[fiona o]

Hi all,

I'm raw and recently my family decided to follow in my footsteps, so I've been making all their raw meals etc. It has become a bit hard because we're all feeling different things, progressing at different speeds and liking different foods, though most times we just eat together and the same thing unless it's too offensive to one of us!
I'm feeling on top of the world and my father is feeling better, but it's my mum who isn't coping and is lacking in faith. She has suffered from Crohns Disease (inflamed bowel, causing diarrohea, tummy trouble etc) and since going raw it has made it worse - particularly because of all the fibre in everything we eat.
Is there anything that can be done to help this or particular foods she should or should not eat? Are there foods which are more prone to give her the runs or ones to stop her dashing to the loo so much?! I've told her she is probably just experiencing the 'detox period' and to hang in there because her body is just flushing out all the toxins, disease and damage done in the past and from her illness. I really want to to hang in there because I know that she will be so much better off once she comes through the other end and will then feel on top of the world like I'm feeling!

Any help or advise would be much appreciated! Also any thoughts on other families who are all raw foodies and how they organise meals when one person may not be hungry or not like a certain food while others may be craving something else or want to eat at a different time and so on. We're coping for now, but as our bodies become more intune we'll all be on different paths!