Need To Go Raw Immediately

[leodenn]

Hello Everyone,

My reason for going raw is based on health issues. I was diagnosed with Auto-immune Hepatitis in 2003. The doctor wanted to put me on steroids which I refused. At the present time I have lump in my breast which I've been asked to have a biopsy by the doctors. I declined because I feel that they cause spreading. I feel that it was enought that I had a MRI, Mammagram, and Ultra Scan done on the same day.

When I was diagnose with liver Cirrhosis in 2003 I went on a Macrobiotic Diet and followed the (liverdoctor.com) diet and her main supplement for the liver. I stayed on it for a year although I hated the food. But I got very positive results to the point that my liver enzymes went back down to normal and I never took any over the counter meds and was never sick.

Nevertheless, I find It's very time consuming especially with the way that I work and the food is not tasty. I've become so overwhelmed with all the cooking and not being able to heat up the food because I don't use a Microwave. You can eat but so many Nori Sushi Rolls or Rice Balls which are just about the same thing. There was no seasonings recommended for Cancer and Liver Cirrhosis Diet, except onions, shoyu sauce, umeboshie plums, brow rice vinegar etc. No garlic, ginger or any kind of spices which they feel makes the liver active.

As with Macro you eat fruit only on occassion, and when you do it has to be cooked. Basically sweets are in the form of sweet vegetables. Also certain veggies can not be eaten, especially the nightshade ones. Fruits and nuts must be eaten local and I love tropical fruits and nuts. Macro is based on the Alkalin and Acid Theory and the theory is that raw fruit is acidic and certain veggies (nightshade), and that Cancer love and strives on sugar and acid combing foods. I do believe that you can't combine all foods and that some things you don't eat together.

Well as you can see this diet seems to be the opposite of a raw food. My main reason at the present time for going raw is that I'm starting on 30 day Juice Fast to assist me in the (Incurable Program) by those of you who may be familiar with Dr. Schultz from (curezone.com). I was wondering could some one give me some ideas for helathy juices that will substain me. My other issue with Macro was that I was always hungry as veggie don't stick with me so I'm kind of terrorified when I think of juicing for 30days with no solid foods. My intention is tht once I've completed this program I would like to start on the a raw diet for life.

For those of you who got this far thanks for taking the time to read all of this.

Denise

[Frugal Raw]

Welcome Denise! I wish you the best of rawesome health! Have you looked into green juices? Google "juice feasting" - that might help give you ideas/recipes for your current journey. Best of luck to you!

[shooting star]

Hi congrats on going raw.

I don't know anything about macrobiotic diets so can't really comment on the difference between that and raw.

for my basic juice I use:

- celery and cucumber as a base (about 2 sticks of celery and 1/3 - 1/2 cucumber)
- some kind of green leaves (spinach, kale, rocket (very peppery), etc), collards, bok choi,
- possibly a squirt of lime or lemon

It is quite bitter, so you can always add an apple or carrot to sweeten the juice until you get to love the pure green taste.

I don't juice sweet fruit often as I am limiting the amount of high glycemic food I eat. This is my personal preference - you don't have to do that to be raw.

You could also add to that basic recipe other veg, such as tomatos, bell pepper, green beans, artichoke, fennel etc.

I wish you all the best with your juice feast and for your health :)

[Aleesha Sattva]

i highly recommend you read the information in this interview and then follow their links at the bottom:

http://www.timelessspirit.com/JULY08/interview.shtml

i just completed 45 days of juice feasting a couple of weeks ago and highly recommend it. we have a great thread going here where you can see some yummy juice options!

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=41394

congratulations for taking your health into your own hands... or rather you own body's cells!!! i believe you will find great health from juice feasting. many people with cancer do the 92 day juice feast... and have tremendous results from it!

dr. gabriel cousins uses this at his institute.

http://www.treeoflife.nu/

hope all of this gives you a good deal of info! of course, there's also the wonderful "crazy sexy cancer" kris! she stopped her cancer's growth with raw foods!!! (as the macrobiotic diet didn't work for her, she tried it and her tumours kept growing)

http://www.crazysexycancer.com/

[Jihyun]

Hi LeoDenn!

Have you heard of the lemon detox diet? It is also called the Master Cleanser. I have read many miracle stories. You might want to go here:

http://www.mastercleanser.com/forum/

There is also a section called "Raw Food Lifestyle and Master Cleanse"

and the very first link called "~The Raw Food Lifestyle + Helpful MC Resource Information~"

A very informative wise woman has posted up which foods are acidic and which are "alkaline".

Here is a bit of information:

Alkaline Forming Foods
Foods higher in the minerals Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium and Calcium

Sprouts (sprouted grains and seeds)
Vegetables
Seaweeds, Sea Vegetables
A few Ancient Grains: Millet, Quinoa, Amaranth, and Wild Rice (not cultivated)
Apple Cider Vinegar
Blackstrap Molasses (unsulfured)
Brown Rice Syrup
Raw honey and raw sugar
Stevia
Soy Sauce
Figs
Unsweetened Kefir and Soured Dairy
Cultured butter milk, cultured sour cream and cultured butter
Raw milk
Whey Protein Powder
Cultured “fermented” Vegetables
Kombucha
Free ranged eggs or wild eggs from ducks or quail, etc.
Most Herbs, herb teas and green teas
Wild greens like dandelions greens and lambs quarters
Seasonings and Spices
Baking soda (try to use baking soda that does not contain aluminum)
Sea Salt (Brittany Natural Sea Salt or Celtic Sea Salt)
Pumpkin seeds
Chestnuts (roasted)
Almonds
Fresh Coconut
Taro root
Arrowroot
Lotus root
Cod liver oil
Virgin Coconut Oil
Extra Virgin Olive oil
Bee Pollen
Fresh vegetable or Fruit juices
Hard water and mineral water
Bone meal
Coral Calcium
Herbal Coffee Substitutes
Vegetable broths
Raw Spinach
Beet Greens
Molasses
Celery
Dried Figs
Carrots
Dried Beans
Chard Leaves
Water Cress
Sauerkraut
Leaf Lettuce
Green Lima Beans
Dried Lima Beans
Rhubarb
Cabbage
Broccoli
Beets
Brussel Sprouts
Green Soy Beans
Cucumber
Parsnip
Radishes
Dried Peas
Mushrooms
Cauliflower
Pineapple
Avocado
Raisins
Dried Dates
Green Beans
Limes
Cherries
Tangerines
Strawberries
White Potato
Sweet Potato
Grapefruit
Apricot
Lemon
Blackberries
Oranges
Tomato
Peaches
Raspberries
Bananas
Onions
Grapes
Pears
Blueberries
Apples
Watermelon
Green Peas



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An alkaline body will:

1. Keep the body in balance

2. Stimulate nerve action

3. Cool and soothe inflamed tissue, heal ulcerations, enhance cellular functions

4. Keep the body healthy and give it a certain amount of resistance to sickness and disease

5. Allow the body’s chemical processes to take place more efficiently

6. Be the key to regeneration and getting healthy

7. Aid in a sense of peace, kindness and love



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Acid Forming Foods
Foods higher in the minerals Phosphorous, Chlorine and Nitrogen

Alcohol (Beer, Spirits, Hard liquor, Wine)
Cigarettes
Carbonated Soft Drinks (Pop) This is one of the most Acidic foods you can drink
Most Grains (Wheat, Spelt, Brown Rice, Barley, Oats, Teff, Kamut, Farina, Semolina, White Rice, etc) and all their flours
Cornstarch
Breads and Pastas
Cereals
Sugars, (White, beet, Cane)
Sweet ‘N Low
Equal, NutraSweet, Spoonful and other Aspartame products.
Processes sweeteners (like sulfured molasses, processed Maple syrup, processed honey)
Commercially made soy sauce
Legumes (beans)
Lentils
Peanuts and peanut butter
Cashews
Sesame seeds
Store bought eggs
Coffee
Black Tea
Dairy Products (especially store bought-which is pasteurized, and homogenized -cottage cheese, milk, yogurt, cheese, cream, powdered, canned malted, dried, ice cream and custard)
Frozen, bottled or canned fruit and vegetable juices
Tomato sauce
Vanilla Extract
Balsamic Vinegar
All drugs, medicines, pesticides, herbicides, etc.
Soy products, soy cheeses, soymilk
Almond milk, Rice milk
All Meats (Wild and Domestic, Land and Sea)
Refined seed oils
Scallops
Oysters
Sausage
Sardines
Oatmeal
Corned Beef
Lobster
Shrimp
Soda Crackers
Codfish
Spaghetti
Peanut Butter
Chicken
Peanuts
Wheat Germ
Brown Rice
Whole Wheat Flour
Salmon
Beef Steak
Turkey
Barley
Veal Chops
Lamb
White Bread
Wheat Bran
English Walnuts
Lamb Chops
Bacon
Eggs
Whole Wheat Bread
Pork Chop
Honey
Fresh CornAll canned foods
All canned foods with sugar
Anything sulfured
Anything artificial
Table salt
Anything sweetened
Most processed foods


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An acidic body will:

1. Decrease the body’s ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients

2. Decrease the energy production in the cells (the body will have low energy and become chronically fatigued)

3. Decrease the body’s ability to repair damaged cells

4. Decrease it’s ability to detoxify heavy metals

5. Inhibit nerve actions

6. Make the body more susceptible to illness

7. Leach important minerals from mineral stores (the bones and organs) to balance the system eventually causing osteoporosis, fractures, and bone spurs

8. Cause cardiovascular damage, including constriction of the blood vessels and the reduction of oxygen

9. Cause weight gain, obesity, and diabetes

10. Cause bladder and kidney conditions, including kidney stones

11. Cause joint pain, aching muscles and lactic acid buildup

12. Cause immunodeficiency

13. Cause accelerated free radical damage, possibly contributing to cancerous mutations, and it allows tumor cells to thrive once they are growing

14. Cause premature aging

15. Make the body more prone to allergies, headaches, yeast infections, boils, canker sores, blood sugar problems, bursitis, arthritis and rheumatism, etc.

16. Aid in causing a person to feel overworked, and to struggle with anger, fear, jealousy, and stress!



Very important note: Lemons and limes are acidic. Normally acidic foods when they're digested leave an acidic residue or ash in the body, however once lemons & limes are consumed they actually become alkaline in the body! Which is one more amazing healing attribute to add to this natural super food. Very Happy



Hope this helped a bit. I recommend you look at their forum. I am registered as well.

[leodenn]

Greetings,

I would just like to thank everyone for taking the time to read my whole post inspite of it being so wordy. Thanks for all of the informative information and links that you were so kind to send me. I can't wait to view all of the relative sources that were recommended.

This is a great site and I feel at home already. I was at work today and in between working I had this forum up all day reading the many posts. I'm am looking forward to participating regularly. BTW I'm waiting the arrival of Alissa's book as I'm ready to get started immediately.

Everything about this Raw Life resonates in my inner being and it feels so right for me to choose this Naturalpathic Path Way Of Life for nourishing my body. I just read in my city paper that there are organic produce stand popping up all over the city. There are two that I have the option of going to that are within 2-3 miles of my home. Thanks again and I look forward to chatting with everyone....Denise

[leodenn]

IF WE THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE THEN TRY IGNORANCE.
Greetings,

I would just like to thank everyone for taking the time to read my whole post inspite of it being so wordy. Thanks for all of the informative information and links that you were so kind to send me. I can't wait to view all of the relative sources that were recommended.

This is a great site and I feel at home already. I was at work today and in between working I had this forum up all day reading the many posts. I'm am looking forward to participating regularly. BTW I'm waiting the arrival of Alissa's book as I'm ready to get started immediately.

Everything about this Raw Life resonates in my inner being and it feels so right for me to choose this Naturalpathic Path Way Of Life for nourishing my body. I just read in my city paper that there are organic produce stand popping up all over the city. There are two that I have the option of going to that are within 2-3 miles of my home. Thanks again and I look forward to chatting with everyone....Denise

[spicyfull]

I wish you everything you need to Stay RAW............Welcome to MY World.

[Bookish Lass]

You might like the website juicefeasting.com.

My favorite juices:
apple + cilantro
grapefruit + wheatgrass
watermelon

(I used Aleesha's method for juicing the greens: put them in the blender with water then strained them.)

[jacsam]

It looks like you've gotten alot of advice so I'll just say HI and WELCOME!!!