Re:New to group and I have a question

[Guest guest]

Hello Rhonda, I read your letter and I congratulate

you on your decision. You are on the right tract. My

question is,What exactly are you eating?

How much dark green vegetables are you including in

your diet and very important, Are you eating sprouts,

such as sunny's, mung bean, azuky beans, alphalfa

sprouts, etc.? How about nuts and seeds?

When you are raw you can get the best nutrition in the

world if you do it right. Raoul

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Raoul,

 

You asked what I was eating. I am eating mostly fruits with a little

celery, a few Kale leaves, advacado and some sunflower seeds. Oh, and

some bell peppers. Now that I look at this I'm thinking I should be

getting more vegetables. I have been doing this for 5 days and still

haven't lost any weight, which kind of has me worried. Maybe, I'm just

eating too much fruit. Or is it to early to expect weight loss on 75 -

90% raw?

 

Rhonda

[Guest guest]

Hi Rhonda,

It is important eat fruit on their own, on an empty stomach, not

combined with anything else. This is crucial, or else the fruit may

not be digested properly and will cause acidity and weight gain.

Fruit passes through the stomach within minutes of eating, and goes

into the small intestine where it is absorbed. Fruit does not need

any processing in the stomach. If there is other food in the stomach

in the way, the fruit will get stuck there and then turn acidic and

will no longer be healthy. Same if fruit is eaten with something - it

gets stuck with the other food, even it is raw vegetables.

After 5 days you should have lost lots of weight, so I can only think

that it is the combination of fruit and veggies which is the culprit.

Allow 20 minutes after eating fruit to eat anything else, 40 minutes

for bananas because they have a lower water content.

 

So, eat fruit on an empty stomach, generally in the morning between

waking and noon. You can eat it at later times but only if you are

sure your stomach is empty, which takes 3 or 4 hours after eating

veggies. The rest of the day eat AS MUCH veggies as you want. The

more veggies you eat, the more weight you will lose! It is impossible

to gain fat eating this way, though you can build muscle very quickly,

way faster than those people at the gym using protein powders! I've

tested it myself. Make your veggie foods good to eat, this helps a

lot! Salads are great with home made dressing - half or whole lemon

squeezed, a tablespoon or 2 or 3 of olive oil, a garlic mashed, and

some sea salt and pepper to taste - whisk with a crushed piece of

garlic on the end of the fork, and let sit for a few minutes for

garlic flavor to infuse. Get creative with your home made dressing,

it will make it a lot easier and more fun to eat all that salad! If

you still want plain veggies, a great dip is raw organic cashew or

almond butter! You will absolutely love it! Water down the butter

with half as much water, and you should be good to go. The raw cashew

butter has extremely healthy fat in it and helps satisfy cravings, as

you're well aware the same with avocados.

 

You SHOULD expect lots of weight loss after 5 days eating 75-90

percent raw, especially if you are just starting! But the fruit

combination thing is very important. Also, I have found fruit to be

more of a " maintenance " food, meaning it will keep whatever weight I

have on my body pretty much there (unless you really have some weight

readily available to lose), while the veggies literally SUCK the fat

out of your body. So, keep the fruit to the morning, and tons of

veggies the rest of the day. You should notice a difference within

ONE day!

 

Joe

 

 

 

rawfood , " rsonby " <rsonby wrote:

>

> Raoul,

>

> You asked what I was eating. I am eating mostly fruits with a little

> celery, a few Kale leaves, advacado and some sunflower seeds. Oh, and

> some bell peppers. Now that I look at this I'm thinking I should be

> getting more vegetables. I have been doing this for 5 days and still

> haven't lost any weight, which kind of has me worried. Maybe, I'm just

> eating too much fruit. Or is it to early to expect weight loss on 75 -

> 90% raw?

>

> Rhonda

>

[Guest guest]

So, smoothies are bad for us unless they include only one food?

 

 

 

 

" Joe Postma " <joepostma

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:43:26

To:rawfood

[Raw Food] Re:New to group and I have a question

 

Hi Rhonda,

It is important eat fruit on their own, on an empty stomach, not

combined with anything else. This is crucial, or else the fruit may

not be digested properly and will cause acidity and weight gain.

Fruit passes through the stomach within minutes of eating, and goes

into the small intestine where it is absorbed. Fruit does not need

any processing in the stomach. If there is other food in the stomach

in the way, the fruit will get stuck there and then turn acidic and

will no longer be healthy. Same if fruit is eaten with something - it

gets stuck with the other food, even it is raw vegetables.

After 5 days you should have lost lots of weight, so I can only think

that it is the combination of fruit and veggies which is the culprit.

Allow 20 minutes after eating fruit to eat anything else, 40 minutes

for bananas because they have a lower water content.

 

So, eat fruit on an empty stomach, generally in the morning between

waking and noon. You can eat it at later times but only if you are

sure your stomach is empty, which takes 3 or 4 hours after eating

veggies. The rest of the day eat AS MUCH veggies as you want. The

more veggies you eat, the more weight you will lose! It is impossible

to gain fat eating this way, though you can build muscle very quickly,

way faster than those people at the gym using protein powders! I've

tested it myself. Make your veggie foods good to eat, this helps a

lot! Salads are great with home made dressing - half or whole lemon

squeezed, a tablespoon or 2 or 3 of olive oil, a garlic mashed, and

some sea salt and pepper to taste - whisk with a crushed piece of

garlic on the end of the fork, and let sit for a few minutes for

garlic flavor to infuse. Get creative with your home made dressing,

it will make it a lot easier and more fun to eat all that salad! If

you still want plain veggies, a great dip is raw organic cashew or

almond butter! You will absolutely love it! Water down the butter

with half as much water, and you should be good to go. The raw cashew

butter has extremely healthy fat in it and helps satisfy cravings, as

you're well aware the same with avocados.

 

You SHOULD expect lots of weight loss after 5 days eating 75-90

percent raw, especially if you are just starting! But the fruit

combination thing is very important. Also, I have found fruit to be

more of a " maintenance " food, meaning it will keep whatever weight I

have on my body pretty much there (unless you really have some weight

readily available to lose), while the veggies literally SUCK the fat

out of your body. So, keep the fruit to the morning, and tons of

veggies the rest of the day. You should notice a difference within

ONE day!

 

Joe

 

 

 

rawfood , " rsonby " <rsonby wrote:

>

> Raoul,

>

> You asked what I was eating. I am eating mostly fruits with a little

> celery, a few Kale leaves, advacado and some sunflower seeds. Oh, and

> some bell peppers. Now that I look at this I'm thinking I should be

> getting more vegetables. I have been doing this for 5 days and still

> haven't lost any weight, which kind of has me worried. Maybe, I'm just

> eating too much fruit. Or is it to early to expect weight loss on 75 -

> 90% raw?

>

> Rhonda

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ahh no, thats a different case! Great question! The smoothie

recipes you're using will be fine.

If you are smoothie-ing only fruits, thats wonderful, same with only

veggies, but FOR SURE you can combine pretty much any fruit and veggie

in the smoothie. Most of the liquid has been separated from the fiber

in this case, so the liquid from the fruit and veggies can pass on

through to the small intestine while the fiber will stay behind for a

while to be processed - this is fine The sugars in the fruit will

pass with the liquid and so wont get stuck in the tummy to ferment.

But, you should still have a smoothie on an empty stomach, in the

morning etc.

 

Joe

 

 

rawfood , " Karena Cruse " <kc wrote:

>

> So, smoothies are bad for us unless they include only one food?

[Guest guest]

Thanks Joe! I appreciate hearing about keeping fruits and veggies

seperate. I will try that today and see how it goes. Thanks for the

inspiration on the salad and dressing, too. It is hard for me to figure out

what to eat sometimes.

 

Rhonda