For running a health food store you haven't learnt much on nutrition! You've collected all common places around, ah ah! vegans emaciated, that's really cute...
And what are you doing here in CZ, have you read something around about nutrition by chance? doesn't seem so... just hang around in CZ a bit more and read with more attention, you've got some things to discover.

No-biz that was perfect..

I was recently diagnosed with insulin resitance(and I am not over weight)..because of mey high carb eating days in the 80's while I was bodybuilding. I am 100% sure of it. I have recently gone to an almost all meat and egg diet,eggs raw, meat very rare and I'm doing great. Though I was not overweight, I've lost 23lbs in one month without excercise.

Sofia,I mean you know disrespect at all,but if your kids are taking in alot of fruit which contains fructose,what will there blood Sugar be like in the future? I feel our ancestors breast fed there babies probrably for a few years and then there babies would partake in the tribes kills. I know African tribes women chew up liver and then give it to their babies. But fruit and veggies are almost non-exisistant in these cultures. I feel all veggies and fruit is not part of our genetic make up that' all.

I'm just saying its somtheing to think about. We give our liitle guy some fruit,but it is a very small part of his diet.

Sorry,I did not mean to come across pissy.

Personally, I don't have yet a position on raw vegan, ayurvedic and taoistic principles of nutrition both are pretty much against raw, and both are traditions of great complexity with deep knowledge of the body. But let me also add that you might have had problems due to improper digestion and managment of the die-off, because, if you are intollerant to glutine, this makes me think your body is not perfectly in tune on this. You could have tried to take measures on this, instead of stopping. If you decided to stop instead because you didn't like the life style, that's a personal fact that doesn't say anything on the validity of being raw vegan. I know many raw vegans, and they are not emaciated. I also know many meat-eaters (not difficult to find around), and they are all pretty much aged. There's a typical mummy look that comes along at a certain age among them.

I'm vegan and try to eat 80% fruits and vegetables and 20% grains and nuts, and I give the same to my child because I know on my skin that this is a quite good diet. I've eaten like that for ten years, so I think I know. We have part raw and part cooked. I also privilege whole grains on pasta and bread. I've always been full of energy and with clear-cut mind, I can do yoga as no meat-eater can (meat really tightens the muscles), I can deal with my emotions like no meat-eater can. The same is my husband. The same is my son.


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Hi,

I just started reading this thread and it is very interesting.

No_biz, I wanted to say that I think you are correct that we should experiment on ourselves before radically changing our children's diets. I don't even give my kids herbs until I have tried them for a while.

If you haven't seen our discussions on the raw omnivore forum, there are a few threads near the top with some good info on chimpanzee diets.
//www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=575

I ate 100% raw for a few months before the end of the school year, then I started eating one cooked meal a day, in the evenings, during the summer - because my kids were not going to school and the stress and cravings for cooked foods were too much for me. I have to say that EVERY TIME I eat cooked food now, my stomach feels upset and I get really tired. I don't know why I keep eating it (probably addiction). I usually wind up taking some enzyme supplement. I don't know why after eating cooked food almost every day all summer, I still seem to be unable to digest it.

I think I am going to go back to 100% raw when school starts in 3 weeks. I'm hoping to gain weight through exercise, and the raw diet really didn't make a big difference in my weight anyway. I lost less than 1 kg, which was just a few inches on my waist; all of my clothes fit me exactly the same as they did before, except for the waist, so I now wear a belt with almost all of my pants. Also, I did not gain any weight back this summer when I started eating a cooked meal in the evening. Though I have to say I have always been small and have been basically the same size for the past 18 years.

I am currently trying to eat as closely as I can to the diet of the wild chimpanzee. I think they are the best role model. I find that I feel best when I eat nothing but fruit during the day and then maybe some raw veggies/nuts/avocadoes in the evening. I used to be "pre-diabetic", but the fresh fruit does not bother me at all; I can even eat a whole Watermelon in the morning and have no ill-effects. The only supplement I take regularly is Dr Schultze's Superfood.

As far as meat is concerned, my opinion is that small amounts are okay, raw, but I don't think it is necessary. I don't want to get into a debate. I am just modelling the chimpanzee, who does eat meat. During the summer, I have been eating raw salmon about once a week. During the winter, I will up this to 3 times per week. I am not eating meat for protein, as I don't think extra protein is necessary. I am eating the salmon for the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and (during the winter) for the vitamin D. I looked into buying a vitamin D lamp for the winter, but was unable to find someone who would ship to me.

As for my children, I make fresh fruit available to them at all times. They still eat cooked foods as well, but they don't want them as much when they eat a lot of fruits. My children are "free-fed" are are allowed to eat anything in the house at any time of the day or night. The only restriction I put on them is that they must eat a fresh fruit in the morning before they get anything cooked. They rarely eat any cooked meat when we are home, but I do not restrict them when we are out (we rarely eat out anyway).

My daughter loves raw salmon, and will eat over a pound of it in one sitting. Both my kids like raw quail eggs; so much that I have to stop buying them for a while because they take them out of the fridge when I am not looking and crush them all into cups to drink them and wind up ruining most of them. I am not concerned about the paratites in these foods. Here in Japan, everyone feeds these raw to their children and the children here are exceptionally healthy. The Salmon is pre-frozen, which kills the dangerous parasites, and the eggs here are very fresh. I am not eating chicken eggs raw, though I have been told that it is a common practice here and that all Japanese eggs are safe to be eaten raw before the expiration date, which is stamped or stickered on each individual egg.

Tina.