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Community PageYou know I got them from the bulk section at the health food store and all they said was "dried organic elder berries".
But it definately was a reaction and not just a detox thing. I won't go into too much details but lets just say it was the worst experience I have ever had and I am glad it only lasted as long as it did rather than go on for days.
Whether it was an allergic reaction or a cyanide reaction I don't know (my guess is cyanide based on what I researced on the computer) but either way...be careful to anyone else who might try these. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.
There is a lot of good advice here. Just to add to it, my hubby eats completely the opposite of me: whereas I am raw ve(bee)gan he has a freezer in the basement filled with pizza, wings, potato skins (you get the drift) and it is VERY difficult to live with him. Food is a big part of (all) our lives and it is difficult to not be able to share a meal with a family member. What is even more difficult is not having a partner who shares the same beliefs as you that carries over to the physical. I turned to rawism after my kids had unsolvable food allergies and I found I had them myself. I then came to believe that food is directly to related to health…not just obesity but mental health (like ADD and autism) as well as could be the source/cure behind diseases such as cancer. It is hard to have these beliefs and then to have a partner eating those very things that you believe cause harm. Am I making sense? It goes beyond “kissing” someone who eats meat.
On the flip side, if I were you I wouldn’t set strict standards for whom you meet saying you will only date a raw vegan. How about saying you will date someone who is “open minded to trying new things”? Maybe you will meet a nice person who knows nothing about rawism and you will convert them…or perhaps you will meet someone who tries it and finds it too difficult to maintain at 100% but is willing to eat mostly raw with you.
JMO
