Re: Lets talk RAW!!!

Hi,

Sorry it took so long to get back.  I hope you are on the right path by now... 

Here are my thoughts.  There is power and detoxification that result from a shift to raw foods, this is true especially in the beginning as in the first month, as your body gets many nutreints and enzymes it has never seen before and there is always a shift toward better motility which always makes people feel better reduces toxicity through reabsorption, makes for a clean colon ect..
HOWEVER, don't fall into the trap that raw foods is the be all end all healing miracle... 

I can only speak for my experience.  As it has turned out my first primary problem was candida and lack of friendly bacteria.  This evolved into increased gut permiability all along the intestinal tract and multiple food allergies -eggs almonds, gluten.  Over time (5 years) the chronic toxicty from poor sleep, candida toxins, metabollic waste moving through the intestinal wall, overwhelmed the livers ability to detox normally and produce enough bile.  Which leads to chronic really bad constipation.

Now, that said if you click on my name you can read every post I've made and get my raw food gazpacho recipe which I still eat.  And it still is wonderful garlic onions raw brocolli, cucumber, lemon juice.  Very best the raw food world has to offer IMO in terms of antifungal and colon mover...

However, no amount of raw fabulous organic raw food would have saved me from egg, and almond and gluten allergy because when you have this delayed immune response going on at the site of the intestinal lining, it will maintain the leaky gut even though candida is gone ect..  And the reason in the end, that I had all the trouble eating meat was low stomach acid.  I have to take 3-5 HCL per meal and can eat meat with no complaints these days.  This should have been noticed by a doctor whose test result indicated high puetrafactive SCFA but the clue was overlooked.  And I suffered a year till I figured it out on my own.

So the moral of the story.  Be careful, raw foods especially my gazpacho recipe is great, but...
And get tested  metametrix stool test and merdian valley labs food allergy panel if you have ANY digestive issues.

Read about environmental illness and do evrything you can to reduce toxic exposure.  This is the key-anything you do to reduce total toxic load, improve digestion, and improve natural detox pathways will make your body much, much stronger and healthier.  I don't know about your particular case, but this is true for anyone.

I hope this helps. And believe me there is hope.  There is help for you and anyone for that matter.  It can get tricky though so I just wanted to warn you as it seems like your journey has just begun.

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