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From:	Mark (71.17.102.242)
Subject:	Question for Dr. D. I had problems with the Raw Food and had to stop.
Date:	March 19, 2012 at 6:05 pm PST

Hi Gang, I was doing the raw food for over a year, and the 80/10/10 for about 5 months. I ran into problems with my digestion. I live in Sasktatchewan Canada where it is cold 4 months of the year, and cool for a couple more months. The point I am at right now, I have seen a normal Dr. and was diagnosed with acid reflux which I don't beleive to be accurate, went to a naturopath was told i had candida, did the treatment, and now I have finally seen a Traditional Chinese Doctor who tells me that eating the raw food diet does not work in the climate that I live in and that I won't be able to do it while I live here. I have since stopped eating raw foods and my symptoms have improved quickly.

My Chinese Doctor says that raw foods weaken the spllen which is important in digestion and that is the reason I am having the syptoms I do which is basically every once in awhile I feel a tightness in the throat that is allieviated by belching, the term for it in Traditional Chinese Medicine is Plum Stone Throat, as it resembles a plum stone being stuck in the throat.

I am curious on your opinion on all of this Dr. D? I really did prefer the raw food diet, and what I am hearing from my Chinese Doctor is that I basically won't be able to eat as many raw fruits as it takes to meet my caloric intake.

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