vita mix

[Guest guest]

so i've decided to break down and buy one of these vita mix blenders. can y'all

tell me which one you'd recommend, the difference and good and bad about each

one, and any low cost sources. I'd appreciate any feedback. Thankyou. Lane

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Valerie Mills Daly

rawfood

Monday, April 04, 2005 10:02 PM

RE: [Raw Food] 80/10/10

Hi, Elchanan, would it be all right if I posted your response in another

group?

Thanks...Valerie

" INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo wrote:

Brenda writes:

This is probably going to sound incredibly naive, but I am new to all

this.

Please explain 80/10/10

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Not naive, if you're new, you're new!! Thanks for asking. This is a repost

from Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:05 AM

80/10/10 is a concept authored by Dr. Doug Graham and to be fully described

in his upcoming book. Doug has been teaching this concept for a number of

years now on " the lecture circuit. "

The numbers are carbohydrate/protein/fat, as a percentage of calories

consumed.

Most Americans eating the SAD (standard American diet) consume, as averages,

50% of their calories from carbohydrate (almost entirely either complex or

refined sugar), 16% from protein, 34% from fat. These percentages have been

calculated annually for more than three decades. There is a trend toward

increasing the percentage of carbs and decreasing the percentage of fats;

the protein percentage has been pretty much a constant throughout.

- Vegans are thought to consume around 11% of calories as protein, though

data on which to base this observation are more limited.

- Surprisingly, most RFs are consuming a diet consisting of 50-80% of

calories from fat. And the majority of RFs fail in the long run. Most of our

nutrients are water-borne, a high-fat diet is malnutritive, raw of not.

Based upon this and related data, along with extensive nutrient analysis of

recipes, meal plans, and what people are actually eating (based upon their

own reports and on more formal research), it seems clear that, for most

people, it would be virtually impossible to consume MORE than around 14-17%

of calories as protein, unless one were to eat albumin (egg whites), protein

powder in large quantities, etc. Further, a massive body of research shows

the following:

- Excess protein (above our requirements) is extremely toxic and literally

maims and kills us, over time. Excess protein and particularly protein from

animal sources are directly and highly correlated with almost every illness

and disease known to modern man. (T. Colin Campbell, Framingham Study,

Pritikin, thousands of others)

- High physical activity does NOT create any need to increase our PERCENT of

protein. The naturally occurring caloric increase (in response to increased

energy demand) automatically incorporates whatever additional protein is

required. Hence, body builders and others are literally killing themselves

for no benefit at all. Even the U.S. government agrees on this point.

We actually only need perhaps 4-8% of our calories from protein. Similarly,

we need less than 10% of our total calories from fat.

So 80/10/10 is goal statement, suggesting that we strive to consume a

MINIMUM of 80% of our calories as SIMPLE (fruit) carbohydrates, and a

MAXIMUM of 10% each as protein and fat. fortunately, this distribution or

better (more like 90/6/8) occurs quite naturally when we consume the

high-water, high-oxygen, fruit-based diet I have suggested on a number of

occasions.

To my knowledge, Nutridiary is far and away the best free, online source for

entering and tracking your meals and finding out caloric distribution and

other information. FitDay has been around for years, but right now

Nutridiary is the superior product, for many reasons ranging from data

quality, support, data usefulness and completeness, and so on. Try it for a

week, you'll learn a LOT about how you are eating!!!

Best to all,

Elchanan

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