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since starting raw in March this year, I've had food poisoning TWICE. I've never had it before, and wasn't sick like this since at least my early teens- over 15 years.

has anyone else had this occur more frequently with raw foods? do you know what caused it? how to avoid it?

the first day I planned to start on 80-90% raw in March, I had to eat a restaurant meal (salad) and got extremely sick for the next two days. It set back my raw ambitions for a couple weeks. :)

now, I've been 99% raw for about 2 months, and got mild food poisoning last night. Can you get it from a banana or grapes? I didn't have much food in the twelve hours prior to getting sick (at 3am). It seems extremely unlikely that some raisins, nuts, dried apricots, or a larabar caused it- the other foods I had. I feel fine now, but I'm afraid to touch the $6 worth of new organic grapes in my fridge...I only had about 4 of them last night.

any advice and suggestions would be much appreciated.

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Vince-

thanks...the hydrogen peroxide is an idea I hadn't heard of before. I know where I can get some locally, I think.

I tend to eat lots of nuts and dried fruits- i've always liked them together, and eat them everyday. it might be that my tolerances are changing though with the rest of everything being raw. I'll watch that.

and i do the apple cider vinegar- though as a salad dressing. I'll try drinking it next time I feel sick. thanks.

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My pleasure. Hope this helps.

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"ate had bacteria that may poison you. Drink a cup of Apple Cider Vinegar and water. Old remedy."

I believes this helps relieve strept throat and h pylori infection.

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thinking about this further, it sounds awful tasting. is the proportion 1:10 or 1:2 or ?

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for relieving ulcers (h pylori), i know some people who drink it and swear by it, but i personally haven't used it for that, so i don't know the ratio. i believe it is about 1:10

for sore throat (as i ate a conventional salad w/ some bad fish at my family's once & it felt like a bad strep) i mix:
"Drinking a mixture of 4 ounces warm good mineral water, 1 - 2 tablespoons raw unpasteurized apple cider vinegar, 2 - 3 tablespoons fresh raw lemon juice, and 2 - 4 tablespoons unheated honey several times daily usually relieves sore throat in minutes and keeps the symptoms relatively unnoticeable."
drink it down each morning if I wake up with a sore throat. relieves it a lot.
"I had to eat a restaurant meal (salad) and got extremely sick for the next two days"
might be good to carry this to use as i dressing next time you go to a restaurant and eat their salad. it helps you absorb the minerals from the salad and break down the vegetable fiber anyway.

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Ooo.. that sounds like it could taste good. I've just taken the apple cider down in a shot glass, followed with some water.

Never got creative... :)

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Thank you. You're brave. I can't take the credit for the recipe though. It's directly from one of AV's two books in publication.

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