Laureli
04-04-2009, 06:58 PM
Hi Everyone~
I'm a middle aged woman who has come to the point where most everything I was eating has given me either an allergic reaction or sensitivity of some kind. Fasting isn't working, and I am actually gaining weight. I am about 50 pounds overweight.I tried to go vegetarian in my 20's but got very sick as I was allergic to about 85% of what I was eating.
I am committed to going raw, and need to do it in graduations, as I am including my two nearly adult children (who need to go raw too)~ they will go along for the ride because I am not cooking three separate meals each time. It's all for our health, as my DD has acne issues and is open to raw, and DS needs to absorb more nutrients as he is very underweight. He wants more green vegetables to build muscles... he also has multiple food allergies like me, we share many other physical ailments like chronic fatigue, brain fog, muscle pain and tender points. There are other diagnoses between the both of us we could keep a medical school very busy, but in my opinion, the more I go to the doctor, I feel worse being on all the drugs and spending so much time in waiting rooms can make us sicker. I only agree to take what's totally absolutely necessary, after a lot of thought and research. (I have a medical background)
We are in the process of purging our cupboards and bodies of processed foods and foods with hormones, pesticides, MSG, nitrites, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, free glutamate acids, soy... had to educate the kids about what eating these things are doing to our bodies. We have a limited budget, as two of us are on disability, and my DD still is in high school, so this will be a work in progress.
I already am inspired by looking around this site. :)
~Laureli
I'm a middle aged woman who has come to the point where most everything I was eating has given me either an allergic reaction or sensitivity of some kind. Fasting isn't working, and I am actually gaining weight. I am about 50 pounds overweight.I tried to go vegetarian in my 20's but got very sick as I was allergic to about 85% of what I was eating.
I am committed to going raw, and need to do it in graduations, as I am including my two nearly adult children (who need to go raw too)~ they will go along for the ride because I am not cooking three separate meals each time. It's all for our health, as my DD has acne issues and is open to raw, and DS needs to absorb more nutrients as he is very underweight. He wants more green vegetables to build muscles... he also has multiple food allergies like me, we share many other physical ailments like chronic fatigue, brain fog, muscle pain and tender points. There are other diagnoses between the both of us we could keep a medical school very busy, but in my opinion, the more I go to the doctor, I feel worse being on all the drugs and spending so much time in waiting rooms can make us sicker. I only agree to take what's totally absolutely necessary, after a lot of thought and research. (I have a medical background)
We are in the process of purging our cupboards and bodies of processed foods and foods with hormones, pesticides, MSG, nitrites, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, free glutamate acids, soy... had to educate the kids about what eating these things are doing to our bodies. We have a limited budget, as two of us are on disability, and my DD still is in high school, so this will be a work in progress.
I already am inspired by looking around this site. :)
~Laureli