Going bananas on a raw foods diet!

I use bananas as a safe sweetener for me as I do not react adversely to them.

When I first started out on my raw foods diet, bananas were an absolute lifesaver as they were one of the few foods I could safely eat. I had severe Histamine Intolerance and I could not find anything much, that I could eat, that did not give me severe adverse symptoms. My “Histamine Bucket” was overflowing and my body was reacting to just about everything. Read more

How to tame your (pain) dragon ….

This little chap looks a sweetie but I am aware even now he has his dark side. It doesn’t take much to turn him into a huge and fire breathing monster.

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Juicy pulp

Pulp rocks! or what to do with juicing pulp…

I am always being asked if pulp is useful or even edible? Of course it is. Vegetable fibre is good for the digestive system including the bowel and in any event, I have always taken the view that  my juicer does not extract all of the nutrients from the pulp  -” there’s more in  them there veggies”.

I drink vegetable juice to get more nutrients than I can eat in a day but I try to use the pulp as much as possible depending on what it is. Read more