I have a Korean model called a Twinstar 3000. Its a slow 'muncher' compared to centrifugal juicers that whir at high speed-- it looks like a cow chewing cud. The intake area is slow-feeding, so it looks safe. They usually have two twin gears that are like long cylinders with screw threads. Then the ...

I wonder if this finds its way into eggs. I eat egg yolks (chicken) as well as fresh (unheated/non-heat-processed) fish roe from freshwater fish. The latter are frozen by me for 3-5 days, though they are available for purchase on ice, due to some guessing I am doing about parasite prevention (I'm no...

Wow; so whatever raw animal food you eat (other than raw yolks, probably) has probably some transfats if commercially-raised. (I'm sure it's in a lot of the feeds and if not that, in supplements, as even supplements for humans are loaded with hydrogenated fats like calcium or magnesium stearate). Wo...

Don't take methionine if you have a mercury load in your body (high levels of mercury), as it is a thiol that binds readily with mercury, causing a host of problems. I am mentioning this simply because I have had mercury illness, which almost always involves my second-favorite topic-- Candida! -- .....

I have read that Americans have on average 5% or more transfats in their body fat due to transfats in their diet. Is this junk science, RRM? That is, the source I read (I cannot retrace my path to find it) seems to say that transfats are "inert," and that the body doesn't know what to do with them, ...

In my experiments, B5 worked beautifully topically, and azelaic acid worked well for rosacea. Every other acid or topical worked horrors on the skin. I did not use any prescriptions though (Accutane; prescription retinoids)- just nonprescription versions of several recommended paths. The worst: benz...

I have used topical B5 along with the Wai diet. It was very effective (the combination, even when the diet wasn't going well for reasons having to do not with it, but my body's illness) and the best I can say is that rather than the megadoses of B5, which I think are dangerous, one should if tempted...

Are you past the point on the strict diet where everyone experiences lots and lots of small "bumps"? (from formerly blocked sebum now being released because the skin is not swollen any more). I had innumerable tiny bumps; extremely unsightly, at that point. RRM mentions it as a good sign, albeit uns...

I think this is true; for some reason I had to modify things in such a way that I did have the two variables in different corners. My digestion was poor and cooked protein had a sedative effect on the colon (takes a long time to digest, too), as RRM has also mentioned. And when you are very compromi...

Most of my seeming tradeoffs and difficulties also came down to 2 things: clear skin or good digestion? (which would seem to be the same, but they were not to me, as level of protein, type of sugars, etc, all seemed to need unbelievable finetuning to support both of these). Appearance or comfort/fee...

It is very exacting, yes (reading what you wrote to Oscar)... Sometimes you would do anything for a little 'forgiveness,' or a little slack. I found that by understanding my missteps in terms of having some level of addiction to cooked food, myself (unlike what you've said of your experience), it wa...

Yes-- what Oscar says is a good idea.

I defer to his advice as well; it was an omission to leave his name out in what I posted! At RRM and Oscar's hands, you will get excellent information and feedback.

It is very good to read of someone setting out with this, and experimenting. It can be hard at times to break the addiction to cooked foods. When you have other adjustments to make or aspects of health to observe on top of this, it can be uphill at times. But the diet is ingenious, and so attuned to...

That is good to know; I am glad I was not shovelling things on top of someone who has many things to do at the outset of the diet... Cherry and grape are nearly all fructose/glucose (for awhile I peeled extremely large grapes bought in Chinatown because I was afraid of yeasts on grapeskins; forget t...