Enough B vitamins? (WAS: Food Combining Through the Day: A Few Tips)

[Guest guest]

-Hi Elchanan,

I was wondering about vitamin B and if we are getting a sufficient

amount if we are following the 80/ 10/ 10 diet. When I was on the

macrobiotics diet, I sometimes took vitamin B complex capsules, even

though I ate fish once a month or so. Can you comment on that? I

don't take any supplements at all now that I'm on the low fat raw

fruit and vegetable diet.

Thanks so much!!

Lynne

 

 

 

-- In rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

>

> Hi Caron,

>

> A genuine protein deficiency is virtually unheard of, other than

where

> people are starving to death. When we consume raw, plant-based

proteins, we

> need consume very little ... in fact, more than a little poisons

us. The big

> issue for SAD eaters is that most of the protein they consume is

nonviable

> ... incapable of supporting life ... because of heat-caused damage.

>

> Protein deficiency is such a nonissue that, among all the tens of

thousands

> of diagnoses available to doctors, protein deficiency unrelated to

> starvation isn't even listed. And for those one or two in the group

who may

> wish to jump on that statement, yes, I am aware of Kwashiorkor (a

diagnosis

> created in Africa in 1932, originally thought to be protein

deficiency but

> later found to be a facet of systemic starvation) and related

diagnoses.

> They are irrelevant for anyone here.

>

> Best,

> Elchanan

> _____

>

> -

> Elchanan

> >Caron, one additional thought. At his size and age, about 1/8 to

1/4

> avocado, maybe once or twice a week, is enough, and more than that

takes him

> into what I would consider a high-fat diet. Must consider in the

context of

> total calories, and at his size, total calories consumed is not a

large #.

>

> I did wonder about this - he's eating at least a dozen small

bananas a day,

> 1-6 apples, sometimes the juice of an orange, and no idea how much

> breastmilk. A check of nutridiary, based on 12 extra-small

bananas, 1 small

> apple, and juice of one orange, ignoring the breastmilk, says he's

at 83%

> carbs, 13% fat, 4% protein; total calories 1125. (It seems our

avocados

> aren't as big as california avocados) Is that protein intake too

low? I

> know he's getting enough from breastmilk at the moment, but when he

> eventually stops, I need to know how to make sure he gets enough of

> everything.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Caron

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sounds like you are doing great. B refers to a collection of vitamins and

substances once labeled as vitamins but later reclassified. As long as you

include a generous portion of organic-or-better greens in your program, you

should be fine.

 

Best,

Elchanan

______

 

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

fountayn2003

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:12 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Re: " Enough B vitamins? (WAS: Food Combining Through the

Day: A Few Tips)

 

 

-Hi Elchanan,

I was wondering about vitamin B and if we are getting a sufficient

amount if we are following the 80/ 10/ 10 diet. When I was on the

macrobiotics diet, I sometimes took vitamin B complex capsules, even

though I ate fish once a month or so. Can you comment on that? I

don't take any supplements at all now that I'm on the low fat raw

fruit and vegetable diet.

Thanks so much!!

Lynne

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks Elchanan!

>

> Sounds like you are doing great. B refers to a collection of vitamins and

> substances once labeled as vitamins but later reclassified. As long as you

> include a generous portion of organic-or-better greens in your

> program, you

> should be fine.

>

> Best,

> Elchanan

> ______

>

> _____

>

> rawfood <rawfood%40>

> [rawfood <rawfood%40>] On

> Behalf Of

> fountayn2003

> Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:12 AM

> rawfood <rawfood%40>

> [Raw Food] Re: " Enough B vitamins? (WAS: Food Combining

> Through the

> Day: A Few Tips)

>

> -Hi Elchanan,

> I was wondering about vitamin B and if we are getting a sufficient

> amount if we are following the 80/ 10/ 10 diet. When I was on the

> macrobiotics diet, I sometimes took vitamin B complex capsules, even

> though I ate fish once a month or so. Can you comment on that? I

> don't take any supplements at all now that I'm on the low fat raw

> fruit and vegetable diet.

> Thanks so much!!

> Lynne

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Elchanan,

Would you be able to elaborate on what a generous portion of

organic-or-better greens would be? I " m not at all sure that I'm getting

enough greens, since I only eat one salad a day at dinner, and usually

there is only about 1/2 head of romaine or red leaf lettuce in it.

Should I be eating more spinach leaves?

Plus, I have another question. I usually include red or yellow

peppers, some scallions, cucumbers, and sometimes tomatoes in the salads

that I make daily. Would that be too many ingredients. I did notice

that none of the recipes in Doug Graham's book includes scallions!

Thanks,

Lynne

>

> Sounds like you are doing great. B refers to a collection of vitamins and

> substances once labeled as vitamins but later reclassified. As long as you

> include a generous portion of organic-or-better greens in your

> program, you

> should be fine.

>

> Best,

> Elchanan

> ______

>

> _____

>

> rawfood <rawfood%40>

> [rawfood <rawfood%40>] On

> Behalf Of

> fountayn2003

> Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:12 AM

> rawfood <rawfood%40>

> [Raw Food] Re: " Enough B vitamins? (WAS: Food Combining

> Through the

> Day: A Few Tips)

>

> -Hi Elchanan,

> I was wondering about vitamin B and if we are getting a sufficient

> amount if we are following the 80/ 10/ 10 diet. When I was on the

> macrobiotics diet, I sometimes took vitamin B complex capsules, even

> though I ate fish once a month or so. Can you comment on that? I

> don't take any supplements at all now that I'm on the low fat raw

> fruit and vegetable diet.

> Thanks so much!!

> Lynne

>

>