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Raw Food Diets, Calcium and Osteoporosis

Post by Susan on January 17, 2010

We recently discussed how a person on a raw food diet gets enough protein (here). Another question that comes up frequently is, what about calcium? How can you protect yourself from osteoporosis if you are not eating dairy products?  Especially since we have been taught for years that we need to be eating dairy products…

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Raw Food and the Protein Myth

I have a beautiful picture of a real cow, but decided that it was just too close to home for this post. Because that poor cow probably is going to end up on someone’s dinner plate and personally, I am just not ok with that. On the other hand, we do not judge here. This…

2010 Inspiration
2010 Inspiration

I am going to deviate from raw food today to share with you some thoughts for the new year. We are approaching the end of the year, and the end of a decade. I know for many, myself included, 2009 was one of the most challenging years I have ever faced. I found myself living…

Raw Food and Individuality
Raw Food and Individuality

When it comes to raw food and diet,  it is important to understand that every body is different. Every body has different needs. We rarely think about this. But it you take into consideration what the range of “normal” is for many medical tests, it is vast. It is going to be up to you…

Holidays, Stress and Eating
Holidays, Stress and Eating

If you have started incorporating raw food into your life, you are becoming aware of how different you feel after eating a raw food meal than a traditional one. Instead of the stuffed, bloated, low energy coma, you feel alive, alert and energized. It is great, you are excited but, there can be challenges. Especially…

Raw Food Questions
Raw Food Questions

We are quickly approaching the end of the year. With the holiday festivities upon us, it is easy to get carried away in the moment. I love the moment but I also have to do some planning around here. You are going to be seeing some great changes in the blog around the first of…

Raw Food and the Holidays
Raw Food and the Holidays

Staying focused on raw food during the holidays can be challenging. Thanksgiving is only a day away and in my world, it signals the start of the holiday season. Parties, entertaining, and food, food, food! It is the time of year that we tend to throw our healthy eating habits to the wind and declare…

Raw Food vs Puppy Love
Raw Food vs Puppy Love

Meet Izzy, my mom’s new pup. She is 11 weeks old. She owns my mom and step dad. With a face like that, how could she not… Easy subject for Photo 360. I should get back to the raw pumpkin pie recipe I am working on. I think I would rather play with Izzy.

How Raw Do You Need To Be?
How Raw Do You Need To Be?

I got an interesting comment on one of the recipes today. It was explained to me that chipotle peppers are not raw, and if I served the eggplant bacon to someone who was a 100% raw foodist, they would get really angry. Technically, chipotle peppers are smoked. I don’t know how high the heat gets…

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Photo 360

Day 1:  Nikon D70. Shutter Speed 1/30, Aperture 2.8, Lens 50 mm 1.8. When it comes to photography, I am a bit of a hack. When I started this raw food blog, I knew that I needed to take pictures of the food. I had a little background in photography. I took a class in…