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From:	Mark (71.17.102.242)
Subject:	I am having problems eating raw foods, any suggestions welcomed :)
Date:	April 25, 2012 at 8:10 pm PST

I have been told by my traditioanl chinese medicine doctor not to eat raw foods until my spleen is stregthened. I have continued to try some raw fruit namely dates, bananas, apples, and raspberries and still my digestion isn't strong enough to take those in without strong symptoms of gas trying to come back up my esophogus causing an extrtemely uncomfortable tightness in my throat.

Today I also tried canteloupe apples and didn't seem to have any problems until later in the day which I would attirbute to the canteloupe since I had the apples for breakfast. On a funny but not so funny sidenote, after eating pizza for supper my symptoms improved considerably.

I am trying to get back to the raw diet, but it seems that every time I have raw food I get these strong symptoms of tightness in the throat, which as far as I can tell is gas from the food fermenting in my stomach due to a weakened spleen. When I have this tightness in my throat if I burp the pressure is reduced and the symptoms improve. If I eat cooked veggies I get hardly any symptoms, but if I eat raw food the symptoms get so uncomfortable that it basically takes me over.

I haven't been able to exercise strenously for a couple of months already as that also seems to cause these flare ups, all of which the chinese medical doctor says is attributed to a weak splen.

I am hoping for some suggestions as to what I might try next, is there room for a juice fast? I am hesitant to do an unsupervised fast, but curious how long it could take to get me back in order here. Thanks in advace :)

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