MONO RAW

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Permalink Reply by francois on October 27, 2009 at 2:13pm

Yep, I stick to the following basic non-mixing:
As far as fruits go, sub-acid fruits (or neutral fruits) are eaten with either acid fruits or sweet fruits. Acid fruits aren't eaten with sweet fruits. Melons are usually eaten on their own.

I don't mix protein and starch at any single meal. Nuts I generally eat on their own.

That's about it really. I'm mainly doing it due to different foods requiring different digestive enzymes to break them down - especially starches and proteins. The way I see it - if I eat a protein / starch I'd rather it were digested & assimilated effectively, with as little burden to my digestive system as possible.

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Permalink Reply by L∃N∀ on October 27, 2009 at 4:05pm

Thank you for the respond Francois, you described the exact reason I do it this way, but only with fruits. I also separate different types of them, because of uniqueness of enzymes and their interplay with co-enzymes and vitamins.
What do you consider raw protein and starch foods? I only know what they mean by it in proper food combining method.

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Permalink Reply by telefunken on October 27, 2009 at 2:20pm

I tend to eat mono in the summer when the garden is providing large amounts of certain veggies at certain times. Then, I have no choice but to consume big piles of whatever is ready on a given day. Yeah, definitely more doable and natural in the summer for me.

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Permalink Reply by L∃N∀ on October 27, 2009 at 4:06pm

Thank you, Telefunken, how lovely it mast be to have your own garden!

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Permalink Reply by Mica on October 27, 2009 at 2:57pm

I get on best when I don't mix foods too much, I eat a lot of fruit and when I mono it it's all great but as soon as I mix it up too much or eat it too close to other things, like it hasn't digested properly before I eat more I get digestion issues.

The simpler the better for me basically :)

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Permalink Reply by L∃N∀ on October 27, 2009 at 4:08pm

I feel exactly the same, and simplicity is precious to me too, Mica, thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Rawgreengoddess on October 27, 2009 at 5:11pm

my friend Freelee does,go to the 80 10 10 section :) i use to when i ate 811 x

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Permalink Reply by Loren Lockman on October 27, 2009 at 5:51pm

90% of my meals are mono fruit meals, and there are occasional simple salads. Nuts or seeds no more than 1/month when I make a special meal for others...

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Permalink Reply by L∃N∀ on October 27, 2009 at 6:38pm

That's great Loren!
Are you doing mono-days? Last week I had tree days with one kind of fruit a day:
Friday: papaya only,
Saturday: grapes only,
Sunday: apples only.

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Permalink Reply by Loren Lockman on October 27, 2009 at 11:39pm

Hi! I don't do mono-days on purpose, though I suppose it may happen every once in a while. I eat usually only eat twice/day, and usually am eating two different fruits each day; frankly, I've got so many delicious things here, I could happily eat 5 times/day -- though I probably wouldn't feel very good...

Why do you do mono days?

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Permalink Reply by L∃N∀ on October 28, 2009 at 8:56am

My aim is to eat one time a day Loren, but I am not there yet :) Mono days help me learn to concentrate on one thing, it is easier that I thought. I experimented with 1 time a day with 2-3 types of fruit, but even if I gave myself the whole 2 hours for the meal, I didn't feel quite perfect - maybe it was still too soon to eat them one after another.
Your stable experience with only two fruits a day is inspiring to me! Do you variate the days all the time? Some times I stay on the same set (of 3, seldom 2) for many days and feel satisfied.

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Permalink Reply by L∃N∀ on October 27, 2009 at 6:27pm

Thanks RawGreenGoddess! Is she the girl from 30 Bananas a day? Just today I joined them :)
Why did you change?

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