Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 You asked for it. My blog is mawintheraw.blogspot.com Judy You're gonna love your new journey! On 4/25/06, raiinstorm <no_reply > wrote: > > Hi! > I'm new to RawFoods and eating raw in general. > I've been a vegetarian for years but never have I focused strictly on > raw vegetables only. > > I have a few general questions before I start buying many books on the > subject and diving in head first. I was hoping maybe you guys might > be able to point me to where I could find these answers or help me out > yourselves? I've been reading websites for a few days now but a few > questions still go unanswered. > First just a some general info about you..... > > How many of you are STRICTLY raw? You don't eat anything but raw? > > How many of you are vegans? > > How many of you are organic raw? > > Okay... I've not found many potato recipes, is potatoes really > something you can't do anything with raw? Other than chips? I'm > such a potato fan I'd be very sad to not be able to eat them anymore. > I WILL miss baked potatoes! > > Is being organic/raw/vegetarian expensive because you've got to buy > the higher priced organic foods? How much more expensive than a > regular diet would you expect? I always try to buy organic but I've > realized that with organic oatmeals, organic fruits and veggies, > organic noodles, etc. I can buy 1/4th of what I could buy > non-organic. Perhaps I'm just a poor shopper! > > Does anyone have any advice for helping me get off my really bad > addiction to chocolate? That's kind of the reason I'm trying to go > raw is to give up my two biggest addictions. French Fries and > chocolate. So if anyone knows something that helps with cravings and > helps me get off of it cold turkey and handle the cravings that'd be > GREAT! > > Thanks! > ~Rain > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Good morning, Rain. I have put my reply throughout your post. Look for the asterisks. rawfood , raiinstorm <no_reply wrote: > > Hi! > I'm new to RawFoods and eating raw in general. > I've been a vegetarian for years but never have I focused strictly on > raw vegetables only. > > I have a few general questions before I start buying many books on the > subject and diving in head first. I was hoping maybe you guys might > be able to point me to where I could find these answers or help me out > yourselves? I've been reading websites for a few days now but a few > questions still go unanswered. > First just a some general info about you..... > > How many of you are STRICTLY raw? You don't eat anything but raw? *I have been 100% raw except for ONE cooked meal in the last 10 months. > > How many of you are vegans? > > How many of you are organic raw? *I eat as much organic raw as I have access to. Doug Graham says it's better to eat non-organic raw than to eat organic cooked. > > Okay... I've not found many potato recipes, is potatoes really > something you can't do anything with raw? Other than chips? I'm > such a potato fan I'd be very sad to not be able to eat them anymore. > I WILL miss baked potatoes! *I thought I would, too, Rain, but I don't. There aren't very many potato recipes because they don't lend themselves very well to being dehydrated. I have eaten them a few times just sliced, rinsed, and sprinkled with sea salt but they tend to give me gas. :-( > > Is being organic/raw/vegetarian expensive because you've got to buy > the higher priced organic foods? How much more expensive than a > regular diet would you expect? I always try to buy organic but I've > realized that with organic oatmeals, organic fruits and veggies, > organic noodles, etc. I can buy 1/4th of what I could buy > non-organic. Perhaps I'm just a poor shopper! *I don't use any grains except for sweet corn occasionally. I belong to an organic co-op that has reasonable prices. I found out about it through word of mouth. Some places have CSAs (community supported agriculture) that have organic foods. Ask around and you might find something in your area. > > Does anyone have any advice for helping me get off my really bad > addiction to chocolate? That's kind of the reason I'm trying to go > raw is to give up my two biggest addictions. French Fries and > chocolate. So if anyone knows something that helps with cravings and > helps me get off of it cold turkey and handle the cravings that'd be > GREAT! *I was the original chocoholic. I just had to get it all out of my house and do it cold turkey. Some companies sell " raw " chocolate but there's some disagreement if its really raw. It does contain caffeine and other substances that aren't good to ingest so I stay away from it. I have some raw carob on order. I've never really liked it but my tastebuds have changed to the point that I might. I've also ordered a gallon of agave nectar. I don't use it that much but I don't like having to pay a huge amount of shipping when I order a pint. *As for cravings, you have to be sure to get enough calories from fruit and green leafy veggies to stave them off. Eating a lot of fatty foods will increase the cravings. Keep it simple! > > Thanks! > ~Rain *You're welcome and welcome! *Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 I use RAW Cacao nibs.....to cure the chocolate cravings... There are so many ways you can use it! I did some research on cacao before I bought it, and found out that it has a natural appetite supressor in it. I use raw cacao nibs every morning in my smoothies. I use, a couple bananas, some strawberries and toss in some raw cacao nibs (you can throw in the nibs or grind them up in a coffee grinder first...) then I toss in some baby spinach and wahla...breakfast......!!!! There are a ton of recipeis you can use cacao in and make all kinds of chocolate flavored things and still stay raw! Good Luck!!!! It gets easier as you go. When I first started, I wanted to find a Uncooked version of all my favorite cooked foods.....in time, this will pass. I now look at a lot of things I thought I couldnt give up and just looking at them, my head says....nah...not raw, not interested! You just have to give yourself a chance to make this major life style change. We went to " Sweet Tomatoes " (soup and salad bar place) the other night, and they have a super salad bar, and other " healthy " stuff..... But one thing I did was I saw the baked potatoes, and this guy was dressing his up with all the " side " stuff and I thought to myself, wow, I miss baked potatoes. So I grabbed the littlest one I could....and took it to my table. One bite and I was repulsed! My brain thought it looked good, but my taste buds and body said NO WAY! So that is one more thing I doubt I will crave again. I have only been raw since late January and its a slow process, but eventually, your cravings for cooked stuff will pass....even if its one thing at a time! Just hang in there! Peace I Does anyone have any advice for helping me get off my really bad addiction to chocolate? Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need to suppress my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need to be able to eat _enough_. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , Bad Dobby <dobeythehouseelf wrote: > > I use RAW Cacao nibs.....to cure the chocolate cravings... > > There are so many ways you can use it! > > I did some research on cacao before I bought it, and found out that it has a natural appetite supressor in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 well thats fine for you. But I am batteling a life long illness and weight controll is a very hard issue for me as I have no thyroid at all. I am not trying to cure a chocolate craving, I enjoy my cacao nibs and enjoy having it in my diet. I only use the kind from rawfoods.com so I dont see why adding a few table spoons a day is a bad thing. It helps me emensly and for a new comer it may help her avoid eating a fat laden chcolate bar with lots of other chemicals in it. We all eat and live differently, that doesnt make it bad. jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need to suppress my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need to be able to eat _enough_. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , Bad Dobby <dobeythehouseelf wrote: > > I use RAW Cacao nibs.....to cure the chocolate cravings... > > There are so many ways you can use it! > > I did some research on cacao before I bought it, and found out that it has a natural appetite supressor in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 To follow with this analogy...not everyone who drinks wine is an alcoholic. Some people drink it once in a while because they like the taste. Same as any food or drink. I wouldn't want to cut out every single food because if I try it and like it then I might want to try it again at some point. rawfood , jerushy1944 <no_reply wrote: > > When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are > indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic > drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need to suppress > my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need to be able > to eat _enough_. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > rawfood , Bad Dobby <dobeythehouseelf@> wrote: > > > > I use RAW Cacao nibs.....to cure the chocolate cravings... > > > > There are so many ways you can use it! > > > > I did some research on cacao before I bought it, and found out that > it has a natural appetite supressor in it. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Good discussion here! I liked what Dobby the house elf said here: " We all eat and live differently, that doesn't make it bad. " What works for one doesn't necessarily work for another. Thankfully, there are many different ways to " do raw. " It's up to each one of us to find what works for us. I, for one, had a nasty sugar/chocolate addiction for my whole life before I went raw. Then, as soon as I went raw, I lost all desire for chocolate. Now, if I want that kind of flavor, I use carob, which tastes yummy. I bought some raw cacao once, and it gave me that same anxious, jittery, out-of-control feeling I used to have on chocolate. Since then I avoid the stuff, with no desire for it. I may eat a bit here and there at potlucks, but I don't crave it afterward. Something about going raw changed that whole dynamic for me. One of the biggest contributors to this improvement may have been leaving grains out of my diet. Something about eating grains had me so messed up, but I only realized it once I went raw. When Tommie wrote " When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol, " I think she is right on. However, as long as I was eating a cooked diet, as much as I believed Tommie's point to be true, I still couldn't free myself of the addiction enough to go off of the chocolate. At that time, if I told myself " no more chocolate, " within days or even hours I would be gorging on the stuff. It was all or nothing, so moderation seemed to work better for me then. Now, as I said, I don't fight that demon anymore--thankfully! What worked for me: 100% raw, anything I wanted, for the first few months. Since then, I have eliminated some raw foods that don't make me feel as good as the others (I don't eat as much dehydrated food, for example), and I'm adding more and more good foods that make me feel balanced, such as leafy greens. I rarely have cooked food cravings anymore. If anything, I may feel a tinge of craving after watching some TV commercials. Usually now, though, I don't have cravings but instead feel repulsed when I see those old favorite foods advertised. It's a process, and a different one for each person. This is what has worked for me. Blessings, Jennifer _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Dobby the house elf Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:10 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw well thats fine for you. But I am batteling a life long illness and weight controll is a very hard issue for me as I have no thyroid at all. I am not trying to cure a chocolate craving, I enjoy my cacao nibs and enjoy having it in my diet. I only use the kind from rawfoods.com so I dont see why adding a few table spoons a day is a bad thing. It helps me emensly and for a new comer it may help her avoid eating a fat laden chcolate bar with lots of other chemicals in it. We all eat and live differently, that doesnt make it bad. jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need to suppress my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need to be able to eat _enough_. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 well said! Jennifer <simplify wrote: Good discussion here! I liked what Dobby the house elf said here: " We all eat and live differently, that doesn't make it bad. " What works for one doesn't necessarily work for another. Thankfully, there are many different ways to " do raw. " It's up to each one of us to find what works for us. I, for one, had a nasty sugar/chocolate addiction for my whole life before I went raw. Then, as soon as I went raw, I lost all desire for chocolate. Now, if I want that kind of flavor, I use carob, which tastes yummy. I bought some raw cacao once, and it gave me that same anxious, jittery, out-of-control feeling I used to have on chocolate. Since then I avoid the stuff, with no desire for it. I may eat a bit here and there at potlucks, but I don't crave it afterward. Something about going raw changed that whole dynamic for me. One of the biggest contributors to this improvement may have been leaving grains out of my diet. Something about eating grains had me so messed up, but I only realized it once I went raw. When Tommie wrote " When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol, " I think she is right on. However, as long as I was eating a cooked diet, as much as I believed Tommie's point to be true, I still couldn't free myself of the addiction enough to go off of the chocolate. At that time, if I told myself " no more chocolate, " within days or even hours I would be gorging on the stuff. It was all or nothing, so moderation seemed to work better for me then. Now, as I said, I don't fight that demon anymore--thankfully! What worked for me: 100% raw, anything I wanted, for the first few months. Since then, I have eliminated some raw foods that don't make me feel as good as the others (I don't eat as much dehydrated food, for example), and I'm adding more and more good foods that make me feel balanced, such as leafy greens. I rarely have cooked food cravings anymore. If anything, I may feel a tinge of craving after watching some TV commercials. Usually now, though, I don't have cravings but instead feel repulsed when I see those old favorite foods advertised. It's a process, and a different one for each person. This is what has worked for me. Blessings, Jennifer _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Dobby the house elf Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:10 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw well thats fine for you. But I am batteling a life long illness and weight controll is a very hard issue for me as I have no thyroid at all. I am not trying to cure a chocolate craving, I enjoy my cacao nibs and enjoy having it in my diet. I only use the kind from rawfoods.com so I dont see why adding a few table spoons a day is a bad thing. It helps me emensly and for a new comer it may help her avoid eating a fat laden chcolate bar with lots of other chemicals in it. We all eat and live differently, that doesnt make it bad. jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need to suppress my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need to be able to eat _enough_. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 The chocolate that most people eat and have " addictions " to also contain other ingredients including various forms of processed sugar, which has it's own addicting properties. I use cacao and do not find it addicting in the least, where as traditional SAD chocolate .... the more I eat the more I want. David Wolf's book called Naked Chocolate is great if anyone is looking for more information on cacao and chocolate. Leslie On Apr 26, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Dobby the house elf wrote: > well thats fine for you. But I am batteling a life long illness > and weight controll is a very hard issue for me as I have no > thyroid at all. I am not trying to cure a chocolate craving, I > enjoy my cacao nibs and enjoy having it in my diet. I only use > the kind from rawfoods.com so I dont see why adding a few table > spoons a day is a bad thing. It helps me emensly and for a new > comer it may help her avoid eating a fat laden chcolate bar with > lots of other chemicals in it. > > We all eat and live differently, that doesnt make it bad. > > > > jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: When you use the > cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are > indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic > drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need to suppress > my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need to be > able > to eat _enough_. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > rawfood , Bad Dobby <dobeythehouseelf > wrote: > > > > I use RAW Cacao nibs.....to cure the chocolate cravings... > > > > There are so many ways you can use it! > > > > I did some research on cacao before I bought it, and found out that > it has a natural appetite supressor in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I might as well not have a thyroid. It is so shrunken that I can wiggle it around my windpipe. As for the cacao nibs, they are 40% fat. I know that people say they don't care about the fat but the body tends to latch onto it and not want to let it go. I wrapped up my last four bars of Chocolove and gave them away as a retirement gift. That was months and months ago and I don't miss it. It's all in what you decide to do and if you follow through with it. If you need the crutch, use it, but recognize it for what it is. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , Dobby the house elf <dobeythehouseelf wrote: > > well thats fine for you. But I am batteling a life long illness and weight controll is a very hard issue for me as I have no thyroid at all. I am not trying to cure a chocolate craving, I enjoy my cacao nibs and enjoy having it in my diet. I only use the kind from rawfoods.com so I dont see why adding a few table spoons a day is a bad thing. It helps me emensly and for a new comer it may help her avoid eating a fat laden chcolate bar with lots of other chemicals in it. > > We all eat and live differently, that doesnt make it bad. > > > > jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are > indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic > drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need to suppress > my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need to be able > to eat _enough_. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > rawfood , Bad Dobby <dobeythehouseelf@> wrote: > > > > I use RAW Cacao nibs.....to cure the chocolate cravings... > > > > There are so many ways you can use it! > > > > I did some research on cacao before I bought it, and found out that > it has a natural appetite supressor in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 That's great that you have gone 100% raw. It's so much easier to eat 100% than to eat a percentage. That is true for me, too. And the point about grains is well taken. They are high on the list of allergens and the human body has a hard time tolerating them raw. There ARE many different ways to do raw but only a few that work long term. The others are constantly changing and evolving as people find they can't maintain them. My mother loved chocolate and ate it almost right up to the day she died at 100+ years. I have wondered how much better her quality of life would have been if she had eaten a better diet. When I was a child, I didn't like chocolate at all. It was only later on that I learned to like it and then fell in love with it. I've spent a small fortune on it in years past. I'm rambling here so I think I'll go on reading posts before I have to quit and update my blog. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Jennifer " <simplify wrote: > > Good discussion here! I liked what Dobby the house elf said > here: " We all eat and live differently, that doesn't make it > bad. " What works for one doesn't necessarily work for > another. Thankfully, there are many different ways to " do > raw. " It's up to each one of us to find what works for us. > > I, for one, had a nasty sugar/chocolate addiction for my > whole life before I went raw. Then, as soon as I went raw, I > lost all desire for chocolate. Now, if I want that kind of > flavor, I use carob, which tastes yummy. I bought some raw > cacao once, and it gave me that same anxious, jittery, > out-of-control feeling I used to have on chocolate. Since > then I avoid the stuff, with no desire for it. I may eat a > bit here and there at potlucks, but I don't crave it > afterward. Something about going raw changed that whole > dynamic for me. One of the biggest contributors to this > improvement may have been leaving grains out of my diet. > Something about eating grains had me so messed up, but I > only realized it once I went raw. > > When Tommie wrote " When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't > curing the cravings, you are indulging them and keeping them > going. That's like an alcoholic drinking wine to cure the > desire for alcohol, " I think she is right on. However, as > long as I was eating a cooked diet, as much as I believed > Tommie's point to be true, I still couldn't free myself of > the addiction enough to go off of the chocolate. At that > time, if I told myself " no more chocolate, " within days or > even hours I would be gorging on the stuff. It was all or > nothing, so moderation seemed to work better for me then. > Now, as I said, I don't fight that demon > anymore--thankfully! > > What worked for me: 100% raw, anything I wanted, for the > first few months. Since then, I have eliminated some raw > foods that don't make me feel as good as the others (I don't > eat as much dehydrated food, for example), and I'm adding > more and more good foods that make me feel balanced, such as > leafy greens. I rarely have cooked food cravings anymore. If > anything, I may feel a tinge of craving after watching some > TV commercials. Usually now, though, I don't have cravings > but instead feel repulsed when I see those old favorite > foods advertised. It's a process, and a different one for > each person. This is what has worked for me. > > > Blessings, > > Jennifer > > > _____ > > rawfood > [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Dobby the > house elf > Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:10 PM > rawfood > Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw > > > well thats fine for you. But I am batteling a life long > illness and weight controll is a very hard issue for me as I > have no thyroid at all. I am not trying to cure a chocolate > craving, I enjoy my cacao nibs and enjoy having it in my > diet. I only use the kind from rawfoods.com so I dont see > why adding a few table spoons a day is a bad thing. It > helps me emensly and for a new comer it may help her avoid > eating a fat laden chcolate bar with lots of other chemicals > in it. > > We all eat and live differently, that doesnt make it bad. > > > jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: > > When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, > you are > indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an > alcoholic > drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need > to suppress > my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need > to be able > to eat _enough_. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Hi Tommie, Your statement below really intrigued me. What caused your thyroid to shrink, if you don't mind me asking? And how do you " wiggle it around " your windpipe? Finally, have you noticed any improvement in your thyroid since going raw? Just curious! No need to reply if you don't care to! Blessings, Jennifer _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of jerushy1944 Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:59 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw I might as well not have a thyroid. It is so shrunken that I can wiggle it around my windpipe. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 What _I_ think threw me over into hypothyroidism was when I increased my soy intake to try to get off hormones (soy has natural estrogen). I started ballooning, weight-wise and went from a size 8 to a size 16 in a year. When I went for my annual, I was diagnosed as being hypo. Later on, when I was being checked for a different problem, my PCP was examoning my neck and found that my thyroid moves. He said it shouldn't do that. Since going raw, my TSH went down so low that my dosage of levothyroxine had to be adjusted down by 25%. I don't know if there is enough active thyroid left to regerate but something's working better. BTW, before I started eating raw, my dress size increased to an 18W. I'm in a 10 now. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Jennifer " <simplify wrote: > > Hi Tommie, > > Your statement below really intrigued me. What caused your > thyroid to shrink, if you don't mind me asking? And how do > you " wiggle it around " your windpipe? Finally, have you > noticed any improvement in your thyroid since going raw? > Just curious! No need to reply if you don't care to! > > > Blessings, > > Jennifer > > _____ > > rawfood > [rawfood ] On Behalf Of jerushy1944 > Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:59 PM > rawfood > Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw > > > > I might as well not have a thyroid. It is so shrunken that I > can wiggle it around my windpipe. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Good morning, Jennifer. What I was saying is that there are established methods of eating raw that work better than the ones that keep changing and evolving because of the initial programs being faulty. For example, Victoria Boutenko started out eating huge quantities of fatty foods. After several years of eating that way, her health started going downhill and she found that she needed to add more greens. Fortunately for me, I found Doug Graham's 811rv within the first month of trying to " feel my way " with other less structured programs. His program already includes lots of green leafy veggies. I didnt have to wait for maybe years to find out that the high fat diet didn't work for me--if I had been able to stay on it. My daughter had tremendous cravings the whole month that she ate high fat because of her inability to get enough calories. We could go back and forth for a long time without getting this settled. 811rv works for me. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Jennifer " <simplify wrote: > > Hi Tommie, > > Yes, for me 100% has been way easier to do than partially > raw. I know I'd just find excuses to eat more and more > cooked food if I wasn't 100%. > > I don't believe that only a few ways of eating raw work > long-term. I think the key is to gather as much info as > possible and find out what works for you. I'm not 100% into > any of the different philosophies about how to eat raw. I > read and talk with others and find out what works and > doesn't work for me. I've tried lots of different things and > made changes when they weren't working for me. My raw diet > adjusts to changing circumstances and my needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Dobby the house elf, good for you, enjoy your cacao nibs! Yum!! Some people are extreme and basically are eating banana/lettuce smoothies three meals a day with a little fruit tossed in, which is SO FAR from healthy as to be dangerous. Eat as much raw as you can, or as much raw as feels right to you, eat a wide variety of vegetables, fruit, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds and even (GASP!) some raw goat milk if you can find it. Eat a bit of the things that make your soul feel good, too, which might mean some chocolate, and raw chocolate is good. With a bit of maple syrup and some raw strawberries in a blender... oh delicious! A friend of mine had her thyroid out a couple years ago-- she battles weight issues, too. Kristen rawfood , Dobby the house elf <dobeythehouseelf wrote: > > well thats fine for you. But I am batteling a life long illness and weight controll is a very hard issue for me as I have no thyroid at all. I am not trying to cure a chocolate craving, I enjoy my cacao nibs and enjoy having it in my diet. I only use the kind from rawfoods.com so I dont see why adding a few table spoons a day is a bad thing. It helps me emensly and for a new comer it may help her avoid eating a fat laden chcolate bar with lots of other chemicals in it. > > We all eat and live differently, that doesnt make it bad. > > > > jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: When you use the cacao nibs, you aren't curing the cravings, you are > indulging them and keeping them going. That's like an alcoholic > drinking wine to cure the desire for alcohol. I don't need to suppress > my appetite when I eat raw food. As a matter of fact, I need to be able > to eat _enough_. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > rawfood , Bad Dobby <dobeythehouseelf@> wrote: > > > > I use RAW Cacao nibs.....to cure the chocolate cravings... > > > > There are so many ways you can use it! > > > > I did some research on cacao before I bought it, and found out that > it has a natural appetite supressor in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Hi Tommie, Oh, I think I hear what you're saying. I'm not convinced that it was the high fat that caused problems in Victoria's diet, by the way (she just needed to eat more mineral-rich greens!). Practically the only raw philosophy that thinks high fat is an issue is Doug Graham's. In most other raw food philosophies, raw fats are considered healthy. By the way, his way of eating has evolved as well. He, like most hygienists, used to eat almost exclusively fruit. That is, until they started early wrinkling of the skin, losing their teeth, and dying off way before their time. Doug even got B12 deficient at one time, so his diet changed and evolved to better meet his needs. Changing and evolving means growing in my book! It's all about balance. Each of the main raw food philosophies is trying to achieve a balance, and what is balancing for one person may be extremely unbalancing for another. I think that David Wolfe expresses it beautifully in his book The Sunfood Diet Success System. He shows how a healthy raw food diet is like a triangle. Each of the three corners/angles on the triangle represents greens, fruits, and fats. You get different results depending on which of these three are dominant. To detoxify, you emphasize fruit. To warm the body, you eat more fats. To ground the body, eat more fats and greens. That's why I keep saying that there is no one diet that is " the best. " Each person has to look at what they're trying to achieve (weight loss, weight gain, grounding, openness, athletic performance, improved meditation) and balance their diet based on those goals and the specific needs of their body given their history, genetic makeup, etc. You've mentioned your daughter's lack of success on a " high fat " raw diet. I don't think anyone goes out looking for a " high fat " raw diet. Sounds to me like what happened was she tried eating raw and didn't get the balance right for her. If she was eating too many fats for her, she may have felt heavy and tired. Perhaps she needed to look at adding more fresh fruit and leafy greens to her diet to balance out the fat. Too many fruits and she might have felt hyper or spacey. Too many greens, and she might have felt cold and ungrounded. A person needs to analyze where they're at and where they want to be, then adjust the diet to meet their needs. Perhaps it just wasn't the right time for her to go raw, or perhaps the emotional or physical detoxes were too challenging to deal with. There are so many factors that could have influenced why she didn't stay raw, you know? You are very fortunate that you've found a raw program that works for you. Each of us has to find out what works for us. Then we need to adjust it as necessary to meet our individual changing needs. Just my 2 cents. :-) Blessings, Jennifer _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of jerushy1944 Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:28 AM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw Good morning, Jennifer. What I was saying is that there are established methods of eating raw that work better than the ones that keep changing and evolving because of the initial programs being faulty. For example, Victoria Boutenko started out eating huge quantities of fatty foods. After several years of eating that way, her health started going downhill and she found that she needed to add more greens. Fortunately for me, I found Doug Graham's 811rv within the first month of trying to " feel my way " with other less structured programs. His program already includes lots of green leafy veggies. I didnt have to wait for maybe years to find out that the high fat diet didn't work for me--if I had been able to stay on it. My daughter had tremendous cravings the whole month that she ate high fat because of her inability to get enough calories. We could go back and forth for a long time without getting this settled. 811rv works for me. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 That's really interesting, Tommy. I was eating a ton of soy before I went raw too. My husband and I thought tofu was a superfood! We at tofu, fake meats made from soy, the works! Glad I found raw when I did! That's awesome about being able to reduce your thyroid medication since going raw. My cat had a thyroidectomy, and it damaged her parathyroids, which balance calcium in the body. They have since regenerated, and her own body is making tiny amounts of thyroid hormone now too. Isn't the body amazing?! Awesome about the weight loss too. You go, girl! Blessings, Jennifer _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of jerushy1944 Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:18 AM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw What _I_ think threw me over into hypothyroidism was when I increased my soy intake to try to get off hormones (soy has natural estrogen). I started ballooning, weight-wise and went from a size 8 to a size 16 in a year. When I went for my annual, I was diagnosed as being hypo. Later on, when I was being checked for a different problem, my PCP was examoning my neck and found that my thyroid moves. He said it shouldn't do that. Since going raw, my TSH went down so low that my dosage of levothyroxine had to be adjusted down by 25%. I don't know if there is enough active thyroid left to regerate but something's working better. BTW, before I started eating raw, my dress size increased to an 18W. I'm in a 10 now. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Oops! I typed " Tommy, " when I meant to type " Tommie. " Please forgive my fingers (and brain!)! Blessings, Jennifer _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Jennifer Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:57 AM rawfood RE: [Raw Food] New To Raw That's really interesting, Tommy. I was eating a ton of soy before I went raw too. My husband and I thought tofu was a superfood! We at tofu, fake meats made from soy, the works! Glad I found raw when I did! That's awesome about being able to reduce your thyroid medication since going raw. My cat had a thyroidectomy, and it damaged her parathyroids, which balance calcium in the body. They have since regenerated, and her own body is making tiny amounts of thyroid hormone now too. Isn't the body amazing?! Awesome about the weight loss too. You go, girl! Blessings, Jennifer _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of jerushy1944 Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:18 AM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw What _I_ think threw me over into hypothyroidism was when I increased my soy intake to try to get off hormones (soy has natural estrogen). I started ballooning, weight-wise and went from a size 8 to a size 16 in a year. When I went for my annual, I was diagnosed as being hypo. Later on, when I was being checked for a different problem, my PCP was examoning my neck and found that my thyroid moves. He said it shouldn't do that. Since going raw, my TSH went down so low that my dosage of levothyroxine had to be adjusted down by 25%. I don't know if there is enough active thyroid left to regerate but something's working better. BTW, before I started eating raw, my dress size increased to an 18W. I'm in a 10 now. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Personally, I'm staying away from all of it because of the caffeine and theobromine. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , Leslie Leddo <leslie wrote: > > The chocolate that most people eat and have " addictions " to also > contain other ingredients including various forms of processed > sugar, which has it's own addicting properties. I use cacao and do > not find it addicting in the least, where as traditional SAD > chocolate .... the more I eat the more I want. > > David Wolf's book called Naked Chocolate is great if anyone is > looking for more information on cacao and chocolate. > > Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Yeah, it was fake steak, phony baloney, not chicken, and plain tofu, flavored tofu, marinated tofu, soy milk, soy ice cream, whatever could be made with soy. If your cat can do it, maybe I can, too! That gives me hope! Thanks, Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Jennifer " <simplify wrote: > > That's really interesting, Tommy. I was eating a ton of soy > before I went raw too. My husband and I thought tofu was a > superfood! We at tofu, fake meats made from soy, the works! > Glad I found raw when I did! > > That's awesome about being able to reduce your thyroid > medication since going raw. My cat had a thyroidectomy, and > it damaged her parathyroids, which balance calcium in the > body. They have since regenerated, and her own body is > making tiny amounts of thyroid hormone now too. Isn't the > body amazing?! Awesome about the weight loss too. You go, > girl! > > > Blessings, > > Jennifer > > > _____ > > rawfood > [rawfood ] On Behalf Of jerushy1944 > Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:18 AM > rawfood > Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw > > > What _I_ think threw me over into hypothyroidism was when I > increased > my soy intake to try to get off hormones (soy has natural > estrogen). > I started ballooning, weight-wise and went from a size 8 to > a size 16 > in a year. When I went for my annual, I was diagnosed as > being hypo. > Later on, when I was being checked for a different problem, > my PCP > was examoning my neck and found that my thyroid moves. He > said it > shouldn't do that. Since going raw, my TSH went down so low > that my > dosage of levothyroxine had to be adjusted down by 25%. I > don't know > if there is enough active thyroid left to regerate but > something's > working better. BTW, before I started eating raw, my dress > size > increased to an 18W. I'm in a 10 now. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 No problem. People call me Johnnie, Billie, and Bobbie and type Tommy all the time. I've lived with it for more than 62 years. TommIE http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Jennifer " <simplify wrote: > > Oops! I typed " Tommy, " when I meant to type " Tommie. " Please > forgive my fingers (and brain!)! > > > Blessings, > > Jennifer > > > _____ > > rawfood > [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Jennifer > Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:57 AM > rawfood > RE: [Raw Food] New To Raw > > > That's really interesting, Tommy. I was eating a ton of soy > before I went raw too. My husband and I thought tofu was a > superfood! We at tofu, fake meats made from soy, the works! > Glad I found raw when I did! > > That's awesome about being able to reduce your thyroid > medication since going raw. My cat had a thyroidectomy, and > it damaged her parathyroids, which balance calcium in the > body. They have since regenerated, and her own body is > making tiny amounts of thyroid hormone now too. Isn't the > body amazing?! Awesome about the weight loss too. You go, > girl! > > > Blessings, > > Jennifer > > > _____ > > rawfood > [rawfood ] On Behalf Of jerushy1944 > Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:18 AM > rawfood > Re: [Raw Food] New To Raw > > > What _I_ think threw me over into hypothyroidism was when I > increased > my soy intake to try to get off hormones (soy has natural > estrogen). > I started ballooning, weight-wise and went from a size 8 to > a size 16 > in a year. When I went for my annual, I was diagnosed as > being hypo. > Later on, when I was being checked for a different problem, > my PCP > was examoning my neck and found that my thyroid moves. He > said it > shouldn't do that. Since going raw, my TSH went down so low > that my > dosage of levothyroxine had to be adjusted down by 25%. I > don't know > if there is enough active thyroid left to regerate but > something's > working better. BTW, before I started eating raw, my dress > size > increased to an 18W. I'm in a 10 now. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Good morning, Kristen! I'm wondering if you could give us some documentation to back up your statement below. I don't, personally, have smoothies three times a day (I did during the green cleanse) but I've been wondering if I should add more. Another thing you said, " Eat a bit of the things that make your soul feel good, too, " my soul feels good if my body feels good and my body feels good all of the time now. I used to think about Prego veggie lasagna a lot but I don't even think about it now except when I reminisce. Tommie http rawfood , " kmdaven " <kmdaven wrote: Some people are extreme and basically are eating banana/lettuce smoothies three meals a day with a little fruit tossed in, which is SO FAR from healthy as to be dangerous. Kristen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 No, you will have a ball of chopped up grass. I have a manual wheatgrass juicer that I used when I used to drink wheatgrass. Shari - princess41405 rawfood Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:44 AM [Raw Food] new to RAW Can anyone tell me if I can use a vita mix for wheatgrass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 rawfood , princess41405 <no_reply wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if I can use a vita mix for wheatgrass? > Agreed - choppeed up wheatgrass will not do much for you except perhaps give you indigestion. Would recommend going to rawfoods.com marketplace section and reviewing all juicers available so you can make appropriate decision. Some juicers, like Greenpower and Greenstar, juice wheatgrass as well as almost anything else! Great investment, but pricey. You will know what works best for you. The site is great for review of best raw foods appliances. Blissed be, Annie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 I was glad to have received the e-mail from yabba pot to do the 21 day challenge which I have been wanting to do for months now so I signed up. -do any of you go somewhere to get prepared raw food meals packages for the day? If so, where in Baltimore City? Is there some kind of food coop? I would appreciate any ideas on the best methods to get started. I have a family of five but I will be the only one on the diet and have very little time to prepare raw foods. I live in Baltimore City. LaRetta Ann Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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