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  • http://www.life-enthusiast.com/canada/product_i… This company is on the west coast, but I’m sure they’ll ship to you in Ottawa.
    in Prill Beads Comment by 1sweetpea
  • I know exactly what you mean, though I’ll stretch your boundaries to include Western society. It’s not just an American phenomenon. I digest very slowly, due to lingering damage due to 13 years of eating disorders. I have no idea when I’m satisfied …
  • Here’s a terribly personal question, but are you drinking enough water to move those nuts and seeds through your system and out the other end? They could be piling up inside of you, causing only a temporary weight gain. Also, I would suggest eating …
  • Thanks schmoopee. Your name makes me laugh and reminds me of a Seinfeld episode (“you’re a schmoopee-face …”) LOL! This friend of mine with ADHD has a constant quirky habit of clearing his throat. He says he has to do it. I’m convinced that the thro…
  • schmoopee, do you find that your ADD has been positively or negatively affected by your having gone raw? Have the people around you noticed and commented at all? I have a friend who has severe ADHD and won’t take Ritalin. His diet is horrendous. I b…
  • I used to love coffee, but after giving it up years ago, I find that I vastly prefer the smell of freshly ground roasted beans to the taste of the brewed coffee. I used to use lots of cream and sugar, but to be honest, I think I mostly liked the cre…
  • If you trust your source, then you could get coarse sponge and really wash the carrots well. The non organic carrots get sprayed with a variety of poisons. Just rinse off a non-organic carrot under the tap, then peel another. Eat the peeled one firs…
  • Is your family warm to the idea of fruits and vegetables? That’s your first obstacle. Getting them to try new produce items and eat a little variety. If you’re transitioning, your family will probably appreciate some of the heavier stuff that makes …
  • Love your delivery, ungrateful. You made me laugh. I live in a “heavy” city on the Canadian/US border. It seems to me that at least 60% are overweight or obese. Whenever someone asks me what the secret is to losing weight and keeping it off, they ar…
  • I tell people that my digestive system is dead slow and causes some internal discomfort when heavy meals just sit there, making me gassy and bloated. So, I’m trying to eat more simply and naturally. That means avoiding meat, dairy and processed food…
  • The first few things I made when going raw were blender soups. I barely did any chopping at all. It was as simple as chopping vegetables and fruits in halves or quarters. As long as I had enough water in the blender to make it go, my blender (or foo…
  • If you have a vacuum sealer, you can seal the onion bread in so that the pieces can’t shift around individually and break. Sealing the bread will keep it fresh as well. I’d suggest shipping it overnight, though, so that the bread arrives at its fres…
    in shipping raw? Comment by 1sweetpea
  • Is it possible it’s just the smell of slimy seaweed noodles?
  • My jury’s still out on them as well. I opened the package to find an odour that I didn’t care for (formaldehyde … really???). I rinsed and rinsed and soaked and rinsed some more. After at least an hour-long soak, I tried to eat a bit, but the textur…
  • I use the Green Star juicer, which juices in such a way that the enzymes remain vital for up to a couple of days, if the juice is stored in an airtight container. I have to admit, we generally only juice on weekends, because the cleanup is laborious…
  • I think they’re legitimately raw. I wanted to soak and sprout them because they are legumes, not real nuts. They ARE tough to digest as is. I’m just peeved that they don’t appear to be sprouting, which indicates to me that they died at some point, f…
  • Well, I’m sensing nobody has tried these nuts, or tried to sprout them. I soaked a handful (maybe 1/3 cup) for 12 hours, then rinsed. It has now been 24 hours in the strainer and exactly two peanuts look like they might sprout. I will not order thes…
  • I'm with you, derryckl. I haven't been very committed to raw lately, for a variety of reasons, but I try to be as raw as possible when eating at home. I will not give up my balsamic vinegar, though. It's just too darn good. Raw ACV and lemon juice a…
  • Yeah. Restaurants buy the cheapest and largest quantities of salad dressings that they can find, most of which are vile. Look at the ingredient list on a standard issue bottle of balsamic vinaigrette at your grocery store. You’ll find all kinds of a…
  • Vinaigrette is a term that describes a salad dressing made from oil and an acid, in this case, vinegar. The word, vinaigrette is NOT synonymous with vinegar. When I say I make my own vinaigrette, I mean that I mix oil, vinegar, garlic and salt or Na…
  • Not raw. I’m so sorry. I absolutely love balsamic vinegar. I make my own vinaigrette with aged balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy, organic cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil mixed with a little flax, hemp or avocado oil, garlic and Nama Shoyu, whi…
  • To very simply answer your questions, I quote from ungrateful’s post: “the myth that you need all that protein is propagated by the government and the beef and dairy industries. All the protein you need is in your fruits, veges and seeds!” Rather th…
  • Why high-protein? You need no more than 10% of your total calories from protein. A raw diet of fruit and vegetables, supplemented with some seeds and nuts, will provide 10% of protein quite adequately. If you want to fill yourself up, choose things …
  • You should look into mastic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastic_gum. I tried it in Turkey. In some countries, mastic is mixed with mint and a sweetener to make fresh gum. The Wikipedia article says it’s sun-dried, so it should, in theory, be raw. If…
    in Raw Gum? Comment by 1sweetpea
  • At what level is cholesterol considered low enough to be detrimental to health? Does anyone know of a concrete total number or range? If those people in the 80 or 90 range in rural China were functioning perfectly well, then isn’t joliett’s naturopa…
  • Springleaf, you took the words right out of my mouth. I have my China Study book handy, and it says that the average for the rural Chinese population (those eating traditonal diets) was 127, compared to the average American, whose cholesterol is 217…
  • When I was in the earliest days of recovery from bulimia, I tried to busy myself, especially on weekends, with household tasks that had gone ignored for ages while I buried myself in my eating disorder. It got me through long stretches without letti…
  • I heard that the internal health benefits of aloe are completely lost within a short period after extracting the gel from the aloe plant’s leaves. My understanding is that it’s best to buy an aloe plant, pull off a leaf when you need it, soak it in …
    in Aloe Comment by 1sweetpea
  • Your blender is best for smoothies, which are great for you too. We use the Green Star. I say “we”, but I really mean “he”. I do 99.9% of the cooking and uncooking in our house. I shop, I prep, I concoct and dream up gourmet feasts as well as simple…
    in Juicer Comment by 1sweetpea
  • I made a few different types of flatbreads and crackers a while ago. They all made me feel like I had swallowed a fist. I couldn’t drink enough water to get them to pass through my system in any less than about three days. They all tasted nice, for …