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• Hi Juliana, So glad you are raw. Hang in there, I am doing it alone with very little support here where I am, so all my support is virtual (via the internet) but its great! I have been raw for a little over 46 days and have seen some amazing results…

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• Hey Green, I experienced a lighter and significantly shorter period since going raw almost 2 months ago. In the other stuff page of the forum there is a thread titled For women only or something like that and it deals specifically with our cycles an…

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• Hey greenmachine welcome :) Hey atleast you have organic foods, wholefoods markets and trader joes in Mass. I live in southern Italy and we have nothing, I buy my fruit and veg at a regular market and the only organic stuff I have access to is what …

  in Hello everyone! Comment by deasmiles
• Hi Zella, Contact you how? My position was just eliminated on a contract, overseas. I am moving back to the US later on this summer and am definately interested in the raw food business. 

  in Job opportunity in Snohomish, WA near Everett Comment by deasmiles
• Hi buffalorising, can I just say I love your name. ok back to what you asked. Have you considered taking dessert? I have seen great recipes for cakes and pies here. A luscious chocolate moussse piped into individual cupcakes with a nut based crust? …

  in Recipes for Un-Raw folks Comment by deasmiles
• Hi Odessa, there is a website www.americanyogini.com they are located in NY and they offer retreats, raw cooking lessons and fasts and yoga. I do not know them personally and haven’t been there but I saw that you were looking for a retreat in the NY…

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• Hi Girlygirl, don’t worry about it, I never had this but at 24 had to have a mass removed and it turned out to be fine. I worried myself sick needlessly while I waited for the biopsy/bloodwork etc, when I should have just waited for the tests. I can…

  in Women-need your advice Comment by deasmiles
• Slow but steady I agree with you, I started this weighing 221 lbs and I am down to 205 lbs, my goal is 140 lb and I am 41! I started exercising now, and this lifestyle is full of fiber rich foods so its easy to get overly full. I try to eat nutrient…

  in How do you reach your calorie "goal" Comment by deasmiles
• That is really sound advice Om, sorry to hear about your hypothyroidism. Spiritedmama-thanks for the compliment, that is me on a high raw diet after 1 month, that picture was taken on May 01. My other one was from January this year -blessings to all…

  in How do you reach your calorie "goal" Comment by deasmiles
• Hi Raw dancer, I know that I am significantly below the daily recommended allowance calorie wise. Unlike you I am well above my suggested BMI or ideal weight. My comment is not scientific nor do I have any exact references. What I think is that mayb…

  in How do you reach your calorie "goal" Comment by deasmiles
• Hi guys, I haven’t shared in a while. I have been lurking in the site, also because at last I found a raw food community here in Italy on line so I have been sharing and getting support from them. How is my no poo going? Well I confess I fell off th…

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• Hey QueenFluff, Yeah you got it, gross and brillo pad like, I will avoid shampooing for as long as possible. I don’t know what I was thinking, I didn’t even use a diluted shampoo and water mix, I just felt so icky that I caved…anyhow I am now almost…

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• Hi Queenfluff, yeah I only washed my hair once with shampoo and it was last Monday so now that I think about it I am on week 2 of no poo. And yeas its dry and tough to manage again, by the time I was at 1.5 months of no poo my hair was so soft, shin…

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• Well Hi guys and gals, With Dancharming on this post I thought I’d be more gender neutral. After 1 month and 8 days ‘poo free I finally broke down 2 weeks ago monday and shampood my hair. Well the bottom line is that my car got stuck in the sand tha…

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• odalys, I am so happy for you :) probably a combination of both, not ‘pooing and being raw. Yay for you! Dea :)

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• Hi Shine72, I live in Italy and the water is definately hard here. I do not color my hair so I can’t help you with that. I also believe there is quite a bit of chlorine in the h20 here too. Well all, its 1 month now for me. I think my scalp is start…

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• Hi Queenfluff and everyone, well its week 3 for me of no shampoo. I cannot ever put things like baking soda or vinegar on my hair. I have the opposite problem of you guys, not enough sebum oil is my deal. I must say I was worried about my hair being…

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• Kundalinita, Tell your sister to try it for one month, as far as the hair going towards the natural shape its meant to be, in my case sort of a very soft, soft afro…that to me is rather the point for me anyway. I haven’t relaxed my hair in over 2 ye…

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• Hiya Queenfluff, I think Satnam means top shoots of the common juniper tree, it sounds like a lovely norwegian natural cure. Love those, old natural cures and remedies usually passed on by women. As for the hair I just massage it in while still wet …

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• Well, I have been “lurking” in this post! Count me in too ladies, week 2 ‘poo free. I live on an island in the mediterrenean so I take a dip every day in the summer, and between the swimming in the sea and shampooing it was stripping what little oil…

  in To shampoo or not to shampoo? Comment by deasmiles
• :)) Nice….

  in Wholesale fruit and veg heaven Comment by deasmiles
• Hey spiritemama, I wanted to tell you that since I started living raw I have had 2 times that I ate cooked vegan, some pasta with tomato sauce, no biggie it happens. I was travelling which can be tough if you are in a hotel, and there are limited op…

  in Emotional Reaction Comment by deasmiles
• I process cauliflower in a food processor until I get it down to rice size pieces and I season it with salt, pepper, olive oil and lemon. It doesn’t taste like rice but it does the trick. I have also heard of doing the same with jicama, or turnips. …

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• Hi cor-ka, I am not sure about cold smoking food, but I wanted to relate to you that I too was and still am overweight-heavily overweight). I started out at 228lb the heaviest I have ever been and I am down to 207 now. And still going, I think that …

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• Hi Patchouli, welcome to this website, there is lots of useful information here, from recipes to advice, to nutritional information and how to overcome all types of issues that may crop up when raw. As for the coffee, I live in the nation of coffee …

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• Kooliedad, thanks for the info I checked out that link, that makes sense. I had an intense detox reaction while working out today, I did my 50 mins on the spin bike (10 min warm up, 10 jumps, 10 running, 10 climbing a mountain and then 10 cool down)…

  in Increased flexibility while raw Comment by deasmiles
• Hi, I had a 3 day work related conference in April and the first night there was a catered served dinner, the other meals were all buffet style. I told the catering mgr prior to my arrival that I was vegan and they served me steamed vegetables and p…

  in Need some social advice! Comment by deasmiles
• I would love to go to a raw potluck in Austin when I get there…soon late summer early fall at the latest :) There are good things about Sicily Italy where I live currently but organic food, goji berries, young cocounts, are not available. There are …

  in Dophilus Comment by deasmiles
• Hi Lindaintheraw and Queenfluff, Now you both have me thinking. I have been raw for 37 days now and haven’t taken any supplements. I use to take Omega 3 and 6 and acidphilus lactobacillus something. I am wondering if I should start taking the acidop…

  in Dophilus Comment by deasmiles
• Yes Jenergy, I believe it does. I was craving chocolate the other day so I made raw cacao truffles, coconut oil, raw cacao, agave, dates, blended and then I rolled it in coconut flakes and chilled it for a while. Man, I had 1 and my heart was racing…

  in cacao nibs Comment by deasmiles