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I'm having a hard time finding seeds for sprouting in Louisville, and what I do find is quite expensive. I'm considering buying them in bulk online, and noticing that a 35-pound can is...

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm currently sprouting the black oil seeds sold as birdfood. They seem to be sprouting just fine; once I've grown a few batches and have found out whether or not I plan...

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I'd like to start growing sunflower greens, but am having a surprisingly hard time finding inexpensive sunflowers seeds still in the hull. The only local sources I've found either sell...

Well, according to Victoria Boutenko, green smoothies last up to three days if they're kept cold, so I'd think an ice pack would do fine for a day so long as it's not in a really hot place. I take a...

I've been trying to come up with a subsitute for hummus -- I was making it with sprouted chickpeas for a while, but I just don't like that wierd beany flavor. And I miss the texture of cooked...

I usually have a quart for breakfast and another quart midmorning or for lunch. Sometimes I have another quart in the afternoon. I like green smoothies a lot, but a major benefit for me is that...

Are you looking for something that's similar to chicken noodle soup? You could try miso soup -- it's got that saltiness to it. It's not really raw, but it's much closer than chicken noodle. :) To me,...

Radish sprouts have those fuzzy sprout tails -- radish seeds are a bit large and they're very common in sprout mixes, so that's probably what they are. The little hairs lie down when they're wet, so...

I put a lot of little green sprouts -- mostly clover -- in my smoothies. I consider them another type of leafy green... even though their leaves are really tiny! I mainly like them because I enjoy...

I strayed from raw this weekend and ate fast food and a lot of other junky things. I'd been craving a lot of things and was kind of frustrated with slow weight loss and just a general feeling of not...

The tomatoes linked to salmonella have been Red Plum (aka Red Roma) and round red tomatoes. There haven't been any reports of salmonella linked to cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, or tomatoes with...

***It has been found that when you die, the parasites in your body have no longer a fresh food source so they all try to escape your rotting body. From what I heard a whole bunch of living things try...

Hi Marcy,

I'm 38, 5'3", and weighed 240 about five months ago, when I started eating raw. I know how it feels. Don't panic, you're not alone -- not all all. I was so tired all the time and felt...

Does anyone use an Oster beehive blender for green smoothies? I've been using a borrowed Vitamix and needed to give it back. Right now I'm using an Oster 14-speed and it's not handling them well. I'm...

I'm a bit confused. Did you go raw vegan five years ago for health reasons, and if so, has your health improved? Did you have problems with exhaustion before you went raw?

It's great that your...

It's the same quinoa, whether you sprout it or cook it. Same with other grains. I've never put sprouted quinoa in smoothies -- it's pretty dry and it seems to me it would be like adding blackberry...

I think it helps to cut or tear greens in smaller pieces, rather than shoving the whole leaf in the blender. And I add juicy things or water first, blend, then add some greens, then blend, then add...

Wow, that's a lot of combinations to keep track of! Most of the food combining info I've seen is a bit simpler, because fruit is considered all one category (except melons).

When I started eating...

I think that's a good point, that if you went to their house you wouldn't expect them to serve all raw foods while you were there. But you'd hope that they'd serve some!

As a compromise, maybe...

Don't be afraid to eat raw foods. It would make more sense to be hesitant to eat the pasta and sauce, since that's a lot more complicated. :) Really, it does sound like you reacted badly to something...

I just keep it in a closed container in the fridge, with the pit. You can also save the "shell" of the first half, to put over the top, but I never bother. Sure, it turns a little bit darker on the...

8 pounds in 5 weeks sounds good to me. Don't get too caught up in the testimonials from people whose extra weight just started "falling off" when they went raw. It doesn't work that way for everyone,...

I've never heard that sprouts are dehydrating... it doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but anyway I don't think it's something that many people worry about. I never have.

I've eaten a lot of...

I think Nurse in the Raw said it so well that I don't have much else to add. I'm eating to take care of my body the best I can, and give it every advantage in staying healthy. I'm very cautious about...

I guess if you're growing really big quantities of the same kind of sprouts, like for a whole family of serious sprout-eaters, they might make sense, but I'm really happy with my mesh-covered glass...