Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 >I recommend the bananas and haas avocadoes. - Avacado is an excellent source of the essential fatty acid Omega 6. This is good up to a point, but the body requiries a 3 - 1 ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6, and this would require adding quite a bit of Omega 3 and in a raw food diet the best source is fresly ground flax seed. (use a coffe grinder and just 'bump' it a few times to grind but not build heat). You may also sprout the flax but this is not that easy as the seed tends to float and keep out the moisture for a time. But it's worth it if you develop the technique.Another source is Raw egg yolks. If you get fresh organic free range eggs, there is very little likelihood of salmonella. But if you are vegan, the flax is the way to go. Omega 3 is especially important for brain function, healty skin, insulin regulation and for prevention of cardio vascular problems. Beer is a ok but remebretr the fat you put on is by the insulin converting the carbs to fat and this is not the way to add fat. Yoiu should add fat by eating fats. Sprouts are a good source of low levels of healthful fats. Olives are another good source of mono unsaturated fat but preserved olives are loaded with salts and nitrates and a whole bunch of junk. As for as preservess of any kind I aways wonder, " If the bugs won't eat it why should I " . rusty - orionsdad <orionsdad rawfood Saturday, March 01, 2003 4:37 PM [Raw Food] Re: getting thinner, afraid to vanish ... Viraj, The same thing happened to me when I went raw. It's a great diet to lose weight, right? In 4-6 months I went from 205 to 165 lbs and at 6'4 " that put me in the " bean pole " category. It was shocking to me because I didn't think I had any weight to lose! >From what I know, when you eat and live correctly your body will do the right thing even though you don't think so. If you are heavy you will lose weight and if you are thin you will gain weight. In your case you can expect your body to lose all the excess fat and toxins it has before you finally level off and stop losing weight. Then as you continue you will slowly put weight back on. The right thing to do is to exercise as you put the weight slowly back on so it is in the form of muscle rather than fat. Since hitting a low of 165 lbs I am now back up to 190 after 3 years. I don't want to put on any more weight unless it is muscle developed through exercise and weight lifting. I recommend the bananas and haas avocadoes and perhaps a good bottle of imported beer once in a while :^> Regards, Orionsdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2003 Report Share Posted March 3, 2003 Rusty, As said before, all methods I have come across for curing olives at least involve throwing hot water over them! David Wolfe writes about the wonders of sun dried olives but where in Brussels do you find them? There are very salty olives from Greece about that some vendors tell me are " sun cured " . That leads to the added risk of getting duff salt. Beer I understand is pasteurized except for real ale. Sorry to be so Europeanly negative Peter Rusty [rustym] 02 March 2003 15:48 rawfood [Raw Food] fats. >I recommend the bananas and haas avocadoes. - Avacado is an excellent source of the essential fatty acid Omega 6. This is good up to a point, but the body requiries a 3 - 1 ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6, and this would require adding quite a bit of Omega 3 and in a raw food diet the best source is fresly ground flax seed. (use a coffe grinder and just 'bump' it a few times to grind but not build heat). You may also sprout the flax but this is not that easy as the seed tends to float and keep out the moisture for a time. But it's worth it if you develop the technique.Another source is Raw egg yolks. If you get fresh organic free range eggs, there is very little likelihood of salmonella. But if you are vegan, the flax is the way to go. Omega 3 is especially important for brain function, healty skin, insulin regulation and for prevention of cardio vascular problems. Beer is a ok but remebretr the fat you put on is by the insulin converting the carbs to fat and this is not the way to add fat. Yoiu should add fat by eating fats. Sprouts are a good source of low levels of healthful fats. Olives are another good source of mono unsaturated fat but preserved olives are loaded with salts and nitrates and a whole bunch of junk. As for as preservess of any kind I aways wonder, " If the bugs won't eat it why should I " . rusty - orionsdad <orionsdad rawfood Saturday, March 01, 2003 4:37 PM [Raw Food] Re: getting thinner, afraid to vanish ... Viraj, The same thing happened to me when I went raw. It's a great diet to lose weight, right? In 4-6 months I went from 205 to 165 lbs and at 6'4 " that put me in the " bean pole " category. It was shocking to me because I didn't think I had any weight to lose! >From what I know, when you eat and live correctly your body will do the right thing even though you don't think so. If you are heavy you will lose weight and if you are thin you will gain weight. In your case you can expect your body to lose all the excess fat and toxins it has before you finally level off and stop losing weight. Then as you continue you will slowly put weight back on. The right thing to do is to exercise as you put the weight slowly back on so it is in the form of muscle rather than fat. Since hitting a low of 165 lbs I am now back up to 190 after 3 years. I don't want to put on any more weight unless it is muscle developed through exercise and weight lifting. I recommend the bananas and haas avocadoes and perhaps a good bottle of imported beer once in a while :^> Regards, Orionsdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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