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valgal123
Raw Newbie
I'm 19 years old, 5', 85 lb. female, no period. In march I went to the doctor, had a blood test, everything is good. This year I was working with a natropath, took a load of supplements and now thats done. This month I've gained 3 pounds by eating lots of cheese and pb (before going raw, yeah, I'm REALLY new) and when I ate this way I had a healthy appitite. Now, I've been 95% raw for 3 days and I'm never hungry! This is so funny because the one thing that was holding me back from being raw was because I thought "oh man, I will be starving all the time!" HA! I will have a small salad and a few dates and won't be hungry for 6 hours! Is this because the food I'm eating is more nutrient dense? I'm making myself eat when not hungry because I know its good for me and I can't stand to lose more weight. Help! What am I doing wrong!? By the way I just recently started consuming raw jersey cow milk from a local farmer to help gain weight. Here is what I usually eat in a day: banana, some frozen fruit, greens (kale, chard, spinach) smoothie, raw nut granola with dairy milk, lunch is a salad of different veggies like lettuce, spinach, beet, carrot, and avocodo with olive oil and vinegar, a few nuts and dates and fresh fruit, snack is a piece of fresh fruit, dinner is another salad, raw milk, and maybe a raw dessert. another snack more fresh fruit, another snack (leftover from non raw days) roasted peanut butter. There thats it, and keep in mind I don't eat much, these are small servings, but if i were to add everything up it would be about 10-12 servings of fruit and veg. Ok what do you have to say? By the way I know that a lot of raw foodists eat very simply and can live on very little, but I didn't think that would happen right away! I actually want my appetite back, its appealing, help me gain weight to. Thanks!
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Take a zinc supplement or juice fruits and vegetables that contain zinc and see if that helps. Also do a search what foods help in the absorption of zinc and try to eat/drink some of them. Sometimes if your body doesn't have enough zinc it causes your appetite to go way down (speaking from experience). If I come across any other possible reason I'll be sure to post it. Good luck!
I appreciate your comment, thank you. I was deficient in zinc, but worked on that with my natropath and I'm now fine.
try some green fruit juices. Theyll be high in calories and nutrients, without the fiber to fill you up. Dates, nuts and bananas are all high calorie, so maybe try sprinkling some nuts on your salad to add calories that way too.
I am the same way, I never really get hingry and often i have to force myself to eat. Which is hard because sometimes i make myself feel a little sick. :( However i love juicing its a great way to get vitamans I juice about 3 times a day.
I'm not deficient in any vitamins thats for sure. I make a lot of smoothies also which is the same thing just with pulp. I am trying to eat sparing amounts of all different fat sources, nuts, dairy, avocodo, olives, coconut and other oils.
I never get hungry too. I think ive found that doing lots of dandilion in my salads has been helping gain more of an appetite. (nothing profound though). Im actually tempted to just fast for quite a while.
A liver flush might help.Lack of appetite can often be stones and chaff blocking the ducts and the gall bladder/liver. Ones appetite can return within a day or two after.