Hello all,
I’ve been struggling recently with eating raw, and I’m wondering if I’m just on a hard road raw-wise because of my allergies. I can’t eat nuts or seeds, and I’m finding it really hard to stick to even 80% without them – I’m getting hungry, and worse than hungry, I’m getting run down!! I still remember how good I felt and how good my skin looked when I first went raw, and I want to get back there.
Does anyone else have experience of being raw with allergies – nut allergies even better! And does anyone have any suggestions of things that I could try to replace the fats/proteins that nuts and seeds offer? I am so, so sick of avocado! (and I never, never thought I would say that!). It seems seeds are harder to avoid than nuts too – they creep into so many recipes. If there’s anyone else who’s worked out something to replace them with – please help me!!
thanks all.
Victoria
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Thanks guys!
Chia seeds are one thing that I haven’t been able to try yet. I’m not sure if they have a different name in the UK? I haven’t seen them in our local healthfood store. I have tried with hemp seed but I still have a reaction. Weirdly, cooked nut or seed oils are fine (so, I used to be able to have sesame oil or hemp seed oil) but good, raw oils have always been a problem for me. I have a skin reaction from them – anything they touch in my mouth or on the way down gets inflamed and irritated and causes me no end of trouble.
littlegems – thanks for that tip. I’ll order up 80/10/10. I have heard of it, but I sort of assumed the 10% fat would be nuts and seeds as usual! By the way, do you encourage your daughter to supplement at all? That’s the other thing I’ve been thinking about doing as a half way house. I do eat a variety of stuff, I can just feel I’m really lacking something at the moment and I’m not sure what it is. I have very dry skin and my hair and nails are getting a little frayed at the ends…
ps. Bananas + just about anything is good in my book!