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• Nope! My brother in Vancouver (I'm in Edmonton) said a friend of his is. Sure would be nice to talk face to face with someone who understands what you're going through.

  in the rare raw foodist Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Congrats to those of you who are doing so well. Unfortunately, I'm not--been doing lots of stress eating (even meat--how could I?). I know what I want to be eating, but somehow cave in to my carnivore/cooked cravings. Sometimes I feel so alone eatin…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by rawfreak4fr
• I've been doing amazingly well so far. First successful monomeals ever: Breakfast: watermelon Lunch: 5 bananas (like you AVL I can't imagine how one can eat 23 bananas. Besides, I lose track after 10!). Snack: 2 mangoes, 1 oz (approx) walnuts, too m…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by rawfreak4fr
• AVL - can you make a dessert that will make the SAD eaters jealous? The Triple Chocolate Mud Pie on this site is too good to share!! FireFern - thank you soooo much for starting this post. It's just what I needed. I was just starting my own RAW chal…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Count me in--just have to stay away from bread.

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by rawfreak4fr
• I actually either do a dry fast or a water fast. I find that the dry fast is easier since drinking water makes me hungrier. No program, but I got the idea from Paul Bragg (The Miracle of Fasting). I don't do juices (don't have a juicer yet) and besi…

  in First day on juice fast and starving !!!!! Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Just as with any new task the more you do it the better you get at it. In a week, try doing it again. After a few tries it should get easier as your body adjusts to this change. I try to fast once a week for 24 - 36 hours and it is no longer difficu…

  in First day on juice fast and starving !!!!! Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Another resource is Gabriel Cousens "There is a cure for Diabetes". He is quite "spiritual" (he talks about our culture of death) but also very scientific--he has actually gotten Type 2's totally off medication. If I remember correctly, he had a gro…

  in Diabetes Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Bananas have 6 grams of fiber per 1 cup mashed, just to let you know.

  in Is there such a thing as too much fiber? Comment by rawfreak4fr
• I sprout chickpeas, lentils and sunflower seeds from the bulk bin. To get a greater variety you might look into companies that sell sprouting seeds. I use Mumm's at ..www.sprouting.com. I'm sure you could google seed sprouting to find others. Sprout…

  in Sprouting seeds Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Who would actually even want to buy this book--maybe family/friends/enemies of Raw foodists who want to "prove" that SAD is the way to go (pun intended!!)

  in "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human" Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Type Alissa Cohen's Living on Live Foods Classes in the search box as someone asked that a while ago

  in Alissa Cohen Classes?? Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Keewi, I just looked into what you said about bananas and found the following: Unripe bananas are considered constipating, difficult to digest as they contain enzyme inhibitors, while ripe ones are considered laxative.( www.healthy.net/scr/mmedica.a…

  in Bananas Comment by rawfreak4fr
• The earthworks link mentions that silica is a mineral SADly lacking in today's diet. That may be so for most people, but those who consume mostly RAW probably get enough. Seems to me that you don't really need it. Just a thought.

  in Diatomaceous Earth Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Actually Margaret Mead said something like... it's harder to change a man's diet than his religion. If that's true then religious nuts should be easier to get along with!!

  in I HATE my meat eating mother in law! Comment by rawfreak4fr
• BTW it's leafy greens you want to use (I wouldn't recommend green beans or broccoli). The book Green for Life is a the definitive book on green smoothies. The following link gives a few recipes to get you going as well as some reasons to consume the…

  in Green Smoothie Inquiry Comment by rawfreak4fr
• A salt water flush is a good way to cleanse out the colon (check out this article: ezinearticles.com/?Salt-Water-Flush---Bathe-Your-Insides). Nasty but effective--the first few times I did it I gagged big time, but it should get easier the more you …

  in Water Fast Comment by rawfreak4fr
• I try to do a water fast once a week. It's not too hard to do it for 36 hours. Longer than that is impossible for me--I prepare food for both RAW and non-RAW family members. I'm going to visit my mom in July for 6 days. Since she's worried about wha…

  in Water Fast Comment by rawfreak4fr
• My 14 and 16 year old son and daughter are RAW with me, but I cook and bake for my hubby and 2 other sons. It's so hard to stay away from bread, cookies and peanut butter! And I can't say "it didn't taste as good as it smelled". It tastes like depri…

  in Do you live with other people who eat raw? Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Since going RAW I've discovered many unconventional ways of doing things (e.g. no poo) including squating for elimination. "Although it may seem strange to someone who has spent his entire life deprived of the experience, this is the way the human b…

  in uh oh Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Do you think that Canadian letters to Obama would help at all?

  in Well Guys, we all may have a great problem!!! Comment by rawfreak4fr
• The no mixing fruit and veggies rule does not apply to leafy greens. Here are blended salad recipes you may enjoy: handful spinach bit of parsley 2 med. tomatoes 1 celery 1/2 red pepper teaspoon dulse 1/3 cuke peas or brocolli (1/4 cup) Fred Patenau…

  in Needing Help With Green Smoothie!! Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Cuddles, I am just speculating here, but I think that the longer you consume RAW (as well as the more of it) your tolerance for fruit will probably increase. Just like any change we introduce our bodies to it takes time for adjustment. For example, …

  in why are so many on this site afraid of fruit? Comment by rawfreak4fr
• the china study is by T. Colin Campbell

  in why are so many on this site afraid of fruit? Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Forget this topic. It looks like I've already figured it out--probably perimenopause. DUH!! (I'm 47).

  in Period twice this month Comment by rawfreak4fr
• I want to read it too and can't afford it either. My local library doesn't carry it but you might have more luck from yours. Give it a try.

  in The 80-10-10 book Comment by rawfreak4fr
• Another great book, also by Howard Lyman, is "No more bull! : the mad cowboy targets America's worst enemy, our diet". I got both books from the local library. How you can even want to eat beef after these books can only be attributed to our dumb bo…

  in I think I need a buddy Comment by rawfreak4fr
• This might not help for right now, but from someone who has had tendonitis, just stick with RAW. Back in 2006, my doctor diagnosed me with it (in my elbow) and she said I'd have it the rest of my life. I started drinking green smoothies in May 2007 …

  in Tendinitis Comment by rawfreak4fr
• She's gorgeous!!

  in Congrats Kandace and Ray!!! Comment by rawfreak4fr
• The reason I discovered RAW was through Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko. Changing over to RAW overnight is a very daunting endeavor so I started by drinking green smoothies for about 6 months before making the transition to RAW. Even in those sm…

  in Green Smoothies - My Breakthrough Comment by rawfreak4fr