Hey everyone, I have been trying to gow raw for the last month or so. I am coming off a so called “healthy” diet. I was eating things such as oatmeal, brown rice, whole grain this and that, so to the majority i was a very healthy eater. I was eating meat also, but not red meat, just chicken or some fish. But in the last month I switch from your typical “healthy” diet, to what we all know to be the healthiest diet there is, a raw food diet. However i am a complete novice when it comes to this in terms of having all the equipment needed such as a juicer, or dehydrator, i am just doing the best with what i have. I do know quite a bit about nutrition, being that is my major, I have read a couple of raw food books, so i would like to say i know what foods to eat and all that. But finally to my problem i know that especially coming off a meat-eating, and cooked food consuming diet, to going to a complete raw food vegetarian diet there will be some detoxing going on. I know this is getting a little personal but….......i would like to know if you guys experienced having loose bowel movements when you switch. I know my body is trying to adapt to the completely new foods it is intaking, but it has been going on for about a month. I was just wondering if this is normal, and if you all went through this type of situation as well. I know that was not the most pleasant first post there was but i just want to make sure i am experiencing the norm over here. I will have many more questions to ask in the future, thanks everyone!
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Good question BillyB! I have also been wondering if loose BM’s were the norm? We have been doing mostly raw for about a week. Except for the green smoothies in the morning, which we have been doing for a couple of months now. I would like to add to BillyB
Almost every morning i will have a green smoothie with spinach. That could be one of the reasons, and also i almsost always do add ground flax seeds to the smoothies. I believe my body is not used to getting this much fiber, as opposed to getting too little. I really do think it is just my body trying to adapt to this dramatic change.
Spiritedmama: She was breast fed only till she turned one. And then organic baby food and breast till 18 months. The next 9 months were a mix of really good and really bad diet habits. Her diet could have been A LOT worse (of course it could have been better). She does naturally lean towards fresh fruits and veggies, Thank God! :-) 123: And we use a lot of spinach in our smoothies! I didn
At Home with Mama: good to know…although we haven’t been eating alot of meat. The diaper that was the worst was actually a raw meal that she had eaten…not to be gross…but I could see the seeds. I am glad to know this won’t last forever! Oh, well…I will take stinky diapers & detox over feeling 50 years older then I really am ANY day! Thanks :-)