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It was things such as raw foods,

vegetarianism/vegism and fasting that got me interested in nutrition

in the first.<br><br>Back when I was a lacto-ovo I

read a bit about nutrition as I wanted to make sure I

wasn't missing out on anything. I came across

fruitarianism which was interesting but extreme/dogmatic. Then

I read about raw foodism and found it very

interesting. Fasting also struck a note for

me.<br><br> & gt; & gt;Most of the nutritionists and RDs in this land are a

joke.<br><br>I agree they are way to conservative and they don't

even no it. You now my nutrition book written by

numerous nutrition professors/lecturers/dieticians etc

says that vegan diets are not recomended in children

due to calorie restiction.<br><br> & gt; & gt;...you can

learn not to try and shove the raw food vegan message

down everyone's throat!<br><br>A lot of the raw

'gurus' have this problem. You definitely have to tell

people information instages. An SAD eater is likely to

laugh at you if you tell them to go raw vegan. A better

approach would be maybe first encourage them to decrease

refined foods and fat(therefore indirectly animal

products) and increase raw fruits and vegetables in there

diet. Then maybe after there moving in the right

direction present them with the evidence supporting a

vegetarian diet. If that person was first off told " cooked

food is poison and causes all the worlds problems "

they would walk away and continue eating

junk.<br><br>I consider myself an open minded person and am

intelligent enough to see through much of the dogma which

unfortuneately surrounds the raw food movement. Some people

cringe when they hear " animals eat only raw foods " . We

need some real science to back up raw foods.<br><br>I

have learnt what not to be by observing some of the

more dogmatic raw foodists. Agressive rawists have

shown me how I don't want to come across and I have

learnt much from them.<br><br>Thank you Jeff I have

learnt much from you writings over the last year. You

come across as being intelligent as well as openminded

and not dogmatic. Your teachings seem as though you

have openly considered every possibility and

thouroughly researched everything.<br><br>I find myself

constantly thinking about health, tackling various health

topics as I walk around lay inbed even when I'm at a

night club. I already have long term plans set out

about what I hope to achieve. One of the biggest

barriers is getting people to care about there

health.<br><br>Jeff, if possible and not inconvinient could you email

me the most accurate RDA's you know of. I believe

you spoke of the WHO's RDA's which where formulated

in the context of a largely plant based unrefined

diet in an earlier post.<br><br>Blake