"I'm glad the low stomach acid thing was mentioned, because it's the same immediate thought I had. I used to get frequently nauseated, lots of upset stomachs, heartburn galore, etc. and my food would just sit like a rock in my stomach. Eating large…"

"I grew up in wixom. My dad was a wolverine and my second cousin teaches there. I like to tell my dad that I chose msu just to spite him. I even still have my UM acceptance letter taped to my wall in my old bedroom to taunt him. Anyways, welcome to…"

"Well, lets just say it didn't end well. It took 10 years to recover, but here I am! Restriction isn't worth it,"

"I had orthorexia/anorexia in high school.  I wouldn't eat anything that had more than 2% of calories from fat and exercised compulsively.  If I was starving and there wasn't anything around that met my qualifications, I'd drink Sierra Mist instead…"

"agreed. From personal experience only, brown rice makes me need to take a nap immediately afterwards while white rice doesn't really affect me.  Although if I needed to load up on a cooked starch, I'd take potatoes over any type of rice.  "

"Not necessarily by going raw, but I did fix chronic pain by going gluten/soy free and watching carb-to-fat ratios. I think just doing that made me 80% better. striving for the raw part of HCRV got me to 90% recovery and then I'm hoping that physical…"

"Thanks for the beautiful responses guys! Feeling the love!"

Hi guys- you probably don't know me because I don't post very often. However, I've been here for over a year and read this site as a guest every day for a year before that. I've noticed lately that activity is increasing and we are growing hugely in…

"haha, it does sound weird but totally makes sense.  Man, I guess I really do need to slow down!"

I don't think I'm digesting my salads properly.  Not to be too graphic, but lettuce comes out the other end looking like...lettuce.  I'm not sure if I'm just not chewing properly or what?  I think if I tried to chew more than I already do, I'd never…