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13 years ago

debbietook

31. Re: Garlic and onions: should we consume them?

Powerlifer, I've said all I want about garlic in the article. I haven't the inclination to defend garlic against those who think it's a wonderful thing. Yes, 99% of the world does think garlic is a wonderful thing.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

32. Re: Orthorexia and the raw foods movement

So those who don't think garlic should be consumed are 'orthorexic', are they? Oh well! Green peppers - well, they're unripe and less digestible than ripe ones. Having grown peppers, I know that they take a looong time to ripen. So, for profit reasons, they love to sell them to us unripe. I don't see that choosing to eat ripe peppers (after all, red are plentiful) is 'orthorexic'! Herbs
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13 years ago

debbietook

33. Re: Garlic and onions: should we consume them?

Well, I will say, as have said before, that passions are certainly aroused when one suggests that garlic might not be such a wonderfood... I would say more, but more interesting to me right now is that my cat has just stuck his head into my pint mug and is lapping up banana smoothie. Sorry to be OT, but fancy that eh?!
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13 years ago

debbietook

34. Re: Orthorexia and the raw foods movement

I'm confused. I followed the thread about garlic, then read the thread about orthorexia. In the middle of the orthorexia thread there were messages about garlic! Please could the garlic messages be reposted to the garlic thread?
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

35. Re: Garlic and onions: should we consume them?

Garlic? No.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

36. Re: Victoria Boutenko's chart

Re phrases used by posters here, such as 'healthy cooked food' and Victoria 'lightening up'... there is no such thing as 'healthy' cooked food. Remember 'health' comes from the word 'whole'. The best we can say of certain cooked foods is that they are 'less unhealthy' than other cooked foods. And I'd be very happy if people I knew swapped their KFC for steamed vegs and brown rice. Before
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

37. Raw-Eating by Hovannessian

Hi everyone I'm serialising the above, via my blog, at: Love Debbie Took
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

38. Re: I know this is a raw vegan website but...

buddhistforlife, I know some may see this as being a killjoy, but don't you think that, really, it was simply the salt and pepper (both toxic) that made them so 'tasty'? Unfortunately, salt does make raw food remind us of the taste-titillating sensations we (thought we'd) left behind with the cooked food diet. The use of salt in general makes it much harder to go truly raw. I reckon they wou
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13 years ago

debbietook

39. Re: Your Reading Recommendations?

Not about raw food, but 'In Search of the Infinite' - Ralph Waldo Trine.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

40. Re: Liver and Gallbladder Flush Quiestions!!!

tropical, the 'stones' are made by glugging down large amounts of oil, not just the oil on a salad, which would 'go down' with a lot of other food. And it's not just 'according to me'. In the article, you'll see that there are some highly-qualified people who also believe these flushes are 'snake oil'. There's not really any point in my arguing this one here, as I've been collecting info o
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

41. Re: Algae Spirulina Seaweed Caution

Thank you very much for this information, Prana.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

42. Re: Liver and Gallbladder Flush Quiestions!!!

Hi Someone earlier said that it's up to the individual to decide whether these are quackery. Before you do any more so-called 'gallstone cleanses' and the like, please read my article here:
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

43. Re: calcium

Hi Want2Know I hope you'll find this article of help:
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13 years ago

debbietook

44. Re: Girls entering puberty as young as 3

I remember someone suggesting that the body will only prepare for reproduction if/when it believes it's being threatened/senses its destruction. I've always found that an interesting theory.
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13 years ago

debbietook

45. Re: Should I fast if nothing raw is appealing to me?

Yes. If you have no desire for food, don't eat.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

46. Re: Don't fret if you're not perfect!

Agree to some extent, WY (and I love your article too, Swayze!). I'd worried that a couple of posters on my blog were misunderstanding the article, that is, thinking I was saying that we shouldn't go for perfection. I believe we should all be aiming for perfection, in food - and everything else, and that in fact is what life is about (won't go into that here!), but that we're all on a journ
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13 years ago

debbietook

47. Re: am I eating too much fruit?

Thanks, Mean One, for quoting from 'Becoming Raw' re calorie intake. Their calorie figures make sense to me. One area in which I depart from other high-fruiters is on calorie intake. Some high-fruiters appear to think it impossible to thrive on less than 2500-3000 calories upwards (for a woman). My experience after three and a half years of raw is that this simply isn't true, or at least n
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

48. Re: Quit smoking for 90 days, now no periods and adrenal exhaustion

Radgal, please see my article here for an alternative view on periods:
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13 years ago

debbietook

49. Re: Don't fret if you're not perfect!

Just realised I'm 'in' this thread! Thanks, Flipperjan :-) BTW, I do have a few grey hairs - it's just that they don't show much! (Yet.) The photo' was taken last year. I'm 52 on 9/11. Most things look good, except for my calves and feet, which are those of an 80 year-old. But that's probably from wearing very silly platform shoes in the 70s. If ever I want to warn young girls of the
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13 years ago

debbietook

50. Re: Are vegetables not even a side dish?

A child in the UK in the 60s - 90% of my fruit was in cans, in syrup!
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13 years ago

debbietook

51. Re: Wheatgrass juice - what a disgusting taste!

Re the posters saying they like 'an alkaline body', Prana's body on high fruit will be just as alkaline as Wheatgrass Yogi's and others. I have always understood the environment of ALL of our bodies is 'neutral to alkaline', ie 7.35 pH. The body will do whatever's necessary to maintain 7.35, ie if lots of acidic foods are ingested, it will leech calcium from the bones to maintain 7.35.
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13 years ago

debbietook

52. Re: David Wolfe, ant-eater?

Re 'mythical book'(Nnnarz), I have an original copy of Raw-eating by Hovannessian. Yes, it was plagiarised.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

53. Re: Oil Pulling is a age old Ayurveda Process

Coco's post: 'I really wish I had kept it up, though, because as soon as I stopped my teeth turned all kinds of yellow - much worse than ever before. (I'm still a coffee drinker and big-time tea drinker). So that would be my caution: if you get into it, stick with it or your teeth will revert back to a color worse than what you started with.' Doesn't this suggest that 'oil pulling' is not a
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

54. Re: raw vegan blood tests!!!

Re the impressive B12 figures, I'm sure dr won't mind my pointing out that he does supplement with B12 shots.
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13 years ago

debbietook

55. Re: Okay this is weird...Any Brits on here at the moment?

I'm a Brit, and, yes, it's 500% definitely a scam.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan)

13 years ago

debbietook

56. Re: Even tigers love the durian

Yes, I've heard that tigers will favour durian over people. But, personally, I don't think I'd put it to the test...
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13 years ago

debbietook

57. Re: water

I drink very little water - perhaps half a glass of day on average. And I'm quite active (hot yoga, gardening etc). I follow a high-fruit raw diet, and see no need to glug down vast quantities of water when I don't feel like it. I drink when I'm thirsty. Some people throw their hands up in horror at this and say 'if you drink when you're thirsty, you're already dehydrated'. Well, sure I
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13 years ago

debbietook

58. Re: spices?

I don't think we should be eating garlic or chili. For reasons why: Garlic - Chili - But I do think it would be a tall order for those who love them to give them up immediately, especially on going raw, and yes I still have them occasionally.
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13 years ago

debbietook

59. Re: Grey(ing) hair...

I wrote an article on greying/graying(!) of hair a while back and have just updated it.
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13 years ago

debbietook

60. Re: Why are bananas...

I'd forgive that typo, as it was a genuine typo, but the one that gets me is 'your' for 'you're. Think that so-irritating mistake is set for world domination. I know - need to gedda life etc :-)
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