Has this happened to anyone?

[Guest guest]

Suzanne,

 

This hasn't been my experience, although I have had the same problem

after eating cooked food when I have been raw :-). It largely depends

on how close you were to eating raw before you started this. The

natural hygiene folks, will also tell you about how you combined your

foods that could be part of the problem. That is not my ballywick, so

I'll not discuss this here.

 

What I do know, from my own experience and reading, is that our bodies

optimize our digestion not as much on what we are currently eating as

what we normally eat. I.e, it takes some time for your body to adjust

to a knew diet. Gabriel Cousens (sp?) has a book which offers a

transition plan from cooked to raw which might help. Don't remember the

name, perhaps someone else will remember.

 

I have also heard from some, that when you switch to a raw organic diet

your body starts to heal itself, and often times it seems as if you are

getting worse because you are going through a detox period.

 

A slower transition into raw might be a good choice for you. For me, I

got off white sugar and caffeine and then off white flour and then raw

fruitarian and then raw vegan with minimal side effects. Frankly the

biggest issue for me was the first couple of days being off sugar and

caffeine the first couple of days, but after that it was smooth

sailing. Again, all of our bodies are different, so your milage may

vary.

 

-Mike

 

--- hbhsmom <hbhsmom wrote:

 

> I have been adding raw foods to my diet. I recently ate them quite a

> bit for two days in a row. I am new at this as you can see. I was

> into

> the second day when I got ill. It was for a brief period of time

> appros 3 hours. I felt hot and had stomach cramps.

>

> After this I have been avoiding raw foods. My body wants all the

> whole

> foods I have been use to and no longer the raw.

>

> I want to change over, but I am not sure what has happened. All the

> great feelings with raw foods has seemed to disappear from me.

>

> Any advice?

>

> Thanks,

> Suzanne

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I completely agree with the previous post that it was probably a detox symptom.

I know it can be hard to continue on when you feel terrible, but I have found

those detox phases to be shorter and less frequent the longer I eat raw. I try

to remind myself when these symptoms are happening that its a good thing, that I

want my body to rid its self of the " bad things " that have accumulated over the

years.

 

Leah

 

hbhsmom <hbhsmom wrote:

I have been adding raw foods to my diet. I recently ate them quite a

bit for two days in a row. I am new at this as you can see. I was into

the second day when I got ill. It was for a brief period of time

appros 3 hours. I felt hot and had stomach cramps.

 

After this I have been avoiding raw foods. My body wants all the whole

foods I have been use to and no longer the raw.

 

I want to change over, but I am not sure what has happened. All the

great feelings with raw foods has seemed to disappear from me.

 

Any advice?

 

Thanks,

Suzanne

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integrity is one of several paths, it distinguishes itself from the others

because it is the right path, and the only one upon which you will never get

lost. M.H. Mckee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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