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Ok so only 2 people voted :( So there will be TWO WINNERS!!!!!! The WINNERS ARE..... RMCCully & Ummbinat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't believe either of you have 80/10/10 so let me know if you would like that or a raw treat goodie bag!!!!! You both stuck through this month & did an exceptional job with…

The acid level of the fruit should not matter....most citrus which we think of being acidic actually have an alkalizing effect once it interacts with the body. YOUR FRUIT IS NOT RIPE! Unripe fruit has not entered the perfect balance that our body's want, need, and can use. Citrus fruit sucks for this because they are…

Oh sure canned coconut milk could be substituted. A lot of my recipes are adapted for Raw vegans so if your not raw reverting back is no problem! Also if you interested we have a Veggie Swap on food.com....its kind of a social recipe swap & its really a lot of fun....here is this…

I recently switched my husband over to vegan (in-house...his work sucks so right now there isn't an option in that department). My husband loves salads so that makes it a bit easier. I don't serve a lot of soy...soy milk here & there for some recipes and tofu scrambles every once in a while. Instead of trying to replace…

You could make almond date balls, use them in dressings, or just blend them up with bananas!! Bananas & dates are one of my favorites - just soak them a bit first if they are on the hard side. Tallying up the massive amounts of votes tomorrow...just kidding so far the only votes I knew I could count on have come…

Pretty good video you might want to check out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsmcYRSvwGM

I did miss gnme4243 - realized after I went back through. At the end of last month I posted the youtube channel of Mike Arnstein - amazing frutarian runner....he has a new channel & its glorious!! here's one of his most recent videos... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo0i4tXdM94&playnext=1&videos=bhOdYBVvV8s I know there…

Sorry I've been gone a couple days....my husband finally came home for a couple weeks! So today is the last day!!! Hope you all had an amazingly raw month & learned quite a bit throughout the process. I was so glad to have each one of you along and its always nice knowing your not alone. So please VOTE on who you think was…

A lot of the "cleanses" out right now just over stimulate certain organs & also make your digestive system weaker because it does the work for it. Plus they are expensive!! The best cleanse/detox would be to stick with fruit for a couple days. Tons of fiber, plenty of energy, easy to digest, pack full of nutrients and…

Have you tried the library...if they don't have it they can usually get books in for you. Sprouting some quinoa for my husband tonight...will probably be making a salad just like yours!!

I do!!! Otherwise life would suck!

Yeah its just an ebook....you might be able to email Vibrance magazine & they might be able to get you a print copy. Do libraries carry ebooks now a days? Something to check into. I'm sure it has great info but everything is probably covered in 80/10/10 as well. Vibrance magazine supports the lfrv/fruitarian lifestyle. Are…

Bahaha!! New ebook out called Fruit Can Heal You....one of the chapters is called Eating for Death!!!!! thought that was really funny. The following chapter is called Eating for Life so it all evens out :D http://www.livingnutrition.com/bookstore.php#fruit

Fruit sugar has always been lumped into the bad category along with refined sugars. This should not happen. Your body needs the sugar from fruit - it is pure fuel!! I go way over my fruit sugar & never crash, feel bad, or depressed. I feel amazing!! However you shouldn't wait until the end of the day to eat your fruit -…

Banana & date smoothie!!!

Well MFP says I only need to eat 1800 calories however I have been eating 2200+calories of fruit and still losing weight. So the excess fruit calories somehow aren't making me gain weight. If I would eat 2200 calories of avocado I know I would gain weight. %fat is the difference of being a skinny fat person (someone who…

Hey there RMC - a/c does suck....I try to keep the windows open but now with this puppy I feel bad having her in this heat. My husband is an a/c pampered baby as well. So I'm reading through 80/10/10 again before my husband gets home. Who hasn't read it yet? Even if the proportions or raw foods don't interest you it is…

She asked for low fat. The fat in nuts is usually rancid by the time it reaches the consumer especially if they have been roasted or heated in any way. They are really hard to digest as well. But yes animal fat is horrible. I do have a handful of raw nuts sometimes but I would rather get my fat from avocados as they are…

To avoid the "effect" of beans be sure to prepare them properly because they are very hard to digest and that is why the results sometimes aren't the greatest. If you have dried beans soak them overnight and then rinse a couple times before preparing them. If you are using canned make sure to rinse them very well to get…

You beat me!! I was going to start a thread for movies as well but I guess since we are looking for education I will add mine here as well!! In addition to yours.......... The Secret - This is more about life but can be applied to health, fitness, diet & pretty much everything Food Matters Killer At Large The Future of…

Bananas & Dates!! Make a smoothie of 3 bananas & 5 dates - that's 650 calories, full of pure energy, tons of nutrients, lots of fiber, easy to digest, and will leave you full, happy, & healthy!!! Nuts are fattening!!!

Ummbinat, I missed your question about mucus & raw. Since fasting & following the LFRV lifestyle there have been a couple times when I've gotten mucus-y. I drank alcohol about a month & a half after my first fast & mucus was among the list of death like feelings I was experiencing. Also frozen bananas usually make me…

Soy products are extrememly processed. Quinoa as the first poster said is an amazing source of protein. It is cheap, triples in size when prepared, and has 9 amino acids in perfect digestible balance. You make many more times the amount of protein with quinoa than many other foods. Nuts are good but they are high in fat.…

Oh ok :D that stuff would be expensive though & "regular" people probably wouldn't pay that much. How about clif bars - they are cheaper & still have a healthier "feel", trail mix packs, dreid fruit..like raisin boxes...its kinda hard because it needs to be packaged & able to stay on the shelf without refrigeration and…

Rmc - your starting to wander!! Come back and remember that the companies do not care about your health - they want to make money. And because you will spend money to have health they are targeting you with anything you will buy. As far as the Noni, we have noni trees in the yard & I think they are disgusting. I would…

Lil missy2, your right I guess I shouldn't write when I'm sleepy....as I said the best form of iron is non-heme - I should have included the info about the Vit C there because once plant based iron is taken in with vitc c it is absorbed 6 times more easily which is as well if not better than heme iron. Per calorie plant…

Rmc - glad you found a place to give you such a great deal on bananas!! Please don't feel the need to justify yourself to others - I know that is a cut & dry way of putting it but really! People that eat fast food all the time do they need to expalin every detail of their diet to others constantly. NO usually people don't…

The best form of iron is non-heme (plant based iron) as compated to heme (animals). If you get the majority of your iron from plant based sources then you don't need as much as the RDA is because this is based off of the standard american diet in which people get their iron from animals. Other countried iron RDA is like…

Oh and I saw this in another thread here on MFP. If you live in the states this could help out a bit with cash flow. https://www.angelfoodministries.com/ They have fruit/produce boxes once a month for pretty cheap (they do contain croutons & dressing but you could probably trade with someone else for more fruit!). Far from…

Here are a couple meal plans I quickly threw together for a friend that supply the daily RDAs & guidelines in the previous post. Her calorie requirements are a bit lower than mine so I would just add in a couple extra bananas or dates. The first three fruits can be done in any order but the oranges should be taken with the…