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• About a year ago, I sprouted some chickpeas and I think it took more than 3 days and I remember sprouting them in the refrigerator instead of the usual counter spot. It seems like the soaking time and sprouting conditions are quite different for som…

  in Chickpeas won't sprout?? Comment by rgilnv
• I order my raw unpasturized almonds from 'Briden Wilson farms' of southern california, you can google it for their website. Stores are not allowed to sell unpasturized almonds but they can still call them raw. They may still be good for us but I sus…

  in Almonds Comment by rgilnv
• I don't remember the exact numbers but think mine was 170, the good and bad cholesterol numbers were in the okay zone too. I tend to eat between 30% and 90% raw, sometimes dairy a few times each week. When I was a vegetarian without eating much raw …

  in What is your cholesterol reading? Comment by rgilnv
• About 5 weeks ago I had a hernia surgery. Evidently, raw foods didn't protect me from a hernia. The hernia surgery would cost 5 to 12 thousand on average and I was willing to pay but if anything went wrong and required overnite stays, the hospitals …

  in Health Care Reform Comment by rgilnv
• Raw almonds at stores are actually pasteurized, it's a law. They still often call them raw. I buy from a grower by mail in California called Briden farms almonds so the almonds are unpasteurized. It's legal this way. I soak them overnight and rinse …

  in "Raw" almonds and cashews Comment by rgilnv
• I take a supplement a few times a week and figure it's fine. Sometimes, I'll go months without a supplement so a lab test would be nice sometime. It seems like a B12 supplement is a easy safe thing to me as long as it's not overdone. 'Gabriel Cousen…

  in b12 and raw/vegan Comment by rgilnv
• A word of caution. Don't ever eat anything that you can't identify positively. And be sure what part of the plant is edible. And know if boiling etc is needed for edibility. I'm 60 yrs old and have foraged many times and once wrote a booklet on edib…

  in Foraging Comment by rgilnv
• Last week I went to a nursery and asked them if they had some potting soil for me to grow some wheatgrass in the kitchen. She put two pounds in a bag and said it would be great. It looks and smells fine to me. It may be compost that they make themse…

  in What kind of soil is best for wheatgrass trays? Comment by rgilnv
• I bought 3 pounds of almonds from "Briden Wilson farms" of Arbuckle, Ca about 2 months ago online. The price and raw unpasturized almonds are good. Best Wishes, Gil P.S. Today I got about 20 pounds of dates from "The Date People" of Niland, Ca. They…

  in favorite online nutn seed store Comment by rgilnv
• I bought a "Santoka style" knife at Walmart that is easy to work with and a month ago I bought a "Cai Bao" knife for thinly slicing vegetables at UBAW.com that I use a few times a week, it seems safer that using slicing gadget machines.

  in favorite knife? Comment by rgilnv
• My collard greens, romaine, etc are in plastic bags in the fridge, the bags are tied at the top with a bunch of air inside. They seem to keep better, although the sprouts and soaked nuts are in plastic bags with the air sucked out, because they seem…

  in Raw Food Fridge! Comment by rgilnv
• This past week, green smoothies have been about half fruit and half romaine lettuce or sometimes green leaf lettuce. Once when it didn't taste good, I put it back on the blender and squeezed a third of a lime into it and added a sliced up apple, ble…

  in Green Smoothies Comment by rgilnv
• A few months ago the Omega-3 had me wondering so I bought some capsules called "VEGAN Omega-3 DHA" derived from Algae. The brand name is DEVA. I take one a few times a week. The 90 capsules cost about 45 dollars. As with most supplements that I've t…

  in omega 3 & 6 Comment by rgilnv
• Meditate most days and other days I just plain old day dream about life and death and physical and consciousness and smiles and then I like to eat some raw some not, live and breath and try not to levitate too much. Zoom. Jehovah Witnesses like to v…

  in Any Raw Atheists? Comment by rgilnv
• Green Smoothie about 4 mornings a week, romaine, kale or collard, apple, banana or pear or grapes are usual ingredients. A smoothie with black grapes, blueberries, hempseed, and romaine lettuce had a neat color so I took a picture of it, you can see…

  in What You Ate Today Comment by rgilnv
• 60 yrs 18 days and ? hours and the minutes keep changing.

  in How old are you? Comment by rgilnv
• My Oster does the green smoothies fine, although I slice the apples and pears first. The blender was on sale at Walmart for 50 bucks so I'm willing to slice, it does have 700 watts. Whatever blender you have, enjoy the treats, Gil

  in BlendTec vs. VitaMix! Comment by rgilnv