Advice? Gabriel Cousens Phase 1?

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There have been some raw foodists suggesting we take time off from

fruits. David Wolfe suggests, for eliminating candida, tojust eat

greens for two weeks. I decided to try just greens for a while. I can

tell you that doing without fruits was horrible for me. I was tired

and lacked energy. I felt so much better and had so much more energy

with fruits, that it was a confirmation to me that fruits are meant

to be a major component of the human diet. Eric made some good

points. We are meant to eat fruits. While there may be some benefit

to short periods off fruits, I actually have no attraction to such a

diet. I love my fruits too much. Regarding low fat diets, I did feel

quite well and had even more energy on a low fat diet (no

avocados/coconuts/nuts/seeds/oils, etc.)

 

Jeff

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RawSeattle , Jeff Rogers <jeff@s...> wrote:

> There have been some raw foodists suggesting we take time off from

> fruits. David Wolfe suggests, for eliminating candida, to just eat

> greens for two weeks.

> Jeff

 

Just to share the insight that I found with my body, In the past I

had candida (I was not all raw then), and I found that the only

problem I had with sweet fruit was when it got down into the

intestines where the candida was. I ate a lot of tomotoes during

that time, but did find that honeycomb and maple syrup did not bother

me as they were absorbed before reaching the intestines. Also, what

bothered me the most was the roughage from fruits, particularly apple

skins. So I found I could even drink a little juice, which would be

absorbed in the stomach. But if I drank a lot of juice, it was

passed further on in the digestive tract and caused associated health

problems.

 

Ron Koenig

Bellevue

[Guest guest]

Ron,

 

I find this interesting what you are saying here. It makes sense to me.

I have been doing Phase 1 for about 4 months now and it has helped me to

get rid of my candida and most of my acne. I think I want to start

adding some fruits in again. What are some other fruits you could

suggest as good 'starters'? I haven't had more than a piece of fruit

(and this only occurred a couple of times) for these 4 months, and I

don't want to undo all of the benefits that I have gained!

 

I do notice that I have slightly lower energy levels than I did when I

was eating mostly fruit back when I was first raw.

 

Thanks!

Shawna

 

 

 

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Ron Koenig [ron.koenig]

Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:19 PM

RawSeattle

[RawSeattle] Re: Advice? Gabriel Cousens Phase 1?

 

 

RawSeattle , Jeff Rogers <jeff@s...> wrote:

> There have been some raw foodists suggesting we take time off from

> fruits. David Wolfe suggests, for eliminating candida, to just eat

> greens for two weeks.

> Jeff

 

Just to share the insight that I found with my body, In the past I

had candida (I was not all raw then), and I found that the only

problem I had with sweet fruit was when it got down into the

intestines where the candida was. I ate a lot of tomotoes during

that time, but did find that honeycomb and maple syrup did not bother

me as they were absorbed before reaching the intestines. Also, what

bothered me the most was the roughage from fruits, particularly apple

skins. So I found I could even drink a little juice, which would be

absorbed in the stomach. But if I drank a lot of juice, it was

passed further on in the digestive tract and caused associated health

problems.

 

Ron Koenig

Bellevue

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

RawSeattle , " Shawna Lendzion "

<spiraldream@q...> wrote:

> Ron,

>

> I find this interesting what you are saying here. It makes sense

to me. I have been doing Phase 1 for about 4 months now and it has

helped me to get rid of my candida and most of my acne. I think I

want to start adding some fruits in again. What are some other

fruits you could suggest as good 'starters'? I haven't had more than

a piece of fruit (and this only occurred a couple of times) for these

4 months, and I don't want to undo all of the benefits that I have

gained!

>

> I do notice that I have slightly lower energy levels than I did

when I was eating mostly fruit back when I was first raw.

>

> Thanks!

> Shawna

>

>

Tomatoes are fine. Any fruit that isn't sweet can be eaten without a

candida reaction (eggplant, bell pepper, cucumber, zuchinni, etc.).

When I started eating raw sweet fruit again, I found that I had the

least reaction from eating berries (blueberries, strawberries,

raspberries, cherries). Any fruit that doesn't have a lot of

roughage worked well in moderation (kiwi fruit, figs, etc.). Apples

and oranges have too much roughage and I avoided them. I eased into

the fruit, I didn't eat very much sweet fruit at first and slowly

increased. I hope you have been working to introduce the healthy

intestinal bacteria back into the body, or else you will lose all the

benefits you have gotten and the candida will get out of hand again.

 

Ron