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    Default Arthritis gone

    Well, I am very very excited!! I went raw because I saw my body going on a downhill spiral--starting with kidney stones, cysts and then arthritis. It was in my knees--at 53 that made me very unhappy. I was having problems getting up and down--even in smiple places like the couch! I've been raw since Aug.(was vegan since March). I wasn't seeing results from being vegan. I'm learning much about being raw! I've added green smoothies to my diet even. I've gone from gourmet raw to simple with some gourmet here and there. I veered once(mildly) but didn't even enjoy it. I looked at a tangerine the other day and got excited about eating it. I have both of Alissa's recipe books and DVD.

    NOW-- my knees are totally normal. No more arthrtis! My boys(dogs) love that I can get on the floor again.

    I AM SO EXCITED!!!!

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    Wow - That's incredible!! Congratulations to you blizzardfrisbee! *Ü*

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    I am jealous.
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    Thanks for posting your encouraging words, blizzardfrisbee!

    But jus curious about what else you've done...like have you eliminated nightshades or any solanine-containing things like strawberries, blueberries etc?

    Thanks again,

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    Blizzardfrisbee, your story sounds a lot like mine, except that I'm only 35 and my arthritis started when I was 10 years old.

    I've been vegan most of my adult life, and veg pretty much all of it. I have(had?) arthritis in both hips and one knee, and the last 10 years or more I think I've had it in my fingers.

    Going veg helped a little, going vegan helped a bit more, but going all raw helped MASSIVELY!!! I have had pretty much no problems since going all raw, only very occasionally a round red patch on my knee joint that's a little warmer than every where else, but the pain is gone and the flexibility is outta this world! I had no idea my flexibility had been so compromised until I went all raw and got it back and then some!

    Raw DEFINITELY helps with arthritis, I've heard so many stories and experienced it myself.

    BTW, I eat LOTS of nightshades (mainly tomatoes) and do eat strawberries and blueberries (punnets at a time).
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    How inspiring! Congrats!
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    Quote Originally Posted by blizzardfrisbee View Post
    Well, I am very very excited!! I went raw because I saw my body going on a downhill spiral--starting with kidney stones, cysts and then arthritis. It was in my knees--at 53 that made me very unhappy. I was having problems getting up and down--even in smiple places like the couch! I've been raw since Aug.(was vegan since March). I wasn't seeing results from being vegan. I'm learning much about being raw! I've added green smoothies to my diet even. I've gone from gourmet raw to simple with some gourmet here and there. I veered once(mildly) but didn't even enjoy it. I looked at a tangerine the other day and got excited about eating it. I have both of Alissa's recipe books and DVD.

    NOW-- my knees are totally normal. No more arthrtis! My boys(dogs) love that I can get on the floor again.

    I AM SO EXCITED!!!!
    Good for you,when I tell people that arthritis is curable they look at me like I am crazy and ask questions like well if you know this why doesn't my doctor, so I give up on a lot of folks because if you lead one to the well of knowledge it is up to them to take in that knowledge and a person must have an open mind which obviously you do. Both kinds of arthritis are curable as well as diabetes type two and some type ones. Congratulations it is good to see someone use their mind and not listen to their doctor that tells you right away how incurable arthritis is while writing a prescription for a drug to take care of the pain. A drug that can kill you.

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    THIS IS AWESOME TO READ! I DON'T KNOW HOW I JUST SAW THIS!!

    Quote Originally Posted by bachcole View Post
    In my opinion based on more than 40 years as a health responsible person, raw and living foods is just the beginning. Moving to raw and living foods is such a philosophical revolution, that everything else I have learned will have to be re-evaluated. It seems like a lot of the things, but not all, that I have been doing to be healthy have simply been compensating for eating almost entirely cooked food. For example, I have a lot of pill bottles filled with pills in my cupboard and on my counter, all lined up very neat and orderly. Most of those pill bottles are a compensation for eating cooked food. Most of them will not be re-bought when I run out.

    But, amongst the nutrition oriented things that I may continue will be Vitamin D, Ayurvedic medicine, and perhaps mega-vitamins.

    I would love to read what other people have to say. After all, I am but a seed in the fast forest of raw and living foods. :)
    Quote Originally Posted by bachcole View Post
    Even during the run up to raw, not having read or watched all the GREAT testimonials, I was getting headaches and insomnia. At first, I was worried that perhaps I had taken too much of this pill or that pill or whatever. But I went from about 1% raw to 60% raw, and it landed me in a healing crisis. When I finally figured that out, I was happy, even with a headache. I knew that I was doing my body good.:)
    Quote Originally Posted by klomasius View Post
    Those are some very keen observations there bachole. :)
    I have to agree! Many great observations there! I found myself nodding my head quite a lot!

    Quote Originally Posted by RONB View Post
    Good for you,when I tell people that arthritis is curable they look at me like I am crazy and ask questions like well if you know this why doesn't my doctor, so I give up on a lot of folks because if you lead one to the well of knowledge it is up to them to take in that knowledge and a person must have an open mind which obviously you do. Both kinds of arthritis are curable as well as diabetes type two and some type ones. Congratulations it is good to see someone use their mind and not listen to their doctor that tells you right away how incurable arthritis is while writing a prescription for a drug to take care of the pain. A drug that can kill you.
    Isn't it funny? SO FEW THINGS are incurable! It's such a JOY to see people's lives changing and getting cured! "Just" from being smart and making magic happen with their own bodies' healing abilities. If we will just let them, our bodies will do so much for us! :)

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