leahceleste

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• green soups, or blender soups are great to add garlic to. Also I love to make guacamole and add pressed clove of garlic. For my easy blender soups I do: few tomatoes (here you have to substitute) 2 carrots 1/2 cucumber head of romaine lettuce Someti…

  in want to incorporate more garlic in my diet Comment by leahceleste
• Sounds like you are doing a more 80/10/10 approach. I wouldn't worry about recipes if eating this way since by eliminating these items you are going for a more simple strategy which means less ingredients and less preparation time. Find pleasure in …

  in I'm nixing garlic, onions, salt, herbs, & oils Comment by leahceleste
• Well if that's the prob then maca is one thing to try. I think 80/10/10 people would say that eating too much fat could be clogging up your sex drive and sexual feelings. I would experiment, try going on a green smoothie diet for a week or eat mono …

  in Where did my sex drive go!?? (men please reply) Comment by leahceleste
• I have been thinking alot about this subject. I am not convinced that it is normal for young men and sometimes women to be so horny all the time. Sometimes I think that it is a product of all the stimulating things that we eat, drink and do in our l…

  in Where did my sex drive go!?? (men please reply) Comment by leahceleste
• Hands down, Irish Moss! Irish Moss is the best! It is a clear seaweed that is tasteless and colorless and you soak it for a few hours in water and then you blend it with some water (here you would have to sub) to make a gel that you can store in the…

  in konjac powder? Comment by leahceleste
• I eat the huge maridol mexican papayas. I am not sure if they are irradiated but when I was in mexico last year they were everywhere and we ate them like crazy. I was talking to some locals and they said that papaya is like a weed there and grows li…

  in papaya Comment by leahceleste
• Humm, Look at Russell James's site www.therawchefblog.com He has some amazing recipes and alot are not as hard as they look. I would highly recommend you get some recipe books though. Most all my recipes when I went raw came from the books I investe…

  in evening meals/ dinner Comment by leahceleste
• If you get a good small spatula it works great for getting the meat out of the coconuts. Then all you do is slice into thin strips on the cutting board. But like iheartveggies I rarely use these and tend to sub other veggie noodles or kelp noodles.

  in Coconut Noodles Comment by leahceleste
• The only time I was sooo grossed out that I couldn't eat dinner was back pre raw days and my boyfriend and I were making flounder filets that you soak in milk and then roll in flour. While the fish was soaking in the milk I saw these red things in t…

  in HELP! My first gross-out experience... Comment by leahceleste
• It sounds like you are not getting enough water from what you are eating. Bananas, agave, cacao, nori, and nut pate are not water filled foods. Yes you are eating "raw" foods but this is not the kind of raw eating that if going to help your health o…

  in Thirsty thirsty thirsty Comment by leahceleste
• I'm sorry to say it but there is no magic food that will help your friend conceive or keep the baby. Miscarriage is the body's way of saying my body or this baby is not healthy enough to go to full term. Yes it is really sad for the parents but some…

  in What would be good for someone who just had a miscarriage? Comment by leahceleste
• Erewhon grocery store has them for sure. I used to live in LA and I would go there to buy them and all other kinds of weird raw food stuff. They have a huge selection. They are on Beverly between La Brea and Fairfax. If you have never been there go …

  in Where to buy kelp noodles in Los Angeles? (91402 or close by) Comment by leahceleste
• Shazzie just came out with a book about raw for kids based on bringing her daughter up this way. You can check it out on her website. It looks like it has lots of recipes and nutrition info in it. Maybe Raw Kid Chef would like to comment, he/she is …

  in raw transition for a 7 & 9 year old Comment by leahceleste
• no, but i have made coffee with a coffee toddy which is a cold brew process. you still use roasted ground coffee beans but let them sit in cold water for 16 hours and then drain the liquid which is kind of a coffee concentrate. because it is brewed …

  in Raw Coffee? Comment by leahceleste
• Cashews are super mucous forming, avoid! Grapefruit is great at breaking up mucous though and I have sinus congestion when I eat the wrong foods and grapefruit helps. Also I've noticed that taking whole food vitamin C helps alot, I take the one made…

  in Mucus Causing Foods Comment by leahceleste
• I second the suggestion to look into Tonya Zavasta's website, www.beautifulonraw.com She is really interested in skin care and her skin looks amazing. She has a very distinctive routine that she has been tweaking over the years. I have tried the fac…

  in hormonal aging and skin Comment by leahceleste
• Hummm, sounds like you might not have the right brush. A typical skin brush is oval in shape and has cream oat colored bristles and they are bade from vegetable fiber not boar. Boar is a good brush for your hair and scalp and I use one to brush my h…

  in skin brushing makes my skin itch! Comment by leahceleste
• When I lived in LA and went to the farmers markets every week I discovered cherimoyas and they are my favorite!! When they were in season I would eat tons every week. Now that I live in Texas I have not seen one in months:(

  in Interesting fruit? Comment by leahceleste
• I agree, raw fats have alot more in them then just fat. It's not like this raw fat foods are a %100 fat and nothing else. They have fiber and vitamins and minerals and omega fatty acids and really a whole complement of things that make them a whole …

  in A vegan diet that is very high in fat cannot be good, right? Comment by leahceleste
• Hi there! First i would like to ask what reading on the raw food diet have you done besides on the internet? It sounds like maybe you started this diet not having enough information on nutrition and good eating habits. Raw food is no magic pill that…

  in Truly lost :( Comment by leahceleste
• At first I really would not worry about B12. Gabriel Cousens writes that though important we should not get hung up on it because the body actually makes B12 itself if we are getting the right nutrition. Personally I would dive into raw and then if …

  in Getting married Comment by leahceleste
• You are on the right track!! I'm so glad to hear that you are open to raw foods for health. There are a few different ways to go raw, 1- Cold Turkey, throw away everything in your pantry that does not support this lifestyle. Start juicing or making …

  in Getting married Comment by leahceleste
• I think you will love the way you feel on raw food and hopefully it will make the bulimia a thing of the past. Good luck to you and use this site for support and as a resource! I also suggest reading raw food books for inspiration and support. Mysel…

  in Just Saying "Hello" Comment by leahceleste
• You must try the almond hummus in The Cafe Gratitude Cookbook, it is soooo good. Almonds have a good amount of protein in them. This recipe has that heavier quality then the zucchini hummus if that is what you are looking for. I will post this recip…

  in Raw hummus - soaking the soaked beans in lemon juice? Comment by leahceleste
• Wow, I can't even imagine what a frustrating situation you are going through right now. I really believe that raw foods are a great option for you right now. Raw food makes you beautiful and gives you joy and really it sounds like these are also thi…

  in Parent Problem Comment by leahceleste
• I hear you on this! I have become very suspect of these "raw" processed foods that sooooooo many people are selling online and making tons of money on. After eating raw chocolate for some time now I have decided that it really is not good for me and…

  in david wolfe selling foods that aren't raw?! Comment by leahceleste
• I actually just got the book in the mail today from amazon. I am very interested to start reading it and to learn!

  in Post-Pill (Birth Control) Comment by leahceleste
• Yes it takes some time for your period to return after you stop taking the pill. I am so convinced that the pill is just horrible for women. I had been on and off it for 5 years and finally when I thought I was going crazy and my sex drive had disap…

  in Post-Pill (Birth Control) Comment by leahceleste
• He could drink bentonite clay mixed in water, I have done this before and it provides some relief. The clay absorbs the bad stuff. Also if you have green powder have him take as much of it as you can. It has probiotic and enzymes to help with the na…

  in Pretty sure my husband has food poisoning - Any tips on natural care? Comment by leahceleste
• Read Gabriel Cousen's, Conscious Eating. He goes into blood type, dosha type, and many other types! You need to experiment with a couple ways of eating: 1- High Fat Raw, eating as many avocados or nuts and seeds as fills you up 2 - Low fat raw, like…

  in anyone know anything about the blood type diet? I'm so confused! Comment by leahceleste