Forum: Raw 'Over 50' group

Well, I have just proven to myself that I do have so much more energy. I use to do this 1 mile aerobic walking tape and never could make it thru...

I can't remember which thread you said this but it was interesting to me. You said dark circles under the eyes = kidney detox. I found that...

I just tried a green smoothie with my new vitamix. Fantastic. !!:) I now am drinking a green SMOOTHIE and not a green chewy. Maybe a dumb...

I have noticed that my facial skin has aged noticably this year since my menopause. Wrinkles have deepened in a few months. My sisters keep urging me...

Hi, Just joined in. Somewhat new to all the different recipes even though I was a fruitarian a long time ago - I just ate simple fruits, some...

Xmas came early! I just ordered my new Red Vitamix Total Nutrition Center and a Black 9 tray Excalibur dehydrator. I'm excited to try the new...

I'm curious --you people that drink green smoothies have one glass a day or more than that? What will give me the maximum benefit? I have...

I hope that I don't see any posts here saying how those meanie-heads in the processed food industry, the medical profession, and the FDA, etc. are...

It's been exactly 2 monrths raw--I'm feeling blah today--achy, slight headache and a slight temperature. Is this all normal??? Would this be detox...

Today is a total 3 months raw!! I am loving my new lifestyle. I'm more educated than I was 3 months ago-- and even able to handle the comments I'm...

At the end of this month it will be 2 months. I love being 100% raw! I have a friend that "doesn't approve" of my being raw. She made this...

Well, this will be my very first Thanksgiving raw and I will be surrounded relatives that are the cooked crowd. What do you raw folks do? Bring...

Help!! I have been raw (95%) for a little over 2 months. I have lost 20 lbs. (Yay!), but don't feel great. I was hoping to have all of this energy,...

Ok so I have decided to start drinking green smoothies but should they be chewy or drinkable?? I blended in a regular blender and it was chewy. ...

I've noticed that how I'm eating has changed. First when I started I made all these more gourmet type recipes, then I found myself wanted some...

Does anyone have a simple bread recipe? I do have Alissa's book and have tried banana bread. It didn't come out--might have been the wheat berries...

Do any of you use something for cleansing your skin? I'm taking about your face that would be natural and healthy. This is off that topic-- just...

Hi all, I had my usual green smoothie with spirulina today. Then my heart rate went up to 100 from its usual 60-70. I then got nauseated and had a...

Well this is the first time I've been away from home since being raw (only been raw for 7 weeks) and I didn't have any trouble at the all you can eat...

I had a difficult bm a couple of days ago and now my colon is very, very sore like never before. I have one of those blue belts that i wear to help...

Has anyone used cucumbers for skin--like blackheads?? How about for changing grey hair to the normal color?? Just curious! How did you do...

I used to get split ends all the time. I quit dying my hair almost 2 years ago and started letting it grow long around the same time. I haven't...

I just got this today from a friend--She borrowed a dehydrator from someone and said to me " I don't agree with everything you are doing but do like...

What do you all do when invited out to a non raw fooders' house?? Do you tell them when you are invited that you only eat raw food-- see what they...

My hubby has seen my determination to be raw and never to go back to "cooked" foods. Plus it helps that to his 2 colds this year I have had NONE!! ...

Soooooooooooo-- I am so new at this dehydrating--getting the hang of it-but seems I have to make something--it doesn't come out just right and make...

There was a party last night--in the honor of my first year anniversary. There was no food at all that I could eat. I had brought along a juicy...

I am totally enjoying this forum! It is fantastic! Getting recipes, seeing how others eat and much more. Between this and Alissa's book things...

Is anyone experiencing this I hear this comes with getting older. Is there a raw food suggestion? I have a girl friend who does not drive at night...

This might be a stupid question but I'm new to raw and sprouting and all. I need 5 cups of sprout barley--how much is that before it is sprouted???...