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14 years ago
karmele
Hi Tamukha thanks for taking the time to respond to my post. I do not have a link but as soon as I get it I will post. Sorry, I got the info from someone else and that someone else did not give me the link. It might as well be BS!
Thanks again
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
karmele
I have came across some new information recently and wanted to run it pass you guys. One of the bits was about a lot of the nutrients in vegetables being fat soluble. Beta-carotene in carrots, lutein in tomatoes and vitamins K, A and E in spinach for example. This would mean that if one was to drink a juice or a smoothie with no fat, one would not absorb the nutrients.
Also there was a bit abo
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
karmele
Ta. Than God, I thought someone was going to tell me that studies have shown that latex mattresses can lead to cancer over time or something to that effect. I feel better now
Forum: Other Health Related 14 years ago
karmele
Please be gentle. I just purchased a mattress and it's expensive and I do not have the money to replace it... let alone get rid of it completely... It's not memory foam but it's latex (not organic I am sure or it would say it) and just reading these forums I saw someone mention something about latex. What are the possible dangers of latex? And what kind of mattress should we buy, "organic la
Forum: Other Health Related 14 years ago
karmele
...that isn't just raw food but it's "healthy-ish". I have totally fallen off the wagon of raw, really can't keep it up for several reasons among them the fact that it is freezing in Ireland at present and has been for quite a while! So I wanted a vegan forum that helps me with recipes etc but I still don't want to eat processed foods, more like home-cooked pastas, soups, etc, lightly s
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
karmele
Utopian Life Wrote:
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> vitamin b12
> vitamin d
Ta very much
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
karmele
Thanks everyone for taking the time to answer.
Pampam, I think what you say makes sense, thanks for that, I'll "investigate" that
Jgunn, the thing is nothing has changed in my life in the last 10 days or so, and it's a life that I am otherwise pretty satisfied with, apart from having a baby and a toddler that "suck" pretty much all of my time So I am not putting it dow
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
karmele
I have tried raw foods in the past and have now abandoned the diet (lifestyle) for several reasons that I won't get into. We are mostly vegan thought with the occasional ingestion of an egg or two a week and fish 3 or 4 times a month (I apologize for writing this, I know this a vegan forum). We still ingest quite a bit of fruit, the occasional juice and the occasional raw salad and same seeds and
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Hi everyone
We can't do sprouts, we lack the time and my ds doesn't like them. We do eat cooked legumes. We eat seeds alright but the fish is a source of protein as well as omega-3, can't really take the risk w the omega-3. He's too young for nuts and fruits and veggies are very much the staple of our diets... although as all 2-year all children he can be very much a faddy eater.
Nutrition
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
I also am trying to raise my children 50% raw and about 90% vegan but I have to admit it's and endless cause of anxiety for me. I am always in the lookout for signs that they are not thriving and we take vit D supplements and eat organic eggs but i worry about our protein and iron intake. We both drink rice milk which is calcium-fortified so that's not a concern. But it is very difficult to convi
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Ok, thanks very much everyone for your advice. I agree with the people that say this is no time for "dogma". I am not following anything rigidly, not veganism, vegetariansm, raw-foodism, anything. All I have done is increase A LOT my consumption of natural produce. I do not eat a lot of dairy, but I do not feel like it. I do not see the need either, I consume "rice milk" that
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Ok, I know this is a particular situation and not many of you might have answers but I thought I'd try.
I am trying to eat as much fresh produce as possible. I am pregnant and 6 weeks away from giving birth and I am starving constantly. I try and eat fruit and salads but filling "a big hole" with fruit and salads is difficult! Fruit will keep me satiated for like half and hour and th
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
heat treated mangoes? Really? I eat at least a mango a day... I am totally addicted to the stuff. I didn't know they treated them like that!
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
I have 20 ounzes of green juice every day with about half a pound of spinach and same celery. I also add some fruit for sweetness and a tomato and a couple of carrots. I try to make a smoothie at another time of the day with half a pound of broccoli and a salad for dinner with half a pound of romaine. I am pregnant and think I should be getting into me at least a pound of greens a day.
This i
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Ok, I suppose you got me in that I was looking for a "one size fits all type of thing", a bit like the nutrition pyramid that you get with your average western nutrition. Finding so many ideas, some of them so radical etc kind of through me out a bit. I didn't start this journey looking to "experiment". I would have never, before, even considered doing this to my body without
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Bryan, thanks for that. I have a 2-year old, a part-time job and a baby on the way but if I ever get a chance to get into that I'll let you know! I appreciate the advice anyway
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
ummm... I sure hope you guys are right, for your sakes and for mine
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Bryan Wrote:
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> karmele,
>
> You say that the body doesn't tell you that you
> are doing something wrong. That even if you feel
> good, then something can go wrong in the future. I
> can see how this is causing you pain and worry.
>
> What you are missing is the feeling and the
> internal experience of f
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
No. I didn't say there's no hope either way. I said that I am not brave enough to say to myself "oh sure, all those doctors that recommend a minimum daily intake of 300mg of calcium a day, they might not be right after all, I'll take my chances and hope that it works out for the best. Sure I feel all energized right now so that's the main thing, I'm sure it'll work out fine".
I am no
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
> Ha,ha...it's pretty simple really, if your doing
> something wrong to your body you will know about
> it, your body will not let you do something wrong
> and let you carry on forever happily ever after,
> at some point you will know....
Yes, but by then it might be too late to fix it, your body might let you know in the form of an illness and you might be too late to do so
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
> Sorry sounds to me like your picking faults for
> picking faults sake!
>
> RB
Right. So you're telling me that you see no difference between someone who tries to improve their general health by consuming increasing amount of fresh, raw produce and someone who deprives their bodies of general fuel for long periods of time for the sake of "cleansing". I am not trying
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Bryan Wrote:
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> karmele,
>
> There is no right and wrong. The mind loves to
> focus on what is right and what is wrong, and
> people will get into long battles about it,
> causing pain to themselves and others. The only
> thing that matters for you is what works for you
> right now.
Not sure I agree with y
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
There is a WORLD of difference between eating a mixture of foods throughout the day that are mostly or totally raw, and eating a limited amount of them during the space of 4, or 6 hours, limit your intake of water, not take in any food for long periods of time, fast while you're breastfeeding, etc, etc, you get my gist.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Bryan you make a great point like always, thanks very much for that. But (sorry I do not mean it dis-respectfully) I don't think you got the whole "point" of my post. I am not actually wondering about my own nutrition (well I do, but not in this post in particular) I am wondering about what others see as right and wrong. I think some of the attitudes are so extreme, they are doing a dis
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
> As far as drinking water, if you are thirsty,
> definitely drink water. But for people eating
> mostly fresh raw fruits and salads, they are
> definitely hydrated enough without water.
Yep, I totally agree that with these types of foods you don't get thirsty, because it has happened to me, and you are hydrated enough. But a diet that advocates that drinking water is not good
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Hi all,
I am only new and only starting out in this process and I admit I don't know that much about it. I have been reading books and websites for a few months now and trying to draw my own picture out of a very confusing sea of information. I agree with what I think are the basic theories of raw-foodism: raw food full of enzymes to help the digestion, plus less toxins into the body coming fr
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Wow. Blows my mind. How do you guys eat enough nutrients in just two meals? Are you not afraid of falling short in the intake of most essential nutrients (whether calcium, protein, iron, calories, minerals, etc). Are you guys not afraid it will be discovered in 10 years time that you have done a great dis-service to your health by depriving yourselves of all those nutrients? I mean, I try and do
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
coco Wrote:
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> i personally would not fast or feast during
> pregnancy or nursing.
I agree with this.
> hold on
> to whatever toxins i am storing in my liver until
> there is no risk of passing it on to the baby i
> think.
In my very humble opinion a lot of people (sorry, Coco, not trying to single you out her
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Sorry, scrape that "I agree with John Rose", I was reading and answering in a hurry
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
karmele
Hi
I am still starting out on this but it is my belief that the body (ours and our children's) can perfectly well cope with some amount of toxins. I do realize there is a lot of sick people in the world at the moment but there is a lot of people that eat a reasonably healthy SAD diet (full of toxins) and live to 90 years of age (without much help from modern medicine). I am not trying to debun
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