ex-pat Katie

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• The keratosis pilaris or ‘chicken skin’: I have it, as does my sister and she was very bothered about it at one time, so we did a lot of looking into this a while back. The little bumps are full of some kind of sebacious gunk (you’ll see that if you…

  in Keratosis Pilaris Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Now, I can only tell you what I myself would do and probably most people including your doctor/naturopath will completely disagree with me! What I would want to know is exactly what my body felt like on raw food with NO medication at all, not even h…

  in medication detox Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Zoe: Being very, very drunk! The first time I ever waxed, many moons ago, was a pissed-up girly night in and I couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about… Never done more than one “rip” ever since – can’t hack it. I’m not sure how much help tha…

  in shaving Comment by ex-pat Katie
• I shave in the shower or bath with plain water. The first time I did this I couldn’t believe why I’d been using foams, gels, oils, or suds from shampooing for so long – after all it’s only to get the razor gliding smoothly, so if you are shaving in …

  in shaving Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Hi, welcome! I “discovered” raw halfway through this pregnancy (due on Thursday!), so I’ve had similar concerns and it’s more than a little frustrating. The first thing you should be aware of is that suddenly going 100% raw will cause a large detox …

  in breastfeeding Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Renoir, THANKYOU so much for posting that fantastic link! Everybody else, please read it. If on any level your apart-from-honey-veganism is remotely related to concern for the other creatures who are unlucky enough to have to share this planet with …

  in Honey I want to know! Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Signed it x

  in PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION! Comment by ex-pat Katie
• 26, but apparently I look older! Most people guess me at mid 30s, NOT good… I keep hoping it’s just because people are surprised that I’m married with (nearly!) 3 kids… I’m hoping that going raw will help bring back the youthful looks I really shoul…

  in How old are you? Comment by ex-pat Katie
• The other factor also mentioned by Victoria Boutenko is hydrochloric acid in the stomach. Specifically the lack thereof. In Green for Life she says that in her observation most people diagnosed with very low stomach acid had noticeably more gray hai…

  in Reversing gray hair? Comment by ex-pat Katie
• LOL! You sound very like me, actually. I’m only bolshy on the INside! I can’t stand up to doctors either, that’s why I’d rather steer clear of them altogether. Your husband’s family sound great! I notice your age from the nosey-poke “how old are you…

  in Need a little medical advice please Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Oh I’m so thrilled for you!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Ride of your life coming up… And I wish that I had had the knowledge the first two times and the courage this time to decide against a “medicalised” pregnancy. Whatever you decide about this, my biggest…

  in Need a little medical advice please Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Let us know if you are/aren’t pregnant, won’t you! If you are pregnant, bear in mind you may still get a negative test (just in case you were thinking “negative = instant liver cleanse”!). With my second baby I got 7 negatives before a very faint po…

  in Need a little medical advice please Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Just wanted to clarify my answer after Alix’s! I agree whole-heartedly that of course the best thing you can do is eat a healthy diet full of fresh foods. It doesn’t make sense that you should eat crap when pregnant. If you are already raw, fantasti…

  in Need a little medical advice please Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Definitely do not do it. It sucks when you want to get on with stuff, but I’m afraid there is just too much evidence to suggest that everything you detox from your own body goes straight down the umbilical cord to your developing baby. My main worry…

  in Need a little medical advice please Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Well, again – I would! However I’m due to give birth on March 20th so… Probably not ;-) Bad timing! And I hear you’re planning on moving over to the States anyway?

  in Raw Kitchen Classes UK Comment by ex-pat Katie
• So jealous. I’m originally from Lancashire before moving to the netherlands, so I would TOTALLY have been there! :-(

  in Raw Kitchen Classes UK Comment by ex-pat Katie
• I tend to try and imagine what a chimp would do! I can’t imagine them being overly fussy about a few brown spots. My husband pointed this out when I was carefully inspecting every single grape on the bunch before I gave them to my 2 year old… Having…

  in Are Over-ripe Bananas OK to eat? Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Hi ziggytaxi, Just wanted to point out that Elizabethh actually said “Whole foods omnivore” directly before the SAD reference… ;-)

  in Leaving Raw Foods: How? Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Hi again Diana, Oh well – it was too much to hope that you would be just around the corner I suppose! I was in Utrecht a couple of weeks ago doing my Nederlands als tweede taal staatsexamen (weet nog niet of ik geslaagd ben, waarschijnlijk niet!) bu…

  in Raw in the Netherlands... Comment by ex-pat Katie
• HI!!!! I live in Nijmegen, where are you? Thrilled to hear that there is at least one more “rauwe eten” enthusiast here! I am also finding it difficult – I’m not fully raw (or even close) yet, but no it doesn’t seem like there is much going on does …

  in Raw in the Netherlands... Comment by ex-pat Katie
• You should read this: http://www.shazzie.com/raw/transformation/shell… and this (this link is on the previous page but i put it here too in case you don’t get that far…): http://abcinternetmarketing.com/depo-provera/ I’m NEVER going back to artifi…

  in Birth Control? Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Ah! And, have you read yet about the Boutenko family when they trekked all the way through North America? They did an awful lot of foraging – of plants completely unknown to them – and they tested things by getting the dad (who was biggest and stron…

  in raw questions Comment by ex-pat Katie
• I don’t know. Animals seem to do mostly OK - nobody tells them what’s suitable and what isn’t. My guess (and that’s all it is) is that way back when we actually knew our bodies and listened to what they told us, we probably had quite an astute insti…

  in raw questions Comment by ex-pat Katie
• What is the purpose of anything?! Many meat-eaters seem to think that the “purpose” of animals such as cows and pigs is simply to provide food for humans. I’ll bet the animals in question wouldn’t agree! And I don’t, either. Is it too much for bible…

  in raw questions Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Goji berries. Vilest, bitterest, nastiest little things! Can’t understand what all the fuss is about.

  in The most gross raw food you've ever eaten????? Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Yep, I’m also convinced it’s detox. I’m nowhere near 100% raw (I’m 8 months pregnant and worried about detox effects on the baby) but have implemented many raw habits in my house. We all have a completely raw (just fresh fruit mostly) breakfast and …

  in Worried!! Detox Symptoms ?? Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Hi! The easiest – and safest – way is if you have a) a stone patio or b) a tiled floor. I just hold the coconut as high over my head as I can and drop it. Two or three times is usually enough, trying to make sure it always hits the ground along the …

  in Help...how to open a coconut? Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Sigg bottles ARE made of aluminium but have a coating on the inside to prevent aluminium leaching (“The proprietary SIGG bottle lining is a water-based, non-toxic coating that is baked into the interior walls and remains flexible and crack resistant…

  in Plastic alternatives Comment by ex-pat Katie
• Hi Marcel, you aren’t so far from me – I live in Nijmegen (Nimwegen!) in the Netherlands, just on the german border. Glad to hear there is some german interest in raw food – how is Germany for that? Isn’t it a bit difficult? (culturally food is fair…

  in Hello from Germany Comment by ex-pat Katie
• I strongly believe that you should never eat purely for the sake of it. For years I forced breakfast down – even though I was never hungry first thing in the morning! – because of everyone saying it was the most important meal of the day etc.. Now I…

  in To eat Breakfast or to Not to eat Breakfast??? Comment by ex-pat Katie