like, planters? i didn’t buy anything with chocolate in it and i checked the ingredients…if you cant eat these, where do you buy unprocessed nuts?

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I’m guessing bananas, nuts to soak them before eating, and what else

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like you wont get enough nutrients just from fruit and vegetables i heard so what else do you eat to get all the nutrients? i heart like nuts? but what kind or what is it?

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how can i start it? send me recipes, i know i cand just eat fruits and vegetables so what else do i eat to stat nutritionally balanced? i heard nuts or something? what is it?

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About three months ago, I began transitioning to the raw food diet. At first, I was strictly raw… I just kinda threw myself in there, and managed to upold it for about a month. Since then, I’ve kinda fallen off the wagon, though.

My biggest problem was being hungry all the time. At first, I was dealing just fine… It seems, though, that my body will plateau and fluctuate by 3 or 4 pounds (this is in general, not in the raw transition) and as soon as I start to dip below that, I feel insatiably hungry until I load up on food and go back up to my "regular" weight. I hit that plateau about two weeks after going raw, and managed to stay raw- although overindulging- for another few weeks before starting to re-suppliment my diet with cooked grains, ect.

I have had problems in the past with eating disorders. When I hit these plateaus and become ravenous all the time, I get very depressed. When I can keep my food intake steady, I manage ok, but when I start pigging out and eating everything in sight, I tend to "crash" and eat more because of these problems with food that I’ve had in the past.

The main reason that I started putting cooked food back into my diet was protein… I felt that a big reason that I was hungry all the time was because I was lacking it. (Has anyone heard about the Blood Type Diet? About a week ago I was doing some reading, and came across information on it… If the theories that it presents are correct, then as an O- protein should be a major part of my diet…)

Does anyone have any suggestions for moving past this initial phase of detox and getting back in the raw swing? I started taking a greens suppliment, to make sure that I was getting enough. I know that nuts have a good amount of protein, but sometimes they make me sick.

Are there any side-effects that I should expect from this detoxing phase, and anything that I can do to ease the transition?

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I heard that eating your veggies and fruits raw should diminish your chance of getting cancer.Sowe have been eating raw veggies and habe been making fruit and veggy smoothies No meat, no dairy products lots of rice and rice products and all kinds of grains nuts and tofu. Almost no fat except for olive oil no sugar,ezcept when it is in prepared foods and juices. It is a lot of fun once you get the hang of it and is easy and quick to prepare. We feel quite energetic. and my headaches are gone – zap! I also lost 4 pounds in three weeks (fast enough for me)
But we love breads of all kinds and eat it, but we wonder if it is appropriate
with the raw food diet.

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101 Reasons Why You Should Eat Raw…

1. You’ll have more energy.

2. You’ll feel alive – just like your food.

3. You’ll nourish your body with food that is designed to be eaten.

4. You’ll start to reverse the signs of ageing.

5. You’ll achieve your ideal body weight

6. You wont feel ‘fat.’

7. If you’re too thin, you’ll start to look more healthy.

8. You won’t ever have to count a calorie again in your life!

9. You’ll replace calorie counting with nutrient counting.

10. Any cellulite will start to fade, or even totally disappear.

11. You’ll start to truly love your body.

12. You may notice you look as good as you did in your teens.

13. You’ll acquire more endurance.

14. You may notice that you become more flexible.

15. Your skin will glow.

16. Skin problems will be repaired.

17. You’ll never be sick (after a detox).

18. If you are currently sick, you will recover in faster time.

19. Any disease within the body may start to repair.

20. You’ll feel light.

21. You’ll feel free.

22. You can bin any diet books you have that just make you feel fat!

23. You won’t worry about avocados and nuts having too many calories.

24. Your food will excite you with its bright colour.

25. You’ll wonder why you didn’t eat more raw food years ago.

26. You’ll beat depression naturally.

27. You’ll embark on a journey, which may thoroughly change your life.

28. You wont be able to stop yourself from gasping at what others have in their supermarket trolleys!

29. You’ll genuinely care about what you are putting into your body.

30. You’ll be more conscious of what other people are putting into their’s

31. You’ll recover more quickly after exercise.

32. You’ll enjoy sex more.

33. Your mind will be clearer

34. Your taste buds will sharpen.

35. Every time you try a new raw recipe, you’ll be in love with raw food all over again!

36. Your family and friends will see how great you look and feel.

37. You’ll become more positive.

38. As your body changes, you’ll feel more motivated to eat healthily.

39. You’ll love life even more.

40. You will become more conscious of the effects of your other actions.

41. Less sleep = more play, but what will you choose to fill this time? New hobby etc..

42. You’ll start to listen to your body more, and tune into it.

43. You’ll become more fertile (women only)

44. You’ll have less painful periods (women only)

45. Your monthly cycle may even change too, as you detox (women only)

46. You’ll be detoxing out the years of less than optimum living.

47. You’ll be less drawn to unhealthy food.

48. The ingredients within junk food will repulse you.

49. You’ll feel like you are really caring for your body (for maybe the first time ever.)

50. Your other senses will become more acute.

51. You wont ever need your oven again.

52. You can use your oven as an extra cupboard.

53. You’ll barely need your freezer.

54. You can treat yourself to a huge fridge – and even then, it probably wont be quite big enough!!

55. You can have friends over and impress them with your raw dishes.

56. You’ll surprise yourself just how simple raw cuisine can be – over and over again!

57. You’ll meet some fab ‘Life Buddies’ along the way, who share the same health interests at you.

58. You’ll look great first thing in the morning.

59. You’ll need less make-up.

60. You’ll start to really care about what you put on your skin.

61. You’ll start to really care about what you clean your house with.

62. You’ll be more aware of the environment.

63. You’ll be saving the environment.

64. You’ll have much less waste that the average household.

65. Your hair will grow not only quicker, but thicker too.

66. Your nails wont always be breaking off – they’ll be too thick and strong.

67. Your hair will shine naturally.

68. You’ll be drawn to other forms of high-energy.

69. Your brain will function better.

70. You’ll be more open to change and new ideas.

71. You won’t ever burn yourself again.

72. You’ll stand less chance of burning your house down.

73. You’ll come across food that you would have otherwise never usually of tried – like Durians.

74. Your tummy will be flatter.

75. You’ll never ruin a meal by forgetting about it in the oven!

76. Your friends and family wont actually believe you when you tell them that their meal isn’t healthy!

77. Your book collection will expand.

78. You’ll discover the super foods!

79. You can eat chocolate and lose weight.

80. You can eat chocolate, full stop!!

81. You can dust your juicer down and revive it again.

82. You can treat yourself to a new one!

83. You can leave your kitchen equipment out on the side, at least then you’ll remember it exists!

84. You can have fun and games explaining what each piece of kitchen equipment does, to your guests.

85. You’ll be an inspiration to others.

86. You may just save someone’s life.

87. You may save your own life.

88. You’ll have the energy to love and appreciate each day.

89. You’ll value the simple things in life.

90. You’ll be living by the laws of nature.

91. You’ll be more drawn to being outside, within nature.

92. You wont be fighting food cravings.

93. You’ll feel less drawn to alcohol and other toxins.

94. You wont be taking in harmful carcinogens when you eat your meal.

95. Unusual chemical changes wont be occurring within the body, every time you eat.

96. You’ll know what a dehydrator can do for your diet.

97. You’ll learn how to sprout.

98. You’ll learn what a sprout actually is – no, we’re not talking Brussels here!

99. You’ll be the last one standing after a night out!

100. You’ll live longer!

101. You’ll be grateful that Total Raw Food exists!

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My boyfriend and I were discussing the raw food diet (which he is on and I am not), he says there are so many benefits and hardly any side effects. I decided to look that up online, while I found thousands of sites saying what a wonderful diet this was, I did not find anything about side effects or people that should or should not be on it. In fact I found nothing negative at all!!! This is really hard for me to believe, so if you have been on this diet and had something negative, could you tell me your experience so I don’t feel like I’m going crazy! Nothing works 100% of the time, right?
The diet I’m talking about is only fruits, veggies, and nuts or seeds. No meat or diary and no cooking anything.

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