100 Day Raw Food Challenge
Raw salads, and digestion...
So I have been eating more raw for a while. I focus on salads most often. I have been eating at least one to two salads a day and after about 4 hours I am hit with crazy gas and bloating. Usually I am at work and can't just go around farting everywhere. Sorry to be blunt but this is what I want in my body but have to sacrifice how I feel during the day. WTH? My system has never seemed to get used to this salad meal. Should I be doing something different? I digest the green smoothies really well, but don't want to drink them all day.
Also- is there a limit to how much nutritional yeast you should be adding to your meals? Can you be eating too much?
Also- is there a limit to how much nutritional yeast you should be adding to your meals? Can you be eating too much?
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Permalink Reply by Bunny Berry on -
Hmmm, tell us what you're putting in your salads. Something in there might be a particularly gassy food.
Sorry, I don't like nutritional yeast, so I can help you on that one. But if you''re putting it on your salad. It might be the culprit.
Whatcha got going on in those salads?
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Permalink Reply by Priss Pristofferson on -
Raw bell peppers don't work for me, but cooked are fine, and dehydrated might be OK. Other foods that I have problems with are raw garlic, and maca powder. Try fewer ingredients in your salads, and isolate the culprit.
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Permalink Reply by Laura K on -
Eat smaller salads. Chew slower and more thoroughly. The thing is, if you put a lot of hard to digest whole plant fiber/ cellulose into your stomach, you are going to end up with incomplete digestion. Cows have a rumen for a reason. We don't. So eat smaller salads (think side salad size in a restaurant) and chew well.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on -
In David Wolfe's book "Eating For Beauty" he says that a lot of people don't produce enough hydrochloric acid to digest greens, especially when we first go raw. He recommends fresh lemon juice before (in water) and/or with a salad (use in the dressing). Also eating fat (avocado, olive oil, etc.) along with any sulfur-containing vegetables: radish, onion, garlic, kale, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, etc. helps them digest better.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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I eat huge salads & love them. I just have to make sure I have lemon juice & plenty of fat in my salad. Tougher greens like kale (& grass) can't be broken down enough by chewing, though, so that's where the cow has an advantage. Heehee! :) If I eat kale, I wilt it first by rubbing/smooshing it with lemon, salt & oil/avocado. If I want wheatgrass, I juice it. Greens are amazing sources of nutrition!
Laura K said:Eat smaller salads. Chew slower and more thoroughly. The thing is, if you put a lot of hard to digest whole plant fiber/ cellulose into your stomach, you are going to end up with incomplete digestion. Cows have a rumen for a reason. We don't. So eat smaller salads (think side salad size in a restaurant) and chew well.
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca M. on -
Thanks everyone! Wow I am learning a lot. So in my salads most of the time and today is usually, sprouts, kale/spinach, onion, cucumber or zucchini, and something red either tomatoes or red peppers, and then either avocado or nuts.
The nutritional yeast is sooooo good on salad. I think you are right Laura, I need to chew slower and more so that I break that stuff down before swallowing.
I appriectiate all your messages thank you!
Bunny Berry said:Hmmm, tell us what you're putting in your salads. Something in there might be a particularly gassy food.
Sorry, I don't like nutritional yeast, so I can help you on that one. But if you''re putting it on your salad. It might be the culprit.
Whatcha got going on in those salads?
<3 BunBun
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