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Effects of cooking

I never intended to go fully raw but I feel so much better cutting out cooked starches, mainly due to easy of digestion. I was wondering though, does cooking veg that can be eaten raw ?actually make it harder to digest? For example, I like the idea o

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cereal?

Hey everyone! 

I am pretty new to this lifestyle,i started eating vegan in January and then started following 80/10/10 after i came out of hospital in Feb. I understand fruit is the best option but is nestle shredded wheat ok to have on this lifestyle

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BEANS?

hi everyone!

i've been doing Raw till 4 for about a month now and I have a few questions about BEANS and LEGUMES!

first, I'm Costa Rican and I grew up on rice & beans. I still live with my mom who cooks beans rather often. I was wondering if beans are

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What about quinoa?

Hi everyone!

I've been doing Rawtil4 for some time now and have been eating mostly quinoa and brown rice.  Has anyone had any bad experiences with quinoa on this diet? Before going RT4, I could eat quinoa without any issues, but I now find it hard to

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Eating late at night

So I've read some posted in this forum about how eating at night is bad, but I'm not sure why this is. Is it because it takes longer to digest cooked food so you won't sleep as easily? This isn't the case for me so if this isn't why eating cooked foo

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Head aches :(

Someone please help me out.I'm 4 weeks in to raw on Thursday and I have been having head aches every single day for 3 weeks.I exercise everyday I run 5-6 KmsI do 100 squats when u wake upI drink 4-5 litres of water a dayMy day is something like this1

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Digestion and brain fog

I do rawtill4 but have digestion and brain fog issues. My normal day would start with 1-2 l water, 0.6 l fresh made citrus juice then a fruit smoothie with bananas and berries. Dinner would be potatoes or rice. Potatoes cause very sluggish digestion,

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Newbie support needed!

Hi I've been raw til 4 for only 3 weeks now,, very early days having a bit of a tough time at the moment and wondered if anyone had a similar experience that has come out the other side?
i'm eating 2500-3000 a day raw til 4 and have been having digest

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How much water should I drink?

I'm very dehydrated (Freelee told me). I've gained 10 pounds of fluid within a month on top of another 10 pounds of fluid that I retained since a year ago. I'm deciding to go back to rawtill4 since falling off the raw wagon each time is what caused t

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Pasta experiences?

Hey everyone! I was just wondering how many of you eat pasta and, if so, what experiences have you had with it?Personally, I eat gluten free pasta 2/3 times a week and I feel absolutely great for it. When I eat rice and potatoes, I become incredibly

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Potatoes

A wikipedia page on 'complete proteins' compared a table of the RDAs of essential amino acids with the amino acid profile of 2500 calories worth of potatoes, showing that all the requirements were met and many were exceeded. This led me to key in 250

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