Raw foodist do have a "too much energy" problem ... oh God grant me this. They have to look for creative ways to use it ... if the world had this problem, wouldn't it be a better place?
At 20, you didn't have a over-load of toxins in any of your organs, so you did a-ok. Throw in a few bugs and it gave you acidosis that almost cost you your life, huh? Probably there were times when "out" you had to fill up that canteen from natural water supplies?