What I'm gathering from all the posts here is that it takes a higher taste to replace a lower one. You can't just create a void by denying yourself something, you have to fill it with something better. Thank you all for your advice. I know like-minded community is important to me to make the the change, and there are no raw foodies where I live, so it's nice to come on this site and get support. Take care everyone :)
Probably not too long (no more than an hour) since they are made with coconut oil.
If you want them to be more stable at room temperature, you should substitute cacao butter for the coconut oil.
Chest pain or nausea, difficult breathing, overall discomfort and a pounding heartbeat. Minor mitral valve prolapse. Did you mention this to the receptionist when you made the appointment? If so, they should be ashamed of themselves for taking your symptoms so lightly! Please consider doing one of the following:
Call your doctor and tell them your symptoms. They should get you in today. If you have a local walk in clinic visit them (and tell them what your symptoms are first off), visit your ER (I think that's the one I would pick).
Eitherway, don't wait a week to get this checked out! If you where my family member, I think I would take you off to visit the ER. Your syptoms could be a sign of something very serious. I would go today. Just in case.
Don't let them tell you that it is JUST your diet, your weight, or indigestion. They need to prove that by testing you and ruling out stuff like heart, lung, or other organ problems. If you smoke (we all know you shouldn't, but that's another story) DON'T let them tell you it's just your smoking. They need to test you FIRST.
Once the docs have ruled out heart, lungs and other stuff (by testing) THEN start focusing taking care of yourself. You deserve to be fed good food, drink fresh water, and light exercise. Your worth it.
Get checked out today, then decide how you want to transition to a healthier life style.
I should have made more of a distinction between following 80/10/10 as percentage of diet and the diet described in the 80/10/10 diet book by Dr. Graham. It is true that a person could keep their protein and fat down to 10% and be no raw. It could also be done omnivore as well as vegan. (My answer was aimed more at the 80/10/10 raw diet because I thought that was what Shnicky was asking about.)
Listing "no grains" was in reference to the the book "80/10/10 diet by Graham. It's been a while since I read the book, and do not have it with me at the time, so I was going by memory. But, I do remember the book coming out pretty strongly against grains, onion, garlic or any time of condiment. Beans too I believe. This wasn't meant to say the diet was about restrictions. It was just summarizing the book. There is an abundance of fruit out there. A lot of variety of greens as well.
Low fat, high fruit diets don't all follow the Graham style (I believe I mentioned that in my other post). Usually when someone asks about 80/10/10 I assume they meant "that" book because it has such a following.
If you are noticing less hair, I would think along powerlifer's line of thinking and look for a deficiency. Many times that's a sign of it. If you where hoping for more hair growth, I haven't personally noticed it. But, if you suddenly started getting nutrients you weren't getting before, it could happen.
Hmm I don't know here in Netherlands almost every city has a athletics club (I don't know the real English word) but they do all kind of atleticssports (long distance, road, track, jumping, competition in all those sports, whatever) and also a group that teach you how to run. That kind of thing would be perfect for you, it's a group with people who are starting to run so the distance and speed isn't very high.
Oh, wanted to add this Shnicky- many times people transitioning from cooked to raw find the gourmet or imitation recipes help them from missing foods they liked. Some people will start with them, and move away from them as they get more use to raw foods.
I don't know what to tell you...Seems lots of people eat almonds and cashews raw and don't have any problems. Perhaps the source where you're getting the info that they're "toxic" from has an alternative agenda.
or perhaps they mean that eating the shell is toxic, which is something I don't think anyone raw does.
Shnicky,
Which "style" of eating will work for you in the end is going to be something you will need to find out by trial and error. Some people enjoy the gourmet food and do well on it. Some people follow the 811and sing it's praises. Many people just come up with what works for them.
As far as the more "gourmet" style, if you do the heavy in the nut type recipes it will be more expensive. Sometimes you can substitute a cheaper nut or seed (like sunflower seeds, way cheaper than most) in a recipe. Some of the gourmet type recipes are more focused on special equipment like a food processer (for "noodles" and such). I did buy a dehydrater and food processor when I started looking into raw. Though I don't use either daily, they do come in handy from time to time and I'm glad I bought them. If I had to pick between the two, I would go with the processor (just my opinion). I use it much more often.
Some of the gourmet "soup" recipes don't focus on nuts and higher fat foods, so if you end up going more the 8/10/10 route you may still be interested in them. Gourmet style raw has it's critics because of the debate over higher fat that is in some of the recipes. Some people in the raw community restrict their fats (as in the 811 way) to very little added fats- other words just fruits, greens and very little (if any) oils or avocado or nuts. Some people find they do better with more fat in their diet. Some people eat whatever amount they want of fat as long as it is raw.
You will find strong advocates on both sides of the fat issue:-)
80/10/10 (or 811) is advocated by Dr. Douglas Graham in his 80/10/10 diet book, though I believe there are other books by others promoting the same type of diet? Anyways, here is Dr. Graham's site if you are curious: http://foodnsport.com/
In his book he pretty much advises these things: Eat lots of fruit, pretty much more fruit then you think you can. Most of your calories come from the fruit. Also, have a BIG salad of tender greens- stuff like romaine, red leaf, that type. The salad should pretty much fit in a regular serving bowl (not the little salad bowls most people use). Most people eat breakfast and lunch of fruit, and then the salad for dinner. But, you don't have to, you could mix it up.
Salad dressings are fruit based- not oil! Lemon juice or other pureed fruit. No (or very litttle) nuts, seeds. If it's a high fat food (like avocado) usually avoid it. No salt, vinegar or spices. No condiments- if you wouldn't eat it as a meal, don't eat it.
No grains. Dr. Graham is very against grains. No dairy or meat of course. If I remember correctly, his diet doesn't use rougher veggies such as broccoli, cauliflower. Oh, no onions or garlic either.
He does advocate lots of fresh air and exercise.
Not everyone that follows a high fruit, low fat diet follows all of Dr. Graham's ideas. But, in the raw community (at least among high fruit people) you will often see him referenced quite a bit.
"I wonder if it is better to just eat "normal" raw fruits, veggies, etc. in their natural whole state and not try to make what seem like artificial concoctions that try to imitate animal products or cooked foods." Many people would probably say yes. Remember, just because you have some "imitation" raw food, or gourmet food, doesn't mean that that's all you have to (or should) eat. There's nothing stopping you from having 6 bananas for breakfast, then turning around and having a type of raw "pasta" paired with a big leafy green salad. You could also choose to try a gourmet meal one day, then more 18/10/10 the rest of the week. Or, you can pick one way of doing raw and stick only with that way.
Some people are high raw, and other will not us olive oil that isn't raw.
"Do things really need to be this complicated?" No, just go with what works for your health, and your life style. and where you live even.
Since a lot of your questions have already been addressed, I will just try to answer your question relating to vitamin A. Vitamin A converted from carrots has not been shown to be toxic since beta-carotine is stored in your fat cells until needed and then converted to vitamin A as your body needs it(have you noticed your skin getting darker or more orange in tint?). I think what you read was referring to vitamin A supplements and not any of the carotonid sources which are precursors to Vitamin A.
Sydney,
I have also been doing some yoga and I would not say that it is light exercise. I consider myself to be in good shape and yoga gives me a pretty good workout. I guess it also depends on who is leading your classes and what they are having you do. There are probably diffrent levels of yoga.
It looks like you are quite a bit younger than me and unless you have some physical limitations, maybe you could add to your exercise routine. I know that not everyone enjoys exercise and I'm not sure how you feel about it. You may just want to make sure that your caloric intake does not exceed your output if you are concerned about gaining fat.
Well, thats awfully nice of you to make sure your boyfriend gets enough juice, too bad he does not have the same concern for you. My initial suggestion is to find a new boyfriend.
Outside of that, my wife and I jucie every day and we buy a 25lb bag of organic carrots from Publix for $15 and organic apples from either Publix or Whole Foods for around $2/pound. We then add organic celery , beets, ginger or whatever is fresh, resonable and will work in our centerfugal juicer(unfortunately we don't have a masticating one yet). This ends up being relatively inexpensive.
I would definitely recommend incorporating strength training into your routines. There are so many different options: bodyweight, free weights, machines, kettlebells, etc. Regardless of what equipment (or not) you use, it's important that you challenge yourself. Doing 100s of squats with 3lb weights isn't going to get you anywhere. Start slow and be safe, but always challenge the muscles and try to work to at least 1 rep before failure.
I don't really have a recipe for ice cream (I don't have a maker and it never turns out how I expect), but if anyone is ever in Austin Texas .... go on down to beet's living foods cafe (they have a website with a full menu if you'd like to look at it and get some ideas for new recipes/creations :D). They have snickerdoodle ice cream! WOW ... amazing!
If I am ever craving ice cream I usually make a really think choc shake and top with nibs. I like to make it really icy and frothy!
I'm with Cherie--the other suggestions are great, but it sounds like you have a lousy deal with your bf in this regard.
Also, some juicers are much better than others at extracting juice; maybe you could upgrade? And (if you're not doing so already) adding some citrus or apples to vegetable juice can add lots of volume without too much extra money.
I just joined this morning, and so far I'm really impressed by all of the helpful and intelligent discussions. I've just become serious about going raw, having been primarily vegetarian and vegan for almost 10 years and dabbling in raw food for about 8 months. This weekend I'm doing a 3-day fruit cleanse for the first time and I hope this will really jump start my raw food journey. I, too, am struggling with "gourmet" raw recipes. They look tasty, but seem to really take a lot of time for dehydration, or have tons of ingredients that are sometimes quite expensive. I sometimes hesitate making these recipes, as I've tried some, only to be disappointed with them either due to the taste or because my bank account is drained from buying 8,000 kinds of seeds! I wonder if it is better to just eat "normal" raw fruits, veggies, etc. in their natural whole state and not try to make what seem like artificial concoctions that try to imitate animal products or cooked foods. Have others had this issue? Do things really need to be this complicated? What is 811? I would really appreciate any insights. I live in North Texas, so there is not a huge raw food community or even vegetarian community here...I know, of all the places to try to be raw! I still get funny looks if I order a cheese sandwich :-) Thanks, everyone!
that's pretty sweet. I can't even get them to give me a vegan meal. And vegan and gluten-free? forget it!
Last time I flew, it was a ham and cheese sandwich. There was actually no part of it that I could eat. At all.
sharing raw, vegan recipes and advice
For some reason I am unable to download the ebook... ;(
Can someone help?
Thank you
What I'm gathering from all the posts here is that it takes a higher taste to replace a lower one. You can't just create a void by denying yourself something, you have to fill it with something better. Thank you all for your advice. I know like-minded community is important to me to make the the change, and there are no raw foodies where I live, so it's nice to come on this site and get support. Take care everyone :)
Probably not too long (no more than an hour) since they are made with coconut oil.
If you want them to be more stable at room temperature, you should substitute cacao butter for the coconut oil.
Hi rawspice, do you currently take any hormonal contraceptives or have a hormonal coil fitted?
Raw Spice,
Chest pain or nausea, difficult breathing, overall discomfort and a pounding heartbeat. Minor mitral valve prolapse. Did you mention this to the receptionist when you made the appointment? If so, they should be ashamed of themselves for taking your symptoms so lightly! Please consider doing one of the following:
Call your doctor and tell them your symptoms. They should get you in today. If you have a local walk in clinic visit them (and tell them what your symptoms are first off), visit your ER (I think that's the one I would pick).
Eitherway, don't wait a week to get this checked out! If you where my family member, I think I would take you off to visit the ER. Your syptoms could be a sign of something very serious. I would go today. Just in case.
Don't let them tell you that it is JUST your diet, your weight, or indigestion. They need to prove that by testing you and ruling out stuff like heart, lung, or other organ problems. If you smoke (we all know you shouldn't, but that's another story) DON'T let them tell you it's just your smoking. They need to test you FIRST.
Once the docs have ruled out heart, lungs and other stuff (by testing) THEN start focusing taking care of yourself. You deserve to be fed good food, drink fresh water, and light exercise. Your worth it.
Get checked out today, then decide how you want to transition to a healthier life style.
Don't wait and see.
I should have made more of a distinction between following 80/10/10 as percentage of diet and the diet described in the 80/10/10 diet book by Dr. Graham. It is true that a person could keep their protein and fat down to 10% and be no raw. It could also be done omnivore as well as vegan. (My answer was aimed more at the 80/10/10 raw diet because I thought that was what Shnicky was asking about.)
Listing "no grains" was in reference to the the book "80/10/10 diet by Graham. It's been a while since I read the book, and do not have it with me at the time, so I was going by memory. But, I do remember the book coming out pretty strongly against grains, onion, garlic or any time of condiment. Beans too I believe. This wasn't meant to say the diet was about restrictions. It was just summarizing the book. There is an abundance of fruit out there. A lot of variety of greens as well.
Low fat, high fruit diets don't all follow the Graham style (I believe I mentioned that in my other post). Usually when someone asks about 80/10/10 I assume they meant "that" book because it has such a following.
I believe you have been correctly informed and that most nuts are not raw.
Actually, 80/10/10 isn't about restriction, number one.
And number two, it's not necessarily a raw plan, so if you're doing non-all-raw 80/10/10, steamed veggies and grains are eaten.
Paris is Raw,
If you are noticing less hair, I would think along powerlifer's line of thinking and look for a deficiency. Many times that's a sign of it. If you where hoping for more hair growth, I haven't personally noticed it. But, if you suddenly started getting nutrients you weren't getting before, it could happen.
Hmm I don't know here in Netherlands almost every city has a athletics club (I don't know the real English word) but they do all kind of atleticssports (long distance, road, track, jumping, competition in all those sports, whatever) and also a group that teach you how to run. That kind of thing would be perfect for you, it's a group with people who are starting to run so the distance and speed isn't very high.
Oh, wanted to add this Shnicky- many times people transitioning from cooked to raw find the gourmet or imitation recipes help them from missing foods they liked. Some people will start with them, and move away from them as they get more use to raw foods.
I don't know what to tell you...Seems lots of people eat almonds and cashews raw and don't have any problems. Perhaps the source where you're getting the info that they're "toxic" from has an alternative agenda.
or perhaps they mean that eating the shell is toxic, which is something I don't think anyone raw does.
check here: http://www.living-foods.com/articles/rawcashew.html
Shnicky,
Which "style" of eating will work for you in the end is going to be something you will need to find out by trial and error. Some people enjoy the gourmet food and do well on it. Some people follow the 811and sing it's praises. Many people just come up with what works for them.
As far as the more "gourmet" style, if you do the heavy in the nut type recipes it will be more expensive. Sometimes you can substitute a cheaper nut or seed (like sunflower seeds, way cheaper than most) in a recipe. Some of the gourmet type recipes are more focused on special equipment like a food processer (for "noodles" and such). I did buy a dehydrater and food processor when I started looking into raw. Though I don't use either daily, they do come in handy from time to time and I'm glad I bought them. If I had to pick between the two, I would go with the processor (just my opinion). I use it much more often.
Some of the gourmet "soup" recipes don't focus on nuts and higher fat foods, so if you end up going more the 8/10/10 route you may still be interested in them. Gourmet style raw has it's critics because of the debate over higher fat that is in some of the recipes. Some people in the raw community restrict their fats (as in the 811 way) to very little added fats- other words just fruits, greens and very little (if any) oils or avocado or nuts. Some people find they do better with more fat in their diet. Some people eat whatever amount they want of fat as long as it is raw.
You will find strong advocates on both sides of the fat issue:-)
80/10/10 (or 811) is advocated by Dr. Douglas Graham in his 80/10/10 diet book, though I believe there are other books by others promoting the same type of diet? Anyways, here is Dr. Graham's site if you are curious: http://foodnsport.com/
In his book he pretty much advises these things: Eat lots of fruit, pretty much more fruit then you think you can. Most of your calories come from the fruit. Also, have a BIG salad of tender greens- stuff like romaine, red leaf, that type. The salad should pretty much fit in a regular serving bowl (not the little salad bowls most people use). Most people eat breakfast and lunch of fruit, and then the salad for dinner. But, you don't have to, you could mix it up.
Salad dressings are fruit based- not oil! Lemon juice or other pureed fruit. No (or very litttle) nuts, seeds. If it's a high fat food (like avocado) usually avoid it. No salt, vinegar or spices. No condiments- if you wouldn't eat it as a meal, don't eat it.
No grains. Dr. Graham is very against grains. No dairy or meat of course. If I remember correctly, his diet doesn't use rougher veggies such as broccoli, cauliflower. Oh, no onions or garlic either.
He does advocate lots of fresh air and exercise.
Not everyone that follows a high fruit, low fat diet follows all of Dr. Graham's ideas. But, in the raw community (at least among high fruit people) you will often see him referenced quite a bit.
"I wonder if it is better to just eat "normal" raw fruits, veggies, etc. in their natural whole state and not try to make what seem like artificial concoctions that try to imitate animal products or cooked foods." Many people would probably say yes. Remember, just because you have some "imitation" raw food, or gourmet food, doesn't mean that that's all you have to (or should) eat. There's nothing stopping you from having 6 bananas for breakfast, then turning around and having a type of raw "pasta" paired with a big leafy green salad. You could also choose to try a gourmet meal one day, then more 18/10/10 the rest of the week. Or, you can pick one way of doing raw and stick only with that way.
Some people are high raw, and other will not us olive oil that isn't raw.
"Do things really need to be this complicated?" No, just go with what works for your health, and your life style. and where you live even.
Good luck.
Since a lot of your questions have already been addressed, I will just try to answer your question relating to vitamin A. Vitamin A converted from carrots has not been shown to be toxic since beta-carotine is stored in your fat cells until needed and then converted to vitamin A as your body needs it(have you noticed your skin getting darker or more orange in tint?). I think what you read was referring to vitamin A supplements and not any of the carotonid sources which are precursors to Vitamin A.
Best of health to you.
hey paris
not really infact i noticed it getting worse until i added seaweeds back in. Guess i was becoming very low on iodine.
http://www.juicingforum.co.uk
Sydney,
I have also been doing some yoga and I would not say that it is light exercise. I consider myself to be in good shape and yoga gives me a pretty good workout. I guess it also depends on who is leading your classes and what they are having you do. There are probably diffrent levels of yoga.
It looks like you are quite a bit younger than me and unless you have some physical limitations, maybe you could add to your exercise routine. I know that not everyone enjoys exercise and I'm not sure how you feel about it. You may just want to make sure that your caloric intake does not exceed your output if you are concerned about gaining fat.
Best of health to you.
i need to try that nutella ice cream
Where are you from? In Canada we have "The Running Room". It's a store for runners, but they also offer running clinics.
how would i go about finding a running group in my area?
Well, thats awfully nice of you to make sure your boyfriend gets enough juice, too bad he does not have the same concern for you. My initial suggestion is to find a new boyfriend.
Outside of that, my wife and I jucie every day and we buy a 25lb bag of organic carrots from Publix for $15 and organic apples from either Publix or Whole Foods for around $2/pound. We then add organic celery , beets, ginger or whatever is fresh, resonable and will work in our centerfugal juicer(unfortunately we don't have a masticating one yet). This ends up being relatively inexpensive.
Good luck and best of health to you.
I would definitely recommend incorporating strength training into your routines. There are so many different options: bodyweight, free weights, machines, kettlebells, etc. Regardless of what equipment (or not) you use, it's important that you challenge yourself. Doing 100s of squats with 3lb weights isn't going to get you anywhere. Start slow and be safe, but always challenge the muscles and try to work to at least 1 rep before failure.
HTH,
Swayze
www.fitonraw.com/blog
I don't really have a recipe for ice cream (I don't have a maker and it never turns out how I expect), but if anyone is ever in Austin Texas .... go on down to beet's living foods cafe (they have a website with a full menu if you'd like to look at it and get some ideas for new recipes/creations :D). They have snickerdoodle ice cream! WOW ... amazing!
If I am ever craving ice cream I usually make a really think choc shake and top with nibs. I like to make it really icy and frothy!
www.myreallyrawlife.blogspot.com
-ketrin
I'm with Cherie--the other suggestions are great, but it sounds like you have a lousy deal with your bf in this regard.
Also, some juicers are much better than others at extracting juice; maybe you could upgrade? And (if you're not doing so already) adding some citrus or apples to vegetable juice can add lots of volume without too much extra money.
I just joined this morning, and so far I'm really impressed by all of the helpful and intelligent discussions. I've just become serious about going raw, having been primarily vegetarian and vegan for almost 10 years and dabbling in raw food for about 8 months. This weekend I'm doing a 3-day fruit cleanse for the first time and I hope this will really jump start my raw food journey. I, too, am struggling with "gourmet" raw recipes. They look tasty, but seem to really take a lot of time for dehydration, or have tons of ingredients that are sometimes quite expensive. I sometimes hesitate making these recipes, as I've tried some, only to be disappointed with them either due to the taste or because my bank account is drained from buying 8,000 kinds of seeds! I wonder if it is better to just eat "normal" raw fruits, veggies, etc. in their natural whole state and not try to make what seem like artificial concoctions that try to imitate animal products or cooked foods. Have others had this issue? Do things really need to be this complicated? What is 811? I would really appreciate any insights. I live in North Texas, so there is not a huge raw food community or even vegetarian community here...I know, of all the places to try to be raw! I still get funny looks if I order a cheese sandwich :-) Thanks, everyone!
that's pretty sweet. I can't even get them to give me a vegan meal. And vegan and gluten-free? forget it!
Last time I flew, it was a ham and cheese sandwich. There was actually no part of it that I could eat. At all.