Yea! Just what I wanted to hear. Thanks, Kittyglitter! You answered just in time. I’m at the end of Day Ten and was wondering what to do. I really appreciate your response! -Prudence   [End]
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Hi againi, Tina. I just found this advice about the SWF on http://www.therawfoodsite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1154 ”Drink your SWF warm with a straw. You don’t have to chug it if you don’t want to. You can separate it in glasses and drink it that way. Or you can lick a lemon in between. Allow yourself up to 2 hours of time close to a bathroom after you drink it. The feeling to go will be urgent. Also, invest in babywipes. Oh and the SWF may make you feel bloated. Try alternating every other day better the SWF and the lax tea in the morning (not both). If the SWF doesn’t work, n ...
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Hi. I don’t have the instructions for breaking the fast as a raw foodist, but my friend who has the book told me that it’s TWO days of just o.j., then o.j. the morning of the third day, then fruit for lunch and salad for dinner. Can anyone confirm this? It seems excessive to have an extra day of just orange juice, when those who don’t eat raw get to have their soup the evening of the second day! Do I sound jealous? ;-) It’s just that I have some energetic activities to do this weekend, and my friend (who’s not raw and finished her fast a few days ago) said she was very weak for t ...
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Hi, Tina! Good for you taking charge of your health! I’ve been on a long health-seeking journey too and am now a very healthy raw foodist. I highly recommend eating fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds as a primary way of life post-cleanse. Many people find ”high raw” to be sufficient, though I do the 100% thing (with the exception of the maple syrup in the MC!). Anyway, as to your questions, I can address a few. First, if you want to do the LF and a parasite cleanse, Cure Zone (quoting Hulda Clarke) recommends doing the parasite cleanse prior to the liver flush. In fact, Hulda is quo ...
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Hi, Milena! Thanks for your response. I feel much better today and am thinking I will continue with the cleanse. Actually, I meditated this morning and some strong emotions that I had been suppressing came up. So that was probably the source of the grumpiness, rather than the cleanse itself. But hey -- I admire you doing such a long juice fast! Even breaking it a bit early, you undoubtedly did some deep cleansing. One thing this cleanse is doing for me is making me REALLY appreciate raw food! I can’t wait to have a smoothie again. I also just received a new raw food recipe boo ...
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Hi, Perry. Yes, that’s my typical grocery list too, but I go MUCH lighter on the nuts and seeds than the fruits and veggies. I buy fresh fuit, salad greens, and vegetables about five times a week. I buy pumpkin seeds about once every two weeks and soak a bunch, then dehydrate them. I do buy hemp seed in bulk and put about 1/8 of a cup in the Vitamix container for smoothies. I buy nuts only for special occasions or once in a while to top off a salad if I’m wanting variety and fat. Here’s Gabriel Cousens’ list of recommended soaking times for various types of nuts and seeds. It’s fro ...
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Hi there. I felt the need to cleanse and started the Master Cleanse on Monday. It’s Day Three, and I feel really grumpy. I’ve never ended a cleanse prematurely before, but I’m considering it this time. I have a busy week coming up beginning on Sunday (which would only be Day Six), and I don’t want to bite anyone’s head off. I’ve been raw for a little over a year now, and I know I still have more cleansing to do, but I’m wondering if my body just prefers doing it slowly, the raw food way. Any thoughts about this? Do any of you raw foodists continue cleansing in other ways? Which ...
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I’m going on a tangent here too, but as a woman married to a bald guy, don’t sweat it too much! :-) Bald can be VERY sexy, especially if the chrome dome tops a raw and wonderful body! Tee hee!   [End]
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Ditto here. I love the Excalibur. I probably could have gotten away with a smaller size (I got the large one), but I did fill it up for Thanksgiving! I’ve read in some raw books that the round ones are more difficult to use, but I have no personal experience with that. They are a LOT cheaper! Hope this helps!   [End]
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Hi, Perry. I generally don’t take any supplements that aren’t raw. If it doesn’t say it contains live enzymes, it probably doesn’t. Sorry. I bet there are sea greens supplements on some raw food sites, though, like rawfood.com or rawguru.com. (Not trying to promote either one -- just resources I’ve used in the past.) This is a good reminder to me to start eating veggies wrapped in Nori rolls again. I’ve gotten out of the habit, and I know those sea veggies are great for minerals! Thanks for bringing it up! -Prudence   [End]
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YUM! These look great. Thanks for sharing them with us! I think the chocolate pudding, using the mousse option, would make a great birthday dessert! It’d probably be thick enough to hold a candle, too. :-) That way, you can avoid nuts altogether. Milena, thanks for showing us those fabulous fruit creations! What a great idea. If it were all raw, I’d open a store here! Happy, happy birthday to you December babies!   [End]
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Just FYI in case you didn’t know, Steven Arlin has written a book about eating raw and body-building/working out, called Raw Power. I haven’t read it (I’m into walking and yoga :-)), but it might be a good place to start.   [End]
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I often buy and sometimes make sauerkraut and kimchee (kimchi) to get my good bacteria. I don’t think those in the hygenics movement are big on fermented products, but they are raw. Of course, you’ll always need to check to make sure they haven’t been pasturized if you’re buying off the shelf. Most brands have. There are some brands that aren’t, though, and they’re being stocked in many natural foods stores. I think Wilderness Family Naturals (online) carries some, too. You mentioned coconut oil, so I’ll put a plug in here for coconut butter. Relatively difficult to find, but REAL ...
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Another agreement here. I have evolved into eating less the longer I’ve been raw, but initially, I needed to eat a LOT to stick with it. Even now, I have a huge smoothie (sometimes two) with about ten servings of fruit, plus greens, a green superfood and hemp seed each morning, then an enormous salad at lunch, and another smoothie mid-afternoon. I don’t eat dinner anymore, but that took several months and just happened naturally. In the beginning, I made a lot of dishes that reminded me of cooked dishes. You may not need to do that, though. Transitioning to eating my biggest meal a ...
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Oh, good! I was thinking that the tahini-based dressing was just not simple enough. There I go, listening to books instead of my body (which, so far, happens to like it very much!). I will definitely try adding red miso. Mmmm... Cheese flavor... ;-) Thanks, Patricia! Love, Prudence   [End]
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Hi! I had a recent experience showing me just how much nuts can disturb one’s digestive system after being raw for awhile. (I’ve also not had many nuts recently -- just haven’t had the desire -- although when I began eating raw, I ate a LOT of soaked nuts.) I had soaked an enormous bowl full of walnuts to make a few dehydrated things (which seems to completely ward off any PMS symptoms, for some reason), but I had a lot of leftover nuts. I started finding recipes using walnuts, and made several in one day. Of course, I had to taste them all -- walnut pate, a walnut cream topping for ...
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Hi, warminreno. I sympathize with the gassy belly symptoms. I’m wondering if you’ve explored the whole food-combining area of raw foods. Even with juicing, combining fruits with veggies can sometimes cause gas. Leafy greens can be combined with fruits (as in green smoothies) successfully without causing gas, but when you start mixing celery with apples, for example, you might be creating gas. Surprisingly, I’ve noticed more gas with juicing than with the green smoothies. I’m not advocating one over the other, but thought you might want to hear my experience. Melons should be eaten ...
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Milena wrote: Personally I love raw food and I don’t crave anything cooked. I like the smell of cooked food, but strangely I find that smelling food satiates my hunger for it :D go me! lol Me, too! My friends know, now, that when they have a good cup of roasted coffee, or a slice of chocolate cake, to slide it my way so I can take a big whiff, then slide it on back to them. ;-) A new member of my women’s group witnessed this the other day and said she felt so sorry for me just sniffing all those wonderful things. I told her that smelling completely satisfied me, and it’s true! Sh ...
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Hi, Milena! My experience with menses was that it slowed significantly early on, but now (in my 11th month raw), it’s back to what was ”normal” for me -- regular and pretty heavy. I never missed a period, but three or four were scant. I have no idea what it means that I’m once again bleeding heavily. It doesn’t feel like a negative thing, but nor did the lighter periods. I’m just assuming that my body is taking the opportunity to clear out all the old stuff that’s still in there in whatever way it can. One difference from before is that the blood seems less dark -- a much brighter re ...
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Mmmm... Sounds great, Patricia! I’ll have to try that one today. One that I’ve been loving lately and know that I should stop making is a variation of the Waldorf salad dressing: 3 tablespoons tahini 1/8 cup lemon juice 1 clove garlic 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 teaspoons dill 1 teaspoon Celtic sea salt ...blended in a Vita-Mix with a little water. Like the others have been saying, simple is undoubtedly best, but sometimes I crave a little variation. This dressing is reminiscent of Ranch dressing to me. Comfort food? :-0 -Prudence   [End]
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Thanks, Patricia, for sharing your experiences. I’m 11 months into raw (like you, after trying many different approaches and really listening to my body), and I’m finding the need to be more protective of my associations, my space, and my time. I think it’s just that I’m really beginning to listen to myself for the first time since early childhood. I suppose 42 isn’t too late to begin doing that again! I must say, though, it has been, and still is, a suprising journey. I want to echo your findings on emphasizing fruits and greens in your diet. As time goes by, I’m becoming less tol ...
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Hi. I’ve used Gabriel Cousen’s recipe for zucchini pancakes. I liked them, but my son (who is not raw) said they’re not an adequate substitute. I’ll include the recipe here, in case you’d like to try it. It’s in Rainbow Green Raw Food Cuisine. If you want to experiement, the recipe for zucchini bread tastes really good -- perhaps even more like pancakes -- and could be altered in shape to resemble hotcakes! One more note on these recipes: I have experimented with dehydration and have decided to dehydrate at lower temperatures than Cousens suggests. I also usually don’t do it for a ...
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Hey there. Big question! Basically, though, the BED recommends eating non-starchy vegetables for 80% of each meal, along with 20% either starchy vegetables/one of four grains (quinoa, millet, buckwheat, amaranth), OR protein (poultry, fish). Cultured vegetables make up part of the 80%, and she encourages drinking young coconut kefir, both of which replenish the good bacteria in the digestive system. Grains/starchy vegetables don’t mix with protein. Fruit is discouraged initially, but can be eaten later on if you leave 1/2 an hour between it and other foods. Eventually, you can add ri ...
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I think you can surely reap many benefits from the BED without the cultured veggies, but once you try them, you’ll likely be hooked. The diet can be pretty bland without them. I make my own cultured veggies, which I enjoy, but I’ve also been buying kimchee at our local co-op lately, and it’s wonderful! I prefer it to my own, really, but it’s kind of expensive to buy all the time. I’m going to try replicating the recipe. I wouldn’t think of cultured vegetables as food growing mold on it. That’s inaccurate, really, and certainly not appetizing! ;-) I’ve never had any mold on the to ...
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I’m on Day Eight, and I feel SO GOOD! A chiropractor friend came over and adjusted me today, and I felt like it released a lot of the emotion that prompted me to do this fast. I’d been feeling some anger that was coming out sideways, and that wasn’t like me. (I’m usually pretty conscious about my emotions and can often channel anger constructively.) I realized that something inside has been welling up -- perhaps a new message about my life purpose -- and I haven’t been open to hearing it! I feel so balanced and happy these days, that I think I’m a little resistant to change, which sur ...
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Hi again, Somer. I wanted to let you know that you’ve been very helpful. I did a lot more homework after writing to you last time and have switched to a water-only fast. After checking out juice versus water, it seemed that the latter was what I needed most. The two and a half days on the green drink were good preparation for me, and I’m doing fine on Day Five, though pretty weak! I think my next fast, probably in the spring, will be a juice fast. The water fasting seems extreme to me (though, as I said, I think it’s the best thing for me right now), and I think I’ll use it sparing ...
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I’d recommend drinking a lot more water, too. I’m drinking about 150 ounces a day (and was even before I began the fast), and I’m a female who weighs 118 pounds. I can also testify to the immediate relief an enema can give. I recommend the 4-quart bag, if you can find it. Best of luck, Ray!   [End]
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Thanks, Somer! Those recipes sound great. I have juicer and do juice frequently. This particular green drink fast was recommended in a health motivation program I’ve been listening to, so I chose that, but I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to do green drinks. The Body Ecology Diet, which I was on for over a year prior to my renewing my sugar addiction, is in fact a diet designed specifically to eliminate candidiasis. It jives with the other candida diets I’ve seen on Cure Zone and elsewhere -- it’s just stricter! ;-) So, as I return to normal food again, I’ll go back to that, easing into ...
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Hello. I’m hoping for some support, as I’m feeling VERY spacy and weak today, on day two of a cleanse. Instead of the Master Cleanse, I am doing a green drink cleanse -- simply substituting a powdered green drink for the lemonade. I chose this route because I suspect I have a lot of yeast in my system and didn’t want the maple syrup to feed it. I’m hoping for support for the choice I’ve made, even though i might be in the wrong forum! I just don’t have the brain power right now to find an exact match, and I’m hoping the MC experiences are similar enough to apply. So, I’m feeling, p ...
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Hi, Jen! So glad you’ve been enjoying life since we last spoke! Lots of changes, eh? I’ve been continuing with the homeopathics. I’m on a new regimine now. The doctor I’m seeing is in Minneapolis, which I imagine would be out of your range, if you’ll be in Florida. He’s an intuitive physician, and I’m not sure how many of those there are in the U.S. That said, perhaps any good homeopathic physician could do a constitutional analysis and find out what your body needs. I’m on a new homeopathic regimine now, including three more unda remedies (1, 12, and 20), silicea 30k, and natriu ...
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Hi, Jen. The unda remedies contain several different homeopathics. unda 16 appears to be more for the lungs (which my homeopath said needed some attention, though I’d not had trouble with them to my knowledge). unda 270 is the one that seems targeted toward the skin. It has 4x of each of the following remedies: calendula officinalis, dulcamara, equisteum arvense, and hypericum perforatum. On the box, it says, ”For the relief of symptoms associated with eczema and psoriasis,” but the doctor’s assistant told me to ignore what was printed on the boxes. I am still seeing improvement, a ...
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Yes, both are exclusively grass-fed. I live in an area with lots of organic farms, so I was able to find the beef fairly easily by asking around. There are also signs up at our local organic food co-op for grass-fed beef. The Weston Price Foundation keeps track of such farms, I believe, and they have a website. It was a little more expensive than regular beef by the pound, but we invested in a freezer and got a whole side of beef, which ended up being less expensive per pound than conventional! The best part of that was that I got to see the whole farm, meet the animals, and see wha ...
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Yes, it can be very complicated trying to follow both diets! I feel like I’m really cheating when I eat blue corn chips with the cultured veggies (and to be honest, I don’t think they’re that great for me), because Mercola would be horrified, LOL! The thing I’ve found is that once I started feeding my body what it needed, which happened to be protein initially (I’m a protein type too, apparently), I began to be able to get in touch with my body and understand what it needs. There’s that little intuitive voice in there that can guide me toward certain foods and away from others, but I ...
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Hi! I’ve been dealing with rosacea for several years now and recently found a practitioner who’s helping me. I had tried various cleanses, with varying success rates. The liver cleanse seemed to be the most helpful, and I still think the rosacea will trace back to the liver, BUT my practitioner told me that I was trying to go too quickly -- ”out of order,” so to speak. I first needed to go on homeopathics to address some of the underlying problems lying in my cells, then begin to address the colon, then the liver. The homeopathics are always very personal, of course, so what I’m u ...
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My son won’t be in the same room (or car!) with me for a half-hour or so after I eat the cultured veggies, but he’s got an unusually sharp sense of smell. The last batch of veggies I made didn’t seem so smelly. I still used a green cabbage base, but added many other fun things to it: red cabbage, beets, carrots, ginger, garlic, and a green apple. Maybe the apple cuts the smell, or maybe they’re just not as fermented (though they do have that cultured ”tang”), but the breath factor isn’t as marked. I happened to be eating some when my son came in from school, and he didn’t flinch when I ...
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