RE: kids with adhd- was:HOW MUCH FAT IS IN YOUR RAW DIET?

[Guest guest]

My 8 yr. old has adhd symptoms and I've been

instructed to give him quite a bit of flax oil. I read

this and it makes a loss as how to treat this problem.

He definitely has a healthier diet than his peers and

eats lots of raw fruits and veggies, but loves bread

and other starches (which I try to limit to

wholegrains, much to his dismay)soy products and

cheese (which I give him rarely, and then only raw

milk). He has very little refined sugar. At home we

only have raw desserts. Anyway, I was really counting

on the flax oil thing, but now it seems like it will

actually be counterproductive. Anyone have any insight

into this?

 

Blessings,

Elise

--- pnparlette wrote:

 

> Elaine,

> This is AWESOME information! I've heard Doug

> talk about it before

> and, in fact, it is what has saved me from my fuzzy

> thinking dilemma

> several years ago. I will stand fast and firm

> behind what he says

> because I am a prime example. I cannot eat a lot of

> fat and stay clear

> headed. I am amazed at how much it affects me -

> even for as long as a

> week afterwards. Doug got me away from all the fats

> by a week of only

> bananas, and then I was able to go to his 80-10-10

> plan. I seem to be

> able to have some concentrated fat (a durian, or

> lots of nuts) once

> every few months and I can handle it, but what I

> find, is that it's

> never that easy. Once I start on the high fat

> trail, it is VERY hard to

> get off, almost like an addiction - hmm, makes one

> think doesn't it :-)

> I will print this out and eagerly look forward

> to his book on the

> subject.

> Nancy

>

>

>

> Nancy Parlette

> Natural Health Counselor

> Nutrition Educator

> (410) 531-2410

> pnparlette

>

>

> E. Rice-Fells [shortydemp]

> Sunday, December 19, 2004 6:23 PM

> Group

> HOW MUCH FAT IS IN YOUR RAW DIET?

>

>

> Greetings Members:

>

> Found this in anothr group and thought it worth

> sharing. THINK ABOUT

> IT.

>

> THE BAD NEWS ABOUT RAW FAT By Dr. Douglas N. Graham

>

> This is a brief overview of some concepts from my

> upcoming booklet

> entitled " Fruit or Fat?:

>

> What Raw Fooders Don't Know Could Kill Them. " This

> introductory piece

> gives you a glimpse into an essential and

> controversial raw-food issue:

> the fact that the average raw fooder consumes an

> astonishingly unhealthy

> amount of fat. To discuss the many questions you

> will surely have after reading this article, you can

> join my online

> discussion group at www.vegsource.com (click on

> Raw & Sport/Graham).

>

> Also, check my Web site, www.doctorgraham.cc and

> www.healthgeniuses.com,

> from time

> to time. I'll announce the publication of " Fruit or

> Fat? " sometime in

> 2003.

>

> Confusing Advice About Fat Most mainstream and " raw "

> experts assert that

> eating fat does not make us fat. They tell us that

> refined isolated fats

> and oils should be considered " health foods. " Many

> raw-food leaders

> teach that consuming fat won't harm us as long as

> it's raw. Some even

> insist that eating up to 80% of calories from fat is

> perfectly fine.

> They say that the unstable fats in nuts and seeds

> can withstand the heat

> of lengthy dehydration and subsequent

> room-temperature storage without

> degrading. They even go so far as to classify

> refined oil as " juice, "

> suggesting that we drink it as a daily health

> practice. You would do

> well to question all of this advice. Consider the

> following:

>

> Myth: If It's Raw, It's Okay

>

> Despite the marketing hype from vendors of olive,

> flax, borage, hemp,

> grapeseed, and other " healthy " oils, these products

> are stripped of

> their carbohydrates, protein, and fiber. That means

> oils are refined

> foods--no longer the whole foods we all know our

> bodies were designed

> for. Worse, we consume quantities of fat as oil that

> we would be

> unlikely to eat as whole foods.

>

> Here are some important facts about fat.

>

> * Cooked or raw, higher-than-healthy levels of fat

> in the bloodstream

> force fat to precipitate and adhere to arterial

> walls, a condition known

> as atherosclerosis. A variety of vascular disorders

> are related to

> excessive consumption of dietary fat.

>

> * Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream

> reduces the

> oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells,

> predisposing us to cancer

> and adversely affecting all cellular function,

> including brain-cell

> function. This results in impaired clarity of

> thought and decision

> making and may

> set the stage for senility, memory dysfunction, and

> learning

> disabilities.

>

> * Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream

> requires an increased

> adrenaline response in order to drive the pancreas

> to produce insulin.

> Following excess stimulation, adrenal exhaustion

> sets in, the precursor

> for conditions such as Epstein-Barr virus, chronic

> fatigue syndrome,

> lupus, and myofascial disease, to name just a few.

>

> * Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream

> results in increased

> demand for insulin. The resultant continuous drain

> on the pancreas

> eventually leads to pancreatic fatigue and

> chronically elevated

> blood-sugar levels. This predisposes us to a group

> of lipid (fat)

> metabolic

> disorders, mistakenly referred to as " blood-sugar

> metabolic disorders " :

> hyper- and

> hypoglycemia, hyperinsulinism, candida yeast,

> diabetes, and others.

> Whether you eat cooked animal fat or raw vegetable

> oil, too much fat is

> too much fat, and we must recognize its

> health-destroying potential.

>

> Fat, Not Sugar Is the Culprit

>

> Here lies a key and often-misunderstood

> physiological fact: In the

> presence of fat, our bodies require significantly

> higher-than-normal

> amounts of insulin to transport blood sugar across

> the vessel wall and

> the cell membrane. It's the fat--not the sugar--in

> our diets that is a

> primary

> cause of candida, diabetes, and other blood-sugar

> problems. In " Fruit or

> Fat?, " I discuss this at length.

>

> So, How Much Fat Should We Eat?

>

> The percentage of calories that we consume as fat is

> an essential

> consideration for all of us, cooked or raw. The

> Pritikin Longevity

> Center, which holds the finest health regeneration

> record of any

> organization in the U.S., recommends a dietary fat

> consumption of 10% or

> less. Keeping your fat consumption down to a maximum

> of 10% of your

> calories is by far the most healthful practice.

>

> SAD, Veggie, Vegan, Raw...Fat, Fat, Fat, Fattest?

>

> Here are some numbers that may shock you. It is a

> well-known fact that

> those who eat the standard American diet (SAD)

> average a whopping 42% of

> their calories from fat. Surprisingly, I've found

> that vegetarian and

> vegan diets tend to contain approximately 42% of

> calories from fat, as

> well. Vegetarians tend to consume a high amount of

> dairy,

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