Comments on: Be Your Own Guru: Avoiding the Fads, the Bestsellers, and the Magic Plans http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/ A Celebration of Vegan and Raw Food Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vlad http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-19965 Vlad Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:03:26 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-19965 Good post Gena, however I'm not so sure I agree with Newsweek's portrayal of Suzanne Somers. Newsweek has attacked bioidentical hormones for some time now, they've gone after Somers and TS Wiley, another advocate for this approach, for not having medical credentials. There's actually been many doctor's who've endorsed Somers' and Wiley's approach, Newsweek however chose not to give their readers the whole story. TS Wiley is an author of "Lights Out", her book primarily deals with how our modern lifestyle deviated from our ancestors. She encourages readers to emulate the dietary and sleep habits of hunter gatherers for optimal well being. It's an excellent read for anyone who's into paleolithic type diets. Good post Gena, however I’m not so sure I agree with Newsweek’s portrayal of Suzanne Somers. Newsweek has attacked bioidentical hormones for some time now, they’ve gone after Somers and TS Wiley, another advocate for this approach, for not having medical credentials. There’s actually been many doctor’s who’ve endorsed Somers’ and Wiley’s approach, Newsweek however chose not to give their readers the whole story.

TS Wiley is an author of “Lights Out”, her book primarily deals with how our modern lifestyle deviated from our ancestors. She encourages readers to emulate the dietary and sleep habits of hunter gatherers for optimal well being. It’s an excellent read for anyone who’s into paleolithic type diets.

]]> By: Kelly Brown http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-18193 Kelly Brown Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:11:22 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-18193 Hi, gr8 post thanks for posting. Information is useful! Hi, gr8 post thanks for posting. Information is useful!

]]> By: Happy Herbivore http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17809 Happy Herbivore Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:08:30 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-17809 well said. If one more person says eating fruit will make me fat I'm going to scream. I eat more fruit than anything else but I eat very little fat and I eat grains sparingly. I feel my best eating this wish and I have the best weight and stability of that weight this way. If someone else finds that eating more nuts and veggies but no grains and less fruits works for them - great. so much is trial and error. our bodies change with age and with our activities. well said. If one more person says eating fruit will make me fat I’m going to scream. I eat more fruit than anything else but I eat very little fat and I eat grains sparingly. I feel my best eating this wish and I have the best weight and stability of that weight this way. If someone else finds that eating more nuts and veggies but no grains and less fruits works for them – great.

so much is trial and error. our bodies change with age and with our activities.

]]> By: Michal http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17189 Michal Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:21:30 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-17189 Hi Gena! I just discovered your blog and I cannot say thank you enough, it is great! I am a seventeen yeard old raw vegan and I know from personal experience thats it is really hard begin vegan, let alone raw in social situations. Your blog gives me hope and inspiration. I also love your super simple recipes!! I am planning on trying your summertime pesto soon. I look forward to your new entries. Michal : ) Hi Gena!
I just discovered your blog and I cannot say thank you enough, it is great! I am a seventeen yeard old raw vegan and I know from personal experience thats it is really hard begin vegan, let alone raw in social situations. Your blog gives me hope and inspiration. I also love your super simple recipes!! I am planning on trying your summertime pesto soon. I look forward to your new entries.

Michal : )

]]> By: Jessica http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17019 Jessica Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:18 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-17019 I'm new to your blog and just want to say thanks for the great advice! I'm a vegan but not raw (though I am getting more and more interested in it after I ate at Pure Food and Wine in January!!) I’m new to your blog and just want to say thanks for the great advice! I’m a vegan but not raw (though I am getting more and more interested in it after I ate at Pure Food and Wine in January!!)

]]> By: Melissa (fitnessnyc) http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-16952 Melissa (fitnessnyc) Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:27:19 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-16952 makes totally sense! and a good reminder! makes totally sense! and a good reminder!

]]> By: Susan http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-16939 Susan Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:11:55 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-16939 I'm a little late commenting, but I just want to say this is an absolutely fabulous post. I'm not a raw vegan. I was a vegan and vegetarian for almost a decade and it did not work for me. I felt awful. Now that I'm eating meat again, my body feels whole again. I think taking an all or nothing attitiude is very detrimental. I think it's about finding the best, most nutritious foods that make you feel your very best. For you, that's a raw vegan diet, for me, it's a piece of chicken sometimes :) I always appreciate your thoughts on the raw diet, always informative and help me find the best foods for me :) I’m a little late commenting, but I just want to say this is an absolutely fabulous post. I’m not a raw vegan. I was a vegan and vegetarian for almost a decade and it did not work for me. I felt awful. Now that I’m eating meat again, my body feels whole again. I think taking an all or nothing attitiude is very detrimental. I think it’s about finding the best, most nutritious foods that make you feel your very best. For you, that’s a raw vegan diet, for me, it’s a piece of chicken sometimes :) I always appreciate your thoughts on the raw diet, always informative and help me find the best foods for me :)

]]> By: Recipe man http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-16646 Recipe man Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:41:39 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-16646 this is so true. one has to build his own innter truth regarding health food and what is good for ones self. you have to learn what your body loves and does not love. and follow it ( changes with age and have to be attentive to it) thanks this is so true. one has to build his own innter truth regarding health food and what is good for ones self. you have to learn what your body loves and does not love. and follow it ( changes with age and have to be attentive to it)

thanks

]]> By: Nutrition Supplement http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-16618 Nutrition Supplement Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:04:18 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-16618 Rather, they are tried to true principles and guidelines that can help you develop your own individualized diet plan. <a href="http://lifestyle.blogtells.com/health-supplement/" rel="nofollow">Nutrition Supplement</a> Rather, they are tried to true principles and guidelines that can help you develop your own individualized diet plan. Nutrition Supplement

]]> By: Erin http://www.choosingraw.com/be-your-own-guru-avoiding-the-fads-the-bestsellers-and-the-magic-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-16463 Erin Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:01:39 +0000 http://www.choosingraw.com/?p=833#comment-16463 What an insightful post Gena. I'm happy to have read it! What an insightful post Gena. I’m happy to have read it!

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