Re: Easy Sprout & Sprouted sou

[Guest guest]

You can make raw as much work, or as little, as you want. No need to go in

for the " gourmet " meal everyday. Actually it really isn't healthy to eat

that way every day. Your family will end up enjoying some of those goodies;

desserts are a great place to start.

Best of luck, in your journey, Sherry!

:~)

Thia

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Sherry Skapik <sherryskapik@...>wrote:

> Hello All,

>

> This is my first contact with the group.....have enjoyed reading the

> various postings, and I believe I'm learning since I'm fairly new to

> sprouting.. I wondered if I could have the full recipe (from Diane) for the

> soup? It sounds great! Also, is using the Easy Sprout very similar to

> using the large sprouting jars? I've had pretty good luck with them, so I

> didn't know if it would be worth the investment.

>

> Also, is there anyone out there whose diet is mostly " Raw " ? I've been

> reading up on it, and it sounds like something I'd like to do.....seems like

> a lot of work, however, especially since I'd have to cook for the rest of

> the family.

>

> Take care,

> Sherry

>

> .

>

>

>

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On 2/14/09, Sherry Skapik <sherryskapik@...> wrote:

>

> Also, is using the Easy Sprout very similar to using the large

> sprouting jars? I've had pretty good luck with them, so I didn't

> know if it would be worth the investment.

I have sprouted in jars and now with the EasySprout and I prefer the

latter. But it's really down to the individual. Too bad there's no way

you can try an EasySprout before committing. I'm waiting for two more

EasySprouters to come in the mail, in fact, because I like it that

much.

> Also, is there anyone out there whose diet is mostly " Raw " ? I've been

> reading up on it, and it sounds like something I'd like to do.....seems like

> a lot of work, however, especially since I'd have to cook for the rest of the

> family.

I still cook for my husband but raw takes me less time now because

before I was doing cooked whole vegan food for me and cooked SAD food

for my husband and I was stuck in the kitchen all the time, or at

least it felt that way. Now, my food is practically instant and I'm

only in the kitchen to " tend the crops " (rinse sprouts) and cook his

food. Major time-saver for me, going raw. But the time savings is just

a bonus. The real joy for me is that I don't test positive for type 2

diabetes anymore since going raw.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Sparrow,

Thanks....what would your typical meal consist of?

Take care.....sherry

>

> Also, is using the Easy Sprout very similar to using the large

> sprouting jars? I've had pretty good luck with them, so I didn't

> know if it would be worth the investment.

I have sprouted in jars and now with the EasySprout and I prefer the

latter. But it's really down to the individual. Too bad there's no way

you can try an EasySprout before committing. I'm waiting for two more

EasySprouters to come in the mail, in fact, because I like it that

much.

> Also, is there anyone out there whose diet is mostly " Raw " ? I've been

> reading up on it, and it sounds like something I'd like to do.....seems like

> a lot of work, however, especially since I'd have to cook for the rest of the

> family.

I still cook for my husband but raw takes me less time now because

before I was doing cooked whole vegan food for me and cooked SAD food

for my husband and I was stuck in the kitchen all the time, or at

least it felt that way. Now, my food is practically instant and I'm

only in the kitchen to " tend the crops " (rinse sprouts) and cook his

food. Major time-saver for me, going raw. But the time savings is just

a bonus. The real joy for me is that I don't test positive for type 2

diabetes anymore since going raw.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Thia - It seems that the stuff that is bad for you just doesn't

taste good anymore when you try it again. I have to say that I am

really enjoying eating raw now and am finding many new foods that I

never tried before. So many good spicy tastes and all in raw

foods. I think the reason that it was so difficult for me in the

beginning was that I was very limited as to what I could eat on

the " Candida diet " . No fruits, no starchy vegetables, no grains, no

beans - help! What to eat??? Thanks to some help from the wonderful

people in this group (you included), I became more confident to add

more sprouted beans and grains into my diet, which made me feel so

much better, and to also cut down on the fats. Thanks to all who

helped.

Barb

>

> > Hi Sherry - I've been eating primarily raw since September

2007. I

> > do eat and cook meat and now eggs - to help me keep weight on. It

> > has been the most difficult diet that I ever attempted, but it is

> > well worth it. I feel so much better now and my candida has

greatly

> > reduced. I've made a lot of mistakes along the way by eating too

> > much fat, not enough carbs, etc, but it is a learning experience

as

> > you go along. I eat very large mixed salads every day and put a

lot

> > of different things in them. I have now gotten used to eating

this

> > way and it no longer seems difficult for me to eat like this.

Best

> > of luck to you with your new way of eating if you decide to take

it

> > up.

> >

> > Barb

> >

> > --- In <%

40>,

> > Sherry Skapik

> >

> > >

> > > Also, is there anyone out there whose diet is mostly " Raw " ?

I've

> > been reading up on it, and it sounds like something I'd like to

> > do.....seems like a lot of work, however, especially since I'd

have

> > to cook for the rest of the family.

> > >

> > > Take care,

> > > Sherry

> > >

> > >

> >

>

>

>

>

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>

> Quick & Easy Vegan Recipes

> http://easyraw.blogspot.com/

>

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>

[Guest guest]

Bravo Sparrow!!!!!

Barb

> >

> > Also, is using the Easy Sprout very similar to using the large

> > sprouting jars? I've had pretty good luck with them, so I didn't

> > know if it would be worth the investment.

>

> I have sprouted in jars and now with the EasySprout and I prefer

the

> latter. But it's really down to the individual. Too bad there's no

way

> you can try an EasySprout before committing. I'm waiting for two

more

> EasySprouters to come in the mail, in fact, because I like it that

> much.

>

> > Also, is there anyone out there whose diet is mostly " Raw " ?

I've been

> > reading up on it, and it sounds like something I'd like to

do.....seems like

> > a lot of work, however, especially since I'd have to cook for

the rest of the

> > family.

>

> I still cook for my husband but raw takes me less time now because

> before I was doing cooked whole vegan food for me and cooked SAD

food

> for my husband and I was stuck in the kitchen all the time, or at

> least it felt that way. Now, my food is practically instant and I'm

> only in the kitchen to " tend the crops " (rinse sprouts) and cook

his

> food. Major time-saver for me, going raw. But the time savings is

just

> a bonus. The real joy for me is that I don't test positive for

type 2

> diabetes anymore since going raw.

>

> Sparrow

>

[Guest guest]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Sparrow R <sparrowrose@...>wrote:

> The real joy for me is that I don't test positive for type 2

> diabetes anymore since going raw.

>

> Sparrow

>

I have a bf that is embarking on that now. I eat mostly fruit, so he

started out that way too, which worked really well for several days (his

sugar was actually normal, in the 80's for the first time in his life). But

then it seemed to backfire. I told him about Cousins, and we ordered his

book, it hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully it will help him head in the right

direction.

I wonder, Sparrow, do you limit your fruit intake? If not, did you in the

beginning?

Thia

> __._

>

[Guest guest]

>

> > The real joy for me is that I don't test positive for type 2

> > diabetes anymore since going raw.

> >

> > Sparrow

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> I have a bf that is embarking on that now. I eat mostly fruit, so

he

> started out that way too, which worked really well for several

days (his

> sugar was actually normal, in the 80's for the first time in his

life). But

> then it seemed to backfire. I told him about Cousins, and we

ordered his

> book, it hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully it will help him head in

the right

> direction.

>

> I wonder, Sparrow, do you limit your fruit intake? If not, did

you in the

> beginning?

>

> Thia

>

>

>

> > __._

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

On a diabetes diet, you are only permitted three fruit exchanges

(portions) a day. If you eat fruit flavored yogurt, that could count as

one.

ew

Re: Easy Sprout & Sprouted sou

Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:18:00 -0000

>

> > The real joy for me is that I don't test positive for type 2

> > diabetes anymore since going raw.

> >

> > Sparrow

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> I have a bf that is embarking on that now. I eat mostly fruit, so

he

> started out that way too, which worked really well for several

days (his

> sugar was actually normal, in the 80's for the first time in his

life). But

> then it seemed to backfire. I told him about Cousins, and we

ordered his

> book, it hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully it will help him head in

the right

> direction.

>

> I wonder, Sparrow, do you limit your fruit intake? If not, did

you in the

> beginning?

>

> Thia

>

>

>

> > __._

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

On 2/15/09, Thia .... <bipolyf@...> wrote:

>

> I have a bf that is embarking on that now. I eat mostly fruit, so he

> started out that way too, which worked really well for several days (his

> sugar was actually normal, in the 80's for the first time in his life). But

> then it seemed to backfire. I told him about Cousins, and we ordered his

> book, it hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully it will help him head in the right

> direction.

Cousen's method seems to work for some people but it sent my blood

sugar sky-high because it's about 70% fat and my body reacts badly to

high fat.

> I wonder, Sparrow, do you limit your fruit intake? If not, did you in the

> beginning?

I limited fruit when I was cooked vegan because Dr. Barnard seemed to

suggest limiting fruit. When I first went raw I was low fruit and high

fat and it wasn't doing it for me. I switched to low fat and high

fruit and it's all plain sailing. The worst, for my body, would be

high fat and high fruit because excess fat really seems to make my

sugar processing go wonky. I guess that's why Cousens does pretty much

zero fruit for diabetics - with all the fat in his recipes and

recommendations I'd guess that even some people who aren't diabetic

would start having sugar processing problems.

What it does seem to come down to, though, is individual

experimentation. A food log and glucose meter are are great way to

figure out what one's body treats as high quality fuel and what one's

body doesn't process well.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

On 2/15/09, Ernest Willingham <99tomatoes@...> wrote:

>

> On a diabetes diet, you are only permitted three fruit exchanges

> (portions) a day. If you eat fruit flavored yogurt, that could count as

> one.

There are lots of different (some VERY different) diabetes diets. My

dad was on the exchange one you describe for a while. I'm on a very

different diabetes diet and there are some that are almost the

opposite of what I'm eating (like Dr. Bernstein whose diabetes diet is

practically an Atkins regimen.)

When I was eating cooked food, I was on Dr. Barnard's diabetic diet

which is very low fat. Now that I'm raw, my diabetes diet most closely

resembles Dr. Doug Graham's regimen and incorporates LOTS of fruit. Of

all the diabetic diets I've tried, I love this one best both for taste

and for how well my body is responding to it.

That's the key in choosing one of the diabetic diets: bodies are

individual and what one responds well to another might not respond

well to at all. I get really, really sick on the exchange diet.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Sparrow! Yes, I have been watching him monitor himself, and it

seems to me that fat is an issue for him, which I pointed out to him. And

he has been doing exactly what you suggest, finding his own way, by

monitoring. But he seems to have hit a bump, and is looking for other

avenues to try, to see which is best, for him.

Thanks! I will forward your email to him.

:~)

Thia

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Sparrow R <sparrowrose@...>wrote:

> On 2/15/09, Thia .... <bipolyf@... <bipolyf%40gmail.com>> wrote:

> >

> > I have a bf that is embarking on that now. I eat mostly fruit, so he

> > started out that way too, which worked really well for several days (his

> > sugar was actually normal, in the 80's for the first time in his life).

> But

> > then it seemed to backfire. I told him about Cousins, and we ordered his

> > book, it hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully it will help him head in the right

> > direction.

>

> Cousen's method seems to work for some people but it sent my blood

> sugar sky-high because it's about 70% fat and my body reacts badly to

> high fat.

>

> > I wonder, Sparrow, do you limit your fruit intake? If not, did you in the

> > beginning?

>

> I limited fruit when I was cooked vegan because Dr. Barnard seemed to

> suggest limiting fruit. When I first went raw I was low fruit and high

> fat and it wasn't doing it for me. I switched to low fat and high

> fruit and it's all plain sailing. The worst, for my body, would be

> high fat and high fruit because excess fat really seems to make my

> sugar processing go wonky. I guess that's why Cousens does pretty much

> zero fruit for diabetics - with all the fat in his recipes and

> recommendations I'd guess that even some people who aren't diabetic

> would start having sugar processing problems.

>

> What it does seem to come down to, though, is individual

> experimentation. A food log and glucose meter are are great way to

> figure out what one's body treats as high quality fuel and what one's

> body doesn't process well.

>

> Sparrow

>