Enough Protein; Protein Deficiency' Kwashiorkor (WAS: Food Combining Through the Day: A Few Tips)

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Hi Caron,

 

A genuine protein deficiency is virtually unheard of, other than where

people are starving to death. When we consume raw, plant-based proteins, we

need consume very little ... in fact, more than a little poisons us. The big

issue for SAD eaters is that most of the protein they consume is nonviable

.... incapable of supporting life ... because of heat-caused damage.

 

Protein deficiency is such a nonissue that, among all the tens of thousands

of diagnoses available to doctors, protein deficiency unrelated to

starvation isn't even listed. And for those one or two in the group who may

wish to jump on that statement, yes, I am aware of Kwashiorkor (a diagnosis

created in Africa in 1932, originally thought to be protein deficiency but

later found to be a facet of systemic starvation) and related diagnoses.

They are irrelevant for anyone here.

 

Best,

Elchanan

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Elchanan

>Caron, one additional thought. At his size and age, about 1/8 to 1/4

avocado, maybe once or twice a week, is enough, and more than that takes him

into what I would consider a high-fat diet. Must consider in the context of

total calories, and at his size, total calories consumed is not a large #.

 

I did wonder about this - he's eating at least a dozen small bananas a day,

1-6 apples, sometimes the juice of an orange, and no idea how much

breastmilk. A check of nutridiary, based on 12 extra-small bananas, 1 small

apple, and juice of one orange, ignoring the breastmilk, says he's at 83%

carbs, 13% fat, 4% protein; total calories 1125. (It seems our avocados

aren't as big as california avocados) Is that protein intake too low? I

know he's getting enough from breastmilk at the moment, but when he

eventually stops, I need to know how to make sure he gets enough of

everything.

 

Thanks,

 

Caron

 

 

 

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Elchanan

>A genuine protein deficiency is virtually unheard of, other than where

people are starving to death. When we consume raw, plant-based proteins, we

need consume very little ... in fact, more than a little poisons us. The big

issue for SAD eaters is that most of the protein they consume is nonviable

.... incapable of supporting life ... because of heat-caused damage.

 

>Protein deficiency is such a nonissue that, among all the tens of thousands

of diagnoses available to doctors, protein deficiency unrelated to

starvation isn't even listed. And for those one or two in the group who may

wish to jump on that statement, yes, I am aware of Kwashiorkor (a diagnosis

created in Africa in 1932, originally thought to be protein deficiency but

later found to be a facet of systemic starvation) and related diagnoses.

They are irrelevant for anyone here.

 

Thanks, Elchanan, that's good to know. According to NutriDiary, he's getting

around 14 grams of protein from the fruit he's eating, around 4% of his

intake. I'm still trying to shake off the old information I've been

bombarded with, that he needs more protein to satisfy hunger, to give him

energy, and to build muscle. As far as I can see, he has plenty of energy,

though he is eating constantly all day, it's the growing and building muscle

I worry about...though he didn't do much growing while he was eating meat

and eggs.

 

The heat damage to proteins is actually what " converted " me to raw eating -

during my first year of uni, we learned about how virii and bacteria are

killed by heat, because their proteins are denatured, and my first thought

was, " well then, what about the meat we eat?? " . Unfortunately, I didn't

follow it up, because I was programmed to believe that the food we eat

doesn't obey the laws of physics or chemistry. If I had, I could have

avoided 8 years of agony, and actually got my degree...but my life wouldn't

be what it is today, so that's all ok )

 

Caron