http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/index.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:12:41 -0500 Phorum 5.2.14 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?4,161706,161706#msg-161706 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?4,161706,161706#msg-161706
thx j]]> julee Recipes and Food Preparation Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:36 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161679,161679#msg-161679 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161679,161679#msg-161679
I'm doing a 3-4 day fast to reset my system and try and find some relief from bad allergies. I'm just coming up on my 25th hour and I'm experiencing some muscle cramps in my legs. I've been walking around a bit at home doing things, maybe I shouldn't do that? I thought it wouldn't hurt so early in the fast but not having done this before any thoughts would help!

I'm in good health apart from the allergies which I've had for most of my life.

Thanks!]]> badawie Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:15 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161673,161673#msg-161673 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161673,161673#msg-161673 After having more health issues, I am back to 100% raw. I was 100% '04-06, but then b/c of moving to a local and time issues, left the 100% raw. But am back...which leads me to my question...back in '04-05 I used to eat more raw protein (ie: nuts/seeds/nut milks/etc) but now I don't seem to be digesting them as well. I know that nuts ARE more difficult to digest, even soaked. I believe that more of a whole foods (veggie/fruit) is better and better absorbed. But HOW MUCH protein SHOULD we consume on a raw diet? Like should I eat nuts/seeds DAILY?, EVERY OTHER DAY? OTHER? of course the quantity would depend on my size/weight (I am 5' and about 105#), speaking of which, I really do not want to loose more weight, how do you stay balanced without nuts/seeds? My mentor back then said "to succeed on a raw diet is to eat a balanced of raw foods".
thx juls]]> julee Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:32 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?4,161668,161668#msg-161668 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?4,161668,161668#msg-161668 ScratchsMom Recipes and Food Preparation Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:02:07 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161659,161659#msg-161659 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161659,161659#msg-161659
I hope it continues to get better. I don't know what to do, if anything.]]> Mislu Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:38:01 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?12,161644,161644#msg-161644 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?12,161644,161644#msg-161644
God has blessed me mightily in so many ways, and I want to be able to enjoy the life He's given me. Starting today, I'm eating the foods that the Lord made and I'm eating them the way He created them- raw- so that I can enjoy all their benefits. I'm praying for healing of my body (in more ways than one) and spirit and for energy. But I also ask for a clear mind, lightness, joy and peace. I ask for a special blessing on my oldest son and my mother.

Thank you Lord. Every breath you give me is a blessing.

Day 1- March 9, 2010.
F. 37. 5'9".
SW: 282



]]> Redheaded Vol Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:53:56 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?3,161598,161598#msg-161598 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?3,161598,161598#msg-161598 Those of you who own a Blendtec, might be interested
in this wood Tamper.....WY

[www.3blenders.com]]]> Wheatgrass Yogi Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:01:29 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?4,161595,161595#msg-161595 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?4,161595,161595#msg-161595
*I always thought that apple season was in the fall. I wonder if these Washington apples were from then or do you think they grow them continuously? I also wonder if they are juiceable. I think these were a bit mealy, which is why they were great for applesauce, but I think these are eating apples mainly and not juice apples...]]> banana who Recipes and Food Preparation Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:43:10 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?10,161594,161594#msg-161594 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?10,161594,161594#msg-161594
We are a family of raw vegans, and would like to join or start our own eco-village of like-minded people.

My husband is French and I am Russian, we are looking for a land in Spain or France at the moment, with a great vegetation potential to start a permaculture garden, far away from fields (as they most likely spray chemicals on them). We don't want to breath toxic stuff, right? We would love to live a very quiet yet happy life, enjoying the nature and people who care about others.

We can open a small retreat/relaxation center so everybody will have an opportunity to make some income and support the economy of the village.

We have started a Facebook page to attract people to get together and start this new project.

[sl-si.facebook.com]

We've been traveling around the world looking for a best spot to start a small community of people who would love to live differently, enjoy life and treat the planet right. Raw Vegan life style would be the core of that community along with love for life and for other people.

I think, it’s always easier if we have several people/families to start a new project, the country doesn’t really matter, as long as we have the right people and opportunity to grow our own food and have sufficient alternative energy source (sun, wind, or/and water)

EUROPE, CENTRAL OR SOUTH AMERICA OR RUSSIA?

We definitely need to to have drinkable water source on our land, fertile land & preferably not too cold of a climate. A little paradise on Earth far enough from the cities/towns/villages to enjoy quiet mornings without technocratic sounds

write us your ideas: newecovillage@hotmail.com]]> rusasha007 Classifieds for individuals Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:41:23 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161592,161592#msg-161592 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161592,161592#msg-161592 thx jul]]> julee Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:02 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161591,161591#msg-161591 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161591,161591#msg-161591
I used to be a regular poster here from 2003-7 (originally posted as luskinia, and then used my own name, Ela, when the old board crashed and had to regroup). Some of you may remember me: it's heartening to look in once again and see some familiar names and faces.

When I first came on board, I was still very much in the grip of anorexia, and found some ease doing an 80-10-10 type diet. I quit visiting this board when I moved to Hawaii in 2007 to deepen my studies of fruit trees and living off the land, etc, and didn't have much internet access anymore.

As it turned out, my experiences in Hawaii led me to change my diet: first away from high-fruit, then away from veganism and then, when I got together with my now-husband, from all raw too.

All kinds of funny twists and turns of life later, here I am living in Homer, Alaska, looking out at the blizzard, a yearling moose cropping away at last year's growth on the mountain ash trees, and have found myself coming back to raw foods purely by following my body, without any effort or resolution to do so, and am finding myself wanting to reconnect with likeminded folk and share on here again.

It has been the most beautiful - and at times, painful, journey - trying on all other kinds of priorities and ways of being, trying to make myself into something else, and finally recognizing that in order to be my best (which was always the goal), I have to pay attention to and take care of myself, just as I am. This is what brought me back toward raw foods again.

Doing 'all kinds of other things' (I'd be glad to share more details if any are interested), I was getting sicker and sicker, and am wanting to share now because I'm feeling so much better! As part of my healing, I am rebalancing a 'yeasty beastie' situation, and am doing Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine Phase 1: this is my third week. Despite the necessity for strictness in this for a few months, one of the major lessons that I have learned from the past several years of moving from one dietary dogma to another and then perplexity, is that being dogmatic and black-and-white is unhealthy for me, so I hope to be able to preserve that learning.

So, here I am! And this leaves me with firsthand experience, which I would love to share of all kinds of ways to do a raw foods diet, from high-fruit to no fruit at all, from California to the subtropics to the subarctic!

I don't have internet at home, so I won't be a constant presence, but if it is acceptable to you all, I would love to look in here and there and share my experiences and learn from yours too.

with love,
Ela
PS I'm also writing a blog about these experiences that may be of interest to some here: [ulteriorharmony.blogspot.com]]]> ela Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:02 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?11,161585,161585#msg-161585 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?11,161585,161585#msg-161585
We are a family of raw vegans, and would like to join or start our own eco-village of like-minded people.

My husband is French and I am Russian, we are looking for a land in Spain or France at the moment, with a great vegetation potential to start a permaculture garden, far away from fields (as they most likely spray chemicals on them). We don't want to breath toxic stuff, right? We would love to live a very quiet yet happy life, enjoying the nature and people who care about others.

We can open a small retreat/relaxation center so everybody will have an opportunity to make some income and support the economy of the village.

We have started a Facebook page to attract people to get together and start this new project.

[sl-si.facebook.com]

We've been traveling around the world looking for a best spot to start a small community of people who would love to live differently, enjoy life and treat the planet right. Raw Vegan life style would be the core of that community along with love for life and for other people.

I think, it’s always easier if we have several people/families to start a new project, the country doesn’t really matter, as long as we have the right people and opportunity to grow our own food and have sufficient alternative energy source (sun, wind, or/and water)

EUROPE, CENTRAL OR SOUTH AMERICA OR RUSSIA?

We definitely need to to have drinkable water source on our land, fertile land & preferably not too cold of a climate. A little paradise on Earth far enough from the cities/towns/villages to enjoy quiet mornings without technocratic sounds ;)

write us your ideas: newecovillage@hotmail.com]]> rusasha007 Other Topics (not health related) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:27:46 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161574,161574#msg-161574 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161574,161574#msg-161574
Anyone ever heard of this point of view regarding raw carob? I am trying to find some but now am not sure it's a good idea...]]> banana who Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:30:30 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161571,161571#msg-161571 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161571,161571#msg-161571 Is there such a thing as raw vs. cooked water,with the same issues as food would have?
I drink steam distilled water only and wonder if there is anything negative about it.I would think distilling would make it cleaner.But it isnt "raw" per say.

Vinny]]> eaglefly Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:35 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161569,161569#msg-161569 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161569,161569#msg-161569
Do Spirulina and Super Blue Green Algae lose nutrients in the freezing/powdering process? If so, how much? If not, then why isn't wheatgrass powder more popular?]]> ascorbic Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:35:48 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161554,161554#msg-161554 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161554,161554#msg-161554
Good nutritional profile also.]]> powerlifer Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:37:34 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161547,161547#msg-161547 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161547,161547#msg-161547
But it is expensive, and just I want to not drink it so much. Are there any negatives to drinking seltzer water?

Thanks for any info...]]> buddhistforlife Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:39:43 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?3,161542,161542#msg-161542 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?3,161542,161542#msg-161542
I am new to the raw food world and really love it. I am looking to get a new blender, since my $20 cheapie one, just ain't cuttin it. Literally.
So I can't spend $450 on a Blendtec or newer Vitamix model... so how about this older Vitamix Model.... Vitamix Turboblend 4500 Counter Top Blender?]]> Maritza Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:46:12 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161534,161534#msg-161534 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161534,161534#msg-161534
I remember you were talking about finding a spring near you - well we found one and went up to visit the other day, it's in Scotlandwell (i think less than an hour away from you), the water tastes beautiful, and apparently it's clean (although of course you might want to check it yourself for purity). It's in a lovely place, well worth a visit even just to take a look :)

here is the link to it:
[www.megalithic.co.uk]

and here is a link to some other wells in Scotland

[www.megalithic.co.uk]]]> lisa m Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:25:25 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161530,161530#msg-161530 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161530,161530#msg-161530 dns Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:51:15 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161512,161512#msg-161512 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161512,161512#msg-161512
I´ve been a few months pregnant for decades! Or so it looks. When I look in the mirror I see it clearly. Or when I look straight down, again, I see it clearly.

I wonder what´s inside. I wonder if it´s ¨normal¨ to have this bulge. My feeling is that it´s not. I once asked a college anatomy professor if it´s normal. He said it is. But he´s fat!

I know there are lots of people who consider that everyone has this ¨mucoid plaque¨in their intestines. I´ve read about it, and have seen pictures. I once did a 7-day cleanse where you do three ¨colemas¨(cross between a colonic and an enema) a day for 7 days, and take pills and drink things several times a day. Many people apparently get the mucoid plaque out of them. But not everyone. One guy who worked at the spa where I did it said some people may have it while others may not. I´ve read a book by Jensen (I forget his first name) who says everyone has it.

I have gone from believing that everyone has it to not being sure if anyone has it! I´ve read that doctors who do colonoscopies never see this plaque. Why would that be? A couple of years ago I had one done. I could see the inside of my colon on the monitor - all pink.

So if I don´t have mucoid plaque inside, then why would I look a few months pregnant all the time?!

I´ve been on the thin side since before I started to eat mostly raw foods - about 15 years ago. But this belly hasn´t thinned out.

Any comments?

Thanks, Troy.]]> TroySantos Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:04:21 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?3,161505,161505#msg-161505 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?3,161505,161505#msg-161505 I' an aspiring raw foodist and have been making green smoothies for the past few weeks with my cheap $20 blender, I've had since I moved out on my own. I;m totally in love with my green smoothies, BUT not in love with making them. My blender totally stinks! obviously :) It takes me forever because I freeze my bananas and strawberries and it has a real hard time grabbing those ... so I have to constantly stop, shake it around, push down, or whatever.... to get it to mix. Its way too time consuming.

So I am ready to make a purchase... and would love to get the Blendtec or Vitamix but I'm so shocked at how expensive it is. Times are tough. Is it really worth it?

Do those blenders really grab frozen bananas and strawberries with ease?

Are they any other blenders that are not as expensive, but can still make smoothies with ease for one person? (I'm not making big batches)

Thanks so much for your help!]]> Maritza Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:27:34 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161493,161493#msg-161493 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161493,161493#msg-161493 discommodious Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:16:53 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?11,161485,161485#msg-161485 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?11,161485,161485#msg-161485
I wanted to spend this weekend remembering my dad and celebrating his life. Instead, I'm struggling with the fact that my brother didn't even bother to call me to tell me Dad had died. Instead he chose to notify me casually in an e-mail to a couple of family counsins and family friends. I called my Mom, and she mentioned that he had been busy calling all sorts of old friends of the family for several hours, so it seems really strange not to be included.

It's also been pre-arranged (per a conversation with my brother a couple of days ago) that I shouldn't bother to come to the funeral.

My cousin Linda sent a reply to my brother's e-mail-- a reply she knew I'd read because she hit the 'reply to all' button-- and in it she said she wanted to hug my brother and my mother and share in their grief. No mention of me, even though I sent a loving response to that e-mail yesterday, and she had to have read it and realized I was included in the e-mail recipients. It's as though I dont exist. So instead of celebrating my dad and lovingly releasing him (which I'm still trying to do), I'm struggling all over again (after years of being blissfully free) with the fact that I'm still the adopted, insignificant black sheep of my family.]]> kwan Other Topics (not health related) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:23:06 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?10,161481,161481#msg-161481 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?10,161481,161481#msg-161481 by_hisgrace@ymail.com]]> jgaudet Classifieds for individuals Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:55:49 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?5,161469,161469#msg-161469 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?5,161469,161469#msg-161469 Ginashw@aol.com for more information or go to [www.VibrancyUK.com].]]> gina Raw and Living Food Events Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:02:38 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161467,161467#msg-161467 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161467,161467#msg-161467
Does anyone know of a particular raw food or supplement, basically anything, that helps with hormonal acne?

TIA,

Marlene]]> Marlene Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:37:57 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161461,161461#msg-161461 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161461,161461#msg-161461
The down side was that it didn't really live up to all that promise. Not sweet at all and not a very interesting or even particularly nice flavour. I have eaten half of it and am now looking at the other half wondering if I want to eat it.

Is this a case of a fruit being picked un ripe and flown round the world and just not as good as it would have been in it's home country? I did expereince this with rambutans once - gorgeous in Java but lifeless and tasteless in UK.]]> flipperjan Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:48:37 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161457,161457#msg-161457 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?2,161457,161457#msg-161457
[www.fao.org]]]> loeve Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:43:17 -0500 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?9,161453,161453#msg-161453 http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?9,161453,161453#msg-161453
Some background: about 5 years ago part of one of my upper right molars broke off while I was eating lunch and some of the silver filling went along with it. I was never able to have anything done to it mainly due to financial reasons,but it was also an issue of finding someone who wouldn't mangle my mouth either, you know? From last April I've had off and on pain bouts, but nothing like I had this past Valentine's weekend...

I'm just sharing here, so it's not a judgement for or against anything (!)but I had been using charcoal for a while and saving up a little money each week for dental care while praying like crazy to find the right dentist for me. So on the Friday night before Valentine's when I noticed that my check looked a little puffy I had a sinking feeling right away, and upon waking up Saturday I knew I had to get to the doctor immediately. He took one look at me, had a good, very gentle exam and wrote up scrips for 2 antibiotics, and Vicodin for the pain - yep, that's how bad the pain was; Vic and I became very good, very fast friends. By V. Day I looked like someone had used my face as a punching bag for a few rounds - it was downright scary. Just at the end of my second round of antibiotics I was led to the most wonderful dentist I have ever met, who ended up doing oral surgery to remove the tooth. Everyone had told me that I wouldn't find someone who'd be willing to work out a payment plan with a new patient (with no insurance, to boot), but I ignored that...

My dentist's office manager not only worked out a plan with me, but I was immediately scheduled in as an emergency patient; the entire cost of the exam, surgical procedure (which I later found out he had given me an additional major discount on), etc, was less than half of the price I'd been given at dental centers targeting patients such as myself - and that was for the extraction alone, not for the exam and any other additonal work, like oral surgery!!! I had two stitches in, which were taken out this Tuesday, and he's extremely pleased at how well I've been healing.

I'm still recovering from the trauma ;} and the effects, of course,of all the meds, but things could've been much worse; thank God I kept up with eating well and working on other aspects of my wellbeing. I just want to urge everyone who needs to get work done to try to push and get it done. I know times are hard, etc, trust me. But I really don't want anyone else to go through what I just did, and am still recovering from...]]> Soraya Other Health Related Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:14:46 -0500