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14 years ago
debbietook
Hi Bokalimali
You might like to take a look at my website at www.rawforlife.co.uk
and the accompanying blog at www.debbietookrawforlife.blogspot.com
Lots of hints and tips. I'm three and a half years raw.
The blog articles are full of information I've collected over the years. As I make very clear on the blog, I'm neither doctor nor nutritionist - just a raw fooder! But hopefully th
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
What a great thing to happen, Jodi.
Those dramatic ill effects will result in your 'remarrying' yourself to the raw food diet.
It would have been worse if you hadn't had those effects and the standard diet did its dastardly work more gradually...
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Look on the bright side, Jodi.
At least your return to the standard diet has resulted in dramatic (negative) effects. This should have the effect of 'remarrying' you to the healthy diet for a much longer period than the first!
It would have been worse if those things hadn't happened and its ill effects creeped up on you slowly...
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
It's a wonderful book. A love letter to fruit. And full of interesting information.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
The stems of a pineapple ARE unpleasant to human beings. This is their way of saying 'don't eat me'!
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Wouldn't mass-produced almond milk be pasteurised?
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
67. Re: fat amounts
Lizard, as long as you're eating all raw, just eat what fat you have appetite for, what you fancy. It really is that simple.
The old cliche 'listen to your body' CAN be trusted if you're eating all raw, and IF it is leading you to raw food, whether it contains fat or not.
Please don't try to limit your fat if you really want to eat more. Otherwise you run the risk of turning into one of t
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
What is the herbalist's name and where did he get this information?
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Hi banana who
I've often eaten carob raw, as have people through the centuries (although of course that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing to do!).
Who is this 'raw expert'?
I would have thought if he's a 'raw expert' then he'd have come to the logical conclusion that, if something can't be eaten raw, then we shouldn't be eating it full stop. To try to 'correct'something in i
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Powerlifer, interesting stuff!! Where did you get this information?
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
When we go raw we need to worry far less (if at all) about getting a 'variety' of foods.
My reasons explained in article here:
(BTW, having holidayed in Southern California...California is a paradise for the raw fooder. Anyone in California who doubts that - come to Reading, UK.)
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
RawRonda, I can't be the only one that doesn't understand your post. Could you clarify what you mean? Thanks!
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Beware gurus and 'experts'. If you anchor yourself with one person you'll soon find the sand slipping.
Here's an extract from my website:
Be a Raw Food 'Independent'.
You'll become aware that people in the raw food world feel very strongly about what constitutes the ideal raw food diet. For example, you'll see high-fruiters and low-fruiters telling everyone their diet is best, and an
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Yes, flipperjan.
For example, (my understanding is that) cooking depletes grains of B vitamins, thus our bodies' reserves are raided to metabolise chemicals in the grains.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Here's a link to the article:
In particular, note para 1 where, although at that time I was still calling myself a 'coach' (think I stopped VERY shortly afterwards!) I make it very clear that I'm just a raw foodist blogging. Regular readers of my blog will know that I make frequent comments of this sort in an effort NOT to misrepresent myself, or set myself up as, god forbid, a 'raw food
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Flipperjan, if this is me (my recent 30 Bananas post)...could I just say that:
It's three years raw, not two :-)
I'm not a coach - I dropped that 'title' years ago (for various reasons, ie the 'coaching' thing is a bit silly). Neither have I ever called myself an 'expert'. I've taken care not to portray myself as such (see my www.rawforlife.co.uk site on 'What is the Raw Food Diet?'
I
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Suncloud, although I'm a big Dr D fan, I do feel that many raw vegans are too afraid of fat, and there has not been sufficient distinction made between raw fat and cooked fat. I'm actually concerned at 'no overts' being seen by some as some sort of holy grail for ALL high-fruit raw vegans.
Brian, I've just read the thread through in detail, and I can't see 'criticism'...(or at least not in a
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
I've had those sores after pineapple (that tasted perfectly ripe, ie sweet).
Pineapples are lovely occasionally, but I think there are reasons why 'pineapple diets' aren't popular!
Although...I've never had the problem after juiced pineapple, only after 'whole', so it must be something in the fibre/pulp part.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
79. Re: One food
I think I might be able to live on my grapevine in the summer.
Fruit from the grapes.
Fat from the pips.
Leaves from the leaves!
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Annie, as regards 'legitimacy', as I expect you know, any person can call themselves a raw food teacher, run classes and issue certificates of raw food cheffery to others. That includes people who have been raw for five minutes, and who aren't actually raw at all. I think it's the case worldwide that there aren't any 'recognised' qualifications in the sense conventional qualifications would be
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
81. Re: Manna bread?
Instructions for making Essene bread (with thanks to the Essene Gospel of Peace):
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
I live in the UK, have been raw three years, and do not supplement for Vitamin D.
Here's why:
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Thanks for those photo's, Loeve. Yes, the yams in the pics above are DREADFUL (and toxic) raw. I once made a BAD mistake concocting something from a David Wolfe recipe that said 'yams'...
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Re earlier posts on yams - 'yams' are toxic raw. BUT that's yam as we understand it in the UK - brown/grey root veg from West Indies. In some parts of the US I believe that what we refer to as sweet potatoes, (and what other parts of the US refer to as sweet potatoes) are called yams. Hence the confusion. Sweet potatoes are of course fine to eat raw.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
I've detested cilantro for years and even joined 'ihatecilantro.com'! (Yes, sad...)
However, I managed to tolerate a little of it in a Thai soup last year and now use it very occasionally.
I even went to a Greek restaurant once in the UK, asked for a Greek salad minus the olives and feta, and it was covered in cilantro! I had to pick it all out. I've holidayed on at least ten Greek isla
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Definitely don't eat kidney beans raw. They're poisonous raw (in other words, we shouldn't be eating them at all.)
Garbanzos (what we in the UK know as chickpeas) and lentils are fine raw. Especially lentils.
Soak and sprout them. Here's a link to one of my old e-zines, where you'll see some easy-to-follow instructions.
Love, Debbie
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Cosmicchickenz and others
I've just written an article on the raw food diet and teeth, that you might find helpful.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
I always find the 'unripe fruit' thing interesting. I eat mostly fruit and never eat unripe fruit. I sometimes buy the fruit unripe (eg bananas) but never eat them until they're ripe, and they do ripen beautifully on my window-sill.
Papayas have been beautiful for the last couple of months - peak of ripeness (soft, yellow), and so have persimmons. Mangoes are pretty tasteless, but then they
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
Hi Amarynth
I'm surprised you have such a poor selection of fruit in New York. In the UK our supermarkets have a wide selection of fruit throughout the winter - papayas and persimmons are particularly good right now.
Or is it, as Frances suggested, you're trying to eat local only? In the UK we have no fruit at all growing for at least six months of the year, so I definitely take advantage
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 14 years ago
debbietook
As you say you eat 'a lot' of dates, I would guess that the dates are the culprit, simply because dates are very sticky and will leave gunge on the teeth/between the teeth.
I would also suggest cutting out the agave nectar completely, as it is a processed sugar.
Do you use apple cider vinegar? I ask because I know some have been persuaded it's healthful.
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