Newbie [WAS]new here with questions,please

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Hi again, Rich!

 

re: the avocadoes - I guess you and I just " see " them differently -

they are indeed, a fine food, if eaten sparingly. They are *waayyy*

too high in fat: like 75%, as I posted earlier.

 

I, and many others, find that what works best is to keep our dietary

intake of fat to <10%. One whole avocado will skew an entire day to

over that! We already get fats from most other fruits, we don't need

to load up on it from avocadoes. Fats from avocado *do* work: we just

don't need *much* of them.

 

The reason I've put that in response to fairly new rfers or

transitioners, is that it's far too easy to make the early RF mistake

of substituting fruit/nut/seed fat for the fat that we were used to on

SAD. I made this mistake myself, personally. Just offering

suggestions to help some newer folks avoid a few of the " landmines " on

the path. We only have two real choices for calories in our diet:

fruits or fats.

 

 

>

> why would fats from avocados not work, we need fat and avocados are

> obviously a gentle, plant fat, not like the fat from meat. an

> avocado is a fruit, it has a seed, the real definition of a fruit.

i > certainly eat all the other items you mentioned but i definitely

see > some avocado as helpful.

 

*** agree with all of above, except the underlying thought of how

much, the quantity - you favor more, I, and many other successful

RFers, favor less.

>

> i just don't think the fat in the avocado is something to worry

> about,

 

too much fat in the diet, from whatever source, does not help create

health - an excess is a detractor/destroyer.

 

if your talking about weight gain, it certainly doesn't put

> any on me.

 

ok..and it has to accumulate somewhere: if it's not putting any weight

on, it's just clogging up the bloodstream. it doesn't just vanish..

 

and healthwise we have a lot of fat in our bodies,

 

most of us have far too much fat in our bodies: America has a fat

epidemic going on..we're now a nation that's ~50% overweight, with

something like 35% of folks obese.

 

> as thin as i am eating this way, and replenishing fat or keeping up

> the proper amount would seem to be a good thing.

 

some *limited* fat is a good thing...

>

> >

> > right here:

> > http://health.RawschoolReading%

> 20Resources/

> >

> > come on over; I help moderate over there...site is owned by Nora

> Lenz,

> > a 7+ yr. rawfooder. She also runs her own website...

 

>

> you can't come on over, there's no way to join, what, do you have to

> be approved first somehow in order to join this site? i went to it

> but it just says " members only " and gives me no access.

 

ok...yes, it requires a " membership " just like here..

have to go to the main board to join - no, don't think it requires

approval to join ---

 

main board link: http://health.Rawschool/

should be able to join from there. people joining every day, so I

know it's possible.

 

all the best,

 

Bob Farrell

Personal Health Creation Coach