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• if you are eating lots and lots of fruits and veggies and use the nuts to accentuate your meals you will be fine. fruit is a good filler.

  in im afraid im gunna gain Comment by bitt
• ok, also they really recommend enemas. not sure how you feel about that but juice feasting makes you detox really fast so it is good to have something to help you get out the toxins quicker.

  in Juice fast Comment by bitt
• have you read juicefeasting.com ??? you will probably get all your answers there and then some!

  in Juice fast Comment by bitt
• yeah it’s crazy all those books that call themselves raw but have nonraw things in them. skip the braggs! also if you google “raw before and after” you will find some great stories about people improving from all sorts of illnesses including cancer.…

  in raw without soy Comment by bitt
• i say stay on it. going off for just a week or so will throw you off too much. if you decide to go completely off of it, wait until you are ready for your period and then just stay off it. that’s how i did it.

  in Juice Fast and birth controle pill Comment by bitt
• mmm. depends on what you are eating. if it keeps up let us in on what you are eating. radishes and some cucumbers do this to me.

  in Burping Up Taste of Food Comment by bitt
• Slosh-uh, I think raw will help you but perhaps you also need something else to complement the lifestyle. There are many things that people find nourishing to the soul: breathwork, yoga, therapy. Maybe to not put all your eggs in the raw basket.

  in A Short Sojourn... Comment by bitt
• Can you hang out in the sun? My hair is kind reddish brown but can get almost blond in the sun.

  in Will raw make my hair go back to blonde? Comment by bitt
• I just told people at work I was on kind of a cleansing diet since I was feeling low energy, etc. They related to it somehow. Also, people can relate if you admit you are trying to lose weight. Many Americans are unhappy with their weight so they wi…

  in New and not sure where to start... Comment by bitt
• froemer, welcome! i am an all or nothing kind of person too. i started with smoothies, they are great because they are filling and super healthy. if you go to utube and search green smoothie you will find some good videos on them. i have heard good …

  in New and not sure where to start... Comment by bitt
• There is a little coop in Blue Hill that I love. Also, Happycow.net has listings of health food stores/vegan places around the world. It’s a great resource.

  in Any Down East Maine recommendations? Comment by bitt
• They are nibbling away! We also have a yard waste container now to take some of the food scraps, less work for the worms. I love peeking in there, they are so interesting!

  in Worm Bin Comment by bitt
• I’ve searched the web, just no one has specifications for what a raw vegan produces in a week! We dedided we produce as much as a family of 5 of SADs. In the winter they can either get a wool blanket wrapped around them or brought inside. I am going…

  in Worm Bin Comment by bitt
• we started with a pound but i just got another pound. hopefully that will speed things up!

  in Worm Bin Comment by bitt
• ok then I have a question: how long does it take to really get going? we’ve been at it about a month.

  in Worm Bin Comment by bitt
• yeah if you add some worms they will for sure help with composting. they are called red wiggler worms.

  in Worm Bin Comment by bitt
• Just make sure you eat all your raw veggies before you eat it (like a big salad) and you won’t have room for too many crackers.

  in can i eat too many carbs on raw? Comment by bitt
• you can do it tamisha!

  in Scared/Confused Comment by bitt
• tamisha, try not to be all or nothing right now. just move towards healthier choices in general. to stop the binging binge on fruit instead! it is not really a binge if it is on fruit. lots of melon and smoothies. if you make a mistake, just see as …

  in Scared/Confused Comment by bitt
• i see what you mean everyone. i try to hang onto my tote bags but after 10 years some seem to get lost or get holes in it. I wish I had a sewing machine so I could make my own. But for folks that have been using plastic for years, I think getting on…

  in FREE Designer GREEN BAGS!!! Comment by bitt
• oh yeah. i’m drooling over them!

  in check out these raw recipes at Food and Wine! Comment by bitt
• yes see someone who is trained in this stuff. i had a whole lot of issues come up for me once and just would cry for hours sometimes. once i was past all that i felt like a new person. so it is not always a bad thing, you just need someone who is tr…

  in Emotional Detoxing? Comment by bitt
• for protein actually veggies have enough protein in them so you should be ok. for nuts you can substitute pine nuts (which aren’t really nuts are they?) and sunflower seeds for most nuts. not sure if you can do those but just play around with substi…

  in Food allergies Comment by bitt
• Hi Shantilove. Like the name. I don’t know the answers to your questions but I have gone through similar experiences, being vegan and gluten free before raw. I am so sorry that you have had to live your life in so much pain. I too had a very painful…

  in Food allergies Comment by bitt
• That’s funny. I am like that with broccoli buggies. They are tiny and black. And they are in cauliflower too. I got some broccoli from the farmer’s market and yesterday ate some and then it moved! It was a tiny green caterpillar! Luckily I did not e…

  in kale buggies Comment by bitt
• as for juice I used to drink OJ at lot. Now I squeeze 2-3 oranges and add water and ice. It’s so much more delicious and it is pretty easy with a hand-juicer. Here is the one I have: http://www.oakcreekorchard.com/sitebuilderconte… I am sure the kid…

  in The Cost of the Raw Food Lifestyle Comment by bitt
• yeah Trader Joes really varies, we only do the dates, citrus and avocados from there. We asked them and they said all their frozen fruit has not been blanched but the veggies had been. Also Trader Joe’s has some almonds from Spain too. Just don’t ge…

  in The Cost of the Raw Food Lifestyle Comment by bitt
• my best advice to save $$ is to shop around. i went through a thing of not wanting to drive to get my food but then I realized by traveling a bit more I can save tons of $$. Yesterday I went to the Asian market and got: one melon, 3 young coconuts, …

  in The Cost of the Raw Food Lifestyle Comment by bitt
• Noooooo!!! I refuse to give it up (what a waste!) But if I lose it I will look into that one.

  in Love my SIGG. BUT?! Comment by bitt
• Yeah I realized trying to dehydrate your own fruit is kinda expensive. But fun!

  in Prices of dehydrating fruits... Comment by bitt