Guest guest Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 I have taken vitamins in the past. Now that i am eating 90% raw do I need to still take vitamins? I am concerned that I may be eating to much fruit. What do I need to do to be sure I am getting the vitamins that I need especially calcium? What do I need to do so I am not grazing? I find that I am really hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Hi Therese, I feel curious, what benefit do you perceive yourself getting from eating these vitamins, regardless of the rest of your diet? (Since you didn't mention what vitamins or what purpose/problem you are trying to address with them, no one can really respond well to your inquiry.) Calcium is a mineral, not a vitamin, and it is more likely that you are doing harm than good with any calcium supplement, on any diet.) Grazing is not a function of vitamins (in general) but rather a function of generalized malnutrition (which all cooked fooders and most raw fooders experience) and/or habitual use of foods to numb out feelings (what some call " emotional eating " ). When you say you are feeling " hungry " , would you be willing to describe what you are actually feeling? I ask this, because most westerners have never experienced genuine, metabolic hunger, at least not since they were babies. Are you experiencing what you call " hunger " in your mouth? Abdomen? Mind? Best, Elchanan _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Therese Brommel-Fontanini Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:39 PM rawfood [Raw Food] I am fairly new to raw eating. I have taken vitamins in the past. Now that i am eating 90% raw do I need to still take vitamins? I am concerned that I may be eating to much fruit. What do I need to do to be sure I am getting the vitamins that I need especially calcium? What do I need to do so I am not grazing? I find that I am really hungry. <http://geo./serv?s=97359714/grpId=5520395/grpspId=1705015482/msgId =29032/stime=1178829562/nc1=4438979/nc2=4491576/nc3=4025301> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Hi Therese, You don't need vitamins. Fruits and veggies have lots of calcium! See the info below that one of my online friends, Raw Rick wrote. You don't need to worry about eating too much fruit. Fruit is our natural food!! Calcium is easily found in the huge quantities contained in raw fruits and vegetables. Hopefully the below info will be of help. One whole orange for example, (not juice), has about 60 mg. of calcium. Main thing is...don't worry if you are low-fat raw-vegan. Calcium is something your SAD neighbors should be worried about...not you. Calcium in 100 calories of (ETL book data): bok choy 1,055 mg. (more tender than collards or kale in my opinion) collard greens 559 mg. kale 455 mg. romaine lettuce 257 mg. broccoli 182 mg. sesame seeds 170 mg. cucumber 108 mg. cauliflower 88 mg. Calcium in 100 calories of (for comparison only): milk 194 mg. fish 38 mg. eggs 32 mg. steak 5 mg. pork chop 2 mg. Animal protein (meat, eggs, dairy) actually induce calcium loss. Calcium is released from the bones to neutralize the acid load in the blood from animal-protein ingestion. Other things besides animal-protein causing calcium loss: salt caffeine refined sugar alcohol nicotine aluminum-containing antacids drugs such as antibiotics, steroids, thyroid hormone vitamin A supplements Things that inhibit calcium absorption are grains and legumes (both of which are *not* included in the 811 diet). If aspects that inhibit the absorption of a nutrient are not present in a diet...then less of that nutrient are needed. The US RDA levels are set up for persons who are on the Standard American Diet... 811 is totally different, totally superior than SAD, for both calcium absorption, and for calcium retention in the skeletal structure. The RDA for calcium is 1000 mg. EVERY QUANTITY LISTED IS FOR 100 CALORIES OF THE FOOD ITEM (USDA DATA): Vegetables, calcium Watercress, 1090 mg. Argula, 640 mg. Kale, 490.91 mg. Collards, 483.33 mg. Chinese Cabbage, 481.25 mg. Spinach, 430.42 mg. Parsley, 383.33 mg. Endive, 305.88 mg. Celery, 285.71 mg. Butter Head Lettuce, 269.23 mg. Green Leaf Lettuce, 240 mg. Fruit, calcium Lime, 110 mg. Orange, 93.48 mg. Current, 87.3 mg. Tangerine, 69.81 mg. Black Berry, 67.44 mg. Papaya, 61.54 mg. Current, 58.93 mg. Kiwi, 55.74 mg. Grapefruit, 52.38 mg. Strawberry, 50.00 mg. Raspberry, 48.08 mg Fig, 47.30 mg. All the best! Audrey > " Therese Brommel-Fontanini " <theresebf >rawfood >rawfood >[Raw Food] I am fairly new to raw eating. >Thu, 10 May 2007 20:38:46 -0000 > > > > I have taken vitamins in the past. Now that i am eating 90% raw do >I need to still take vitamins? I am concerned that I may be eating to >much fruit. What do I need to do to be sure I am getting the vitamins >that I need especially calcium? What do I need to do so I am not >grazing? I find that I am really hungry. > _______________ More photos, more messages, more storage—get 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us & ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM\ _mini_2G_0507 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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