Been raw for the last two weeks. Have not been feeling very well: first week diarrhoea, upset stomach, feeling moody and angry, exhausted, big zit. I know – all the symptoms of detox. But now week 2 is no better: still angry, exhausted, and now have discovered have got worms. All the rest I can deal with but this is jusst too much. What I’m thinking: is this raw food responsible for these worms. they could have come from any of the food I’ve eaten. Anything could have been carrying the eggs. I wash all my salad in cold water but what about those dates. Who knows who has been handling them? Am worried about the sanitary side of raw food.Any advice really appreciated. thanks Maria
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yeah, meat is not safer than raw food. who knows who could have been handling anything, right? i mean, do you wear rubber gloves whenever you leave the house? i hope not.
i understand being freaked out though. and sure, it’s possible you got the worms from raw food. but what, you’re never going to eat salad again now? trust me, you’re safer eating all raw than never raw.
being raw does not automatically mean being healthy. you need to be eating greens frequently, and eating enough calories. go ahead and eat nuts and bananas (unless you have an allergy.)
i would definitely either do a parasite cleanse or go to the doctor and get help from them. although i should say, after i got pinworms (long before i was raw) i went to the doctor, and shortly after i took the stuff, i started getting SEVERE stomach cramps that hung around for months, and the doctors couldn’t figure them out.
i haven’t had these kinds of problems since going raw, however. i’m not giving medical advice, just sharing my personal experience.
If you have a parasite such as worms (I’m assuming you are seeing them in your stool) go see a doctor. Conventional wisdom tells us that ANY food (meat or raw) could have potentially carried them.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement. the last couple of weeks have been hard but have managed to stick with it (apart from pinching a few of my kids chips). Still not feeling well, still have diarrhoea and sorry to say my little visitors are still with me. Is this tooo much information?
Mandelicious, sorry to hear about your experience with stomach cramps but tempted now to go and get an over the counter tabs to sort the whole thing out as I don’t know how many more pumpkin seeds I can eat. Alix1962, yes it does worry me when I think about the people picking my food. what if they haven’t washed their hands? At least when you cook food you’d kill all potential parasites. I suppose our ancestors would have picked their own food and wouldn’t have had this worry. Omshanti, am totally scruplous about hand washing and washing my food. But what the people who pick our food? When have they washed their hands. Bellasera, thanks for the words of encouragement. Sounds like SAD food is almost like a plaque on our colon in the same way plaque on our teeth is a host to lots of little bugs. Sorry am starting to sound really paranoid now but have been feeling so ill the last few weeks it’s hard to think it’s just detoxing. Don’t want to get hung up on this germs/handwashing thing and then develop ocd.
Anyway will keep going and hope for the best. Thanks again everyone.