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Hi Crystal,

 

Welcome and congratulations on starting raw!! Going raw is the best thing

you and your son could do!! Don't worry about trying to get your son to eat

more veggies. Concentrate on getting him to eat more fruit. He will need

more calories in terms of fruits than veggies. I know that autistic kids can

have issues with food textures and frequently prefer " dry " and " crunchy "

textures, which are harder to duplicate on raw, especially when you need to

get him to eat lots of fruit. For this reason you might need to start with

some less than ideal choice like dried fruit and flax crackers with nut

butters. There is a lady on Alissa Cohen's Raw Food Talk message board that

recently started a group for parents of autistic kids who are going raw to

help cure their autism. You can go there and do a search on autism and I'm

sure you will find it. I have read of several cases where autism was greatly

improved on raw. Also, all the conditions you have will be healed on raw!!

:-) Raw is amazing! Just do it!!

 

All the best,

 

Audrey

www.rawhealing.com

 

 

> " corndoggirl1977 " <crystalandbrock

>rawfood

>rawfood

>[Raw Food] New member

>Fri, 25 May 2007 05:00:05 -0000

>

>I just joined in hopes to find out more about raw foods. I am 29

>years old and in not so great health and I have a 2 year old autistic

>son, so we're both pretty much in need of some help. I need ideas for

>both of us for eating better.

>

>Here is my situation. I feel horrible all the time. I have no

>energy, my son requires so much of it. I feel like I need to nap

>everyday to make it through the day. I have heavy metal toxicity (am

>chelating), inflammation in my body, my allergies are going crazy the

>last few weeks, have PCOS, hypoglycemic, acne, yeast issues, need to

>lose weight, etc, etc.

>

>My son has 43 food allergies, heavy metal toxicity from his vaccines

>(we're chelating him), inflammation in his body and brain, yeast

>issues, leaky gut, hyperactivity, is fussy a lot of the time, very

>self-selecting with foods, repetitive OCD, etc.

>

>So, I'm in need of some quick, easy meals for picky people! I'll

>take a look at the file section to find some ideas. I know this is

>the way to go for good health, but I am having a hard time giving up

>the junk and getting my son to eat more veggies. We're kinda stuck.

>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

>

>Thanks,

>Crystal

>

 

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welcome crystal..

 

lots of really great info and people here...

 

im sorry youre experiencing all of that. It really does come down to

an engine being made to run on water, sand, grease, a little gasoline

sometimes, milk, etc. And then the owner wondering why the car breaks

down.

 

cooked food can be poison. Its that simple. Some models just tolerate

it better than others. Ie. A chevy night run on sugar in the tank for

a little bit but a mercedes wouldnt even start. You and your children

might just be mercedes....8-)

 

youre in the right place

peace

anna

 

On 5/24/07, corndoggirl1977 <crystalandbrock wrote:

> I just joined in hopes to find out more about raw foods. I am 29

> years old and in not so great health and I have a 2 year old autistic

> son, so we're both pretty much in need of some help. I need ideas for

> both of us for eating better.

>

> Here is my situation. I feel horrible all the time. I have no

> energy, my son requires so much of it. I feel like I need to nap

> everyday to make it through the day. I have heavy metal toxicity (am

> chelating), inflammation in my body, my allergies are going crazy the

> last few weeks, have PCOS, hypoglycemic, acne, yeast issues, need to

> lose weight, etc, etc.

>

> My son has 43 food allergies, heavy metal toxicity from his vaccines

> (we're chelating him), inflammation in his body and brain, yeast

> issues, leaky gut, hyperactivity, is fussy a lot of the time, very

> self-selecting with foods, repetitive OCD, etc.

>

> So, I'm in need of some quick, easy meals for picky people! I'll

> take a look at the file section to find some ideas. I know this is

> the way to go for good health, but I am having a hard time giving up

> the junk and getting my son to eat more veggies. We're kinda stuck.

> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> Crystal

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> It IS available on Amazon.co.uk

 

Thanks so much. I'll try that.

 

Also, my son does love fruit, and that's easy to get him to eat.

However, he has yeast problems, and I've heard that flares up yeast.

Is that right?

 

I am so conditioned to eating junk. It's hard to change the taste

buds over. I really dislike the taste of raw veggies, but fruits are

ok. I almost need to go somewhere and " detox " alone. I need a

retreat or some sort of spa setting! Wouldn't that be nice?

 

Also, what do you all think about rotating foods? Is it necessary if

you're raw? I hope not, because that's really hard and we've been

trying to do it to keep my son from developing allergies. He also

hates protein, so that's a problem, too.

 

Thanks so much!

[Guest guest]

Also, what are the " rules " for eating raw? Proteins with every meal?

Fruit on it's own? Any breakfast, lunch, and supper ideas? Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Hi Crystal

 

I'm relatively inexperienced (only three months raw), but here are my

experiences with fruit.

 

I had suffered lots of wind/'musical tummy'/'blow-up'. If you use

the 'Search' facility for 'candida' you'll find lots of messages a

couple of weeks back on yeast overgrowth. Yes, it seems that fruit

can feed the yeast (a test revealed I, in common with most of the

population possibly - have candida overgrowth). And, yes, I'd noticed

lots of burbling after eating fruit. Fermentation perhaps!

 

However, after a couple of days (I didn't have much willpower!) not

eating fruit, I just had to have it again. But what I did was limit

fruit to morning only. So I'd let the previous day's food digest

overnight, meaning my tummy was calm the next morning. I'd then eat

fruit (and fruit only) between rising and noon. The fruit would

digest quickly, ie move out of my bowels quickly (!) and - no

burbling! I'm thinking that maybe it didn't get much of a chance

to 'feed the yeast' as it was digested so quickly.

 

So I don't eat fruit now any other time than in the morning, as I

think that if I ate it, say, in the afternoon, after a non-fruit meal,

ie perhaps one including seeds, or nuts, that meal would take several

hours plus to digest, and the fruit would then sit on top of it,

being 'held up' as it were, and then it would ferment/burble...

 

Anyhow, I have no scientific knowledge, but just relating my own

experiences with candida overgrowth and fruit.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Love

 

Debbie Took, Reading, UK

 

 

rawfood , " corndoggirl1977 "

<crystalandbrock wrote:

>

>

> >

> > It IS available on Amazon.co.uk

>

> Thanks so much. I'll try that.

>

> Also, my son does love fruit, and that's easy to get him to eat.

> However, he has yeast problems, and I've heard that flares up yeast.

> Is that right?

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Eunice,

Celebrating your 50th anniversary is definately a big deal. Congratulations.

Are you vegetarian, vegan or just interested. You will find lots of wonderful

recipies here.

Katie

 

Eunice <howdy2yall wrote:

Thanks for allowing em to join this group. Hope to get many good

recipes....My husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on

May 7th of this year. We have 3 adult children (all married) and 4

grandchildren. I live in South Carolina and again, thanks for allowing

em to join. Eunice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

hi sue..

 

welcome....i too am into the green smoothie thingg..for me..its a one

way ticket to skinny...it really is the holy grail of nutrition.

 

you will learn tons here!

 

peace

anna

 

On 6/1/07, suedave20012000 <suedave20012000 wrote:

> Hello,

> I am new here, I am hoping to get lots of good info on how to change

> myself over to a raw diet.I am interested in green smoothies, and I am

> interested in losing weight as quickly as possible. Hoping to do it in

> a very healthy way.

> I cant wait to see what this group will be like!

> Sue

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

 

Welcome and congratulations on discovering raw!! Your body will thank you

for it! :-)

 

Wishing you all the best,

 

Audrey

www.rawhealing.com

 

> " suedave20012000 " <suedave20012000

>rawfood

>rawfood

>[Raw Food] new member

>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:27:37 -0000

>

>Hello,

>I am new here, I am hoping to get lots of good info on how to change

>myself over to a raw diet.I am interested in green smoothies, and I am

>interested in losing weight as quickly as possible. Hoping to do it in

>a very healthy way.

>I cant wait to see what this group will be like!

>Sue

>

 

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[Guest guest]

I am into the green smoothies too. Was about to give up on the raw

thing before I discovered these wonders. Thanks to this board.

 

I think the best thing I like about them (besides that they taste

good) is the portability of them. I can take them with me wherever I

go. Just need a cooler. I took a smoothie and some carrot juice

with me while I shopped this weekend. They are easy to drink while

driving and they make it easy to skip the fast food joints.

 

Belinda

 

rawfood , " Anna Bishop " <mowthpeece wrote:

>

> hi sue..

>

> welcome....i too am into the green smoothie thingg..for me..its a

one

> way ticket to skinny...it really is the holy grail of nutrition.

>

> you will learn tons here!

>

> peace

> anna

>

> On 6/1/07, suedave20012000 <suedave20012000 wrote:

> > Hello,

> > I am new here, I am hoping to get lots of good info on how to

change

> > myself over to a raw diet.I am interested in green smoothies, and

I am

> > interested in losing weight as quickly as possible. Hoping to do

it in

> > a very healthy way.

> > I cant wait to see what this group will be like!

> > Sue

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

welcome connie..

 

youll learn lots here and the people are very nice....

 

anna

 

On 6/9/07, Connie <conniegrubbs wrote:

> Hi I am new to the raw diet.. I have just be doing some research on how

> to use the raw diet.. I am excited about finding this group .. I look

> forward to meeting everyone.. Connie

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group barb! Congrats on transititioning to vegetaranism I

love it and wouldn't change a thing

 

Whitney

 

knitwit917 wrote:

To get you started, why not tell us:

 

* your name or nickname - Barb

 

* where you live (continent, region or city, whatever) - St Charles, IL

 

* your age group - teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s,

70s, 80s or more (congratulations!)? - 50

 

Also:

* Are you vegetarian (or vegan), still working at

it, or still thinking about it? How long? - Been cutting back on meat for

quite a while but my doctor suggested I try harder due to my health problems.

Overweight, asthma, high blood pressure and I don't have a thyroid.

 

* Are you the only veggie or wannabe in your

household? How many others? - My husband is very supportive so at home we're

both cutting back on meat ... slow but sure we're doing it together. Right

now I'd say 4 dinners a week is vegetarian and the others is mostly turkey

(ground, turkey brats, turkey sausage, etc)

 

* Do you do the cooking or is it shared? - When he's home he does the

cooking but most of the time I do it mainly during the week. When he works one

day

on the weekend we'll go out for dinner that night but the day he's off then

he'll cook.

 

WAIT! Anything else you would like to tell us? This is your

Big Chance!!!

 

I get an hour off for lunch and I used to eat out everyday with a friend of

mine. That caused big problems with my weight. She recently retired so I've

been taking my lunch. Lunch ideas that doesn't require warming up much is

something I'm looking for. Something quick and simple. So what I need help with

to pursue being a vegetarian is ... ideas with every meal.

 

As for my personal life .. married for almost 24 years, no kids but we do

have two cats, Buddy Holly and Sammy Hagar. They're brothers, 7 years old and

very active at times. They're great company. My job consists mainly of a desk

job but I do get around the office with filing, going to the counter, etc.

 

Barb D

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Barb and welcome!

I hope you find the support and info you need here. We're a diverse crowd so

feel free to ask or discuss anything you may go through.

Being completely vegetarian will surprise you in how good you feel, if you

stick to being a healthy vegetarian (it's so easy to not eat so well even as a

veg!) and how much fun it is to create and learn new meals and dishes to enjoy.

 

Cindi, co-owner of group with Pat

 

knitwit917 wrote:

To get you started, why not tell us:

 

* your name or nickname - Barb

 

* where you live (continent, region or city, whatever) - St Charles, IL

 

* your age group - teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s,

70s, 80s or more (congratulations!)? - 50

 

Also:

* Are you vegetarian (or vegan), still working at

it, or still thinking about it? How long? - Been cutting back on meat for

quite a while but my doctor suggested I try harder due to my health problems.

Overweight, asthma, high blood pressure and I don't have a thyroid.

 

* Are you the only veggie or wannabe in your

household? How many others? - My husband is very supportive so at home we're

both cutting back on meat ... slow but sure we're doing it together. Right

now I'd say 4 dinners a week is vegetarian and the others is mostly turkey

(ground, turkey brats, turkey sausage, etc)

 

* Do you do the cooking or is it shared? - When he's home he does the

cooking but most of the time I do it mainly during the week. When he works one

day

on the weekend we'll go out for dinner that night but the day he's off then

he'll cook.

 

WAIT! Anything else you would like to tell us? This is your

Big Chance!!!

 

I get an hour off for lunch and I used to eat out everyday with a friend of

mine. That caused big problems with my weight. She recently retired so I've

been taking my lunch. Lunch ideas that doesn't require warming up much is

something I'm looking for. Something quick and simple. So what I need help with

to pursue being a vegetarian is ... ideas with every meal.

 

As for my personal life .. married for almost 24 years, no kids but we do

have two cats, Buddy Holly and Sammy Hagar. They're brothers, 7 years old and

very active at times. They're great company. My job consists mainly of a desk

job but I do get around the office with filing, going to the counter, etc.

 

Barb D

 

 

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Welcome Dawn! Congratulations on making this compassionate and health-conscious

move.

 

Deborah

 

 

Hi! I'm Dawn, mom to Cait 10, and Clio 8, partner to Craig. We've

been vegetarian for a while - now we are working towards veganism.

We've cut out milk and now are working on cutting out the cheese. My

favorite cookbooks are _How it all vegan_ , _The vegetarian family

cookbook_, and Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian. Looking forward to

being a part of this group!

.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

-Welcome Beth,

You will love this group. Wait 'til you see all the great recipes in

the files. You will meet some really nice people here and just ask

because they are all willing to help. Most of us love to cook, eat

and feel good. You have come to the right place.

Deanna in Colorado

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>

> I am no so good with introductions mostly due to being shy but I

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> & thought I should say hi to everyone.

[Guest guest]

-Alex,

Welcome

So now do you believe in Karma, Destiny, Fate? LOL

You will love this group and wait until you check out the recipe file.

Looking forward to some of your tried and true (TNT) recipes.

Deanna in Colorado

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>

> Hi all -

>

> I was aimlessly clicking around on and found your group

[Guest guest]

Alex, welcome aboard. If you go to the main page, click on files, click on

recipes, I am sure you will think you have found Heaven!!

 

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Alexandra Soltow

Monday, September 03, 2007 3:41 PM

New member

 

 

Hi all -

 

I was aimlessly clicking around on and found your group, so here

I am.

 

I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for thirty years, and I'm also a food

service manager at a small private school (read: The Lunch Lady). I'm

always on the prowl for new recipes, and I may have some of my own that

are worth sharing.

 

Looking forward to meeting you all.

 

Alex

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Welcome Alex, You made a lucky click when you found us. As food service

manager have you had training as a dietitian? I imagine you have to serve

meat at your school.

You will love the recipies here and I look forward to learning from you 30 years

experience as a vegetarian.

Katie in Alaska

 

 

Alexandra Soltow <pamra wrote: Hi

all -

 

I was aimlessly clicking around on and found your group, so here

I am.

 

I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for thirty years, and I'm also a food

service manager at a small private school (read: The Lunch Lady). I'm

always on the prowl for new recipes, and I may have some of my own that

are worth sharing.

 

Looking forward to meeting you all.

 

Alex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, Katie M <cozycate wrote:

 

>As food service manager have you had training as a dietitian?

 

No. I was basically given a template of a balanced meal (certain quantities of

protein,

starches, vegetables, and fruits) and I can cook whatever I like that conforms

to the

template. I also get my menus analyzed every few years to make sure the

calorie/fat/

starch balance works.

 

>I imagine you have to serve meat at your school.

 

I do. (I get my assistant to do the tasting if necessary!) I always offer a

vegetarian

alternate, though, and I make sure that the vegetable items on the menu are

inviting

enough so that some of the kids might actually put them into their mouths. :-)

 

> You will love the recipies here and I look forward to learning from you 30

years

experience as a vegetarian.

> Katie in Alaska

 

Is it hard to find a good selection of vegetables in Alaska? I don't imagine you

have much

of a growing season.

 

Cheers,

Alex

[Guest guest]

welcome to the group. Be sure and check out tried and true recipe files on the

home page.

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Greetings Everyone,

 

I'm new here and I just wanted to say " Hello " .

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Lois,

Welcome to the Feral Vegetarian! I hope you enjoy it

here. Feel free to jump right in and share any tried

and true vegetarian recipes you like, ask questions,

or start discussions. Also be sure to check out our

recipe files:

 

/files

 

there are tons of great recipes there.

 

I'm looking forward to you posts,

Susie

co-moderator

 

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>

> I'm new here and I just wanted to say " Hello " .

>

> Blessings, Lois

>

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Hi Lois. Hope you will like it here and join right

in with the group by posting.

Where are you from and how long have you been

eating vegetarian meals?

 

~ PT ~

 

Love me when I least deserve it,

because that's when I really need it.

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~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~>

, indigoellie wrote:

> Greetings Everyone,

> I'm new here and I just wanted to say " Hello " .

> Blessings, Lois

[Guest guest]

Hi Jo,

Welcome to the group.

The Valley Vegan................

 

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JoA199 <joa199

 

Tuesday, 25 September, 2007 11:21:34 AM

New Member

 

1/ What is your name (or what do you like to be called)? Jo

 

2/ How old are you (a rough idea will do)? Am 29 forever [have

celebrated it a few times now!]

 

3/ Do you know many vegans in real life? yes, 5 good friends, also

know more through various vegan socials

 

4/ How long have you been a vegan, and how long vegetarian before

that? veggie for 16 years then vegan for 5

 

5/ Why did you become vegetarian/vegan (if you are neither it would be

useful to explain why you joined this list)? Went veggie at school

after seeing what crap goes into cheap hamburgers ie eye balls,

ground up bone, then after a short time I put 2 and 2 together and

found out what went on in raising animals for food and the process

from beginning to end and was horrified and upset so my views changed

and its now for ethical reasons. Its funny how they keep the full

details of the animal rearing business secret

 

6/ Whereabouts do you live? London

 

7/ How good a place is it for vegans? Very good, lots of good vegan

restaurants in central London and 2 locally. Not too far from Fresh

and Wild either. Holland and Barrett in most high streets too.

Fantastic independent health food shop a short bus ride away too.

 

=== Questions for fun ===

 

8/ Which is your favourite type of bean? Like all beans especially

when in a meal of mixed beans. Always frightened of kidney beans not

being cooked properly so tend to avoid them just in case!

 

9/ What is your favourite country, or region, to visit? Australia,

spent best part of a year travelling there. So friendly. Ireland

comes a close second.

 

10/ What types of film do you like? Thrillers mainly, few horrors and

comedies thrown in for good measure.

 

11/ What was the last meal you ate? Home made soup with lots of

ingredients, yum

 

12/ Are you a morning, evening or night person? night

 

=== Questions for dull administrative purposes ===

 

13/ How did you find out about this list? searching in

 

=== Other comments ===

 

14/ If there is anything else you want to add to the above please

feel free to do so.

 

Seems a well used group, hope to learn from other posters

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:03 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] New Member

 

 

This group seems to be very active. I just d and thought it

would be right to throw in some words about myself. I've been

interested in health for a few years now and I have been using some

tools to promote it. Up to now, they have been mostly emotional

healing tools like EFT, TAT, and SM, tools that I plan to continue

using. Recently I have been reading " The Live Food Factor " book by

Susan E. Schenck. I have read the first three chapters only. I have

almost zero knowledge on the raw food diet, so I come here to learn.

I'll start the change in a few days if it all still makes sense by

then.

 

--

Betsemes

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

>

> This group seems to be very active. I just d and thought it

> would be right to throw in some words about myself. I've been

> interested in health for a few years now and I have been using some

> tools to promote it. Up to now, they have been mostly emotional

> healing tools like EFT, TAT, and SM, tools that I plan to continue

> using. Recently I have been reading " The Live Food Factor " book by

> Susan E. Schenck. I have read the first three chapters only. I have

> almost zero knowledge on the raw food diet, so I come here to learn.

> I'll start the change in a few days if it all still makes sense by

> then.

>

WELCOME! Perhaps the best ever overview on the diet is " Living Foods

For Optimal Health " (or is it 'optimUM'?) by Brian Clements. I get it

used often at www.half.com or www.amazon.com... It's the best one to

show others, too, who may be curious. EFT is great, btw, and can be

very helpful in dealing with cooked food addiction (or, as we learned

at CHI, getting over the smell of wheatgrass at juicing time - LOL!)

 

Erica

[Guest guest]

On 10/25/07, Erica <schoolofrawk wrote:

> WELCOME! Perhaps the best ever overview on the diet is " Living Foods

> For Optimal Health " (or is it 'optimUM'?) by Brian Clements. I get it

> used often at www.half.com or www.amazon.com... It's the best one to

> show others, too, who may be curious. EFT is great, btw, and can be

> very helpful in dealing with cooked food addiction (or, as we learned

> at CHI, getting over the smell of wheatgrass at juicing time - LOL!)

 

Apparently there is an overwhelming lot to learn. I'll wait to finish

what I'm reading now and try your suggestion.

 

As of now, I prefer TAT over EFT; the results might be the same, but I

have experienced more comprehensive emotional healing with TAT. Do you

have experience on using EFT for cooked food addiction? Would you care

to share? Althought I don't think this is offtopic, you might email me

privately whether this is so.

 

--

Betsemes