Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Hi, I'm in the Raw Foodie group, I guess, but I'm pretty new to the concept. I switched a couple of months ago to around 75% raw (or more), because it makes me feel better. I've been doing a lot of green smoothies with chia seeds. Have to say, though, that I'm not wild about the taste of sprouts in smoothies, although I love them in salads and in wraps. Raw food is fun for me, though. I love having a new way to " cook " and a new way to think about food. I'm not always a RAW foodie, but I am ALWAYS a foodie! Cyn sueko95965 wrote: > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 On 10/9/08, sueko95965 <sueko222@...> wrote: > > Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? I'm in transition. I've had strings of all-raw days but still only have a limited repertoire of foods I know how to make and know I will enjoy (and am really needing to expand my kitchen tools.) I also still have a pantry full of whole vegan foods like dried beans that I fall back on when I run out of raw food to eat. I think my body has decided it likes the raw food better as I'm currently spending a couple of uncomfortable days on cooked food that used to give me a " glow " but now just gives me digestive distress. I'm waiting for Friday when my husband will be able to take us to the grocery again (he's disabled, the grocery is five miles away, I don't drive.) Then I can stock up again on all the lovely greens, vegetables,and fruit that are becoming my new diet staples. (Light on the fruit, though, because I'm recovering from diabetes and Dr. Cousens recommends few fruits (and mostly lower glycemic fruits), no oil, and light on the avocados, seeds and nuts (about 20% fat in the diet) for those of us in the process of conquering diabetes.) I really love the way I feel and function when I'm fully raw, but I'm having a hard time shifting to an attitude of abundance. With my husband's disability, it's hit-or-miss when I get to buy more food and raw produce doesn't stay good as long as the dried beans and grains that have been the staple of my diet until now. I think I will continue to have difficulties transitioning until I am able to shift away from a position of fear of and even some anticipation of lack. Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Me!! :~) Thia On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:24 PM, sueko95965 <sueko222@...> wrote: > I was just curious, how many of us are raw foodies? ... let's just say > for the sake of argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more > raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > > > -- º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes http://easyraw.blogspot.com/ º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Carol Alt has a couple of books about eating raw. I checked them out at the local library. ew Re: Raw Foodies? Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:28:39 -0500 Hi, I'm in the Raw Foodie group, I guess, but I'm pretty new to the concept. I switched a couple of months ago to around 75% raw (or more), because it makes me feel better. I've been doing a lot of green smoothies with chia seeds. Have to say, though, that I'm not wild about the taste of sprouts in smoothies, although I love them in salads and in wraps. Raw food is fun for me, though. I love having a new way to " cook " and a new way to think about food. I'm not always a RAW foodie, but I am ALWAYS a foodie! Cyn sueko95965 wrote: > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > > Sunshine makes the flowers dance. Anon. -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I've started eating mostly raw foods about 1 year ago. I feel a lot better, but I have gotten so thin. Raw foods don't put much weight on a person, and they take forever to eat. I've got food going into my mouth most of the day. Lots of salads. Anyone know of more fattening foods other than coconut, nuts, oils, and avocado. I sprout my beans and grains. Don't know how many carbs are in these sprouts, but I'm feeling I may be short on carbs. Any other raw foods people have trouble keeping weight on? Barb > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I've started eating mostly raw foods about 1 year ago. I feel a lot better, but I have gotten so thin. Raw foods don't put much weight on a person, and they take forever to eat. I've got food going into my mouth most of the day. Lots of salads. Anyone know of more fattening foods other than coconut, nuts, oils, and avocado. I sprout my beans and grains. Don't know how many carbs are in these sprouts, but I'm feeling I may be short on carbs. Any other raw foods people have trouble keeping weight on? Barb > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 You *do* need to make sure you are eating enough! You can use this site to check on that http://www.fitday.com You can see all sorts of things about what you eat, from this site. The free version is adequate. I use it every now and then, just to see how I am keeping up. After a few days of charting what you eat there, you can get a good enough idea, and then go on your own. But it really is an eye opener, I found I was eating way too much fat! And waay too low on total calories. And I thought I was doing well. Makes me wonder what the fat in a typical SAD (standard american diet) would be on those charts. Thia On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:17 PM, bhans2 <bhans2@...> wrote: > I've started eating mostly raw foods about 1 year ago. I feel a lot > better, but I have gotten so thin. Raw foods don't put much weight on > a person, and they take forever to eat. I've got food going into my > mouth most of the day. Lots of salads. Anyone know of more fattening > foods other than coconut, nuts, oils, and avocado. I sprout my beans > and grains. Don't know how many carbs are in these sprouts, but I'm > feeling I may be short on carbs. Any other raw foods people have > trouble keeping weight on? > > Barb > > - > -- º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes http://easyraw.blogspot.com/ º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 If I've heard correctly, Carol Alt advocates eating raw meat and eggs. Most raw foodies are vegan. I would not recommend following Carol Alt's version of eating raw. Thia On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ernest Willingham <99tomatoes@...>wrote: Carol Alt has a couple of books about eating raw. I checked them out at the local library. ew -- º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes http://easyraw.blogspot.com/ º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 On 10/9/08, Thia .... <bipolyf@...> wrote: > > If I've heard correctly, Carol Alt advocates eating raw meat and eggs. Most > raw foodies are vegan. Yeah, I don't know about the eggs, but I read an interview with Alt and she said she eats sushi (raw fish). Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I believe at least one of her books advocates eating raw beef. As for sushi, contrary to popular belief, it does not mean raw fish. Much of it does contain raw fish. But much does not. " sushi " means " rolled in rice " . " Shashimi " means " raw fish " . I am a bit of a sushi connoisseur myself; I belong to a local sushi group on meetup. I don't eat the raw fish. Thia On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:27 AM, Sparrow R <sparrowrose@...>wrote: > Yeah, I don't know about the eggs, but I read an interview with Alt and > she said she eats sushi (raw fish). > > Sparrow > -- º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes http://easyraw.blogspot.com/ º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 On 10/9/08, Thia .... <bipolyf@...> wrote: > > I believe at least one of her books advocates eating raw beef. > > As for sushi, contrary to popular belief, it does not mean raw fish. Much > of it does contain raw fish. But much does not. " sushi " means " rolled in > rice " . " Shashimi " means " raw fish " . I am a bit of a sushi connoisseur > myself; I belong to a local sushi group on meetup. I don't eat the raw > fish. I did know that about sushi vs. sashimi. Alt specifically used the term " sushi " in the interview and said other things in context that made it clear she was talking about sashimi sushi. I love the organic brown rice vegan sushi at the local Fred Meyer (chain store sort of like WalMart) and always pick some up when their sushi guy is on duty. It's not raw but it is pretty tasty stuff for the wilds of Southern Idaho. I kind of gave up on being a connoisseur of much of anything when I moved away from Chicago. Out here, they think fry sauce is gourmet. Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Sparrow R <sparrowrose@...>wrote: > Out here, they think fry sauce is gourmet. > > <-unsubscribe ?subject=> > ROFLMAO!! :~) Thia -- º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes http://easyraw.blogspot.com/ º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > Hi! We are a family with 4 children (7, 5, 3 and 10 months old). We are eating about 90-95% vegan raw. We had periods of 2 weeks to 3 months wher we did 100% raw. The energy you have is amazing and the only times the children are very rearely sick (those are the time when we eat something we usualyy don't)! With raw food you really feel your body clean and nourished. We started about 3 years ago and never regretted it. The only reson for us to eat some cooked food (usually vegetables or sometime pasta or rice) is a matter of organization. We all think it's great and the kids really enjoy it! Even our Great Dane is doing great on a vegan 70-80% raw food diet! Go and check Alissa Cohen, Wolfe and Sherie Soria. They are the best for us! Their books explain why raw and have some amazing recepies. The Butenco family has an interesting story too. Have a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I'm interested in raw food on-the-go. Any suggestions? And is there such a thing as raw as fast food - especially southern California? From: fabrysilvia <fabrysilvia@...> Subject: Re: Raw Foodies? Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 6:26 AM > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > Hi! We are a family with 4 children (7, 5, 3 and 10 months old). We are eating about 90-95% vegan raw. We had periods of 2 weeks to 3 months wher we did 100% raw. The energy you have is amazing and the only times the children are very rearely sick (those are the time when we eat something we usualyy don't)! With raw food you really feel your body clean and nourished. We started about 3 years ago and never regretted it. The only reson for us to eat some cooked food (usually vegetables or sometime pasta or rice) is a matter of organization. We all think it's great and the kids really enjoy it! Even our Great Dane is doing great on a vegan 70-80% raw food diet! Go and check Alissa Cohen, Wolfe and Sherie Soria. They are the best for us! Their books explain why raw and have some amazing recepies. The Butenco family has an interesting story too. Have a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Altho some of you have panned Carol Alt's books, she does have some good recipes for food on the go. PS, just because she eats meat, doesn't make her a monster. She doesn't claim to be vegan. Just healthy. Check her books out a the local library. ew Re: Raw Foodies? Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 6:26 AM > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > Hi! We are a family with 4 children (7, 5, 3 and 10 months old). We are eating about 90-95% vegan raw. We had periods of 2 weeks to 3 months wher we did 100% raw. The energy you have is amazing and the only times the children are very rearely sick (those are the time when we eat something we usualyy don't)! With raw food you really feel your body clean and nourished. We started about 3 years ago and never regretted it. The only reson for us to eat some cooked food (usually vegetables or sometime pasta or rice) is a matter of organization. We all think it's great and the kids really enjoy it! Even our Great Dane is doing great on a vegan 70-80% raw food diet! Go and check Alissa Cohen, Wolfe and Sherie Soria. They are the best for us! Their books explain why raw and have some amazing recepies. The Butenco family has an interesting story too. Have a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I started eating a predominantly raw diet in Jan 2008. I transitioned pretty quickly, cutting out all meat and processed foods (except for quinoa/corn pasta)immediately and then gradually eliminating raw cheese, cooked salmon and then sashimi to the point where the only animal products I consume now are local honey and bee pollen. I sort of followed the transition path laid out in Natalia Rose's Raw Food Detox Diet book. I have found that once I established a sprouting routine, my raw life got so much easier. I use leafy sprouts in my green juices and I love lentils and leafy sprouts in my salads and wraps. I want to start growing sunflower sprouts, but I need to figure out some logistics in my home to be able to do that. I'm wondering whether I'll be able to grow them outside once the weather cools off a bit (I'm in South Florida). I have learned so much from this group and I'm so grateful to be benefiting from everyone's knowledge. I'm mostly a lurker - I'm wondering how many other raw sprouting lurkers will speak up... anyone? -- Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Barbara Reilley <creativeplane1@...>wrote: > I'm interested in raw food on-the-go. Any suggestions? > For me, that would be a banana, a pear, an apple, a handful of nuts. I don't like to make things difficult. :~) Thia -- º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes http://easyraw.blogspot.com/ º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Contact your local Master Gardeners group. There are people there that now your neighborhood and can tell you what you can grow in the cool weather and how to grow it. ew Re: Raw Foodies? Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:22:49 -0000 I started eating a predominantly raw diet in Jan 2008. I transitioned pretty quickly, cutting out all meat and processed foods (except for quinoa/corn pasta)immediately and then gradually eliminating raw cheese, cooked salmon and then sashimi to the point where the only animal products I consume now are local honey and bee pollen. I sort of followed the transition path laid out in Natalia Rose's Raw Food Detox Diet book. I have found that once I established a sprouting routine, my raw life got so much easier. I use leafy sprouts in my green juices and I love lentils and leafy sprouts in my salads and wraps. I want to start growing sunflower sprouts, but I need to figure out some logistics in my home to be able to do that. I'm wondering whether I'll be able to grow them outside once the weather cools off a bit (I'm in South Florida). I have learned so much from this group and I'm so grateful to be benefiting from everyone's knowledge. I'm mostly a lurker - I'm wondering how many other raw sprouting lurkers will speak up... anyone? -- Dana Sunshine makes the flowers dance. Anon. -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Hi, Ernest: Thank you for more of your always helpful and kind information. I'll take a look at the local library. Stay wry - it becomes you! Kind regards, Barbara From: fabrysilvia <fabrysilvia> Subject: Re: Raw Foodies? Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 6:26 AM > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > Hi! We are a family with 4 children (7, 5, 3 and 10 months old). We are eating about 90-95% vegan raw. We had periods of 2 weeks to 3 months wher we did 100% raw. The energy you have is amazing and the only times the children are very rearely sick (those are the time when we eat something we usualyy don't)! With raw food you really feel your body clean and nourished. We started about 3 years ago and never regretted it. The only reson for us to eat some cooked food (usually vegetables or sometime pasta or rice) is a matter of organization. We all think it's great and the kids really enjoy it! Even our Great Dane is doing great on a vegan 70-80% raw food diet! Go and check Alissa Cohen, Wolfe and Sherie Soria. They are the best for us! Their books explain why raw and have some amazing recepies. The Butenco family has an interesting story too. Have a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 That's is what all the girls say! ew Re: Raw Foodies? Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 6:26 AM > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw food, > how many of us are there on this group? > Hi! We are a family with 4 children (7, 5, 3 and 10 months old). We are eating about 90-95% vegan raw. We had periods of 2 weeks to 3 months wher we did 100% raw. The energy you have is amazing and the only times the children are very rearely sick (those are the time when we eat something we usualyy don't)! With raw food you really feel your body clean and nourished. We started about 3 years ago and never regretted it. The only reson for us to eat some cooked food (usually vegetables or sometime pasta or rice) is a matter of organization. We all think it's great and the kids really enjoy it! Even our Great Dane is doing great on a vegan 70-80% raw food diet! Go and check Alissa Cohen, Wolfe and Sherie Soria. They are the best for us! Their books explain why raw and have some amazing recepies. The Butenco family has an interesting story too. Have a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 What is the difference between a pigeon and a stockbroker? A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Ferrari. -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Sparrow -- I wanted to tell you that you need never run out of raw food again......you know how to sprout! Take those whole vegan dried beans and grains and sprout them! I have days in a row where I eat nothing but the sprouts I have grown myself. It is so economical to feed yourself this way. Also, if you go to rawfamily.com, Boutenko has just posted a list of what she bought to get her family through the winter (in other words, you're not dependent on getting to the market for the fresh produce) which included quite a few different seeds, nuts and grains for sprouting. I, too, am recovering from diabetes, have been 100% raw for about a year and a half and have been using Dr. Cousens' books as a guideline. I am beginning to add in some fruits again, mostly in the form of green smoothies and sometimes a little fruit with my sprouted buckwheat granola (I make my own) and almond mylk. I also use flax or hemp oil on my salads, almost never use olive oil since I learned what harm it can do to arteries especially in diabetics. When I first started his program, the results were so incredible that I went through my cupboards and whatever I couldn't continue to use in some way on a raw diet, I boxed up and gave away to friends that really needed some food. I invested about $150 in Sproutpeople.com and now, over a year later, I still have plenty of fresh sprouted veggies daily. I especially love the crunch of lentil sprouts. Last week I made Southwestern sprouted black bean burgers and they were so delicious that I'm starting another batch of black bean sprouts today. So there are many ways to make it work without having to wait for that ride to the market! > > > > Anyway, with > > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just curious, > > how many of us are raw foodies? > > I'm in transition. I've had strings of all-raw days but still only > have a limited repertoire of foods I know how to make and know I will > enjoy (and am really needing to expand my kitchen tools.) I also still > have a pantry full of whole vegan foods like dried beans that I fall > back on when I run out of raw food to eat. > > I think my body has decided it likes the raw food better as I'm > currently spending a couple of uncomfortable days on cooked food that > used to give me a " glow " but now just gives me digestive distress. I'm > waiting for Friday when my husband will be able to take us to the > grocery again (he's disabled, the grocery is five miles away, I don't > drive.) Then I can stock up again on all the lovely greens, > vegetables,and fruit that are becoming my new diet staples. (Light on > the fruit, though, because I'm recovering from diabetes and Dr. > Cousens recommends few fruits (and mostly lower glycemic fruits), no > oil, and light on the avocados, seeds and nuts (about 20% fat in the > diet) for those of us in the process of conquering diabetes.) > > I really love the way I feel and function when I'm fully raw, but I'm > having a hard time shifting to an attitude of abundance. With my > husband's disability, it's hit-or-miss when I get to buy more food and > raw produce doesn't stay good as long as the dried beans and grains > that have been the staple of my diet until now. I think I will > continue to have difficulties transitioning until I am able to shift > away from a position of fear of and even some anticipation of lack. > > Sparrow > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Barb -- Are you eating lots of sprouted grains? I understand these help put and keep the weight on in addition to the nuts, seeds, avocados, oils and so forth. Also, if you haven't tried this already, try adding some hemp protein into a smoothie for a snack once or twice a day. HTH. > > > > I LOVE this group! I get a lot of email and often skip over it, but > > this group always has something interesting going on. Anyway, with > > sprouts being such an important part of our diet, I was just > curious, > > how many of us are raw foodies? People have identified themselves as > > high raw, pure, 80% and all that, let's just say for the sake of > > argument, if your diet consists of approximately 75% or more raw > food, > > how many of us are there on this group? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 On 10/10/08, sueko95965 <sueko222@...> wrote: > > Sparrow -- I wanted to tell you that you need never run out of raw food > again......you know how to sprout! Take those whole vegan dried beans > and grains and sprout them! I have done that with my lentils and garbanzos, but isn't it very dangerous to eat pinto beans and kidney beans that way??? > Also, if you go to rawfamily.com, Boutenko has just > posted a list of what she bought to get her family through the winter > (in other words, you're not dependent on getting to the market for the > fresh produce) which included quite a few different seeds, nuts and > grains for sprouting. Thank you, that should be very helpful (except for the nuts which I'm not supposed to eat in as large of quantities as I've seen in the few Boutenko family recipes I've looked at.) I will see what she has to say and how I can modify it to fit my special dietary needs. > So there are many ways to make it > work without having to wait for that ride to the market! I'm hoping to find my way through the maze and do just that. It's really hard on a fixed income because there are so many things I want or need and just plain ol' can't afford if I want to be able to also buy enough food to keep from being so hungry I will eat anything that I have a chance to. That is the hard thing right now is the financial limitations (but it won't always be that way because I will have a much better income when I graduate . . . provided I can stay the course and make it through my degree program!) The sprouts really help but there isn't enough room in my tiny, postage-stamp sized, kitchen to sprout enough food to live only on sprouts. I keep as much going at one time as I have room for but it's definitely not enough for me to live on. I have to be really careful not to let myself get hungry because that's when I don't care what I eat anymore and will eat anything, just to not feel so sick. I'm hoping that the more I eat raw, the less I will have problems with that, but for now I have to deal with what my body does and says in the moment, not what I hope it will say weeks or months or even years from now. And I've found that the greens (mustard greens, kale, etc.) are CRUCIAL for me right now. It is almost them alone that are making the difference for me and I just can't buy them for more than a week at a time because they will go bad. As much as I love spouts and as good as they make me feel, it is those greens that are my lifeline right now. Fortunately, I am going to the store in an hour or so when my husband wakes up and getting more greens. Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Thanks for the information on the website. It looks like a great site that I will definately be using. Yes, I imagine that the fat in a typical American diet is way high. Barb > > > I've started eating mostly raw foods about 1 year ago. I feel a lot > > better, but I have gotten so thin. Raw foods don't put much weight on > > a person, and they take forever to eat. I've got food going into my > > mouth most of the day. Lots of salads. Anyone know of more fattening > > foods other than coconut, nuts, oils, and avocado. I sprout my beans > > and grains. Don't know how many carbs are in these sprouts, but I'm > > feeling I may be short on carbs. Any other raw foods people have > > trouble keeping weight on? > > > > Barb > > > > - > > > > > -- > º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º > > Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes > http://easyraw.blogspot.com/ > > º¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸,ø¤º > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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