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• A tincture is an alcohol-based extract. Very easy and much cheaper to make yourself with good-quality materials. Chasteberry acts on the pituitary gland, and suppresses prolactin. To be honest, I never made chasteberry tincture, so I don’t know how …

  in Fibroids! Help? Comment by TomsMom
• I can suggest using a double-boiler to gently(very gently) warm your soups. Stir constantly so the soup at the bottom doesn’t get really hot. I wouldn’t even let the water boil; just get hot. It’s a great cook’s device. You can probably get a nice q…

  in Do you miss hot food? Comment by TomsMom
• jaymz72, I hardly was “mean” or rude to user no bones and do not intend to apologize to anyone. I think you should realize when a troll is goofing around a site. Edit-I snapped and shouldn’t have.

  in Do vegetables have feelings? Comment by TomsMom
• I didn’t see a video on that page, but I did see “a” corn syrup-promoting commercial earlier this morning on my television. I assume it’s the same one. I had to laugh. This is like the old ads that featured feeding tiny children(and even babies) bot…

  in Speachless over this commerical I saw Comment by TomsMom
• You’re doing awesome! I’m surprised that your doctor seems shocked that a more appropriate diet would lower your high cholesterol and blood pressure. Considering that high blood pressure and high cholesterol are usually diet-related, why would he be…

  in My first real health breakthrough with raw Comment by TomsMom
• That is fanTAStic news, Mon! I’m trying to get up the courage to go in and get a mystery lump checked out, yuck. Don’t be afraid to have a mammo if you need one. While I’m not saying they are “safe”, I will say the hysteria over them is just that: h…

  in Change in mammogram Comment by TomsMom
• TheRawDance, I feed my kitty a species-appropriate, all raw diet. Cats are obligate carnivores and derive no health benefits from vegetable-based diets, so just about any commericial diet is horrible for them. I even see the raw-meat commerical prod…

  in Raw Pets Comment by TomsMom
• robinbarr, I’m not so sure about a couple of the massive weight-loss stories I’ve read about. Anyone who can slam down several thousands calories of fresh, raw food and still loose 1/2 pound a full pound a DAY for months on end never had any metabol…

  in When's all this weight loss I read about supposed to start? Comment by TomsMom
• My hair is progressing in grayness, more and more. I eat all raw. So much for that, darn it:( However, my creppy skin is smoothing out, and THAT is a nice surprise. I think if you start raw now and stick with it, you won’t have the amount of gray an…

  in Anti aging effects of raw food Comment by TomsMom
• yes, water kefir is raw. So is milk kefir, if the milk is raw.(of course it’s not vegan)

  in KEFIR-water = can it be considered RAW? Comment by TomsMom
• well, there is just as much harm in lies and exageration without providing total knowledge, as there is in not saying anything. I have issues with that green article. I still do. I stand by what I said in my first post. When someone spreads an untru…

  in FDA Unleashes Radiation on Spinach, Lettuce; FDA Plots to Sicken Consumers with Malnutrition Comment by TomsMom
• NaturalNews.com is not being accurate. They are blending truth and fact with exaggeration and lie. There is no way to fight government and Big Pharma if you can’t even be bothered with listening to the source of a problem. To lie is wrong. To instil…

  in FDA Unleashes Radiation on Spinach, Lettuce; FDA Plots to Sicken Consumers with Malnutrition Comment by TomsMom
• Hi, again, kat! Just be aware that TJ is the type of store to use more than a bit of deceit to sell. I don’t know what your local TJ is like, but I’ve seen mine put up signs calling foods “organic” that are not. For example, if a product labels itse…

  in so are the raw nuts I buy actually raw? Comment by TomsMom
• In the nut industry, “raw” only means that the nut or seed has not been roasted. But since many types of nuts and seeds are processed with heat for cleaning and/or shelling, they are exposed to high temperatures and are dead. So you can see the word…

  in so are the raw nuts I buy actually raw? Comment by TomsMom
• Personally, I loose much more weight in a given time the more raw fats and fatty foods I eat. If, however, I eat more sweet fruits and less fats, the loss drastically slows. Ultimately, it comes down to caloric intake for me. My lifestyle is very mu…

  in losing weight while eating nuts? Comment by TomsMom
• Well, when it comes to the urinary tract,(and if you have insurance), it won’t hurt to go pee in a cup and let it get looked at. I’m not a lover of doctors, but I would in this case. Just don’t fret over it, okay? Hugs!

  in detox - help! Comment by TomsMom
• It might be “detox”, but then again, you might just be sick, kellyne. Most “detox” symptoms are flu-ish, like diarrhea(over-load of bile and acids, among other things), aching muscles, headache, but they are over for most people in 2 or 3 weeks. Uri…

  in detox - help! Comment by TomsMom
• hannah, you create some of the nicest little recipes!

  in anyone know of a fig newton recipe Comment by TomsMom
• No, you’re not nuts. Of course not. Only in the last decade have I heard doctors tell people that fresh fruits and vegetables are bad for them and cannot nourish them. Evil, stupid and utterly robotic. Make sure your diet is varied and is not lackin…

  in Will my hair fall out? Comment by TomsMom
• Boy, I hear more and more of this as time goes on. When I was a kid, doctors always encouraged more eating of raw fruits and vegetables, as much as you could eat. But in the last 15 years or so, I’m hearing a terrible amount of stupidity coming out …

  in Will my hair fall out? Comment by TomsMom
• featherbliss, chickpeas are almost always viable when bought dry at any store. No need to buy expensive, organic so-called “sprouting” chickpeas, unless you wish to have them. Izhpt gives a good warning, though. A lot of people don’t handle uncooked…

  in soaking chickpeas to make hummus Comment by TomsMom
• Oh, God, that is heart-breaking:**( Tekla, this is self-starvation and has nothing to do with eating an all-raw diet. There are no “restrictions” with a raw diet as far as quantity goes.(Or quality, sometimes, haha) I think your SO could benefit wit…

  in underweight and body/eating issues Comment by TomsMom
• Versepie, you want only cooked grains? I notice that the answers are assuming you are eating them raw.

  in What are some healthy grains? Comment by TomsMom
• Once in a while, I’ll want a treat at night,so I toss together an apple with raspberries, some fresh grated ginger root, a squeeze of lime, and a bit of cinnamon in the food processor. I love baby mush, yum!

  in Nightime Sweet Treat Comment by TomsMom
• Most of that stuff is a con sold by evil people who sell cancer cures. I’m very familiar with the parasite zapper.

  in Crazy health devices? Comment by TomsMom
• Raw food for a dog is great, but should be raw meaty bones and raw organ. VEgetation is not appropriate and hurts them in teh long run, although I know it’s very popular for vegans to misfeed their pets. Dogs are scavangers at heart and love anythin…

  in raw pet food Comment by TomsMom
• Zoe, after you mix your ground seeds with oil, do you process them more?

  in annoyed Comment by TomsMom
• The protein amounts are extreme. I understand the attraction of diets like this and others like the paleo diets, but I don’t find the theories behind them to be very substantial. The “well, our ancestors ate like this” doesn’t mean a lot. You can al…

  in The Wai Diet Comment by TomsMom
• I don’t know why some dentists say ridiculous things like this; I really don’t. I still hear the occassional one claim that enamel on the tooth is never replaced, which is a complete lie.

  in Know-it-all thinks I need to take calcium supplements Comment by TomsMom
• According to stats, your nosey Parker pal is more likely, as a dairy eater, to develope osteoporosis, than you are as a vegan. She really needs to go back to high school school and take biology again before she blathers on about how a human needs to…

  in Know-it-all thinks I need to take calcium supplements Comment by TomsMom