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I have been studying the raw food lifestyle for some time now, and absolutely love & appreciate the perfection of it. I'm also interested in detoxing my overburdened body. I'm 26 years old, 5'8" tall and weigh 165 pounds (I would be more comfortable at about 135!).
I know I'm killing my body. I promise myself to start doing things right "tomorrow" and then proceed to spend the rest of the day bingeing on Starbucks' vanilla lattes, banana splits, popcorn, twizzlers, pasta, and french fries. This is really what I eat, and it's almost my sole diet. I don't have problems with meat or a lot of fried foods (except french fries), etc. I just eat tons of this starchy, fatty crap. I'm a vegetarian, but obviously not for health reasons.
What I need is for someone to help me out with a little motivation. I know there are a lot of experts on here. I also want to know if I should do a Water Fast or some other detox before I convert to a raw foods lifestyle? How should I transition? I have a bad habit of pulling the "all or nothing" routine, so if someone could lay down some guidelines, I'll at least have something to stick by. If I had it my way I would be 100% raw and perfect immediately, but I'm realizing it's not that easy.
It seems to me that raw (vegan too maybe?) is perfection. Maybe I'm putting this lifestyle on too much of a pedestal & that's my problem. I don't know, but I know that I feel totally inept right now, like I'm just not good enough & never will be.
I'm so disgusted with myself. I feel so bloated and unhealthy, and I want to start feeling better right away. Does anyone have any suggestions? How did you guys get on the path to ideal health?
Also, a technical question here: I use an over the counter water filter pitcher (Pur brand). Is this doing any good? Is it just making the water taste better or is it really ridding the water of toxins? I can't invest in a high priced filter. My money is practically non-existent. Another issue when trying to go all-organic.
Sorry this is so long. I really would appreciate some help here. Thanks.
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This is a reply to # 11,676Wow is that your pic? Well I would think someone that beautiful would have no life problems at all! But that shows you what I know! My advice would be one step at a time. Try eating good whole food meals at first, going from a junk food junky to a raw vegan is quite a leap, I know I tried myself and failed misearbly! Instead of hopping in your favorite candy store or cafe go to a sit down restaraunt and enjoy a good meal ,avoid pastas and what meats you don't like to indulge in. Start out with a big salad made to order or the chefs special and a big bowl of soup ! Filling up on good foods helps to destroy the cravings! Then go to the grocers and buy in the live food section (vegetable isle)hang out there for a while ,get to know all the different items and avoid the rest of the place try snackin on fruits instead of candies. I make a salad with the dark leafy green lettuces with hard boiled eggs grated swiss cheese and radishes or cucumbers and I make a big one! Make home made soups with Celery and carrot potatoes or tomatoes or sprouts added at the end in chicken broth! I could live on these two recipes with fruit and nut snacks and cheeses! I know these are not all live foods or the very healthiest but you could make that leap and then eventually go all living foods(raw) as you have eventually givin up all the junk foods! Get a passion for creating great things at home in the kitchen it's a rewarding experience! Drink tons of water and get acguanted with herbal teas , there are very many interesting flavors out there! Good luck , I hope this helps a little! Chaz
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This is a reply to # 11,676If you could repost this message //www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=37&t=58098 this would give us a more sacred place to discuss a raw foods vegan diet. I have a few ideas for you. - Re: Support desperately needed....
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MoreThis is a reply to # 11,676HI,
I am also a vegetarian, however I overeat all the time...I hate myself at times, right now I feel so bloated and sick. I am not too into the raw diet thing. I perfer to steam my veggies for a few min and eat them. I have a suggestion I don't know if it will help, but is has helped me in the past. This was suggested to me by my Guru(yoga/meditation teacher), steamed veggies, green tea-no Sugar or milk, natural grains ( not the over processed kind, fresh fruits, and he also suggested proper time gaps between meals etc.etc..its all on his website if you want, you can check it out. I used to practice this all the time, when my guru was here in canada, but then he went back to india, he comes every now and again to teach. He is coming again in July. But I plan to get back on track. I cannot keep poisioning my body like this..my clothes don't fit me anymore..people at work actually think I am pregnant. Its so embrassing, I used to be a size 1, now I am like a size 9..and my tummy is so fat..I hate it..but its nice to have support, I am here if you need it.
you can get more info on the diet at: http://www.kriyayoga-yogisatyam.org.
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This is a reply to # 11,682INVESTIGATE FIRST..
http://www.rwood.com/Articles/Soy_Toxin_or_Tonic.htm
http://www.mercola.com/2001/apr/7/sardi_soy.htm
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This is a reply to # 11,684Its your choice ! I would never take the chance! Besides your supporting one of the most insidious polluters this century has ever known by consuming soy! Monsanto has covered this planet with there toxic herbicides!
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This is a reply to # 11,684
Here's Fallon and Enig's rebuttal to Bill Sardi:
http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/soy_update2001.html
"Reply to Mr. Bill Sardi, published in
The Townsend Letter, April 2001"
Oh, and Dr. Mercola now also cautions against soy "food".
Read: "Soy Myth Exposed: Soy is Not a Health Food"
http://www.mercola.com/2005/feb/26/soy_myths.htm
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This is a reply to # 11,688Yes its a shame too! There a lot of whores out there working for Monsanto and Sardi is one of them ! All the info out explaining the pitfalls of soy and to make a life decision on a couple articles is denial ! Yes be informed first but research that info ! Then follow the dollar bill! These so called soy bashers have nothing to gain by exposing soy and monsanto but some out there have great investments in promoting such an insidious non food industrial product like soy!
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This is a reply to # 11,688They way I look at it, depends on the soy product you are buying, not all of the soy products are dangerous, otherwise most ppl I know who take soy and grew up using soy, would have been really, really ill by now..The other day, I was listening to the news on the radio, and a nutritionist warning, don't eat certain types of friuts too much, contians too much Sugar etc..etc..it goes on..Its just getting really ridiculous..Soon we won't be able to eat anything...
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This is a reply to # 11,692You can justify doing anything, seems to me convenience is the excuse many people use to justify questionable practices ! I just hope your right for your childs sake! Some people drink alcohol all their lives and it doesnt seem to bother them but when they die at 60 or 65 we will never know how long he really may have lived had he not!
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This is a reply to # 11,693Research is conducted all the time..on a group of ppl so and so is the result, so the create chaos, this product is not good anymore beware..how about the others that the product didn't affect the same way..It goes to show we are more attracted to the negative and all this has become a money making thing..I am not doubting that there isn't truth to it, but to avoid all soy product is becoming a victim to these things, is just ignorant..not all soy products are bad for you...so when we purchase these things we have to be smart and not pick up anything that is labeled 'soy'. As with any products, even fruits and veggies, we have to know what we are buying..
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This is a reply to # 11,694justification is the larger part of denial! Why any one would choose factory made industrial products processed to eliminate toxins as thier choice of sustenence is only foolng themselves Soy wwas grown in the midwest because the even the crows new it was a toxin ~ now process that through some bleaching leaching process and call it food is ludicrous! To say some one is foolish for not falling for something that has thousands of pages of propaganda behind it is not clear headed thinking , when letting others persuade you against your better judgement to do something now that is lazy and niave!
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This is a reply to # 11,679Thank you guys so much for your help! It's nice to hear that others have similar struggles. I worry a lot about how I look, but I'm also really concerned about my health. I have a lot of back and shoulder pain. I'm easily depressed, and just tend to get really down on myself. I know that eating for health can make such an impact on your mental state too, so I just feel so crappy for wallowing in self-pity and not doing anything about it. But this past week I've let my kitchen cupboards slowly dwindle to where I've only got those foods left that I used to buy & hope I would eat, yet skipped over in favor of crappy stuff. So, unless I go out, I only have beans, fruits and vegetables left to eat. I feel better after 2 days of eating healthier, but I'm always reading all these books and stuff that talk about the process of detoxification, as you condition your body to the right foods, & even though I'm doing better, I still have my eye on the day when I will fuel my body with only raw foods. I don't know if it's unrealistic, but I imagine myself being thin, having radiant, wrinkle-free (or less damaged) skin, long, shiny, thick hair (my hair's thinned a lot over the last year), and feeling young, like I should. I'm only 26, but I feel so old! I really appreciate all the responses on here. I enjoy reading on this board. It's very inspirational. With the whole summer ahead of me & nothing to do, I hope to come on here a lot more & glean as much knowledge and support as possible. Thanks again you guys!
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This is a reply to # 11,686Hi Lynda! Im curious , if you are thinking that your health has declined in the last year or so , do you believe it to be diet related or is it possible you have been exposed to any environmental toxins? What do you do for a living? Many people are exposed to terrible substances in the commercial arena, office, factory, stores! I say that because of your remark about thinning hair which to me indicates a chemicle involvement! Whichs put the body out of balance, which could be diet related but that usually takes a longer period of time!
As far as your water purifier goes it souds fine to me better then nothing and im sure it does some good but the only caveat that comes to mind is the filter itself should be changed frequently or sanitized occasionally with say a solution of h2o2 or some other natural disinfectant! God Luck and Good Health ! Chazzzzz !- Re: Support desperately needed....
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This is a reply to # 11,696I hadn't really thought about environmental toxins. I left a job in Dec as a receptionist in a car dealership, where I had worked for about 8 months. Other than that, I haven't really been around a lot of different areas than usual. I moved to a bigger city in Jan of '03. One thing I thought might be a cause is not only a very bad diet, but also the fact that I have gone through short periods of time where I nearly starved myself to lose weight quickly (for pageants! Lame huh?). I would eat nothing but popcorn basically. I think that might have taken a toll on my hair. I also have dyed my hair a lot (I haven't dyed it in 3 months now & there is a LOT of gray!). Those are the main things that seemed to be factors to me. I used to have very thick, healthy hair, no matter how badly I treated it, but I noticed once when I was younger, and going through an "anorexic" phase that it became very dull. When I began eating normally again, it regained its health, but I thought maybe this recent thinning could be a delayed reaction from all my bodily abuse. Of course, I don't starve anymore, so I'm hoping my hair will go back to normal one of these days. One thing you make me think of though when you mentioned environmental factors, is that I broke a mercury thermometer recently (not related to the hair thinning, this happened a couple of months ago). I didn't want to just toss it in the garbage, so I gathered all (I hope) of the mercury & broken pieces, etc, and quadruple bagged it in plastic baggies until I get to the waste disposal place to get rid of it properly. How bad do you think this is for me right now? I have the plastic baggies tied up in a plastic Wild Oats bag, hanging on my bathroom door. I just haven't gotten around to disposing of it yet. Anyway, thanks again for your input. I'm reading a book right now about people who've cured themselves through nutrition, called "Reclaim Your Health." It makes me want to start a juice fast right this second!! LOL!
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This is a reply to # 11,697Well malnutrition is a syptom of junk food and anorexia, so ya thats prolly whats wrong with your hair and skin! Sure, get that juicer revved up ! Even if you dont fast you will get live nutrients into your system right away! a good juicer makes the nutrients readily available to your body! I would get rid of that thermometer although you should be safe as long as you keep it sealed and you may have acquiered some mercury in your system from cleaning it up ! But speakimg of mercury , do you have any Amalgam fillings or any other dental work done in the past or recently? Many people suffer from mercury poisoning who do! ~Chaz~
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This is a reply to # 11,698Yeah, I have ALL KINDS of fillings! And a root canal! I know how awful it is, but I've been getting fillings since I was a kid. I never took the greatest care with my teeth, but even worse is that my family has a tendency toward weak teeth, so I get cavities very easily. I have no insurance either, and no money, so I have to take what I can get. I get my dental work done at the University Dental School, so there's not much choice in what goes in my mouth. Maybe one day I'll have the money to get my mouth cleaned up. I shudder to think of that foreign, toxic stuff encased in my teeth, but I did read that if your immune system is pretty decent that it probably isn't as bad, so hopefully until I can get my teeth taken care of I'll manage (as long as I take care of the rest of my body, which of course isn't going so well lately). I'm just doing the best I can. I actually forgot today that I hadn't eaten any wheat in 3 days & I went and ate some damn breadsticks! I know that wheat makes me feel crappy too. It's a slow process I guess, when you've been conditioned this way. I grew up on pizza and macaroni. My poor grandmother has had 2 bypass surgeries, my grandfather just died of lung cancer, and my mom already has high blood pressure. I'm fast on my way to becoming just like my mom and grandmother if I don't watch it too! But unlike them, I have faith in natural healing, so hopefully with more education, my willpower (& faith in myself) will start to pick up some momentum & maybe some day soon I'll start to feel & look better. I think it's my own lack of self-confidence that's keeping me from really succeeding with this right now. You know what they say, you have to believe in yourself before you can believe in anything else. By the way, how are your teeth? Have you been able to take care of dental issues? I'd love to know about your path.
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This is a reply to # 11,700Oh boy my path its a long one so to shorten it up lets just say I have seen the devil I have visited the gates of hell ! Years of morbid Depression and alcoholism and then anti depresents that wound up getting me strapped to a guerney! I feel good because Im alive and alcohol and drug free! My struggle still persists I am anything but cured! Yet ! and I say yet because I also have faith in alternative medicine and I now have faith in myself! I have done many L/G flushes parasite cleanses, enemas bowel flushes ! and tried going raw for about two days! I almost passed out because i just do not assimilate raw veggies well and fruit makes my blood Sugar dive !But I've never had a juicer and when I get one i will try again!
Money is a big issue with me also Im a single parent with a 18 yr old son so he comes first and so do the bills! I have been under the influence of workplace toxins for 30 yrs and have an extreme toxic load and I have an extremely congested liver!
My only successful flush was the first one, the one that saved me from the slice and dice doctors which is why I am still here I know they are my cure but until I relieve some of the congestion I just have no luck with the flushes! I have done over 20 of them! And thank god I have no amalgam! I think that would have put me over the edge had I a mouth filled with mercury! I believe Curezone saved my life ! I have learned so much here and found such great support from so many people that it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it! I also Know i have a long row to hoe and although I live in pain everyday I have hope, so I go on! I have great hopes for a better day and a better life! Enough said ! But you stick around and your self confidence will rise as your knowledge and experience does! Tiny steps lead to great leaps and bounds!
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