SocaL

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• I meant the people who posted the most in the forums and not the most recent posts, sorry if I was not clear.

  in Top Posters Comment by SocaL
• Sure, olive oil and all other oils do not exist in nature, in fact nearly all oils sold are heated or processed and are not even raw. Oil is surely not meant to be consumed. Nuts take a lot of work to get to and many like cashews are covered with po…

  in I finally got the test results back from the doc Comment by SocaL
• What is a heart healthy fat? How can any diet with 70% fat be healthy nomatter what kind of fat it is? (I don’t mean your diet but some people eat that much or more fat) You seem to have been taught the misinformation that many people were taught. I…

  in I finally got the test results back from the doc Comment by SocaL
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  in I finally got the test results back from the doc Comment by SocaL
• If you eat the typical raw food diet like many others reading this board do, you probably eat (way) too much fat. If you go to one of the nutritional sites like nutridiary.com or fitday.com and input an average day’s foods then see your total fat pe…

  in I finally got the test results back from the doc Comment by SocaL
• I found a resource to do the nutrition facts for recipes. http://mastercook.cdkitchen.com/ In case anyone is interested.

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• For answers to your questions on a high fruit and greens diet you can check out Doug Graham’s forum: vegsource.com/talk/raw or write him a question. I have no problems at all with my teeth, in fact I rarely need to even brush them and I never use to…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• We developed a two-part formula to determine how “good” a food was as a source of nutrients. The first (and most important) part of this formula looked at the nutrient density of each food. Nutrient density is a key idea in nutritional science. It c…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• I like the link you posted, germin8. Too bad they have this big turkey on the front page…I have never heard of the idea that germinating a seed or nut reverses the protein and fats percentages. I will look into that to see what chemical activity is …

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• I do not mean to denegrade anything or anyone. It all depends on your goals, if it is to get to a more natural and healthy state then transitioning from a cooked diet to a raw diet is a positive move, even if you consume too much fats. Just be aware…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• Sugar is stored as glycogen in the liver and the muscles for use when the body needs glucose as fuel. When someone eats a low fat diet the majority of glucose is used as it is consumed or stored as glycogen. If it was stored as fat I would weigh muc…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• Our body and every single cell in it derives it’s fuel from sugar. Every single cell needs sugar almost constantly to survive. This sugar can come from many sources, fats that are stored in the body or circulating in the blood can be turned into sug…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• Dates are great. They have nearly no fat and they have tons of calories. Taste great too. I eat about 2-3 pounds of fresh dates a week. Sometimes I eat 1 pound as a snack. For some people eating a lot of fat actually causes them to lose weight. You …

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• Here is a quote from the Cancer Project web site: The average diet in the United States is about 37 percent fat. The National Cancer Institute suggests that people lower that percentage down to 30 percent; however, studies have shown that fat intake…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• That was my diet then, these days I only eat bananas once a week. Usually I eat a few pounds of grapes or a bag of persimmons for lunch these days because they are in season, cheap and abundant. Actually if you add the amounts you need to spend on t…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• As I am eating my 11th banana for lunch :) I feel better than I ever felt on the usual high fat raw diet. I tried that for about 5 years. It was not giving me the health I wanted. I heard them all say that it doesn’t matter how much raw fat you eat …

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• Bluedolfin, I assume you are not aware of the work of Doug Graham? His book and diet is called the 80/10/10 diet, which forms the basis of the diet that I follow. It agrees with natural hygiene and is the best scientifically proven diet for the huma…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• Everyone is free to do as they please. I just wanted to point out the big flaw in the traditional raw food diet that many people think is so healthy. As natural inhabitants on this planet we were given fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds to con…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• Mon46, yes, raw fats in moderation do have certain advantages over cooked fats but when the percentage of fats nomatter the type (raw or cooked) gets over a certain level in the body it makes it difficult to metabolize sugars and we get many health …

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by SocaL
• Honey is not a very nutritious food anyways (it is for bees but not humans). There is no need to consume it since we do have all of the other sweeteners available.

  in What's Wrong With Honey? Comment by SocaL
• After the fast you should eat easily digested food like fruits and soft vegetables. I personally don’t agree with using probiotics ever. If you eat the right food your digestive system will naturally attract the right kinds of bacteria and discourag…

  in Fasting. UGH! Comment by SocaL
• When you are not eating anything (water fast) your body will use the energy it used to use to process food for other housekeeping (like healing), now if you are doing anything besides lying in bed then your body will need to use that energy to perfo…

  in Fasting. UGH! Comment by SocaL
• If you want to get anything out of fasting then you will need to stay in bed at home. If you are at work or school then I suggest that you do a juice fast instead.

  in Fasting. UGH! Comment by SocaL
• Water fasting is the best way to get over a cold. I assume that you are not doing anything besides reading a book in bed while you are fasting? As soon as you introduce any food or liquid besides water to your body it will cease the wonderful things…

  in Fasting. UGH! Comment by SocaL
• I wouldn’t trust anything in a freezer or in a can, jar, bottle etc. of being purely raw. Even mangoes are not raw here in California. The only real way to know if something is raw is to grow it yourself…and acai is probably difficult to grow yourse…

  in Coconut "juice" Comment by SocaL
• I am about the same height but weigh about 135-140. When I first started to eat a la 80/10/10, I found that I was losing weight pretty drastically. Now I have been on this diet for about 1 year I find that my weight is stable. I do not need to go to…

  in I want my hubby to gain some weight! Comment by SocaL
• 123, interesting that all of the foods you say people with some disease need to avoid are all not eaten on the 811rv diet. It excludes all forms of gluten, legumes, saturated fat, and it actually cures many diabetics allowing them to eat all the swe…

  in Starch? Comment by SocaL
• 123, Yes you are correct, un-ripe fruits do contain starches but ripe ones contain only traces of starch. The 811 diet doesn’t include any fruit that is not at it’s peak ripeness. Dr. McDougall is well respected in reversing heart disease and the li…

  in Starch? Comment by SocaL
• That is simply not true, we do not need any starch in the body. Why would he say that? In fact starches cause many of the modern diseases known to man. Try not eating starches for as long as you want and you will not feel worse but feel much better.…

  in Starch? Comment by SocaL
• I suggest that you start with eating your breakfast as only fruits and fruit smoothies. Then you can eat your usual lunches and dinners. Try to eat your favorite fruit for breakfast and eat a lot of it until you are completely satisfied. As you adju…

  in How to attain Balanced Nutrition? Comment by SocaL