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Queen Bean
06-18-2012, 03:12 AM
My digestion seems to be getting weaker and weaker. Even fresh orange juice for breakfast (three oranges) seems to be too much for my system to handle. I skipped lunch today because I felt so bloated. I had my lunch at around 4pm today, which was one banana. I am hungry, but my system can't seem to handle any food. I left work early last week and had a colonic. There seems to be no improvement. I take probiotics and digestive enzymes. I drink enough water. Ideally I would fast, but I find this so difficult. I can lose weight pretty quickly and if I spend a few days fasting, I will get too skinny. Plus I don't have the discipline for it. I had to skip breakfast one morning a couple of weeks ago, as I felt like I couldn't eat, and by lunch time I was so spaced out I could barely have a conversation with people at work. I do eat some cooked food (on average a couple of days a week - just dinner - which is normally vegan, occasionally vegetarian, never any meat, chicken or fish). If I had the willpower to eat less cooked food I would, but this is the best I can do. I do tend to eat a bit of fat - for instance I may eat something like guacamole with raw crackers or kale chips or some raw recipe once a day, but breakfast is usually fruit and lunch is usually fruit or salad. I try to soak my nuts, but don't always. I try not to overdo them. Even if I've been raw for a few days, the situation doesn't improve. Guess what my snack was yesterday afternoon? One alfalfa sprout!! That's all my body could handle! Honestly, I should probably water fast for a week, but don't have the discipline for this. Even juice seems too much for my body. But at the same time, I am hungry and need my energy to get through the day.
I am wondering if you think the Master Cleanse drink could be helpful. I can't do it all day (I've tried before and failed). I am wondering what you think of a glass of the drink for breakfast and lunch, and then eat raw food for the rest of the day. After a week of that, I could just do it for lunch.
I tried having a green smoothie for breakfast last week and a salad for lunch, and it was too much for me. I try to chew properly, drink smoothies slowly, not drink water too close to meal times.
It's gotten to the point that I can't eat anything without massive bloating and digestive distress.
Does anybody have any advice? Has anyone experienced this? If I wasn't working then maybe I could fast, but I still need to function properly during the day.
Queen Bean
06-18-2012, 03:13 AM
I'm not sure how that smiley got in there!! (Not indicative of how I'm feeling!!) ;)
MysticTree
06-18-2012, 03:32 AM
Have you tried asking a doctor? Taken HCl tablets? Lots of small Mono meals? Eating through the discomfort?
If you are really having such trouble eating then you must close to a fast. I find orange juice can be a bit over-powering and I dilute mine with water where possible.
Queen Bean
06-18-2012, 04:11 AM
I haven't spoken to a doctor or naturopath about it. I am very sure they are going to encourage me to go back to cooked foods. Instinct says I will be able to digest brown rice and cooked vegetables better, but I am so convinced of the benefits of raw. I actually look really healthy, I just feel terrible.
I will look into HCl tablets. Even small mono meals are too much for me. I hate talking about it, but anything I eat gives me gas. I wonder if the Master Cleanse drink would help or whether the sugar in the maple syrup would contribute to bloating.
Yes, I really think I need to look into periodic fasting. Maybe three days a month or something. I just have to work out the best way to fast for me...
MysticTree
06-18-2012, 04:26 AM
I can't see anything magical about the master cleanse drink at all. If it works for you then you could try it but it's not raw and contains highly processed (boiled) maple syrup and the chili might not help much.
What about digestive enzymes? I haven't any need of them but maybe they could help?
Queen Bean
06-18-2012, 05:32 AM
Thanks Mystic Tree. I think you're right. The Master Cleanse doesn't feel like the right path for me.
When I get up I have lemon in half a litre of water.
I will try the juice of two oranges in another half a litre of water for breakfast. Then I will eat lunch, two snacks and then dinner. I think I will do my version of intermittent fasting - well my version of the concept, and besides that juice I will eat between 1pm and no later than 9pm...ie for eight hours a day. Hopefully I can finish eating earlier than 9pm, but that's just in case I can't get to food in the evening, as sometimes I don't get home until later. Anyhow, the cut off time is 9pm.
I have been trying digestive enzymes, with no obvious difference.
This could be a big flop, but at least it's something new to try.
MysticTree
06-18-2012, 05:50 AM
I have never tried digestive enzymes but find it interesting that they aren't helping. If they aren't helping you then perhaps it is not the digestion itself that is the problem. Can you look at how you combine foods perhaps. The non raw, vegan part of your diet may be the cause.
streetsurfer
06-18-2012, 06:39 AM
Fasting is a wonderful tool, when done properly, for resetting your digestion. When all foods seem to start bothering me, I taper into a fast and once properly broken I can resume my normal eating habits. I mean after proper breaking of the fast by using a few days to work back to solid foods again.
Fasting is the exercise in discipline that you can use to improve your eating disciplines. Sort of a conundrum but very effective. It trains that part of your mind used for self discipline and will make discipline easier to come by. Pick one problematic food and fast from it first. Then add in (or remove, actually) another, then another. You can do this. Aside from fasting, try and use HCL, enzymes, get your probiotics from raw fermented foods, eat plenty of good fibers, get plenty of omegas, and stay well hydrated but dont consume much water around mealtimes. Chew well and eat in a relaxed atmosphere-dont hurry. Liquids with or near your meals will dilute whats possibly your already impaired acid production.
I vote for fasting and getting away from cooked meals. It takes time to correct so dont be hasty and keep switching up your plans. Stick to things for a few weeks before deciding it isnt working and making new changes. Be patient. Best wishes
Queen Bean
06-18-2012, 07:28 AM
Hi MysticTree. I do try to food combine for most meals. I think if I went 100% raw the problems would subside, but I just feel I can't commit to that level. I have 100% days more often than not. So hopefully high raw is still workable - I'd hate it to be low raw or 100% with no middle ground.
Thanks streetsurfer. That's great information. I already seem so disciplined compared to the people around me. People at work are constantly chomping down on cakes and lollies and biscuits and drinking tea and coffee. I have some juice and it is so uncomfortable. I'm just wondering if I've made myself too sensitive. For instance, I can't drink more than a few sips of alcohol without feeling drunk. I had a coffee a few years ago and had a hangover the next day. Cooked food will give me a hangover. I'm just scared that if I get too sensitive I won't be able to eat anything. There is a family function on the weekend, and it will be hard not to eat cooked food. I really do wish I had a 100% mentality.
MysticTree
06-18-2012, 07:59 AM
I don't get sensitive at all to cooked foods. I did six months 100% raw last year and then 8 months not raw. Would much rather have been 100% throughout but life got in the way a bit :(
streetsurfer
06-18-2012, 08:49 AM
Could you be of the fifteen to twenty percent of the population that were born with a much more sensitive nervous system? Embrace that those items that are bad for you cause more pronounced reactions (coffee and alcohol, too many cooked foods, etc.) and use it to your advantage. Don't you feel more keenly aware of the subtleties in your surroundings, the comfort level of others and your surroundings, have more insight into events happening around you when not having those negative reactions to foods? This can be a benefit when used appropriately. Even if you do choose to eat a particular item and suffer afterward, you may be able to suffer less by simply not adding more stress into it over finding the cause and correcting it. Accept it for what it is, purpose to move on and not allow it to overly stimulate you this time. Then plan to take control of whether it happens again. I find fasting helps me tolerate things outside of my intended plan much better during the few weeks after the break. Then I seem to decline if i keep including the possible offenders. I am working on the regular inclusion of fasting into my life. Will shoot for maybe a monthly week long fast of lighter fare-fruits/juices and a few veggies with a couple days of only water in the middle. Might be something worth considering. I dont expect to see permanent positive changes right away, but after regularity and discipline, maybe.
Sorry about paragraph structure. Eyephone is not cooperative with this site.
I've learned through Robert Morse, ND that undigested food in the stool is a pancratic weakness. You may like to check him out on YouTube or perhaps join the Facebook site, Fans of Dr. Robert Morse N.D (http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/141078089311877/).
Living Food
06-18-2012, 11:58 AM
Just 1 colonic has very little effect for most people, that's normal. It takes multiple to eventually soften up and re-hydrate all of the weeks/months/years-old stools that get stuck in there. If you can afford it, having a colonic every pother day for a month can have a major effect on digestion, bloating, and overall health. If not (heck, even if you can), do a good colon cleanse and see if it helps. I'm partial to the one by Dr. Richard Schulze, although there are plenty of other good ones out there...I just don't know what they are. I know that Dr. Schulze's had worked for me and many others (and I don't have any affiliation with him, I won't benefit any by recommending this to you, yadda yadda yadda...it saddens me that people need to make that kind of disclaimer these days).
If you can't find out why you have a specific health problem, doing all of the basic cleanses is a good first step, and that alone has cured many people of so-called "incurable" conditions. The colon cleanse alone might be enough for you - although it is better to do it at least twice, with a few weeks in between - but if it isn't, move on to the liver. Regardless of whether you do a liver cleanse or not, I think you should definitely do a parasite and candida cleanse. Either one of those could be the cause of your problems, or a main component of them.
Here's a list of the basic cleanses in the order that I feel is most beneficial for overall health:
1. Colon
2. Liver/gallbladder
3. Kidney/bladder
4. Heavy Metal
5. Parasite
6. Candida
7. Full body/lymphatic
For you, though, with mainly digestion problems, the kidney and heavy metal cleanses aren't as important as the parasite and candida cleanses.
Also do enemas twice a day and you might start to see an improvement in a few weeks, maybe sooner. Garlic and coffee enemas are especially useful.
I also recommend either a juice fast or a water fast, although regardless you should go 100% raw (ideally). If juice isn't filling enough then you should try juice and smoothie fasting, as you will still be giving your digestion more of a break then if you were eating solid food.
MysticTree
06-20-2012, 02:11 AM
There is a cleanse promotion doing the rounds on Facebook at the moment and it made me think of you. It's the one mentioned in Alissa's liver cleanse thread I think. It might be worth clearing out some gallstones to see if that helps.
from facebook:
REMOVING GALLSTONES NATURALLY...
By: Dr.Lai Chiu Nan
It has worked for many. If it works for you please pass on the good news. Chiu Nan is not charging for it, so we should make it free for everyone. Your reward is when someone, through your word of mouth, benefits from the regime. Gallstones may not be everyone's concern. But they should be because we all have them. Moreover, gallstones may lead to cancer. "Cancer is never the first illness," Chiu Nan points out. "Usually, there are a lot of other problems leading to cancer.
In my research in China , I came across some materials which say that people with cancer usually have stones. We all have gallstones. It's a matter of big or small, many or few.
One of the symp tom s of gallstones is a feeling of bloatedness after a heavy meal. You feel like you can't digest the food. If it gets more serious, you feel pain in the liver area." So if you think you have gallstones, Chiu Nan offers the following method to remove them naturally.
The treatment is also good for those with a weak liver, because the liver and gallbladder are closely linked.
Regimen:
1. For the first five days, take four glasses of apple juice every day. Or eat four or five apples, whichever you prefer. Apple juice softens the gallstones. During the five days, eat normally.
2. On the sixth day, take no dinner.
3. At 6 PM, take a teaspoon of Epsom salt (magnesium sulphate) with a glass of warm water.
4. At 8 PM, repeat the same. Magnesium sulphate opens the gallbladder ducts.
5. At 10 PM, take half cup olive oil (or sesame oil) with half cup fresh lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it. The oil lubricates the stones to ease their passage.
PS. 1cup=250ml, ? cup lemon juice=3 lemons (aprox.)
The next morning, you will find green stones in your stools. "Usually they float," Chiu Nan notes. "You might want to count them. I have had people who passes 40, 50 or up to 100 stones. Very many."
"Even if you don't have any symp tom s of gallstones, you still might have some. It's always good to give your gall bladder a clean-up now and then.
Now you know!!!!
Queen Bean
06-20-2012, 06:02 AM
There was a lot of improvement with my digestion by having such a light 'breakfast'...and reducing the time frame in which I am eating. It didn't feel quite right eating so little though. I wasn't overly hungry, but I was less focused at work and looked a little gaunt. I am going to try something else tomorrow...eating three meals a day. I've tried 'eating when hungry' and 'listening to my body'...these concepts don't seem to work for me. Maybe longer gaps between meals will help my digestion. It's going to be hard, because I won't want to eat too much for breakfast or lunch in case it hampers my digestion, so I imagine I will be starving by the time I get to dinner, which is what I'm scared of.
streetsurfer...yes, I seem to be very sensitive to my environment - i don't even drink tea. i'm wondering if i've made myself too sensitive.
Living Food, I am trying to have a colonic a season... So far I've had three... Any more than that would be out of my price range...
Thanks Mystic Tree and DebB for your info.
What fruit do you think is the easiest to digest?
Do you think it is important to have a big gap between meals?
I've eaten fruit every day for the last twenty years...well pretty much. Do you think I should have some days without fruit?
What is the most important thing for good digestion in your opinion?
MysticTree
06-20-2012, 06:10 AM
I find melon in small amounts is easy. Trouble is that we are all different and you need to find what works best for you.
Queen Bean
06-20-2012, 07:32 AM
So true Mystic Tree. I had watermelon every day for breakfast for nearly a week thinking it would be easy to digest, but it wasn't. Cold, sweet watermelon is so amazing though.
I've had a little idea. The concept of 'eating when hungry' makes sense for me, but I still need to have a dinner to feel satisfied. So I will 'eat when hungry' during the day - fruit before 12pm, fruit, vegetables/greens from 12pm until 5pm and all acceptable raw food between 5pm and 7pm. Intuition determines what I should eat within those parameters. Then I will have a dinner at around 7pm to top off the eating for the day. It may be something very small if I'm not very hungry, but I don't feel balanced (or maybe psychologically fulfilled) without something for dinner. Anyhow, I'll see if this works.
Thanks so much for your insight Mystic Tree. Because I've been doing high raw with some cooked for years, I wonder if I've reached a point where I just cannot tolerate cooked food anymore, and my body's almost forcing me to move to the next level.
streetsurfer
06-20-2012, 08:03 AM
I am more of a grazer all day than a three meal eater. More like five or six small ones for me most days. I do find that between meals a glass of water does wonders for curbing hunger if I am not ready to have something to eat, like if I'm still working out in the heat, too active to eat comfortably and digest well, not near food, a bit nauseous, etc. You don't want to drink much water near a meal as it will impair your digestive juices actions, but well between meals it may be the thing that curbs your hunger, allows the brain to forget you are hungry and lets you get on with your business at hand.
My suggestion would be to add raw sauerkraut and/or pickled foods to your diet. A daily consumption of them may be very beneficial to your digestion. It seems that something is impairing your digestion. That could very well be some of the good raw foods you are eating if you have food sensitivities or leaky gut. Read up on those and see if you notice any similarities.
MysticTree
06-20-2012, 08:14 AM
I'm wondering if it's really digestion that is the problem. There is pretty much nothing in watermelon that needs digesting. So . . . it's so difficult to work out. My mother has always been a big eater of fresh produce but she also ate gluten products, cooked, dairy etc. When I suggested she go raw to help with her allergies she complained that she couldn't eat all raw because it gave her indigestion and made her bloated. In the end she agreed to try it for a week. 100% raw and she ate so much fresh produce and no problems with digestion. So mixing cooked and raw isn't a good idea for her in so far as eating cooked makes her feel unwell enough to reduce the raw element of her diet.
fastfreedom
06-21-2012, 10:41 PM
I learned about Dr. Morse from a thread that DebB mentioned him in, a while back. So I youtubed him. And I'm gonna second what DebB mentioned, check out Dr. Morse. And I would say get in touch with him, he will likely know what's going on, especially if you send him some close up pictures of your eyes. People joined up to his group are always sending him their struggles and he's always answering them in his videos on youtube.
Green lover
06-22-2012, 05:53 AM
i have tried both colonic and homemade enema, and i must say, i'm astonish about how efficient a simple 2liters of water home enema is!!! Defenitely recommending it :-)
What about having more fokus on green veggies instead of fruit, gererally? I begin the day with a juice of cucumber, celeri, ginger, apple and carrots, and if i have time, of freshly picked nettles and dandelion, ekstremely alkaline and super power cleansing weeds :-)
teachingking
06-22-2012, 08:18 AM
In my experience there can be a strong mental/psychological component to this. When you eat or drink are you immediately focused and preoccupied with how your body is going to handle it? If so, this may be having a greater impact than the food itself. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is a wonderful tool that can help. (there are many others)
Raw Angel Mom
06-22-2012, 08:24 AM
If i was you, i would consider to eat food that kill parasite (papaya seed is one of them but research, there is far more) or i would do a 1 week water fast. Research also, not everyone can do this. It is important to learn how to brake a fast properly and never consume supplement while water fasting.
The reason that i recommend water fast is for several ones but two main ones are that it is fantastic to restore digestion issue and it kills any parasite after 7 days fasting. You need to do an enema and book a colon therapy perhaps toward the end. You need to start with one day water fast first, then three days and finally your one week.
I did three minimum one week water fast and i only experience great healing and miracle in my body. I no longer have problem of bloating.
Hang in there, things will get better.
Queen Bean
06-23-2012, 03:52 AM
Thanks for all of your helpful information guys.
I feel inclined to persist with this 'eating when hungry' thing, but having a dinner at around 7pm. i was often eating up until nine at night, sometimes later, so i think this will help over time.
i am still having digestive problems. yesterday i had cherries for breakfast (well, meal 1...when i was hungry)...and i had some digestive difficulty. then i felt hungry again around midday and had a salad - baby spinach, green capsicum, cucumber and an avocado. i could have eaten a large pizza for the way it felt. i was very uncomfortable for a few hours. the only benefit was that i didn't get hungry until around 7pm and i went to the gym before that and had no digestive problems after about 5pm.
today i had an mandarine at around 11am. then i had some cucumber around 12 thirty. some problems. then i had to go to a family thing where i had to eat cooked food. i took a digestive enzyme before i went, ate very slowly, and definitely had problems, even though i didn't eat much. i ate dessert, although about a quarter of what other people eat.
i am wondering if i have low stomach acid and need to take HCl tablets. I am wondering if I have blocked gallbladder ducts. i would consider doing the cleanse MysticTree listed. the only thing is i feel weird drinking all of that oil. i am wondering if there are kinks in my digestive system that need to be ironed out. in the past i would try to eat everything i felt i needed in a raw diet to be healthy and it was too much food in a day. maybe after a month of adhering to this new plan, things will improve. things do seem to be a lot worse in the last three weeks i'd say. i also have a strange red rash on about a fifth of my right hand. it is very frustrating when things that used to be very simple to digest are causing me problems, like a mono juice, or a small amount of cucumber.
Queen Bean
06-23-2012, 04:03 AM
oh, teachingking, yes, there is a lot of anxiety about the issue now... i feel totally preoccupied in social situations because of it, and feel i am not really myself, almost like i'm putting on an act. i have heard of EFT, but don't know much about it. i will investigate...
MysticTree
06-23-2012, 06:57 AM
Green capsicum are unripe. Cucumber has a history of digestive issues, namely burping. I would avoid those. I think the HCl would be worth a try. Interesting that it was the cooked food that gave you most trouble. Cut it out if you can. Are you definitely gluten and dairy free?
Frugal Raw
06-23-2012, 05:39 PM
The HCl my husband takes says not to take it with raw foods. You will want to read those labels carefully.
Have a look at Triphala. It is an ayurvedic herb blend that supports the digestion. I have my daughter and I on it - she has symptoms that appear to be IBS (undiagnosed) whenever she eats trigger foods (esp. wheat gluten) and she says the triphala really helps her and she REALLY notices a difference when she forgets to take it. I also have her on probiotics...between the two and dietary changes we've made for her, she is much less bloated and in alot less pain.
She has always had a questionable digestive system, but it got really bad post-appendectomy 5 years ago.
Queen Bean
06-24-2012, 02:09 AM
Mystic Tree. I am generally dairy and gluten free, except for some social occasions. What is bothering me is that even simple raw foods are giving me similar digestive problems as cooked. Even sometimes when I eat cooked I have no problems and it's just the raw.
Thanks for that info Frugal Raw.
My intuition has told me to start taking apple cider vinegar. To me vinegar sound like such an unhealthy thing to eat and I wondered why Alissa had it in some of her salad dressings. But after doing some research, I've found out that it is very good for digestion. I've bought Bragg's raw apple cider vinegar from the health food shop. The guy there said to take a teaspoon a day in a cup of water and explained the benefits it has for digestion.
I've also decided I do need to fast. Although I'm scared of losing too much weight, fasting will hopefully improve digestion and subsequently the absorption of nutrients.
MysticTree
07-14-2012, 01:00 PM
How are you doing QB?
shy17
07-14-2012, 07:12 PM
hello all
i also have a very bad diggestive system but drinking green juices before each meal help a lot..
shy
walnutty
07-14-2012, 08:59 PM
What is bothering me is that even simple raw foods are giving me similar digestive problems as cooked. Even sometimes when I eat cooked I have no problems and it's just the raw.
Sounds like the increased fiber to me!
The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)
07-14-2012, 10:25 PM
My digestion seems to be getting weaker and weaker. Even fresh orange juice for breakfast (three oranges) seems to be too much for my system to handle. I skipped lunch today because I felt so bloated. I had my lunch at around 4pm today, which was one banana. I am hungry, but my system can't seem to handle any food. I left work early last week and had a colonic. There seems to be no improvement. I take probiotics and digestive enzymes. I drink enough water. Ideally I would fast, but I find this so difficult. I can lose weight pretty quickly and if I spend a few days fasting, I will get too skinny. Plus I don't have the discipline for it. I had to skip breakfast one morning a couple of weeks ago, as I felt like I couldn't eat, and by lunch time I was so spaced out I could barely have a conversation with people at work. I do eat some cooked food (on average a couple of days a week - just dinner - which is normally vegan, occasionally vegetarian, never any meat, chicken or fish). If I had the willpower to eat less cooked food I would, but this is the best I can do. I do tend to eat a bit of fat - for instance I may eat something like guacamole with raw crackers or kale chips or some raw recipe once a day, but breakfast is usually fruit and lunch is usually fruit or salad. I try to soak my nuts, but don't always. I try not to overdo them. Even if I've been raw for a few days, the situation doesn't improve. Guess what my snack was yesterday afternoon? One alfalfa sprout!! That's all my body could handle! Honestly, I should probably water fast for a week, but don't have the discipline for this. Even juice seems too much for my body. But at the same time, I am hungry and need my energy to get through the day.
I am wondering if you think the Master Cleanse drink could be helpful. I can't do it all day (I've tried before and failed). I am wondering what you think of a glass of the drink for breakfast and lunch, and then eat raw food for the rest of the day. After a week of that, I could just do it for lunch.
I tried having a green smoothie for breakfast last week and a salad for lunch, and it was too much for me. I try to chew properly, drink smoothies slowly, not drink water too close to meal times.
It's gotten to the point that I can't eat anything without massive bloating and digestive distress.
Does anybody have any advice? Has anyone experienced this? If I wasn't working then maybe I could fast, but I still need to function properly during the day.
l think it's time for you to go right back to the start and start from scratch.
1). Start with water enemas inserted into the rectum to clean the inside intestines. (Seek advice from a professional about this, but maybe do an enemas once a fortnight to start with).
2). Do wheatgrass implants inserted into the rectum morning and evening (helps with elctrolite balance and intestinal flora)
3). Have lots of green sprout juices
4). Grow seed sprouts and make a paste out of them
5). Try growing mung beans in the dark and making a meal out of them. Very easily digestable protein than even babies can digest.
6). Pro-biotics
7). Proper digestive enzymes
Try this for starters. lt will take a while.
Avoid eating any vegetables because the fiber is too harsh.
(l haven't read any of the responses in this topic yet)
The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)
07-14-2012, 11:02 PM
Living Food, I am trying to have a colonic a season... So far I've had three... Any more than that would be out of my price range...
Colonics wipe out intestinal bacteria, so l hope you follow up with green juice implants.
Maybe you could start doing colonics yourself and then do the implants. lmplant equipment don't cost much, but colonic equipment cost more.
Queen Bean
07-16-2012, 05:57 AM
Thanks for asking MysticTree.
Last week I was finding I could hardly eat anything in the earlier part of the day due to digestive issues. I was having the juice of one orange in half a litre of water for breakfast. It was getting ridiculous. I would then have maybe a fruit juice for lunch. Then I'd try to get in some calories later in the day so I wouldn't get too skinny.
For two days now I have been having an apple for breakfast. Then I am going to eat every two hours (approximately) between 1pm and 7pm, with the lighter raw foods before the heavier raw foods. An apple sounds very light on, but it is better than the juice of one orange in water. My intuition is saying I need to eat an apple a day. My eyes are brighter and my digestion is better. Unfortunately I felt obligated to eat a slice of cake today at work that my boss cooked. Normally I don't eat cooked food at work. Everyone had a slice, except for me. My boss handed me a slice. I said 'I am raw today'. Somebody said 'one day she will eat'. Somebody else said 'you really have to try the cake'. Others agreed with her. I ended up eating a slice later in the day while still at work (my digestion gets stronger as the day goes on). So that wasn't a huge success. But I am planning on being raw until next Sunday (today is Monday). Even though I buckled on this occasion, most of the time I am not eating cooked food at work.
But besides that, I think an apple is a little cleaning package. It freshens your mouth and oesophagus. Even though apples aren't particularly exciting, I can eat more exotic combinations later in the day.
So, anyway, my digestion has been a lot better these last couple of days, even with the cake. I've halved the water I drink in the morning from a litre to 500ml, as I feel too much water in the morning may hamper digestion, and I have to leave for work so can't wait around for hours until I'm ready to digest the apple. I probably eat it half an hour after I drink the water.
Thanks for your info and perspectives Mr Raw, walnutty and shy17.
MsFiction1
08-15-2012, 12:55 PM
Queen Bee, Hi ! Came across your post and wondering IF you ever did get
your digestion problem cured??? Your post was in 2007. I have had problems
and wondering what may have worked for you. I am doing much better because
of what I have learned and applied. I can totally relate as to how hard it is to juice
fast, although I have also found much to help do it. Would love to hear from you. THANKS, Karen
India1121
05-16-2013, 09:08 AM
Hi DebB how can you recognize undigested food in your stool?
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