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  • Hi Foot Foot Assuming you have read the article carefully, I'd be interested to hear what you consider these 'many holes' in my logic to be. I'd be grateful if you could let me know, via the blog Comments, or to me directly at www.rawforlife.co.uk. …
  • Hi I too love onion bread, and have even posted a recipe for it recently on my blog. However…no, it’s true, these sorts of foods aren’t generally great for the digestion. But I think they serve a purpose. In mimicking the cooked foods we’ve left beh…
  • Sunflower seeds are so light that I wouldn’t personally soak-then-dehydrate (I’d reserve this perhaps for heavier foods like almonds/hazel-nuts). Flax – again, wouldn’t do this, except in the context of making flax crackers. Sorry if not being much …
  • I’ve never dehydrated seeds ‘on their own’, as they contain very little water anyway (5%?) and there’d be no point in dehydrating them. Seeds are normally only dehydrated if they’ve been mixed with liquid in the first place, eg flax is mixed with wa…
  • germin8, I’m not sure that any of the minerals in sea salt (dry OR wet) can be absorbed by our body, as they’re inorganic. This as I understand it (primarily from Nat Hygiene texts) is the problem with salt. It may be full of minerals (ie the market…
  • Hi louloubelle I guess you understand the rice milk you mention has been cooked, but do you know how much? They’ll be likely using cooked rice to begin with, then they probably cook it again to make the milk, then it’ll be pasteurised (cooked to boi…
    in Rice Milk Comment by debbietook
  • Hi Treeoflife I went to San Diego when holidaying in the States a few weeks ago. The farmers market at Hillcrest is a WONDERFUL PLACE! Great for fruit (lots of vendors coming round with trays of freebies) and there’s even a raw food stall there sell…
    in San Diego --- Comment by debbietook
  • Springleaf You say that if 10% of raw food is added to cooked food there’s no leukocytosis effect. If only it were as simple as that… Kouchakoff found …that when a cooked food is ingested, leukocytosis can be avoided simply by adding about 10% of th…
  • Here is a link to the ‘What’s Wrong with Cooked Food? section on my website. There’s a few pages. http://rawforlife.co.uk/cooked_food.html
  • Hi Sossoco I never freeze raw food. For reasons, see http://debbietookrawforlife.blogspot.com/2008/0…
  • Hi spider I think it’s a pity this ingredient is creeping into raw recipes – when I first went raw two years ago I never saw it listed. Basically, as people have pointed out, it’s not raw. The ‘health benefits’ of it can be debated (there are all so…
    in lecithin Comment by debbietook
  • Have you been eating more gourmetraw/salty stuff lately? I remember having these firstly after attending a course where quite a lot of the food had had nama shoyu/miso in (neither are raw, and very salty), and second time was after I’d been adding j…
  • Many thanks to everyone for their kind and supportive comments. As so many have asked, it’s a UK company – [name deleted]. I think anyone who knows the company (I had a lovely raw food day there last year) will be as shocked as I was at their respon…
  • You are all DARLINGS! BTW, I’d still prefer not to say which company, but should say, in case anyone guesses and visits the site now and is wondering what I’m going on about, that they have probably by now changed things, as the e-mail included this…
  • It’s so refreshing to read a thread full of positive statements about (raw, sprouted) grains. If anyone would like a little further info on the benefits of raw, sprouted grain (wheat in particular) and how we shouldn’t be blaming raw grain for all t…
  • Hi clr-1976 I think I’ll be writing the article quite soon, as others are suffering all around me, and I still have to pinch myself – not a smidgeon!! Long-term suffers will know that a ‘hay fever sneeze’ feels different to other sneezes and I’ve ha…
    in Raw & Hay Fever Comment by debbietook
  • Hi clr-1976 I think I’ll be writing the article quite soon, as others are suffering all around me, and I still have to pinch myself – not a smidgeon!! Long-term suffers will know that a ‘hay fever sneeze’ feels different to other sneezes and I’ve ha…
    in Raw & Hay Fever Comment by debbietook
  • Well, what a coincidence!!!!!!!! Just got back from parents and driving across London in cab, with windows open, and completely sneezeless, I thought ‘I’m going to post on all the forums about Raw and Hay Fever’,then I log on and see your post! An…
    in Raw & Hay Fever Comment by debbietook
  • Here’s an article I wrote all about soaking nuts, whether it’s worth doing, how long to soak them, what might happen if you don’t, etc. http://debbietookrawforlife.blogspot.com/2008/0…
  • I’ve written an article on soaking nuts and seeds that could help. It’s at: http://debbietookrawforlife.blogspot.com/2008/0…
  • Hi nycgrrl (fancy meeting you here :-)) I do not agree with Gabriel Cousens’ rationale. Do have my own chapter and verse as to why but due to time constraints will just say I NEVER turn the dehydrator higher than 105 F and there’s absolutely no reas…
  • You can obtain truly raw cashews (hand-cracked). Several on-line companies sell them. I’m in the UK, but I believe that in the US Sunfood Nutrition sell them, amongst others.
  • I know what you mean about other (non-raw) forums. The bad language can bring you down as well. And the comments on You tube videos..some of them! I belong to the Yahoo! Raw Food UK (lovely – hmm…who’s the Moderator – oh it’s me!), this one (lovely)…
  • Hi Sarah I’ve had this happen. Definitely don’t eat them if they smell bad. Don’t know what you’re using them for, but for lots of things all you need to do is soak the buckwheat to soften it, ie not necessary to sprout. You can use soaked buckwheat…
  • For Audrey: My understanding is that Gabriel thinks 80-90% confers huge health benefits,and gives the advantage of a slow detox rather than going 100% straight away, but not that it ‘as optimal as’ 100%. ‘Gabriel Cousens: ‘Without doubt, 100% live f…
  • Carmentina, Moth and Bitt I almost didn’t check into the thread again, but glad I did! Bitt, if that’s longer without food than you’ve gone before – that’s success. Carmentina and Moth – very best wishes for your Monday fast. Love, Debbie
  • CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE!!!!! It’s 8.30 am UK now, which means it’s past midnight everywhere else, which means the Global 24-Hour Water Fast is over. I once read somewhere that when you go raw your eyes shine! The weird thing is, I don’t think my e…
  • Karmyn girl, that sounds an excellent idea. Glad to have you with us.
  • Hi Elliot, in SPAIN :-)
  • GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! In the UK (and Ireland), as I