Re: my problem with raw vegan diet

Well, yes, I eat fresh as much as possible. I like to eat lettuce with tomato and a little vegan curry sauce on pita bread. This seems to digest well for me. Things I digest well:

-Wheat (fresh local breads, not packaged such as cereals etc). I know some people have difficulty with wheat but I have a middle eastern ancestry and my people have been eating wheat for a VERY long time.
-Steamed vegetables (some such as brussel sprouts can be more difficult)
-Amaranth grain (very good for increasing stomach fire, keeps one regular, contains decent amount of protein)

Things that are very difficult for me:

-all beans, nuts, and seeds
-other grains than amaranth and wheat. Even oatmeal or brown rice is hard on me.
-of course dairy is out of the question
-oils of any kind even fresh flax or olive oil are very difficult on me even in small quantity. Same with coconut oil.

So there isn't a whole lot that I can eat. I am very slowly improving my digestion. So I don't expect to be like this forever. But it is very slow and difficult and I wonder if I have done permanent damage of some kind. One thing is that my body produces almost no stomach acid. I think that this is in response to eating so much raw food which probably requires a lot less acid. Well, the body doesn't like being jerked around I guess. I have talked to a lot of raw foodists and many of them have the same issue with lack of acidity in the stomach. This manifests as a lack of that hungry feeling you get before a meal.

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