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Summer Help: Fruit flies!!!

2015-05-12T17:42:29.000Z

Hey guys,I live in Texas and the weather is normally hot and humid in the early spring-fall, and perfect breeding conditions for fruit flies.If it were up to me the inside temperature for my house be ice cold in order to keep them at bay yet that is not the case and my cold natured mother keeps it at 75+ year round.My fruit has become the favorite thing to complain about due to the fact that it has now drawn the attention of fruit flies into the kitchen.WHO KNOWS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO STORE FRUIT / or Get rid of FRUIT FLIES?I have tryed everything I can think of from fly traps to oregano leaves.Summer is coming and so are the fruit flies! PLEASE HELP

My body is shutting down, HELP!

2012-10-04T14:12:02.000Z

I have been a successful 80/10/10'er before. For 2 months i did well. VERY well. I ate nothing but 100% 80/10/10, by the book. A few things here and there were altered, but i did fairly well. Then i stopped one day, the convenience of cooked food got me, and i haven't yet gone back to 80/10/10.

Since switching to the "convenient" i have suffered MASSIVE health problems.
MASSIVE.

I have developed "cluster headaches" which are the most intense pain i can ever describe. Feels that my left eyeball is popping out of my head.

Getting these headaches has led me to taking MASSIVE amounts of Ibuprofen. Which has led to a stomach ulcer. The headaches combined with the stomach ulcer have started this cascading effect of vomiting on a daily basis.

You would think that having headaches (and i say headache lightly.. it feels like someone is prying my eyeball out with pliers) and an ulcer would be enough, but unfortunately i also suffer from SERIOUS gallbladder problems.

I can only eat VERY small meals, and if i don't i will get a massive gallbladder attack. Feels like i am being blown up with air in my right back side and i vomit (blood in vomit) and get SO SICK that i literally SCREAM and CRY.

I am going to the doctor this morning. NOT because i want a HUGE amount of drugs, but because i want someone else to see these things, diagnose them, and i have a starting point.

One of the main reasons i stop 80/10/10 is FRUIT FLIES, and the fact that i cannot ever even SLIGHTLY stray away from the lifestyle, or i will get massive indigestion. There was a point, where i had my bananas out (as people do) and i had about 32894723 fruit flies in my kitchen. SWARMS. Enough to coat my cabinets and make my fruit rot way faster. Which made it to where i had to freeze bananas which wasn't working for me. My blender can't handle them, it takes 25 minutes to make one smoothie in the morning before work.

ALSO, if i wanted to use a salad dressing, i would get bloated the next day and be unable to eat, mixing fruit gave me indigestion, just painful.

I need either a MENTOR, or something to help me STAY on this lifestyle LONG TERM. PLEASE HELP ME!!

I lost 20 lbs last time i did it, and managed to keep most of the weight off.

But i need to do this for my HEALTH, because i am declining FAST. <3

Worms in Dates ?!?

2012-05-22T11:44:30.000Z

hi all!

i discovered a strange phenomenon in my latest 100kg dates delivery. there's always a couple of dates in each box (maybe a third), with lots of white little sludgy balls on it. i took pictures to show you. what is it? are these worm eggs or moth larvaes or sth like that?? please advise! any help is highly appreciated! thanks!

Fruit Flies....HELP!!!!

2012-03-10T05:10:20.000Z

Ok...I GIVE UP!!! HOW DO I GET RID OF THE DAMNED FRUIT FLIES???? Ive tried EVERYTHING! For a couple months Ive been VERY good about not leaving ANY food/fruit/produce out to attract the fruit flies. I make my juice, I clean the counters right away, I put produce clippings in the freezer and I run hot soapy water down the drain and run the garbage disposal. I let my house plants dry out between waterings. I keep ALL produce in the fridge. How the !#$% are these fruit flies STILL invading my home??? Im SOOO sick of it~ In just a few days Ill be buying massive quantities of fruit, and some of it, like bananas, can't be kept in the fridge because they dont ripen and they lose flavor. Im at a loss. WHAT DO I DO??? I wish someone made those outdoor fly net things that ppl use when they have picnics...except with zippers on them so they are totally sealed, because fruit flies WILL get under one of those throw screens. Sheesh.

fruit flies.. are they dangerous?

2010-09-28T13:24:03.000Z

These little insects seem to have got a hunch about my diet.. I've kept my room clean of fruit peels and ripe fruit scraps, but this one little fruit fly just seems to hide behind the curtain and wait until I dish in my lunch. This wouldn't annoy me too much if I knew it was safe to eat my sliced pear after it has stayed there for quite a few seconds. How harmful are they in terms of hygiene, if at all?

HELP!!!!!! Attack of the Fruit Flies!!!!

2010-05-24T08:18:15.000Z

Ok, so I have started buying my food in bulk from a wholesaler in the area. Not atll organic, sadly, but I'm getting there. The fruit comes in big cardboard boxes wrapped in a big plastic bag if it's something like bananas, and just a cardboard box if its something like oranges.

Problem is, I'm getting fruit flies all OVER our tiny place from my fruit, and I don't know what to do!!! It's driving my husband nuts!!! I don't want to go back to buying fruit at the standard market or someplace like that and have to go back every few days. It's too expensive and a pain in the butt. So how can I keep these fruit flies away from my bulk fruit?! Should I keep it outside, in the fridge, what???!! How long does a box of, let's say, 40lbs of bananas or so, last you, and how do you keep it?

Any and ALL positive, suggestive ideas welcome!!! Thanks in advance fruit lovers!!!

Compost Is Full Of Life !

2009-07-21T08:02:51.000Z

I love the life that is inside my compost bin.There is a Frog who lives in the ground floor flat.See if you can spot him/her.

There are Worms who travel between levels, Beetles and Flies at lid level, and now there are new residents, a wee family of Rats who are pretty shy, so no photos as yet.They look at me with their dear little eyes when I open the bin to add more fruit scraps.I find them so beautiful, and it seems that they sometimes get a bad press for being 'dirty', and yet their eyes are clear and vibrant, their fur silky soft and they look just so full of health.They are also mighty clever; they have chewed two holes, through very hard plastic, at the top of the compost bin, so they now have easier access to their penthouse flat.So many reasons to love a compost bin ♥ ♥ ♥