Jim,

I am new to raw food approximately 30 days and something odd has happened. I did not prepare my meals before leaving the house with my husband we left in a hurry.

I had breakfast on the road Arby’s that did not taste good. Had lunch at Chili’s a burger with cheese, vegetables that also did not taste good. The lettuce tasted better than the burger. I saved the desert to have at home it was to die for chocolate pie-that did not taste good either.

Last weekend we went out I had fish and chips that tasted bad I told our server and I reordered I ordered a club sandwich my husband was enjoying it but that also tasted bad.

My husband commented, “What is wrong you do not like anything!”

I responded, “I do not know everything tastes blah no flavor.”

I then said, “The dang lettuce tastes better than the burger” that’s when we realized that the green smoothies have started to transform me, IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS? CRAZY!

The books I have been reading say I might crave greens but nothing about other cooked-fast foods tasting odd. They did not have the satisfying comfort taste that it used to have it all tasted blah. However, the lettuce tasted better than the burger.

This morning I woke up and I was able to see clearer with out my glasses my cell phone that I cannot read without glasses. My skin actually feels smoother. I could be imagining but I think my brown spots on my face may be fading, could it in less than 30 day of mainly raw foods.

I am confused! I am baffled. I feel pretty good. I am not tired I want to tell any one who could listen but who is going to listen to this crazy woman.

I am sure I have lost weight also my clothes feel baggy I started this green smoothie/raw to lose weight (100 pounds). Funny I had someone mention that I had a glow, that was funny I chucked and said it must be the carrots then I thought I better slow them down maybe I’m turning orange.

Now I have shared. Thanks for listening.

Yvette

Dear Jim,

I am into eating raw. Thanks for sharing the video. My question is: Why not spinach? I have never heard that before.

Kind regards,

Clara

Try hitting “pause” after you hit play. That way the entire video will download. You’ll see the progress bar darken as it goes. I’m 15 minutes into it and it’s playing fine, but I have a fairly fast Internet connection.

Once the progress bar is all the way across the video screen, you can hit play and it’ll play OK.

Spinach is a ’selfish’ vegetable. It will not only not share its high iron count, it blocks the iron in veggies and fruits that you eat it with. It also is definitely associated with gallstones.

Spinach??

Most raw foodist’s I’ve come across seem to use spinach in both juices and smoothies. I use it so much myself too!

Popeye and spinach?? When should we use spinach?

I am pretty new to raw foods and loving it. I have 111 pounds left to lose.