protein: Part 2

[Guest guest]

Part 2<br><br>I also gave you stories of people

who I new or a friend of a friend as testimonials to

what I was talking about. According to what Mathew

Grace told me, the author of " A Way Out, " he only eats

fruit. He does eat tomatoes and cucumbers and avocados.

Yet these are technically fruits. He is a personal

trainer and he has loads of muscles. Dr. Graham has been

eating his current raw diet of 80% carbs, 10% protein

and 10% fat for the last 8 years or so. He is a very

strong and muscular man. We did some strength

competitions when he came to lecture to my local group and I

can tell you he was very strong. He and I competed

and he won. He also beat this other raw foodist Doug

Dickerson who is also a personal trainer. <br><br>As far as

my general information. I've read over 60 books on

nutrition, attended at least 30 lectures on nutrition and

read numerous articles and websites on nutrition. Plus

I have tried many different diets out, raw and non

raw. I've also tried the Zone and Atkins diets. So it

is sometimes hard for me to remember the exact

sources of all my information. <br><br>But I can tell you

I've met most of the world's most prominent raw

foodists and they were the picture of health and I don't

think most of them were worried about their protein

consumption. In " Fit for Life, " and " Fit for Life 2, " they

actually mention how dangerous excess protein is. It has

been linked to many diseases via numerous scientific

studies that are in the main stream medical journals.

Diseases that can be caused by excess protein consumption

are Heart Disease, Cancer, and Osteoporosis to name a

few. In " Fit for Life 2, " the authors mention that

people have been studied to live quite well on less than

30 grams of protein per day. <br><br>I present this

info because I don't want people to become misinformed

and worried about getting enough protein. Unless you

eat only candy all day, you'll probably get enough

protein in your diet. I'm not trying to be argumentative.

I just want people to have a chance at success with

the raw diet. If you have too much misinformation

you'll probably end up not doing the diet and that would

be a shame. That is exactly what happened to me.

Only the persistent will be able to go raw because you

have to wade through tons of misinformation out there.

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[Guest guest]

PS: I just found a great source of more info the

on the protein pool idea. It's from page 312 of

" Conscious Eating, " by Dr. Gabriel Cousens. He also mentions

that " The Journal of Clinical Nutrition, " states that

we need approximately 2.5% of our calories to be

protein. This is approximately 18 grams of protein per

day. The chapter " Vegetarianism, A Step Toward Health

and Harmony, " is where this and loads of other info

on the protein myth is discussed. <br><br>I also

remember now Dr. Graham discussing the idea that we don't

need complete protein at every meal.<br><br>Roger

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[Guest guest]

I hope no one thinks I am advocating excess

protein. I am one example of someone who gets fatigued

from alot of meat. The best I have ever felt was when

I was about 85 to 90% raw last summer. I personally

get very chilled during these winter months when I

don't eat any meats. I don't believe we need to eat

meat to be strong and have muscles. I believe I am

being misunderstood here, but I guess we (including me)

get defensive sometimes. Last summer, when I was

almost raw, I got criticized by some people because we

can't digest raw. Then when someone else said it is

better to eat raw as much as possible, then they so " Oh,

I guess that person must be right. " In these posts

and what I am studying now are amino acids, not

protein. If someone is healthy on 100% raw, that is the

way to go for them. I am just looking at my family's

health history (and I am sure there are many others) of

heart disease and cancer and do we need to look at

amino acids? I am also a firm believer in positive

affirmations. If we say we will be healthy with the raw diet, I

believe we will. I am not here to try to change anyone's

mind about their diet. We need to decide what is best

for ourselves, knowing that we are and will be

healthy, and be happy.<br><br>Blessings,<br>Marlene

[Guest guest]

Hi Marlene,<br><br>Don't get me wrong. I am not

criticizing what you said at all. I am simply putting forth

different information. I'm hoping more people will not be

deceived by the myriad of misinformation out there. Maybe

I am supplying misinformation as well. <br><br>In

the end you have to be your own judge. I am just

trying to bring you all my experiences and the benefit

of all the raw foodists I have met. <br><br>You may

want to read David Wolfe's book the Sunfood Diet

Success System. In there he proposes his theory of why he

does not believe in the theory of evolution. I think

this counters much of the argument, that we have

adapted to cooked food. You can just see by the poor

health out there that cooked food does not work.

<br><br>I personally believe that at least 98% of people

could eat a 100% raw diet if not 100% of people. I

struggled for 5 years thinking that maybe my body would

never be able to eat 100% raw. I was misled. My problem

was simply not doing it right. I was like you. I

doubted in my personal ability. I thought I had

deficiencies in my body that would not allow me to do it. My

only deficiency was a load of misinformation.

<br><br>Your problem with getting cold is a common one for

people first trying raw. My first serious attempt I was

freezing. That was caused by eating lots of oranges in the

winter. Oranges are a cooling fruit. Great to cool you

down in the summmer but terrible for winter. Or maybe

you weren't eating enough calories. <br><br>That is

the major problem. People don't eat enough fruits to

fuel themselves. When you fast your body takes it's

available energy towards the vital internal organs.

Therefore you feel cold because your toes and feet are

ignored by your body. If you don't eat enough calories

it's like a slow fast. I am doing just fine this

winter. Same as any other winter as far as feeling hot or

cold. <br><br>Apparently after a couple of years on raw

you may become even more resistant to the cold

weather. This has been noted by several long term raw

foodists. <br><br>We don't need to eat meat to stay warm.

We don't need to eat hot foods to stay warm. These

are all misinformation. At first going raw the body

goes through a dramatic transformation and

detoxification. This can produce all sorts of symptoms at first.

Eventually these will all go away. <br><br>If you want your

family to be healthy they should start going raw. But

you have to be the first example. Dr. Fred Bisci has

healed virtually every disease via his raw food system.

Even the US Government recommends at least 5 servings

of fruits and vegetables per day. Why not increase

that number. Why not use common sense and realize that

no other animal on the planet eats cooked food.

<br><br>We've all been duped by culture and our families to eat

cooked foods. If anyone wants to destroy their food

before they eat it, that is their business. But why eat

food that has less of everything we need? It's been

well documented how the vitamins, minerals, enzymes

and protein get destroyed by cooking. So how could

that be good for us?<br><br>Roger Haeske