Guest guest Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 hi lucca i have the same advice as jeff and would like to add that the body also fulfills it's protein requirement by making it from the abundant amino acids in the whole/raw foods. from discouraged to disco.....oh yeah! loveN > " lucca_fracca_dukkah " <lucca_fracca_dukkah >RawSeattle >RawSeattle >[RawSeattle] new raw fooder getting discouraged... >Sun, 14 Dec 2003 03:43:52 -0000 > >hi i'm new to raw foods, jumped right in about a month ago, went from >bread, campbells soup, beer, eggs, ect to strict 100% raw without >transition, no grains, ect.. and i don't know anyone who is on this diet, >i was really counting on going to one of the weekly support groups but >now they're cancelled till feb, don't think i'll last that long. > >i'm very worried about my teeth, the bottom half of them are going from >white to clear, and my gums are getting caved in too. i read on this >forum that this can be from too many nuts and avocados, and i've >really been overdoing it on those i guess, but i just get too hungry-- at >this point I'm not thinking i can keep this up, since i dont know anyone >(learned everything from books at natural food stores) and my digestion >is way worse than it was before i went raw because of the bingeing on >nuts and seeds, and i don't really know enough about sprouting things, i >think that might help..., maybe i need to do a bit more research, but i >would like to keep going if i can, since i already started. > >so tonight i finally broke my 'no grains' credo and ate wheat free organic >granola, one of my favorite all time foods, its rolled oats, i dont know >how bad that is for me on this diet, but after reading that about limiting >nuts and avocados being bad for teeth, well i was eating a hell of a lot >of avocados (avocados and zuchini for dinner usually) and lots of >apples, grapefruit, kale, cabbage, carrots, almonds, filbert nuts. not >sure i can keep this up, but i would at least like to transition to >something healthy. > >i was also wondering about the whole 'complete proteins' thing, and >whether that is just hype to raw foodists or whether there's some way >of still getting complete protein, or maybe some middle ground... how >about quinoa or something? can you soak and sprout black beans >without cooking them? i got lots of questions like this. > >thanks for listening-- > >lucca > > _______________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm & pgmarket=en-ca & RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com\ %2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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