Personally, I will be in terrible pain for a day if I eat cooked corn, let alone raw. This also goes for high fiber (insoluble fiber) veggies, greens and fruit. Therefore, in order to have optimal digestion, eat your ripe soft fruits like mango, bana
Read more…Hi all. Some of you oldies might remember me. I ate lfrv through HS and spent a lot of time on here. I was at the woodstock fruit festival 2012 & 2013. Since I moved out began my own life and now have more responsibilities than ever, I fell off the w
Read more…I have been suffering from fairly bad, what seems like, indoor allergies. I dont know exactly what is triggering them. I have an outdoor job. I work as a garden educator. When Im outside I dont seem to have any problems. Every night when I go to slee
Read more…Hello,
I'm still quite a beginner at this lifestyle but I've diligently been noting all my meals in cronometer.com and this brings a few questions.
I'm very often in the red for some vitamins, like vitamin A and the Bs (and occacionally potassium), and
Read more…All I did was blend about
2 cups of spinach (you can add more if you have a bigger blender) with water first, so it's easier to blend it finely
10 bananas (at least of course)
6 or so large strawberries
1/4 cup turbinado sugar
You can't even taste the spi
Read more…I have been thinking about this question for quite long now. So I was wondering is being rawtill4 or raw vegan better for you. Freelee and everyone always says that you should eat a lot of carbs including rice, pasta, potatoes etc. They have a lot of
Read more…I've been only eating fruit meals for over a year due veggies (even large salads in the past) usually causing back up in my system (constipation).In your experiance do "tender greens" (dinner of salads) help or hinder transit time & ease?Tips or shar
Read more…Hi everyone
I'm now 1 month into this lifestyle (half 100% raw, half rawtill4) and I love it.
I'm 32 and my whole life I avoided greens for few reasons, mainly because it takes a while to prepare.
Now that I'm on this lifestyle, I tried them for real, a
Read more…Hi everyone, I just have a simple newbie question:
I really do not like collard greens, too bitter for me, but I love the idea of making wraps out of greens! Any suggestions for different kinds of greens that would work well as a wrap?
Thanks a bunch!
Read more…Breakfast was a date and mango smoothie - huge. So good...(not sure if soaking the dates is hugely worth it but that was new).
So today I had a huge salad for lunch with a dressing of mango blended with some avocado. It was awesome.
I had it for lunch
Read more…Been 100% raw for 3 weeks or so...but I am noticing my tonge is white. I read that this shows an acid imbalance in my systems.
I drink warm lemon in the morning and eat my greens (lots!) and my macros are very close to 80/10/10 (with less protien and
Read more…I've been having little to none overt fats lately (whereas I used to eat some every day- but still within the 811 ratio). Lately I've been closer to 90/5/5.
Anyway, I recently came across an article about essential fat deficiency and I have all the s
Read more…So, I used to think spinach (not baby) counts amkng the leafy greens too, but it contains a lot of oxal acid and you shouldn't eat too much of it, right?now i am wondering what actually counts among the leafy greens. all i can think of is celery, cor
Read more…I don't enjoy salad. I have tried numerous different styles and have made all different dressings (I found a lot of good ideas on the forums here!) but still I find I can eat maybe 3 bites and I am just done. I have always hated salad haha.
So that b
Read more…I've been digging green smoothie's lately. My favorite one is made up of spinach, celery, 1 pineapple, 3 bananas, a liter of orange juice, an orange, and the zest of a lime.
What is your favorite green smoothie recipe?
Read more…I have all these turnip greens from my garden, but they seem to tough to eat plain or in a salad. Does anyone have any experience eating them? Would it be better to put them in a smoothie or steam them a little?Thanks!Shannon
Read more…Okay, so I know that humans don't need as much protein as most are conditioned to believe, and I understand that a fruitarian diet can be awesome for muscle recovery and endurance athletics, especially since as calories go up protein goes up as well.
Read more…Hi! My first question is- I use the Cronometer, and I regularly, probably daily, exceed my requirements of vitamins and minerals without eating any greens. Why then do I need to eat 1-2lbs? I find eating that much weight in greens feels boring on som
Read more…I've been following HCRV for awhile and started really getting into weight training about 3 months ago.. However, my muscle definition isn't showing, despite a LOT of weight training.
I want to look something like Erin Moubray, but I'm not sure if I
Read more…Hey!
I'm travelling to South East Asia this fall, and will probably hang around for a while, perhaps even years, but I'm concerned about eating greens there! When I was in Thailand last year I can't say I was tempted to eat those greens lying on the
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