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bwb · 01-04-2008, 07:41 AM

@klokkasju: Steve answered #1 and #3 in the threads for days 1/2. Here's your answer to #2: cabbage

This was day 3 for me as well. The past two days I had a bit of an upset stomach after waking up for a few minutes, one of those feelings where it kinda feels like your hungry, except you're too nauseated to eat anything. It was pretty mild, though, and went away in the 30 seconds it took me to get from bed to shower. I was not having any other physical symptoms until I read Steve's latest post, and now I have a mild headache just above and behind the eyes. DARN YOU, POWER OF SUGGESTION! Hopefully it will go away as soon as I forget to notice it.

Figuring out how much and what to eat is always a bit tricky with a new diet, so I've just been playing it by ear, or, rather, by stomach. Today's intake was I've had mild-to-moderate cravings for certain "comfort" cooked foods--the foods I'd normally snack on whenever I was in the mood to eat but had nothing otherwise prepared--every time I walk into the kitchen. Hummus and pita bread, especially. I made some hummus out of raw cashews, tahini, and garlic, but I don't think I know of a reasonable raw facsimile for soft, warm, delicious pita bread. mmm, pita bread. stop me now.

I found something that did temporarily banish the craving, but it was a cruel, cruel trick. A supposed raw-foods cookbook had a recipe for muesli that included rolled oats, sunflower seeds, raisins, chopped nuts, agave nectar, berries, and served with almond milk. Mmm, mmm, delicious. Except that rolled oats aren't actually a raw food! They are steam treated during processing. Raw oats are apparently quite inedible. Back to the drawing board.

01-04-2008, 07:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
bwb Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 35	@klokkasju: Steve answered #1 and #3 in the threads for days 1/2. Here's your answer to #2: cabbage This was day 3 for me as well. The past two days I had a bit of an upset stomach after waking up for a few minutes, one of those feelings where it kinda feels like your hungry, except you're too nauseated to eat anything. It was pretty mild, though, and went away in the 30 seconds it took me to get from bed to shower. I was not having any other physical symptoms until I read Steve's latest post, and now I have a mild headache just above and behind the eyes. DARN YOU, POWER OF SUGGESTION! Hopefully it will go away as soon as I forget to notice it. Figuring out how much and what to eat is always a bit tricky with a new diet, so I've just been playing it by ear, or, rather, by stomach. Today's intake was I've had mild-to-moderate cravings for certain "comfort" cooked foods--the foods I'd normally snack on whenever I was in the mood to eat but had nothing otherwise prepared--every time I walk into the kitchen. Hummus and pita bread, especially. I made some hummus out of raw cashews, tahini, and garlic, but I don't think I know of a reasonable raw facsimile for soft, warm, delicious pita bread. mmm, pita bread. stop me now. I found something that did temporarily banish the craving, but it was a cruel, cruel trick. A supposed raw-foods cookbook had a recipe for muesli that included rolled oats, sunflower seeds, raisins, chopped nuts, agave nectar, berries, and served with almond milk. Mmm, mmm, delicious. Except that rolled oats aren't actually a raw food! They are steam treated during processing. Raw oats are apparently quite inedible. Back to the drawing board.