Hi everyone. I have a question and am in need of some advice. I have been raw for 4 months, high raw for 2. In the past week I have been trying to follow the guidelines of Dr. Graham’s 80/10/10 low fat approach to eating raw. I feel much lighter and it makes sense to me logically, but for the past 4 nights I have been getting awful headaches every night. Evening is generally a time when I intake less food. Could it be I am not getting in enough calories? Could it be detox? Has anyone else experienced something similar? My boyfriend is pressuring me to take painkillers. I want to stick it out, but is sure does hurt.
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Zoe, thanks for your thoughts. It´s funy you should mention it because a lot of the reason why I have been trying to stay on a low fat raw diet comes from what you and Chris had to say about eating things that are not truly raw even though they are marked as such. I live in Chile where there are no health food stores. I cannot get things like nut butters or raw oils. Even the nuts that I find here let off dyes and colors when I soak them. What I can find here however, are good fresh fuits and vegetables. In order for me to eat raw here, I have to stick with mostly fruits and vegetables, and mostly low fat. I don´t see another way to do it aside from piling on the avocado. Something I am a bit confused about is what you mentioned about allowing myself to detox. I have been under the impression that eating heavy foods such as seed pates or avocados slows down the detox process. I would like to encourage the detox process as I am in a place in my life now where my responsibilites are low. I have the time and space to take care of myself through any detox symptoms I might experience. I would like to get this out of the way sooner rather than later. Is this an unrealistic expectation? I know that I will probably experience detox sympotms on and off for years, but how long would you say that I should expect my initial detox period to last? 6 months? A year? When would it be ok for me to move to a more low fat diet? Again, thanks for sharing your advice and opnion on this.