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New favourite salad :D

Hi everyone

Thought I would share my new favourite salad recipe with you. Its colourful and juicy - so it doesnt need any other dressing. I like to chop the greens really small, somehow I find them easier to eat this way.  Great one to contribute to s

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spinach!

I used to love to eat cooked spinach and have at times had raw spinach as a green for my salad but not as often as I thought I would - I find it a bit tough and tasteless to eat enough of it. But tonight after I washed it I started to scrunch it dry.

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green alternative

Hi everyone

Every now and again I just dont feel like eating a huge salad. But the other day as i wandered through the fruit and veg shop I suddenly had a craving for green beans! I love green beans and can happily munch my way through half a kg plus

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Visit to a GP who is a nutrition 'specialist'

Hi everyone

had an interesting morning! Found a nearby GP who advertises a speciality of nutrition. I have found 'gaps' in my health that after reading these posts and discussions and further research have lead me to self supplement (which has helped

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Sublingual B12 + folate and B6

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I am looking into B12 and have only found sublingual  methylcobalamin combined with extra folate and B6.  According to cronometer I am having no problems getting sufficient folate or B6. Is Methylcobalamin available on its own or is it always comb

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Vitamin A

I have been using cronometer and notice that my daily  Vitamin A levels are very high. As it is a fat soluble vitamin I am wondering if any of the long-termers have had any issues as I cant see that if I follow the811  recommendations that it is goin

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learning the basics by experience

hi everyone

I went OS for a couple of weeks late october and chose to eat outside of 80/10/10 for convenience, pleasure and sociability.

On the 24hr flight over to London  I used a neck pillow and ended up with a month of severe low back pain and insta

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urinary frequency

One of the things that I have not gotten used to is the increased urinary frequency since starting 811. I  am guessing there is no way around this...that its just the way my body wants to respond to this way of eating. 

I admit that I am more concerne

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hiking....and raw food sustenance

Does anyone go hiking regularly? I have been planning on doing a 3 day hike at some point. I have started to try to figure out how to do this on an 80/10/10 diet! Would this be a situation where dehydrated foods would have to be used? Any suggestions

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B12

Hi everyone

 

I stopped eating meat about 10 weeks ago, initially transitioning to high fat raw and then 80/10/10 a week ago. The reading I have done suggests that B12 is supposed to be made by bacteria in the gut...that is assuming one has a balanced

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