Tips for Losing Weight for the Raw foodist

Hi there,

Does anyone have any experience or tips for the best ways to lose weight while maintaining a raw food diet? The abundant use of nuts and avocadoes in recipies makes me fear that one would gain weight on a raw food diet. Any thoughts would be appreciated :)

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  • Thank you much! I grealy appreciate it. And thank you for information on the search feature . . . I am still learning!

  • Is Dr. Doug Grahams 811 diet complex to integrate into daily life?

  • I think it's something that happens with time, the cleaner our bodies become the more we are attracted to simpler eating with less fat and spices. I do believe it is a gradual transition and that everyone should transition at their own pace. I have found that those that put too much pressure on themselves often revert back to their old eating habits. I recently wrote a book on this subject, called

  • Yes, when we soak the nuts and seeds it releases the enzyme inhibitor then allows the release of the enzyme, lipase, to break down the fat to help our body digest the fat in thenut and/or seed. The fat content in the nuts and seeds also decreases by up to 25% after soaking. You can see this fat floating on the top of the soak water. By the time we turn 50 years of age we only have about 30% of our lipase stores to break down fat, so those that eat lots of animal proteins often start having weight issues around that age.

  • I'm so sorry, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I'm trying to post this with the question about soaking nuts/seeds.?

    Yes, when we soak the nuts and seeds it releases the enzyme inhibitor then allows the release of the enzyme, lipase, to break down the fat to help our body digest the fat in thenut and/or seed. The fat content in the nuts and seeds also decreases by up to 25% after soaking. You can see this fat floating on the top of the soak water. By the time we turn 50 years of age we only have about 30% of our lipase stores to break down fat, so those that eat lots of animal proteins often start having weight issues around that age.

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