New....

February 14, 2005

Greetings!

I'm new to this diet and I have one book on the subject so far. I was

wondering what are quinisential books for me to get?

I'm also new to this group. Thanks!

BB,

Sue

February 14, 2005

Hello Sue!

I always like to introduce people to one special book when I start them off

so they realize right out of the gate that there is more to total wellness

than just raw/living food. Even though it is our foundation...that's all it

is. Many of the raw foodists will tout that this is ALL you have to do to be

well and in some cases I would have to agree. If you started out eating raw

food most of your life, you could probably make it to a ripe old age and

live a life full of joy and wellness. However, that's not the case and

therefore I believe we should consider what I refer to as the seven

modalities of wellness. Great living food, clean water, fresh air, rest,

exercise (the right kind) sunshine (this one is always forgotten and

extremely important) and of course fasting which most don't even think

about. The two basic elements to total wellness are building and cleansing.

Building would be those wonderful raw foods and cleansing is fasting. Plain

and simple and no more complicated than that. Now you may be thinking that's

too simple and what about supplements. Basically we don't really need a lot

of supplements but we should consider a food supplement because our soils

are depleted and we really don't know where our food is coming from unless

we're growing a garden!

The book I recommend is.. " The Miracle of Fasting " by Paul Bragg

Hope this helps and welcome to the journey

Warmly,

Steven Gibb

www.rawfriends.com <http://www.rawfriends.com/>

minolinveladom [minolinveladom]

Monday, February 14, 2005 11:32 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] New....

Greetings!

I'm new to this diet and I have one book on the subject so far. I was

wondering what are quinisential books for me to get?

I'm also new to this group. Thanks!

BB,

Sue

February 17, 2005

rawfood , " Steven " <rawfasting@e...> wrote:

>

> Hello Sue!

>

> I always like to introduce people to one special book when I start

them off

> so they realize right out of the gate that there is more to total

wellness

> than just raw/living food. Even though it is our

foundation...that's all it

> is. Many of the raw foodists will tout that this is ALL you have to

do to be

> well and in some cases I would have to agree. If you started out

eating raw

> food most of your life, you could probably make it to a ripe old

age and

> live a life full of joy and wellness.

I may not have started out eating raw food but I plan to end it that

way and make it to a ripe, old age and live a life full of joy and

wellness too!

> However, that's not the case and

> therefore I believe we should consider what I refer to as the seven

> modalities of wellness. Great living food, clean water, fresh air,

rest,

> exercise (the right kind) sunshine (this one is always forgotten and

> extremely important) and of course fasting which most don't even

think

> about.

I walk around quite a bit. I don't believe in fasting, just moderate

meals as often as you need them. I can't imagine raw produce is

doing any harm to my system that it would be benficial to fast from

it.

> The two basic elements to total wellness are building and cleansing.

> Building would be those wonderful raw foods and cleansing is

fasting. Plain

> and simple and no more complicated than that. Now you may be

thinking that's

> too simple and what about supplements. Basically we don't really

need a lot

> of supplements but we should consider a food supplement because our

soils

> are depleted and we really don't know where our food is coming from

unless

> we're growing a garden!

I don't believe in supplements either, I can't believe that man, as

stupid and devious as he is, has been allowed to ruin plant food for

the consumption of man by the Creator of all this.

February 17, 2005

I am also new to this group and had made so many changes in my life since

July when my son was on the net looking for a diet to lose a few pounds and

found the PETA site. He went Vegan that day, then I read the site and I went

Vegan the day I read it. I lost 20 pounds and still have 20 to go. I am not all

raw foods yet but believe I am heading that way the more I read about it and

that is why I am on this list to learn more about it. To tell you how much I

have changed I came from what America considers as a healthy diet but is not

because I was eating dairy and had sinus headaches sometimes. I have always

been a healthy person {well, not getting sick} except for the sinus headaches

and ear infections sometimes. My husband supports me on my vegan diet but not

sure what he would say about Raw food even tho I talked to him a little

about it and he didn't seem to mind. He is a hunter so it makes us a lot

different in how we think about meat. Anyway I was wondering what you drink for

milk

or put in your smoothie as I have been using soy milk and I know that would

not be in a Raw Food diet. Also I have been reading a lot about chemicals in

our shampoos, makeup, toothpastes, cleaning products ect... and I have been

trying to get them all replaced. Another question is what to do about hair dye

as my red hair is starting to gray. Hair dyes have chemicals so was wondering

what raw foodist do about that. I was reading a site where they said their

hair started turning back to its natural color, has that happen to anyone on

this list? Janeen

February 18, 2005

Welcome. I use almond milk in my smoothies. It's great. take the skins off

if you don't want to go to the trouble of passing it through cheese cloth.

Then grind up the almonds ads water and blend. (all this is a good generic

blender). Add a few dates if you like and go from there. Personally I add

bananas and berries. I look forward to this every day. Good luck. Lane

>

I am also new to this group and had made so many changes in my life since

July when my son was on the net looking for a diet to lose a few pounds

and

found the PETA site. He went Vegan that day, then I read the site and I

went

Vegan the day I read it. I lost 20 pounds and still have 20 to go. I am

not all

raw foods yet but believe I am heading that way the more I read about it

and

that is why I am on this list to learn more about it. To tell you how much

I

have changed I came from what America considers as a healthy diet but is

not

because I was eating dairy and had sinus headaches sometimes. I have always

been a healthy person {well, not getting sick} except for the sinus

headaches

and ear infections sometimes. My husband supports me on my vegan diet but

not

sure what he would say about Raw food even tho I talked to him a little

about it and he didn't seem to mind. He is a hunter so it makes us a lot

different in how we think about meat. Anyway I was wondering what you

drink for milk

or put in your smoothie as I have been using soy milk and I know that

would

not be in a Raw Food diet. Also I have been reading a lot about chemicals

in

our shampoos, makeup, toothpastes, cleaning products ect... and I have

been

trying to get them all replaced. Another question is what to do about hair

dye

as my red hair is starting to gray. Hair dyes have chemicals so was

wondering

what raw foodist do about that. I was reading a site where they said their

hair started turning back to its natural color, has that happen to anyone

on

this list? Janeen

February 18, 2005

Free the animals. I've lost all my extra weight in my two months

raw. I hope you learn what you're looking for here Janeen. What

America considers as a healthy diet is very silly, especially the

food pyramid that highly intelligent scientists and nutritionists

advocate. How people can be so intelligent in some respects and so

silly in others astounds me. Wouldn't want to take away hunting from

hunters. Neither would I want to see guns taken away from people

with restrictive gun control laws in today's society. Oh, wait a

minute, maybe I would. I'm not concerned about the chemicals in my

toothpaste or shampoo, I don't eat either. Eating is the only thing

that bothers me to the extreme, wearing animal products doesn't upset

my equilibrium but I can see it as better to not. Testing of animals

on products is a bad thing too, but it doesn't concern me much. Non-

organic produce doesn't bother me either but many times it doesn't

taste very good because of the chemicals. As long as I'm doing my

best, as I understand it, which I am right now, I'm happy.

I have some gray coming through, quite a bit actually. I heard I had

a young, gray uncle on my father's side. I hope I don't go all gray,

but I just leave my gray hairs as they are, keeps me humble knowing

that I'm very old and falling apart. I don't think my gray hair is

going to turn back to brown no matter how many fruits and vegetables

I eat, but I have heard it happen for others.

rawfood , JanPro77@a... wrote:

>

> I am also new to this group and had made so many changes in my life

since

> July when my son was on the net looking for a diet to lose a few

pounds and

> found the PETA site. He went Vegan that day, then I read the site

and I went

> Vegan the day I read it. I lost 20 pounds and still have 20 to go.

I am not all

> raw foods yet but believe I am heading that way the more I read

about it and

> that is why I am on this list to learn more about it. To tell you

how much I

> have changed I came from what America considers as a healthy diet

but is not

> because I was eating dairy and had sinus headaches sometimes. I

have always

> been a healthy person {well, not getting sick} except for the

sinus headaches

> and ear infections sometimes. My husband supports me on my vegan

diet but not

> sure what he would say about Raw food even tho I talked to him a

little

> about it and he didn't seem to mind. He is a hunter so it makes us

a lot

> different in how we think about meat. Anyway I was wondering what

you drink for milk

> or put in your smoothie as I have been using soy milk and I know

that would

> not be in a Raw Food diet. Also I have been reading a lot about

chemicals in

> our shampoos, makeup, toothpastes, cleaning products ect... and I

have been

> trying to get them all replaced. Another question is what to do

about hair dye

> as my red hair is starting to gray. Hair dyes have chemicals so

was wondering

> what raw foodist do about that. I was reading a site where they

said their

> hair started turning back to its natural color, has that happen to

anyone on

> this list? Janeen

February 18, 2005

Great post.

I was thinking I was the only one that felt this way. Since I have changed from

eating meat to vegetarian, then vegan and now, Im incorporating more raw into my

eating I have met so many radical thinking people. To whom I have a lot of

respect for. However, I didnt relate as much. My thinking is directed towards

what I eat as well. Im not one for protesting or pushing my views on others, I

merely live by my own right. I dont even oppose my views on my own children.

Im a busy single mom with three young kids. I work full-time, keep up with

three kids in scouting, and do volunteer work myself. I dont have time for all

the thought about every little thing. I just know I needed to eat healthier and

couldnt stand to eat animals anymore. I bought a puppy in August. I LOVE him,

I never loved an animal before. After that I just couldnt eat meat.

As for gray hair, well, i havent had to deal with that yet in life. I dont

color my hair now and dont expect to in the future. I believe aging is a gift

and I welcome its rewards.

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