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liverpool footballer · 09-03-2008, 04:46 AM

Haloooooooooooooooooo people

I've been embarking on a raw food diet and this is day 9. I had some lettuce about 4-5 days ago which i ate with nuts and i enjoyed. The lettuce was very mildly sweet and i could eat it raw.

Today, there was a big lumpy piece of lettuce so i broke off the entire outer first leaf. I bit into it and puked it out immediately. It tasted foul!! It was a crisphead lettuce, no wilting, no significant dark patches or brown spots. I went to smell it, it had a sickly-oily smell and i put it in the fridge. I went to smell the remaining lettuce and EEEW the same sickly-oily smell.

Does anyone know what may be the cause of it? So far, most of my veggies have come in the form of juices but i read that eating them whole is better. But if they taste this foul...

Stargirl · 09-03-2008, 05:27 AM

Was it organic? Did it have chemicals on it? Did you wash it?

I would:

try out different kinds of lettuce first. and there are other options as well... (I've heard something like kale, someone else will surely suggest it)

and don't forget the power of blending spinach/kale/whatever in your fruit smoothies

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beautyscientist · 09-04-2008, 01:35 PM

I don't really like any kind of lettuce. I find raw cabbage is a good substitute.

Fullcrum · 09-04-2008, 04:28 PM

Then don't eat it. Hah!

Eat baby spinach. I could eat that stuff raw.

Steve Pavlina · 09-04-2008, 05:03 PM

They say everything tastes like chicken, so maybe your lettuce is supposed to taste fowl.

chihuahuaking88 · 09-04-2008, 05:32 PM

Certain vegetable give off ethylene gas, and this can cause havoc to citus fruits and may do something to certain sensitive greens, like lettuce, but I haven't heard about it. Just be sure to store your veggies properly (or at least try. ^.~!) and try again.

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Conan Stevens · 09-04-2008, 06:47 PM

pull off the outer leaves and throw them out, wash the remainder under running water, this will probably help.

Yes eating whole fruits/veges is much better than drinking juices, esp if the juices are manufactured.

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liverpool footballer Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 68	Lettuce tastes foul Haloooooooooooooooooo people I've been embarking on a raw food diet and this is day 9. I had some lettuce about 4-5 days ago which i ate with nuts and i enjoyed. The lettuce was very mildly sweet and i could eat it raw. Today, there was a big lumpy piece of lettuce so i broke off the entire outer first leaf. I bit into it and puked it out immediately. It tasted foul!! It was a crisphead lettuce, no wilting, no significant dark patches or brown spots. I went to smell it, it had a sickly-oily smell and i put it in the fridge. I went to smell the remaining lettuce and EEEW the same sickly-oily smell. Does anyone know what may be the cause of it? So far, most of my veggies have come in the form of juices but i read that eating them whole is better. But if they taste this foul... __________________ The Humblest and most Handsome King of the World. They call me handsome. They are wrong. I am damn handsome.

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Conan Stevens Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: I travel around the world - currently Thailand Posts: 141	pull off the outer leaves and throw them out, wash the remainder under running water, this will probably help. Yes eating whole fruits/veges is much better than drinking juices, esp if the juices are manufactured. __________________ I AM A MOVIE STAR with my ideal perfect body - Read how I am living my DREAM 100% right now, and the struggles and adaption it took to get here

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09-03-2008, 05:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Stargirl Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: California Posts: 67	Was it organic? Did it have chemicals on it? Did you wash it? I would: try out different kinds of lettuce first. and there are other options as well... (I've heard something like kale, someone else will surely suggest it) and don't forget the power of blending spinach/kale/whatever in your fruit smoothies .

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Fullcrum Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,083	Then don't eat it. Hah! Eat baby spinach. I could eat that stuff raw.

09-04-2008, 05:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
chihuahuaking88 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 27	Certain vegetable give off ethylene gas, and this can cause havoc to citus fruits and may do something to certain sensitive greens, like lettuce, but I haven't heard about it. Just be sure to store your veggies properly (or at least try. ^.~!) and try again. Angelic Organics - Vegetable Storage - How to store vegetables

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