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• As long as you are happy with your diet then go for it. The only comment I have is that our body needs sugars, every single cell in our body must get sugars every day in order to continue to function. If you starve yourself of sugars because you are…

  in too much fat? help!! Comment by SocaL
• This is all explained in extreme details in Doug’s book. It’s not the sweets (if they are whole foods like fruits) that causes the weight gain and the problems (candida etc.) but the fat in the blood that makes it hard or impossible to digest the su…

  in too much fat? help!! Comment by SocaL
• Most people on this forum tend not to agree with this but most people who have done the high fat raw diet and then changed to a normal fat raw diet saw great improvements in their health. Of course there are always the one or two exceptions to this …

  in too much fat? help!! Comment by SocaL
• I agree this is a great read! Some of the information is very inspirational. Teaches you to keep an open mind when reading about ‘studies’ and why the medical community is so corrupt as well as the government. The world needs more Colin Campbells.

  in The China Study (aka #1 reason to be VEGAN) Comment by SocaL
• I suppose you have extra body parts? I’m not sure why doctors tell people they need a body part removed that is functioning right and belongs in our body. Oh, yeah, they need to make the mortgage payments on their mansion in Monte Carlo. Besides tha…

  in a really RAW recovery Comment by SocaL
• The only thing you missed here is that people who consume large amounts of toxins (tobacco, alcohol, over cooked foods, cacao and all caffeine foods, etc.) are more likely to get skin cancer from exposure to the sun because the body uses the skin as…

  in Don't Be Afraid Of The Sun Comment by SocaL
• You are much better off using a blender than a juicer. Removing the fiber from the juice is not a good idea as it will be too much of a sugar shock to your system without the fiber. If you do juice melons then make sure to dilute them with a lot of …

  in melon juice Comment by SocaL
• Hi Dan, That is an interesting story. I assume there was someone in a mentor role in your life when you were 15 who guided you to going raw? I wish that I was as lucky as you, I took all those poisons for many years and wound up with some bad conseq…

  in Never had a flu or cold in 20 years Comment by SocaL
• You seem to be willing to buy kits to verify your HDL and LDL for $19 but unwilling to spend $30 for the book. It doesn’t seem like an affordability issue to me (IMO). You could ask a library if they have it and if they do not maybe they will buy it…

  in Extremely High Cholesterol :( Comment by SocaL
• Just to reiterate, you should look into Doug’s book. In my family there is also high cholesterol, my dad is on those statin drugs for years and years, my brother has had some high levels also. I have levels that are lower than the ranges listed on t…

  in Extremely High Cholesterol :( Comment by SocaL
• Socal- thats your(or dr Grahams) point of view. lushpapaya: Actually this is your point of view. Many centuries of scientific research and evidence has shown that Dr. Graham is correct. All of the species of animals with similar bodies to our own ea…

  in Extremely High Cholesterol :( Comment by SocaL
• Scroll down and click on the Episode: 2007-Jul-09

  in Extremely High Cholesterol :( Comment by SocaL
• There is no Cholesterol in Plant Foods. None at all. Cholesterol is produced by our bodies, not by plants and therefore only found in animals and animal foods. This was posted by Chris. He is correct, we can only get Cholesterol from animal products…

  in Extremely High Cholesterol :( Comment by SocaL
• Hi odalys, Your news here is not surprising. As I have mentioned in other threads over and over again, the high fat raw food diet is not healthy for people. Fat in it’s raw state is still fat and will still turn into cholesterol in the body. Do your…

  in Extremely High Cholesterol :( Comment by SocaL
• I didn’t say I agree with all of the ideas presented in the movie but I did find them interesting, at least an interesting way to look at things that most people think are open and closed cases. Just goes to show that we need to keep an open mind in…

  in Must see movie Comment by SocaL
• Not sure if you already saw this because I posted it a while back. It’s a blog written by someone I know who is getting himself off of insulin with diet and raw food: http://robertbarbaro.zaadz.com/blog

  in no insulin today! Comment by SocaL
• Dates are now back in season here in SocaL. I was in Palm Springs over the weekend and I saw the millions of date palms all over the place with the juicy little guys all hanging from them. Time to get ‘em!

  in Dates! Comment by SocaL
• In the US you can order dates by telephone from the Date People: http://www.datepeople.net/ I ordered from them a couple of times. I have a farmer’s market in the city where I live twice a week and in the season (late August until probably March) th…

  in Dates! Comment by SocaL
• Edamame is actually soy beans. There are many references to the issues with soy right here on this forum. You can start with this link: http://goneraw.com/forums/6/topics/973 If that is not enough for you, then here is an answer to your question: So…

  in Edamame education needed Comment by SocaL
• omshanti, just to clarify, The China Study is not a ‘study’ but a book written by a Colin Campbell. There is a good review on it here: http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/sandy_china_… (actually there is a study called China Study that is mentioned i…

  in interesting on cancer Comment by SocaL
• The information on cancer is not entirely helpful since many of the replacements are worse than the original food (or just as bad). For example soy milk is not a good replacement for cows milk – it is also a cancer and mucous forming food. If you re…

  in interesting on cancer Comment by SocaL
• Just your pen name implies to me that you must consume nuts. If I am correct about that assumption you might try to eliminate them from your diet. Nuts are very hard on our system even in their raw state. In fact I bought some raw almonds still in t…

  in Should I be worried? Comment by SocaL
• It sounds like you have an investment in that restaurant ;)

  in Cilantro Live in Chula Vista Comment by SocaL
• Hi Jenna – the waiter told me the other locations are still all raw. To be sure I would ask them before ordering. I think the reason is because Chula Vista has a very transient and pardon my usage but low quality population. There is a bar right nex…

  in Cilantro Live in Chula Vista Comment by SocaL
• Why do you need to travel with the food? Can’t you go to a supermarket when you arrive and buy fresh food? I travel internationally quite a bit and I don’t bring food except a few bananas for the plane ride. I find a supermarket close to where I wil…

  in Traveling Raw Foodie Comment by SocaL
• There are so many documented cases of raw vegan athletes who perform way above and beyond their capabilities that they could when they ate an animal based diet. See Doug Graham’s web site for many testimonials: www.foodnsport.com As for consuming ra…

  in Eating raw meat???? Comment by SocaL
• There are many varieties for tomatoes. Every one has an almost completely different taste from the others. For example you can eat an heirloom tomato that is red and it will taste different from one that is yellow and different from one that is purp…

  in Tomatoes Comment by SocaL
• Instintively all animals will stop eating and sleep while they feel ill. Humans lost all instincts when we started to live in cities with all of the modern conveniences of life. If we follow what insticts we used to have we will do the same as anima…

  in eating while sick? Comment by SocaL
• Agave is the liquid found in a huge cactus mainly in the Mexican desert. The liquid in it’s raw state is not sweet at all. If you ever have been to a maple sugar party and tasted the maple sap before it is processed you will get the idea. It needs t…

  in is agave raw? Comment by SocaL
• The funny thing about turning to raw food is that as you get more and more into eating this way the recipes lose your interest and you will find yourself eating simple foods more often until you will not need to have a blender, dehydrator or any oth…

  in Hello from Kurdistan, N.IRAQ Comment by SocaL