children not growing on raw diet

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Sometimes a person eating raw needs to make sure they're getting enough Omega

Fatty Acids. In the right ratio.

 

In a message dated 2/12/2005 12:02:11 AM Eastern Standard Time,

seconaphim writes:

 

 

This diet's not for everyone. It may be perfectly right for someone

to eat an animal product diet depending on their emotional, mental,

physical, spiritual place. I'm robust and healthy, 5'10 " about 150

or 155 lbs, eating raw plant food, produce, as it is, and raw nuts.

And I'm sure I will and I plan to stay that way for the rest of my

life. I may lose some more weight but I expect to always be healthy

and robust eating this way. I don't know the particulars of the

person you're describing, who knows what she was doing? What raw

means to someone is as individual as there are individuals. There's

mental and emotional factors involved and they can contribute to

physical health. I've heard of other people similar to the one you

described. People are funny and it's hard to say what's right for

someone.

 

RawFoodsBeginners , " helthi1 " <helthi1>

wrote:

>

>

> Rich,

> I have a friend who raised her 3 children on a raw

veggie

> diet and they weren't growing.They were far below charts and

> learning was a problem.She was so skinny herself she is 5'10 " and

> was a size 4 sometimes a two.Her hair was thinning and falling

> out.Her skin was dry and nails brittle.She believed it was detox

and

> continued the diet for 6 years until she felt so guilty about her

> children and their teeth .

> Have you heard of this happening to anyone else?

> They still eat raw but added eggs and raw milk and meat and

> now the whole family is healthier that before .

> I don't believe in the raw meat but I enjoy the dairy .

>

> Cari

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

This diet's not for everyone. It may be perfectly right for someone

to eat an animal product diet depending on their emotional, mental,

physical, spiritual place. I'm robust and healthy, 5'10 " about 150

or 155 lbs, eating raw plant food, produce, as it is, and raw nuts.

And I'm sure I will and I plan to stay that way for the rest of my

life. I may lose some more weight but I expect to always be healthy

and robust eating this way. I don't know the particulars of the

person you're describing, who knows what she was doing? What raw

means to someone is as individual as there are individuals. There's

mental and emotional factors involved and they can contribute to

physical health. I've heard of other people similar to the one you

described. People are funny and it's hard to say what's right for

someone.

 

RawFoodsBeginners , " helthi1 " <helthi1>

wrote:

>

>

> Rich,

> I have a friend who raised her 3 children on a raw

veggie

> diet and they weren't growing.They were far below charts and

> learning was a problem.She was so skinny herself she is 5'10 " and

> was a size 4 sometimes a two.Her hair was thinning and falling

> out.Her skin was dry and nails brittle.She believed it was detox

and

> continued the diet for 6 years until she felt so guilty about her

> children and their teeth .

> Have you heard of this happening to anyone else?

> They still eat raw but added eggs and raw milk and meat and

> now the whole family is healthier that before .

> I don't believe in the raw meat but I enjoy the dairy .

>

> Cari

[Guest guest]

At the risk of touching some tender nerves with this subject, I think it is

useful to read Patenaude's Nazariah's interview,

http://chetday.com/rawfooddietnazariah.htm, which is an insider's view of raw

foodists, after all. What I take away from it is not that we should all be

eating some dairy (spec. eggs), in addition to mostly raw food (tho he advocates

cooking some foods, which does not seem supported to me), but that we should

proceed cautiously before excluding things, and try to include things which

*might* be vital, as a sort of trial (try using Udo Erasmus' oil for a while,

then try soaked flax dips, then purslane instead, keep a diary, get a blood

test, etc.). Where Nazariah thinks that we're far from understanding how to keep

the average human healthy on a raw diet, extrapolating from the whole ALA vs.

EPA fatty acid debate, the scientific literature on macronutrients seems like

it's solidifying. Trace minerals is a whole other issue, but I highly doubt that

meat or dairy

eaters are faring any better than raw foodists there. Oh, here is a rebuttal to

Nazariah's interview, in the interest of equal coverage *ducks* JP

http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/hotline/Sept04_hotline

vegwriter wrote:

Sometimes a person eating raw needs to make sure they're getting enough Omega

Fatty Acids. In the right ratio.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing all sides of this--very helpful!

 

Jos Bagdonas <jbagdonas wrote:

At the risk of touching some tender nerves with this subject, I think it is

useful to read Patenaude's Nazariah's interview,

http://chetday.com/rawfooddietnazariah.htm, which is an insider's view of raw

foodists, after all. What I take away from it is not that we should all be

eating some dairy (spec. eggs), in addition to mostly raw food (tho he advocates

cooking some foods, which does not seem supported to me), but that we should

proceed cautiously before excluding things, and try to include things which

*might* be vital, as a sort of trial (try using Udo Erasmus' oil for a while,

then try soaked flax dips, then purslane instead, keep a diary, get a blood

test, etc.). Where Nazariah thinks that we're far from understanding how to keep

the average human healthy on a raw diet, extrapolating from the whole ALA vs.

EPA fatty acid debate, the scientific literature on macronutrients seems like

it's solidifying. Trace minerals is a whole other issue, but I highly doubt that

meat or dairy

eaters are faring any better than raw foodists there. Oh, here is a rebuttal to

Nazariah's interview, in the interest of equal coverage *ducks* JP

http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/hotline/Sept04_hotline

vegwriter wrote:

Sometimes a person eating raw needs to make sure they're getting enough Omega

Fatty Acids. In the right ratio.