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  • KitchenAid rocks! Amazon.com sometimes sells the $120 model for only $29 to $39 with free shipping. It’s refurbished for that price, but came looking like it was totally new. I have 2 of them—home & work. I would have a hard time spending $400 o…
    in Vita-Mix?? Comment by ron4540
  • Certainly do post comments to the USDA. However, ultimately, we may all have to grow our own food. In addition to sprouting, I’m about to begin with hydroponics. After some research, I ordered an Emily’s garden hydro system a few days ago. http://ww…
    in Nuking our Greens Comment by ron4540
  • I’m okay with cooked food, so long as it’s something really simple—i.e. boiled veggies/sprouts, or baked sprouted wheat bread. But certainly not something processed or cooked in oil (or anything from an animal)—yuk!
    in 25% Cooked! Comment by ron4540
  • justagirl – that’s a really good article – thanks!
    in Sprout Toxicity Comment by ron4540
  • Here are excellent resources for any medical fact finding: pubmed.gov scholar.google.com Have fun!
    in Sprout Toxicity Comment by ron4540
  • elizabelth – my original source of info was “The Sprout Garden” by Mark Braunstein
    in Sprout Toxicity Comment by ron4540
  • There’s another issue with these big health food stores. They sell a lot of pure junk! I think that some people can be easily misled that the “boutique” versions of bad foods are somehow good foods. What about all the meat, candy bars and alcohol th…
  • I only get a few things there, like wheat berries and mung beans in the bulk bins. They are dirt cheap! However, I agree that the rest of the store is quite pricey.
  • Thumbs Down Items: - I got a dehydrator from Excalibur, but returned it within the 30-day money back guarantee period. I lost $70 on the round-trip shipping, but it didn’t work out as planned. I didn’t really like the taste of dehydrated food. I’d m…
  • Just signed up – thanks! I would like to cut down on waste.
  • I’ve never tried it, but I do like to sample new things from time to time. My grocery store has lots of veggies & fruits that I’ve never tried. I now wikipedia new foods, to find out about them. I started doing this after trying a taro root. It …
    in Burdock root! Comment by ron4540
  • I was a bit frustrated too going 100% raw & then finding out that so many things weren’t really raw. So I later modified my diet to accept steaming veggies & boiling sprouted legumes & grains. I view this as “essentially” raw. I’m not ea…
  • Mark’s book suggests that sprouting does remove some of the toxins. He says this is a “controversial” area subject to debate.
    in Frozen Peas Comment by ron4540
  • Hi rawfaerie - Here’s a link to the mild toxicity of “raw” sprouted grains & legumes - http://news.softpedia.com/newsPDF/Why-Raw-Under… You can do google searches to find other references. I was alerted to this early in my sprouting adventures w…
    in Frozen Peas Comment by ron4540
  • Fresh peas are hard to find, and when available, they’re expensive. For sprouting, I use the “Goya” brand dry peas in the 1-lb bags from Safeway. They are mildly toxic after sprouting, so I boil them briefly in water. Note: for sprouting, you need t…
    in Frozen Peas Comment by ron4540
  • Oh yeah… clementines are great! I love the change of seasons & getting the new foods. Pomegranates are near the end (I have to get some more), and clementine season is here!
  • Here’s where I go to shop: TJs – organic fruits & veggies Safeway – for seeds to sprout – 1 lb packages of dried “goya” brand beans – whole green peas, lentils, chick peas, & cow beans Whole Foods – mung beans, hard red winter wheat (fo…
  • 1/2 gal wide-mouth mason jars (from Ball) with sprout lids (from Texas Best Unlimited) - everyday use for sprouting assorted legumes & grains 7-cup KitchenAid Food Processor (with 3-cup mini bowl) - everyday use for banana ice cream, and sli…
  • For the essene bread, I use hard red winter wheat, and after the sprouting (2-3 days) and food dehydrator grinding, I roll into small balls, and press to flat 1/4” crackers (putting flax seed on the bottoms to avoid sticking). These take 25 minutes …
  • I had a colonoscopy, but the short fast & laxative didn’t clean me out enough for the doctor to get a clear enough view. I had to schedule another colonoscopy a few weeks later. This time, he had me fast for an extra day, and gave me stronger la…
  • bettebelle – Wow, he deleted your messages! That’s pretty scary. I haven’t read the book, but try to go low fat—just ground flax seeds & the seeds from the insides of winter squash. Hunger hasn’t been an issue for me, since I added back in 2-3 d…
  • Using the barely warm oven is a good idea. Try it & let us know how it works!
    in Dehydrators Comment by ron4540
  • Hi bluedolphin – In the book “The Sprout Garden” by Mark Braunstein, 1st edition (there’s another updated edition which I don’t have), pages 52-53 are titled “The controversy over eating raw legume sprouts.” He also mentions on several of the pages …
    in Edamame Comment by ron4540
  • Beans are mildly toxic when eaten raw. I like to sprout chick peas, adzuki, mung, and lentils, but I cook them for about 12 minutes before eating. I imagine that soy beans are also mildly toxic when raw.
    in Edamame Comment by ron4540
  • I think I’ll start every day with a little vocabulary building & rice gifting. I just found this, but it’ll be interesting to see if we start to use some of those unusual words in everyday conversations.
  • I would do everything the conventional doctor recommends, plus eat healthy (all vegan and high raw). Cancer is serious business, especially when it starts to spread.
    in CANCER... Comment by ron4540
  • It’s best to leave the plastic wrap on, & just cut right through it with the knife. By keeping nearly all of the plastic on, your hands won’t get contaminated, and hopefully the formaldehyde is only on the outside (and not getting to the coco wa…
  • A lot of foods have these same properties. We could practice total avoidance, or use as a once-in-a-while small quantity treat. It’s really easy to deprive ourselves of all the pleasures of life. Buddha’s thing was the “middle way.” The raw gurus th…
  • The Cabelas one looks cool. I returned my Excalibur after a few weeks (30-day return policy). I was concerned about the plastic toxicity. All the raw books suggested Excalibur. I didn’t even know there were other options (other than the cheaper Nesc…
  • I don’t hesitate when it comes to going to the doctor. I learned that being raw, vegan, walking every day, doing yoga, etc. doesn’t keep someone 100% healthy all the time. If the doctor says something that you don’t agree with, then you can seek a s…
    in STROKE??? Comment by ron4540