Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I agree Margaret. People are funny about their food. Ever notice how they always ask us where we get our protein, calcium, A, C, whatever. But have they ever asked MacDonalds how much protein or calcium or whatever is in their crapburgers? I'm sitting there (at school) drinking a green smoothie made from dandelion greens (from my yard) and mangos. She asks if it is balanced as far as nutrition. I replied, " don't know, don't care. If I feed my body this type of food it will take care of itself. " " But how do you KNOW you are getting all the right nutrients? " ...See above answer.... And the whole time she is eating her Lean Cuisine and drinking a diet something or other poison. Makes me crazy. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I am so loving these emails!!! - Margaret - you make me laugh out loud! I think we should give everyone we meet THE CHINA STUDY book. That book is the most amazing book on earth. WHO HAS NOT READ THIS BOOK????? Run and buy it - you may haven't something very potent to tell your friends plus you will learn things that will build your testimony of what you are eating. This book will make you SOSOSO happy. Hahahahah - people can be so stupid. Keep me laughing. Judy This is not funny. Where I work at the school - 2nd grade kids bring their caffeine drinks and set them on their tables. They drink them all day long. These parents should be tarred and feathered. On 5/24/06, SV <shavig wrote: > > I agree Margaret. People are funny about their food. Ever notice how > they > always ask us where we get our protein, calcium, A, C, whatever. But have > > they ever asked MacDonalds how much protein or calcium or whatever is in > their crapburgers? > > I'm sitting there (at school) drinking a green smoothie made from > dandelion > greens (from my yard) and mangos. She asks if it is balanced as far as > nutrition. I replied, " don't know, don't care. If I feed my body this > type > of food it will take care of itself. " " But how do you KNOW you are > getting > all the right nutrients? " ...See above answer.... And the whole time she > > is eating her Lean Cuisine and drinking a diet something or other poison. > > Makes me crazy. > > Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Margaret, I know what you mean, too. No matter how healthy I try to be, I feel like it is never going to be good enough! Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 My neighbor and I were talking one day and I said that I don't eat anything that has been cooked. He said, " Oh! That's not good! " I asked him why not. He didn't answer and had a blank look on his face. I said, " Do you think I'll get _too much_ nutrition? " I know I get a heckuva lot more than most people and that includes me a year ago. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " SV " <shavig wrote: > > I agree Margaret. People are funny about their food. Ever notice how they > always ask us where we get our protein, calcium, A, C, whatever. But have > they ever asked MacDonalds how much protein or calcium or whatever is in > their crapburgers? > > I'm sitting there (at school) drinking a green smoothie made from dandelion > greens (from my yard) and mangos. She asks if it is balanced as far as > nutrition. I replied, " don't know, don't care. If I feed my body this type > of food it will take care of itself. " " But how do you KNOW you are getting > all the right nutrients? " ...See above answer.... And the whole time she > is eating her Lean Cuisine and drinking a diet something or other poison. > > Makes me crazy. > > Shari > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Tommie, that is THE BEST! I feel like everyone says the same thing to me, so from now on I am totally going to steal that comeback! I LOVE IT! Terri rawfood , " Tommie " <jerushy wrote: > > My neighbor and I were talking one day and I said that I don't eat > anything that has been cooked. He said, " Oh! That's not good! " I > asked him why not. He didn't answer and had a blank look on his face. > I said, " Do you think I'll get _too much_ nutrition? " I know I get a > heckuva lot more than most people and that includes me a year ago. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > rawfood , " SV " <shavig@> wrote: > > > > I agree Margaret. People are funny about their food. Ever notice > how they > > always ask us where we get our protein, calcium, A, C, whatever. > But have > > they ever asked MacDonalds how much protein or calcium or whatever > is in > > their crapburgers? > > > > I'm sitting there (at school) drinking a green smoothie made from > dandelion > > greens (from my yard) and mangos. She asks if it is balanced as > far as > > nutrition. I replied, " don't know, don't care. If I feed my body > this type > > of food it will take care of itself. " " But how do you KNOW you are > getting > > all the right nutrients? " ...See above answer.... And the whole > time she > > is eating her Lean Cuisine and drinking a diet something or other > poison. > > > > Makes me crazy. > > > > Shari > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 As far as most of the population is concerned, we are overdosing on vitamins and minerals. Put the ball back in their court. Instead of explaining your position, ask them to explain theirs. If they keep on and on, tell them yes, the optimal raw food diet provides everything needed without having to resort to supplements (which are fractured foods and made by man, anyway). I don't know of any vegetarian animals that stand in the field, forest, or jungle and wonder if they are getting the nutrition they need. They eat the food they are designed to eat and we should do the same. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " terrirossihomeloans " <terri_rossi wrote: > > Tommie, that is THE BEST! I feel like everyone says the same thing > to me, so from now on I am totally going to steal that comeback! > > I LOVE IT! > > Terri > rawfood , " Tommie " <jerushy@> wrote: > > > > My neighbor and I were talking one day and I said that I don't eat > > anything that has been cooked. He said, " Oh! That's not good! " I > > asked him why not. He didn't answer and had a blank look on his > face. > > I said, " Do you think I'll get _too much_ nutrition? " I know I get > a > > heckuva lot more than most people and that includes me a year ago. > > > > Tommie > > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > > > rawfood , " SV " <shavig@> wrote: > > > > > > I agree Margaret. People are funny about their food. Ever > notice > > how they > > > always ask us where we get our protein, calcium, A, C, > whatever. > > But have > > > they ever asked MacDonalds how much protein or calcium or > whatever > > is in > > > their crapburgers? > > > > > > I'm sitting there (at school) drinking a green smoothie made > from > > dandelion > > > greens (from my yard) and mangos. She asks if it is balanced as > > far as > > > nutrition. I replied, " don't know, don't care. If I feed my > body > > this type > > > of food it will take care of itself. " " But how do you KNOW you > are > > getting > > > all the right nutrients? " ...See above answer.... And the > whole > > time she > > > is eating her Lean Cuisine and drinking a diet something or > other > > poison. > > > > > > Makes me crazy. > > > > > > Shari > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 That is such a simple answer, but something that could actually work with my in-laws! Instead of trying to explain myself next time, I'll just ask them to explain why we *need* meat, dairy, etc. and just sit back and listen. I feel silly that I haven't thought of it before! LOL! What I've always done in the past is just defend my beliefs, get upset (and try not to show it) and then we just don't talk about it anymore. Hmmmm.....no wonder we don't have a good relationship! (Actually, there's a lot more to it that doesn't even involve me, but that's another subject!) Cindy As far as most of the population is concerned, we are overdosing on vitamins and minerals. Put the ball back in their court. Instead of explaining your position, ask them to explain theirs. If they keep on and on, tell them yes, the optimal raw food diet provides everything needed without having to resort to supplements (which are fractured foods and made by man, anyway). I don't know of any vegetarian animals that stand in the field, forest, or jungle and wonder if they are getting the nutrition they need. They eat the food they are designed to eat and we should do the same. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.4/332 - Release 5/4/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Just speaking from experience, I find that not making a big deal out of my diet (to myself as well as to other people) saves me a lot of headaches I eat the way i eat because i feel heathiest and happiest when i eat that way. And when people ask, that's what i tell them. If they ask questions, i jump at the opportunity to share what i've learned, but i never (well, with the exception of my mother tell them what's wrong with whatever they chose to eat. Sure, i'd love if the world was raw and people were educated correctly when it comes to nutrition, and i put my .02 in whenever possible, but i don't think that being raw gives me any right to judge or criticize other people's choices. I'm not saying that any body on this group does that, i'm just sharing where i come from and what i've learned over the years because, as we all know, it's a difficult thing to deal with a lot of the time. Bridgitte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 I loved your response Bridgitte and totally agree. Although I am not 100% raw I would like to be, but I find it too much of chore right now. I am much more interested in being rather than worrying about my health. This is easy to say since I am relativly healthy at the moment. I have in the past had a lot of problems with Candida and even now if I were to eat too much of certain foods I will see a return of many of the symptoms. I beleive though that your health depends on your mind. I say this but I still am not sure that the word " mind " is correct or should I be using soul. My goal now is to be at peace. That I know has absolutely nothing to do with what I eat or how healthy I am. But for people that are not at peace, health, that is good health, makes it easier to come to that stage. Once you have reached it, nothing in this world matters other than that peace and the ability to extend it to your fellow inhabitants of this world. Love Peace Sean -- Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 268.7.1 - Release 24/05/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Yeah, I don't bring up the issue because I know it will turn into a big debate, but my FIL in particular attacks me on the issue very often. I try to keep it out of conversation because I know where it will go in that group, but he or one of my brothers-in-law has to bring it up. And then they wonder why I don't have a sense of humor! Well, if they would discuss other things that we ALL enjoy, maybe I'd laugh with them more often! <SIGH> Like I said though, there is so much more to that whole issue. But next time when they bring up the food issue, I will put the ball back in their court and just let them defend their SAD food instead of me having defending my highly nutritious diet. Cindy Just speaking from experience, I find that not making a big deal out of my diet (to myself as well as to other people) saves me a lot of headaches I eat the way i eat because i feel heathiest and happiest when i eat that way. And when people ask, that's what i tell them. If they ask questions, i jump at the opportunity to share what i've learned, but i never (well, with the exception of my mother tell them what's wrong with whatever they chose to eat. Sure, i'd love if the world was raw and people were educated correctly when it comes to nutrition, and i put my .02 in whenever possible, but i don't think that being raw gives me any right to judge or criticize other people's choices. I'm not saying that any body on this group does that, i'm just sharing where i come from and what i've learned over the years because, as we all know, it's a difficult thing to deal with a lot of the time. Bridgitte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Cindy, if and when it comes up, let us know how it went! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " pruegert " <pruegert wrote: > > That is such a simple answer, but something that could actually work with my > in-laws! Instead of trying to explain myself next time, I'll just ask them > to explain why we *need* meat, dairy, etc. and just sit back and listen. > I feel silly that I haven't thought of it before! LOL! What I've always done > in the past is just defend my beliefs, get upset (and try not to show it) > and then we just don't talk about it anymore. Hmmmm.....no wonder we don't > have a good relationship! (Actually, there's a lot more to it that doesn't > even involve me, but that's another subject!) > > Cindy > > > > As far as most of the population is concerned, we are overdosing on > vitamins and minerals. Put the ball back in their court. Instead of > explaining your position, ask them to explain theirs. If they keep on > and on, tell them yes, the optimal raw food diet provides everything > needed without having to resort to supplements (which are fractured > foods and made by man, anyway). I don't know of any vegetarian > animals that stand in the field, forest, or jungle and wonder if they > are getting the nutrition they need. They eat the food they are > designed to eat and we should do the same. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Especially when I'm trying to eat. Lots of times, I spend more time answering questions than I do chewing. I think that when it happens again, I'll let it be known that there will be a question/answer session after I get through with my meal. Believe me, I don't bring it up. I have enough problems as it is. When the subject of how I've lost so much weight is discussed, people want to know. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Bridgitte " <syndactylcat wrote: > > Just speaking from experience, I find that not making a big deal out > of my diet (to myself as well as to other people) saves me a lot of > headaches I eat the way i eat because i feel heathiest and > happiest when i eat that way. And when people ask, that's what i tell > them. If they ask questions, i jump at the opportunity to share what > i've learned, but i never (well, with the exception of my mother > tell them what's wrong with whatever they chose to eat. Sure, i'd love > if the world was raw and people were educated correctly when it comes > to nutrition, and i put my .02 in whenever possible, but i don't think > that being raw gives me any right to judge or criticize other people's > choices. I'm not saying that any body on this group does that, i'm > just sharing where i come from and what i've learned over the years > because, as we all know, it's a difficult thing to deal with a lot of > the time. > > Bridgitte > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Yep And Q & A time is a great idea! Bridgitte rawfood , " Tommie " <jerushy wrote: > > Especially when I'm trying to eat. Lots of times, I spend more time > answering questions than I do chewing. I think that when it happens > again, I'll let it be known that there will be a question/answer > session after I get through with my meal. Believe me, I don't bring it > up. I have enough problems as it is. When the subject of how I've lost > so much weight is discussed, people want to know. > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > rawfood , " Bridgitte " <syndactylcat@> wrote: > > > > Just speaking from experience, I find that not making a big deal out > > of my diet (to myself as well as to other people) saves me a lot of > > headaches I eat the way i eat because i feel heathiest and > > happiest when i eat that way. And when people ask, that's what i > tell > > them. If they ask questions, i jump at the opportunity to share what > > i've learned, but i never (well, with the exception of my mother > > tell them what's wrong with whatever they chose to eat. Sure, i'd > love > > if the world was raw and people were educated correctly when it > comes > > to nutrition, and i put my .02 in whenever possible, but i don't > think > > that being raw gives me any right to judge or criticize other > people's > > choices. I'm not saying that any body on this group does that, i'm > > just sharing where i come from and what i've learned over the years > > because, as we all know, it's a difficult thing to deal with a lot > of > > the time. > > > > Bridgitte > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 I will, thanks! Keep me in your prayers! Cindy Cindy, if and when it comes up, let us know how it went! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.4/332 - Release 5/4/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Pray before you speak! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " pruegert " <pruegert wrote: > > I will, thanks! > > Keep me in your prayers! > > Cindy > > > > Cindy, if and when it comes up, let us know how it went! > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Most definitely! Who knows what I would say if I wasn't *spiritually* prepared! Yikes! LOL! Cindy Pray before you speak! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " pruegert " <pruegert wrote: > > I will, thanks! > > Keep me in your prayers! > > Cindy > > > > Cindy, if and when it comes up, let us know how it went! > > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.4/332 - Release 5/4/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Judy wrote: > Where I work at the school - 2nd grade kids bring their > caffeine drinks and set them on their tables. > They drink them all day long. Wow! I am so out of it! I am single, with no children, so I don't know what craziness happens in schools. When I was in school, back in the age of sensibility (ha ha), we couldnt have *anything* on our desks except our schoolbooks and writing implements. There was no food and there were no drinks in our classrooms (okay, except in our lunchbags, which we religiously did not open until lunchtime) If we wanted something to drink, we had to ask the teacher for permission to go to the water fountain, and, in those days, we didn't, because we knew we might miss something really important or interesting if we left the room-- only fear of wetting her pants could get a 2nd grader out of the room in those days! and since we couldn't be drinking all day, that didn't happen much!) Oh, wow! the freedoms kids have now. I am so envious.(not!) Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Another online friend once told the group we're in that her teen son asked for some Doritos while they were grocery shopping. Her response was " Okay, if you can read all the ingredients, I'll get them for you. " I think he made an attempt but didn't get very far and told her " Okay, I get your point. " LOL! Cindy Margaret wrote: Thanks for seeing the humor. I love your answer to your family. In nutrition school, I was taught to read the labels. The joke was that, if an ingredient was only letters, or if you couldn't pronounce it, you probably shouldn't eat it. Margaret -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.4/332 - Release 5/4/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Bridgitte: I will have to second your opinion. I've found that, when people, in their ignorance, tell me that my diet isn't healthy (and I have been hearing this since I first started a low carb diet!), the best thing I can do is to smile and tell them it works for me, and suggest they try it, and then drop the topic. A long time ago, my parents wanted me to become a missionary. Not so long ago (maybe 20 or 30 years or so), I read somewhere that the best way to convince someone that what you believe is right is to live your life as you believe, and let them see it. When I came to terms with my own beliefs, I found people asking me about them, whereas no one had ever done so before. When I began living with my room-mate, I was low carb, so I did not eat the ubiquitious rice that was there and warm at all hours of the day. At the time, I was not vegetarian or raw, but I ate only a small amount of the meat she prepared, and I did not put her salad dressings on my salads. She asked me why, and I told her the truth: there was too much sugar in the food she cooked (yeah! Japanese food is loaded with sugar). One day she came back and asked me how she could know if food had sugar in it, and I explained to her how to read the labels -- even though the labels she was reading were in Japanese! I asked her to show me the Japanese word for sugar, and I then matched it with her food labels.... she has dropped a lot of foods from her diet since then, and she prepares more foods from scratch, and she makes some of the world's most lovely salads. She is not vegetarian, but she eats what I prepare -- raw-- on my cooking days. She is still a cookie fiend - she hides them from me, but I am sure she knows that I know they are there-- and we have discussed that, considering that she is diabetic. She is not going to change, probably (at least that was her mother's dire prediction when she was diagnosed and I offered to help), unless some day her rising consumption of insulin begins to alarm her (right now, she seems to think it is " permission " to eat more cookies.) Still she is eating better. My mother roundly condemned the low carb diet when I started it.... and came back to deliver more spew when Atkins died.... but I lost 100 lbs. and have kept them off for 4 years... now she is doing her version of low carb. I think that living one's life in accordance with one's principles can be a very seductive introduction for other people. Margaret Bridgitte wrote: > > I find that not making a big deal out of my diet (to myself > as well as to other people) saves me a lot of headaches > I eat the way i eat because i feel heathiest and happiest > when i eat that way. And when people ask, that's what i tell > them. <snip> > Sure, i'd love if the world was raw and people were educated > correctly when it comes to nutrition .... but i don't think > that being raw gives me any right to judge or criticize other > people's choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Tommie wrote: > When the subject of how I've lost so much weight is discussed, > people want to know. Isn't that so! (and then, half the time, they tell you that they " could never do that " !) I dropped 100 lbs. on low-carb, not raw, so I explain that. Then they see me eating things that have only vegetables in them, and they say, " but isn't that *carbs*? " , and I have to explain the whole concept of " low carbs " and that it never has meant that you cannot eat your vegetables and fruit. And, yes, it can take a chunk out of your lunch-time! I have often considered making a little xeroxed hand-out that explains the basics and gives the titles of a few very basic non-political books to check out. I could just push it their way while I was chewing and smiling, and then answer their questions after my chew! Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 susan wrote: > I know what you mean, too. No matter how healthy I try to be, I feel > like it is never going to be good enough! actually, Susan, I am concerned that our " health-ocracy " continues to trot out *warnings* to alarm us about this or that, without addressing the real issues. Have you ever noticed that news articles (even those in health magazines) blame diabetes on overweight, or race, or age, or inactivity, but NEVER on *sugar/starch* consumption. Depression is blamed (on national TV) on a " chemical imbalance in the brain " , but we are never told that the chemical that is imbalanced is *serotonin " , and we are never told that, simply by eating right, and getting enough protein and EFAs, our brains would be supplied naturally with more than enough serotonin to prevent depression and/or cure it. I am not afraid to drink water or eat vegetables, as long as I know their provenance. If the food I eat is natural (okay, I am an old hippie), I trust that it will be at least as healthy as the food they ate 100 years ago. Oops! They used to die a lot younger. Oh, yeah, we have life-support. I have a living will to prevent that, and a DNR, so I just have to eat right (as I believe right to be), and go on living without worrying about dying. Yes, I do worry about getting old -- I took a peek in the mirror this morning - the old face looks like a road map -- am waiting for raw food to kick in on that front -- otherwise, I will just have to go get some botox or something. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Margaret, _I_ was the one saying, " I could NEVER do that " when my daughter first told me that she was going to try eating raw food for 30 days. She made it for 34, I've made it for 336. I do, roughly, 80% carbs, 10% fat, 10% protein. Try to explain that! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Margaret Gamez " <mgamez1 wrote: > > Tommie wrote: > > When the subject of how I've lost so much weight is discussed, > > people want to know. > > Isn't that so! (and then, half the time, they tell you that they > " could never do that " !) > I dropped 100 lbs. on low-carb, not raw, so I explain that. Then they > see me eating things that have only vegetables in them, and they say, > " but isn't that *carbs*? " , and I have to explain the whole concept of > " low carbs " and that it never has meant that you cannot eat your > vegetables and fruit. > And, yes, it can take a chunk out of your lunch-time! I have often > considered making a little xeroxed hand-out that explains the basics > and gives the titles of a few very basic non-political books to check > out. I could just push it their way while I was chewing and smiling, > and then answer their questions after my chew! > > Margaret > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 I agree Margaret. The other day I got all excited when I saw the headline on the front of the newspaper: " 20 Things to Make You More Healthy " . Every single of the 20 things was a drug!!! It was either aspirin for heart attack, antacid for reflux, or a vaccine. Another thing that makes me crazy! Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Tommie wrote: > I do, roughly, 80% carbs, 10% fat, 10% protein. Tee hee! didn't we just run through this kind of challenging yesterday? (just joking) When you talk to people on SAD, and you say they are going to have to do 30% protein, 40% carbs, 30% fat, they panic. That is because they are used to getting their carbs from things like bread, noodles, potatoes, and rice -- all *high-glycemic* carbs. Of course, if you are on a raw vegan diet, everything, basically, is carbs. The difference is that, unless all you are eating is bananas, or carrots, the probability that you are eating a " low-carb " diet is quite high. Let's just take your cheese recipe, for instance. The nuts provide fat and protein. Bell peppers are low carb. The fiber involved puts the recipe almost into a negative net carb situation. One of the common misconceptions, when people look at a low carb diet, is that vegetables and fruit will not be allowed. Of course, the people who are doing this kind of worrying are looking at the " entry-level " allowance of 25 grams of carbs. (2 cups of raw spinach is only 4 grams of carbs.. where is the worry?) If you are eating nuts, seeds, and/or sprouts, along with your vegetables, you are probably getting the protein without even thinking about it. I have actually met raw-foodists who have told me that they never eat protein (but also have told me that they eat nuts and seeds and sprouts -- sources of protein in a raw food diet!) Now, I am not going to tell you how much of what you should eat - you are still alive on your diet, which I really have not observed in detail and do not intend to. It works for you. What you have told us of it inspires many, including me. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 I can see you passing out a flyer with big, bold letters at the top: FAQs! That's too funny. Cindy And, yes, it can take a chunk out of your lunch-time! I have often considered making a little xeroxed hand-out that explains the basics and gives the titles of a few very basic non-political books to check out. I could just push it their way while I was chewing and smiling, and then answer their questions after my chew! Margaret -- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.2/349 - Release 5/26/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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