Nut-free Fruit Fanatics!

Comment by Freelee on September 1, 2008 at 4:50am

Raw in shell maca's I don't find addictive at all I'd even go as far to say I don't like them that much. I prefer not to eat them & suffer that fat foggy feeling afterwards, the fact I can't make a satisfying mono meal out of them either isn't appealing :-(

Comment by Lynn on September 10, 2008 at 10:29pm

Still trying to get completely nut free. I know I feel better when I am. My husband went raw recently and really got into nuts and I went right along with him. We were making huge nut pates and eating maybe a cup or two a day!!!!!! We both realized how bad that was and now for 2 weeks have been nut free. What a difference. I love the idea of getting support from this group. Thanks for starting it Freelea.

Comment by johnny on September 21, 2008 at 12:14am

I have been raw for six years and experimented alot with it. At first i ate alot of nuts then cut down on them every year, more and more. I noticed that when making nut butters i got full from alot less of them. So I only ate them in that form. Then I only ate them at particular times throughout the year and not on a daily basis, mostly when avocados were not available. I don't miss them at all, i could only eat them with dates or bananas anyway, or maybe sprinkled on salads. But I don't think i'll have them again for years, maybe for good. I feel better without them and im satisfied with avocados and maybe young coconuts (once in a blue moon) for fats. I never liked seeds either, dont find them particularly digestive or satisfying.

Comment by Freelee on October 1, 2008 at 5:43am

Hey Lynn, its great to have you here! Thanks for sharing your nutty experience :-) Yeah Its so easy to get out of control with nuts and they really affect nutrient absorbtion as well, leaving us feeling full but not satisfied. I haven't had any overt fats for almost a month and I feel great, Im not opposed to avos but I will only eat them if Im in the area they are grown...overt fat free for a month or 2 is awesome! Usually I eat more like 90-5-5 then 80-10-10, find I feel best eating this way.

Hey Johnny, wow raw for 6years?! That's fantastic :-) I too slowly eliminated them from my diet, the benefits just keep on coming, I can't forsee myself eating them again either.
Nut-free freelea is a happy camper!

Comment by Jennifer on October 3, 2008 at 10:17am

Hey guys! I have again returned to an 811 version of raw, and it is incredible how amazing I feel. About 1.5 years ago I was living in Sri Lanka for a period of three months and ate mostly fruit and very little fat and that was unreal. I felt so balanced on EVERY level: physical,emotiotnal, and spiritual. Even though I wasn't eating a lot of calories, I had more space in my body/life to actually FEEL. This experience has so much more value than having any nut-heavy meal, raw pizzas, raw junkfood, etc. To feel amazing all the time or to search endlessly through the kitchen for food that I think will give me that feeling is a no-brainer. The answers are so simple, and the gifts are endless.

Comment by BillionsUponUs on October 16, 2008 at 3:15am

Comment by Frank on October 26, 2008 at 7:50pm

ALL or none Fo' Sho'. Handful turns into several. Then ilk.

Comment by Gretta on November 1, 2008 at 12:18am

I am a spurt type when it comes to nuts. My desire to eat them comes in spurts. I only eat the ones I gather myself from the trees, but even those have an ill effect on my digestion when I consume too many. I must admit however, that if I limit myself to about three walnuts or hickory nuts, when the urge for that 'something more' creeps up, it does satisfy me. Plus, I also have to admit, I do love smashing that hard walnut shell!

Comment by sparrowrose on November 7, 2008 at 2:45am

Hi, all. I'm new to raw and even though I've heard that people tend to use nuts as "transition foods" I'm not going that route. I came to raw after 9 months on a low-fat (cooked) vegan diet to heal my type 2 diabetes. I felt like the diet was helping me a lot but it just wasn't taking me where I wanted to go so I finally decided to take the plunge to raw. I started with Dr. Cousen's book about diabetes, but it was too high fat for me (when my fat gets above 20g/day, my blood sugar starts creeping up and will stay up for as much as three days after eating too much fat) so I was starving and couldn't stick with it. Then I found Dr. Graham and 811 and as soon as I tried eating that way I could see it was the perfect diet for me. I'm off my metformin (diabetes pill) and looking forward to my next a1c (long-term blood sugar test) to see how I'm doing.

I became totally convinced before going raw that high fat foods do not agree with my metabolism at all, so I'm a no-nuts kinda girl. I've been eating a little avocado, but I'm working on cutting that out. Trying to find a low-fat raw salad dressing I can be happy with since I'm not ready for dressing-less salad yet.

Thanks for this group. Great thinking to start it!

Comment by Freelee on November 11, 2008 at 2:20am

Welcome everyone! Its great to see others who are 'no nuts about it' :-D
Sparrowrose I am really happy for you finding Dr D so early in your journey, mine was sortof similar but I spent about a year 'mucking' around with consuming rancid nuts and ofcourse paying the price.
Some dressings that are lovely.....

- Black russian tomatoes blended with org celery and a little basil
- Rich ripe orange blended with date
- Dill, tomato and red peppers
- Mango, cilantro and celery
- Just orange juice
- Beet, orange and coriander (maybe!)

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