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New to the diet and need help! Candida anxiety, low bood sugar

I have candida and tried the high protein/fat diet. It works okay, but not 100%. I tried to convert over to this by doing low/no fats for a few days and then I switched over and on that day I ate greens for breakfast, 4 bananas for lunch, and greens

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Please Help!? blood sugar issues and weight gain

 I don't know if this diet is right for me... I really want to stick to it, but I keep having blood sugar swings and It's causing me to eat so much. I started at 126 pounds and I am now 136. I have gained 10 pounds. I start to feel weird if I don't e

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"Too much sugar" in fruitarian diet

Hey everyone,

I am new to the HCLF lifestyle and am worried about the consumption of 'too much' fructose/sugar. I know this statement is debunked. I am currently trying to eat a diet of mostly banana's but after a few of them I can't eat any more of t

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How To Make Best Organic Coconut Flour

Coconut flour is made from ground and dried coconut meat. Once the outer green husk of a coconut is removed, what remains inside is the rich, inner white lining which is the coconut meat. Coconut flour is not actually “flour” in the way we normally t

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Almond Butter? Brown bread? Pasta? Some guidance required!

Hello everyone! Any help would be much appreciated!

I'm trying out a HCLF vegan lifestyle, and I'm excited to start the journey, but I'm confused about a few things!

Firstly- Almond butter- yes or no? I usually have it on brown bread, which leads me to

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BANANAS NOT SWEET ENOUGH :'(

What is happening? Bananas just dont taste sweet to me, but they are so easy to buy and accessible living in Canada, I can sweeten them with coconut sugar but even then its just the coconut sugar really making them sweet. Is there any way to make the

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My teeth are turning brown!

Hi guys!

I'm RT4, been several months. Recently I have seen there's brown stains on my teeth. I brush twice a day with fluoride-free toothpaste and floss once a day. Always flush my mouth with water after eating too. I think they are from dates, I eat

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white sugar?

ok so as much as i love coconut sugar as freelee reccomends but any opinions on white cane sugar since it is refined however it is much more cheaper and readily availble to me than cocnut sugar, any opinions?

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Headache from coconut sugar?

Hey, I was just wondering why this might have happened? I am fully hydrated :/ so annoying!

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Expired Coconut Sugar

Hey Everyone!

Is it ok to use coconut sugar if it is past the used by date/is expired??

Thank you!!!

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SUGAR instead of SALT in my dinner?!

Hey, guys! Got a question for my cooked dinner:

Is it ok (good for me?) to use Sugar (organic coconut sugar or cane sugar) in my dinner instead of salt to add flavor to my dinner? 

For example in homemade tomato sauce or other sauces to top my rice/pas

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Elephant in the room -- Liver Health

Hey everyone!

I went to see a naturopath recently, and she was alarmed at the amount of sugar I was consuming and claimed it was wearing out my liver.  I went online and did some research, and the general consensus is that fructose is hard on the live

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Too much sugar???

The past few days I have been in between ripe fruit so I got a big bag of organic vegan brown sugar to eat for energy before biking but its so yummy I've been eating it by the spoonful. It seems like a good solution for when there's not a ton of frui

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Coconut sugar is good for health purpose.

Our organic coconut sugar is 100% organic and non GMO, which means there is no chemicals and no genetic modification. Organic coconut sugar looks and tastes great! It has a slight hint of caramel which enhances and accentuates the smooth flavor curve

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Starch and CANDIDA

So I just watched a youtube video (won't mention name), but I really enjoy this persons account and believe they are following a raw food diet, specifically 80/10/10. The video I watched entailed that in order to clear candida and parasites, either a

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EXTREMELY LOW BLOOD SUGAR!!!

I have been eating high carb low fat high raw vegan whole foods plant based as much organic as possible for about 6 months now and I just got a blood test done and my blood sugar is extremely low and they didn't even have me fast! About an hour or tw

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Sugar cures acne: heres why

Sugar! What no! bad bad bad white sugar ahhh so bad get it away from me blah blah blah

give me some chicken thighs with some grass fed butter rah rah rah

SHUT UP SHUT UP  SHUT UP

(what is going on in my head when I hear this crazy nonsense)

Sugar heals a

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Need clarification about blood sugar spikes and high glycemic index fruit

Question: In regards to bananas and other high glycemic fruit and would like to know if adding greens to my morning sugars allows the sugar from the banana to go into my blood stream slower if I add say lettuce to my banana smoothie.  I am concerned

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Coconut Sugar in Europe

Hey everyone!

So I'm a quite new raw-till-4er. Been vegan for nearly 2 years now :) 

I've just started up a little organic coconut sugar business in Paris, namely because I love coconut sugar in my banana smoothies and it was getting too expensive! 

So,

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Fasting Blood Sugar 231 after 5K Race

Okay, 4 weeks ago I participated in a 5K race.  After the race they were offering free blood glucose testing, and so I asked them to test me.  The result was a worrying 231 especially since I had not eaten for about 11 hours, my last meal being 5lbs.

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