hair loss&weight problem

[leeloo]

Hello,
I've been a raw fooder for about 4 years. During the first year i felt great, i had never felt like that before, it was really amazing. Unfortunately later i started to feel worse. I gained weight, i lost a lot of my hair (and i'm still loosing lots of them everyday).
I don't know what can be wrong because my diet consist of green leaves, fruits and vegetables. Rarely i eat nuts and seeds because i feel bloated after them.
i have a big belly, i don't feel good with it,
have you ever experienced one of this symptomps?
I would be grateful if you could advice me something.

[SmilingRawDancer]

Try some blended foods, so the nutrients are more accessable.
Green smoothies are the best options.
If nuts make you feel yucky, try avocados, or young coconuts (blended, meat + water).
Those tend to feel far better for me, digestion wise.
You could also try supplementation with Alissa's green powder.

Good luck!

[jeannieh99]

Hello,
I've been a raw fooder for about 4 years. During the first year i felt great, i had never felt like that before, it was really amazing. Unfortunately later i started to feel worse. I gained weight, i lost a lot of my hair (and i'm still loosing lots of them everyday).
I don't know what can be wrong because my diet consist of green leaves, fruits and vegetables. Rarely i eat nuts and seeds because i feel bloated after them.
i have a big belly, i don't feel good with it,
have you ever experienced one of this symptomps?
I would be grateful if you could advice me something.

Wow, this post made me feel concerned. Being relatively new, I am just wondering, You say you have been raw for 4 YEARS and you have a weight problem? I don't understand. I was under the impression that being raw would naturally have you loosing weight.
Jeannie

[Zella Juice]

maybe it's a thyroid thing. Blended greens (green smoothies) are the best. But don't forget your sea vegetables too. I blend dulse in with my corn chowder or sometimes I just throw it in with my smoothies. Adding the sea vegetables to my diet really helped me.

[snowdrop]

my first thought was parasites.

[lafsalot]

Cushing's, mabe? ~ Cathy

[leeloo]

Wow, this post made me feel concerned. Being relatively new, I am just wondering, You say you have been raw for 4 YEARS and you have a weight problem? I don't understand. I was under the impression that being raw would naturally have you loosing weight.
Jeannie

Don't worry jeannieh! I feel best on raw food but the problem is i still do not feel perfect. It doesn't have anything with raw food. Only once during my raw years i tried cooked food and i felt terrible after it. That's why i will always recommend 100% raw, low fat diet. I see some amazing changes in my family who transisted to raw, plant diet. And it's not really that i have a weight problem - it was like that i lost a lot of weight first year and then i gained some weight but i'm not overweigted or something,i'm skinny, i have only a big belly maybe because i feel bloated sometimes maybe because i have some hormonal problmes. that's why i want to ask.

thank you everybody for your advices :-)
have a nice day :-)

[EZ rider]

my first thought was parasites.
Thats an interesting thought. Maybe leeloo is sharing his/her food after eating it ? Possibly the big belly is the result of eating for two (or a thousand) while being skinny and not getting the nutrients the body needs ?

[EZ rider]

I was just reading about intestinal parasites at this site:
http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/conditionsitoq/a/Parasites.htm
They mention garlic as a possible natural remedie which I am glad to hear because I like the taste of garlic and put a clove in almost every juice I make. Hopefully this is giving me some protection against parasites.

[aililiu]

im not sure about the belly, but for the hair loss problem:

a lady at a supplement store told me that once she started taking maca root powder, her hair stopped falling out. once i read your post as well that you have hormonal problems, it seems even more likely it might work... as maca balances your hormones. give it a try! i love it, it makes you feel fantastic. more energy too! and libido :rolleyes:

:)