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• Hello Carla, My personal experience is that a high raw diet (and actually pretty much any diet) is easier to follow if you stick with it 100% as compared to 95%. Eating something that's 'not allowed' (in the 5%) makes me want to eat more of it. But …

  in Could I still consider myself a raw vegan if I'm not 100%? Comment by M42
• Dear Ketrin, Just for claritication: the criticism wasn't because I disagree with the point of your story. It's just that there are a few parts in it that, in my opinion, could use a little update. That way you'd be able to help other people more to…

  in Raw makes sense! Comment by M42
• It may be a good idea to make a new topic about eating raw meat, seeing the interest for it and to keep it seperated from the raw making sense writing by Ketrin. (Also, the reason you haven't read much about it on this site may be because it says "s…

  in Raw makes sense! Comment by M42
• Hello Ketrin, I completely agree with you that a raw diet is the most natural way to eat for humans. However, I also feel that I should point out a few minor weaknesses in what you write. Know though, that I agree with the general concept and that t…

  in Raw makes sense! Comment by M42
• Hello, Shuanna, I think the question is this: "when juicing something, does (part of) the protein get removed (together with fiber)?" I'm afraid I don't know the answer. I usually blend fruits and vegetables without removing fiber - fiber is importa…

  in Juicing-Where's the Protein? Comment by M42
• Not really an answer to the question but possibly a solution. You could add the collard green juice after having extracted the fiber from the rest of the juice.

  in Juicing-Where's the Protein? Comment by M42
• Greens tend to have a not so attractive smell, at least in the beginning. The taste also isn't immediately appealing, although maybe that doesn't apply to you. That can be solved however by making the right smoothies :-) I used to feel a little sick…

  in I'm NOT handling greens very well... but I don't want to become a fruitarian Comment by M42
• Hello jakkrabbit, personally I try to keep calories fom fat between 5% and 15% but I guess it's the same principle, just different amounts. Obviously, nothing will be quite as accurate as calculating every meal, but I think that -especially with suc…

  in Getting carb/fat/protein ratio right SO time consuming - is there a better way? Comment by M42
• Hello Sarah, If you eat enough variety of fruits and vegetables you should get enough protein under normal conditions. If you need more, for example for building more muscle, then there's some good advice in the above posts. In general, even though …

  in protein sources Comment by M42
• Personally I use http://www.markv.nl/rawvegan/ as a calculator. I do mostly because I made it myself so I know exactly what goes on and it does exactly what I want. Nutridiary.com should work fine too though, and it's probably more professional :-P …

  in How to count calories? Comment by M42
• Thanks for the replies so far! @kurite: I think restricting dried foods is one of the less important aspects too, but I'd like to explore alternatives before dropping this requirement. If nothing else works I'll certainly try! @superfood2: No, I am …

  in Dry food Comment by M42
• I personally found Steve Pavlina's book, Personal development for intelligent people, to bevery insightful and practical. Not too suitable if you're looking for a more spiritual book but well, you can read some of his articles as a preview at his bl…

  in Self help books? Comment by M42
• Hello mmmsammm, as you can see, we raw people love to share all the good sides the diet has with you! Nice to read that you have started as well, I hope you will have the same experiences! Be sure to ignore detox symptoms and cravings, but be carefu…

  in Experienced Raw People, Do you really get those famous results? Comment by M42
• Hello Julie, A little update: I've been raw for 5 months now and the eczema is better than 2 months ago when I made the above post, and even better than before I went raw. For me I can say that something about the new diet works, and if I must guess…

  in eczema! Comment by M42
• Hello Julie, I have always had eczema, sometimes worse than at other times. When I started the raw vegan diet 3 months ago at first it became worse, maybe because of detox. Right now it's not gone, but it's better than before the diet and improving.…

  in eczema! Comment by M42