Funny thing. Now that I'm transitioning forward into the raw and living and super foods, I find that I am wanting to cheat on the 20% part that would be cooked or uncool. HALLELUJAH, Brothers an...   [End]
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I have two drinks at my desk right now: SUPER FOOD MIX MYLKSHAKE #)@#$%@(*%&!!!! approx. handful each of: goji berries cacao nibs raw cashews wild mulberries organic raisins (Himal...   [End]
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Let's see. Here's a new habit I've just started a few days ago starting each day with a glass of water infused with the juice of 1/2 to 1 fresh lime or lemon with NO sweetener. According to ...   [End]
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That is interesting (and sad) to hear about Chet Day being so out of shape. The way he raves all the time I thought he would be really buff. I remember when he first started out he was into ...   [End]
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A worm bin? Ooo, that sounds cool. I'll have to Google that. Thanks. ;)   [End]
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Just a quick note today. I’m not a raw foods or nutrition expert, but I have spent a pretty big chunk of the past 20 years reading, researching and trying out different diets -- especially vee...   [End]
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Well, it's just been bothering me for a long time, especially when I do a lot of JUICING and I get so much vegetable pulp and all, and the garbage disposal thing in my sink definitely does NOT like...   [End]
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This week I am having a LOT of carrot juice. At one point I had the entire bottom drawer of my frig filled with carrots! Am doing various combos of carrot-celery-and-one-apple and carrot-ce...   [End]
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I had a revelation a few months ago that anytime I say to myself "I can't" it is quite often a LIE...! It helps me to realize this, and today it helped me in a big way! The following is excerpt...   [End]
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I am so sorry to hear of your pain. To lose a loved one to death can be very grievous. I felt this when I lost my baby brother (he was only 46 and it was a shock I was not prepared for). Time he...   [End]
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I have found than when I can get them avocados are very nice about adding a creamy texture to smoothies, and of course there are many, many different fruits and things that can be used. I ha...   [End]
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This is a tip I am passing on from Aimee. She has a health food store that is online I believe, but sorry, I cannot remember any other details of how to find her (unless you join David Wolfe's pay ...   [End]
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I HAVE peeled cacao beans and unless there is a secret to doing it a better way, it's a major pain in the neck and not worth it unless you are "killing time"...! Can't remember the details any...   [End]
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Just the fact that I am posting here again is a sign things are going better for me. My (only) brother died and my son left home for good and I broke up with my partner all within a 3-month pe...   [End]
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VERY good point, Ren. This way the cacao is MUCH fresher! In fact, I have been wondering if I even might want to get the whole cacao beans rather than just the nibs for that reason. The main thi...   [End]
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I wasn't really planning to review a comparison between cacao powder and cacao nibs. I had been excited and happy when cacao powder first came out and never really looked back. I had a shadow of a ...   [End]
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I have really begun to miss the mandolin I used to have. For those who are not familiar, a mandolin (also spelled mandoline), besides being the name of a stringed musical instrument, is a fruit and...   [End]
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Well, it's been a long time since I got up the gumption to say I'm going to do it again. I have gone on raw diet several times before and every time I got GREAT results physically, mentally, emot...   [End]
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I just want to say THANK YOU for all the wonderful information you are sharing in your blogs. The rays of your generosity and caring are beauteous.   [End]
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Examples: White slaveowners used to beat the slaves into submission. They also forbade them to learn to do things like read and write (as that would make them less controllable). Once the slave...   [End]
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I just took a scan at your past year or two. You’ve been through a LOT, girl...! Wishing you much happiness, peace and REST...!   [End]
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I could write a long treatise but am trying to learn to type my thoughts more succinctly (esp. in the interests of needing to get back to other things). It was a long, long thing for me -- the R...   [End]
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I have been using Celtic Light Grey Cooking salt for a long time and I know it has more minerals than the Redmond salt, but the Redmond salt is much cheaper and seems to come from a clean source. ...   [End]
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The stainless still Berkey will not filter out the fluoride but the plastic Lexan Berkey can have an extra filter added to remove the fluoride.   [End]
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My city has added fluoride to the water, and fluoride cannot be filtered out by shower filters, soooo I tread lightly with showers and bathing, keeping it to a minimum.   [End]
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Thanks for your input on this, Zoebess! I have been in a quandary. I was so happy in my plans to purchase the Berkey water filter until I learned about the bisphenol A controversy. Initially I thought I could circumvent the problem by purchasing a stainless steel Berkey, but alas, they cannot accept the special added filter for removing fluoride and fluoride is in the water in my city, and the fluoride is so hard to filter out. I just may follow your advice on this and go ahead and get the Berkey made with Lexan and move the water for storage to other containers. Wonderful. I have be ...
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Okay, I deleted these in hopes you will be happier with that. By the way, it is my understanding that recipes are not subject to copyright. Whereas a collection of recipes or an entire book of re...   [End]
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This will be my concluding post for this blog. Sorry, it's just too hard to keep things straight on the net. I'm still working all the time to eat a mostly raw and mostly vegan diet, but have co...   [End]
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Having some major internet issues and may not be able to get on until Monday -- or possibly not until early November. I hope you have a Blissful October and please keep praying for me!   [End]
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I was just looking to see if Colorado had any live food restaurants. There was just one listed on the site I checked, and that is Turtle Lake Refuge in Durango, Colorado. They serve living foods ...   [End]
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My Internet was down for a day and a half, just got it fixed -- yea! Last night I had a slip-up. It was late at night and I had not eaten enough and there were leftovers in the refrigerator. I...   [End]
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This is really great. I can tell my edema is getting better. By evening it still hurts, but the last couple of days I went for at least 30 minutes or more of walking with NO pain. I had not realize...   [End]
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Thanks for your support, Beth! ;)   [End]
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Been doing well again today. All the family is home and they all get disturbed by the sound of my Ktec high-speed blender so I have no found a good time to make my green drink yet. Thus far today...   [End]
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It is very hard, if not impossible, to get support from most of the world for eating 100% Raw Beegan/Vegan diet. In fact I often get comments that are downright unsupportive. That's why I know it...   [End]
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Yesterday went well, but by last night I had a low-grade cough. I decided I should probably fast for a couple of days on water, but I've never been very good at fasting so I don't know if I'll go...   [End]
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How much do the avocados cost where you are? Here they are usually 1.99 each!   [End]
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Oh, thanks, but I'm not the one who wrote it. I just did not not who to attribute it to. It was sent to me from someone in my upline for NCD (Natural Cellular Defense) and I agree with you -- so ...   [End]
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Thanks, Ren and Beth! Where the snow: Western Wyoming   [End]
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Well, I was looking up more about Gillian and the show "You Are What You Eat" and I see that her idea of vegetarian includes fish and whole wheat pasta, but still, it's the closest thing to good ...   [End]
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... and that is saying a lot especially considering the, what for me, has been very depressing weather the past couple of days (cold, wet, snowing, foggy, muddy). Just now the snow is melting ...   [End]
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The starting point for all achievement begins in the mind. See yourself today doing the things you will be doing once you're successful. The starting point of every step begins in your mi...   [End]
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Day #5 and no cheating and it is getting easier to stay raw -- thank goodness, because now I may have to face not being able to obtain dandelion leaves for a while or off and on as I am mudded-in...   [End]
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This is great. I am very encouraged to be on my 4th day all raw vegan. The first day is the hardest, the 2nd day is the 2nd hardest and so on... Got a bunch of avocados the other day after doi...   [End]
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Shoot, it took me so long to set up this blog entry I have already lost out of my head a few great quotes about addiction. But they were basically about how huge the denial is, and that's why peo...   [End]
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Shoot, it took me so long to set up this blog entry I have already lost out of my head a few great quotes about addiction. But they were basically about how huge the denial is, and that's why peo...   [End]
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"What makes it an addiction is it's something that you can't stop yourself from doing." I just heard this on the TV (though they were talking about other addictions). Of course people CAN ov...   [End]
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Doing good again today on staying all raw, and getting a hard-learned lesson or two as well. The first is physical: my feet hurt more yesterday and today than they have in a long time, and I know...   [End]
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Doing good again today on staying all raw, and getting a hard-learned lesson or two as well. The first is physical: my feet hurt more yesterday and today than they have in a long time, and I know...   [End]
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Doing good again today on staying all raw, and getting a hard-learned lesson or two as well. The first is physical: my feet hurt more yesterday and today than they have in a long time, and I know...   [End]
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Just thought I should mention that. There is something screwy going on with the software and making it so that people putting comments (like Ren when she said she is eating fish again) go on as p...   [End]
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Yesterday worked out great. I had a very pressing job which made it impossible for me to stop and eat for much of the day -- and I was really hungry! But then by evening when I COULD eat, I reall...   [End]
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Oh my, what a hard week it has been! One ”cheat” leads to another, and it’s a good thing I’ve been doing the green drinks with wild dandelion leaves because I think that’s the only thing keeping me from coming fully out of remission of some of my worst physical ailments! But why waste all that incredibly healing raw food just to still feel at least half bad when by going to all raw I could get literally blasted with great health? This is what I keep asking myself. I have tried to go inside and ask myself why. Why do I do these perverse things (such as eating meat, cheese or bread) ...
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Her tester, once she got past the puckering, enjoyed the pie. It’s not sweet, so if you want sweeter I’d trade out the 1-3 T. water with honey or agave nectar. SOUR CREAM BLUEBERRY PIE 4 c blueberries, divided 1 c cashew ¼ c agave nectar juice of two lemons 3 T water, more if needed 1 T coconut oil ¼ t sea salt 1 Almond Crust Almond Crust recipe 2 c almonds, soaked for 6-8 hours 1 c dates, pitted and soaked for an hour, reserve soaking water 4 T reserved date water 1 T organic vanilla extract Pinch of sea salt In a food processor, process almonds, dates, dat ...
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Ah, the flesh is particularly weak this week. I shall keep trying and let you know when I successfully make it to Day #2...! My body is not liking the non-raw-vegan foods and only my cravings and mouth like them. I will keep trying and hopefully soon can post some inspiring quotes from raw authors.   [End]
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I did better yesterday, and if I had not considered it my first day raw vegan I know I would have succumbed to temptation much earlier in the day. Yesterday I had to fix taco salad for the family, and that has meat and cheese in it. I had more than a few bites. My edema is worse today, no doubt because of my recent succumptions. (Is that a word?) But today is a new day, and here is a quote that helps me not get bummed or discouraged from my flub-ups: ”Repetition is a little secret of those who are truly blessed with great health, energy and abundance...Repetition makes habits an ...
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Okay. I’m going to count the days again. Somehow it helps. I cannot afford to wait and go raw a month from now. If I did that I would have to be moving as a semi-cripple. I would rather be in better shape for my ”new” life. And besides, I’ll be busy with new stimulations, etc. and it will be a great help to me if I have already been all-raw and all-vegan for a month before I get there. It’s so crazy. Things that have not been hard for me to stay completely away from for YEARS, such as coffee, here sometimes every day I have to ”quit” again during thoughts of temptation looking at t ...
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That's awesome, nutberry girl! Yes, we must just keep trying. One day it will become easy, I just know it!   [End]
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Raw Coconut Manna A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Sarah -Take the meat and water from one young coconut -Fillet the jelly of a good chunk of aloe vera (approx. a 2X2 peice) -Add a little blue manna, spirulina, e3 live, goji powder and/or goodies of your choice. -A dash of agave nectar or sweetener if you like it sweet. Blend! Green VegaMix A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Nimisha (www.evolvingappetites.com) In VitaMix or K-Tec blender: -1 cup of water -3 pieces of fruit - e.g. 1 orange, 1 apple, handful of grapes (or can be 3 oranges - whatever combination of fruit you like). - ...
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Most of the time I can avoid big slipups like that by reminding myself not only the poisonous effects those other foods have on me but also reminding myself that it is only a few moments’ pleasure. But, like I told my good friend, it was like my zipper just unzipped -- and stayed unzipped for a good half hour or more. Then I was thinking about it: for the past 30 years most of those years have gone by with my zipper unzipped ALL the time. Now that I am zipping it up, it’s easy to fall back into the unzipped status -- that non-conscious, unconscious way of living and eating. Livi ...
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Yes, it is discouraging, but at the same time I am buoyed by the good results of the high-raw high-vegan diet I have been eating the past couple of months especially. It’s just one of those really hard-to-do things, to overcome an addiction when living in small quarters with all the others being addicted to the same thing and not trying to overcome it. I can’t blame them, but I know I will do better once I don’t have the constant temptations in the refrigerator where I live!   [End]
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Thank goodness for the ”100%” part of 100% Raw Vegan! So much temptation today and if I was say 95% Raw Vegan I would have taken at least a bite -- and then that would have elongated my struggle all the longer! (Tonight I made Jambalaya with Sausage for the family, plus there are all manner of cheeses and other temptations in the refrigerator.) Went on my walk again today and gathered dandelion greens, also went to the store and got more watermelon (two of them since they are so good and I wanted smaller ones that can fit in the frig once I cut them). I got other provisions too, espec ...
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Today was good. Let’s see, started with watermelon, then a few hours later cucumber-tomato salad (same as usual plus orange bell pepper), then a raw chocolate bar, then later made a green smoothie with one banana, two apples, lots of watermelon, half an avocado, 2 cups water, about 5-6 oz. frozen blueberries and dandelion greens. Very filling! Also went on my walk today but had to go a more boring direction due to mud on my favorite route (and wanted to take the dog). Oh, one supplement I take that really is not a supplement, I don’t know what you call it, maybe a detoxer, is Natur ...
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Shoot. The Chinese didn’t smell good, but there were so many entrees and, well, let’s just say tomorrow will be another new day 100% raw vegan. This may seem silly, but it really helps me to do it this way.   [End]
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Yes, Green Smoothies ROCK...! Er, Rawk? ;)   [End]
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It’s good to be back on 100% raw vegan again. I really AM getting better, and that feels GREAT...! Today on my walk I managed to navigate past the really muddy part of the road and get on over to the house that has dandelions in the yard. (I just used up all my dandelion yesterday, and even that was collected in town -- actually just outside the local health food store.) I was looking forward to a big crop of dandelion greens after being gone for three days and knowing that it rained so much, but it was not to be: Someone took a WEEDEATER to my wonderful dandelions! But the good news ...
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Not much time to write today but just wanted to check in. Today I had watermelon, cucumber-tomato salad, a carrot with the ”raw ranch dressing,” and also a smoothie made with nectarines, plums, bananas, dandelion greens and water. Most of the day I just felt hungry all the time but now since about 6:00 p.m. or so I am not feeling hungry anymore. Yea!! (If I had succumbed to temptation to eat the cooked and non-vegan foods I would still be hungry now, wanting more bites, no doubt!) Just finished reading Dr. Ruza Bogdanovich’s book today, THE CURE IS IN THE CAUSE. It’s a nice book, w ...
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My left foot hurts a lot tonight, more than it has in over a week. I’m sure it’s because of the non-raw non-vegan bites I have been eating. Today it was more than a couple bites. Could even be called a small meal. Time to get back in touch with reality!!! There are so many reasons I want to be and stay raw. I know I cannot complete my mission on this Earth without it, without my health, without weight loss, and without facing and working through this challenge. I want to be able to help others like me who find it so difficult to let go of a lifetime of cooked and non-vegan ”food” a ...
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Ask if you can, and then bring a favorite salad or h’ourderve to parties. If someone wants to give you food it is often much easier not to explain that you won’t eat it or why. Unless they are really interested in nutrition, change the subject and when they’re not looking tuck what they gave you UNDER your salad and just don’t eat it. Great to take with you while traveling: apples, avocados, dates, nuts, seeds, a jar of sprouts that are completely ready to eat (but which can also grow when you are not eating them). Be sure to have a ”restaurant card” for restaurants. I’ll have to chec ...
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RAW SWEET POTATO SALAD Shred an organic sweet potato, skin and all, with a shredder. Quickly add some orange or lemon juice so the potato doesn’t darken. Add finely chopped celery and onions, parsley, raisins, walnuts, apples (and anything else you may like). Dress with fresh orange juice, olive or flax seed oil, a pinch of Celtic sea salt and mix well. Chew each bite slowly. You can use any dressing you like. You can’t mess it up! TAHINI DRESSING OR DIP Grind a cup of sesame seeds....Add the fresh juice of an orange or lemon (thicker less juice; thinner more juice). Add herbs ...
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”Good thoughts and good food are good medicine.” -- Dr. Ruza Bogdanovich, N.D. ”Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.” --Richard Hooker ”Meat is a second hand food. An animal ate the green, growing plants that produced the meat [that is so] hard to break down.” -- Dr. Ruza Bogdanovich, N.D. ”Eat organic fresh fruits and vegetables as often as possible. Raw is imperative. You must realize that this is not a fad, cult or some new religion. This is a fact that will improve, extend and achieve your optimum health and life span.” -- Dr. Ruza B ...
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I just had to stand up from a sitting position and walk across the house. It was a surprise. It was so easy. It reminds me that I have been having such awkwardness, pain and general discomfort for so many months now that it’s a surprise to be able to do something as simple as standing up from a sitting position with relative ease. I was thinking of things to say to myself the next time I find myself in front of some non-vegan or non-raw temptation. ”Is tasting this really worth risking that I won’t be able to walk as well tomorrow?” Of course the answer is NO, but it’s amazing how muc ...
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It rained all night and there are no paved roads within 3 miles, so I was not able to take my walk today. Now it is raining again. I hope it stops soon and dries up! Will have to learn how to use the treadmill here otherwise! Looking at my breaks and bites of non-raw non-vegan foods the last few days, I remind myself not to consider myself as having fallen off the wagon -- which would only be an excuse to pig out on more unhealthy stuff. I know I must get up, dust myself off, and continue ”as if nothing happened.” It’s the only way. Ran out of watermelon today. Hopefully will be ab ...
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The scary thing is, it only take a few seconds to bite into something I should not. I know it will be much easier when I am not living in a SAD diet household, but I must tow the line while I am here too. It’s hard sometimes. Other times it is easy. Had a good walk today and collected more dandelion greens. Made a big green smoothie that included losts of dandelion and also frozen blueberries. It was good. Had a carrot and some of that ”raw ranch dressing” (which I added more dill and onion powder to). I even ate a bunch of the dressing straight. For breakfast I had some delicio ...
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Ah, well, it was more refined carb, meat and cheese cravings I think. But really it was not my body craving it so much as my addiction. If I had never take the teeniest bite it would have been ea...   [End]
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Went on my walk again this morning and foraged for more dandelion greens. It seems that every time I go back there are more than the day before -- yea!! It’s so odd how I have not been able to find them anywhere else (at least not enough to pull and eat). Had watermelon for breakfast, smoothie for lunch -- with dandelion greens, avocado, bananas, pear, watermelon, water (left out the celery this time). Ate the leftover bit from the raw chocolate bar yesterday. I plan to have celery-tomato salad for dinner. The tomatoes are so delicious. They are soil-grown and must be heirloom, th ...
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Had watermelon for breakfast, cucumber-tomato salad for lunch, a raw chocolate bar (still ate too much -- will have to half the amount next time!), then had a smoothie made with water, bananas, celery, Bartlett pear, blueberries (frozen) and wild dandelion. It was really too bitter but today I didn’t mind. However in the future I’ll add more fruit. Then for a late night snack watermelon, and may soon have a little bit of my homemade sauerkraut (for the probiotics since I used my Zapper today). More and more I am seeing that I need to center my focus on the food I CAN eat and take my f ...
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The cravings definitely are not gone yet and probably won’t be for quite a while! I keep reminding myself that ANY food I crave that is bad for me will only give me a few seconds of pleasure for each bite while at the same time wrecking my body and therefore my life. I had a smoothie this morning with wild dandelions again, and with some blueberries. Now I’m having a sort of guacamole (without the seaweed). Later I think I’ll fix a chocolate bar to help me through this Taco Bell craving!! No, I won’t fix the cacao bar. It’s just too much fat. My body doesn’t want too much fa ...
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I just walked over to the neighbor's house that has the dandelion and asked if it was all right if I forage for their dandelion greens and I got the green light! Today I got as much as I could f...   [End]
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Hi Ren! I'm sorry to hear you are having the health issues too, but we sure are lucky we don't what to do about it, eh?! Good to know I have company! Cheers, Michele   [End]
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When I went on my walk today I was gathering greens to feed Jake from his owners’ yard. (Jake is a mule.) It is not so easy to find greens around here. It’s very dry and there is not much rainfall. There is a lot of sage and a couple of other plants, but regular blades of grass that are actually green are further between. Anyhow, I noticed today there were a few little patches of green next to Jake’s owners’ house so I went over there on my way to give Jake a handful -- and spied wild dandelions! After giving Jake a couple handsful of greens I snatched up as much wild dandelion greens ...
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One raw snack I find travels easily in a ziplock and is satisfying is raw dates and nuts -- almonds, walnuts, whatever. Also sunflower seeds. But I know some people don’t like to eat dates, so I don’t know if that is any help.   [End]
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Oh boy. I just wrote a long blog entry and in a hurry hit the wrong button. Instead of hitting ”publish message” I hit ”post a new message.” I should learn to write my blog offline and then copy and paste it. I’ll give an abbreviated version of the lost entry. Yesterday’s food was much the same, with the addition of some local watermelon which was/is delicious. (I’m having it for breakfast right now too!) I weighed myself and have lost 10 lbs. since last month. It’s a bit confusing because there are newer scales that say I weigh 5 lbs. more, but the fact is on the same scales then an ...
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Hey, you eat what you want. Vegetarianism has NOTHING to do with my depression. In fact, I didn't get depressed until AFTER I ate some meat again!   [End]
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This morning I had two (small) organic bananas and 5 (small) organic raw almonds. Later I had a couple cups of green tea with honey and stevia. There is a part of me that wonders if I am deprived and thinks about eating more foods and remembers I used to eat a lot more and there is another part of me that feels in control, fairly calm, and says, ”Yes, this is enough for now. Perhaps I’ll have a salad in a few hours. Or something else.” Most evenings I feel strange because I am not used to not eating late at night. I know it is good to stop doing that. And I know that just because ...
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Rumi says... ”Learning anew ~ well, at the very first — almost everyone must be bound and dragged here. Only a very few really come entirely on their own. Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshipper, lover of learning, lover of leaving, It doesn’t matter — ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, come even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, come yet again, come.”   [End]
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Today I had organic banana 5 organic almonds Fuji apple organic cucumber-organic tomato-onion salad w/sunflower and pumpkin seeds (and olive oil, Celtic sea salt, AC vinegar, dash fresh lime) smoothie of: 3 short organic celery sticks (hearts) 3 organic bananas 3 handsful organic green lettuce (not sure what kind, it was just the only one that was not too expensive at the store, and the last one!) 1.75 cups water 2-3 tablespoons goji berries 2 tsp. cacao nibs 1 TBL coconut butter Okay, that’s what I’ve had thus far, (except I am still drinking the smoothie) and it is ...
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Today was a little different, so I’ll list what I ate today. First, I woke up early and at 5 a.m. I ate 5 raw almonds and one banana. Then I fell back asleep for at least two hours! I ate a carrot around 10 a.m., then around 11:00 or so I got the hankering for cucumber salad with tomato, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, onion, a.c. vinegar, dash of fresh lime, olive oil, black pepper and Celtic sea salt. It really hit the spot. I almost didn’t eat dinner but finally decided I was going to eat. I fixed a very simple guacamole with 1/2 avocado mashed, 1/4 tomato diced, a little diced wh ...
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Don’t want to upset any proprietary recipe deals so I just deleted the recipes here...   [End]
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A great source of iodine is kelp powder. You can take capsules of kelp each day and not only get your iodine but about 72 balanced minerals that naturally occur in kelp in good proportions.   [End]
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Forgot to mention -- yesterday I walked probably about a mile. That was good. However in the evening my feet were pretty bad and between my feet and then especially the pain of my psoriasis I had a very fitful sleep last night. I was awake every hour of the night. I don’t think it is just because of the psoriasis. I think it is also to do with going raw. The body is adjusting. Another thing I got in the mail yesterday was a group of Tony Robbins tapes I purchased on eBay! This year I sank to lower lows in depression and desperation than I have felt in decades. I know I need to get more ...
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DANG DANG DANG DANG DANG! I just wrote almost this entire blog entry and then hit the wrong key and the whole thing disappeared! What I ate today was really similar to yesterday, so I won’t type it in unless someone asks me to. And then I told about how I fixed chicken nachos for the family for dinner tonight as well as some leftovers with rice and how I found myself with my fingers to my mouth with a few grains of rice before I even knew what I was doing. Soon as I realized, I threw those grains of rice in the garbage! I can’t tell you how many times I found myself thinking I wa ...
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Indeed. Bravo and touché.   [End]
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Another thing I am trying to take but most often forget is MSM powder in my water. It’s for the sulfur. David (Avocado) Wolfe recommends this very highly as do many others. I keep forgetting why I want to use MSM, but every time I look it up it’s like, ”Oh yes, definitely!” I have such a selective memory, and I’m afraid it has gotten even more selective as I have gotten older. However I do expect my memory will get better and better over time as I continue with the 100% raw vegan diet. Another thing Avocado (and others) talk a lot about is the importance of writing down goals. They s ...
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First, here is what I ate today: A smoothie with: 3 bananas 1 Fuji apple 3 celery sticks (or actually 5 celery heart sticks) 1 3/4 cups water It took a while to drink all that. I had half right away, the other half a couple hours later. Then I had a snack of 5 raw almonds. Then I made some ”Seaweed Sauerkraut” using that recipe I posted yesterday but with fewer ingredients, just: green cabbage, a couple cloves of garlic (which was not in that recipe), dulse, nori, just a couple pinches of cayenne pepper and black pepper and Celtic sea salt. I put very little of the dules ...
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Well, I hadn’t really planned it this way, but it worked out pretty perfectly that the first day I attempted to go 100% raw vegan this past week was the day before my current vacation from work, which will last about 2 1/2 weeks. In other words, during my ”enforced vacation” I would otherwise have too much time on my hands, not having the wherewithal to actually take a ”real” vacation right now. But now I realize this is just perfect. I can go ahead and become totally and obsessively preoccupied about raw diet, exercise and all things healthy during my initial ”kick-off” period. I ha ...
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Here are a couple quotes helping me this week. I have the first one taped to the top of my computer monitor: ”Repetition is a little secret of those who are truly blessed with great health, energy and abundance...repetition makes habits, and habits create lifestyles.” -- Not sure who said this but I think I got it from Kevin Gianni at http://www.rawsummit.com ”Good ol’ Ben Franklin said that it takes 21 days to establish a habit and science has proved him right.” -- Tommie, a 62-year-old blogger who has been 100% raw for over two years now and whose blog ”It’s Awesome ...
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I also forgot to mention that just about every day I have about a tablespoon each of raw cacao nibs, goji berries and extra virgin coconut oil. I like to eat these mixed together. When the weather is cool the coconut oil gets halfway solid and that’s the way I like it best. When it’s hot I like to mix them up and put in the refrigerator long enough to solid up the coconut oil. Cacao is very, very high in magnesium, which is something most Americans are deficient in. There are many other good things about raw cacao, probably best expoused in David Wolfe and Shazzie’s book NAKED CHOCOLA ...
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The superfoods I take are raw and are basically whole foods that have been dried and powdered and put into capsules. Except for the krill oil. It’s a liquid. I take one krill oil capsule per day (for Omega-3); 2-3 capsules of maca root 2-3 times/day (for kickstart to thyroid and balancing of hormones); 2-3 capsules of organic kelp powder 2-3 times a day (for the range of 72 well-balanced minerals found in kelp and so hard to get from today’s produce); 2-3 capsules of bluegreen algae (AFA) from Klamath Lake, especially for its chlorophyll since I can’t get much in the way of ...
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Since I didn’t get this started on Day #1, I’ll record here what I ate yesterday: Early in the day: 2 organic Fuji apples Midday: 4 (short) organic celery sticks blended with 2 small bananas and 1 cup water Dinner: A salad made with 1 large organic cucumber, mostly peeled and sliced thin, 1 organic carrot peeled and also thin-sliced, some shavings of white onion, alfalfa and clover sprouts, and a little bit of iceberg lettuce. Dressed with black pepper, Celtic sea salt, about 1/3 of a large lime, and (generous) olive oil. Usually I add sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds to this sa ...
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The real danger with Lugol’s is if you are allergic to it. In that case it can be fatal! Clark warns against many commercially prepared Lugol’s as they have wood grain or some other type of alcohol in them. I ordered a bottle from her website, so the kind must be all right. To kill salmonella bacteria the dosage is 6 drops in a 1/2 glass water 4 times a day. Hulda Clark says when they used to give Lugol’s iodine for people needing it for their thyroid they took 60 drops a day, so that makes the 24 drops a day not sound so bad. However it would be imperative to first determine whether ...
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”What I am about to outline is the information that the Brotherhood [aka Illuminati or Global Elite] most want to suppress. It is the knowledge that you are in control of your destiny and no-one else is. You always have been and always will be. ”Reading this book you may find that strange. After all, have I not detailed how the Brotherhood have controlled the world for thousands of years? Yes, but how have they done that? By manipulating the way humanity thinks and feels. How we think and feel creates our physical experience and if we allow an outside force to manipulate our mind and ...
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Oh my, you poor thing -- over a year! Are there periods of time when you get to have a BREAK...?! I don’t know this from experience, but from reading and listening to health lectures that it would be a good idea to get a zapper, especially one like the Terminator that you can attach to your wrist and just have it on you 24/7 pretty much zapping along. I definitely plan to get a zapper! Another discipline I have decided to start with today is to do kinesiology (muscle testing) on everything I put into my mouth before I put it in my mouth. You can do this by yourself by pressing your l ...
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Thanks for the warm/hot water tip. Do you use Lugol’s iodine? If so, where do you get yours?   [End]
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I think I mentioned that I had been doing pumpkin seeds (raw) plus cayenne capsules. Then just before this got a lot WORSE I started taking Kyolic (about 1/2-2/3 tsp.) 3x/day plus maybe 44 drops Black Walnut/Wormwood extract 3x/day. I definitely got that pinching feeling on my right hip -- actually felt more like the prick of a needle so much that I kept double-checking to make sure I didn’t have something sharp caught in the material of my clothes. Over that spot I rubbed in some hydrogen peroxide (I don’t have any food grade so only did it externally) and that seemed to stop it. ...
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I am going through a very hard time and am wondering if part of my constant aching, etc. might be due to parasite die-off. I started taking a number of superfoods and some of which are known to kill parasites (such as pumpkin seeds and coconut oil) a while back and then I got eruptions on feet and legs that REALLY made me think I have parasites so now I’m also doing Kyolic and Black Walnut/Wormwood 3x/day. I do not have access to any books on this right now and would appreciate if someone could tell me the common de-parasiting symptoms plus give any advice? I am aching all the time, 2 ...
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”My soul wins by doing the right thing. The world would only be a worse place if we gave up and gave in to evil. We must fight no matter what the odds of winning are. But if we stand up and fight, and have courage, humanity has a 100% chance of winning.” ”Government-sponsored terrorism [is the most serious issue facing the American people]. Because that leads to domestic police state and imperial wars. We must expose the fact that 9/11 was an inside job, that the war on Iraq is a fraud, and that an attack on Iran is an even bigger scam.” ”Congressman Ron Paul is the best presidential ...
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Thanks, V8! Hopefully I will get a chance to do that in the next day or two. I appreciate the reminder! TW   [End]
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”Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing .” THEODORE ROOSEVELT ”Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook.” THOMAS JEFFERSON ”A free society is a place where it’s safe to be unpopular.” ADLAI STEVENSON ” One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.” BERTAND RUSSELL ”It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” VOLTAIRE ”To ...
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Food for Thought by The Wanted curezone http://tinyurl.com/28334w Ever seen a mother breastfeed her baby? 53 min http://tinyurl.com/24x4rf Microwave Ovens - They aren’t for kids anymore 27 h http://tinyurl.com/2cdb68 Success Quotes 4 d http://tinyurl.com/2e5mva Quotes By Abraham 11 d http://tinyurl.com/2zjjbf Fascinating Quote + Fact 14 d http://tinyurl.com/2yztu4 Crystal Blue Persuasion 19 d http://tinyurl.com/2zc9kn Don’t Compromise 22 d http://tinyurl.com/24mxwo A Declaration of the Independence of C ...
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Sign this petition, or the FDA will pass legislation Apr 30th, making it illegal to buy or sell herbs unless through a doctor. This is real, follow the link. http://tinyurl.com/2u7ghc   [End]
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THIS COOKED PLANET by The Healing Waters Band Something’s gone wrong here I don’t think that it’s funny A fat old dude attaches interest on free money We’re all in debt up into the trillions We’re fighting banks and their Lords the Reptilians We’re having fun here livin’ in the trap Why do we still put up with all this crap? If it works for free you know they’re gonna ban it People come with me, we can save this cooked planet! The time is right for you to roll the dice The cooked world’s all you’ve got to sacrifice So just let go you’ll get a better deal With your senses ...
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Genetically Modified Corn Found Toxic to Animals by Craig Weatherby Courtesy of Vital Choice Seafood Most biologists have been receptive to genetically modified food crops, seeing nothing inherently dangerous in the process. They’ve reserved their caution for modifications that could clearly prove damaging to other organisms in the environment, or to consumers. But research by scientists unconnected to biotech firms have raised some alarms, with some results providing reason for serious concern. And many farmers who embraced GM crops -- such as herbicide-resistant “ ...
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”Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another.” ~anonymous ”The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself. This is the dancer’s justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art.” ...
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I’LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN, KATHLEEN (Thomas Alva Edison’s favorite song and which was played at the inventor’s funeral) written by Thomas P. Westendorf I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen Across the ocean wild and wide To where your heart has ever been Since first you were my bonnie bride. The roses all have left your cheek. I’ve watched them fade away and die Your voice is sad when e’er you speak And tears bedim your loving eyes. Refrain: |: Oh! I will take you back, Kathleen To where your heart will feel no pain And when the fields are fresh and green I’II take you to ...
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