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personally went raw:

Growing up, I remember bloat, indigestion and pain after each and every meal as "normal". I became anorexic at 12 years old which turned to compulsive overeating and even bulimia. Throughout my life Food =ed Discomfort. So I was never clear when I had had enough and hunger =ed pain, a scratchy feeling in my stomach. Honestly, the distinction between the two was a blurry one at best. Although this was "normal" for me, I think I always sensed on some level the need to change something about what or how I ate. At 10 I remember being unusually aware and discriminant about what I "knew" to be healthy. I kept trying any "healthy" diet that could offer me some relief. As a teenager I spent several years in and out of doctors offices trying to get diagnosed: I saw gastroenterologist, endocrinologists, dermatologists, etc. got diagnosed with nothing too serious: just gastric reflux, eczema, and unusually oily complexion and acne. Unfortunately medical advice of topical ointments, head elevation, enzymes and dietary changes were of no help. Diet-wise I tried it all: starting with food exclusion(allergy, etc), calorie count, to atkins, then gluten and dairy free, anti candida, always focused around non processed home cooked yet.. throught my teenage years and 20s I still felt extremely run down, irritable and depressed. I felt lost and hopeless. One day at 24 I acquainted a slender beautiful woman who shared with me how she eats nothing but uncooked, raw food, which had pretty much cured her arthritis. really all raw? huh... astounded at her healing and discipline, still I wasnt too tempted to limit myself to carrot sticks and lettuce, especially since another friend had recently introduced me to the wide world of processed foods and the joys of eating out... but wheels started turning. In the midst of discovering fresh real pizza, (I admit I love good food!)I hesitantly went ahead and gave raw foods a double take, on the side. I didnt really know what to expect and it took finding a couple tasty recipes to keep my attention. As limited as my go to recipes were at the time, I noticed immediate remission of sorts after having a predominantly raw meal: feeling light, bloat going down and most importantly this unusual feeling of being satisfied but not "stuffed" and run down by cravings all day every day. That was absolutely miraculous! A miraculous breakthrough in my life!! March 2013 I cut the cord and turned fully raw. I figured I can use all the vitality in my 30s. I felt ready-my initial understanding of raw foods as "limiting" had by that point turned totally upside down. In a way my jaw dropped that first month: I didnt even know a nice body and skin were still hiding underneath. My energy levels were thru the roof, higher than what I remember experiencing briefly at 19 when I was into dancing three hours a day and eating nothing but salad, buckwheat and calf liver all summer long. Anyway this secret is now yours.

~Active Healing