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• Hi rawgirl1976, I’m sure your father knows a lot about medicine and surgery. I have not met a doctor in my life who knows the best foods to eat. That is one of the reasons why the health of our society is so poor. I am not saying that he is wrong bu…

  in Challenge to ppl thinking anything raw is good Comment by SocaL
• I wrote a lot about this in another thread called “It’s called raw for a reason”. If you do enough research you will see why these are actually damaging the body. I will steer you the right way, these are similar to medicines, do we usually eat medi…

  in Challenge to ppl thinking anything raw is good Comment by SocaL
• Since reading the 80/10/10 Diet book, I have modified my old high fat raw diet to nearly match the one described in the book. I eat tons of fruits mainly bananas and dates and tons of soft digestible greens like romaine, iceberg, butter lettuces wit…

  in Challenge to ppl thinking anything raw is good Comment by SocaL
• After being on a healthy diet now for 4 months (i.e. low fat raw) I do not feel I need to use toothpaste any longer. I wake up in the morning and there is no film on my teeth at all. I use only a toothbrush and water. I wouldn’t even want to use any…

  in Toothpaste Recipe? Comment by SocaL
• Girly, I assume as a vegetarian you imply that you consumed animal based products such as dairy and eggs? These products contain B 12 so as a vegetarian you need not worry about that (lacto – ovo veg that is).

  in Should we worry about B12 deficiency Comment by SocaL
• Hi josee, I read you live in Ottawa – I was born in Montreal – but live in SocaL now…big warm hello! or bonjour! As for food combining, the most important thing to remember is about fruits, fruits don’t combine well with most foods except certain le…

  in Food combination Comment by SocaL
• Would it be ‘illegal’ to have a private almond grower sell his own almonds that are unpasteurized and labeled as such? Is this the third reich or a ‘free’ country?

  in PETITION AGAINST ALMOND PASTEURIZATION Comment by SocaL
• If you eat a lot of greens such as lettuces and spinach you will not have to worry about these EFAs. In fact the body absorbs the EFA much more efficiently when we get EFA from vegetables than from nuts and seeds. A 4 gram serving of romaine lettuce…

  in Omega 6, 3 and 9..... Comment by SocaL
• Citrus fruits should be eaten first before the sweet fruits. Sweet fruits like banana and papaya can be eaten together. Probably you didn’t feel right because you ate citrus after the sweet fruits.

  in fruitarian Comment by SocaL
• I don’t want to send people away from this board as it is great but if you want to get a lot of answers on a high fruit diet (not fruitarian but high % fruits) the best place is at vegsource dot com slash talk slash raw slash index dot html. Most of…

  in fruitarian Comment by SocaL
• Excellent way to put it Dan. Some people eat greasy meat with dairy and cooked grains everyday of their life, drink alcohol, smoke and even take some recreational drugs and still manage to live to 100+. They have the genetics, the attitude and do no…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• I finally found the link that I wanted to post on this thread. Here it is: http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/junk-foods-garl… I know everyone will say that garlic is such a healthy food… yes, so is a big well done rib steak sauteed in butter!

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• This is from one of the links that you used in your post, it just proved my point: The ‘hot’ sensation produced by exposure to pepper is apparently due to two natural carcinogens: capsaicin in chili type peppers and safrole in black/white pepper. Th…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• You state a lot of stuff. Did you read the China Study and 80/10/10 Diet books? If you did not then please read these and then come back and post anything you like. The China Study book goes into great detail about how the government and the big con…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• You are right joesc, let people make up their own mind and do not say if they are safe or toxic. I put the information out there and let the people decide. Putting a small amount of toxin in your body is better than a lot, putting none is the best. …

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• I just have one comment. Most of the information you see online and in books etc. are for people on the SAD. They have loads of toxins in their body and adding a few more will not cause much distress. They are nearly immune to these toxins. As a per…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• I forgot to mention one more toxic food: raw cacao. I think there might be some here who disagree because David Wolfe has an entire book about the subject but the truth is that it contains a chemical similar to caffeine and caffeine is a toxin. Here…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• Here is an article on garlic: http://www.karinya.com/garlic.htm As always though, reader beware, not everything you see online is true. Check it out for yourself. My reasoning for garlic is that the body will immediately attempt to remove it as soon…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• I didn’t mean to start a debate. I am all for the raw food lifestyle. I was also believing that if it’s raw it’s okay to eat it as much as you want. It took me nearly 5 years to realise that I was mislead. I was off with what I said about D.L. The c…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• “Digestive Leukocytosis happens every time we eat cooked food. Why would the body react this way if cooked food was OK?” This is a controversial phenomena – in fact when you start eating just 1 bite of raw food followed by cooked there is no leukocy…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• There is no study that is accurate on any diet. People will answer a survey as they want and that doesn’t mean that they really ate what they said. Being 90% raw or 95% raw is really not a lot different from 100%. People are eating 100% cooked and m…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• Many people have failed miserably on the raw diet. If you are doing well, that’s great. If you are not then you might want to try keeping track of your food intake and going to nutridiary dot com to see what the percentages of fats, proteins, and ca…

  in It's called Raw Food for a reason. Comment by SocaL
• It’s all about the big business factory farms who have billions of dollars and high paid lobbyists. They are keeping the people sick and stuffed with animal foods. We few who have seen through this are able to see the truth behind it all. It is trul…

  in Almonds will be pasteurized Comment by SocaL
• Mangoes that are imported to USA (and I believe papayas as well) are also not raw as they must be soaked in 117 degree F water for at least 75 to 90 minutes before they are allowed to enter the country. The water is also chlorinated to avoid the inf…

  in Not raw Comment by SocaL
• I used to drink white tea and sometimes green tea during the day while I work. I never thought much about it as it was only a small part of my daily calories. Then I stopped drinking it for about 1 month. One day I tried just a small amount of it an…

  in Green Tea?? Comment by SocaL
• I read most of the letters you referred to. In the ones that I read the problem seems to be a deficiency of B12. This is not unique to the 80/10/10 diet but common to any vegan diet raw or cooked. This is one topic that is still controversial. Some …

  in Low fat raw food Comment by SocaL
• Yes, chilove is right, you prolly need to watch the calories from fat and also need to increase the greens (lots of lettuce, celery and some spinach). As far as the recipes, there are some in the 80/10/10 Diet book. Most of them are very simple – th…

  in Low fat raw food Comment by SocaL
• I am not certain that Doug’s book is in the bookstores yet. It is a pretty new book. Let me know if you found it. I think every raw dieter needs to at least pick up that book before they dive deeply into this lifestyle. You might not agree with ever…

  in Low fat raw food Comment by SocaL
• I highly recommend the 80/10/10 Diet book written by Doug Graham. It was a real eye opener for me. I attended many raw fooders speeches and read a lot of their information all telling us that raw fat doesn’t cause health problems. These guys should …

  in Low fat raw food Comment by SocaL
• There are people who ate 100% raw diet for years and years and have got heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and the like. Raw fats are not healthy as you all were led to believe. A small amount is okay but if you get more than 10-15% of your calories fr…

  in Low fat raw food Comment by SocaL