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  • TheApril Apr 13, 2012 @ 12:32 pm | delete
    I am transitioning to raw. Right now, I do raw "sprints". Great Lens!
  • crstnblue Mar 17, 2012 @ 8:53 am | delete
    Another great lens! :)
    Looking for next one - eventually, raw and organic food that helps to cure cancer!
  • leahjsongs Mar 8, 2012 @ 7:48 pm | delete
    I'm just now making the transition toward a semi-raw food diet. I believe in all things in moderation, but I was immoderate in my use of cooked and prepared (preservative-loaded) foods until recently. You've given me helpful information, thanks.
  • paulbarton Mar 6, 2012 @ 3:56 am | delete
    thank you for a great deal of information - I've been a fan of raw food for years and it is good to see so many more people supporting the cause. The health benefts are worth it on their own.
  • HealthCoachJackie Feb 16, 2012 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    Oh my gosh- I cannot "like" this lens enough!! I had cancer about 5 years ago, and discovered a Raw Foods Diet during chemo. Following a predominantly raw diet for the last 4 years or so has had innumerable positive effects on my health. I'm now a Holistic Health Coach, teaching others what I know about this diet, but I haven't gotten too much into hormonal/bc correlations with raw diets. Thanks so much for all the amazing resources, I'll be back to buy a book or two for sure :)
  • mihgasper Feb 15, 2012 @ 4:39 pm | delete
    Raw food can do miracles, but we have to learn to eat it properly. Great lens!
  • evalution Feb 4, 2012 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    Interesting lens, thanks!
  • cher Jan 22, 2012 @ 5:29 pm | delete
    Very glad to have found this site. I have been suffering with hormonal imbalance for a while and am being more aggressive about combating my syptoms.
  • vineliner Jan 16, 2012 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Raw food is the best food!
  • kimmanleyort Jan 11, 2012 @ 10:30 am | delete
    Fantastic lens on raw food and hormone imbalance. Plus, your recipes look delicious. I am just starting to incorporate more raw foods in my diet and am looking for good recipes. Blessed.
  • Thrinsdream Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:16 am | delete
    Brilliant lens, hope you don't mind I have featured it on one of mine. I have just eaten and am once again hungry. Yummy stuff. With thanks and appreciation. Cathi x
  • berg balance Dec 23, 2011 @ 10:17 pm | delete
    I am like most people and truly hesitate go go on a raw food diet?
  • BlackBoxCosmetics Dec 22, 2011 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    Great lens! The power of food!
  • Jenny Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:49 pm | delete
    Hi! Thank you for the info. I've been doing mostly (90% +) raw & still feel I have hormonal imbalance. I am curious, is that why you have some natural hormone replacement books suggested, for those of us who still need more help? Or do you still think people who do 100% organic raw won't need the hormone replacement? (I haven't been doing all organic, but trying to be very careful, & washing my food thoroughly). I thought that's what you believed - ? Sorry, sometimes hard to "hear" tone in a message, this is NOT meant as arguementative AT ALL, just curious why you made the suggestions for natural hormone replacement books... thanks!
  • OrganicSkin Oct 29, 2011 @ 7:34 pm | delete
    Hi Jenny,

    Thanks for your great question. I don't expect everyone with hormone imbalance to have success with raw food, moreover they may not want to do it or have trouble for a myriad of reasons to go raw. If people are more inclined to treat hormones naturally then that makes me happy, whether thats using diet, herbs, vitamins, meditation, fitness, weight loss etc Versus the synthetic chemical alternatives. The books I have posted are all authors that propose natural ways of treating hormone imbalance.
  • Jayasree Oct 9, 2011 @ 10:15 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing the information... :) :)
  • drfoster Oct 3, 2011 @ 12:49 pm | delete
    excellent article, very informative!
  • domster47 Oct 2, 2011 @ 9:55 pm | delete
    Eating the right foods are important for a healthy lifestyle.

    http://www.healthnbeautyreview.com
  • Squidoolinepro Aug 10, 2011 @ 10:26 am | delete
    Blessed ;)
  • wahm4u Aug 4, 2011 @ 9:38 pm | delete
    wow you have me seriously considering this. my sis does it but i thought it was a fad. very informative!
  • RecipePublishing Jul 24, 2011 @ 4:12 pm | delete
    Yummy treat for the whole family!
  • herculeafitness Jul 20, 2011 @ 6:57 pm | delete
    Very useful article about the raw food diet. I have been interested in learning more for some time. The segment on toxins inpersonal care products was quite informative as well. Thank you.
  • Linda Albert Jun 30, 2011 @ 6:16 am | delete
    Highly informative lens, on raw food and how it is useful for hormone imbalance raw food is good for health, specially taking the colorful raw food is full of vitamins and minerals. I used to eat fresh vegetables, this is a good idea to adding the flavor to that is awesome.
  • kelly_banthorpe Jun 26, 2011 @ 2:45 pm | delete
    I eat about 80% raw and have had so many benefits, if only more people would do it, the world would be a healthier place!
  • Auntiekatkat Jun 26, 2011 @ 10:55 am | delete
    I eat raw food about eight percent of the time and feel great
  • RawBill May 22, 2011 @ 7:05 pm | delete
    I am adding this lens to my raw food lens "Raw Food Headquarters" Awesome job!
  • OrganicMom247 Apr 4, 2011 @ 1:08 pm | delete
    I can't wait to try your Thai Salad recipe, it sounds yummy.
  • curtis62 Mar 10, 2011 @ 8:58 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing. You are very informative.
    Share more recipes.
  • Andrea Feb 18, 2011 @ 5:00 pm | delete
    "Supplementation of progesterone boosting herbs were fantastic, however I became dependent on them. As soon as I tried to stop them, my issues would return."

    I would love to know which "progesterone boosting" herbs you used. My take would be that if the problems came back when you stopped using them. It would be best to keep using them.

    You didn't say what you are doing for hormone balance. Are you going the Suzanne Somers route? I noticed that you have her books posted. If so, have you found a completely natural progesterone to use. I had some from a pharmacy that had USP Progesterone, but also contained chemicals.

    I like you am on a very high raw, organic diet, but my progesterone is still l o w....

    Thanks for any feedback you may offer. I know this post has been around for while :)
  • OrganicSkin Feb 19, 2011 @ 8:26 pm | delete
    Hi Andrea,

    The progesterone boosting herbs were a mixture from my naturopath at the time and included chaste tree, dong quai, false unicorn root & licorice. Under the sub-heading 'my thoughts' summaries my approach as an alternative to the herbs I had become dependent upon not unlike a drug even though they were all natural.

    If you are going to use progesterone creams, please only use bio-identical such as what you get in 100% wild yam preparations. Synthetic hormones are fraught with danger and I encourage you to read the info presented by Sherrill Sellman in her book 'Hormone Heresy' for further info and evidence.

    For your interest and as an update, I have since found that hormonally I can control things being 100% and low fat however I do find this difficult to sustain from a social and food pleasure point of view. I am aware stress levels play an important role too.

    hope this helps,

    kristine
  • Andrea Apr 4, 2011 @ 1:57 pm | delete
    Hi Kristine,

    Thank you so much for your reply. I know it's been awhile! The last posted comment generated another e-mail which reminded me of your reply. I don't remember if I thanked you or not :P I'm much older than you so I may need to use more of an "arsenal" (the herbs and progesterone cream) to get my progesterone levels up.

    I'm glad that you have found how to keep things in balance with your diet.

    :),

    Andrea
  • lasertek Jan 17, 2011 @ 5:12 am | delete
    Pretty interesting topic!
  • bunyip Dec 22, 2010 @ 4:44 am | delete
    Some really interesting information here.
  • theminuette Dec 12, 2010 @ 8:04 pm | delete
    Great info. Thanks for sharing.
  • TWOnline2 Dec 9, 2010 @ 12:32 am | delete
    great info
  • everydaybest Oct 30, 2010 @ 6:43 pm | delete
    I have had your experience of a longer cycle, shorter bleeding, and little or no cramps by just changing my diet in the last week before my period (I'm vegetarian in general). I avoid caffiene, sugar, wheat, meat, and dairy, and try to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, some raw, but not even close to all. (I'm not a big soy eater.)I start the day with hot water with either lemon or apple cider vinegar and honey. I think keeping my gut moving is essential. Just to corroborate your results to some extent!
  • mc77 Jul 20, 2010 @ 10:30 pm | delete
    So helpful , thanks for sharing your experience ! You guys should check out the Raw Food Fast Food book. [Link: http://031bckk7hko5zxadptyiqcfq58.hop.clickbank.net/] It's not even necessarily for dieting but a healthier way of eating. The recipes are AWESOME.
  • RawFood4Life Jan 8, 2010 @ 8:57 pm | delete
    Great information. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. g
  • yelkaim Dec 24, 2009 @ 8:47 am | delete
    Raw food
    diet is very important for our health. This lens provide various information on raw food. Thanks.
  • OrganicSkin Sep 20, 2009 @ 6:47 am | in reply to Serendipity Laboratories | delete
    I hear what you are saying & I have been advised similar things to what you have said by health professionals. However I did try the mainstream way of treating candida as you have described well, & it didn't work for me. I mentioned in this lens that I wrote another lens about raw food and candida. This lens details in detail my background with candida, the approaches I tried & what worked for me, which was low fat, 100% raw.

    Regarding the granny smith apple thing - I guess this is a contentious issue because I have been advised by various resources & health professionals, that if you are going to go on a anti-candida diet (conventional anti-sugar, anti-yeast etc), then you can have a small amount of tart fruit like berries & green apples. I've not heard above green apples being a problem before. However, given that what worked for me was a low fat, raw vegan diet I ate as much fruit as I wanted including really sweet fruit, and cured my candida.
  • Serendipity Laboratories Sep 19, 2009 @ 10:18 pm | delete
    I note that you are having problems with candida..and yet you recommend in one of your recipes that people use the Granny Smith apple in the salad....Granny Smith apples should be avoided because they are very yeasty and excaserbate the condition of candida.
    You should also minimise any of the following vinegar, fermented products and/or high sugar content foods such as fruits.., honey, sugar, maple syrup...etc...these all help to feed and increase the candida..a better way is to remove these items ingredients for at least one month, whilst continuing your raw food /vegetables diet and you should see a vast improvement.
  • hootchic May 8, 2009 @ 11:23 am | delete
    I would like a place to go more recipes.
  • RawAndFit Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:22 am | delete
    Great information! I love it. Thank you for sharing -- I too believe that Raw Food is the way to better health.

    -Casey
  • juliasofia44 Aug 23, 2008 @ 2:01 am | delete
    Excellent lens.
  • Acne-Treatment-Guru Mar 13, 2008 @ 5:02 am | delete
    I often prefer raw foods. Your lens have created much knowledge in selecting the right foods for me.

    Thanks.
  • Becca_Sanz Feb 14, 2008 @ 5:35 pm | delete
    Raw food are an ideal solution to healthy college meals. For such a fantastic lens I'm sending you a virtual Strawberry Smoothy from the movement to promote healthy food on college campuses.
  • jeffwend Feb 1, 2008 @ 12:55 am | delete
    Welcome to the Natural Health Group
  • mogsta22 Nov 25, 2007 @ 11:27 am | delete
    Liked the info on estrogen dominance. See my natural progesterone lenses for more about this condition.
  • LABELSTONE Jul 14, 2007 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    A must read and well worth consideration for ones health and well-being. Come by my lens and see my fruit and vege!~

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