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[booler]

Oh Dixie, you have no idea how far off the mark you are    You have me confused with someone else who is a vegan.  I am SOOO very unhealthy in so many many ways.  I poison my body with diet soda, and processed fatty foods and about every other dietary vice on the market.  But as often as I do that, I try to eat something good.  For every soda, I try to remember to drink spring water.  I eat tons of meat, but try to avoid eating too many hot dogs and bologna sandwiches.  I try to eat grilled chicken as often as McDonalds double cheeseburgers.  For my sweet-tooth, I keep bananas and raw honey at home, and only eat Kit Kat and Cherry Mash bars on the road (keeping them out of the house).   I used to live on processed sugar, but now am doing well to balance some good for every bad thing I eat.  So I keep Dole frozen pineapples and blueberries around for the binges whenever possible.  I have educated myself on healthy life choices, but I only live it out when it is convenient, or I am feeling guilty about my food choices.

Unless the passion fruit juice is processed very carefully, it has probably lost most of its nutrients.  I will be on the hunt for an online source of affordable passion fruit - mostly because I LOVE passion fruit.  Has to be a better choice than a Kit Kar bar, right? 
Booler

[Dixieland]

Knockers,
Well I guess being a vegan isn't for me (curse word-curse word!!!), I can't eat salads...of any kind.  I love them, but my body makes me pay for it, every time!  I also can't eat onions, peppers, etc.  I have IBS, I am on medication for it, but it doesn't help when I eat the no-no foods I know are triggers.  I don't eat McDonalds food or any fast food for that matter unless I'm forced to because I'm on the road, but then I try to get grilled chicken, the grease is another no-no food for me.  I do eat a lot of green vegetables though.  I try and buy frozen 'cause there aren't as many additives in them, I tried the no-salt canned versions, didn't like them.  So I buy the ones in the can and rinse them for 10-15 minutes before cooking them.  I love carrots, but right now I have braces on so I can only eat cooked (soft) ones.  I will research it anyway and see if there are other types of foods that are on the list that are not triggers for me. 
Thanks for all your help. 
Dixieland

[Knockers]

Dixieland, there's heaps of people who've actually cured themselves of IBS, cancer, asthma, heart disease,  in fact practically any condition you can think of thanks to raw food.

You'll find a lot of testimonials from former sufferers of IBS online too.

It may mean you have to start with other healthy choices your body can handle now to help heal your body heal.

But there is hope.

You will be shocked when you discover just how much nutrition affects EVERY aspect of your life.

I would not have believed it myself if i hadn't personally experienced it and heard thousands of stories from others.

[Dixieland]

Knockers,
My IBS is stress/food induced.  Not a fun "disease" to have....I wouldn't wish it on anyone, not even a enemy if I had one!!  It renders me completely useless, sometimes for days!!!  I will do some searching and see what I can find out.  But I can't change much with my diet at all, without it wreaking havoc on me...and I need my job.
Dixieland

[Knockers]

Dixieland, I admire you for keeping an open mind about your health and being prepared to hunt for an alternative solution.

I see so many people who give up their power to doctors believing they are God. 

The problem with this is most modern doctors tend to be fixated on drugs (no thanks to the influence of the money-hungry pharmaceutical industry)

And drugs tend to mask the symptoms instead of getting to the root of the problem and fixing it once and for all which is what I found changing my lifestyle has done for me. 

I don't know about you but I want glowing good health not to be condemned to medicate myself or struggle with my weight my entire life.

Good luck.

[Dixieland]

Knockers,
Can you eat cheese?  I really like cheese and it is the only way I get calcium, unless it is in pill form, because I don't like milk.  What are some of the foods you eat? (Other than salads)
Dixieland

[Knockers]

Ok, here's a typical day's diet at the moment.

Consider that when I first started on the raw diet I ate a fair bit more as my body adjusted to the lack of meat etc. which tends to give you that bulky full feeling.

But now I eat less because my body is used to it and I'm so nutritionally satisfied.

Breakfast - Pineapple Lime Milkshake made on a handful of macadamia nuts, lime juice, frozen and fresh pineapple, frozen banana, chia (a really great non-animal source of calcium and essential fatty acids found at the health store) peach, all mixed up in a blender.

Lunch - Big green salad with wholemeal pasta (cooked) and basil pesto

Dinner - Fresh juice - carrot, apple ginger lemon, spinach and kale

Dessert - big bowl of raw vegan icecream plus homemade choc sauce made with raw cocoa and agave syrup (natural source of sweetness) and coconut oil plus banana, passionfruit and paw-paw.

[Knockers]

Sorry, forgot about the cheese issue.

The traditional cheese you get in a shop is not recommended.

It's also not a very good source of calcium in comparison to other options either, by the way.

There are nut cheeses you can make or buy that are a really good alternative.

If you just can't give up the animal milk ones, you're best option is the ones made on raw unprocessed milk.

I've had these and they're very tasty. Their also considered more nutritious because all the goodness isn't cooked out of the milk.

[Dixieland]

Knockers,
I eat a lot of cheese (mostly string or moz.) because it helps with my IBS. 
Dixieland

[booler]

Nut cheese?  I have got to try that.  Any you would recommend? 
Booler

[Dixieland]

Knockers,
I'll look for all natural cheese the next time I go into the health food store for vitamins.  How will I know if it isn't "processed"?  Thanks, sorry for so many questions!
Dixieland

[Knockers]

Dixieland, you'll more likely get cheese made on raw cows or goat's milk at an upmarket delicattessen.

Booler, I can't buy nut cheese where I am. You may have to make it. There's heaps of recipes online.

[catsrule]

KNOCKERS!! You are awesome! I have looked at some of the raw sites..this is a major step for me..it will take me time to gradually change ...and my family will be going bonkers!   I do so love salads, though!~! whole family does...w/ alittle cjicken or shrimp (is seafood ok??) we love steamed clams, fresh shrimp, i love white fish, I despise salmon...my hubby loves it, though....lots to consider..but i thank you so much for all of your wonderful insight and suggestions, and kindness...

And DIXIE!  you could NEVER have an enemy!!!  are you kidding me?? are YOU KIDDING ME???

[booler]

Oh Knockers,  You are so funny!  Me, make my own cheese? 
I am so lazy I would get my food pre-digested if I could buy it online, with a credit card, delivered to my door.   
Booler

[Dixieland]

Catsrule,
You could say that I might have one.....but I didn't anything!!!!  He did though, and now he has to pay the piper.  I'm not sure if he hates me or not?  It's a long story.
Dixieland