+Re: Regarding high protein diets

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Hi Andie

Thanks for the reply I really appreciate the input I have had some skepticism

about raw food diet movement but it does make some sense from an evolutionary

perspective.

I am surprised on why the scientific community is not looking into the

credibility of the raw food diet. I am apt to think from reviewing CR meal plans

that some of the benefits of CR can be attributed to increasing the amount of

raw food products and vice versa as well as raw foodists might be naturally

doing CR.

PS How do you make the spinach & flax tortillas it sounds intriguing.

-Thanks HM

>

> Hello -

>

> I've done both the raw food and CRON diet and found the raw food diet very

> healthy for me.

>

> NOTE: " Raw food diet " is a misnomer. Even the most heated raw foodie (Dr.

> Cousins) advocates not more than 80% of the diet to be raw. One can be

> considered a raw foodie is anywhere from 50% to 80% of their diet is raw. If

> salads are a big part of your daily intake, as they are for a lot of people

> on this list, you maybe " raw " already.

>

> The upshot is, you can be raw and have cooked tomatoes (to get lycopene)

> too!

>

> Some of the recipes are ingeniously high in nutrients, for example, the

> spinach tortillas made from raw spinach and flax meal. The diet is high in

> fiber, good fats from nuts and seeds and generally low glycemic unless you

> go for raw honey deserts and such. My triglycerides went from high to under

> 100.

>

> The downside is the learning curve for prepping the food, buying the

> dehydrator and juicer, and it can be high fat (because of the nuts and

> seeds) though that would be up to you.

>

> YMMV but speaking as one lab rat, I never feel better than when eating raw.

> I don't keep it up because I have a family to cook for who want their

> standard American diet. It's just too damn hard to cook and " not cook " every

> meal.

>

> There are a number of recipe books. My fav is from Cafe Gratitude.

>

> Best of luck,

>

> Andie

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