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    For 15 days now I have been eating nothing but raw food. I have been vegetarian for over 10 years, just went vegan in May, and finally took the leap into raw. I don't know how long I will stay completely raw it is very easy right now since the weather is so hot, I know I need my soup in the winter but the results have been excellent. I lost 6 pounds, and feel really really good. I did the research online and it is the best thing I have ever tried. I want to lose 20 more pounds, just had a baby back in January so I want to get back into the 120-125 zone for my 5ft 7 1/2 build. Just went back to dancing about 2 weeks ago, had a really rough time after the c-section, and I don't look like I used to, wasn't able to work out at all, and every bitch there has let me know that I got alittle flabby and flat assed, so I have to decided to get back, and be better than ever. I have been eating tons of green leafies and avacados, and raw almond butter, I am probably eating more now than ever. I often tend to eat too much pasta and bread, my bf tells me that I am a vegtableless vegatarian so the raw has helped with that.

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    Have you tried sprouting things? It's really fun and the sprouts are full of protein.
    As long as you moniter things well raw veganism can be awesome, I'm sure you'll have great results.
    It's good to see another vegan here! (even though I'm not raw--definitely a bread fiend)
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    Yes, I tried it a few years ago. At the time I was working 3 jobs and partying on the weekends. I found that I did not have time to maintain an adequate amount of raw food meals. Also, all that produce was very expensive for the low wages I was pulling in.

    I am thinking about trying it again, once I get out of nursing school. It would really help my skin, too, since wheat and dairy tend to exacerbate my acne. Anyway, point is: It works really well for some people, but for me, it's been hard to find the right time to really get into it.

    One thing that helped get me started was just committing to raw breakfast every morning, and then just doing my best from there. That way I was at least heading in the right direction.

    I knew a woman who had been doing raw food for a few weeks. Her skin was positively GLOWING, and that's what made me ask what she had been doing differently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K Sweet View Post
    Have you tried sprouting things? It's really fun and the sprouts are full of protein.
    As long as you moniter things well raw veganism can be awesome, I'm sure you'll have great results.
    It's good to see another vegan here! (even though I'm not raw--definitely a bread fiend)
    Oh it is nice to see another vegan here!!! I never met a veg stripper. The girls I work with really have excellent bodies, don't ask me how they eat total crap, and starve themselves. I always feel like the outsider non-meateater. My old room mate used to eat McDonald's day and night, she worked out constantly, I wish I had her ass, but her skin looked like hell. I am noticing a huge difference in my skin since raw, much clearer. I haven't tried spouting yet, it has been on the to do list though.

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    I'm vegetarian and would love to go raw... but honestly I can't even give up milk - let alone things like roasted vegetables. Good luck with it though!
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    That's always been my tried and true diet - lots of raw veggies and some fruit as a treat!

    I do throw some grilled chicken into a salad at least once a day and keep some hard boiled eggs handy, too, though. I don't really do it for the animals, just because it makes me feel good and keeps me thin too.

    Oh and I try to only drink water unless I need an energy boost or am hanging out.

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    I just stopped eating meat a few months ago. I don't know if I could do just raw foods though. That'd be tough. Good job though
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    I just stopped eating meat a few months ago. I don't know if I could do just raw foods though. That'd be tough. Good job though
    You can do it because it's gets easier on raw because you eliminate the source of the food cravings from processed foods. I was vegetarian for many years and now vegan for almost 4. This is the easiest time I have had staying vegan since my diet is about superfoods and I'm healthier than when I was just eliminating some of the problems. Hope that makes sense.

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    I'm actually trying to get back into raw food. Is so hard for me. I think the first time I did it, it was easier because I was not on the go all the time and I lived in the city so I had loads of farmers markets and stuff -- it was so fun and beautiful to be a raw foodist. Now, I live in the middle of nowhere -- have to drive everywhere -- my social life is in a lull -- trying to get things together -- ugh.

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    my thing w/ going raw is the fear of......THE TROTS! lololololol
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    I'm actually trying to get back into raw food. Is so hard for me. I think the first time I did it, it was easier because I was not on the go all the time and I lived in the city so I had loads of farmers markets and stuff -- it was so fun and beautiful to be a raw foodist. Now, I live in the middle of nowhere -- have to drive everywhere -- my social life is in a lull -- trying to get things together -- ugh.
    I traveled for almost a decade so I understand I've had to make things happen under all kinds of conditions and I hate having to cheat because then I get cravings and I don't feel as well. Sometimes craving lead to bad habits that I have to break all over again....

    Have you figured out what you want/need and maybe gone online to order? www.RawFoodWorld.com is my fave. I just spent two weeks living out of a hotel room and ziploc baggies with nothing but bottled spring water, a coffee machine and boxes of salads but I did surprisingly well.

    I went through the whole, Gotta make a fantastic recipe phase and be like Sarma, into, Let's just make this simple and get what I need first and then I can splurge, now I'm even going deeper and trying to go into all live, sprouted, fermented and wild foods but finding this even the easiest part with one problem I'm in the middle of NYC and I was in raw food heaven if I was living in the middle of nowhere. LOL Funny how the wheatgrass is always greener on the other side I guess. :-)

    You can definitely go raw right where you are. I am sure of it. Markus Rothkranz has a video on free food. I really want to get it~!!! it's about foraging and he lives in Vegas where it's tough to grow anything but he made me realize all that supermarket organic food is still not LIVING food. It's dead. I love my sprouter http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details
    One box of organic seeds for $7 lasts months and I have fresh grown food in nyc all the time. I buy a head of cabbage, shred it, put it in jars with sea salt on my counter and have sauerkraut available all the time. I mix that into everything I eat and it gets addicting and it's great for your gut bacteria. Spirulina, and chlorella, MSM, goji, chia seeds, seaweeds, hemp seeds, maca & cacao are dry products I buy in bulk ~ just add water. Boxes of organic green salads from the regular grocery stores I buy by the case and eat one a day with the spirulina, chorella, hempseed oil, avocado etc and maybe sea salt. Soy free miso I make not too hot and add sea weed kelp noodles I order online, add sprouts, and whatever else I have sometimes grated tumeric and ginger and hemp seeds.

    Frozen blueberries in the Xtra large bag from Maine that are wildcrafted.

    I make my own medicinal tea blends from Mountain Rose Herbs they are cheaper and have lots of organic and wildcrafted.

    I find it hard to buy organics to juice with believe it or not. Whole Foods does not have as many organics as say Stop and Shop in the Bronx! I have to taxi it to LifeThyme in the village and that costs more money and I want fresh stuff every day. Veggies only really last a few days. Coconuts are harder to come by. I used to be Macrobiotic so I try to eat for the season and locally. If you are into bananas I think the grocery store can order Dole organics by the case for you and maybe even dates.

    I'm lucky to have so many raw food restaurants here but now I just want my own food. I'm so tired of celebrity chefs and overpriced crap like $10 tiny moon pie which is really a single dallup of coconut cream on smashed almonds with chocolate agave drizzled all over...okay sounds yummy but I can get a quicker fix in my kitchen 10 feet away with raw cacao, xylitol and water and make a chocolate mouse with nothing but a spoon and cup by whipping it and letting it bubble. Or add vanilla and maca or peppermint oil.

    Annette Larkins is amazing at 70! She does all this stuff in her suburban home in Miami and looks about 30 maybe 25 some people have said. What part of the country do you live in?

    Sorry this is scattered all over the place, I'm very tired...nice to meet a another raw foodist!

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    I traveled for almost a decade so I understand I've had to make things happen under all kinds of conditions and I hate having to cheat because then I get cravings and I don't feel as well. Sometimes craving lead to bad habits that I have to break all over again....

    Have you figured out what you want/need and maybe gone online to order? www.RawFoodWorld.com is my fave. I just spent two weeks living out of a hotel room and ziploc baggies with nothing but bottled spring water, a coffee machine and boxes of salads but I did surprisingly well.

    I went through the whole, Gotta make a fantastic recipe phase and be like Sarma, into, Let's just make this simple and get what I need first and then I can splurge, now I'm even going deeper and trying to go into all live, sprouted, fermented and wild foods but finding this even the easiest part with one problem I'm in the middle of NYC and I was in raw food heaven if I was living in the middle of nowhere. LOL Funny how the wheatgrass is always greener on the other side I guess. :-)

    You can definitely go raw right where you are. I am sure of it. Markus Rothkranz has a video on free food. I really want to get it~!!! it's about foraging and he lives in Vegas where it's tough to grow anything but he made me realize all that supermarket organic food is still not LIVING food. It's dead. I love my sprouter http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details
    One box of organic seeds for $7 lasts months and I have fresh grown food in nyc all the time. I buy a head of cabbage, shred it, put it in jars with sea salt on my counter and have sauerkraut available all the time. I mix that into everything I eat and it gets addicting and it's great for your gut bacteria. Spirulina, and chlorella, MSM, goji, chia seeds, seaweeds, hemp seeds, maca & cacao are dry products I buy in bulk ~ just add water. Boxes of organic green salads from the regular grocery stores I buy by the case and eat one a day with the spirulina, chorella, hempseed oil, avocado etc and maybe sea salt. Soy free miso I make not too hot and add sea weed kelp noodles I order online, add sprouts, and whatever else I have sometimes grated tumeric and ginger and hemp seeds.

    Frozen blueberries in the Xtra large bag from Maine that are wildcrafted.

    I make my own medicinal tea blends from Mountain Rose Herbs they are cheaper and have lots of organic and wildcrafted.

    I find it hard to buy organics to juice with believe it or not. Whole Foods does not have as many organics as say Stop and Shop in the Bronx! I have to taxi it to LifeThyme in the village and that costs more money and I want fresh stuff every day. Veggies only really last a few days. Coconuts are harder to come by. I used to be Macrobiotic so I try to eat for the season and locally. If you are into bananas I think the grocery store can order Dole organics by the case for you and maybe even dates.

    I'm lucky to have so many raw food restaurants here but now I just want my own food. I'm so tired of celebrity chefs and overpriced crap like $10 tiny moon pie which is really a single dallup of coconut cream on smashed almonds with chocolate agave drizzled all over...okay sounds yummy but I can get a quicker fix in my kitchen 10 feet away with raw cacao, xylitol and water and make a chocolate mouse with nothing but a spoon and cup by whipping it and letting it bubble. Or add vanilla and maca or peppermint oil.

    Annette Larkins is amazing at 70! She does all this stuff in her suburban home in Miami and looks about 30 maybe 25 some people have said. What part of the country do you live in?

    Sorry this is scattered all over the place, I'm very tired...nice to meet a another raw foodist!
    when you began what gastric changes did you notice? loose stool? greater frequency?

    i need to go raw/live for all my auto immune issues....diabetes, lupus.

    at this time tho i've lost my job and only have 2 wks of cash til i lose it all. what super basic start can you rec. for me?

    have to be cheap...but i need it asap, i'm bloated my skin looks awlful...my body can't handle all this cheap non food i'm eating so it's pushing toxins thru my skin. i've heard where on the first couple of wks you're body is going thru a cleanse and that causes acne, etc. have you exp'd this???


    thank you!!!!!!!
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    Yay! So great to see more raw foodist

    This is the best list of resources online I know of. A lot of great sites I visit and utilize are posted here. http://www.rawreform.com/content/view/95/79/

    I'll be raw for one year in August. As for gastric changes...I recommend Aloe Vera juice. Even a little goes a long way. I also recommend wheat grass juice but that is much more expensive unless you are growing your own. You do detox. I experienced mild effects since I was already mostly vegetarian and ate a pretty clean diet but cutting dairy and grains out definitely effected my health in a positive way.
    I'll also say I have never felt better and my skin, hair, etc, looks better than it ever has!

    Organic is best but if money is a real issue, try to find a farmers market. Buy whats in season, it's best quality and cheapest. Don't worry too much about buying all sorts of exotic fruits and veggies, nuts etc. Although there are some amazing super foods out there I really don't think they are needed especially at the start of a transition to raw. I also really suggest you do a lot of your own research since there are so many "branches" of raw foodism with different beliefs. For instance, some, eat raw meat and drink raw milk. I do not and try to stay vegan although I will on occasion eat raw fish.

    Get informed and good luck!
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    thx danni!!!
    i've spent about 4 mos. reading and watching....mainly stuff by mike adams. but there are so many branches of raw like you mentioned...do you follow mikes advice?
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    when you began what gastric changes did you notice? loose stool? greater frequency? at this time tho i've lost my job and only have 2 wks of cash til i lose it all. what super basic start can you rec. for me?

    have to be cheap...but i need it asap, i'm bloated my skin looks awlful...my body can't handle all this cheap non food i'm eating so it's pushing toxins thru my skin. i've heard where on the first couple of wks you're body is going thru a cleanse and that causes acne, etc. have you exp'd this???thank you!!!!!!!

    Definitely regular for the first time in my life ever once I started eating raw.

    I had hideously bad acne for the first couple weeks, sore throat, runny nose... then woke up one morning with clear skin feeling amazing after only 6 hours of sleep. The cleansing keeps you from cheating pretty well, because anytime I eat anything cooked, I know I'm going to feel like crap for a couple days. So it's always "is this REALLY worth it?"

    When I first started, I was a poor university student. On Thursdays my local grocery store clears out all the produce from the week to make room for new stuff, which meant I could get a ton of organic veggies for next to nothing. Figure out if and when this happens at your store of choice. Avocados are your best friend- they're fatty, so they make you feel full and you eat less. Also, raw almond butter. I put that shit on everything! Oh god, and straight from the hive raw honey. Why anyone would eat any other kind is beyond me. Had my bf over one night and we were snacking on rawgels (raw bagels), and he couldn't shut up about how good the honey was.

    I'm raw for the health benefits, not the veganism. So I do eat raw eggs pretty frequently, and raw meat sometimes as well. For me I find including those foods makes me feel better and eliminates cravings. You'll get to a point where you figure out what works for you- everybody's different. Since I work out pretty hardcore, I find I'm not getting enough fat and protein without including at least eggs. And I go through almond butter like an addict.

    I also find that going raw made me like food more. Like, really really like food. You'll be sitting there eating a tomato and just be like "OH MY GOD THE FLAVOR!!!"

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    Definitely regular for the first time in my life ever once I started eating raw.
    Same here.

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    I had hideously bad acne for the first couple weeks, sore throat, runny nose... then woke up one morning with clear skin feeling amazing after only 6 hours of sleep. The cleansing keeps you from cheating pretty well, because anytime I eat anything cooked, I know I'm going to feel like crap for a couple days. So it's always "is this REALLY worth it?"
    Totally. I was drinking at work for like a week straight, not much maybe one or two a day but with mixers bleh, and went out to dinner ate cooked sea food. When I finally came home and started detoxing I felt like death. Definitely. NOT. Worth it.

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    When I first started, I was a poor university student. On Thursdays my local grocery store clears out all the produce from the week to make room for new stuff, which meant I could get a ton of organic veggies for next to nothing. Figure out if and when this happens at your store of choice. Avocados are your best friend- they're fatty, so they make you feel full and you eat less. Also, raw almond butter. I put that shit on everything! Oh god, and straight from the hive raw honey. Why anyone would eat any other kind is beyond me. Had my bf over one night and we were snacking on rawgels (raw bagels), and he couldn't shut up about how good the honey was.
    Good advice but just don't od on avocados, nuts and seeds. I was eating a reasonable amount of almond butter, nuts and seeds daily but recently have been reading about high carb/low fat raw foodism. They taste delish but not only is it easy to over do it, if your really honest with yourself, you probably don't always feel great after eating a high fat meal. And the fact that these foods don't combine well with most others is another big tip off. At first they are great transition foods though because like Ja said...keep you full longer! Soon though when your body adjusts you won't need nearly as much food. Wheat grass also helps with that. Making your own nut butters and nut milks is not only cheaper but way healthier.

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    I'm raw for the health benefits, not the veganism. So I do eat raw eggs pretty frequently, and raw meat sometimes as well. For me I find including those foods makes me feel better and eliminates cravings. You'll get to a point where you figure out what works for you- everybody's different. Since I work out pretty hardcore, I find I'm not getting enough fat and protein without including at least eggs. And I go through almond butter like an addict.
    I have plenty of energy and I run miles every day. I don't look emaciated at all, actually I look healthier than ever. And I don't eat a lot or any nuts and seeds. 1/2 a small avocado a day, 1/2 tsp flax oil and sometimes some coconut meat. Occasionally some nuts and seeds. We "think" we need more protein, fat and calories in general than we actually do. Most peoples bodies have just adjusted to taking more calories than they actually need but it's not necessarily the right amount. This is gonna open up a whole new can of worms but beef, milk, poultry, etc. are food industry giants and huge parts of our economical force, so of course no one will tell you "stop eating so much beef! You don't NEED that much protein" or "milk is whats giving you gas and causing mucus!" Which of course makes you go out for antacids and Mucinex....Ok you get the point. I'm done with that now. Sorry I got a bit off track hehe.

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    I also find that going raw made me like food more. Like, really really like food. You'll be sitting there eating a tomato and just be like "OH MY GOD THE FLAVOR!!!"
    Yeah it's crazy how good food tastes now. You will crave things like cauliflower lol. You start "instinctive" eating. Personally I go through phases. Over the winter all I wanted was pears, tomatoes and cucumbers. Now I'm craving peaches, cauliflower (although I think I'm finally over that) and just greens in general. I think you are also drawn to seasonal fruit. Don't go to the market hungry and read up on how to pick and store produce.


    Who is Mike? I don't follow any one persons advice because they are all just people like you and me that liked and understood raw foodism and wrote a book on their experience. More or less. Even if they are doctors, scientist etc.

    Anyway like Ja said....do what works for you! The only book I will recommend is http://www.amazon.com/Blatant-Raw-Fo.../dp/0931892147 Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda. It's the book I read that got me eating raw. Before I read it, my sister had transitioned to raw and I thought it was absolute NON SENSE!! I didn't understand. This book is so general and goes over every single branch of eating raw, history, experiences and it's very well written and easy to understand.

    If you have any more questions, I'd be happy to try and help. I'm still learning myself a year into it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by obscurity View Post
    when you began what gastric changes did you notice? loose stool? greater frequency?

    i need to go raw/live for all my auto immune issues....diabetes, lupus.

    at this time tho i've lost my job and only have 2 wks of cash til i lose it all. what super basic start can you rec. for me?

    have to be cheap...but i need it asap, i'm bloated my skin looks awlful...my body can't handle all this cheap non food i'm eating so it's pushing toxins thru my skin. i've heard where on the first couple of wks you're body is going thru a cleanse and that causes acne, etc. have you exp'd this???


    thank you!!!!!!!
    You might feel especially tired, spacey and irritable or get headaches. Everyone reacts differently but usually your stomach starts to feel better right away, if not be patient it can take a couple of weeks to readjust. I would start right where you are at and just keep it simple. You can even do a fast of just organic vegetable juices and water. Stay away from fruit for the first few days, you dont want to spike your blood sugar and clearing candida is highly recommended! My skin clears up usually in 24 hrs but I've been doing cleanses for my entire adult life. I probably pooped more but I don't remember. Stick with organic produce you don't want to push through a ton of pesticides at a high rate, they were not tested for women in such high amounts or in juicing.

    Garlic is a cheap way to clear parasites and drink lots and lots of clean filtered water or spring water if you can get it. www.FindaSpring.com
    Chlorella is relatively cheap and has 40 times more chlorophyll than wheat grass. Dandelions are amazing for cleansing and detoxifying the liver.

    If you can an enema or colonic would be helpful. Matt Monarch talks about them all the time for just about any sickness you can imagine. Having a clean colon is super important. I don't know much about lupus, but The Gerson Institute uses organic coffee enemas and raw food diets to cure 90% of cancers that walk through the door they claim. I learned this through my dentist of all people. She told me to watch this movie The Beautiful Truth http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=wvzDHGLEUyw

    Keep loving yourself, Louise Hay is my favorite author and I am going through the same training she went through here in nyc. It's a four year prayer practitioner course. Her book Heal Your Body is amazing and so is Heal Your Life! Heal Your Body gives the emotional causes of 100's of dis-eases in the body. Lupus is about giving up and not speaking up for oneself. Anger and punishment. The affirmation for this is: I speak up for myself freely and easily. I claim my own power. I love and approve of myself. I am free and safe.

    I had a dear friend with lupus growing up and we lost touch over the years so I'm very touched by your post. Many blessings to you.
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    I use garlic daily because it's antiseptic but didn't know about the parasites.

    Very good advice. I like Matt Monarch and I'll be looking into Louise Hay.

    My sister is doing a high carb, low fat "diet" right now which is what I am leaning towards. Basically she eats 3-4 THOUSAND calories a day. Mostly bananas and some melon and some almonds. Of course she eats other things but those are her staples.

    Personally I like the theory about slowing my metabolism down and only eating a few times a day. Basically a fast metabolism, or over worked digestive system essentially ages you.


    I know I'm pretty much NEVER drinking again. When I came home and started to detox, it was like starting raw food again. My skin looked like hell, I was bloated, no appetite, tired and just miserable. I couldn't sleep but I was tired and every night the same time I would get nauseous, hot and feverish. That was my liver/kidneys detoxing. Ugh.
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    Thanks for reminding me not to drink. I had a glass of wine at work last night, and a couple nights before and I can totally see the difference.

    I never knew a fast metabolism ages a person. Very interesting, something to keep in mind, mine is normal to fast I'd say.

    Wish I wasn't allergic to bananas (anything latex or in the rubber tree family) because I'd like to get 3000 calories in. Maybe I will get some melons and more coconuts this time shopping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danni View Post
    I know I'm pretty much NEVER drinking again. When I came home and started to detox, it was like starting raw food again. My skin looked like hell, I was bloated, no appetite, tired and just miserable. I couldn't sleep but I was tired and every night the same time I would get nauseous, hot and feverish. That was my liver/kidneys detoxing. Ugh.
    This. Oh my god, this. I end up getting trashed off of nothing, then feel awful for DAYS. Had a few shots with the boy saturday night/sunday morning, and I still feel like shit. Running a fever, runny nose, want to sleep all day. And a breakout.

    I apparently need a reminder every once in a while.

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    You might feel especially tired, spacey and irritable or get headaches. Everyone reacts differently but usually your stomach starts to feel better right away, if not be patient it can take a couple of weeks to readjust. I would start right where you are at and just keep it simple. You can even do a fast of just organic vegetable juices and water. Stay away from fruit for the first few days, you dont want to spike your blood sugar and clearing candida is highly recommended! My skin clears up usually in 24 hrs but I've been doing cleanses for my entire adult life. I probably pooped more but I don't remember. Stick with organic produce you don't want to push through a ton of pesticides at a high rate, they were not tested for women in such high amounts or in juicing.

    Garlic is a cheap way to clear parasites and drink lots and lots of clean filtered water or spring water if you can get it. www.FindaSpring.com
    Chlorella is relatively cheap and has 40 times more chlorophyll than wheat grass. Dandelions are amazing for cleansing and detoxifying the liver.

    If you can an enema or colonic would be helpful. Matt Monarch talks about them all the time for just about any sickness you can imagine. Having a clean colon is super important. I don't know much about lupus, but The Gerson Institute uses organic coffee enemas and raw food diets to cure 90% of cancers that walk through the door they claim. I learned this through my dentist of all people. She told me to watch this movie The Beautiful Truth http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=wvzDHGLEUyw

    Keep loving yourself, Louise Hay is my favorite author and I am going through the same training she went through here in nyc. It's a four year prayer practitioner course. Her book Heal Your Body is amazing and so is Heal Your Life! Heal Your Body gives the emotional causes of 100's of dis-eases in the body. Lupus is about giving up and not speaking up for oneself. Anger and punishment. The affirmation for this is: I speak up for myself freely and easily. I claim my own power. I love and approve of myself. I am free and safe.

    I had a dear friend with lupus growing up and we lost touch over the years so I'm very touched by your post. Many blessings to you.
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    of course that wasn't weird!!!!!!!! thank you for the concern!!!!!

    i've had type 1 diabtes for 22 yrs. it being an auto-immune disorder..it opens the gateway to other auto immune issues such as lupus.
    lol at the first two wks side affects...that's my day to day state!
    a little history on me, i was to become an internist but cruelly my own health stopped all that. i'm well versed on macronutrition and am a personal trainer.
    i have a second interview next week in my other profession(banker). so if that works out then i'll have the cash to cleanse...carefully. another hard thing w/ juicing is counting the carbs. which is what diabetes revolves around. sugar doesn't count for it is included in the net carbs.
    great carbs equals bitter taste, improved taste equals high glycemic fruits grrrr lol.
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    also, i know i need to do something real soon, i am getting cystic break outs which i never get. i take from this that the toxins are so great it's basically erupting like boils thru my skin. scary and frustrating.
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    Well good luck on your interview!!!! You sound like a very intelligent person.

    I wonder if you could get any info from Dr. Gabriel Cousens at The Tree of Life in Patagonia. He made the movie www.RawFor30Days.com because he is able to cure all diabetes type 2 with a live raw food diet within two weeks and get type 1 down to 10% of their meds. He also wrote http://www.amazon.com/There-Cure-Dia.../dp/1556436912 I have it. Excellent book.

    Sometimes the rules are different in regards to counting carbs on a raw food diet where the quality of the food takes precedence over the amount but that would be great if that is true for type 1. I'm can't tolerate the fruit and sweet flavors and love the bitter tastes, this from the ex sugar queen addict here! I can't handle smoothies and fruit juices anymore without my stomach turning. I think that's when my entire health changed drastically for the better.

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    I would love to become a Raw Vegan. Love it. I just ordered 2 books from Amazon on it.

    By question is this, I can totally quit drinking coffee but I really think I would miss hot tea. Can you not even drink your tea hot?

    Thank you for taking the time to educate us, girls. It is really appreciated.

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