"Hi Anette!  Welcome - thanks for contributing to this group!   I am not 100% raw, but mainly following McDougall/Essylstein which is still low-fat plant based.   But I'm the same as you, also lost my own father to a heart attack when he was only 39…"

"Laura I have the same thing going on with bananas.   They were too ripe and didn't appeal to me at all, I was forcing them down.   I could probably eat them in a nice cold smoothie though."

"Lots of varied responses!    Guess there's no right or wrong answer here.   You never know when somebody will really appreciate the help, then again this friend knows about my health convictions, so my comments were really nothing new or shocking to…"

When you see Facebook friends/relatives go on and on about their hangovers, headaches, sicknesses etc. and see how horrible they eat and live do you ever comment on it? I have a friend who talked about having coffee, bagels and a Motrin and that she…

"Ya the soy stuff.   I saw a recipe using ground nuts for meat balls too.   
 
7 is probably too young to make the connection.   If she already has a taste for meat, then until she can make that connection and make that choice this is just where she…"

"Hi Ashley
 
I completely understand your situation, it sounds like my situation fr many years (I've been on a plant based diet over 10 years).   Forks over Knives is an EXCELLENT movie that you should have them all watch.  Well at least your…"

"I could say the opposite that kids who are under-protected and over-exposed to bad choices and questionable people are less likely to reach their potential. 
 
There are way too many variables in different parenting styles and different levels of…"

"They have vegan meatballs - not the healthiest thing but no meat"

"Your kids are young - I have 3 teenagers and the oldest one is officially an adult now, and the over-protection has gone on all their lives - we rarely had babysitters, but we traded off with friends and grandma babysat.   Plus I understand the…"

"if they got the feeling he was a creep they most likely would have been like no thanks man, imma go eat my chicken nuggets
 
LOL - I know what you mean.
 
I know Kevin is a sweet and wonderful person.   Sometimes though convicted rapists are very…"