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• ask her what the temp is though. even the excalibur HAS THE POTENTIAL to go past 155 degrees. you wouldn’t be making anything raw… just slower cooking it seems.

  in Quick question Comment by pianissima
• i wish someone else would come to rescue here because i am SO SO not scientifically minded. as long as they are raw, i’d say ENJOY! anyone else???

  in SOAKING vs. SPROUTING Comment by pianissima
• not sure but would love to know the answer to the hulled vs. unhulled part of this. soaked buckwheat would simply make it soft. it would be great for a recipe, but it wouldn’t be “sprouted” since no tail appears. neither would soaked seeds. you have…

  in SOAKING vs. SPROUTING Comment by pianissima
• waterbaby12347- totally. gotcha! =) it never thought about what cottonseed oil was… that’s so funny (weird funny)... i guess i didn’t have to, but still. this is where i got mine when i was in california in december: http://www.naturalhighlifestyle.…

  in Food for thought and it was thought NOT to be food!??!? Comment by pianissima
• i think we should just do away with cotton completely. it uses water like there’s no tomorrow… i bought some hemp clothing recently… oh WOW. the softest stuff on earth! plus, it grows like a weed and is virtually it’s own pesticide.

  in Food for thought and it was thought NOT to be food!??!? Comment by pianissima
• queenfluff—that’s so weird that mention anastasia. i’ve been meaning to check it out… is it as life-altering as they claim? this is so great… i haven’t heard of most of these!

  in Books! Comment by pianissima
• ooh… i’ll check out david sedaris. if you like funny you might like bill bryson travelogs. it’s embarrassing reading them around people because it’s, like you say, laugh out loud funny. i read “in a sunburnt country” about his trip to australia. i l…

  in Books! Comment by pianissima
• oh, i LOVE to read… here are my favorites: FICTION: The Life Everlasting, I Capture the Castle, A Passage to India, Everything is Illuminated, The House of the Spirits, The God of Small Things, The #1 Ladies Detective Agency (series), The Handmaid’s…

  in Books! Comment by pianissima
• rawjazz—not weird at all. fruit is very cleansing. your body is pushing out the toxins so fast your colon can’t keep up. so it pushes it out through the skin. i second/third the colonic… or slowing down the detox with less fruit and more greens. you…

  in pimples!! Comment by pianissima
• i send you so much compassion to steer you out of this. i am with achin70—thoughts are very important. visualize yourself getting out of this. it doesn’t matter how, life will take care of that for you. it’s hard to have faith when you are on this e…

  in I needs some help!!! Comment by pianissima
• how about a green juice with lemon and ginger? celery and cucumber is my fave. (a little jalepeno is pretty cool as a kick to your morning as well)

  in Non sweet breakfasts... Comment by pianissima
• cool. the hardest ones to chew tend be the the most nutrient dense (kale, collards…). instead of almonds—and as an aside, you’re buying them TRULY raw right? in the store they are pasteurized—to bulk up your smoothies, try mixing it up with seeds (c…

  in Days 1 & 2 sticker shock Comment by pianissima
• no, not typical. but then this is how i imagine my body-building brother on raw. ;) are you mono-eating? i’d recommend making more complex meals if you are. are you drinking enough water? also, i know from experience. eating a lot of fruit makes you…

  in Days 1 & 2 sticker shock Comment by pianissima
• achin70—i totally agree that freezing isn’t optimal. however the experiment you did with wheatberries wouldn’t apply to nuts i think because they have enzyme inhibitors (it is THAT, not the fact they contain little water) that makes them resistant t…

  in How do you store walnuts? Comment by pianissima
• any exercises that “bends and stretched” the thyroid (to get the juices flowing) will help. in yoga, there is plow pose into fish pose. also, if you swirl your tongue in a circle starting in front of your teeth and the back to the roof of your mouth…

  in Thyroid Boosters Comment by pianissima
• good point roadrunner. actually, i cut back on the fruit because i wasn’t active enough for it. not great for cold climates. stystrdust—agreed. getting too wrapped up in nutrition for nutrition’s sake is at best boring, and worst fear-inducing.

  in Who eats mostly fruit? Comment by pianissima
• “food is fuel not a hobby”—that’s fantastic.

  in Who eats mostly fruit? Comment by pianissima
• one more thing: if you love fruit, eat it! you want to stay motivated to eat raw. eat what you love!

  in Who eats mostly fruit? Comment by pianissima
• heyitsmahsa—i seriously recommend NOT WORRYING. by simply changing your diet to raw vegan foods, no matter what quantity you need to feel full, or what combination, you will start to lose weight EFFORTLESSLY. have a little faith for now… once you se…

  in Who eats mostly fruit? Comment by pianissima
• heyitsmahsa—you don’t to think of it as a life commitment until you see and like the results. cuz why else would you do it? until you try being raw you won’t know if you want to even BE raw. give yourself a week say, and see how you feel. until you …

  in I think I'm going to be about 50% raw Comment by pianissima
• i read in a book on juicing that if you are going to use non-organic produce it’s best to juice it because the pesticides and chemicals stick to the fibers, not the juice. there was another forum on this topic. check in the new to raw section or try…

  in raw on a budget Comment by pianissima
• i felt it in the first few days actually. if you stick with it i would say definitely within a month… it’s not a “big kaboom” though, it’s more like you look back and are like “oh, didn’t i used to feel tired? wasn’t there a time when i would have s…

  in Timescale for Raw perks? Comment by pianissima
• allison- my OB/GYN found no need to run any tests on me this past january. i hadn’t had a period in 8 months since going raw. (it came back btw… on its own) your doctor can tell by looking “down there” to see if you are producing enough estrogen. it…

  in No period? Comment by pianissima
• moth—given that i’ve read your earlier threads i would guess that your loss of period is due to either (or both) your weight being too low, or a lack of iron. your body gets rid of toxins through your period and a raw diet can minimize flow (even en…

  in No period? Comment by pianissima
• raw bentos sound SO SO great. i’m not sure if i’m the typical audience, since i make my own crackers, but if i were going to buy something pre-made i’d want it to me something i wouldn’t have thought of myself and that that REALLY pretty. something …

  in Recipes for Farmers Markets Comment by pianissima
• bitt—cooking doesn’t kill all the nutrients either if i am not mistaken. it’s not so much nutrient loss that raw foodists are concerned with as enzymes. many cooked veggies still have nutrients and vitamins left in them, depending on the degree of c…

  in frozen? freeze dried? green smoothies? Comment by pianissima
• hey bitt! congrats! i think raw- “cookery” is so much more fun than actual cooking… and so much more beautiful, aromatic, and relaxing (no worrying that something is burning while you chop away) b-12 is a controversial issue. there was recently a po…

  in new to raw...loving it! Comment by pianissima
• littlebirdie—welcome! not that i do, but a lot of people on this website grown their own veggies indoors (easy things like tomatoes, lettuce…). that might help you during the winter. just a thought.

  in Boy am I nervous! Greetings from New Mexico! Comment by pianissima
• LizK- when nuts are RAW and soaked/spouted they are a LOT easier to digest. i’m assuming your cashew butter was probably neither, so it might not be nuts in general. though i agree that they are still harder to digest than seeds. mistys1979— YAY! co…

  in Just getting my feet wet:) Chia Seed?? Comment by pianissima
• organic seeds are non-irradiated, so super markets that have a high turnover (so they aren’t rancid) are fine. nuts are more complicated, but in my opinion less versatile anyway. you can’t buy raw almonds in stores anymore (they’re all pasteurized).…

  in Just getting started Comment by pianissima