But Raw didn't cure my cold :/

[Eatrawordie]

"If Raw is so good then why have you caught a cold from your manager?"

I juiced, oranges, ginger, lemon and a bit of honey. I gargled salt water and it didn't do anything for my cold/sore throat.

I ended up taking airbourne, which ALWAYS helps and now my cold has gone.

I really thought Raw would have helped. Am I missing something?

:confused:

[Cottonball McFluffy]

Raw doesn't instantly make people bullet proof. Even if you've been 100% raw for years, you might still get sick every now and then. Regardless of how much good stuff you put in your body, the quality of those good things varies from season to location to simple differences in varieties. Same with your personal body chemistry; it doesn't stay exactly the same 24/7/365. All of these things affect they way your body is prepared to fight off viruses and bacteria. Similarly, viruses mutate. The flu that was going around last year that might have developed an immunity to will not be exactly the same as the flu that goes around this year. What raw does is provide you with the best possible premise to fight off illnesses but like nothing in life, it's not a 100% guarantee againts them.

I'm sorry you're sick though. I does suck wet muffins. :(
How long have you been raw?

[January Noir]

Why would you think you'd never catch a cold?

If anything eating raw, whole foods reduces your chances and may lessen the severity.

Being Raw does not automatically mean you never get sick. I think thinking that would be unwise.

[Aleesha Sattva]

I was sick recently and have a bit of 'something' right now.

What I find is this... I don't get it like everyone around me. They are down for 2 weeks... I feel it for 4 days.

They have super plugged noses, feel like crap, can't function... I have a smidge of a sore throat!

[WanderRA]

How long have you been raw OP?

Ive been raw for 10 months..

only after the first 5 did I begin to feel the effects of a detoxing system.

If you caught a cold and then went raw from cooked.. you will likely feel the uncomfortable detox effects ontop of your cold symptoms.

so, eating raw for immediate relief? no.

eating raw for long term strengthening of the immune system? definatly.

[Raw Angel Mom]

Animal in the wild get deceased and get sick too.

But eating raw, boost your immune system which makes you far less vulnerable. I bet you would have been way worst, if you wouldn't do raw.

If you are starting raw journey, it is normal to get sick at first, because you are detoxing.

Now when you sense the symptome of a cold or flu, do not consume any sweetner, it will decrease your immune system. Take chooped garlic without chewing, with water or water/lemon juice.

I never had or took anti-biotic ever! I had pneumonia, bronchitis and you name it (I wasn't 100% raw then and still ate dairy). Just garlic, rest and Reiki. Also, i now use a zapper which work great.

My first year of raw journey, i got very sick a few times but last year, i didn't get sick (just a start and it will get neutralize almost right of way).

Live food keeps you young!

[Revvell]

"If Raw is so good then why have you caught a cold from your manager?"



First of all, you "caught" it from your manager? How do you know this? Is your manager the ONLY person you've been in contact with?

Secondly, "caught" it? My question would be, why didn't you just let it go by?

No matter what you eat, life goes on as does detox, etc. There are other things involved in good-to-excellent health besides eat a diet of raw foods. Being that we live in the world we're constantly subject to various pollutants in our food, our air, the ground we walk in, the critters we inhale with every breath we take; the people we come in contact with.... Raw food is a great foundation yet, what are you also taking herbs? Getting enough rest and sleep? Eliminating negative thoughts and destructive emotional aspects?

"Thinking" just eating raw food is going to solve all life and health issues... :confused:

[Dimond]

The key isn't really raw, but more natural living and remedies. I find that this is when supplements are very useful. Probiotics are good to take on a regular basis to strengthen your immune system. I also always keep an immune formula on hand for when I need extra protection if it's compromised such as being around others that are sick. Some ingredients in it may include Garlic, Vit C, Echinacea, Ginger, Astragalus, Olive Leaf Extract. You can get something very inexpensive and it's worth having around.

[DawnD]

What I find is this... I don't get it like everyone around me. They are down for 2 weeks... I feel it for 4 days.

They have super plugged noses, feel like crap, can't function... I have a smidge of a sore throat!

This is my experience.

[Eatrawordie]

Thanks for all the responses. To those that didn't really get it, I was quoting a colleague of mine questioning me about Raw.

Yes I caught it from my Manager. I caught it straight away. It all happened so fast haha.


Being Raw does not automatically mean you never get sick. I think thinking that would be unwise.

I'm not being stupid about it. Obviously if I go out wearing no clothes in the freezing cold i'm going to get sick. C'mon now.
I have been Raw for 3 months. I'm always juicing my fruits and getting my Vitamin C along with all my other vitamins. So I was surprised that I caught a cold the same day. I thought it would have been a lot lighter but it's been pretty heavy. I hear so much talk about raw food and it's healing powers (which is definitely true) so yes I was surprised.

[streetsurfer]

It's my understanding that we feel bad during a cold because our body is straining to kill off the germs, and we have these dead germs coursing through our system. After the germs attack and our immune system counterattacks, we're loaded with toxic and dead cells traveling the bloodstream and lymph system, waiting to be eliminated. The fever was cooking them to death. The mucous draining and other processes are the dead germs and spent blood cells (our army) being flushed out. I believe it is moreso that cleanup process that makes us feel so terrible, than the invasion itself. I think you can rejoice that your body feels bad, because that is the sign it is doing it's job well, and eliminating the invaders. I often slip into a blue funk right before feeling the symptoms of fighting off a cold. I figure that this initial funk and down mood is the effect of the germ invasion itself, and then all the miserable symptoms are the result of the body's repair response and all the dead invaders coursing through until they are eliminated.....

A liquid fast would probably serve to speed that cleanup process up, better than just eating raw would. Raw certainly better prepares you for the fight, as mentioned, but I think the symptoms of a cold are inevitable, just as catching one is not entirely avoidable. If already eating raw, taking a load off the digestive system by fasting, ought to enable the cleanup to be less symptomatic. If one were not eating raw, then switching to raw would likely have the same effect as going from raw to fasting, to assist the fight.

Them's my (rather lengthy) thoughts on it.;)

[Eatrawordie]

I often slip into a blue funk right before feeling the symptoms of fighting off a cold. I figure that this initial funk and down mood is the effect of the germ invasion itself, and then all the miserable symptoms are the result of the body's repair response and all the dead invaders coursing through until they are eliminated.....

So funny you mentioned that because I was moody prior. I thought I was moody because of the weather. I suffer from SAD and for the past 2 days it was quite grey. Now the weather is great and i'm feeling A LOT more happier! :)

[Raw Angel Mom]

If you are low in Vitamin D you will have SAD and also more vulnerable to have flu/cold.

[Eatrawordie]

If you are low in Vitamin D you will have SAD and also more vulnerable to have flu/cold.

What about those that aren't low in Vitamin D?

[Raw Angel Mom]

I am not a doctor and i didn't conduct any research either, lol... but it has been found that their is a direct link and connection with your level of vitamin D and your chance to have the flu/cold. Having a good vitamin D level seems to help to avoid getting sick . For the information that i could gather and my own experience, they don't say that if you have a good level of D that you won't be sick, but it seems to be having a link. If you are all ok and very stress out, you will be more vulnerable to get sick. When there is imbalance, there is more vulnerability to sickness.

Raw food seems to assist to restore the physical balance and the sunlight.
For the emotions part, this is up to us to find a way to balance our daily life.

I have always observe with my own experience and other that our way to cope with life will play a direct roll with our physical health. Physical body is far more complexe then just a good nutrition but good nutrition is without question a great help.

[Icequeen]

everyone around me is sick right now. My husband and daughter both have colds, and I just had surgery last week, so I was really worried about my immune system.

They are pretty miserable, I've felt a little stuffy. I'm not immune to illness, like Aleesha said, I experience the symptoms significantly less.

I've found the one thing that really bullet proofs my immune system is vit d supplementation. I take 20k a DAY. I've always been dangerously low, and living in Alaska certainly doesn't help my cause. I tried the 50k a week pills and it still wasn't enough, so the doc switched me to 20k a day and my numbers are finally in good range and my immune system has never been better since I've combo'd up with raw foods.

[natural-girl]

We learned in homeopathy school that catching an occasional acute illness (such as colds, flus, etc...) is actually GOOD for you, because it gives your body something to fight off.

When you are not catching colds, that is when you have to worry, because then you are too sick to become acutely sick....it means you are chronically sick. Those people with deep chronic illnesses that affect the mental sphere don't usually get acute illnesses, because they are "too sick" to get sick.

This, of course, is completely different than what I learned in pharmacy school, but after going through both, I realized that homeopathy school was right. People who catch colds and flus are actually much healthier on the whole. (That's why I don't take vaccines anymore....even the flu vaccine...because vaccines suppress your immune system.)

So congratulate yourself for catching a cold...it is a sign that you are giving your immune system a good workout. :)

Think of your immune system as an army of soldiers. Soldiers are trained for war. When in a battle, they are doing what they are supposed to do. When there is no war, they sit around doing nothing, and eventually begin to fight among themselves. That's what happens when you deprive your body of fighting off colds and flus...eventually, your immune system starts to fight itself...YOU.

Hope that makes sense!