In the past I've done fruit, veg and water detox programs that worked really well. During those detoxes I got the classic film in my mouth as my body was getting rid of the bad stuff. That soon subsided as I continued eating fruit and veggies and lots of water.

Well, I am 32 weeks pregnant and I have that film in my mouth again. I feel though that this is from eating improper foods and my body is lacking something. I try to eat a balanced variety, and I'm increasing my water intake, as well as taking my prenatals vitamins daily.

Has this happened to any of you? Any suggestions to get rid of that filmy feeling? I brush regularly as well, but that doesn't seem to work. Any thoughts as to what I may need to eat more of or less of?

TIA

I picked some lovely blackberries (and a few blackcaps, which I promptly ate) from my yard the other day, and I had a bunch of lemons, so I went recipe hunting. I found this one. I had just gotten some crystallized ginger, so I decided to throw that in, too. The result is DELICIOUS!

( Recipe and pictures )

I feel like this must be in the memories somewhere, but I couldn't find it, so if anybody can point me to it, that would be much appreciated.

I'm curious about the differences in the health effects of various kinds of less-processed sugar. I'm trying to wean myself off of refined white sugar, and trying other alternatives. I'm definitely not interested in chemical sweeteners (splenda, aspartame, etc). I know Stevia is a popular no-calorie sweetener, but it's definitely got a slightly different taste, so I'm starting with the ones that are actual sugar. I'm curious about things like natural cane sugar, turbinado sugar, "sugar in the raw," and Sucanat. I like the flavors of these, but I'm wondering if there really is a difference to your body between these and refined white sugar. It's not a calorie thing so much as whether or not there's a difference in how your body processes the sugars.

Can anybody help me out with this, or point me to a good resource. I'm not great at finding things on google.
Thanks!

I have a sigg bottle but I can't pour into it without a funnel. I'm not sure if it's because I'm blind so pouring may not be my best skill, or if the hole is just too darn small. Anyway, I'm trying to pour iced tea out of a pitcher. I'm wondering if the mouth of the klean kantine is wider and if you can pour directly into it? I assume it is because it says it can fit ice cubes. I am trying to be more earth friendly by using less plastic bottles of arizona iced tea. Plus, if I brought my own to work I'd save money and it would have less sugar.

I've recently been doing a bit of sprouting. I've done alfalfa, lentils and mung beans. They're so yummy! I'm concerned by some things I've read though, about toxic sprouts and bacteria and other scary stuff. I know kidney beans are toxic when sprouted and that alfalfa is (debatebly) not that great for you and I know you're supposed to rinse them in the sprouting process but that's about it! I just use take-away containers. I've tried reading up on it a bit but I sort of couldn't make sense of it all.
Are there certain times in the sprouting proccess that you're not supposed to eat them? I read that there are. Can I just sprout away and eat them whenever or do I have to sterilise things and faff about a lot?
Does anyone have any good links or advice?
Thank you!