The One Month RAW Challenge

[Cristy]

Hey all, I just read this great book by Harvey Diamond called "Fit for Life not Fat for Life", and in it he mentions that in order to streamline your digestive system and help the body eliminate toxins and excess weight most efficiently you should eat nothing but fresh fruit or juice from the time you wake up until 12 noon.
Also, he says the proper way of eating fruit is alone, on an empty stomach, not with other food of any kind including vegetables. He says this is due to the fact that fruit is alkaline but will turn acidic when coming in contact with other food in the digestive system. This new knowledge was very interesting to me and I thought it might interest some of you. Does anyone else know if this information is in fact correct? Would this mean then that fruit should not be included in salads? hmmm something to think about!

[Saralise]

Wow, thanks for the rice bread idea!

Okay ladies, i was in utter slicing diarhhea pain last night! I was great for a while, until I wanted a snack as i just didn't feel satisfied, and i wanted something else, so i ate a nectarine!

About 20 minutes later, I was on the floor, it was crazy! It took an hour to pass, and 2 bouts of diarhhea later!

I am soo sorry to be so graphic, but I need to! Also, I woke up this morning in screaming pain. I know that it might be related to the smoker next door, and i might have experienced second-hand smoke poisoning, and because my body is free of toxins, it literally made me totally sick this morning!

My boyfriend tried to "fix" my soup last night, to be sweet, and it tasted the same to me, but then today I just tasted it again, and after being in the fridge overnight, it was really great! So I am testing the waters again to see how my body reacts with Just the soup. i am not eating any other solid food right now, just taking it one step at a time. The only thing is, i am still hungry!

I guess i need to make more soup!

Got any good ideas or recipes for soups!

Can I combine another type of soup right now?

Many Blessings, and Gratitude to all of you for your support!

Saralise

[Saralise]

Well, girl, I gotta tell ya, I just experienced that last night, if you read the other post I just sent, it just happened to me last night! I ate my fruit after I ate my dinner, I even left an hour in between, but it wasnt enough!

So what do you think?

[Saralise]

Can anyone tell me if there is a recipe for RAW pickles?

I am going to look, let me know.

If not, let's make them!

Saralise

[cee3peeoh]

Hey all, I just read this great book by Harvey Diamond called "Fit for Life not Fat for Life", and in it he mentions that in order to streamline your digestive system and help the body eliminate toxins and excess weight most efficiently you should eat nothing but fresh fruit or juice from the time you wake up until 12 noon.
Also, he says the proper way of eating fruit is alone, on an empty stomach, not with other food of any kind including vegetables. He says this is due to the fact that fruit is alkaline but will turn acidic when coming in contact with other food in the digestive system. This new knowledge was very interesting to me and I thought it might interest some of you. Does anyone else know if this information is in fact correct? Would this mean then that fruit should not be included in salads? hmmm something to think about!

I've also read that in Fit for Life. As I'm learning more and more by the "professionals", that fruit should not be mixed with vegetables. Tomato's are a fruit; but some say a "fruit-vegetable." I've seen many charts and some list it as a fruit and some don't. I've tried to be very conscientious about food combinations but when you've learned for so long to do something one way, it's hard to undo. If I come across the food combining chart, I'll post the URL for it.

[TeePee]

oh, you guys are making me hungry. I can't wait to even get back to fruit!!! I'm ending my cleanse today. Yesterday completed 17 days. My tongue is pink. I'm not dropping weight like usual on the cleanse, but hoping I will continue to once back to raw. Maybe it's because I have less to lose this time? Leaving the night of 27th for airport to Turks & Caicos. That gives me 2 weeks to be in "raw reality" again before being tempted at the 10 restauarant all inclusive resort!

I went to the market last night to stock up on oranges and grapefruits for the next two days. Also picked up bananas, apples, and some romaine. I have to say, as far as preparation, the cleanse is so nice to shop for!!! But, I am ready to start enjoying summer's bounty of fresh local produce!!

I will let you know how the transition goes. I'm planning OJ and GFJ 2 days. To me, that is the hardest part of the cleanse!!

Ginger, sorry to hear about the BF. I am exactly the same way when depressed. You will get back on track. Remember, we all feel similar at some point and it gets better. Do it for yourself!! We are all here for you! Hugs!!

[Cristy]

I've also read that in Fit for Life. As I'm learning more and more by the "professionals", that fruit should not be mixed with vegetables. Tomato's are a fruit; but some say a "fruit-vegetable." I've seen many charts and some list it as a fruit and some don't. I've tried to be very conscientious about food combinations but when you've learned for so long to do something one way, it's hard to undo. If I come across the food combining chart, I'll post the URL for it.

Wow, thank you i would love to see the food combining chart if you find it... and i have always been told tomatoes are a fruit too.. yet they are used so often in salads. it is hard to undo something you have done for so long but i am willing to if it will be good for me!

[TeePee]

TOMATOES!!!! I can't wait for tomatoes!! I think I can have one tomorrow!!
Today is 2nd day post MC for me, so I am getting ready to juice orange and grapefruit. This to me is the hardest part!

Can't wait to join all of you again with recipe and raw food sharing!!

[ninab64]

Hey all, I just read this great book by Harvey Diamond called "Fit for Life not Fat for Life", and in it he mentions that in order to streamline your digestive system and help the body eliminate toxins and excess weight most efficiently you should eat nothing but fresh fruit or juice from the time you wake up until 12 noon.

i read the Diamonds' book back in the '80s. i haven't heard if food combining has any scientific data to back it up, but it is a curious idea

you would want to know which fruits are included, considering tomatoes and avocados are fruits, for example. that would impact quite a few salads

[Nance]

Let's see this is day eight for me on my 30 RFC. I have done well in my own kitchen, but the two times I ate at friends' homes, i had a few bites of cooked food. Except for the basmati rice, the cooked stuff held no appeal for me once it was past my tongue, it felt heavy and too complex . . . I ended up painfully gassy. I considered a SWF in the morning.

I have to space a lot of time between feeding. Where I work they drop off free produce from the organic HFstores. I can scarf up $20 - $40 worth of stuff. But my mistake the other day was eating bananas, then goinng home to a raw lentil stew with nutritional yeast. I knew it was a bad moon risin' when all I burped that after noon was banana.

We are trackin' together on that Food Combining concept. I got acquainted with Food Combining a while ago, have a sense for it, but will be good to have the chart handy.

I hear Avocados should always be eaten alone. I feel like a happy little piggie just spooning that stuff straight from the hull into my mouth. But Alissa's Black Forest Cake calls for avocado, and what about guac?

Speaking of which, I made Alissa's Avo Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms. A friend visiting made up a quinoa tabouli. The Handy Pantry is brimming with sprouts, so we splurged on those, too. What a raw feast . . . strange, but the avo feels OK in my tummy despite the variety.

Can you tell I have a passion for avocados and am trying to passively refute the food combingin rules?

I have roommates here who do some raw, one who makes incredible cocoa bars with chia seed and coconut and almond butter. She is really into palm oil, somethihng I have never checked out.

So, some individual greetings:

cee3peeOH Way to go on your cleanse . . . that is sheer bravery to hang out here when you have 17or so more days . . . I know how it was for me, there is a wonderful synergy of support on this thread (well, and other ones, too) and I was really drawn here. Tip a lemonaide for me!

Christy Yup, I remember Fit For Life, and he has a great point about fruit in the morning and veggies in the afternoon. I do not know if the two are related, but the Daily Dophilus morning and evening capsules take the AM and PM difference in the digestive system into account. I was worried about too much fruit sugar in the mornings, but that OJ and GFJ really did suit me well.

JustPlainME Yup, a big bowl of guac would shortly be history in my house! I know what you mean about reamaining disciplined in the raw lifestyle. I have gained 3 lbs since the MC (which is really good for me, considering previous history after fasts) but is they say I will continued losing on raw, I have yet to see that. Aw, nuts! :-)

Monica Are you here? I'm on the one month raw, and you mentioned to do it together. Howya doin?

TeePee You are always such an encouragement! Way to go on your MC. Ease back into Raw Reality and I will want to hear all about your adventures at that 'all-inclusive' restaurant complex. Where is T & C? Hope those house deals land well in time for your trip!

Saralise Thanks for your honesty here! How are you doing now? I have had some bouts with extreme gastronintestinal distress.
AS for soup, I have been doing a tomato blender soup, and benderizing a handful of cashews with water and flaxseed oil. I leave that on a minute or more, and then put it in the tomato soup base, so it is like a 'cream of' variety. Just a dash of maple syrup is a revelation, too.

ninab64 The exclusion of avos and tomatoes from any of my salads would really shake my old salad paradigm!

Ginger Welcome back!! You are one who has enouraged me so many times! I give you a hug! Having such a serious relationship is no small matter, I cry for you. Tell us what you are mixin' up in the kitchen today!

The spirulizer has been the one most fun and useful items I have purchased for the raw adventure. One of the first salads I made and have enjoyed several times since is a beautiful combo of spirulized carrots, beets, and yellow summer squach, with spinach leaves and sunflower seeds tossed in. It is a very pretty combo! Then i use the Good Seasons salad cruet and mix up a spirulina dressing. On top of all that, I put on some nutritional yeast, and Oh boy, that keeps me a believer in raw!

See you guys later, I have a couple days off, so I will be lurking around here more!