I feel like I am watching the tour de france except tour de mango...
Its great... I love your enthusiasm and determination...
Cleanse... cleanse.   
Imagine how nice and clean your body must be feeling right about now.

Go girl. 

Here is some info I found about Mangos!!!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT...

The mango is known as the 'king of fruit' throughout the world.

The name 'mango' is derived from the Tamil word 'mangkay' or 'man-gay'. When the Portuguese traders settled in Western India they adopted the name as 'manga'.

Mangos originated in East India, Burma and the Andaman Islands bordering the Bay of Bengal. Around the 5th century B.C., Buddhist monks are believed to have introduced the mango to Malaysia and eastern Asia - legend has it that Buddha found tranquility and repose in a mango grove. Persian traders took the mango into the middle east and Africa, from there the Portuguese brought it to Brazil and the West Indies. Mango cultivars arrived in Florida in the 1830's and in California in the 1880's.

The Mango tree plays a sacred role in India; it is a symbol of love and some believe that the Mango tree can grant wishes.

In the Hindu culture hanging fresh mango leaves outside the front door during Ponggol (Hindu New Year) and Deepavali is considered a blessing to the house.

Mango leaves are used at weddings to ensure the couple bear plenty of children (though it is only the birth of the male child that is celebrated - again by hanging mango leaves outside the house).

Hindus may also brush their teeth with mango twigs on holy days (be sure to rinse well and spit if you try this at home - toxic).

Many Southeast Asian kings and nobles had their own mango groves; with private cultivars being sources of great pride and social standing, hence began the custom of sending gifts of the choicest mangos.

The Tahis like to munch mango buds, with Sanskrit poets believing they lend sweetness to the voice.

Burning of mango wood, leaves and debris is not advised - toxic fumes can cause serious irritation to eyes and lungs.

Mango leaves are considered toxic and can kill cattle or other grazing livestock.

In India, a certain shade of yellow dye was attained by feeding cattle small amounts of mango leaves and harvesting their urine. Of course as stated above, this is a contraindicated practice, since mango leaves are toxic and cattle are sacred. It has since been outlawed.

Mangos are bursting with protective nutrients. The vitamin content depends upon the variety and maturity of the fruit, when the mango is green the amount of vitamin C is higher, as it ripens the amount of beta carotene (vitamin A) increases.

There are over 20 million metric tons of mangos grown throughout the tropical and sub-tropical world. The leading mango producer is India, with very little export as most are consumed within the country. Mexico and China compete for second place, followed by Pakistan and Indonesia. Thailand, Nigeria, Brazil, Philippines and Haiti follow in order.

According to the Foreign Agricultural Organization, the top mango exporters reported in 1997 are as follows in order: Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Haiti, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic.

The fruit of the mango is called a Drupe - consisting of the mesocarp (edible fleshy part) and endocarp (large woody, flattened pit).

The mango is a member of the Anachardiaceae family. Other distant relatives include the cashew, pistachio, Jamaica plum, poison ivy and poison oak.

The over 1,000 known mango cultivars are derived from two strains of mango seed - monoembryonic (single embryo) and polyembryonic (multiple embryo). Monoembryonic hails from the Indian (original) strain of mango,
polyembryonic from the Indochinese.

Dermatitis can result from contact with the resinous latex sap that drips from the stem end when mangos are harvested. The mango fruit skin is not considered edible.

Every part of the mango is beneficial and has been utilized in folk remedies in some form or another. Whether the bark, leaves, skin or pit; all have been concocted into various types of treatments or preventatives down through the centuries. A partial list of the many medicinal properties and purported uses attributed to the mango tree are as follows: anti-viral, anti-parasitic, anti-septic, anti-tussive (cough), anti-asthmatic, expectorant, cardiotonic, contraceptive, aphrodisiac, hypotensive, laxative, stomachic (beneficial to digestion)....

Mangiferin - rich in splenocytes, found in the stem bark of the mango tree has purported potent immunomodulatory characteristics - believed to inhibit tumor growth in early and late stages.

Heres what you eating!!!

Nutrient Units   Value per 100 grams of
edible portion

Water   
81.71g

Energy   
65kcal
 
Energy   
272kj
 
Protein   
0.51g

Total lipid (fat)   
0.27g

Carbohydrate, by difference   
17.00g
 
Fiber, total dietary   
1.8g
 
Ash   
0.50g

Minerals
Calcium, Ca   
10mg

Iron, Fe   
0.13mg

Magnesium, Mg   
9mg

Phosphorus, P   
11mg

Potassium, K   
156mg

Sodium, Na   
2mg

Zinc, Zn   
0.04mg
 
Copper, Cu   
0.110mg

Manganese, Mn   
0.027mg

Selenium, Se   
0.6mcg
 
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid   
27.7mg

Thiamin   
0.058mg

Riboflavin   
0.057mg

Niacin   
0.584mg

Pantothenic acid   
0.160mg
 
Vitamin B-6   
0.134mg
 
Folate, total   
14mcg
 
Vitamin B-12   
0.00mcg
 
Vitamin A, RE   
389mcg

Vitamin E   
1.120mg

Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated   
0.066g
 
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated   
0.101g
 
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated   
0.051g

Cholesterol   
0mg

Amino acids
Tryptophan   
0.008g
 
Threonine   
0.019g
 
Isoleucine   
0.018g
 
Leucine   
0.031g
 
Lysine   
0.041g
 
Methionine   
0.005g
 
Phenylalanine   
0.017g
 
Tyrosine   
0.010g
 
Valine   
0.026g
 
Arginine   
0.019g
 
Histidine   
0.012g
 
Alanine   
0.051g
 
Aspartic acid   
0.042g
 
Glutamic acid   
0.060g
 
Glycine   
0.021g
 
Proline   
0.018g
 
Serine   
0.022g

DID you get all that??? 

Looks like you chose a good fruit.

xxxpaul

Hi there,

What you are doing really sounds like a CHallenge.
Well done, I love your determinations and self control that you strive for.

Can you please fill us in more on what Dougie says about the 1 fruit idea.

Why do 1 fruit, why not just drink water?  Why 10 days?? 
Are you losing weight???
Do you feel grounded?  Do you feel happy and contented?
Are you brushing your teeth???

Goodluck.  And hope you mangoes and melons are all yummy.

Paul

Anna, and Helen,

Sorry I didnt meet up with you last weekend...  I got home drenched and feeling sad and sorry for myself at around 2pm... I thought it was probably all over, so I didnt bother coming down...

It was a shame because Amanda (my partner) and I couldnt stop talking about strawberry picking all week!!!

Yes, lets try and organise something else again soon.

xxpaul

all good,
I just discovered the answer in the post I started - mango chest pains... ha!!!
yeah right...
ok, cool...
I have a lead!!

By the way, I am 2 days into a cleanse... just green and fruit.  its going great guns...  i even got my carnivorous other half to join me... ha!!! she has some wicked headaches...me I am just feeling good. 
my brain is thinking of more exciting tasty food combos, and not relying on fatty foods or nuts and seeds to bulk or add flavour...its interesting.

tonight i made a soup with kale, and spinach, and the juice of carrots and beetroot. 
it was really gutsy.  hearty.  filling and yum.

I want cane juice though...c;mon... c'mon world..
come to me...

durianrider,

fox studios?  are you in sydney??
Since we have been talking, i have been desparately trying to search for a crusher, and even how to source the actual cane...

apparently its only grown in qld and nsw...and has a life span of 16 hours...

can you tell me a little bit more about peoples set-ups that you have seen along the way??

are they refrigerating the cane, freezing it, how long after you juice it, does it last???

CANETREKKER, maybe you could help me on this one/??/
know of anyone is Melbourne selling or distributing???

I have seen it at a few asian stores.  I should go back and ask them...
I remember last timr though they were pretty unreceptive...
Cheers.

paulos

Hey nutty,
Tell me more about this stall...
Where are you?  What, why and where is this stall???
Sounds great.

I remember trying some raweo cookies a few years back and they were magical.

Paul

My Nanna grows horseradish in melbourne.
I have added it to my nori rolls, and its totally a wasabi flavour.
I just use my V-slicer and grate it, and then evenly spread it across the sheet.
I have also experimented with her turnips, and rapi. 
I think the horseradish has a more fiery taste.

Yeah, there you go.
One of my favourite combos is:
I love avo, horseradish, sundried tomatoes, parsnip, and carrot.  fresh lemon. 

Its been ages since I have had Nori's... I must give them a go again. 

woah,  I just received a quote from a sugarcane juicer company, and I got quoted, $2,800 including air freight delivery to Melbourne.
yeah, it aint cheap.
xpaul

Anna, I am working at the races and should be finished up around 11:30 - 12.
I am happy to meet you all later if you are keen to go early.
ok... sorry to be a pain with the times!!
xpaul
p.s. strawberries sounds great...
I reckon I will be eating my fair share!!!

Sheryl, there is a place here in Melbourne called Juicemore... he supplies industrial catering and shop fit-out stuff related to juice, juicebars etc... I saw one last time I went in, it was around $3,000... I think...don't quote me.  But that sounds about right. 
I was looking on ebay and came across a handmill...it was around $360-$395 and then a whole bunch more from shipping from Brazil!!!
They were also selling electric ones from a company called Sucana.  The ebay ad was misleading so I gave up on it. 

I like the look of the smaller hobby 60...
I should then do more research to find out what a normal width of sugar is.  This will determine which model suits.  The higher the model, the stronger the motor, the wider the feed.

Although, at this stage I cant really afford an electric one, and I was reading in a cane juice forum that the hand mills can do a glass in 20seconds!!!  thats fine for what I need!!! 

You also need to take into account that the electric ones need to be compatible to our plugs and electricity.  Sounds even more costly...
Maybe you could come to some arrangement with them???

Then, as I said before, where in the hell am I going to get organic sugar cane???

Yeah, so anyway, Ii reckon the hand mill looks good.

hmmm.... yet another thing to save for!!!

yeah this is what was happening.
My breathing was affected.
It was almost like a shortening of breath, and tension in the chest.

So ok, cool, I have found a cane juicer here in melbs, but am wandering if it is raw friendly!!!
I dont see why not, it works like the champion doesnt it, sort of, it just squashes the stick with a couple of rollers!!

Now I gotta find a place to get organic sugar cane!

cheers harley
oh, by the way I met these guys cycling around the world, you might be interested.
www.freewheelseast.co.uk
they were nice, didnt seem like they were going hard enough for my liking!  ha!
Alright
take it easy

hey thank-you blueberry.
that was really insightful yourself.
its so true we complicate our lives by doing these things...
xpaul.

yes, tuesday cup weekend might be good!!!1 yeah, cool with me...
lets go picking berries.
and this way we can make a day of it!

xxpaul
p.s. when is cup weekend/?/

YUM YUM YUM,
Strawberries, Blueberries, sounds great!!!

Yes, maybe we should think about doing it later on down the track.

Jen,
I teach Feldenkrais.  Awareness Through Movement classes.  Its great, do you know anything about it?
Put simply its about reprogramming the nervous system to be a more efficient, functioning human.

Its great, I started doing it around the same time I started being RAW... So I sometimes wonder which is helping me more...RAW or Feldenkrais...  I would say both.  I feel cleaner and more energised by eating RAW and Living foods, and I move in ways I could never through Feldenkrais. 

By the way, thanks for explaining what your naturapath role was, and how you tied Raw Food into that. 
Yeah, I mean, I have found even through my catering...you can't change peoples eating habits in a day, not even in weeks, or even months... it takes time... there are only a select few people, namely Raw foodies, who have found something within themselves to explore the cleansing and healing powers of food.  And yes, the best route to take with others is to encourage a healthier lifestyle to that which they are presntly accustomed to.  Heck, theres even a smaller percentage of people within the raw food community that are doing what is considered an even more healthier route... its what suits at the time for that particular person and where they are in their life. 

yeah... I just wish there were more Naturapths like you.  Its scary to think that the power of some people can mislead so many, just because they have the initials Dr. in front of their name, or something along these lines...
do you know what I mean??   What, with advertising, expert opinions, studies, research, industry agendas, government agendas etc... what do you believe??  what can you believe, who can you believe?

Piers sent me some literature on irradiation in food in Australia the other day.  It was amazing.  I did not know anything about this before.  To think that the goverment is supporting this, is scary.  And then further, the way in which the irradiated foods are labelled and identified are so slack, is sickening.  (literally).  How dare they. 
Reminiscent of some other periods in history involving dictatorships and the like. 

Anyway...
yeah... And then its the power of the people as well, in vogue last year was chinese medicine... man these dudes gave me and raw food a bad name.  Ying, Yang that, you gotta cook everything to keep your chi and the fire in your belly.   
Man, what???  Doesn't sound right to me.  But then again, thats me, and maybe it sounds right for others... but anyway, my point is, raw food was taboo because more and more people were being recommended to these people the new thought, the new way of thinking, the way to be healthy was to eat and live a lifestyle like this.

Maybe thats not directly from the chinese medicine man directly, maybe its from secondary sources...
I sure know reading some of the RAw Food articles I cringe at what they say about it, and how you can go about it... I did that recently with the Donna Karan article in the RP archive...HOT SOUPS, CUPS OF HOT TEA!!!  How is that raw???  Now that's gone out and spread the raw word to all the fashionistas out there thinking about changing their diet. 

And to end, my point is that the more we spread the raw word (and properly), the more it will catch on and become vogue and more people can enjoy the life they this way.  Its better for everyone, because, its all win win, economies of scale, business opportunities, better products, easier access to products, more information, greater support network to get you through those hard times, or just any times... etc...

And I guess for me, the best way I feel to do that is lead by example.

So I started a quest to be the best human I could be. 

And good for you for doing the same.   Sounds like you are turning things upside-down.  From the INSIDE!!

wow, so there you go.
blurted all that out didn't I!!!
HA!
all love
all good
speak soon
xpaul






     



xpaul

Canetrekker.

Yes, they seemed ripe enough, they smelt and tasted good.  I don't like to eat them when they are floury.

Yeah, but I was thinking an answer would fall along this line of thought.  Raw - Acid etc...
And then with the water diluting the acid levels in my stomach???

yeah, I dunno.

Hey, one thing I do know, is when I was in NY I lived on Cane juice... man, this stuff is magic!  Really yummy stuff.
I desparately want to get a can juicer.  Do you know or recommend any of them?
Can I use my champion juicer???
Are the industrial cane juicers raw friendly??  Do you know??

cheers big ears
Paul