A change here, a change there...

Date:   9/5/2007 11:25:47 PM ( 17 y ago)

Boy, was I sick today! I couldn't even make it through a whole day at the office.  I'm hoping the problem is just the added fiber in my diet; I started adding fiber over the past few days.   I was not well yesterday either, but today I had stabbing cramps in my side, which felt so much like my ovarian cyst attack from a couple of years ago that I was worried. If fiber is the problem, I will feel better soon enough. Adding fiber to my diet is part of my transition to an all-raw life as I look at all the areas in which my diet is lacking and take care of those before going all-raw.  

I've been looking at the McDougall Plan to see how I can use that in my transition.  I like much of what is listed on his food list, except the pasta.  Now, I know that raw foodists and vegetarians don't worry about a lack of protein, but my nutritional history has made me very leery of assuming that simply eating raw will provide me with ample protein.  I did a little comparison of dairy products with foods on the McDougall list to see how much of those foods I'd have to eat to get the same amount of protein I get from whey, Egg Beaters, nonfat yogurt and cottage cheese.  So far, it looks like I'd have to eat a whole lot more carbs and fat to get the same protein. Seeds would be lower carb/higher fat choices, and beans would be higher carb/lower fat choices. For one cup of nonfat Greek yogurt(100 cal, no fat, 5 carbs, no fiber, 3 sugar, 20 protein) I could substitute:

• 1 cup sunflower seeds:   262 cal, 23 gm fat, 9 carbs, 10 protein
  
• ½ c walnuts, black:        381 cal, 37 gm fat, 6 carbs, 15 protein
• 1 cup fava beans:            110.0 cal, .9 gm fat, 22.2 carbs, 10 protein

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