Giving raw food a shot

[Kulapops]

Originally Posted by lisa

Humble Janitor, I love your posts!

Some food are toxic when eaten raw: http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-...tural%20toxins
Raw food can contain salmonella occasionally.
My friend who makes a raw veggie smoothie every morning said that beets & bananas are key to good taste.

Eating raw can get pretty expensive!
There are some smoothie recipes here, but the ingredients maybe expensive:
http://gliving.com/category/greenchefs/drinks/

This book recommends the following pricey equipment:

• Excalibur Dehydrator
• Champion Juicer (Heavy Duty Industrial Model)
• Vita-Mix Blender (TurboBlend 4500)
• Sumeet Grinder

Great article on toxins... Lisa... not as scary as it might seem at first if we just accept...all things in moderation...

HJ.. I have read that people who do not eat a lot of fruit... as soon as they start, they might expect to get diaorreah... I believe this has something to do with the energy in the new good food being used to purge the system. Maybe the cramps is a similar issue. However...I'm no medic! if it doesn't settle down you should see someone who knows...

But I ate a LOT of raw salad last year... and always felt better for it. the book Never Be Sick Again is well worth a read (see his video on mediaconsciousnetwork to if you're interested )

Good luck with becoming healthier ! It can't hurt !

K

[Humble Janitor]

Originally Posted by Kulapops

Great article on toxins... Lisa... not as scary as it might seem at first if we just accept...all things in moderation...

HJ.. I have read that people who do not eat a lot of fruit... as soon as they start, they might expect to get diaorreah... I believe this has something to do with the energy in the new good food being used to purge the system. Maybe the cramps is a similar issue. However...I'm no medic! if it doesn't settle down you should see someone who knows...

But I ate a LOT of raw salad last year... and always felt better for it. the book Never Be Sick Again is well worth a read (see his video on mediaconsciousnetwork to if you're interested )

Good luck with becoming healthier ! It can't hurt !

K

Well, no diarrhea but just cramps. Not horrible and I feel ok now after I just made a berry smoothie. For now, I'll stick to fruit and veggies and add in some nuts and perhaps only a bit of dairy and grains since I need my calcium and won't give up dairy (but won't overindulge in it either).

It can only help because up to recently, I had been eating too much junk food, especially sausage & egg sandwiches as breakfast, lunch, etc.

[Kulapops]

Originally Posted by Humble Janitor

It can only help because up to recently, I had been eating too much junk food, especially sausage & egg sandwiches as breakfast, lunch, etc.

I've got a coupon for Subway for a bacon and egg sandwhich.. that's just staring at me from my kitchen counter.... !

A little junk is no bad thing I'm sure.... I've had practically no dairy for the past year... and I'm having some trouble with aching joints (could be all the time spent at PA!) so I'm not sure really what's healthy and what's not... for sure my calcium intake must have reduced...

though they say that the calcium in cow's milk needs huge quantities of potassium for us to assimilate...so the jury is out on whether you get much calcium from milk in reality.

Again.. I'm no nutritionist... definitely though, eating less junk and meat and milk makes you feel 'lighter'... more pure kind of energy i think...

[dddanieljjjamesss]

Hey there! Just wanted to say that zucchini's are really good smoothie ingredients. They blend well with sweet things like strawberries and bananas, and help you get some extra green packed in there.

Also, for protein, throw some good peanut butter into your chocolate banana shake. IT MAKES IT SO GOOD!

I lived off of veggie/fruit smoothies for an entire summer (for the most part, it would equal my breakfast and lunch because I would make a lot... then eat dinner with my family.) That's the best health I was in that I can remember.

Hard to continue, now that I live with roommates. I think the blender has collected dust

edit: Also I don't recommend freezing or refrigerating the smoothie unless you plan on finishing the rest of it in a few hours... especially when its heavy on the greens... it REALLY starts to congeal. you may have to end up choking it down. Fruit smoothies at least freezes a little better, and can be a cool treat, but honestly I think everything is best consumed fresh!