WheatgrassYogi Wrote:
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> powerlifer Wrote:
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> > Dr Mercola's Wholefood Multi-vitamin is pretty
> good as far as the good forms of vitamins/minerals
> plus extras.
>
> I've been taking Dr. Mercola's Chlorella. It is a
> Whole Food, but I've seen it referred to as a
> Vitamin.
> My mouth dropped open when I saw this clip of Dr.
> Mercola explaining what he eats for Breakfast. He
> didn't seem to have any Shame at all......WY
>
> [www.youtube.com]

Ugh - that is disgusting. Raw milk & eggs? And I thought I was doing bad sneaking snack cakes once in awhile.

It is very common with raw food gurus many preach things they do not practice

Sunflower sprouts, or baby greens as they're called, are my favourite. Beet sprouts are lovely too, really nice. But no, the kids really don't like sprouts. They are quite strong in smoothies and juice too, hard to disguise at a percentage that would make any difference.
It's not that alfalfa and clover don't have nutrients, they do, they are just not as packed with them as other, denser sprouts like sunflower, buckwheat, etc.
Have you ever had corn sprouts? Oh man, so horrible. Onion and garlic sprouts are nice though, I liked kamut, fenugreek, and pea shoots.
Wish I have a bigger kitchen, more time, and a family who wanted to eat baby greens and sproutlings. Sigh.



banana who Wrote:
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> Coco, I hate to push sprouts but what about a
> variety of them, especially in a juice if the kids
> don't care for them? Maybe alfalfa, clover, adzuki
> juiced with other veggies? I am surprised that you
> say clover isn't high in nutrients. I thought all
> sprouts are automatically nutritious. In any case,
> I know people warn against too much alfalfa, so
> that's why I mentioned clover. Of course there's
> also sunflower and even beet sprouts. They looked
> so cool, although I didn't get a chance to eat
> them.

~If it uplifts and inspires you, do it.~

I've never eaten sunflower sprouts. I have heard that they're good but I keep forgetting how to sprout them (assuming I need the ones in their hulls and soil but cannot recall). If it requires dirt, I probably wouldn't bother. But beet sprouts sound intriguing. I did try onion sprouts a few times but never again. Way too strong for me!

The beet sprouts and the SF were both soil grown. It is a big commitment to set up for those, shelving, soil, lights, there is a lot of moisture from the watering, etc. It's not something that I could do in our small kitchen with the hardwood floor, lol.

~If it uplifts and inspires you, do it.~

Wheatgrass and sunflower sprouts they are the core of my diet, I grow them indoor. Very easy and fun. You do not need vitamins when you have these fresh in your house.

I still took vitamins when I worked at the sprout farm and had access to every fresh sprout imaginable.
It's only your opinion that others don't need them, be careful with this telling people what they need as though you know them and their needs personally.

~If it uplifts and inspires you, do it.~

I like sprouts



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coco Wrote:
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> I still took vitamins when I worked at the sprout
> farm and had access to every fresh sprout
> imaginable.
> It's only your opinion that others don't need
> them, be careful with this telling people what
> they need as though you know them and their needs
> personally.

Working at a school does not imply one is studying

Just got back from the states, bought up bunches of raw vitamins, herbs, tinctures, seaweeds, dried foods etc, whee ooh! Exciting! All stocked up for the next few months at least. Too bad the sprouts wouldn't make it for that long car trip or I'd have brought back sacks of those too. Yum.

~If it uplifts and inspires you, do it.~

As spring blossoms in earnest, the smell of the fresh grass, fruits, and flower season is around the corner, fresh fruits, farmers markets, life is beautiful, and there is no need for vitamins, fresh life is all around us.

ok... I agree and wish that we lived in a perfect world and i had all the money in the world to own my own land and grow my own food that was perfectly enriched with everything that my body needed... but i don't at the moment...

...and at the moment my body is not working properly... I am one of those that struggle with digestion... i wonder if i absorb any nutrients... though i am mobile so i must be getting something... though my body holds so much gas that i wonder if the nutrients meant to enter in doesn't get lodged into all the bubbles and taken out in to the ethos... leaving me fatigued and frustrated... which why i am looking into the best possible vitamin that can help me get over this hurdle...

but my question is ... if my body isn't digesting and absorbing food properly from the food i give it... will it digest and absorb the the nutrients from vitamins??? AND i struggle with digesting lots of things... and these whole food vitamins have lots and lots of different things in them... when i'm told to simplify my diet isn't that more complicated...

I've started taking a liquid B complex... and an herbal d3 and am noticing a bright yellow pee...does that mean that all the vitamins are being washed out???

love laugh and dream

Just thought I'd mention, I do really like much of what Dr. Mercola has to say, but I have NEVER heard him say he is a "raw food guru." He advocates 80% raw organic food, with the rest being the highest quality free-range, hormone-free, grass-fed, etc. etc.... m34t.

So it's not like he's one of those coffee-guzzling, airline-meal-shoveling, muffin-hoarking breatharians, if you catch my drift. ^.~

The bright green pee is from high doses of B vitamins being flushed out in your urine. This happens to most with high dose B vitamin supplements, i prefer nutritional or brewers yeast if not allergic as its a good wholefood B vitamin source, very rich in them.

[www.vegankingdom.co.uk]

My pee is fine, no fun colours here , the kids either. The B12 we take is a liquid, the D3 is as well. I bought some floradix for them as analysis of their diet shows they are meeting all nutritional goals except iron. They're good about it but there's only so much green food you can get into children, lol.
Luvyuu I seem to absorb the iron I take better than that from food, no idea why but that's what blood work shows and I do feel the difference. Only you will know if it makes a difference in how you feel. I wish you luck finding the solution for you.
Nothing much is growing here yet as it's still early spring but a few edible weeds here and there. I'm really looking forward to later in the season when local produce is available, until then we're making do with what's to be had at the store. It pales in comparison to what's available in summer and fall, that's for sure. Thank goodness for these carefully forumlated whole food supplements!

~If it uplifts and inspires you, do it.~

luvyuu Wrote:
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> ok... I agree and wish that we lived in a perfect
> world and i had all the money in the world to own
> my own land and grow my own food that was
> perfectly enriched with everything that my body
> needed... but i don't at the moment...
>
> ...and at the moment my body is not working
> properly... I am one of those that struggle with
> digestion... i wonder if i absorb any nutrients...
> though i am mobile so i must be getting
> something... though my body holds so much gas that
> i wonder if the nutrients meant to enter in
> doesn't get lodged into all the bubbles and taken
> out in to the ethos... leaving me fatigued and
> frustrated... which why i am looking into the best
> possible vitamin that can help me get over this
> hurdle...
>
> but my question is ... if my body isn't digesting
> and absorbing food properly from the food i give
> it... will it digest and absorb the the nutrients
> from vitamins??? AND i struggle with digesting
> lots of things... and these whole food vitamins
> have lots and lots of different things in them...
> when i'm told to simplify my diet isn't that more
> complicated...
>
> I've started taking a liquid B complex... and an
> herbal d3 and am noticing a bright yellow
> pee...does that mean that all the vitamins are
> being washed out???
>
> love laugh and dream
Vitamins are more difficult to digest than regular raw fruits, they are packed and dried. If you have digestive problems and gas, the first course of action is to cleanse your system, you have to stop eating, let the system rest. When the road is dirty and need repair it is close, no trafic for some time until the repair is complete. You can try fasting, warer or juice fasting, or any other method to cleanse your digestive system. Vitamins is not the solution. We are so concerned about vitamins that it is unthinkable to stop eating for few days.

I fast with ever mentsral cycle... infact I am now... I'm not afraid of not eating... I agree with you on that respect... it's everyone else that is afraid of my not eating... mostly cause they don't understand it ...

I'm not building the strenth in my body from the foods i do eat... I think i just need an extra boost to get me over the hump... I'm starting to wonder if all the people that keep telling me i need to just go out and eat a steak are right??? and your arguement suggests that maybe I should do that as well??? if I need protein that is the quickest and easiest way to get it from food and not from vitamins.... but I don't want to go that route just yet... I don't plan on staying on pills and powders forever... just enough to get me feeling more healthy and strong. though I think i will continue to take the B complex and D3 cause I have noticed a difference in my mental clarity!!!

love laugh and dream