some kind help requested

[Guest guest]

Hi all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

I am not eating any cooked foods, however I imagine there is a thing

or two that makes me not 100% raw,i.e. drink coffee and herbal tea

occasionally. I can give up the coffee, but is it really necessary to

give up the herbal teas?

 

Will I continue to detoxify? Do I need to do a juice fast? I want to

detoxify? What can I do to assist the process?

 

It is my goal to be 100% raw, though I will by organic I won't insist

that all I eat is organic.

 

I ordered by dehydrator, juicer, and 8 raw books for my raw library.

 

jann

Denver

[Guest guest]

That's a very good question, Jann. I'd like to know the " group think " on

this as well.

 

Personally, drinking herbal teas without any sweetener is OK and not a

breech of the raw food lifestyle, especially, if you've gone straight from

coffee to herbal. I've put myself on a 3 1/2 year plan (based on one month

for every year of cooked food) and also stopped drinking coffee this year.

My plans were to replace it with herbal tea, but so far, I haven't needed to

have either, so I've been lucky.

 

You will continue to detox, and everyone's body reacts differently to it.

Regarding juicing, I have an Omega juicer and a Wheateena juicer and make

raw, fresh veg juice every morning. I have a Wild Oats store locally so am

fortunate to be able to get everything organic. Juice fasting is great and

there is a forum for fasting support:

http://health.Fasting_for_health/ . It has close to

400 members and I fasted for 10 days last summer with an " efasting " partner

from this group.

 

I think support during fasting is the most important component, especially

if there are other members of the family who are not following your

lifestyle change.

 

Regards,

Jesse

Stamford, CT

 

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" Jann " <JannGriffiths

<rawfood >

Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:18 AM

[Raw Food] some kind help requested

 

 

>

> Hi all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

>

> I am not eating any cooked foods, however I imagine there is a thing

> or two that makes me not 100% raw,i.e. drink coffee and herbal tea

> occasionally. I can give up the coffee, but is it really necessary to

> give up the herbal teas?snip