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• also, give yourself a break! =)

  in I just took a life. :-( Comment by pianissima
• in my experience if you are kind to them they don’t attack. i have even had wasps and bees perch on my arm for a little while. they don’t WANT to sting you, like newbie said.

  in I just took a life. :-( Comment by pianissima
• aha. ok. that makes sense. thanks guys!

  in vitamin A Comment by pianissima
• sorry, yes bitt, that’s why i asked. too much vitamin A is said to cause birth defects, liver problems… the list goes on. i was curious if anyone knew anything about this…

  in vitamin A Comment by pianissima
• p.s. date syrup is another good thing for people who like sweets. blend dates with a little water and DELICIOUS dressing for a fruit salad, or whatever you like…

  in bulk-prepped snacks for raw cleanse? Comment by pianissima
• to make salads more appealing i LOVE using the mandoline. you can do some beautiful spreads using the same ingredients you’d just throw into a chop salad. presentation makes ALL the difference to me! (thin slices of fennel tossed with lemon juice is…

  in bulk-prepped snacks for raw cleanse? Comment by pianissima
• p.s. same for kalamata olives as for tahini. unless you are buying from a local shop that cures their own olives, they have been either pasteurized and/or steeped in pasteurized vinegar OR cured in heated olive oil OR cured in table salt. not to ove…

  in Lethargy :( Comment by pianissima
• three possibilities (that i can see, anyway): 1)your tahini is not raw (unless it specifically says otherwise, it’s been heated in processing) and/or you are using too much, so your body is getting tired from digesting it. 2) the salad is not provid…

  in Lethargy :( Comment by pianissima
• some things you can’t overeat though: greens, celery… (barely any calories, and SO good for you!) if you are having a mono-meal of say, oranges, it would be very hard to over-eat. even though you might start to feel very full, you probably wouldn’t …

  in Overeating Comment by pianissima
• oh, on the other side of the spectrum, and what might have caused the heavy flow… i read in “Diet for a New America” that excess fat intake (animal OR plant) can cause premature onset of menses and heavier menses. just some more thoughts… =)

  in Bad week>now period's double Comment by pianissima
• there have been a lot of articles floating around on this that i’ve read. i even read a book that said your period was not THE indicator of your cycle. in other words you can still ovulate and not get a period. only domesticated animals bleed monthl…

  in Bad week>now period's double Comment by pianissima
• definitely not a coincidence. there’s no such thing. ;) one of the most powerful breakthroughs for me on this path is that i now take full responsibility for my body. anything that occurs is something i did, or something i ignored. women are lucky t…

  in Bad week>now period's double Comment by pianissima
• ok. i had another thought: it looks like i am getting about 25 times the amount of vitamin A that i need. that could also be contributing to my skin healing… hmmm… (i’ve been eating a LOT of watermelon… super charged with vitamin A)

  in Healing acne Comment by pianissima
• autumnides—i think it’s all relative to what your diet was before. any improvement, or omission of something unhealthy is going to help out. moth—if i don’t eat greens i feel AWFUL! i definitely need the greens, and a LOT of them. =)

  in Healing acne Comment by pianissima
• p.s. i did also notice improvement when i cut out dairy & meat (4 years ago) and when i went raw (1 year ago). p.p.s. the reason this surprised me SO much is that it went against everything i’ve ever read about fruit (that it will MAKE you break…

  in Healing acne Comment by pianissima
• a naturopath suggested 2 things to me when i asked: 1) saunas 2) morning urine (i’m not kidding!): it has something in it that helps your skin heal. i guess that’s why we use it for snake bites right? HOWEVER, something i’ve been doing has cleared m…

  in Healing acne Comment by pianissima
• misty- 8/1/1 is designed specifically with athletes in mind. you won’t have a problem with calories on this diet, you just won’t be getting them from fat.

  in What is 811? Comment by pianissima
• that looks like a good grocery list to me. also, cilantro is wonderful in smoothies, esp. ones with pineapple. parsley is loaded with nutrients as well.

  in Almost raw =) Comment by pianissima
• i don’t think it’s super important to eat veggies, but you HAVE to eat greens on this diet or you will experience some negative feedback from your body. greens are going to be your new “starch” and fiber AND protein. so green smoothies would be a gr…

  in Almost raw =) Comment by pianissima
• pine? they are great in smoothies. green or otherwise. they get very creamy like a banana but better.

  in Mango help Comment by pianissima
• babydollsea. you don’t need equipment to reap the benefits of raw. no other animal on earth has appliances that help them to grow strong and healthy. appliances help us keep things varied and interest, they don’t add to our health. (just to clarify)…

  in Whick is better...? Comment by pianissima
• congratulations for taking charge of your life! keep going… it just gets better. =)

  in Hello and Thanks! Comment by pianissima
• you will heal because of what you LEAVE OUT of your diet, not what you include. if you are having cheese every once in a while your body is not going to go into healing mode. this is according to a very well-respected doctor, Fred Bisci. your body d…

  in Tonsillitis, again... Comment by pianissima
• if you use a hole punch to make about 15 holes per side of a zip lock bag, then seal the bag, your greens will keep a lot longer. it gives them just enough air to breathe, but not enough to wilt. a bonus is you can re-use the bags by taking them wit…

  in Wilted Greens Comment by pianissima
• oh, and to modify that recipe of RawVoice’s: better yet, you could juice the lemons and some apples. that would be plenty of sugar. and if you place lavender is a small blender with a little bit of water, blend and pass it through a tea strainer. ad…

  in Lavender Comment by pianissima
• make a tea and add it to your bath water? i love tea baths.

  in Lavender Comment by pianissima
• hey cal_gundert—totally unrelated, but i read your profile. how does archive work? i’m a musician, so i’d like to put my music up… is it streaming, or would i have to make it free for download (not that keen… maybe for some live recordings)? in term…

  in Fewest foods, adequate nutrition Comment by pianissima
• you create less gas in the digestive process with raw foods. the less work your body has to do, the less gas is created. so, since your cells are FULL of gas, they are releasing some of that gas in detox (to balance out what is outside and inside th…

  in Okay, this MIGHT mean I'm detoxing.. Comment by pianissima
• oh, one more thing. make sure that what you do eat COOKED is still healthy (i.e. not processed, no chemicals) because the more you detox the more sensitive your cells are becoming to junk. if you are eating 80% raw and sugar cereal, or i don’t know,…

  in Okay, this MIGHT mean I'm detoxing.. Comment by pianissima
• if your diet was pretty far from raw beforehand than yes, this is detox. i’m going to explain what detox is, to maybe give you a little peace: (sorry if others have already heard this explanation before… please ignore) gas is a natural bi-product of…

  in Okay, this MIGHT mean I'm detoxing.. Comment by pianissima