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Safest Non-Organic Foods for my Budget

I'm collecting unemployment right now, which means I earn about what I'd be making if I worked a minimum wage job. I have to really watch my pennies now, so organic foods are not at the top of my grocery list these days. I've read several articles about non-organic produce that don't retain as many pesticides, making them safer bets for penny pinchers like me. This Creative Commons-licensed list ranks produce by the amount of pesticides found in them. The topmost foods have the most pesticides w… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on January 27, 2009 at 11:00pm — 6 Comments

Being a Fool in 2009

Are you familiar with the Fool of the Tarot card deck? The Fool represents new beginnings unfettered by the past. The Fool has no real goal and no preplanned route- in fact, in the Ryder-Waite deck, he's about to unwittingly step off a cliff. OOPS! In some ways I see myself as the Fool for 2009: I want to step off the cliff, because I want to leave behind my old baggage of judgments, ideas and analyses, falling into a new world that I learn about as I experience it. In this new world I have no… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on January 2, 2009 at 5:35am — 1 Comment

Ode to my Raw Twitter Buddies

You make me laugh when I'm feeling blue
You applaud my silly raw twaikus
You read my blogs and make comments
About my newest raw experience

And when a tear or two I've shed
You point to better days ahead
You do funny things like impersonate Spock
You crazy Twitter friends sure do rawck!

You make up silly words and sounds
And post the best juice recipes around
You send me links to funny videos
That make green smoothies squirt from my nose… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on April 22, 2008 at 5:05pm — 6 Comments

Wishing Everyone a Lovely Day

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I put an extra dose of peace and tranquility in my juice today.

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Added by Allis☀n on March 8, 2008 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Hypothyroid: Some Raw Foods to Eat and Some to Avoid

I've been researching vegetables to avoid if you have hypothyroid or low thyroid levels. Vegetables that have goitrogens can inhibit thyroid function. It's important to note that most doctors don't recommend t… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on February 26, 2008 at 11:51am — No Comments

Started My Modified Juice Feast Today!

Well, after a lot of planning, preparing and talking, I have finally returned to 100% raw by embarking upon my modified juice feast. I am very excited about using all that I have learned about raw nutrition and my own health issues to explore a raw diet that works for me. I sti… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on February 24, 2008 at 6:42pm — 1 Comment

16 Cups of Green Juice a Day- Quite a Goal!

I've been re-reading the juicefeasting.com site and realizing that I really need to step up the amount of juices I'm drinking daily to be prepared for when I start the program. As of last week I was drinking 2 cups first thing in the morning, 6 more at work, and 2 more at home. I've just added 2 more cups before going to bed. Now I just have to squeeze two more in. That is a LOT of juice. I wonder if anyone else is drinking more than 2 cups at a time. That's usually all I am hungry for at any ti… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on February 21, 2008 at 12:58am — 1 Comment

I Need Help! My Green Smoothies Ain't No Nectar of the Gods

Today's smoothie had celery, fennel, carrots, apple, pear, ginger, romaine, chard and spinach. I don't know if it really tasted better than yesterday's smoothie or if I am just tolerating green smoothies better, but I actually drank two mason jars full. I couldn't drink the last one again - I copped out and had a sandwich for dinner!! But hey- I'm getting there. One day at a time, they say.

I did discover a third trick (the first was adding fresh squeezed lime juice): adding cold water… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on February 13, 2008 at 12:35am — 7 Comments

LaLanne+VitaMix+Veggies+Fruit=Abundant Health!!

This morning I used my juicer to prepare radish juice. Radishes are supposed to help balance out thyroid levels, and since I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, I figured I should get into a half-cup-a-day radish h… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on February 10, 2008 at 1:08pm — 1 Comment

Bought the VitaMix Today & Saved so much I got a Juicer, Too!!

I am so excited- I have been saving for a Vita-Mix for a while. I wanted to get it two years ago but never could afford it. Finally they came to Costco. I spent 200 dollars less than I'd planned, so I bought a juicer, too, for $100. I got the Jack LaLanne Power Juicer. I wasn't too worried about it being centrifugal (I think it is, at least) since I will mostly be making smoothies and getting lots of nutrients that way. If I were only depending on a juicer I would have gotten the masticating kin… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on February 8, 2008 at 8:50pm — 2 Comments

Juice Feasting is More Expensive Than I thought!!

Yikes- I spent more than the predicted $9 a day for my test run at the grocery store! I got about 3.5 lbs of greens, 1 organic cucumber, a tiny piece of ginger, and some radishes for $13.50- and I still hadn't bought everything I needed for one day of juicing or smoothie-making. Please tell me it gets cheaper as Spring and Summer approach!........................... http://blog.rawodyssey.com Continue

Added by Allis☀n on February 7, 2008 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Looking to Post Your Favorite VitaMix Juice/Smoothie Recipes!

In celebration of my new VitaMix (coming this week!) I am inviting everyone to send me their favorite juice/smoothie recipes, which I will publish on my website. However, to make this both fun AND educational I will also run the recipes through nutritiondata.com so we can see what makes these recipes so special!

If you are interested in helping me out by participating, I'm happy to return the favor by crediting you for the recipe as well as providing a link to your website if you like.… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on February 6, 2008 at 8:37pm — No Comments

Eight More Days to my VitaMix

I'm so excited! In 8 days I plan to have my arms around a VitaMix 5200! I'm going to start my version of juicefeasting ("smoothiefeasting") when I finally get it. Today I bought a couple of items to prepare for that: an apple corer and something to strain the smoothies so that I can make the juices too, for variety. What I really want are those nutmylk bags for straining- I hope I can find them at Wild Oats or Whole Foods. Will cheese cloth work if you bundle it up? Anyway, I'm so excited about… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on January 31, 2008 at 10:14pm — 1 Comment

SO Excited About My New Raw Gadget!!

Today I put my new vegetable-chopping gadget to use: the Vidalia Chopping wizard. I'm so glad I got it!! Yes, this is a shameless plug for it, even though I'll make no money from it- haha. Anyway, I made Israeli Salad and I so thrilled that it took a fraction of the time to make the salad than it would have to chop up all that stuff with a knife and cutting board. Please check out my blog Raw Odyssey at http://blog.rawodyssey.com/ to see the product review and photos (I just moved my blog to its… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on January 25, 2008 at 2:17am — No Comments

Already Seeing a Postive Effect of Eating Raw

Today I had to participate in a two-hour meeting at my job. This is nothing new- I work at a creative place where we have many meetings, many of them three or four hour affairs, so this was a short one. The trouble is that when we start during or after lunch, I usually find myself nodding off, losing track, daydreaming, yawning, and otherwise suffering. I would chug coffee or other caffeinated products to no avail. Sometimes the effort of fighting my tiredness… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on January 9, 2008 at 11:43pm — 1 Comment

I'm So Excited!!

I posted this entry on my Raw Odyssey blog, but I love GITMR that I had to put an excerpt here, too!
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I found out that one of the Costcos around here is selling the Vita-Mix in February! I'm so ready to buy one. I see on their website that they have a new one called the 5200.… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on January 4, 2008 at 1:38am — No Comments

Applying Lessons from the Past to my 2008 Raw Diet

It's been so wonderful reading all of the stories and comments people have been posting at GITMR. This community is very open-minded and welcoming, which is a blessing. My raw odyssey has been an interesting one, but thanks to the internet, it doesn't feel so strange anymore, as I see that many people have jumped on and off the raw wagon, tried different percentages of raw vs. cooked foods, and tested various permutations of a raw diet. I think most of us have concluded that there is no one raw… Continue

Added by Allis☀n on December 30, 2007 at 12:24am — 1 Comment

Hello, My Name is Allison, and I Keep Falling off the Raw Food Wagon!

Hey, I'm testing this blog application on Give it to me Raw- seems pretty cool. Might as well use it to shout that I have lapsed again on my raw journey! I have a tough time with staying raw sometimes, but I never allow myself to become totally estranged from the raw community, and that allows me to hop back on that saddle repeatedly. Being amongst other raw foodists, even virtually, is very helpful as I wind along my topsy-turvy raw odyssey. Thanks for being there, everyone!
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Added by Allis☀n on December 9, 2007 at 1:48am — 5 Comments

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