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• Iris, Check out Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens,MD. He esplains how to go about finding your constitutional type through several questionaires and also how to determine your dosha (he combines western medicine with ayurveda). This has helped me …

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by deborahann
• I am growing my first batch of wheatgrass now. It’s 3 days old and looking good! I have a Jack Lalan centifugal type juicer and I’m hopeing that will do it. What kind of juicer do you have? Ann Wigamore’s Recipes for Longer Life says you can chew it…

  in How To Use Wheatgrass Comment by deborahann
• I’m on the 5th day of a fast and I originally intended to just do water but since I have a very stressful job and work 10 – 12 hrs a day, I figured juice and diluted smoothie fasting would be better, especially after reading Socal’s posts! Anyway, I…

  in Fasting. UGH! Comment by deborahann
• Thanks for the support Zoe. So far I’m finally alkaline today on my checks and I way overate at lunch!(The worst of my bad eating habits!). I ate what should have been acidifying things, but I upped my protein intake with rice protein powder and ext…

  in Any Conscious eaters out there? Comment by deborahann
• I thought about that and I do think I am eliminating acids now because sometimes my saliva will be more alkaline than my urine. I haven’t eaten meat since about June and before that I had gotten to where I only had it a few times per week and no mor…

  in Any Conscious eaters out there? Comment by deborahann
• I sprout pretty regularly and I’m having a tough time with the buckwheat. I lost my first batch to mold (STINKY!) and started over. I only soaked the second batch a couple of hours. I have rinsed them 3 times a day and 1 or 2 times per day i have to…

  in Grawnola Help! Comment by deborahann
• What an inspiring story! It’s the love, support and caring that radiate from the members here that inspire us newbies to continue on through trial and error and detox ! Congratulations on healing your body and spirit. The spirituality is the one thi…

  in My journey to raw and how it is for me Comment by deborahann
• I recall a thread about this where many members commented on problems cured or improved. I think it is under the Being Raw forum, maybe a month ago? I’d have gone through for you and found it but my connection is too slow!

  in Does raw food really cure? Comment by deborahann
• Blairsville, Pa. About an hour east of Pittsburgh

  in What State/Country are you in? Comment by deborahann
• Queenfluff- I’m definitely with you there! One good thing about winter in Pa is heavier sweaters mean a t-shirt and no bras (yeah!). Luckily I’m in a job where makeup is not required and my hair is short enough so that it self styles (sort of). I fo…

  in breast cancer Comment by deborahann
• I’ve also read that another contributing factor could be wearing bras. they are snug around the area of lymph drainage and cause stagnation of the lymph fluid concentrating toxins in the area. I try never to wear one unless I have too.

  in breast cancer Comment by deborahann
• I second that, Chris! This way of thinking is very new to me right now and I’m just getting the hang of it. It is very difficult to be nice to yourself in your thoughts when one has spent so many years being negative. I still have to work pretty har…

  in breast cancer Comment by deborahann
• I bought juice in 5 gallon buckets. I would open it and let it ferment with the naturally occuring yeast for 5 days (I think). It had to be stirred daily and foamed like crazy! After the 5 days I would siphon it into a 5 gallon fermentation jug and …

  in Raw Teenagers Comment by deborahann
• Okay, I’m far from a teen at 42, but I’m from Indiana, Pa.- a stones throw from Greensburg! Hi Humanimal! Radish_Man- wine is raw. It is fermented and strained but not heated. I used to make my own, but I don’t drink enough to warrant all the work. …

  in Raw Teenagers Comment by deborahann
• Maybe a grassroots e-mail cmpaign to encourage the Co. to manufacture a glass container that you could buy seperately. I would be willing to do that. This seems to be the blender most widely used by people engaged in a healthy lifestyle and if these…

  in Vitamix a Toxic Blender ?!! Comment by deborahann
• I, too, love my vita-mix. What about the K-Tec which I think has a Lexan container- Any info on that? I will coninue to use mine and hope that all the plastic storage and other chemicals I have eliminated over the past year will “balance” whatever i…

  in Vitamix a Toxic Blender ?!! Comment by deborahann
• My favorites so far are: Living on Live Food by Alissa Cohen, Sunfood Diet Success System by David Wolfe, Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine by Gabriel Cousens and Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko. These give a lot of background on nutrition and the…

  in New to raw foodism Comment by deborahann
• I just got some whole beans. You peel them to eat them.They have a chocolate taste but somewhat bitter. When you chew it up it has a grainy feel in your mouth. I think they would be OK in a recipe crushed up because they need some sweetening to tast…

  in survive without superfoods Comment by deborahann
• I second Satnam’s reference to Gabriel Cousen’s book.I also deal with a low degree of candida and horrible, uncontrollable sugar and starch cravings. I am trying to go this route, but usually end up eating too many nuts. I guess this is a process, r…

  in My candida diet/cleanse... Comment by deborahann
• It’s HEdoubleL when the little yeasties are screaming out for their favorite foods! Drink lots of water and green juices and/or smoothies may help you here. They also thrive in an acid environment so alkalinizing your body with the juice/ smoothies …

  in My candida diet/cleanse... Comment by deborahann
• It’s HEdoubleL when the little yeasties are screaming out for their favorite foods! Drink lots of water and green juices and/or smoothies may help you here. They also thrive in an acid environment so alkalinizing your body with the juice/ smoothies …

  in My candida diet/cleanse... Comment by deborahann
• I drink this brewed with Pau D’Arco and love it. I am extremely sensitive to caffeine and this doesn’t bother me. I can’t remember the specifics but it doesn’t have the same type of caffeine as coffee and it isn’t supposed to be addictive. So far I …

  in yerba matte? Comment by deborahann
• Unfortuneately it has to be Sam who wants to change. Don’t badger- you’ve already told her once how some diet changes and some exercise would help. The more you push, the more she is likely to resist. The best thing you can do is to set an excellent…

  in How can I help my friend? Comment by deborahann
• Maybe gallbladder or pancreas as the source? How balanced is your diet ? Do you eat from all the food groups regularly (fruit,greens-greens greens!, vegetables and fats). Also consider acidity/alkalinity of your body. There are just so many things t…

  in Pain Comment by deborahann
• I find that if I have it everyday at the same time and then I skip a day, I’ll be tired-probably caffeine addiction. I have always been very sensitive to it’s effects and used to get severe withdrawal. I have been using a raw cacoa powder and it tas…

  in Chocolate/Carob Comment by deborahann
• I’m trying the raw coca beans and I may get the powder from sunfoods. The carob is on the way and there are quite a few recipes here to try with it. I went crazy and I’m trying the maca ,too! Sounds like a great superfood. Thanks for all of your inp…

  in Chocolate/Carob Comment by deborahann
• Maybe you could do a glucose curve on yourself-very frequent checks so you know what your sugar is doing. Make your juice the same every time , if possible so that you will have an idea of what is going on and then check frequently anyway. Hopefully…

  in questions for natural hygienists Comment by deborahann
• Hi Radish Man, I’m not bulemic, but I have/had a serious problem with binge eating followed by purging with exercise and fasting. Then the cycle begins again after the talk with myself about eating healthy! I have struggled with this my whole life, …

  in Healing the body Comment by deborahann
• I,too have a horrible cooked food addiction and spent the 2 wks before I went 100% raw binging on pizza and all kinds of junk and sweets. I find I can’t transition slowly because I can’t quit eating the starchy carbs. When I decided enough was enoug…

  in cooked addiction Comment by deborahann
• I fight the same problem and have tried everything. In addition to the abd/intestinal bloating, I also suffer severe fluid retention. I’ve known about ph balance for awhile and never got serious about checking.I just assumed that I’d be OK because I…

  in Help! - severe bloating Comment by deborahann