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• Try eating more fruit and carrots to see if that changes things. Can you see food particles? If you can see parts of what you ate, you may not be breaking down the food enough and you might want to consider a vegan food enzyme to help you break down…

  in It's now green.... Comment by camiheartsraw
• Deficiencies in C, K, B12, and folic acid can increase bruising (I imagine C, B12, and folic acid are the more common). If you continue to bruise quite a bit, you may want to see a doctor and have some bloodwork run.

  in Bruising...it's happening more Comment by camiheartsraw
• I kind of make it a point not to enter my food into a calculator, although I did do that when I was losing weight and found I was eating a minimum of 2500 at the time (I had a health issue it turns out). My metabolism is pretty quick, and although I…

  in Calories Comment by camiheartsraw
• Read "About Us" here: http://www.rawvegansource.com I go to their store run out of their home in Redmond, and they are very warm, giving people. Susan had thyroid cancer and is cancer free with zero traditional treatment. She recently helped me go b…

  in Diet therapy for cancer Comment by camiheartsraw
• Grocery list on weekend (appx) for what is in season now: 1 BIG bunch bananas - yellow without too many brown spots...I tend to eat them all at the end of the week when they are ripe (lots of brown) 1 pack dates 1 container raisins 3 pears 2 mango 4…

  in How much fresh produce do you all eat per day/week/month? (I'm trying to draw up grocery budget) Comment by camiheartsraw
• I would look at the recent addtions first (beans caught my eye) because you mention the increase in gas is recent. There are different types of allergies and intolerances. Intolerances are more associated with digestive issues (it's still an allergy…

  in More whole food = more gas? Comment by camiheartsraw
• I've always found a correlation to excess gas and food allergies (gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, and some fruit/veggies are a problem for me). And harder to digest beans. Is she eating a lot of one particular thing? What I did was keep a food diary. I wr…

  in More whole food = more gas? Comment by camiheartsraw
• I will back up leafygreen's statement. I've read research (living with lupus is a great book for some background on the disease and they have pretty good recommendations on which products and foods to avoid) and have experienced the phenomenon (prio…

  in Shift away veganism in raw food Comment by camiheartsraw
• The diseases (autoimmune) I developed before I went raw vegan and are better while raw vegan. Ironically I got parasites (c. difficile and cryptosporidium) two weeks before I made the decision to go raw the first time and was in the hospital and dig…

  in Do any of you have any problems that arose from being raw vegans? Comment by camiheartsraw
• I was having the same hesitation but was talked into going raw because of health issues. I've just hit day three and already feel like I'm coming out of detox. To stay warm, I've started adding cinnamon, garlic, and ginger to a lot of things. I woul…

  in Wheat free ideas needed... Comment by camiheartsraw
• I'm just jumping back into raw veganism again myself...I was really good about it earlier this year and ended up in the hospital a couple times with unrelated health issues (bacteria from food I had eaten PRIOR to going raw vegan). Anyhow, I'm tired…

  in SAD boyfriend wants to try raw! Comment by camiheartsraw
• Another good link and "no" vote for eating sweet potatoes (called yams in N. America): http://rawveg.info/rawfoodtoxins.html

  in Yams(Orange) Comment by camiheartsraw
• Are you taking it with vitamin C? Now foods has a great vitamin C product that is corn free (most forms of vitamin C are corn derived). I think it's called tru-C. Vitamin C is necessary for MSM to be fully absorbed.

  in MSM for Skin and Nails Comment by camiheartsraw
• Thank you! I am avoiding for now to be safe because of colitis (fun stuff!) but have had some success substituting in recipes. My cheesecake came out great and will be trying marionberry this weekend :) I'm not aware of very many meetups.... I know …

  in Carageenan/Irish Moss concerns Comment by camiheartsraw
• What are the ingredients? 100% cacao? If you list out the ingredients for us, we may be able to help. Cocoa and cacao are very different. Cocoa is often processed with sugars and milks, while cacao is the beginning form of the plant and minimally pr…

  in I have a big doubt.. please help me Comment by camiheartsraw
• Magnesium glycinate is a HUGE help! I have lupus and used to wake up in bed screaming because my muscles would cramp up so much they were like little balled fists crammed into my legs...it was disturbing and painful. I would take up to 300-600 mg of…

  in Charliehorse Comment by camiheartsraw
• I'll have a couple of bananas in a mixed green smoothie in the morning and then eat 5-8 clementines for breakfast. Lunch is a ginormous salad, snacks after. I get comments on "WOW that is a huge bowl" or "how do you eat that much food?" I think it's…

  in Calories, stomach pains, and raw at work Comment by camiheartsraw
• This may be a profoundly stupid question, but it never hurts to ask! I've read about the many benefits, but I've been really nervous to try wheatgrass because I'm gluten intolerant and allergic to grass. I really doubt there's any gluten in this par…

  in Wheat grass juice made me sick!! Comment by camiheartsraw
• Buckwheat just sprouted is fine - you want the little sprout to be 1/2 the length of the "grain" or less. And you don't put it in sunlight to green. If you let the buckwheat continue to sprout and turn into a green, don't consume very much. You can …

  in How to sprout? Comment by camiheartsraw
• Soy is not digestible unless it's fermented (like tempeh or miso - I believe soy sauce is fermented, but I'm really not sure). It's just not good for you otherwise. Asian cultures tend to enjoy it fermented, but when western countries started to ski…

  in Sprouted Tofu Comment by camiheartsraw
• Hmm... I take a different approach than some. I had IBS when I was 17 - it went away for a while and I developed IBD when I was 24. I went on a low carbohydrate diet (otherwise known as the Specific Carbohydrate Diet), and this improved things great…

  in Candida Cure Please Comment by camiheartsraw
• Thank you for posting! This is very encouraging. I was raw for several months but fell off the wagon hard after being in the hospital last week. I was even eating a small amount of meat because it was being cooked and I was nauseated and I just want…

  in After 7 years raw, still seeing health improvements! Comment by camiheartsraw
• Yes RawEverything, small amounts of bacteria and parasites are all around us. People with normal immune systems aren't affected drastically and often beat them on their own. People with autoimmune diseases can be more drastically affected - knocked …

  in Parasites - What to use to clean food? Comment by camiheartsraw
• bump. never showed up.

  in Parasites - What to use to clean food? Comment by camiheartsraw
• Well, it turned out there was really something really wrong! I had c. difficile and cryptosporidium. I took anti-protozoals for the cryptosporidium but it didn't address the c. difficile and I ended up in the hospital with colitis and a high temp (n…

  in So Tired - fighting illnesses? Comment by camiheartsraw
• I'm feeling better and less discouraged today. I cut back on the ingredient count this morning and decided to simplify things a bit. I think I'm fighting whats going around the office and my lovely immune system is also turning on my body - which is…

  in So Tired - fighting illnesses? Comment by camiheartsraw
• It could definitely be a B12 issue. B12 is very important for circulation and nervous system function. I notice I have circulation problems if I'm not taking eough B12 or I'm out of alignment. If I'm out of alignment, it occurs more in one limb than…

  in Worried about Poor Circulation Comment by camiheartsraw
• Vitamin e works like a charm. I used it after a horrible horse back riding accident left half of my face without several layeres of skin, and now I don't have a scar at all. My brothers called me two face after it first happened after the comic book…

  in acne scars Comment by camiheartsraw
• Are you new to the diet? In the beginning, it's pretty common to go through a "gourmet" phase and need more calories than after your body adjusts. I'm still at the point where I need more nuts and seeds in my diet and I have to go heavy on the frui…

  in Getting out of a binge Comment by camiheartsraw
• Vitamin E is wonderful for healing scars. I had a very bad horseback riding accident - the horse threw its head back, knocked me out, and I ended up skidding on my face on gravel. I looked like two-face from the batman comics. I was 11 at the time a…

  in Natural things to help acne scars Comment by camiheartsraw