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• aspire—started watching the mayan calendar one but i have to go so i’m going to watch the rest later. just wanted to say WOW! i always love to learn something new, esp. when it can change your entire worldview! THIS is MIND blowing!!!! very thankful…

  in Feeling scared about the world. Comment by pianissima
• one more thing: i think the more mess there is, the more of a challenge it is to our sense of inner balance and the stronger we can cultivate that balance. it is easy to be a kind, calm, balanced person in the garden of eden. can we keep that sense …

  in Feeling scared about the world. Comment by pianissima
• nicely put zoe. it’s also important to remember that “life” is not that serious. the physical world is real to us, but if we had a deeper vision, we would see it is just one layer of REALITY. i read this book by thich naht hahn called “no fear, no d…

  in Feeling scared about the world. Comment by pianissima
• oh, versepie—yeah, i found i really dislike tables now! what surprised me more was that i suddenly wanted to eat everything with my hands.

  in Mango at Union Station: Raw in public Comment by pianissima
• i just tell people i eat raw when we are NOT in front of food. i like to get it over with fast, when the context is appropriate. and since food ALWAYS comes up, it’s really easy to slip it in there. the conversation usually doesn’t last a long time,…

  in Mango at Union Station: Raw in public Comment by pianissima
• just a little side: you don’t have to peel mangoes (if they are organic of course). the skin is delicious! i eat mine like oblong apples. =)

  in Mango at Union Station: Raw in public Comment by pianissima
• also, it’s watermelon season. that is one large watery fruit that is perfect for juicing. you can buy them organic at whole foods for 7.99 and it will last for ages. you can juice the skin too.

  in Juice Feasting without organic - Is it worth it? Comment by pianissima
• oh, you can just use a regular fine mesh strainer… this is just so you get ALL the fiber out. (even a tea ball will work).

  in Juice Feasting without organic - Is it worth it? Comment by pianissima
• ok. the issue with juicing conventional vs. organic has more to do with nutrients (as bitt said) than it does with chemicals. i have read from the “father of juicing” (norman walker) that pesticides, and all that jazz attach themselves to the fiber …

  in Juice Feasting without organic - Is it worth it? Comment by pianissima
• definitely not part of my long term raw diet. i did find i needed it more in the beginning though. make sure you are getting actual RAW dried fruit (do it yourself or pay lots of $$$$ ordering it online i guess). dates are actually raw. idea: since …

  in Dried Fruit Comment by pianissima
• oh, oh, PLUS, i think to start i wouldn’t have wanted to do something that was simply “good for me” but not that fun. whereas all the “fun” raw things you can eat coming off of a cooked diet are really a treat! i was having raw cake for dinner, raw …

  in Cleanses? Comment by pianissima
• for me, just going raw was enough of an adventure. plus, having done a cleanse, it wasn’t exactly an elating experience, and i think if i thought THAT was raw, i wouldn’t have done it. knowing what it feels like to be raw gives me more motivation to…

  in Cleanses? Comment by pianissima
• the salt water flush comes up a lot. i tried it and personally i get a better “flush” from drinking a big green juice in the morning. and it seems like that much salt might be abrasive to the system. my understanding is that you “flush” because the …

  in Salt water flush Comment by pianissima
• did anyone watch that video aspire posted the other day? it really foretells this entire movement as a predicted shift in consciousness. it’s neat to see. according to the mayan calendar, we are going to be seeing an acceleration of this sort of awa…

  in Buying something? Think again. Comment by pianissima
• winona—i really wish raw chefs did a little more research so we didn’t have to “go raw” and then “go, oh, yeah, oops, i mean REALLY raw.” it makes things wee bit confusing in my opinion. like, i never used miso paste BEFORE going raw! =)

  in New Again! Comment by pianissima
• hey angie! this is indeed a change. i too went from “sort of raw” to “all raw” a few months ago. and it’s an adjustment. BUT it is SO worth it. one thing i had to realize is that i had to change my idea of how much produce was “too much.” it’s cool …

  in New Again! Comment by pianissima
• you are right. i shouldn’t have used hamburgers as an example. here’s what i mean: the cleaner you are the more sensitive you are to the poison. the further along the raw path you get (fruitarian, liquidarian, breatharian…) the more your body will t…

  in Simple Answer? Comment by pianissima
• angie—poison is relative. i’m going to really seem like a matt monarch sheep now, but he gives this great analogy: if you were to give someone arsenic they would die. if you gave them a tiny drop and incrementally increased it over time they would b…

  in Simple Answer? Comment by pianissima
• people are more aware of the global food shortage. vegetables and fruits take up the least amount of space and contain the most nutritional merit. local means less fossil fuels are wasted so we can eat. not to mention, the closer to the picking, the…

  in Simple Answer? Comment by pianissima
• thank you moth. =)

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• bitt—yeah, take everyone’s advice for what it is: personal experience. once you get to the end of the book you may realize (like me) that matt is very well informed, but also VERY paranoid. he is VERY high maintenance. i don’t wish for his life hone…

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• el-bo- you are forgiven. true story: it took me 6 months of “raw till dinner” days to got 100%. give yourself a break! also, after only 2 weeks of raw, you just aren’t that sensitive yet. that’s why it didn’t feel as bad as you thought. that’s also …

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• romaine is amazing isn’t it? ;) um, i just went to the farmer’s market today and got red and green leaf lettuce, parsley, watercress (probably too spicy… i didn’t realize), sorrel, and beautiful spinach. i like to chop up a whole variety, toss it wi…

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• moth—there is some intense detox happening to me for sure. from your posts it seems like you might not be getting enough greens. they are like a sponge for toxins. it might even your mood out. i hope you feel better.

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• i was thinking back to why some days i feel a little bloated and others i feel light as a waif. the “light days” are the ones where i eat mono-meals or sequential mono-meals. the heavy days are the ones where i don’t do that. even though both days a…

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• today i didn’t feel so great, but i think it was poor combining with smoothies and fruit. what does your menu look like ejowett- bitt—no wonder you are craving fats, you aren’t eating anything! =) imagine how many melons it would take to equal the v…

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• okipi- i am in total agreement. we know next to nothing about nutrients in food and how they react in the body (let alone a healthy body). i did find the “count” a good tool to see how much i needed to eat for the first few days though.

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• rawK—just make sure to get them in their shells, otherwise they are not raw (according to purelyraw.com)

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• i too have been low in selenium and sodium. i have to keep in mind though, that this is SO SO SO approximate. i mean, the nutrient content of your foods depends on the soil they have been grown in. in costa rica there is no selenium in the soil, so …

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima
• jackiev—i’m pretty sure watermelons should be picked ripe. did you buy it from whole foods? if so, you can return ANYTHING you are dissatisfied with and get your money back.

  in the brand new, all glittering 80/10/10 - 30 day challenge Comment by pianissima