Most raw-foodists are attracted to eating excessive quantities of fatty foods like nuts and seeds because they do not eat enough fruit to meet their energy needs, and because they are used to eating heavy, cooked, fatty meals. They might have problems with the "detox" that never ends. They think tired all the time and blame it on detoxification. At some point, they are convinced that supplements will correct this. So might be they really thriving?
Why not take an honest take a look at their diet? Someone eats five avocados a day. A single avocado usually weighs 300 grams (of fruit flesh), so that's 1500 grams of avocado flesh. At 18% fat, that's 270 grams of fat, the same as over a cup of oil. An amount be the consequence if you were to take a seat and drink those 16 tablespoons (or 48 teaspoons) of oil?
The various health organizations from the world - the ones that have been established for a long time, not just those that promote the latest fad - recommend a fat intake that is below 25%. They recommend that level since most people eat over 45% of their total calories from fat. Cutting fat intake by half has already been a big deal for most people, so this is exactly why they come up with the amount of 25%.
However, most progressive health experts, those who have been around for a long time and are still promoting the same program every year, recommend a fat intake close to 15% or less. Dr. Graham, a Florida-based leader of the raw-food movement, recommends 10% or less.
This really is congruent with the latest research that continues to be done on a large number of people, such as the China Study. The China Study is the largest nutritional study ever done. It deducted that a plant-based, low fat diet is best. The total calories coming from fat in such a weight loss program is less than 15%. The primates all eat a low-fat diet. Recent research also shows that our ancestors also ate a low-fat diet.
We know that people on the Standard American Diet consume over 45% of their total calories from fat. But research done on raw-foodists also shows that most people on a raw-food diet get over 65% of the calories from fat! Some even up to 80%! Is it any wonder that people experience a lot of problems on this diet?
Unless you are allergic to them, I do not recommend avoiding avocados and nuts. You can eat them regularly with benefit. The next guidelines will help you: The perfect is to limit your fat consumption to less than 15% of your calories. In practice, this means:
Steer clear of the sweet fruit and fat combination. If you just eat an apple, it will digest quite fast and then leave the stomach rapidly. But eat an avocado simultaneously and digestion is going to be prolonged.
The sweet fruit may have time to ferment and produce acidity. Exactly the same happens when you mix nuts with dried fruits - an abominable combination that will probably putrefy and ferment, unless it's consumed in very small quantities, such as five almonds with five dates. You can avoid fats entirely for weeks during times of hot weather, when the body calls for water-rich foods, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, peaches, etc.
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