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Juice as a meal

2021-01-11T05:05:01.000Z

I recently bought a citrus juicer and am looooooving the fresh orange juice. After drinking about four cups of juice I feel quite satiated and can go a while without feeling hunger again. I've been considering having a large glass, maybe eight cups of orange juice, for breakfast as a meal because I feel so great afterwards and it's so delicious! I suppose I'm just wondering if having a meal that is solely juice is sufficient for breakfast. What do y'all think? I see a lot of raw eaters have mostly juice throughout the mornings so wondering what y'all's take is

Raising your kids in a raw vegan community in Costa Rica

2020-08-14T21:36:51.000Z

Hello Folks, since Corona Virus many people around the world have understood the need to move to the tropics and start growing their own food, you can say it's a survival idea. Many want to do it but the task seems way too enormous, and it is if you are on your own!! That's why i decided to spread the word about us, a forming raw vegan tribe on a beautiful land in the jungle with already growing fruit forest, and our amazing vegan neighborhood. We are called Purafruta and located on the Carribean side of Costa Rica, 15 mins drive from the beach, and 20 mins from the nearby town, Puerto Viejo, the larger community of Talamanca, populated mostly by foreigners, in total of 4 close-by surf-towns along the beach, sums up to 10,000 amazing like-minded people that benefits from constant energy/resources/skills exchange.

Our Purafruta tribe welcomes people that want to take advantage of this amazing local community, but to live in our own raw vegan eco-village, where we work together maintaining and further expanding the fruit forest on our 15 hectares land, raise our kids together using educational techniques that we all agree on and apply. We also share tools, community gardens, and much more. If you end up finding out you are more of an individualistic type, we also have a friend on our road that sells land for cheap, in the heart of a Vegan road! So together with them we make a very interesting neighborhood.

If you want to know more click here and read through our values, our structure, pictures and more... See if it's somthing for you...
Webspage - http://PuraFruta.org
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PuraFruta6

The borders just opened up so we are expecting 10 new families, so if you want to come this will be the best time ever for investing since that within the next few months the lots we have to "sell" are the cheapest and have the best locations on the land, so get ready!

Let's get ready for the coming era, things are changing fast, so please share this message around this is a crucial time, people need to know that there is an option like us, and others that we can refer too in Ecuador.

Thank you!!

-The Purafruta Tribe-

Vegan Aquafaba Whipped Cream Recipe - Low fat!

2018-03-24T19:00:07.000Z

Wanted to share this! This low fat vegan whipped cream recipe turned out way better than I could have imagined. It fluffed up really nicely and doesn't use coconut cream, it uses aquafaba, which is much lower in fat. I ate it with some raw banana ice cream!

Check out how to make it:

https://therawbuzz.com/raw-recipes-2/fluffy-vegan-aquafaba-whipped-cream-recipe/

Ulcerative Colitis and High Carb Vegan Diet

2017-07-26T17:20:21.000Z

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this community, glad to be here! I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitits (proctitis) about a year ago. Bleeding with diarrhea. I managed to get the diarrhea and bleeding under control through drinking keffir and staying away from grains and legumes. It was the only thing that helped me. Since then my stools are solid however constipation can be a problem every now and then. Bleeding is also a lot less with periods of no bleeding.

I've been vegetarian for almost 10 years now. I tried the high carb raw vegan diet for about two weeks, consisting of mostly bananas, however I did not see much change in my symptoms. I've also tried a juicing only diet. Did not do anything to the bleeding (except when I juice cabbage). I read Dr. David Klein's book, and am eating mostly potatoes and easy to digest food after I stopped with the raw vegan diet.

Current symptoms are slight bleeding, constipation every now and then, burning feeling in my rectum, lots of burning gas depending on what I eat. I feel very underweight at 55kg (121 pounds) and 173cm. I'm even trying a high protein low residue diet consisting of banana shakes with vegan protein and olive/flax oil to see if I can gain some weight and give my bowels a rest (low fibre). Supplements include l-glutamine and high quality vitamins. Yes I know this is contrary to high carbon lifestyle but I'm really trying everything here. I'm also on oregano oil, wormwood and black walnut to make sure that I don't have an overgrowth of some parasite or something.

As you can see, I'm currently trying some things and have been through a lot. I need do adopt a lifestyle that will ultimately cure my disease. For that I need support and advice from people who have potentially been through the same that I have. From my beliefs as a Christian and science I know the raw vegan diet is the best for me, however I have not seen the results as I hoped for. Some people claim miracles after one week on bananas. The only thing that made a real difference for me was keffir and staying away from grains and legumes, however it did not heal me, just took care of most of the symptoms.

Any advice will be appreciated! I want to put this horrible disease behind me and live a normal life for a change.

Support on raw vegan (Frugivore Diet) to heal skin

2017-04-20T08:39:31.000Z

Hello,

I have been vegan for 4 years now and have decided to go raw to heal my eczema. The aim of this is to treat the problem at the root, in the gut, at it's core, rather than topically and momentarily.

I am a bit nervous about not having sweet potato, rice, porridge etc. and would LOVE some support from anyone else on this journey. Maybe we could email each other regularly to check in and support or use whatsapp.. a form of communication that is quick and easy but fairly regularly would be great.

Let me know if you're in!

Ellen

Raw Vegan

2017-01-04T04:24:02.000Z

Hey People got a question, how do you stay raw vegan ? most fruit is too !@#$%^& expensive, and I cant go to the store every 2 weeks to get bananas.. any reccomendations?

Benifits of eating raw sweetcorn? HCFR Vegan?

2016-09-21T15:30:10.000Z

I've been eating raw sweetcorn for dinner the past week or so, I !@#$%^& love it.

Was hoping to get an opinion from someone who is or who has been high carb fully raw.

Teenager wanting to go 100% raw vegan...

2016-06-24T04:24:31.000Z

Hello everyone!

I'm going into my senior year of high school this September. I've been vegan since fall of last year, and vegetarian for a few years before that. Since around April, I've upped my intake of whole fruits and vegetables. I feel amazing. I've become more fit and stronger, and overall I feel my health has greatly increased.

However, lately I've been getting sick every time I eat cooked food. I tried cutting gluten, which my dad is intolerant of. That helped, but I'm still getting nauseous after dinner. Evidently this is problematic, as I still live at home with my family. I've been eating 100% raw until dinner, which I eat high carb low fat vegan, but cooked. My family is very supportive of my decision to be vegan, and also they've also seen my health increase.

I feel my best on 100% raw. This summer is my opportunity to at least try going completely raw for a week. I'm hoping that after this my parents will let me go raw indefinitely.

Do you have any advice for how I could go about talking about going 100% raw? Like I said, my family is very open to this. My mom is vegetarian, but I'm the only hardcore vegan here. But I don't want to rush into anything with them.

I've already hinted that once I hit college, I'm going raw. But I hope that I can do this before then, otherwise it's going to be another year of nausea after cooked food.

Thanks in advance to any advice. I really need it.

Raw Till 4 Teen and Raw Till 4 in Winter

2016-06-11T03:44:52.000Z

Hey guys,

Recently came to the raw till 4 lifestyle and I'm loving it! I transitioned quickly to a vegan diet and found that raw till 4 made most sense to me! However not to my parents, how do I maturely discuss with them that this is the best lifestyle for me without them thinking this is me further restricting myself?

I've talked to my mum with how I'm no longer restricting like I used to on things like iifym and how I'm eating more and she seems to understand that, but my dad is far more against veganism than anything.

Anyone have any tips?

Also, how to do Raw Till 4 in Winter?

Thanks!

Raw Fruit Festival in Andalusia, Spain

2016-05-28T08:19:19.000Z

Schedule for the Raw Fruit Festival in Andalusia Spain Aug 28 to Sep 3 now available!

Sport art fun friendships nature, with great fruits!

http://www.30bananasaday.com/events/2016-raw-fruit-festival

www.raw-fruit-festival.net

RFF2016schedule.pdf

Fruit travels to Spain this summer?

2016-05-19T10:14:22.000Z

Anyone interested in traveling to Spain this summer, and get great fruits in continental Europe?

Check out the Raw Fruit Festival www.raw-fruit-festival.net

http://www.30bananasaday.com/events/2016-raw-fruit-festival

All local organic fruits and veggies, unrestricted buffet in a great preserved location, with outdoor activities and much more.

Hope to meet you there!

Loving RT4

2016-05-05T17:57:44.000Z

Hey everyone! I came from a restrictive low carb diet and decided to try RT4 because I knew I needed to grow some ovaries and tackle my restrictive eating problem. I was so tired of merely existing and wanted to thrive.

The amount of calories made me very nervous and it was a challenge to trust food again. I gradually increased my calories and now am getting 2000 minimum a day and 3 liters of water. I'm working up to 2500 :). I feel so alive! I love working out, am hitting PR's in running, and I don't feel exhausted after. I'm completely satisfied every day, I get better sleep, and my skin is so soft. I can trust my whole, plant, vegan, high carb food and I can eat as much as I want! I also love it because it's doable and sustainable long-term. I can go out to restaurants and find something HCLF, and I don't feel socially isolated because of my food.

I experienced bloating and digestion upset at the beginning because my body wasn't used to digesting much food at all, and both symptoms went away within 2 weeks. I have eaten RT4 for almost a month and I'm very happy eating this way. I have not gained any weight but that is not what my focus is on. I feel like I'm actually alive and I am happy.

Just wanted to share my experience :)

New here and glad to be

2016-04-06T15:11:13.000Z

Hey all!,

I'm new here! I wasn't exactly sure where to start so I figured I'd post here. Psyched I joined up and consider myself a student and teacher of life. My goal is to gain as much knowledge from you all and share mine in return. I first found out about "30 Bananas A Day" from a friend who suggested I check out Durianrider's YouTube channel. I was about a week into my bicycle tour riding racked from New York to California which took me 75 days(you can watch the video here). I was on the path to mastery and needed inspiration which Durian provided. Not only has he changed my perspective on eating but my life. After my trip in 2014 I've been doing the "Raw Till 4" lifestyle and my cycling and overall life has improved.

While I still have many things to work on, I'd like to gain more of a knowledge base around food and what it does for my body and how it can improve my cycling. I have a website which you can check out at Manual Pedal and YouTube channel. I've been biking all my life. My dad said one I picked up my bike I never put it down and he's right, I never will put it down until it's my time. I started in BMX which then led me to track and road cycling. I now do road cycling exclusively and bike touring and bikepacking when time permits.

I can often go off in tangents so to leave on a lite note... I'm really psyched to be apart of this community and looking forward to learning and sharing.

Best Regards,

Dwayne _/\_

Learn about GRAPES! And have a grape day....

2016-03-31T18:42:07.000Z

Hey Every one! Please oh Please read all my fun facts about grapes in the link! http://rawfuli.me/grapes/ ALSO please follow my Insta, Twitter, and SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE at Rawfuli. I promise, you won't be sorry :) Friend me on here! I would love to chat!

Check out my new recipe and video for APPLE CHIPS!

2016-03-29T18:08:56.000Z

http://rawfuli.me/apple-chips/

The video is embedded, and I would really appreciate it if you would subscribe to my channel! I want to try to get ten subscriptions by Friday! Thank you so much for your support! Read my story and comment! Follow me on Instagram and Twitter too!

I NEED ADVICE (RAWTILL4 TEEN)

2016-03-29T13:30:42.000Z

So I've decided that I want to get serious with rawtill4 and lately I've been feeling great, I'm getting better at it. But the thing is that I live with my family and it's been pretty problematic. (I'm still not an adult) They're constantly saying me that what I am doing is ridiculous and not normal. Whenever they ask what am I going to have for lunch and I respond "I'm going to have fruit" they make me faces. I REALLY FEEL BAD AND GUILTY AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A THING TO BE GUILTY ABOUT. I've shown them all the things that I know and the benefits that a high fruit diet can do to your body. Even heavy pain and flows of menstruation have disappeared! I can't seem to explain this! They're just saying "Oh so you found another trend. Now you're not only vegan but you are an almost raw vegan." And what I say to that is that I've known raw veganism for such a long time I just didn't have the courage to do it because of this reason, so I wouldn't be said things like this for not having cooked food at the table. What should I do? Can you guys feel me? And also do oranges lower body defenses because of the content of arginine? That's what I've been told.... Huh..... Sigh.....

Youtube +Blog updates!

2016-03-28T20:54:11.000Z

Just wanted to let you all know what I am up to. I have relaunched my blogwww.runway5ft2.com and I am on Youtube as Rochelle Blum doing daily videos 37 and counting!

Staying carbed up and making a difference near and far.

Rochelle

Raw food and dental damage

2016-03-28T00:00:57.000Z

I do clean my teeth every day . I do floss my teeth, from time to time.

I do admit that during my teenage life I didn't care much about them. 10 years ago.

Now, after one and a half years on a raw vegan diet (90% fruits) I had a very bad tooth pain.

8 months later, one of my molars broke in half (the external part of the tooth completely gone). Its nerve died and it was rotten inside. -That was pretty bad.

Being worried about it, I started taking more care and searched information that could help me prevent the same situation from happening again.

Today, 6 months later, another molar just cracked, looking pretty dark inside. I did my checkup 2 months ago and nothing was observed by the dentist.

From my understanding, this is coming from the inside. Although my teeth colour aren't white but they're yellow going towards brown.

I will be searching about it but, I would very much appreciate if someone knows a reliable source of information -whether is a direct person, website, book, etc. and is willing to share it.

****! Im having the second worse day I can remember!

Thank you in advance,

carb up and cheers!

Zeus L.

Long term "skipping breakfast" and mental damage

2016-03-27T22:22:30.000Z

Curious enough, my girlfriend jumped on me with one more question: Does skipping breakfast on the long run cause undesirable brain deterioration?

My point: getting up and starting the day, hopefully using the brain :D, without brain fuel (glucose) could stress the body to produce the glucose from any storage therefor the brain will eventually lack some abilities.

This makes sense to me in the long run.

(We have been 80% raw for a year)

Thank you!

Carrot Fries!

2016-03-08T18:21:19.000Z

Check these babies out and please Subscribe to my YouTube Channel!

Browse my blog to learn how I healed my 7-15 year life prognosis with fruitarianism!

Enjoy these crispy, crunchy, sweet and salty carrot fries!

http://rawfuli.me/carrot-fries-and-mustard/

My Family Says I'm Gonna Get Fat

2016-01-31T05:00:34.000Z

So I've been going all out on the non-restriction thing, having 10 banana smoothies every morning, another 1,000 calorie smoothie for lunch, and huge bowls of rice and pasta for dinner. My family is part of the whole "carbs make you fat" movement, so every time they see me have these meals, they raise their eyebrows and comment, "That's a lot of white rice..." "You're eating THAT many bananas?" "Wow, you're really going to town, tonight!" etc. Especially the bananas, they tell me how they've read that they're pure sugar, high in carbs, blah blah.

Besides me explaining that pure, natural carbs don't cause insulin spikes because of the fiber in the foods, I also explain to them that humans are meant to live off of plant-based carbohydrates, and that I don't believe humans should limit their intake of fruit any more than a lion should limit his intake of gazelle, or a caterpillar should limit his intake of leaves.

So I eat a lot in spite of their comments, because I'm frankly tired of restricting myself so much. All my life I've been adapting my portion sizes to the people around me, even though I knew those measly meals wouldn't satisfy me. Especially since I'm a woman, but I find myself naturally wanting to eat more than most men eat, so I feel like there's something wrong with me.

There is a little voice inside my head that tells me I shouldn't have such a voracious appetite, that I should have more "feminine" portions, but my under carbed brain allows interrupts and says, "Screw that! I'm gonna eat as much as I want, I am so done with restricting myself and feeling unsatisfied because of it. I don't care if people think I eat a too much, that's none of their business. This is my life, I'm gonna live it to the fullest, and I'm gonna EAT to the fullest!"

So thankfully, I haven't given in to peer pressure, and I don't see myself ever going back to restriction. I'm not gaining weight, so they can't throw any concrete evidence at me against my new eating habits anyway. It'll just be nice when I get the physical results to show them it's actually the reverse!

Has anyone else had any experience with people telling them eating Raw Till 4 will make them fat?

My Friend got Herpes from the WoodStock Fruit festival

2016-01-20T11:38:14.000Z

seriously if you respect your health don't GO!!!! this people just care about that COIN!. the story in the video below

Thailand, Indonesia travel buddy! Good vibes :D

2016-01-20T06:07:24.000Z

Hello Fruit world!

I am wondering around Bali for the next month then probably heading off to Thailand and would LOVE to meet up with someone to check out the fruit festivals happening there:

World Durian FruitFestival (Chanthaburi) – May 23rd thru 31st

Then not long after is the Thai Fruit festival

I am from New Zealand but a year ago i left to Australia in hope of more/better quality fruit! I have been eating to abundance (on Stradebroke island and up around Cairns area) ever since. :) :)

A little about me; i am part mermaid ;), love laughing and being in bubbly spirits. I have been eating loads of fruit for about 4 years now and have been on and off Totally raw - raw till 4 - or just vegan. Getting even more involved in my fruit eating lately. I like diving deep with my thoughts sometimes. and i LOVE playing the guitar and singing. Also meeting new people and creating.

I am looking for someone who is equally as interested in fruit as i am and is up for some epic adventures.

If you are at all interested in this big exciting blissful adventure, let me know and we can discuss it further.

Thanks for reading,

Much love,

Have a beautiful fruity blessed day!

Email: mayakorth@gmail.com

Facebook: Maya Korth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maya_luna_/

Mentor/Vegan raw till 4 guru for the uk?

2016-01-13T22:19:13.000Z

Hey hey!! I recently went vegan and am embarking on the Raw Till 4 journey!!I'd really appreciate the help of people who have experienced the pitfalls, highs, lows, positives and negatives of the diet so I can understand what it's doing to my body :) any advice for this newbie would be awesome! And if anyone is in the UK, it would be great if you could recommend where to at our as a vegan or vegan groups I could join?Thanks fellow plant people :)

Anyone have a fruity/health related blog?

2016-01-10T03:47:36.000Z

Hi everyone!

Recently I made a blog on WordPress, my user is PainlessEats. Writing is one of my favorite outlets to discuss veganism, raw veganism, fruitarianism, health, fitness, personal development, and the correlation between fruit and mythology/ancient text/theology.

If anyone else has a blog, please share!

Kat

The official Raw Till 4 ebook is here!

2016-01-03T04:52:55.000Z

Hey fruit lovers, after years in the making the Raw Till 4 ebook has arrived

If you really want to succeed on the Raw Till 4 lifestyle long term then this is the book to have.

Find out more about it here or click on the image below. Hope you enjoy it and feel free to leave your thoughts about it below.

Tropical Fruit Forest Community & Farm Project

2015-12-25T21:47:38.000Z

Hello, I would love to meet & greet like minded vegan souls on here! Check out www.terrafrutis.com and see if this is right for you! We are located in Southeast Ecuador near the town of Gualaquiza. We welcome anyone wishing to live, work, and play in a clean and sober environment surrounded by beautiful nature. Clean air, clean water, and fresh fruit await you! Please feel free to ask questions after visiting the website and reviewing the questionnaire for those interested in visiting or staying.

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What happened to 'Heather Raw' or 'Heathers Plant Based Family'?

2015-12-11T01:01:05.000Z

Hey, did anyone else follow the channel Heather Raw or Heathers Plant Based Family? Channel, Facebook and Instagram have all seemed to have disappeared?? She posted quite regulaly too... do quite a few YouTubers do this, this is the third channel to have just vanished.

Nothin to eat in Perth

2015-12-06T12:47:39.000Z

I am spewing plant foods perth has had to close recently. They we're my hookup for affordable organic food.Perthians, where on perth do you find your bulk organic fruits? And not at exorbitant prices?Please help! Don't wanna have to starve to death when I go back to the desert!!