high fruit diet with more than 10 percent fat...experiences?
hi i am currently transitioning! i feel that high fruit is the way to go for me and possibly 811 but i do not feel ready to limit my fat that much. i also dont want to eat a mainly fat diet. i have heard its bad to have a high fat and high fruit diet...what exactly does that mean? where it is 50/50? what about if i did 30 percent cals AT MOST from fat would i start to have the health issues associated (blood sugar, candida) when ur diet has lots of both? i know i wont have the same amount of energy as 811 but i would rather transition well then end up binging later (which has happened when i say i am gonna cut out overt fat...). have u guys had negative experiences or positive experiences? tell me if have tried something similar to this out....30 percent fat (on a bad day...it is going down slowly tho) at most, and 70-80 percent fruits and greens (dont know the exact percentage of each at this point but i get lost of them). please tell me if have tried it or are trying it. i want to transition well but i ofcourse dont wanna get more health issues!
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Permalink Reply by Debbie Took on
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I follow a high fruit raw diet and have more than 10% fat. I'm not sure how much - 15-20% maybe? Wouldn't have a clue, as I don't worry about percentages, I've only put my day's intake through nutrient programs two or three times in the past years, and my food varies a lot day to day.
Although, I'm pretty sure it would be lower than the average raw fooder, or at least the average 'gourmet raw' fooder, as I rarely make recipes using nuts - just have a small handful occasionally. Also, I eat so much fruit that there's not much room to be 'high fat' even if I wanted to!
I have no blood sugar issues, no candiadisis etc. And I have lots of energy. I don't run marathons, but I garden, dance etc.
Just eat lots of fruit in the daytime, and maybe some greens/veg. Keep your heavier food (nuts, seeds, avo etc) to later in the day.
It doesn't have to get any more complicated than that.
Elle, you might find the 'What is the Raw Food Diet?' page on my site www.rawforlife.co.uk useful.
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Permalink Reply by vladimir on -
elle, if you get enough cals from your fav sweet fruits, youll never want cooked food again. no cravings, no will power, just supplying the bodies need for glucose by the consumption of ENOUGH calories of sweet fruits..
if we choose to eat more fat, less sugar gets into the cells and hence more cravings for cooked.
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Permalink Reply by Sistina on -
How do you know how much 10% fat is? Is that like half of a medium-sized avocado?
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Permalink Reply by Lizz on -
You can use a free nutrition program such as nutridiary or chronometer to monitor your fat/ protein, andcarb cals. as well as some nutrients.
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Permalink Reply by Lizz on
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I waver between 5-30% fat depending on the day, level of activity, emotional needs etc. It is perfectly fine to transition by eating more fat in the begining. It is best not to mix your fat and sweet meals. I try to eat enough fruit to meet most of my calorie needs for breakfast and lunch, and then having a fat and greens combo for dinner. It is okay to have higher fat sometimes, just dont do it all the time.
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Permalink Reply by Angus on -
and if you want eat fats with fruits. it's been scientifically proven fallacy that you have nothing to worry about combining foods.
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Although I'm not religious about 'food combining' myself, could you give us the source for your statement that it's been 'scientifically proven' that it doesn't matter what foods are eaten together, Angus?
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on -
It's not an unbiased link, and I haven't read it properly yet, but I found this ..
http://milkforthemorningcake.blogspot.com/2009/05/myth-of-food-comb...
Also, a google search for food combining myth gives lots of results!
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=food+combining+myth&...
(Again not verified/researched/or even read!)
x
I chip in cos I'm not keen on lots of 'rules' as everyone is different, and what works for some, won't work for others. The only rules I relate to are no junk food / no processed food and lots of organic, locally grown food which suits the indivdual!
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Thanks, Sharon.
The first blogger is talking more about the idea that we need to have several foods on our plate to get the right combination of proteins, and Natural Hygienists would agree that this is certainly a myth.
The second blogger makes some fair points about food combining rules as advocated by Natural Hygienists - thanks for that. Although I'd question the 'we've always done it, various cultures have done it, so it must be right...' message.
The only combination I would always dissuade anyone against is having fruit with or shortly after heavier-to-digest food such as nuts. Also, cruciferous vegetables with fruit gives me terrific wind :-)
But I have to say that the myriad rules followed by some Natural Hygienists are a bit much for me, and too difficult to remember them all!
I know from my own experience that mono-eating of fruit is the best way. But, on the other hand, I had a huge raw salad (oh it was so good...Vita Organic, Wardour St) of all sorts of ingredients yesterday, which would almost certainly have included non-compatible ingredients, and...digestion has felt fine since!
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Permalink Reply by Josh Fossgreen on -
I second Debbie's request for a citation, brother. Food combining is a pretty obvious for me, since everything I've read has correlated 100% with my own digestive experience.
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Permalink Reply by vladimir on
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food combining is not a concept traditional nutritionists want to entertain.
anyone can eat a meal of water melon after a meal of flaxcrackers and nut pate to prove to themselves that mixing foods together creates more digestive stress.
no animal in nature makes a sandwich. they eat one food at a time, when hungry till full. unless they run out of calories or are chased away from their meal.
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