Metallic taste

[Guest guest]

Can anyone explain why you may have a metallic taste in your mouth

when you begin to transition to raw food. My friend began her

transition to raw and now has a metallic taste in her mouth. She has

been on a high percent of raw for 10 days.

Thanks Christina

[Guest guest]

Someone more knowledgable may be able to explain it but I can tell you a large

glass of lemon water first thing in the morning and anytime it gets back

throughout the day can help. Melissa

 

chrissybmom <Cht212 wrote:Can anyone explain why you may have a

metallic taste in your mouth

when you begin to transition to raw food. My friend began her

transition to raw and now has a metallic taste in her mouth. She has

been on a high percent of raw for 10 days.

Thanks Christina

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

christina,

 

My name is mary. I am new to this group. I am not

currently a raw fooder. However, I spent 12 years

transitioning to raw food and then was a fruitarian

for about 6 months. this was about 8 years ago. When

I finally was on the fruitarian diet for about a

month, I got the metallic taste you mention. I

assumed it was from the middle ear surgery which I had

recently had and did not equate it with my diet. I

have never heard of anyone else experiencing this

taste.

 

The metallic taste lasted a total of 5 months for me.

In fact, it got so bad that I lost all taste for even

fruit and could only drink organic grape juice for

about 2 months! Finally, my appetite returned when the

metallic taste ceased. However, it had an undesirable

side effect. Because of having had surgery (which

impacted my inner ear) and then being unable to eat

because of the metallic taste, I lost 40 pounds in

those 5 months. By the time I could eat again, I

weighed only 90 lbs...way too low for my frame. I

looked like a concentration camp victim! Because I had

not been concentrating on insuring I maintained lean

muscle when transitioning, I lost a great deal of lean

muscle at this critical time.

 

Because of all this, I had to go back to a more

traditional diet. My body simply would not repond to

an all raw diet anymore. I was becoming nutrient

starved. I resented this setback but knew it was

necessary. (I have a PHD in holisitic nutrition, am a

dr of nutritional science, and have degrees in

naturopathy, herbology, and iridology.) Then, just

when I felt my body had recovered enough to begin

transitioning back to a fruitarian diet, I was

poisoned by formaldehyde (gassing out of newly

installed defective carpeting). The formaldehyde

destroyed most of the elasticity in my lungs and many

of my air sacs. However, I did learn one very

significant piece of information...before the doctors

knew what was 'killing me' (formaldehyde), they did an

angiogram. It was discovered that not only was my

heart healthy but my arteries were SQUEEKY CLEAN! This

was in spite of the fact that my cholesterol had

jumped from about 150 to about 275 when menopause hit!

(This seems to be a family genetic problem. It was

why I got all my degrees.)

 

Now I am on supplemental oxygen 24/7 just to stay

alive! I have learned some very valuable lessons.

One, the transition to an all raw diet is as important

as the diet itself. If I attempted an all raw diet at

this moment, I would cleanse too rapidly and repoison

myself with whatever formaldehyde is stored in my

body. The reason I took 12 years to transition before

was because so much of our food chain has been

contaminated with poisons over the past 50 years.

These poisons are stored in the body until they can be

SAFELY released. they are usually stored in the fat

cells. therefore, too rapid a weight loss causes

these poisons to be released into the blood stream.

If the eliminative channels are not able to handle

such a 'release', these poisons simply circulate and

then restore somewhere else, if possible. You will

feel lousy while these poisons are circulating in the

blood. It is not a good sign if you feel lousy for

more than 3 days as this indicates the eliminative

channels were unable to remove the poisons.

 

Since you are having a metallic taste, I wonder if it

is the result of a cleansing. If it is, you might be

cleansing too rapidly. If the taste interferes with

your ability to eat, stop the cleansing. The price is

very high in loss of lean muscle (lack of eating) and

potential tissue damage from recirculating toxic

matter. The holistic approach is to consider the

entire body...not just the diet. While there is some

value to 'waiting it out', this is only true if the

body can handle the toxic matter in a period of 72

hours. It is possible to die of auto-intoxication if

the toxic matter becomes so great that it displaces

oxygen in the body.

 

Now that it has been a year since my open lung surgery

and the removal of the offending carpet, I am SLOWLY

beginning my transition back to first a NATURAL DIET.

My goal is to return to a fruitarian diet. Since I am

in my late 50's, I may die before this transition is

accomplished. Who cares? I don't! Having learned

that the 'best laid plans of men are often foiled', I

am no longer fixated on the DESTINATION but the

JOURNEY. I am looking for quality of life...not

quantity of years. As long as raw food improves the

quality of my life, I will continue the transition.

When it decreases the quality, I pull back and

re-evaluate my strategy. I have spent the past 6

months continuously re-evaluating.

 

When we lived in the deep south for a short time, we

discovered that the children in the schools were

taught the 'slow is better'. At the time, I resisted

this concept. When I was first transitioning to a

fruitarian diet, I was more focused on the GOAL than

the journey. I was frustrated by all my dietary

weaknesses and often cursed myself for being unable to

become a raw fooder/fruitarian 'cold turkey'. When I

finally was a raw fooder, I pushed myself too fast

into fruitariansism. Having reached the goal and then

having had to deal with the consequences of having

achieved it BEFORE my body was ready,I am now more

patient with myself. I also learned that all my

efforts could be destroyed by something totally out of

my control!

 

I do not regret that I was a fruitarian for those 5

months. However, I did not have the marvelous energy I

had been promised by all the books! Nor do I regret

all the years that I spent transitioning to such a

diet. (I did have remarkable energy while

transitioning!) I simply now realize that, in life, we

never achieve a goal permanently. We don't have that

kind of control over every facet of our lives. I did

not understand this when I was younger. I thought I

could accomplish anything and overcome every obstacle.

Now I know better. Therefore, I now believe that the

JOURNEY should be fun, exciting, and FLEXIBLE. This

time, my focus will be on my journey...not the

destination (fruitarianism). If I reach the

destination, it will be because I have found joy in

this diet...not because I have to eat this way for

health! My guideline is not a book but my body.

 

mary

 

--- chrissybmom <Cht212 wrote:

> Can anyone explain why you may have a metallic taste

> in your mouth

> when you begin to transition to raw food. My friend

> began her

> transition to raw and now has a metallic taste in

> her mouth. She has

> been on a high percent of raw for 10 days.

> Thanks Christina

>

>

>

 

 

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