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bjuettner · 02-04-2008, 05:29 AM

Hi Steve,

I've been following your blog with interest over the past week (before that I was a here and there reader of your blog) because, coincidentally, I went raw around the same time that you did. And, I've been having an itchy skin reaction too. I thought at first that it was the fruit, which I normally (previously, like you, I was a cooked-food vegan) don't eat that much of. At one point in my life an acupuncturist told me that I tend to have too much heat, and that when I get inflammatory reactions (eg rashes and acne) I should cut out sugar, even avoiding fruit. And mostly I have...until now. So now that I'm eating fruit and am itchy, I tend to wonder if so much fruit is really okay for me. So...I started eating some cooked food again over the last few days too (about one meal a day), replacing the meal that would have been fruit. Well...so far I'm still itchy!

Looking for more information, I turned to Healing With Whole Foods, a book on Asian medicine and nutrition. I looked up each fruit and vegetable I've been eating. And discovered that the fruits I was eating are classified as cooling, while several of the vegetables I was eating (kale, parsley, garlic, zucchini, yellow squash) are classified as warming. Maybe I should have replaced some of my vegetables with fruit? As you seem to have done...and now you say that your itchiness is subsiding.

Anyway. I'll be interested to hear how your skin is doing over the next few days...I'm, at the moment, craving fruit, very thirsty, but temporarily avoiding fruit (and other forms of sugar) to see what happens.

Bonnie

P.S. Like you, I'm also finding spices that I loved before are too much for me now. Tonight I had some cooked beans on my salad, and the beans contained jalapeno peppers...ouch. This is something I used to enjoy, but they were actually painful to consume this evening.

02-04-2008, 05:29 AM	#21 (permalink)
bjuettner Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7	Raw and itchy, too Hi Steve, I've been following your blog with interest over the past week (before that I was a here and there reader of your blog) because, coincidentally, I went raw around the same time that you did. And, I've been having an itchy skin reaction too. I thought at first that it was the fruit, which I normally (previously, like you, I was a cooked-food vegan) don't eat that much of. At one point in my life an acupuncturist told me that I tend to have too much heat, and that when I get inflammatory reactions (eg rashes and acne) I should cut out sugar, even avoiding fruit. And mostly I have...until now. So now that I'm eating fruit and am itchy, I tend to wonder if so much fruit is really okay for me. So...I started eating some cooked food again over the last few days too (about one meal a day), replacing the meal that would have been fruit. Well...so far I'm still itchy! Looking for more information, I turned to Healing With Whole Foods, a book on Asian medicine and nutrition. I looked up each fruit and vegetable I've been eating. And discovered that the fruits I was eating are classified as cooling, while several of the vegetables I was eating (kale, parsley, garlic, zucchini, yellow squash) are classified as warming. Maybe I should have replaced some of my vegetables with fruit? As you seem to have done...and now you say that your itchiness is subsiding. Anyway. I'll be interested to hear how your skin is doing over the next few days...I'm, at the moment, craving fruit, very thirsty, but temporarily avoiding fruit (and other forms of sugar) to see what happens. Bonnie P.S. Like you, I'm also finding spices that I loved before are too much for me now. Tonight I had some cooked beans on my salad, and the beans contained jalapeno peppers...ouch. This is something I used to enjoy, but they were actually painful to consume this evening.