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My mom always tells me "eat until you're 80% full". Turns out this is a Japanese concept termed Hara Hachi Bu :) Wise indeed.

neh, no freezer- it's just in our department building's main hall on campus. I found a recipe for a raw brownie that includes avocado, by the way. I never tried to add avocado to my nut/dried fruit...

I'd love it if you could expand on this! Examples of how our physiology demonstrates this, i mean :)

I think it might make sense if i label it ONLY FRESH RAW NUTS & DRIED FRUITS! NO FLOUR, NO REFINED SUGARS? NO GLUTEN! NO SOY! lalala :) but i'm not stuck on chocolate anyway, so any suggestion is...

Hm I really don't know if I agree. Do u mean perception by non-raw folks of chocolate?
Anyway, what would you recommend? :)

BTW thank you all for suggestions!!!

yes it's true, went to a huge mexican store in Phoenix to do a project for a class....instead ended up shopping for the next 2 weeks LOL :D

produce was so much cheaper. It's quite interesting ...

Hey guys!

So my department is having a Cookie/Dessert contest in a couple of weeks. I decided to participate and am looking for some delicious recipe of brownies/bars.. Something that can be...

i had a Good4You dehydrator. it was nice. excalibur was more sturdy (cracked some trays in Good4U) and better (and i liked that it had a "door" too)

i'd get more teflex sheets!!! so much more...

Yep, my observation as well (i'm from Ukraine). I was in class the other day and my colleagues were pondering how come more affluent people in less developed countries gain weight while rich people...

guys, do you think to make raw WORK it's magic, it has to be 100%? I was reading on another forum a comment about someone who's ~95% raw and was doubting the diet.

Others were suggesting that,...

somewhere on this thread there was something posted on limiting protein and improved health. Anyone heard of mTOR?

When protein levels are detected that exceed our basic maintenance requirements,...

I notice there is an overall theme of eating less on this and other boards. And i don't mean not overeating, but wanting to live on juices, sprouts, and so on. I remember several years ago I also...

tadaa! I was reading an article just now Factors affecting adherence to a raw vegan diet* and got a reeeeally nice paragraph summarizing some things i've been trying to get at! Quoting:

There is...

You know, guys, I used to be very emotional about raw vegan but had to get way more laid back for my own sake (&health).

It humbled me to research diets and hear people's amazing stories about...

not too much peer-reviewed literature on raw foodism quite yet unfortunately. Working on it, though ;)

I can tell that RAW is definitely non-toxic for us (of course we still DO stuff to some foods that contain antinutrients, right? otherwise they're....toxic/not optimal?)

But what it is about RAW...

I really appreciate the explanation!! Thank you ;)

hehe, Mitch- don't forget that perceptions of what a healthy body should look like have changed. Being heavier was considered beautiful and healthy. My grandparents (who are in Ukraine) are in no...

I actually read about this whole protein idea from an article talking about obesity and comparing carb-rich foods to those with more protein. I think their hypothesis was that a human body seeks...

Aleesha, thanks for the reply!

i would greatly benefit from a definition of "clean diet" according to this forum.

Personally, i'm assuming it excludes food additives, chemicals and...

eh. ADDICTIVE sounds like such a bad word. Maybe certains things in life need to create dependency? To reproduce and not starve, we're addicted to certain things :)

It seems as cooked food is...

I'm starting to get a bit confused. I've been reading loads of posts and people mention toxins a lot. I'm starting to think that everything other than raw and vegan is ...TOXIC :D

we're not...

hehe, i was just reading through Alyssa's raw FAQ and here is what she writes:
"When food is cooked at over 112 degrees (this temperature can be felt as warm to the touch) we destroy all of its...

Hi Gianni! Can you explain what you mean by "balance"?? :)

hellooo!!!

So the other day I learned about the theory of overeating that states a human body needs a certain amount of protein to get "full" and stop craving food.

Overall, I noticed myself...