Honestly How many people stil get flue and colds even on RAW?

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Permalink Reply by Jasmine on January 27, 2009 at 7:02pm

I've been ranging from 75 - 90% raw for about 5 months. I've only gotten sick once and it was following a water fast when I woke up with a fever, sore throat, sinus issues, and headache, but it had dissipated by morning and I had some mild lingering symptoms for the next few days.

Before going raw, I was getting the flu at least twice a year with really bad sore throat and fever. I was getting sick all the time which is one of the reasons I went raw in the first place. I felt like a regular vegan diet wasn't healthy and I almost started eating fish and eggs again because of that. I'm glad I discovered an alternative route that was more in line with my moral values.

It seems to be working!

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Permalink Reply by Mike on January 27, 2009 at 7:03pm

Not once, since going raw...used to get them a lot. ( nice! ) On top of that, I am a lot less careful about "germs" or staying "clean"... can't seem to catch anything, even if I try...
Allergies went away, also. My nose used to be constantly congested, but now it is always clear!

...so yeah, good times :)

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Permalink Reply by Rande on January 27, 2009 at 7:54pm

i've eaten all raw off and on for a few years. on raw i've never gotten sick. high raw, i'll maybe get a mild version of what everyone else is getting. sometimes. generally though i can steer clear of whatever colds or flus go around.

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Permalink Reply by Allis☀n on January 27, 2009 at 8:04pm

I am 43. The last time I had the flu was my junior year of high school, and I never get flu shots. I can't remember the last time I had a cold. But guess what? I've only eaten raw since 2006, and haven't eaten raw consistently. I've been around sick people plenty of times, but just don't tend to catch stuff, regardless of my diet. (I get weird illnesses, like thyroid stuff).

Some of us are just more resistant to the communicable stuff than others. I'm lucky!

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Permalink Reply by Justin on January 27, 2009 at 8:54pm

This has been an amazing transformation for me. I used to get the flu at least once or twice a year. No big deal. But I started raw about 6 years ago and a couple of years into it I got a bad throat infection and no flu ever since then. I'm still shocked by that actually. What a blessing! ;)

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Permalink Reply by Chris Carlton on January 27, 2009 at 10:05pm

not I

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Permalink Reply by Rishi Kumar on January 28, 2009 at 12:16am

Gotten a cold about 5/6 times.

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Permalink Reply by marina on January 28, 2009 at 1:12am

i feel like im about to get sick but i never get sick like i use to

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Permalink Reply by Renee on February 6, 2009 at 11:17am

I hadn't been sick in 3 years and I got the flu (or something like it) yesterday. I couldn't believe I was sick while being a raw foodie but less than 24 hours later I was healed. I went from 102 degree fever at 8 PM last night and woke up at 8 AM this morning feeling fine-no fever, no chills, no body aches! I contribute my very fast healing to the raw foods.

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Permalink Reply by Debbie Took on July 23, 2009 at 9:24am

That's brilliant. I'll bet also that you didn't 'take anything' to bring the fever down (the fever being an integral part of the healing process). So your body was allowed to do the necessary healing, and in the next few days you'll probably feel far better than you did before.

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Permalink Reply by Casandra Willis on July 22, 2009 at 7:14pm

I've been getting influenza once a year, every year.. since I was a child. Since adopting a high raw fruit diet.. I've not been sick once. Not ONCE!

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Permalink Reply by mish on July 22, 2009 at 8:04pm

NO

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