RAW Food Too Fatty!
By Carolin
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A few days a go I found an interesting article about how raw food diets are unhealthy?
This time it was not about B-12 and folate which are the usual complaints I see about raw food diet.
What made this article even better is that it was written by a raw foodist, Frederic Patenaude.
Fred arguments that most raw food diets are, believe it or not, too fatty!
And that raw food diets do NOT contain enough fruits and vegetables.
If RAW Foodists don’t eat enough Veggies, Who Does?
I found this very interesting and so did many others as the article has over 150 comments.
Turns out that the average raw-foodist gets 60% of his calories from fat, which is 20% higher than the Standard American Diet. It might be healthy fat, but it is still fat.
These guys are eating way too many nuts, oils and avocados.
I heard a raw food chef say that we shouldn’t eat more than a handful of nuts each day. Maybe that is a good guideline as we take part of, what I believe is, one of the healthiest diets on earth.
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Great post! I really enjoyed Frederic’s article. People need good information that will help them maintain living a raw food lifestyle.
I wouldnt even want to have a raw food lifestyle you would have to be mad..
Errh raw food, i couldnt think of anything worse..
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What dish is that photo of you have used? It looks delicious if a bit meager for my tastes
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It’s an entree from a raw food restaurant in California.
You might get surprised about how filling raw food can be
My personal story is different. I have had type 2 diabetes since 1980s. This year my doctor doubled my medication and said if this didn’t work I would have to go onto insulin. Since I am a truck driver, that is not an option. I looked into raw food and decided to give it a try. The surprise is I LOVE THE FOOD! I am still learning and adapting, but my blood sugar came down from 332 in January without meds to 114 this week without meds for 3 days! I eat a huge salad every day and usually a green juice, but they almost always have fruit and fats. This myth about fats being bad is just that! I eat at least one avocado a day and my middle is disappearing! We use a recipe program that shows us exactly what nutrients we are getting, including B12 from nutritional yeast and other B vitamins from bee pollen. My breakfast usually consists of a smoothie made of bananas, nut butter, molasses, nutritional yeast, bee pollen, ground raw cacao and filtered water. It tastes amazing and keeps me full for hours of unloading freight! My doctor is elated and my test results are: a 40 point drop in cholesterol, drop in A1C, perfect blood pressure, a 25 lb. weight loss, I no longer have any allergies or asthma, my bunyon fell off, I no longer take joint supplements, and it has only been since mid-february ‘09! I now want to exercise! My energy level is through the roof! I say if you want to have no energy, be dependent on prescription or other drugs, and generally feel lousy all the time… then raw foods is not for you. Otherwise, why would you not try it? Take the 3 day challenge! Eat all raw for 3 days, just 3 days! If you aren’t already feeling better and reducing your blood sugar medication because you are testing low (diabetics) then just go back to your non-nutritive, low fuel diet! Maybe you reject natural enzymes or something. And to say, the food is not good, oh please… There are a million recipes online to try. The key is to get variety, eat lots of dark leafy greens, and find a way to see that it is balanced. Have fun and eat well for yourself and the world in general!
Eat organic
Eat local
Eat it RAW!
Thanks for sharing your story Vicky.