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Hi, my name's Erik, & I'm new to this message forum.

 

Basically, I live in the Seattle area, and have been into raw foods

for about 5 years. I use to work at a natural food store, and they

happened to be selling the books Survival into the 21st Century, and

the Raw Food Diet(NFL). I was already eating some raw foods(and

juices) at the time having read books by Bernard Jenson, and Norman

Walker, but basically at that point, I decided to REALLY give it a

try.

 

Now, 5 years later, and I'm still lovin' it(thanks to the Creator).

I go thru phases. Sometimes I'm extremely strict, but alot of times

I just hover around 85-95% raw. I have a weakness for yerba mate,

but other than that I don't have any real serious addictions to

cooked food. I get do get cravings though. The most difficult thing

for me is the lack of availability of products, and restaurants. I

spent some time in Orange County(CA), and SF last summer, & was very

surprised by the availability of raw foods. Every Co-Op, or natural

food store that I went to had a pretty large selection of products.

1 Store in particular(Erewhon Market) in Hollywood had about 3 small

aisles of nothing but rawfood products. Even the deli sections of

the stores had ready made entrees, and Almond Milk(etc.).

 

I also went to some restaurants like Urban Forrage(?) in SF, and RAW,

The Good Mood Food Cafe, and Au Lac(in SoCal). To me, Au Lac was by

far the best, and I went there so much that they probably got sick of

me(Just Kidding). Seriously, it was very good, and I recommend to

anyone who's really interested in raw cuisine to check it out. IMHO,

its really worth it. Urban Forrage, and GMFC were good too, but they

are more deli style. RAW is a pretty impressive restaurant as well.

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself, and ask a couple of

questions to anyone who might be able to answer.

 

Does anyone know about the Apple juice that their selling in some of

the stores now that's supposedy pastuerized in a way that doesn't

destroy the nutrients?

 

And, also does anyone know anything about the treatment done to young

coconuts before they're shipped here from Thailand? I read some info

about it at youngcoconuts.com, but they never gave a final analaysis

as to whether, or not the treatment was detrimental to the water, and

the meat. Anyway, thanks, & take care. Erik...