is seriously the best thing ever!!! 😂😂😂💖

[@radicalveg00]

When comparing yourself now vs. "then", the fact that you were just as certain of your food ideas back then as you are today raises the question as to whether the future 'you' will look back on the present 'you' and have a similar response to the one you have today, i.e. you will wonder how you could have been so silly and misinformed. And that, of course, implies that our understanding of science and physiology and human metabolism is constantly moving forward and as it does, new knowledge is brought to bear on our dearly held beliefs and said beliefs are called into question. So, what is indubitably, inexorably, everlastingly true in all of this? For me, it is that animals are precious beings and ought not be harmed by humans, not for food or anything else. THAT, I assert, will be as true 1,000 years from now as it is today.

[@hopetherespudding]

beautifully said :)

[@MotherOfOwlbears]

fred sobel I think she won't primarily because the way she lives now isn't life consuming. She seems to be more relaxed and less militant. Even if her opinion changes, I doubt it will be as embarrassing. That's what maturing does for you.

[@maireadmaguire4589]

fred sobel I also think about that all the time

[@Ari-zo7ve]

fred sobel the thing is that there wasn't really science involved in the raw foods movement. It's all mostly statements like "the food is alive" and "has positive energy".

[@radicalveg00]

And yet, despite the questionable science, the raw food movement attracted tens of thousands of followers and made millions for its leading lights, like David Wolfe, who became nothing less than a guru for thousands of fawning acolytes. Whenever I see that guru thing happening, I know I'm looking at religion and not science.

[@KaraCamilleDelonas]

That awkward moment when the ad before a vegan video is for White Castle chicken sliders. Sigh.

[@MotherOfOwlbears]

Kara Camille Delonas I had an ad that says "making energy balls takes a lot of...energy" then I shows jerky. Like, be lazy, eat dried meat.

[@cadaver6665]

Kara Camille Delonas I got a cheese ad too

[@TaraLyz]

Loved watching you react to your very first KZbin video! It was interesting to see a video of you from that period in your life since you've talked about it in other videos. I also LOVE YOUR CAT!!!!! So stinking cute! I was dying when it started attacking it's tail! Having your cat in the room during the react video was definitely a good idea! You are the only vegan KZbinr I watch. Please make more videos like this!

[@ruffcrew3000]

Don't be so hard on yourself, kudos to you for revisiting the past like this, that had to be difficult! We all make mistakes and now you're better because of them :)

[@evab.6240]

Oh my gosh your kitty in the background

[@ferdinandries7232]

Having seen this video I hope that Kristina reaches the stage you're at now when she can look back and see the craziness of this whole raw foodist nonsense.

[@hellobonjour9513]

I also hope Kristina gets away from the raw food non sense. And she eats way too much, it's unhealthy. I would get diabetes if I ate like her.

[@ferdinandries7232]

Hello Bonjour yeah she and that doctor totally ignored her high triglycerides in that blood test video and just focused on her impressive LDL.

[@mogyesz225]

There are 1.8 million species of animals on Earth ALL eat an exclusively raw diet, no one bats an eye. One of them (human kind) starts to eat accordingly and everyone loses their shit. Like what do you think we ate 10.000 years ago before cooking was invented?

[@Mushwomb.mp3]

László Marosi umm look at indigenous tribes, they largely eat cooked meat/animal products so ummmm

[@louib716]

Uh ok if you're gonna make that argument its actually common knowledge that the discovery of fire and cooking was a critical point in modern human development. Because people could eat more types of food by cooking it, they didnt have to work as hard to get enough food to survive and could focuse on non survival activities that make us the humans we are today. Also, humans learned how to cook WAY before homo sapiens were even a species. Cooking is a habit of prehumans documented as early as 2.3 million years ago.

[@TruexTilxDeath]

omg this was hilarious. PLEASE react to more of your older videos ... atone for your raw sins haha

[@austingulotta9817]

6:17 southern accent triggered the cat

[@dez6278]

Your cat is flipping OUT behind you! I've never seen a cat chase his tail, lmao! 😂😂

[@ferdinandries7232]

Seeing your reaction to your old video is actually nice to watch. It shows how you’ve matured and I hope that FullyRawKristina makes the same journey to a sensible vegan diet.

[@ELoouise323]

Little Swayze sounds like she’s preparing supplies to travel on the Oregon Trail. 😂

[@Eskapismus]

Woah, that sounds so much like disordered eating. Thinking about getting enough food all the time (in a "first world" country!). Oh my.. :/

[@sol-lb3nq]

please share the blog posts and your reactions, I think that would be so interesting! I think it's fascinating to hear people who used to eat raw vegan talk about their experience transitioning out of it and into a more logical diet/lifestyle

[@TheFourteenthWard]

guys, it's time to let go of the kale seitan recipe. Let's be honest: it's probably gross. why would you want dark green seitan? and how hard can it be? just blend some kale with the water you usually add to the seitan.

[@adela3153]

The Fourteenth Ward if it was gross then she wouldn't have promised to share it

[@user-rm3iy4ye2l]

WE WILL NEVER LET GO!!!!

[@mustyfan1584]

The Fourteenth Ward We're never giving up. It's the principle of the matter at this point. You must not have been subscribed long enough to understand.

[@TheFourteenthWard]

Musty Fan excuse you? I have 6 Unnatural Vegan face tats

[@mustyfan1584]

+The Fourteenth Ward I can't eat, I can't sleep, I just sit in my basement permanently fixated on the kale seitan recipe. Eight of my face tats are dedicated to this issue.

[@ritazou9956]

This was soo cringy! I loved it! Please please do more

[@captainharlock2280]

the cat playing in the background was definitely a benefit to the video. though it’s always enjoyable to watch your videos!

[@maddietouran]

Omg plz do more of these

[@brittniep9219]

Thanks for making these and for making it a playlist! It’s amazing to see how much you have changed and grown, and to see that people can change for the better in terms of a vegan diet, etc!! :)

[@soup_please]

I literally can't imagine just eating fruit. I would get so sick of it so fast.

[@katisawriter]

omg your T-shirt is amazing! I love this flashback video :)

[@artistchristos]

Thanks for the laughs! This is killing me! I am so glad your survived, Swayze!! I started out raw vegan, too, and could never go back. Raw vegan is so inconvenient and you spend your whole life shopping! Lol.

[@ReflectingShadow]

really liked the video! felt like chilling with you for a while

[@nadines.1107]

Amazing how much you changed. Not just that you went away from the 'cooked food is evil' mentality... You were so convinced to know it all back then. Now you throw around facts and we'll thought opinions but also are so... Balanced... Like saying 'on the one hand yes, on the other... Not so much'. Not just thinking black and white but thinking further, seeing complexities and acknowledging there is no clear answer. And you seem way more approachable this way. I might have hinged quite a few of your videos today while working on a Christmas present (a drawing). I really enjoyed your down to earth approach to veganism and food in general. So refreshing as the vegan you tubers in the front line are often extreme and I sometimes feel ashamed when thinking that people think that's what all of us vegans are like!

[@libraryofpangea7018]

So what was the catalyst that caused the paradigm shift in your veiws?

[@madstayy]

Omg, I lost it when the past you talked about the peaches 😂😂

[@veganinwonderland5602]

It's really fun to watch your reaction and your comments on your old video :D

[@line_frank]

I am very curious to see more of these videos. Please do more of them!

[@harhccha]

Haha I laughed when you tripped out at how warbly the footage got.

[@isse009]

So I see a lot of comments saying you were "cuter" or "better looking" before and I just wanted to remind you that this is very much subjective. For what it's worth, I think you are much cuter now than in that clip. Peace out!

[@sabruckus]

For a video that old it's not as embarrassing as you think. I liked this video. Also is that Sniff? What a cutie! He had a fun time at least. =)

[@PotatoWisdom]

You're so cute in your first video and you talked so well despite your first! My first video was super awkward. I couldn't imagine being fully raw, it looks like way too much work!

[@anonymouse692]

lovin the cat freak out at 6:18

[@ragie4489]

I'm still watching your amazing, informative content three years later. Awesome!

[@StaringCompetition]

A family member read Marilyn and Harvey Diamond's book and adopted that limiting, restrictive, very high raw and high fruit diet as a teenager becoming too thin, and my father did a raw vegan diet for six months, natural hygiene I think it was called in those days. What makes certain people, smart people, so vulnerable to this pseudoscience?

[@alexandrac9536]

I actually love going to supermarkets when I travel! Food is part of culture and visiting supermarkets is an experience. And i love that your cat is chasing fairies in the background. I have been travelling extensively and vegan since the early 90s and it was only a problem is certain places, but even then, I always carry peanut butter and preserves and bread can be bought in almost any place for little money. I have never found the raw fad to be alluring and intuitively it seemed unhealthy and limiting. As vegans we should be getting enough raw fruit and veg, but cooked food is essential in order to feel satisfied and to get more nutrients in condensed form. so in almost 3 decades, i have never jumped onto that bandwagon or the gf one. i feel like people who do raw are in competition and the way they talk about food and obsess over it strikes me as disordered.

[@elleflower3644]

I don't agree with raw veganism as being the optimal human diet but I wouldn't say it's fair to assume that everyone feels that it is a burden or restriction. I know people who do find enjoyment in carrying around a million bananas and taking the time to think about their food. It seems crazy to me because I'm more like you but each to their own!

[@meghanmrowiec6634]

This is the third time I've commented on this video but I watch it at least once a year and it still brings me so much joy. 10/10 video, so funny, an absolute classic.

[@remmirath42]

"Maybe the cat will make this better." ... Cat runs away as soon as the video is about to start :D

[@RUYGA001]

It's great to see you have a broad perspective and have grown since then, but you're so hard on yourself. Going raw for the first time is a wonderful experience. It's exciting and different, and you really do have to navigate how to keep it up as you travel and live. I think staying raw isn't necessary, but going raw for a while can be really cleansing. It was fun to see this old video and hear where you are now

[@alliesong77]

Love that you keep it real with yourself! So genuine.

[@iwillnotseeyourreply.9235]

One of the best parts of traveling is trying local cuisine! I feel so sorry for raw vegans.

[@AshleyWeill]

"Oh god for it you have a fucking granola bar" I'm dying XD laughing so hard.

[@transamgirl4443]

lol, I love how your accent cracked you up!! I can relate so well, my accent has changed several times

[@Katnipkitkat_Cthulhu]

My Japanese apartment is about 178 square feet. One of the main reasons it suits me just fine is because it has a western style closet (rod for hanging clothes around eye level with a shelf above), a lot of places have a Japanese style closet which has no rod for hanging anything, is much deeper than necessary, and has a really inconvenient shelf right smack dab in the middle around waist level, so even if you install a rod pretty much the only things you could hang in there are t-shirts. Having no place to hang dress pants by the waistband, dresses, long skirts, or longer coats is really annoying.

[@jasdyer180]

I love how you were able to look back at that time and laugh. It's always good to be able to make fun of yourself and learned from that experience. I could tell from watching the videos I have so far including this one that you have changed and grown as a vegan person. This is really impressive and I hope I'll be able to get onto my vegan goal. You're videos I feel help.

[@courage4]

great video. good to see someone on youtube who doesn't take themselves too seriously. i kind of admire the young puritanical you, i used to believe in stuff when i was younger too. what a brilliantly perverse and polite form of rebellion you engaged in as a teen. 'no waiter, i do not require a menu, i will be eating peaches!'. thanks for sharing.

[@smelly4373]

I'd love to see you react to your old blog (also more kitty time is very welcome)

[@emilynelson6502]

I live in San Francisco and frequently take weekend trips to Reno. I'm just picturing doing this and having to cross the agricultural checkpoints.... "have and fruits or vegetables ma'am?" "Uhh....". Lol!

[@lilisz1433]

this is awesome, you should do more of these! i would imagine your former self is (unfortunately) very relatable to many vegans out there, for whom it would be helpful to see you knock some self into your former self. not too long ago, as a "clean-eating" (whatever *that* is) vegan, i myself remember i was very defensive about my diet, and this might've been one of the few videos i'd have watched through without my defensive cap on. you should really do more of these. (p.s. i'm not an accent connaisseur, but yes, you did seem to have a stronger accent of sorts.)

[@elizabethshaw734]

Extreme diets like that can become an obsession! You're either the type of person who just doesn't become obsessed very often or very easily. You may be the type of person who becomes obsessed fairly easily and if you put yourself on an extreme diet then it will become an obsession you won't go anywhere without your raw food attached to your hip.

[@Tamsin_bear]

I'd definitely be happy to see some more of these reaction videos! X

[@disneytoysr4fun975]

Its like she went from Quinn to Daria! There is hope for my innocent little sister yet😈

[@kiraf.9135]

I let a raw vegan join me on a road trip to teach me some hiking skills. He ended up sucking at hiking and wasting precious time that could've been used hiking in grocery stores, preparing raw food, and stinking up my car. I kicked him out after half the trip 😐 after I realized I spent the Cali-portion of the trip mainly in organic food stores. You're so right here! It takes away from the experience.

[@susanhoppe7297]

I can't imagine watching video of myself from my past, I do have an old website stuff saved but that was more keeping part of my health. good luck.

[@relic206]

I got Curious about your channel after a couple videos, and I've noticed all the ads I'm getting it's for like jack in the box and Arby's and other fast food restaurants,it's kinda funny in my opinion

[@jordandaugherty7341]

I’m loving your more recent material! Keep up the good work :)