AlexS

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• - Like any vegan, you should take a B12 supplement. - Food prep can be more difficult. On a day-to-day basis, avoid “gourmet” recipes, like most recipes on this website and in uncook books. Just eat lots of fruit and veggies. I like making gourmet r…

  in Downsides to being RAW? Comment by AlexS
• There are two types of meals you can eat: (1) just regular raw fruits / veggies or (2) “gourmet” meals. For just regular fruits and veggies, there are no recipes – you just pick them up and eat them. The recipes are for the gourmet meals. The point …

  in Planning to go Raw have questions Comment by AlexS
• Try a 1 day water fast. Just remember to drink lots of water, especially when you become hungry. If it goes OK, start doing them once a week. After a few months of that, possibly start thinking about longer fasts.

  in Fasting Questions For You All Comment by AlexS
• What’s wrong with green tomatoes? I knew that one should not eat potatoes or most beans. Is there a list somewhere of all the foods one should not eat raw?

  in Potatoe? Raw? Comment by AlexS
• Pomme, Here is my take on the whole social life issue. I am doing raw for my health. Well, not interacting with others is not healthy. So, in some circumstances, being 100% might actually be bad for your health, since you might not be interacting wi…

  in Social life while being raw Comment by AlexS
• smckiness, How did your experiment go?

  in Question on Grains Comment by AlexS
• joseegonthier, Eating disorders are real. Cargo discusses it well in his post. For this post, I am assuming that you are healthy. What is your BMI? Is it in the healthy range? Just tell them, here is my BMI, it is in the healthy range, I don’t have …

  in Grrr!! Frustrated by other people's non-understanding Comment by AlexS
• rawdancer_london, £15 is $30. That’s very low. What do you eat? Come to think of it, it is possible, not that I am advocating it. You can get 2,000 calories from about 2.2 kilograms of bananas. I am sure you can buy them cheaper, but even at 70 cent…

  in How much do you spend a week? Comment by AlexS
• Dea, I’ve moved to the area after you’ve left. Yes, everything is upscale and the rents are high. I thought this is how things are getting in all the big cities. I used to buy a lot of produce from farmer’s markets in the summer. I’m not sure if I w…

  in Curious about location Comment by AlexS
• I’m in Washington, DC. The number of people attending the Northern Virginia meetup has been increasing almost every month, which is great. At the meeting before the most recent one, there were over 40 people.

  in Curious about location Comment by AlexS