Guest guest Posted April 18, 2002 Report Share Posted April 18, 2002 Roger, That site looks great! I'm going to check it out in more depth. You are right about increasing fruit intake. A few soaked nuts also help satiate the apetite. Regina --- realityofimagination <roger wrote: > Hi Sharon, > > I tried to post yesterday but for some reason my > post did not stick. > > A quick answer if you are feeling hungry is that you > are not getting > enough calories. I used to feel hungry all the time > on the raw diet > until I was told I wasn't consuming enough calories > from fruit. Now > after quite a while on the 100% raw diet I feel > satiated. I have very > little cravings as well. The longer you go all raw > the less cravings > you get. Much of the cravings start because of > mental habits of going > out to eat and emotional reasons. > > Since the raw diet has lots of water in it you have > to consume much > more water to consume enough calories to feel > satiated. Try to double > to quadruple your fruit intake. Bananas are quite > calorie rich. > > Try counting calories for a bit to make sure you are > getting about > the same amount or more of calories that you used to > eat with cooked > foods. > > Roger Haeske > > P.S. Would you like to get a Free 6 Step Technique > to Gradually > Transition to a Raw Diet, go to > http://superbeing.com/awesometechnique.htm > > > > > rawfood, sharonsky@w... wrote: > > regdeluca " <regdeluca> wrote: > > > > >>I began a 95% raw food diet with juice therapy > about a year ago > and I > > can't tell you enough of how great it is. My body > is healing many > > illnesses-I'm almost completely off thyroid > medication! << > > > > > > I would also like to hear about your experiences > with raw food, > juice > > therapy and getting off thyroid medication. > > > > I have suffered from fatigue for years and finally > found out I was > > hypothyroid about 5 years ago. I resisted > getting on medication > for at > > least another 2 or 3 years. With medication I > feel somewhat better > > (provided the dose is correct), but I really would > like to get off > of > > medication totally. > > > > I'd also be interested in some examples of what > you might eat (and > > juice) in a given day. I'm having a lot of > trouble figuring out > what > > to eat and how much to eat in order to get enough > protein and > nutrients. > > > > Do you eat combos of foods and make recipes, or do > you rely > > predominantly on juices for your nutrition? > > > > What I've basically been doing is eating a few > fruits in the > morning, > > then later in the day I may eat some sprouts and > an avocado and > about 20 > > nuts, which have been soaked for about a day. I > generally feel > hungry > > all the time and I haven't felt satisfied. At > dinner I've been > eating > > a cooked food meal and I'm so hungry by then, I > tend to eat too > much. > > > > Do you find that juicing helps you need to eat > less food and helps > you > > feel more satisfied? Lately I've been feeling > like I don't want > to > > eat vegetables very much. I want something more > exciting. > > > > I don't mean to overwhelm you with questions. > Don't feel > obligated to > > answer them all. > > > > I'd be happy to hear some meal plan suggestions > from anyone who has > > been eating raw for a while and feeling good. > Does anyone have food > > logs posted anywhere? > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > > > Regards, > > Sharon > > Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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