Guest guest Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 rawfood , " Bob Farrell " <rjf2@t...> wrote: > 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. what fruit/produce has fat in it and how much? i'm sure they all have some but which ones come to mind for you as some of the highest fat content besides avos, nuts or seeds? > > 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. once again, which fruits do you think are best for fats? www.rawfoodeaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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