Sickness & raw foods.

[honeybee joy]

I have something really weird that is happening. I have this pretty bad throat & nose illness. My throat is stiff & kinda sore & my nose is stopped up & having some minor problems with heavy breathing. (nothing serious.) The point is whenever I eat a tomato or orange juice it is like my throat feels much better for a little bit. If I don't eat anything it will go back to being sore. Is that not weird? It makes me want to eat tomatos & orange juice all day! LOL. Does anyone know why that happens?

[Rawkinlocs]

First, please try to remove the word, "sickness" from your vocabulary...you're detoxing...cleansing BAYBEE yeah! :cool:

I really like what Victoria B. wrote in 12 Steps... where she said that since our bodies, like animals in the wild, require rest and lack of food when we're "sick". So, she said the nose gets stuffy so we can't SMELL food and the throat gets sore so we want to eat food and sometimes our tastebuds are somewhat numbed so we can't TASTE food...all this she says is our body's way of making us not eat! How miraculous is that?

But the orange juice I know has vitamin C and I believe tomatoes do too and perhaps that is good that you're getting that in those forms.

If that is what your body is leaning to, then have only those for the duration of your cleansing episode! Whenever I get cold symptoms or flu symptoms, I try to eat as lightly or as minimally as possible because the body needs and wants to use most or all of its energy to help heal and cleanse and when we eat things, especially heavy foods, we cause the body to have to put out more energy to digest and thus, it can't really tend to our healing and recovery.

So, rest as much as possible and stick to eating light...tomatoes and oranges or orange juice, green smoothies are great!

I had flu symptoms for all of two days whereas in the past it would have been more like two WEEKS!

Hoping you feel better soon! Oh and if you haven't already, read this: http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3605

[honeybee joy]

Ya, I wasn't sure if it was detoxing or not. My brother had this same problem, & he thought he was better, so I took a sip of his water, & then he got sick again. Did he give this to me? How does detoxing tie in with viruses & bacteria? Could you have a virus or bacteria & the symptoms are your body trying to detox it? How does that work?
Thanks,
Lissa

[Sharon in Colorado]

First, please try to remove the word, "sickness" from your vocabulary...you're detoxing...cleansing BAYBEE yeah! :cool:



Rawkinlocs you nut :)

Honeybee you can get a virus is your system isn't clean enough to fight it, so yes it is possible. The sore throat, fever, chills, mucous discharge, aches, pains, etc. are all ways of the body fighting it off and trying to flush it out.

I've heard some people say they would eat the AIDS virus off a plate. I'm not that crazy!

I've had a sore throat last night and all day today, but thanks to raw, it's only been that, a sore throat plus some extremely mild symptoms of a cold. Because of the raw diet I believe this cold isn't going to put me down.

[honeybee joy]

Originally Posted by Sharon in Colorado
Honeybee you can get a virus is your system isn't clean enough to fight it, so yes it is possible. The sore throat, fever, chills, mucous discharge, aches, pains, etc. are all ways of the body fighting it off and trying to flush it out.

That is what I assumed, just needed to hear it from someone else so that I knew I was right.


Originally Posted by Sharon in Colorado
I've heard some people say they would eat the AIDS virus off a plate. I'm not that crazy!

I don't get what you are talking about. I missed your point. Why would someone want to eat the AIDS virus off of a plate?

[Sharon in Colorado]

Some people seem to be immuned to anything.

[Universal]

Peace,

It just deals with the fact that a high raw diet gives an incredible boost to your immune system. I'll be the first to claim that as a fact! Ask each person on this board what they were like before and after and you'll see similar responses.
Many important vitamins and minerals aid the immune system and strengthen it. Therefore, the more of these vitamins and minerals you add to your system, the more optimal it will perform. Early on with the raw diet, the detoxing will be a lot more prevalent, however, in time you'll almost see nothing of a light cold or something similar.

I even see the effects with small pimples or other rashes i may get on my face. I still get them, so i'm not satisfied with that yet (detoxing is a long process!) however, they no longer last as long as they used to. It may only last for a day, and sometimes not even that long. And it's all gotta be accredited to eating the right food and obtaining the many essential nutrients in their RIGHT form!

As far as eating the AIDS virus off of a plate. I'm not that confident in my immune system!!!


PEACE
Universal