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Terrible Gum Pain and Swelling

IF I had a wisdom tooth in my upper row of teeth, the gum that is left there is what is crazy swollen and quite painful. There is NO tooth under this gum and there hasn't been one there in over fifteen years. The tooth that is closest to it does not

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Confusion about Iceberg Lettuce

While reading the post that was exclusive to only people who had been doing hcrv for two-plus years (about dental care), someone suggested the following website for figuring out which foods were 'good' versus 'bad'. I was surprised to see iceberg let

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Battle of the Bulge, the HCRV way

I felt the need to share- when I originally got into raw foods, a good chunk of the reason was weight loss. My motives have shifted since going HCRV about 4 months ago to being flat-out concerned with nutrition. But my weight is the reason for this p

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Anyone in Memphis?

I live downtown and have been raw for three years, hcrv the last six or so months and am one week into limiting my avocados to one a week. :) Would love to know if there were kindreds out there!

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Going Under The Knife

I have serious concerns about this based on some of the influences I was under when I was high fat raw food. My question is whether or not I have anything to worry about health wise if I were to go under anesthesia, specifically because I am HCRV. If

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Sprouts and 80/10/10

Am wondering about sprouts and if they fit into the 80/10/10 diet- are they just considered greens? I am not new to raw, but am new to 80/10/10 and I know in the "regular" raw world, sprouts and sprouting are a big deal. Thoughts on how it fits in wi

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