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• Hey – I’ve been there, thrown so many out and here’s what I’ve found: you have to shop around. I’ve had bad luck with avocados from Trader Joe’s, the grocery store and a farm that carries organic produce. I finally decided to take a chance and get s…

  in Black holes and spots inside avocado? Comment by amysue
• Your mother-in-law will learn from you just like the rest of our spouses, families. My husband used to question my many “radical” choices out of love and concern but now he’s my biggest fan. He went to a dinner party the other night with a group of …

  in Radical lifestyle?? Comment by amysue
• There’s some information about it at www.earthclinic.com, more about its topical uses. I’ve been reading about its uses as a compress, not sure how it works but it’s interesting.

  in Castor Oil? Comment by amysue
• Hi Karuna! I use an herbal base – mine’s brewing right now so it’s not raw. I have two books I use – Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief by David Winston and Steven Maimes and The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Ne…

  in Any herbal advice? Comment by amysue
• Hey Rawkincake – you’re likely to get a mix of opinions on raw cacao on this site, but I for one am a fan. My husband and I have a cacao smoothie almost every morning. Personally I don’t see any major concerns with what you’re making as far as weigh…

  in Raw chocolate smoothies - are they bad? Comment by amysue
• We love the Brazilian gRAWnola recipe on this site that you make in the food processor, It’s more mushy than crunchy, but if you add goji berries and coarsely chop, and then add some hemp seed at the end it gives it more texture. With cinnamon and g…

  in raw granola that doesn't require a dehydrator? Comment by amysue
• pundee – Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Lotion is lovely and very minty. Just don’t slather it on before bed or you might be overstimulated!

  in Dr. Bronners Comment by amysue
• You have made a great investment, don’t worry. I too cringed at the price and what my husband was going to think, but I use it at least twice a day, every single day, if not more. I haven’t made nut butters, but smoothies, whipped cream, salad dress…

  in Bought vita-mix blender, need reassurance Comment by amysue
• I’m going to say a Vitamix, although I don’t have a champion juicer. You can make juice if you want to with a Vitamix by blending and then squeezing through a nutmilk bag, but as far as I know, you couldn’t make a smoothie, or whipped cream or a sal…

  in top pick for kitchen... Comment by amysue
• Hey Karuna! I’ve been high raw for over 9 months now and my energy goes up and down constantly. I’ve been experimenting with different herbs and cleanses which I’m sure drag me down every time things get stirred up, especially candida. Right now I’m…

  in How do you feel? Comment by amysue
• harmonylia – THANK YOU!! Too much information. I was way off course. I once had a guy ask me for the “URL” and when I looked at him blankly he asked me if I had been living under a rock. That was harsh. Then my daughter’s soccer coach emailed that h…

  in The DivaCup Comment by amysue
• lalala – sorry, what’s TMI? I’m terrible with abbreviations, not a text-er or whatever the proper term is, very old school. Meditating – please tell me what LOL is, lots of love, laughing out loud?? My daughter’s not old enough to explain this to me…

  in The DivaCup Comment by amysue
• I should add that when I bought it this time I nonchalantly threw it in my shopping cart and was in the dried fruit aisle when my 7 year old daughter spotted it and called (so all the store could hear), “Diva Cup?! I’m a Diva! Can I have a Diva Cup?…

  in The DivaCup Comment by amysue
• So I went out and bought my second one this week, same as before size 2, after all of the positive input, and I’ve managed for two days to get it in properly, not leak, use it in public, etc. but the stem still pokes and hurts all the time, and some…

  in The DivaCup Comment by amysue
• Jeanine – so nice to hear your voice, how many places are there where you can discuss this?? germin8 – I’m sorry but what do they mean by ride up? Doesn’t gravity pull it down? I always found it very irritating being too low, I tried to start it hig…

  in The DivaCup Comment by amysue
• They sell them in my independent health food store.

  in The DivaCup Comment by amysue
• germin8 – I don’t know what that says about me since Size 2 kept sliding! Yikes! I do remember reading that, don’t know what more I can do to make it work. Kegels??

  in The DivaCup Comment by amysue
• I had one a while back. I loved the idea of no waste, figured out the getting it in and getting it out, but it always ended up being uncomfortable at the tip, even after I cut the tip off. I tried for quite a while to make it work but it always hurt…

  in The DivaCup Comment by amysue
• Hey RawKidChef! I’ve taken chlorella tablets so I haven’t had the culinary experience you’ve had – just choking down pills. I’ve thrown them in a smoothie. I can’t say I noticed anything out of the ordinary but I’m very interested in the brand you’v…

  in Chlorella!!!! Comment by amysue
• Don’t feel stupid, southernlover! I didn’t know we had lymph nodes in our groin! I also use a rebounder – glad it’s doing its job for you, even if it was alarming.

  in Someone help, my lymph nodes... Comment by amysue
• I didn’t even know we had lymph nodes there. Are you sure it’s not a muscle pull? Detox can do some pretty strange things to us and your lymph nodes will be working overtime for sure. My detox symptoms were more flu-like – aches, fever, fatigue, HEA…

  in Someone help, my lymph nodes... Comment by amysue
• germin8 – I can’t see the connection between sorrel and…prunes. Sorrel, the basic garden variety is chartreuse green with juicy tart leaves and comes up as soon as spring arrives, like now. The neighborhood kids have all grazed mine down to nubs, th…

  in I'd like to get into wild herb collecting. Comment by amysue
• My daughter and I have been going through our yard with Peterson’s guide and our greatest find is sheep’s sorrel, which I used to hate because it would take over my flower beds, but it tastes tart and lemony and is high in vitamin C. Right now we’re…

  in I'd like to get into wild herb collecting. Comment by amysue
• My most surprising favorite book of all time is David McCullough’s John Adams. The most amazing true story of the unsung hero and a fabulous love story. Everything about it blew my mind. The HBO series is very true to the book. I’m also madly in lov…

  in Books! Comment by amysue
• Hey mistys1979 – I don’t pre-soak the chia seeds – i put a scoop in my cacao smoothie and blend it in the Vitamix (about 1 1/2 c water or I use medicinal tea I brew). It will thicken as it sits. I also throw some into the recipe for Brazilian gRAWno…

  in Just getting my feet wet:) Chia Seed?? Comment by amysue
• Hey leaflowers2! This is something I know about, although my daughter is 7, so I’m a bit fuzzy on that age, but we’ve traveled with her throughout and have been raw with her for 9 months. We’re about to travel by air too, and my plan is to take ingr…

  in Toddler Travel Comment by amysue
• Hey bluedragon! I second the glass jars idea – I bought a case of quart size mason jars from the five and dime and use them to store teas, nutmilks and to drink giant smoothies! I would add chia or hemp seeds (great for omega 3 and protein), hemp oi…

  in Inventory for a Raw Kitchen Comment by amysue
• Hey gorawmom – I’ve eaten sheep’s sorrel, dandelion, violets, plantain and daylily leaves. One of them made me nauseous in a green smoothie, though. I did read somewhere that sheep’s sorrel should be eaten sparingly because of high oxalic acid conte…

  in Edible Weeds Comment by amysue
• This is very timely because I picked and ate my first weeds of the year today! I just bought the Peterson Field Guide – Edible Wild Plants (Eastern/Central North America) and I discovered I had some Sheep Sorrel coming up so my daughter and I had so…

  in Edible Weeds Comment by amysue
• Dinner is tough for me but the munchies are the worst. Sometimes I just want to munch on something like popcorn, where you can eat a ton and it’s not the end of the world. I realize that the purpose of food is not to keep our mouths busy, but it’s n…

  in Where are YOU having trouble? Comment by amysue