Having a difficult time...

[Guest guest]

I am posting this in a few places in hopes to get some real help so if

you read it elsewhere this is why.

If anyone has had similar experiences I would love hearing how you

overcame them... thx

 

There is much I love about being raw. It makes a lot of sense to me

and for the most

part I feel much better than I ever did eating cooked foods. What I do

not love about the

raw food lifestyle is the cost as well as the effect nuts and

dehydrated foods have on my

system... I am an overall sensitive person. I have always been. I

think raw works for me

because there are less extremes however, it is still very hard for me

to find the right

balance. And when I do feel like I have found " the right way to eat "

for me, an old inner

demon creeps in and pushes me off my center which throws me into a

tailspin.

 

I have been raw since March (2nd time around) and came back with a

better

understanding of myself and what works for me. In March I did the

Master Cleanse and

haven't looked back to cook food since. It was very easy for me to go

back to a healthy

simple raw way of eating after my cleanse. My diet consisted of apple

lemon ginger

juice in the morning with powdered green formula, lunch was usually a

green salad with

avacado and some kind of cultured vegetables and dinner was some

version of the same

or maybe a prepared raw meal from the market. I experimented with

flaxseed crackers

and other dehydrated crackers to find they congested my systems (I

would get bloated

and constipated from eating too many.) I started running more in

April and for a while I

seemed to find my groove with the food and exercise. Soon however, I

noticed that I started to crave

sweets so I started adding more fruit to my diet like oranges and

nectarines. But I am

afraid the sugar in the fruit had a negative affect on my body because

now I can't get off

of the raw sweet snacks. If I had a bag of dates I could easily go

through a pound so I

stay clear of those as best I can. I also have a hard time

controlling the quantity of nuts

I consume.

 

I tried my darndest to not buy raw dehydrated nuts, nut treats and raw

desserts. But

the problem is that now that I allowed myself the sweet fruits and raw

desserts I tend to

want more. There is no way for me to keep fun foods in my home for

fear that I will

consume it all... I know I would. I live by a market that sells a

variety of prepared raw

foods and snacks A BIGGG NO NO. Yet I'll go late afternoon and spend

too much on

something or somethings too sweet, nutty or snacky.

 

*I know the simpler the diet the better but often the will is weak and

my body suffers.

 

The end of May and most of June was tough for me. My attitude went

from enthusiastic

and cheery to irritable with major flare-ups of intense irritability

around 2 weeks before

my period. I felt very fatigued and hot tempered. And my diet started

going from clean

to not so clean. My running decreased and wasn't as consistant as it

had been and my

sleeping habits started getting bad; I don't naturally wake up early

anymore as I had during my cleanse and raw beginning. My attitude has

not been very positive and I feel depressed much of the time.

Concerned, I started adding B12 and Hemp seed oil. I can't seem to get

back to a clean way of eating. I almost feel

like I need to get some sort of blood test to see if I am deficient in

any areas or to

measure my level of candida. I feel a bit ashamed to admit this but I

pretty much

finished off an entire jar of cashew nut butter in one sitting. ( I

know, they're steamed.)

Like I mentioned earlier, if raw snacks are in my house, the snacks

won't last. My will

power feels so small right now. It is amazing how different my

personality and attitude

can be. It feels like old cooked food demons are creeping in.

 

I know much of it has to do with emotions. I feel what I eat affects

my emotions as

much as how i feel affects what and how I eat. When I cleanse I become

more energized

and productive and not controlled by food although it floats in the

back of my mind. I

do not want food to be the deciding factor for how I feel. I really

want food to be

unimportant. I want to remain raw, but eating to live not living to

eat.

 

I am interested in speaking with a counselor/therapist in Los Angeles

familiar with the

raw food lifestyle that won't try and talk me into eating cooked food.

I know that raw

can work for me as long as I am able to either stay away from those

foods that are

difficult to digest or I am able to consume smaller quantities.

 

Sorry this is sooooo so long.

Thanks for reading.

peace

:-)

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I must congratulate you on how far you have already

come, regardless of how you feel about it.

There are a few thing I can say in this regard.

 

I would suggest working with only sproutable seeds and

nuts such as; almonds, sunflower seeds,etc.

If you look at the way in which seeds and nuts are

eaten by other animals such as birds, you will find

they store them in there gizzard untill they sprout,

they they are consumed...perhaps there on to

something.

 

I would also utilize a good digestive enzyme (Natural

Choice Products has a great one) to help get your

system back on track in regards to digestion.

 

There are also some great charts on the internet that

will help you with properly combining your foods. This

is often overlooked by so many, but so important for

all. Read up on this area.

 

for now..

Burke Bryant

www.livingintheraw.com

 

 

 

 

 

--- B* <dogdayafternoon wrote:

> I am posting this in a few places in hopes to get

> some real help so if

> you read it elsewhere this is why.

> If anyone has had similar experiences I would love

> hearing how you

> overcame them... thx

>

> There is much I love about being raw. It makes a

> lot of sense to me

> and for the most

> part I feel much better than I ever did eating

> cooked foods. What I do

> not love about the

> raw food lifestyle is the cost as well as the effect

> nuts and

> dehydrated foods have on my

> system... I am an overall sensitive person. I have

> always been. I

> think raw works for me

> because there are less extremes however, it is still

> very hard for me

> to find the right

> balance. And when I do feel like I have found " the

> right way to eat "

> for me, an old inner

> demon creeps in and pushes me off my center which

> throws me into a

> tailspin.

>

> I have been raw since March (2nd time around) and

> came back with a

> better

> understanding of myself and what works for me. In

> March I did the

> Master Cleanse and

> haven't looked back to cook food since. It was very

> easy for me to go

> back to a healthy

> simple raw way of eating after my cleanse. My diet

> consisted of apple

> lemon ginger

> juice in the morning with powdered green formula,

> lunch was usually a

> green salad with

> avacado and some kind of cultured vegetables and

> dinner was some

> version of the same

> or maybe a prepared raw meal from the market. I

> experimented with

> flaxseed crackers

> and other dehydrated crackers to find they congested

> my systems (I

> would get bloated

> and constipated from eating too many.) I started

> running more in

> April and for a while I

> seemed to find my groove with the food and exercise.

> Soon however, I

> noticed that I started to crave

> sweets so I started adding more fruit to my diet

> like oranges and

> nectarines. But I am

> afraid the sugar in the fruit had a negative affect

> on my body because

> now I can't get off

> of the raw sweet snacks. If I had a bag of dates I

> could easily go

> through a pound so I

> stay clear of those as best I can. I also have a

> hard time

> controlling the quantity of nuts

> I consume.

>

> I tried my darndest to not buy raw dehydrated nuts,

> nut treats and raw

> desserts. But

> the problem is that now that I allowed myself the

> sweet fruits and raw

> desserts I tend to

> want more. There is no way for me to keep fun foods

> in my home for

> fear that I will

> consume it all... I know I would. I live by a

> market that sells a

> variety of prepared raw

> foods and snacks A BIGGG NO NO. Yet I'll go late

> afternoon and spend

> too much on

> something or somethings too sweet, nutty or snacky.

>

> *I know the simpler the diet the better but often

> the will is weak and

> my body suffers.

>

> The end of May and most of June was tough for me.

> My attitude went

> from enthusiastic

> and cheery to irritable with major flare-ups of

> intense irritability

> around 2 weeks before

> my period. I felt very fatigued and hot tempered.

> And my diet started

> going from clean

> to not so clean. My running decreased and wasn't as

> consistant as it

> had been and my

> sleeping habits started getting bad; I don't

> naturally wake up early

> anymore as I had during my cleanse and raw

> beginning. My attitude has

> not been very positive and I feel depressed much of

> the time.

> Concerned, I started adding B12 and Hemp seed oil.

> I can't seem to get

> back to a clean way of eating. I almost feel

> like I need to get some sort of blood test to see if

> I am deficient in

> any areas or to

> measure my level of candida. I feel a bit ashamed

> to admit this but I

> pretty much

> finished off an entire jar of cashew nut butter in

> one sitting. ( I

> know, they're steamed.)

> Like I mentioned earlier, if raw snacks are in my

> house, the snacks

> won't last. My will

> power feels so small right now. It is amazing how

> different my

> personality and attitude

> can be. It feels like old cooked food demons are

> creeping in.

>

> I know much of it has to do with emotions. I feel

> what I eat affects

> my emotions as

> much as how i feel affects what and how I eat. When

> I cleanse I become

> more energized

> and productive and not controlled by food although

> it floats in the

> back of my mind. I

> do not want food to be the deciding factor for how I

> feel. I really

> want food to be

> unimportant. I want to remain raw, but eating to

> live not living to

> eat.

>

> I am interested in speaking with a

> counselor/therapist in Los Angeles

> familiar with the

> raw food lifestyle that won't try and talk me into

> eating cooked food.

> I know that raw

> can work for me as long as I am able to either stay

> away from those

> foods that are

> difficult to digest or I am able to consume smaller

> quantities.

>

> Sorry this is sooooo so long.

> Thanks for reading.

> peace

> :-)

>

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

B* <dogdayafternoon wrote:I am posting this in a few places in

hopes to get some real help so if

you read it elsewhere this is why.

If anyone has had similar experiences I would love hearing how you

overcame them... thx

 

There is much I love about being raw. It makes a lot of sense to me

and for the most

part I feel much better than I ever did eating cooked foods. What I do

not love about the

raw food lifestyle is the cost as well as the effect nuts and

dehydrated foods have on my

system... I am an overall sensitive person. I have always been. I

think raw works for me

because there are less extremes however, it is still very hard for me

to find the right

balance. And when I do feel like I have found " the right way to eat "

for me, an old inner

demon creeps in and pushes me off my center which throws me into a

tailspin.

 

I have been raw since March (2nd time around) and came back with a

better

understanding of myself and what works for me. In March I did the

Master Cleanse and

haven't looked back to cook food since. It was very easy for me to go

back to a healthy

simple raw way of eating after my cleanse. My diet consisted of apple

lemon ginger

juice in the morning with powdered green formula, lunch was usually a

green salad with

avacado and some kind of cultured vegetables and dinner was some

version of the same

or maybe a prepared raw meal from the market. I experimented with

flaxseed crackers

and other dehydrated crackers to find they congested my systems (I

would get bloated

and constipated from eating too many.) I started running more in

April and for a while I

seemed to find my groove with the food and exercise. Soon however, I

noticed that I started to crave

sweets so I started adding more fruit to my diet like oranges and

nectarines. But I am

afraid the sugar in the fruit had a negative affect on my body because

now I can't get off

of the raw sweet snacks. If I had a bag of dates I could easily go

through a pound so I

stay clear of those as best I can. I also have a hard time

controlling the quantity of nuts

I consume.

 

I tried my darndest to not buy raw dehydrated nuts, nut treats and raw

desserts. But

the problem is that now that I allowed myself the sweet fruits and raw

desserts I tend to

want more. There is no way for me to keep fun foods in my home for

fear that I will

consume it all... I know I would. I live by a market that sells a

variety of prepared raw

foods and snacks A BIGGG NO NO. Yet I'll go late afternoon and spend

too much on

something or somethings too sweet, nutty or snacky.

 

*I know the simpler the diet the better but often the will is weak and

my body suffers.

 

The end of May and most of June was tough for me. My attitude went

from enthusiastic

and cheery to irritable with major flare-ups of intense irritability

around 2 weeks before

my period. I felt very fatigued and hot tempered. And my diet started

going from clean

to not so clean. My running decreased and wasn't as consistant as it

had been and my

sleeping habits started getting bad; I don't naturally wake up early

anymore as I had during my cleanse and raw beginning. My attitude has

not been very positive and I feel depressed much of the time.

Concerned, I started adding B12 and Hemp seed oil. I can't seem to get

back to a clean way of eating. I almost feel

like I need to get some sort of blood test to see if I am deficient in

any areas or to

measure my level of candida. I feel a bit ashamed to admit this but I

pretty much

finished off an entire jar of cashew nut butter in one sitting. ( I

know, they're steamed.)

Like I mentioned earlier, if raw snacks are in my house, the snacks

won't last. My will

power feels so small right now. It is amazing how different my

personality and attitude

can be. It feels like old cooked food demons are creeping in.

 

I know much of it has to do with emotions. I feel what I eat affects

my emotions as

much as how i feel affects what and how I eat. When I cleanse I become

more energized

and productive and not controlled by food although it floats in the

back of my mind. I

do not want food to be the deciding factor for how I feel. I really

want food to be

unimportant. I want to remain raw, but eating to live not living to

eat.

 

I am interested in speaking with a counselor/therapist in Los Angeles

familiar with the

raw food lifestyle that won't try and talk me into eating cooked food.

I know that raw

can work for me as long as I am able to either stay away from those

foods that are

difficult to digest or I am able to consume smaller quantities.

 

Sorry this is sooooo so long.

Thanks for reading.

peace

:-)

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Do not overlook the fact that you have been putting

sugars, starches, fats etc. into your body for most of

your life, this is all addictive and your body craves

it, it craves it to such an extent it believes you

have to have it to survive. It tricks you into

thinking your sick, tired, and starving, causing

headache and irritability.... Weaning yourself from

this addiction does not happen over night, or in one

week, or one month... It's a process, one that we must

all incur in order to get back to the other side of

the fence. A true hunger pain will last at least 20

minutes straight, an addiction pain lasts for a minute

or two then is lost when you begin to focus on some

task at hand. Know the difference of the two and fight

to reach the state in which you strive for.

I would also suggest reading everything you can about

how cooked food destroys the body... this will inspire

you daily on staying away from the stove.

Regards,

Burke Bryant

www.livingintheraw.com

 

 

 

--- Tanya Diaz <tanyadc2000 wrote:

>

>

> B* <dogdayafternoon wrote:I am

> posting this in a few places in hopes to get some

> real help so if

> you read it elsewhere this is why.

> If anyone has had similar experiences I would love

> hearing how you

> overcame them... thx

>

> There is much I love about being raw. It makes a

> lot of sense to me

> and for the most

> part I feel much better than I ever did eating

> cooked foods. What I do

> not love about the

> raw food lifestyle is the cost as well as the effect

> nuts and

> dehydrated foods have on my

> system... I am an overall sensitive person. I have

> always been. I

> think raw works for me

> because there are less extremes however, it is still

> very hard for me

> to find the right

> balance. And when I do feel like I have found " the

> right way to eat "

> for me, an old inner

> demon creeps in and pushes me off my center which

> throws me into a

> tailspin.

>

> I have been raw since March (2nd time around) and

> came back with a

> better

> understanding of myself and what works for me. In

> March I did the

> Master Cleanse and

> haven't looked back to cook food since. It was very

> easy for me to go

> back to a healthy

> simple raw way of eating after my cleanse. My diet

> consisted of apple

> lemon ginger

> juice in the morning with powdered green formula,

> lunch was usually a

> green salad with

> avacado and some kind of cultured vegetables and

> dinner was some

> version of the same

> or maybe a prepared raw meal from the market. I

> experimented with

> flaxseed crackers

> and other dehydrated crackers to find they congested

> my systems (I

> would get bloated

> and constipated from eating too many.) I started

> running more in

> April and for a while I

> seemed to find my groove with the food and exercise.

> Soon however, I

> noticed that I started to crave

> sweets so I started adding more fruit to my diet

> like oranges and

> nectarines. But I am

> afraid the sugar in the fruit had a negative affect

> on my body because

> now I can't get off

> of the raw sweet snacks. If I had a bag of dates I

> could easily go

> through a pound so I

> stay clear of those as best I can. I also have a

> hard time

> controlling the quantity of nuts

> I consume.

>

> I tried my darndest to not buy raw dehydrated nuts,

> nut treats and raw

> desserts. But

> the problem is that now that I allowed myself the

> sweet fruits and raw

> desserts I tend to

> want more. There is no way for me to keep fun foods

> in my home for

> fear that I will

> consume it all... I know I would. I live by a

> market that sells a

> variety of prepared raw

> foods and snacks A BIGGG NO NO. Yet I'll go late

> afternoon and spend

> too much on

> something or somethings too sweet, nutty or snacky.

>

> *I know the simpler the diet the better but often

> the will is weak and

> my body suffers.

>

> The end of May and most of June was tough for me.

> My attitude went

> from enthusiastic

> and cheery to irritable with major flare-ups of

> intense irritability

> around 2 weeks before

> my period. I felt very fatigued and hot tempered.

> And my diet started

> going from clean

> to not so clean. My running decreased and wasn't as

> consistant as it

> had been and my

> sleeping habits started getting bad; I don't

> naturally wake up early

> anymore as I had during my cleanse and raw

> beginning. My attitude has

> not been very positive and I feel depressed much of

> the time.

> Concerned, I started adding B12 and Hemp seed oil.

> I can't seem to get

> back to a clean way of eating. I almost feel

> like I need to get some sort of blood test to see if

> I am deficient in

> any areas or to

> measure my level of candida. I feel a bit ashamed

> to admit this but I

> pretty much

> finished off an entire jar of cashew nut butter in

> one sitting. ( I

> know, they're steamed.)

> Like I mentioned earlier, if raw snacks are in my

> house, the snacks

> won't last. My will

> power feels so small right now. It is amazing how

> different my

> personality and attitude

> can be. It feels like old cooked food demons are

> creeping in.

>

> I know much of it has to do with emotions. I feel

> what I eat affects

> my emotions as

> much as how i feel affects what and how I eat. When

> I cleanse I become

> more energized

> and productive and not controlled by food although

> it floats in the

> back of my mind. I

> do not want food to be the deciding factor for how I

> feel. I really

> want food to be

> unimportant. I want to remain raw, but eating to

> live not living to

> eat.

>

> I am interested in speaking with a

> counselor/therapist in Los Angeles

> familiar with the

> raw food lifestyle that won't try and talk me into

> eating cooked food.

> I know that raw

> can work for me as long as I am able to either stay

> away from those

> foods that are

> difficult to digest or I am able to consume smaller

> quantities.

>

> Sorry this is sooooo so long.

> Thanks for reading.

> peace

> :-)

>

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

rawfood , B* <dogdayafternoon@e...> wrote:

 

> What I do

> not love about the

> raw food lifestyle is the cost as well as the effect nuts and

> dehydrated foods have on my

> system... I am an overall sensitive person. I have always been.

 

I am a sensitive person as well. I do stick to non-dehydrated foods

as a rule. The gourmet foods, for me, have been only an occasional

treat. It's easy to overeat on nuts, because we can get them already

out of the shell. The way to eat fewer nuts, and fresher, is to buy

them in the shell, and crack them yourself. I don't even have

nutcracker, I just use a small hammer. We are primates, and that's

essentially how other primates eat nuts--they put them on a rock,

and hit them with a smaller rock to crack the shells. Primates in

the wild have it down to an art, and they teach their children how

to crack the shells without damaging the nuts. This way you have to

work for your meal, and it slows you down, while you get full;

instead of popping a zillion already shelled nuts into your mouth

and then by the time you feel full you realize you've over-eaten. (I

don't believe in soaking or sprouting nuts, just eat them the way

they come, as do other primates. Though I realize that when being

used in a recipe, they may need to be altered for consistency.)

 

> I think raw works for me

> because there are less extremes however, it is still very hard for

me

> to find the right

> balance.

 

I am always mystified when people speak of " balance " . It sounds like

an attempt to contrive a system based on an intellectual idea. Raw

vegan can be looked at as extreme, or not, depending on one's

viewpoint. Most of society would probably call any raw vegan very

extreme However, what is important is health, rather than what

society or raw gurus or even the raw community think of it. There

are a lot of different opinions, gimmicks, misconceptions. But

ultimately the only thing that matters is health. And health is to

be found in eating what one's body desires at any given time, within

the realm of our naturally physiologically compatible foods.

Unfortunately, we have developed perverted tastes as a result of our

toxic past, so we sometimes have unnatural cravings.

 

> And when I do feel like I have found " the right way to eat "

> for me, an old inner

> demon creeps in and pushes me off my center which throws me into a

> tailspin.

 

We have to wrestle with the demon. I don't feel there is any way to

avoid that. We may fall off the wagon sometimes, and lose the

battle, but if we keep getting back on the wagon, and each time

strengthening our resolve, we will win the war.

 

> Soon however, I

> noticed that I started to crave

> sweets so I started adding more fruit to my diet like oranges and

> nectarines. But I am

> afraid the sugar in the fruit had a negative affect on my body

because

> now I can't get off

> of the raw sweet snacks.

 

It appears from what you're saying here that your craving of sweets

began without you having eaten sweets for a while, so it seems it

had nothing to do initially with the sugar in the fruit having a

negative effect on your body. This is consistent with what actually

happens. We naturally are attracted to fruit, we will always hunger

for it, because it is our most natural food. In fact, it is the most

perfect food, because it is the only food that is specifically made

by the plants to get us to eat it, so it is designed to be optimally

nutritious as well as pleasing. The plants even actually color

coordinate their fruit to our optical sensory receptors.

 

Actually, I hear in your post the typical fruit bashing propaganda

that is so typical of the current crop of raw food gurus--it is what

raw fooders are exposed to, on an almost exclusive basis, and it

passes for " education " about raw foods. The sugar in fruits is

optimal fuel for our bodies. Fruits are monosaccharides, simple

sugars, mostly, when ripe, and simple sugar is the only food which

our brains can utilize. Our brains are our most important, most

vital organs, and we can only be as healthy as are our brains.

 

> If I had a bag of dates I could easily go

> through a pound so I

> stay clear of those as best I can.

 

I would stay away from dried fruits. Especially if you live here in

Los Angeles, there is so much fresh fruit available all the time.

There is no reason to eat dried fruit. And if someone eats dried

fruit, it should be soaked overnight in water, in the refrigerator,

to re-hydrate it. But it will never again have the organic water

that is present in the fresh fruit, and which is optimal. The water

that is naturally present in fresh fruits is filling also, and if we

speak of " balance " , this is where that word would come in--fresh raw

ripe fruits have the perfect balance of liquid to solid--and we

naturally get full when we are supposed to, so we don't overeat.

 

There are sweet fruits other than the dried fruits, other than dried

dates. For one thing, there are sometimes fresh dates available. But

aside from that, there are tons of bananas available, and you can

eat them by themselves, or chop them up with other fruits, or blend

them with other fruits--I especially love to blend them with

strawberries and a bit of orange. There are sweet Fuji apples, now

there are fabulous fresh figs that are incredibly sweet if you wait

for them to fully ripen. There is watermelon, and white peaches, and

tons of other fruit that is not quite as sweet, but wonderful

nonetheless.

 

> I also have a hard time

> controlling the quantity of nuts

> I consume.

 

See my discussion of this above.

 

> I tried my darndest to not buy raw dehydrated nuts, nut treats and

raw

> desserts. But

> the problem is that now that I allowed myself the sweet fruits and

raw

> desserts I tend to

> want more.

 

Stay away from the nut treats, dehydrated nuts, " desserts " , dried

fruit--try to stay away from processed anything, whether fruits,

nuts, or anything else. Get whole, fresh fruits, and nuts in the

shell. You will have plenty to keep you busy, and well nourished,

and you will not overeat. Nature puts built-in controls when we eat

the foods that she designed for us.

 

> There is no way for me to keep fun foods in my home for

> fear that I will

> consume it all... I know I would. I live by a market that sells a

> variety of prepared raw

> foods and snacks A BIGGG NO NO. Yet I'll go late afternoon and

spend

> too much on

> something or somethings too sweet, nutty or snacky.

 

Yes, you will need to exercise self-discipline, but you will

probably be very happy with the results.

 

> *I know the simpler the diet the better but often the will is weak

and

> my body suffers.

 

Yes, it's a lesson that we may have to learn more than once, but

Nature is a patient, loving teacher. We just have to keep going back

into the classroom, and learning, until we master it. It's just part

of the journey back to being whole and healthy. It's a grand

adventure, with unlimited rewards.

 

> The end of May and most of June was tough for me. My attitude

went

> from enthusiastic

> and cheery to irritable with major flare-ups of intense

irritability

> around 2 weeks before

> my period. I felt very fatigued and hot tempered.

 

Sounds like the body, and perhaps the psyche also, were going

through some good detox.

 

> And my diet started

> going from clean

> to not so clean.

 

Unfortunately, when we don't feel good, we reach for the " comfort "

foods, to try to make us less uncomfortable. It's at those times

that our determination to stick to the optimal diet is most severely

challenged--in addition to those times when we pass by a place that

has the foods we know we should not eat!--and we may need to

especially be self-disciplined.

 

> My running decreased and wasn't as consistant as it

> had been and my

> sleeping habits started getting bad; I don't naturally wake up

early

> anymore as I had during my cleanse and raw beginning.

 

Rather than your sleep habits getting " bad " , it is your body

demanding more sleep so it can cleanse and heal more dramatically

and efficiently. Go with it.

 

> My attitude has

> not been very positive and I feel depressed much of the time.

> Concerned, I started adding B12 and Hemp seed oil.

 

These are palliation, the suppression of symptoms by means of

substances which irritate the body. Please see my message

on " palliation " , which I posted on this board a few days ago.

 

> I can't seem to get

> back to a clean way of eating. I almost feel

> like I need to get some sort of blood test to see if I am

deficient in

> any areas or to

> measure my level of candida.

 

We are never " deficient " in any pill, potion, powder, yet that is

what people use to palliate symptoms; these substances are all

inimical to our bodies. When we are tired, the body is demanding

sleep and rest, so it can more deeply and completely cleanse, heal,

repair, revitalize us. Please see my message on " tired all the

time " , which I posted earlier today. If you are concerned about

candida, then just be careful not to combine nuts with fruits for a

while.

 

> I feel a bit ashamed to admit this but I

> pretty much

> finished off an entire jar of cashew nut butter in one sitting. (

I

> know, they're steamed.)

 

It's easy to overeat on nut butters, just like on shelled nuts,

because you don't have to work for it, and by the time you get the

realization of being full, you've eaten the whole jar. It doesn't

work that way when you have to shell your own nuts. I guess cashews

don't come in-shell. I have read that all cashews are cooked anyway,

since part of the cashew plant is considered to be perhaps

poisonous, so they steam all the cashews. There are companies that

claim to have raw cashews, and maybe they do. But unless they come

in a shell (and I'm not sure that cashews even have a shell, since

botanically I think they may not even be considered a nut), they

will probably result in overeating. I would stick to nuts that you

can find in-shell.

 

> Like I mentioned earlier, if raw snacks are in my house, the

snacks

> won't last. My will

> power feels so small right now.

 

I understand completely. So don't challenge yourself unnecessarily.

You say the solution right in your post--don't have raw snacks in

your house. Don't make it easy to fall off the wagon.

 

> It is amazing how different my

> personality and attitude

> can be. It feels like old cooked food demons are creeping in.

 

Yes, it's part of the body detoxifying, cleansing, healing,

repairing.

 

> I know much of it has to do with emotions. I feel what I eat

affects

> my emotions as

> much as how i feel affects what and how I eat. When I cleanse I

become

> more energized

> and productive and not controlled by food although it floats in

the

> back of my mind.

 

You are in a different level of cleansing, you are now in REAL

cleansing, which only the body can do. You did a gimmicky " cleanse "

program, but I can assure you, that did not do your body any good,

and instead gave you the wrong idea of what cleansing actually is.

Real cleansing and healing involves symptoms, and chemical changes

which will affect the emotions, and an absolute demand for sleep and

rest by the body.

 

> I do not want food to be the deciding factor for how I feel. I

really

> want food to be

> unimportant. I want to remain raw, but eating to live not living

to

> eat.

 

That is how it will be if you ride it out, if you understand what is

happening, and cooperate with your body. But we can't manipulate our

bodies into health. We can't poison our bodies into health. The most

important learning is un-learning, all the wrong information with

which we've been filled, including by the various guru's of the raw

food movement peddling their pills, potions,

powders, " cleanses " , " juice fasts " , " supplements " , animal products,

and all the other impediments to actual health. Look for books on

real Natural Hygiene, books by Dr. Herbert Shelton, I have named a

few in previous posts.

 

Zsuzsa

[Guest guest]

You might be able to get some advice from Dr. Mary in this ,

http://health.nutrition-for-life/ She has a PHD in

Holistic Nutrition as well as degrees in Naturopathy, Nutritional Science,

Herbology, and Iridology. She might could help you. Maybe worth a try.

Nicholas Costanza

 

B* <dogdayafternoon wrote:

 

 

I am interested in speaking with a counselor/therapist in Los Angeles

familiar with the

raw food lifestyle that won't try and talk me into eating cooked food.

I know that raw

can work for me as long as I am able to either stay away from those

foods that are

difficult to digest or I am able to consume smaller quantities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello I hope I can help!

 

I would say that you are aon the horns of a dilemma, but it might be

a partly perceptual one. Fruit ain't so bad! Better than too many

nuts for certain...

 

Dried/dehydrated foods do tend to bloat and congest, I have that

problem with dried fruit when I eat too much of it - that said I have

mostly learned my lesson.

 

I think you shouldn't be so nervous about eating a lot of sweet

fruit. Undried sweet fruit that is. It's cleansing and doesn't clog

you up, more than can be said for an excess of the dried variety.

 

If you get hungry or at least crave a lot of food, then just eat a

lot of fresh fruit! It could very well be that your body needs all

this to replenish itself with a new set of healthy cells. And to

make salads more weighty, make a pate from sunflower seeds, water and

oil, with whatever else you want to flavour it with. Just grind the

seeds in a mill and mix in the oil and water until you like the

consistency. If you add avocado to this, its fat-digesting enzymes

should help break it down. Try to avoid tomatoes with this salad

though, it's bad food-combining!

 

It's ok to eat a lot, it won't harm you with raw foods - it may even

be neccesary at the beginning - I'm certainly finding this. I

started raw at the start of february and sometime I've gone through 5

avocados in a day! There is a lot of cooked damage to undo in my

body!

 

Another good snack is a mighty big smoothie made from carrot and

apple juice, bananas, avocado, cinnanmon and even dates or honey! I'm

led to believe that organic honey is generally raw. The moisture in

the smoothie stops the dates from clogging you up.

 

Hope that helps!

 

Lots of love and light, all the other raw-ies are in there with you!

 

Graeme xx

 

rawfood , B* <dogdayafternoon@e...> wrote:

> I am posting this in a few places in hopes to get some real help so

if

> you read it elsewhere this is why.

> If anyone has had similar experiences I would love hearing how you

> overcame them... thx

>