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Ok I've been really wanting to get back on the raw food challenge, but realistically I can't do a 100% raw. Nuts is one of my biggest problems and since nuts are an important part of the raw food diet I can't realistically go 100% raw. I get terrible cramps from eating any sort of nuts, I will try introducing soaked nuts slowly and see how I go, but really it will have to be gradual.

I also became very low in b12 last time which made me become quite unwell. I will get b12 suppliments this time… Continue

The thing that's been getting to me lately with raw food and "organic" food is the amount of effort that is gone into marketing and packaging. A lot of products are wrapped in plastic, with printed labels (I'm sure the inks wouldn't be that great for the environment). This is kind of making me a bit sad, but also making me think that really I just need to go back to the basics. I don't need all these, gimmicky products. Ideally I just want to be able to get everything from my garden, or from an… Continue

Depression caused by your job
My thoughts on depression. I have a feeling someone in our family is about to have a nervous breakdown and go into deep depression. I really feel for the "said" person. I've dealt with depression myself and also seeing my dad go off the rails with his nervous breakdown, which then caused him to go "bipolar". I believe depression, has a lot to do with how as a society we a forced into doing things that we don't want to do, because society tells us we have to do certa… Continue

I'm sorry to be such a downer. I'm not one that usually complains about my health, I just get on with it, but it's really giving me the irrits. At least now I am more aware I how I am effected when I feel ill. For some reason I still feel ill, I posted in the forum yesterday for some solutions for an upset stomach and got a awesome responses. The chamomile seemed to work well yesterday because I was much better in the arvo, but unfortunatly it hasn't seemed to work for today, neither did the gin… Continue

Today I was happy to blog...because I was quite good - ROLF!

Ok I wasn't completly raw but I today was the best day in a long while. I think the reason I am struggling is

1) not preparing my food in advanced, like cleaning my veggies and cutting them up.
2) Not having enough calories throughout the day, so I get really hungry toward the end of the day
3) Getting bored with meals. That's my fault because I'm not delving into more interesting recipes.
4) I'm not much into seeds and nuts (plus nu… Continue