Doug Graham's presentation: Distinguishing high-fat foods: Avocado vs. Nuts/seeds; Digestive lining; Fats in greens

[Guest guest]

Hi William,

 

Perhaps some, but I think not all that much benefit. From the point of view

of our eyesight, the fragments are pulverized to a much smaller size, of

course. But they are still jagged, not polished, and can still irritate.

Particularly in people who have purchased a diagnosis such as spastic colon,

IBS, ulcerative colitis, or the like, nuts and seeds will just plain harm

you.

 

Fresh, edible fatty fruits are all preferable, avocado being perhaps the

best known and most widely available.

 

Best,

Elchanan

 

 

On Behalf Of williamserinn

Monday, October 08, 2007 2:19 AM

 

Re: Doug Graham's presentation: Distinguishing

high-fat foods: Avocado vs. Nuts/seeds; Digestive lining; Fats in greens

 

Do nuts have the same effect of irritating the digestive lining if they are

blended in a Vitamix blender, or eaten in raw vegan (cashew) ice cream, or

in nut butter form?

Thanks!

[Guest guest]

> Mark and Elachan,

 

I think we are scaring people into thinking Dr. D. days no overt fats

from whole fruit. That is not true, as you both have kindly pointed

out, but lets elaborate further. Dr. D. says in his 80/10/10 book

that we have to earn our food via activity. For instance, given my

acitvity level, I eat at least 2,000 calories a day. I get about 1/3

of avo in with that and keep my % at or below 10% fat. But, by our

posts everyone would think that Dr. D is saying NO avo, No durian as

those are overtly fatty fruits. That is not the case. Dr. D is just

saying no overt unwhole fats and keep the rest of the overt whole

fruit fats to 10% or below, so that our 80% carbs can actually be

metabolized well (noticed I wrote WHOLE fruit fats, thus that does

exclude on a regular basis olive oil etc.). When we have too many

fats in our diet our body goes to a " primal " (sick state) state in

which it can no longer digest well its primary source of fuel,

carbohydrates. The fats mess up our insulin/sugar response creating

a pre-diabetic tendency not to be able to get energy from the human

bodies' principal food source: carbs. I read all this in " On

nutrition and Physical Performance: A handbook for Athleetes and

Fitness Enthusiasts, " by Dr. D Graham. Dr. D. writes a short succinct

guideline that is easily substantiated by common sense and other bio-

medical cites if one looks up the individual questions. Also, if one

plugs into any of the medical search engines: Fat, glucose

inhibitor, one would get more info on the subject on how our body is

deprived of its ability to use its natural fuel source when fat is

consumed.

Cheers,

Monica J.

PS Thanks for sharing the whole nuts/seeds scraping of intestinal

lining bit of info and mouth bit. That helps explain my dh's

response to these foods. I do not have these as my intestinal tract

is in pretty good shape, but I bet it wouldn't be if I ate a whole

lot of them.

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> On Behalf Of mkh

> Sunday, October 07, 2007 11:20 PM

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> RE: Doug Graham's presentation

>

> Well, Dr. G does say that calories from fat should not exceed 10%

of your

> total calorie intake. That means you probably won't be eating avos

every

> day. But he doesn't put them in the same category as oils or

supplements.

>

> At least avocados are a whole food!

>

> I thought the talk was excellent. His enthusiasm and vitality were

very

> refreshing and inspiring. I think he talked for about 2 ½ hours

straight,

> and then talked privately with people for quite some time

afterward.

>

> Mark

> _____

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> On Behalf Of Elchanan

> Sunday, October 07, 2007 10:59 PM

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> RE: Doug Graham's presentation

>

> Maggie,

>

> You may have missed Doug's point here. He's not suggesting

replacing one fat

> with another. Rather, he's suggesting removing, or nearly

removing, all

> these overt (high-fat) foods from our diet. And it works!!!

>

> Best,

> Elchanan

>

>

> Maggie Fukuda

> Sunday, October 07, 2007 8:07 PM

> Re: Doug Graham's presentation

>

> Well, maybe i'll just squish all the fat out of my avocado and

drip that

> over my salad instead

>

> Certain greens have certain tastes though, so I'm thinking if

you're craving

> fatty or buttery you could use a big head of butter lettuce or

romaine for

> the wet.

>

> Also, I'm sure there are fatty raw dressings in place of olive oil

that can

> be made from nuts.

>

> On 10/7/07, SV <HYPERLINK " shavig%40verizon.net " shavig

> wrote:

>

> He also said that eating olive oil contributes to the meat

industry because

> that is where they sell the leftovers from making olive oil. The

other

> thing he said that stuck with me is when you pour olive oil on

your salad

> you are turning your salad into junk food because olive oil is a

processed

> product.

>

> Shari

> -----

> Maggie Fukuda

>

> " How far are you willing to go? To what lengths are you willing to

> sacrifice? How much will you endure to attain a significant

pursuit in your

> life? We hear, 'How bad do you really want it?' There is no wrong

response,

> only deepening levels of desire found from answer to answer. "

>

> - Frank McKinney

>