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• The nuts used in Larabars are not roasted but they are heat treated at some point during the path from tree to your mouth. This heating doesn't fully cook them but it does destroy the enzymes that many raw foodists believe is necessary for something…

  in Trader Joe's Comment by twitch
• One thing to consider is a type of raw eating called 80/10/10. In 80/10/10 the general idea is to get 80% of your calories from carbs, 10% from fat and 10% from protein. The majority of carb calories coming from fresh ripe fruit balanced out with gr…

  in New to this, and no energy :( Comment by twitch
• One quick thing to know. Unless you have a respiratory disease or malfunction it is highly highly unlikely to be too alkaline. If you so a simple google search for the term "alkalosis" (which is the condition where blood is too alkaline) you will se…

  in Hi, Pregnant with cancer, going raw! :) Comment by twitch
• Cashews seem to be really hit or miss with people. When I ate them, roasted ones gave me unfortunate bathroom side effects (I'll spare you all the details). Raw ones make me queasy...not as dramatic a reaction as the roasted one but still my body is…

  in Cashews Make Me Sick! Comment by twitch
• The absolutism with which the most vocal 811ers is pretty irritating. We get it...you are right and everyone else is wrong. There is no possible way that there is any genetic and functional variance in human internal biology. All humans are perfectl…

  in 811 jacked up my teeth Comment by twitch
• I'm just a layman, but I don't think American's excessive weight issues are protein related. I'm sure a fair amount of our disease is caused by excessive animal protein in our diets. Our weight and large portion of our disease is from a whole laundr…

  in Question: If Amercian's eat the most protein compared to other countries...... Comment by twitch
• Should you soak and dehydrate all nuts? Are there some that shouldn't... Is it ok to soak and dehydrate walnuts or macadamias? I'm craving cashews and macadamia nuts hardcore. I just got a dehydrator and want to try this out.

  in soak cashews first or not? Comment by twitch
• Advice from a Doctor of Chiropractic is just as valid as from a Doctor of Medicine. Typically, neither medical program (MD nor DC) provide any substantial nutritional training. Dr. Graham's understanding of human anatomy/physiology paired with his e…

  in A vegan diet that is very high in fat cannot be good, right? Comment by twitch
• There is a guy who is doing massive weight loss via green smoothies. Here is a clip from his website Q&A area: Q: Do you have hanging skin? A:My skin has been shrinking quit well. I was worried that my skin would be hanging all around my body. I…

  in questions about weight loss and loose skin Comment by twitch
• i have an omega and like it a ton. the only thing it has trouble with is pineapple...but I prefer my pineapple in smoothies anyway :)

  in Best Juicer? Comment by twitch
• I started with a juicer...as much as I like it, it was a mistake to go for that before the blender (refurbished vitamix 5200). I just ordered a small dehydrator and I'm excited to get that soon. in hindsight I'd say my priority list would be... 1) B…

  in Vita-mix or Food processor? Comment by twitch
• Seriously!? He cares more about how other people bond than how you physically feel? That is wrong. Honestly...he's being selfish. Plain and simple. I would love to sugar coat it and give you some well reasoned suggestions on how to diplomatically de…

  in How Could He?!!!! Relationship advice PLEASE!!! Comment by twitch
• here is the link for NPR's archive of December 31st 2004. ((((removed the link)))) i'm not seeing anything like your description on the page, but I'm tired and it's been a long day so I could easily be missing it. Good luck (EDIT) ok...never mind...…

  in A splendid table, RAW. Comment by twitch
• 1. Health scare with a mean little disease that will go un-named. Everything I read leads me to believe that my body will have an easier time healing and staying healthy if I don't overload it with the toxicity that results from eating cooked food. …

  in Help me with some research...please! Comment by twitch
• I love my chia seeds. I go pretty plain with them. I put 1 Tbsp in a bottle with about 12 oz of water in the morning, shake it up and I pop it in my gym bag. Once I'm done with my work out I shake 'em again and drink them up. Sometimes I'll have a b…

  in Chia seeds! Comment by twitch
• Rawsiki - started this thread/conversation with a clear open-mindedness Elizabethh - mentioned "most evolutionary biologists would argue that we are physiologically designed to be omnivores..." I mentioned (paraphrasing here) that meat and cooked fo…

  in Hunters and Gatherers Ate Meat Comment by twitch
• About the vibrations in our food due to stress and poor treatment. While I can not say for sure one way or the other about vibrations (i'm open to the idea though)...I do know that those types of situations release large amounts of stress hormones i…

  in Hunters and Gatherers Ate Meat Comment by twitch
• I have 3 tricks. 1) hot showers/baths (already mentioned) 2) drink a cup of warm water (on an empty stomach). It's not as yummie as warm soup or food, but it's effective at taking away the chill. 3) I have something called a Corn Bag. It's really ju…

  in Body craving warm foods to stay warm Comment by twitch
• Sounds like your diet is in good shape. The poop thing seems on par with what a lot of other people have reported and what I've experienced as well. I was just listening to an interview with Philip McCluskey on the We Like It Raw website. During the…

  in 30th day..a little worried Comment by twitch
• The best suggestion I can make is to not "swim upstream" against your carb cravings. During my wife's 2 pregnancies I learned that will get you nowhere fast and make everyone miserable in the process. If you are feeling a craving for bread, go get s…

  in I need someone to kick me lol.. Comment by twitch
• Start reading. I know it sounds really boring, but just start reading. There are TONS of raw websites out there and even more blogs about raw-food-folk. I spent almost 5 months just reading books and websites before I even considered jumping in. You…

  in Where do I begin? Comment by twitch
• While it's true that a calorie is still a calorie... A SAD calorie is not equal to a RAW calorie. The body burns more calories digesting SAD food and dealing with the resulting toxicity than it does when a person is mostly or 100% raw. On a SAD diet…

  in Calorie Count of Common Raw Foods Comment by twitch
• I've been experiencing the eye redness thing as well. Fortunately I'm pretty sure I know what mine is...Both my kids have pink eye right now. I stay at home with them and am pretty convinced I've been exposed. (a two year old has a hard time graspin…

  in My Eyes Are Feeling Wierd Comment by twitch
• Maybe try some higher sodium fruits and veggies plus some water before an appointment where blood will be drawn. Tomatoes and celery comes to mind. Celery and banana smoothies are pretty tasty. Good luck with the IVF by the way...

  in Problems having blood taken Comment by twitch
• sorry to hear about your pup. It's a hard thing to deal with. I'm an emotional eater as well so I can commiserate. As long as you get back on the wagon just 1 more time than you fall off, you'll be fine. Just don't let guilt about it or hopelessness…

  in Falling off the wagon....... Comment by twitch
• that makes me sick. ugh.

  in FDA is again pimping poisoned food products Comment by twitch
• Check out turnip greens instead of the turnip root... The turnip root has 5% of RDA of calcium for 1c (156g). The greens have 21% of the RDA for calcium for the same amount. The greens also have 281% of vitamin A (root = 0%) The greens have more f…

  in Calcium and Iron Comment by twitch
• There are 2 ways I do it... With both of them you need to de-seed the pom. The best way I've found to do that is to cut the top off the pomegranate, score the sides with a knife. I score it just 4 times, about 1/2 inch deep...just deep enough to sta…

  in pomegranite juice Comment by twitch
• It took me a good 3 months to decide which one to pick up. The nice thing is, when it takes SO many people SO long to figure it out, you know that either way you go you should have a really nice blender that will help you with your RAW goals. I ende…

  in VitaMix or K - tec BLender Comment by twitch
• Omega 8003 great for greens...softer stuff like pineapple and mango can be a little tricky, but everything else juices really well. Extremely quiet too....only around 80 rpms

  in Does anyone know of a QUIET juicer? Comment by twitch