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• Hi JR, bugs/insects have a relatively short life span, sometimes a few days. So if they get caught in your lettuce and bagged up, shipped out, etc., they die on route to your kitchen table. I think that’s the simple answer, someone else may know bet…

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• Update: After 2 years of being raw and using various supplements to try to help my difficult menstruation, I decided to try cayenne pepper powder during my last period (just finished after 3 days!). I took the day off of work because I woke up on da…

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• You know, thinking back to my childhood and teen years in Jamaica, we ate avocados ALL the time. Most people have trees growing on their property, and it’s available for a good portion of the year. I don’t remember it having any impact on my period …

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• Bannana, the only stress I have in my life is deciding whether to continue or end an LD relationship. He’s a great guy (he’s a very spiritual guy and is raw too!) but seems to be a commitment-phobe. We took a 3 week break in August and I felt like a…

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• I stopped eating avocado for a couple months when the weather started warming up back in May/June, no such luck for me :( If you don’t have fibroids, I think different rules apply. Fat intake or lack thereof hasn’t had an impact for me. So what is i…

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• Hi Moth, how do you feel about not having had a period since June?

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• UPDATE I’m on day 2 another month gone by. My period has been reduced by one half in terms of flow and I literally have not had ANY CRAMPS!! What I did differently this month was switch to dried herbs (taken in tea form) and took 9 Vitalzym per day.…

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• Hi Grasshopper, I find that the more healthy fats I eat, the more body fat I lose. When I try to eat less fat it seems my body holds onto it for dear life, lol. So I’ve tried low fat, less dehydated stuff (in fact for the first few months on raw I h…

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• Queenfluff {{{{hugs}}}}}. I know, I know…Im almost at the point too where Im wondering what the heck is going on if eating a clean diet doesn’t improve my period. But Im giving it a year or two before I decide what to do next. I do believe that this…

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• Queenfluff, thanks! Pineapple didn’t work for me when I tried it. Since menstruation is a detox mechanism it makes sense that it would get heavier after going raw. There are just more toxins leaving the body in all ways, not just during menstruation…

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• Hi Amygdala, as they say, ‘have a happy period’ lol. (I hate those commercials) Seriously, sorry to hear you’re having pain already. Maybe you can get some herbal tinctures to use before and during. I don’t notice a difference on 9 versus 3 Vitalzym…

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• Amygdala, day 3 was noticably better as well. So Ive decided to start the 9/day Vitalzym regimen. I will do that until my next period and then go back to 3/day for maintenance. Im not sure how long I would do the maintenance, maybe 3-6 months. How l…

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• Thanks Amydala! Im so tempted to order more Vitalzym so I can up the dosage! My cycle has gone from 28 days all my life (I’m 35) to 26 days recently. I’d like to see if I can get back to 28 days. I noticed the impact of the Vitex right away, so that…

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• So, here’s my update, so far. I think it’s good news! Im on day 2 and so far the pattern remains the same but somehow everything seems WAYYY less intense than months prior. Meaning, the pain is moderate instead of excruciating and the flow,while hea…

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• Amygdala, Kale chips are kale de-stemmed and broken into bite sizes.Then you drizzle oil and maybe vinegar and add a dash of salt.Massage the kale for a minute or so, then spread on a dehydrator tray. After several hours or overnight the kale become…

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• itourist, I didn’t respond to everything you mentioned. I hear you about the nuts, do you think there’s a direct correlation between mold and the female reproductive system? Also, as soon as I went raw I also noticed that I no longer have PMS breast…

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• Hi Carmenita, I used ground flax and progesterone cream in the past with little if any impact on the actual flow. However, I believe that the Vitex tincture Im taking now is having a huge impact on a very slight yeast condition Ive had for the last …

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• dreasraw, sorry to hear about the diagnosis. I’ll let you know in a couple weeks what impact Vitalzym, other herbs and dietary modification has had. Do you have symptoms or not? Why did you go raw?

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• The recommended dosage is 3 capsules, 1-3 times a day. I want to see if I can have good results with the minimum dosage and then take more if I dont see results. After all I am cutting out most salt, oil (especially cashews) and sugar. Along with th…

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• Amygdala, Im just taking 3 a day. I noticed the same thing though, wonderful digestion and elimination :) lol.

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• So I started taking the Vitalzym a few days ago along with the Reishi and Vitex tinctures. Any advice about dosage and how long it’ll take to see effects? Ive been monitoring and noting how I feel @ my period, so next month I hope to see a differenc…

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• Wow kedamono, how great to hear first hand accounts of healing from cancer patients! Very inspirational! Angie, for me I wonder if too much fat (raw or not) makes my hormones wacky, ie, over-production of estrogen.

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• Hmmm, I buy my Cashews from Raw Food World and they state: ‘Our Cashews are organically cultivated in Sri Lanka selecting only the finest. These cashews are truly raw – the nuts are hand peeled avoiding high processing temperatures. To obtain maximu…

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• Hmmm, I buy my Cashews from Raw Food World and they state: ‘Our Cashews are organically cultivated in Sri Lanka selecting only the finest. These cashews are truly raw – the nuts are hand peeled avoiding high processing temperatures. To obtain maximu…

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• kedamono, what’s your experience with Reishi? And did you take the liquid extract or the mushroom itself? thanks! :)

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• Angie, so the idea is that they phytoestrogens actually weaken the effect natural estrogen has on the body? I keep hearing the cashews are estrogenic, do you think this theory would apply?

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• Thanks Marichiesa, I got an organic Vitex tincture yesterday, which I’ll take daily to balance everything out (hormonally). I also got a Reishi (medicinal mushroom) Extract tincture which I’ve read is great for destroying tumors of all kinds. I’ll a…

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• Today I ordered some Vitalzym and bought some herbal tinctures. Im going to cut back on overt fats and nuts which are estrogen-producing, salt and dried condiments. I’ll let you all know what happens in 3 weeks. Thanks for all your help and support!…

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• Thanks blueeyes. Im really sorry to hear all that you had to go through, how terrible to have spent to many years of your young life like this. Ive never been thin, always average size, always healthy looking. I am ‘slim’ looking now that Im on raw …

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• Jennifer, I recently read Alissa’s book and I remember what you quoted. Yes, I suppose I am losing my ‘false body’ in order to regain my ‘true body’. Okay, this has got to be a new mantra for me along this journey. That definitely helps in dealing w…

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