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Banana island

2015-10-19T07:52:39.000Z

Hi everyone! I've come to banana island to fix lots of digestive issues, constipation and skin issues. I've been rt4 for 6 months and was going great. Have no idea what's caused all of these issues but anyway!I'm wondering a few things, I'm 2 days into banana island now..1- still, no bowel movements ... HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! I drink 3-4L a day, excercise, sleep well, what's going on?!2- are we allowed greens? I've been having cos lettuce and baby spinach with my smoothies sometimes3- how important is organic? :/... I haven't found anywhere that even sells organic bananas let alone them not costing an arm and a leg! :( I've been just having regular bananas, I buy them really cheap coz they're almost overripe.4- I noticed today a really bad white coating on my tongue! My mouth feels really dry. Is that detox, or candida getting worse ?Any help is appreciated!Thanks guys

30 Apples a Day??!!???

2015-01-19T02:21:24.000Z

Anyone ever try using apples as their mono-meal staple? Seems like a good fruit to rely on (easily available, don't have to wait for ripening) If so what were your experiences? How many did you eat in the day? Did you feel satiated?

Potty Mouth

2014-10-14T14:47:15.000Z

Is it normal to POOP so much when you first start?! Yikes! My co-workers are beginning to think I'm secretly doing crack in the loo! LOL

Also, I haven't been able to eat all of my calories in one sitting, but kind of snacking all day. Is that OK? Or is it, eat a mono meal (as much as you can), then snack, and lunch and dinner? I'm confused. I just don't want to make my body think that it has to eat every damn minute!

Banana Beginner!

2014-10-13T19:20:55.000Z

Hey y'all!

I have just a couple of questions and if anyone can help me, i would be much obliged!

1) I am allergic to banana's- what would be a good alternative?

2) Would plantain's be OK to eat instead? I have had one today and it didn't bother me, but I did get this weird filmy feeling on my tongue.

3) Can we mix veggies at dinner? Or does that have to be a mono meal?

4) If the fruit that I purchase is NOT organic, should I still eat the skins? (IE: apples)

Thank you again!!!

I cannot wait to become 100% LFHCV! Anything to make me feel better, help the earth, and spare the lives of many innocent animals.

Food Combining (experiencing severe discomfort)

2014-10-01T21:24:25.000Z

Hi!

I am very well informed on all of the benefits of proper food combining and all of the discomforts of improper combining.

However, I still experience some severe pain even when following considerably good guidelines. For example, I will have something like a salad, zucchini pasta, or cooked vegetables for dinner (I keep the ingredients minimal and combine foods of similar groups/very low fat, typically 0 overts) around 8pm and don't even have breakfast until around 11 the next day (I wake up around 8 or 9 and exercise first, I stay very hydrated during this time) which will usually consist of a smoothie (generally 1 fruit and coconut water) or a mono fruit meal. I will still wind up with almost unbearable aches in my stomach that go up into my shoulders and head, I feel absolutely immobile and the first time this happened I literally thought I was dying. The pain generally subsides and depletes within 10-30 mins. I get this every single morning.

On occasion and more frequently recently I will have it throughout the day after meals. For example, I had raspberries for lunch today around 2pm, and I just sat down to attempt to have a snack of a few apples, but after one I was having this pain. I understand that I only waited 3 hours in-between fruits, but I thought the combination was reasonable according to food combining charts and common knowledge regarding water content.

What I do NOT understand, is how I only began experiencing this when switching to a high fruit diet, and I never in my life that I can recall had this issue even when I used to eat fruit constantly, just in addition to other foods. For example, I used to be able to eat something like that chinese orange chicken (very fatty, fried) and finish up with a baby watermelon no less than an hour later and wasn't even aware that that might be something that would bother people.

If anyone can offer their advice, I would appreciate that very much! Unfortunately I haven't convinced my family (I'm 17 & still live at home) that mono-days or prolonged mono eating is acceptable or safe so doing a banana cleanse to maybe heal some digestional issues has not been an option.

Thanks in advance!

Fruits in Spain - Insights would be greatly appreciated

2014-09-22T08:27:00.000Z

I got a question regarding fruits in Spain

I was hoping some of you guys could give me some insights on my questions and maybe where I could find more information about this.
I have been thinking about taking a vacation to Spain for 2-3 months this winter - from November to January and living primary on oranges..

But I have absolutely no idea, if it’s even possible to live on oranges (mostly) .. I mean, if we can get enough of them or that the oranges they are producing are been exported to other countries such as my own :o

I was wondering, if any of you in here, have any suggestions to where the fruit might be best? And also what fruits will be in season from November to February.

Also, what places in Spain that would be best to stay regards the best fruit quality (organic preferred)

I don’t know much about Spain, So some insights would be greatly appreciated.

Regards Martin from Denmark

Mono meal: My orange take

2014-08-29T11:06:52.000Z

I'm sharing my day again, to study, and to improve.

Yesterday i felt so good with the banana meal, but after the afternoon snack, my emotional/physical energy went off.

Today i'm having my first mono meal of oranges, throughout the day.

This amounts can be increased.

8:00

5 Oranges

11:00
5 Oranges

13:00
5 Oranges

16:00
5 Oranges

19:00
5 Oranges

I will see if i need to increase this amount of food.

Water Intake: 3 liters

STATS

Carbs: 384,80

Protein: 30,80
Fructose: 306, 20

Fiber: 78,5

Lipids: 3,95

Total: 1540 calories

UPDATE 11:55 am

. With my first meal and after the snack of oranges, i felt bloating issues.

. I' need to workout, and i don't have the strength that i had yesterday, i'm tired, sleepy, bloated ...

UPDATE 13:36 Pm
. I'm eating my 5 oranges lunch
. I'm feeling better

UPDATE 15:28 pm
. Sleepy, lazy, without the will to workout
. Bloated, with gas. lol

UPDATE 14:28 pm
I had another 5 oranges, and turned my belly into a huge balloon, omg!

FINAL UPDATE 23:06
. Complete bloated lol

Mono meals: My take

2014-08-28T08:53:25.000Z

Today i'm having my first mono meal throughout the day.

Let's see, how i feel.

This amounts can be increased.

8:00
5 Bananas

11:00
5 Bananas

13:00
5 Bananas

16:00
5 Bananas

19:00
5 Bananas

I will see if i need to increase this amount of food.

Water Intake: 3 liters

STATS

Carbs: 673, 80

Protein: 32, 15
Fructose: 360, 80

Fiber: 76, 5

Lipids: 9,75

Total: 2625 calories

SPORTS

Bicycle ( 1 hour 15 minutes )
Calisthenics
Walking

Report of my day

. At my snack, things ran very great, but after, i felt bloated.
. Maybe I need to diminish my meals or give more time between meals.

. Physically and mentally good
. Emotional good, but after the snack i felt insecure.

Mono Meals, thoughts? feelings? easier digestion?

2014-08-04T21:08:30.000Z

I my short experience with being a raw vegan (only about 4 weeks), I feel so much better eating mono meals, sitting down and eating 10 bananas, or eating 6 mangoes, or eating 30 dates. It make my tummy feel amazing and I feel more satisfied doing that! I experimented with smoothies and it just made my digestion all funny and slow :/ maybe it was detox or something else, but so far, I am LOVING mono meals! what about you guys? what makes you feel like you are running at 100%? and smoothie drinkers out there, what are some good combos i can try out?

3000g of berries yesterday :0

2014-03-07T14:06:10.000Z

So I bought a full case(Driscoll's, 12 packs) of organic raspberries, a few packs of organic blackberries and 2 packs of organic blueberries... i intended to indulge, but reality has made my imagination seem puny once again. I ate them all in one day. The berries were primarily what I ate yesterday. I would love to do this more often, but currently do not have 50$ to slam down my throat everyday. I'm curious as to why I've yet to discover someone eating berry mono meals. Is it for financial reasons or others in which i'm ignorant to? i cant help but to assume that it is entirely nourishing to the cells.

30 Day Banana Island Day 1 and 3 Videos

2014-02-27T00:20:32.000Z

Struggling - Not enough calories?

2013-12-14T02:57:32.000Z

So i am still transitioning. At first it was really easy. All fruit breakfasts were a breeze. Lunches were a bit harder. But dinner….i'm really having trouble with. I find that i am hungry only a couple hours after eating breakfast, which is tough because i am so busy at work i'm lucky if i'm able to eat lunch by 1pm.

I suspect my issue is calories. My stomach is so full after 5 bananas that i usually just stop. But by 11am i am RAVAGED. I know from what i've seen from other i should be having closer to 8-10 bananas.

I feel like perhaps i should log my caloric intake in order to manage my hunger better and succeed on this diet, but i have a past of dangerous eating habits and I'm afraid the big numbers will scare me off from this diet and possibly eating all together, and i'll just be leading myself to failure. How do i eye ball how much fruit i should be eating a day? If you were to put it in term of mono meals how many mangos/banana/papayas would i need to eat per meal (these are the fruit that are most common and available to me here)???

Mono Pear Island?? Thoughts??

2013-11-06T19:22:21.000Z

I have only ever done a 3 day peach mono island. Anyone ever done a pear island before? Pears are super cheap where I live (local and soooo tasty). Is there like a minimum time for doing a fruit island to experience benefits? Been having some digestive issues the last couple days. Not sure why. I have a hard time mono eating for long periods of time because there's just so much delicious fruit out there I want to eat o.O

7 Day Banana Island Reflections Video

2013-07-25T01:47:06.000Z

Hey guys, this is my video about all of the benefits I received on banana island as well as some other things I learned.

I will definitely do banana island again soon. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would!

Last day of 7 on Banana Island

2013-07-13T23:39:49.000Z

This is my last video. It was first thing in the morning on my 7th day. I was a bit tired after not sleeping well the night before. However, later in the day I began to feel absolutely great. My digestion was finally moving along normally again and I had extra energy.

I'll be posting a video again soon on my final conclusions.

Banana Island Day 6, Finally pooping!

2013-07-11T02:19:15.000Z

My digestion is finally moving along! Yay!! I've continued to drink extra water. I'm up to 1.25 gal today. Also find that running helps a lot.

Slowly getting more energy. Today was probably the day I've had the most energy.

Thanks for the support and advice!

Banana Island Day 5 Video

2013-07-10T02:25:43.000Z

Hey guys,

Have a few questions about banana island. Digestion still a bit slow. Debating on adding in melons or grapes in the morning or doing a day on grapes.

Eating between 22 and 27 bananas a day, 1 gal water at least.

Banana Island Day 4 Video

2013-07-08T14:57:34.000Z

Here's day 4.

My energy is coming back little by little. Had enough to get a nice cycling and strength workout in yesterday. Digestion still moving pretty slow, we'll see what happens as the days go on, might continue after day 7 depending on how I feel and how my digestion is.

Need Help PLease

2013-06-13T15:23:15.000Z

Hi,

Let me start out by saying I would really appreciate the help from anyone, and thanks in advance :). I've started going more and more raw and currently am almost 100%. Unfortunatly I have been really sick for a couple of weeks now. The doctors finally diagnosed me with mono. I was just hoping people may have some advice ot tips that have gone through this, and advice being raw while sick. Right now I find it very difficult to eat and don't and not very hungry. So I am having a difficult time getting a lot of food into me. I would reallt appreciate any help. Thanks a lot everyone :).

Christina L.C.

Is orange island a good idea for a day or two?

2013-05-07T18:46:54.000Z

I am considering eating just oranges for a day or two to kickstart my raw journey. What do you think?

Monomeal fruit suggestions for a beginner?

2013-04-25T20:49:29.000Z

Hi everyone!

A beginner here trying to get into a healthier lifestyle. I've been vegetarian for a few moths and I'd like to take it to the next level. The high carb low fat fruit diet is exactly what I was looking for but I need some advice.

For sure I want to read the 80/10/10 book but I´d like to start before I get it and I get to read it so I´d like to know which sweet high carb fruits you guys recommend me to start with for my monomeals since I sadly don't like bananas...

Has somebody done something like Freelee (30 bananas a day for a month) but eating another fruit type? which results have you gotten out of it?

Thank you in advance for your help and comments and i wish you the best!

Favourite Mono Cleanse?

2013-04-09T10:04:21.000Z

I have heard of Banana Island and am currently on day 3 :)

However, at some point I would like to go to a different 'island'. I am considering the melon cleanse (honeydew). What have your experiences been like with the mono cleanses and which fruit would you most likely recommend?

Apple Island - liver detox situation - feel free to join!

2013-02-27T00:16:52.000Z

Hi fruities!

I am about to embark on a trip to apple island (mono eating apples only for a few days) to see how it goes. Apples are in season now and i am preparing for my amalgam fillings to be taken out in the beginning of march, so I especially feel that mono meals AND doing mono means with apples specifically will really set me up for a very clean liver to handle all the extra stress the amalgam removal might put on my liver...

Either way, if you've been looking for an invitation to a trip to apple island, this is your chance!

Starting tomorrow, Wednesday that is.

xxx

Getting enough greens is getting harder and harder :(

2012-10-19T14:25:53.000Z

Hi everyone,

I apologise if I sound whiny when I post this. But this topic has been bothering me for quite some time, despite PKs great post emphasising the importance of greens, which I truly and wholeheartedly agree with and support. BUT the problem is, the only greens that I've been able to eat are celery, fennel, and lamb's lettuce. I did eat spinach as well for a while, but (I'm not sure if I'm remembering right or not) I read that people with autism shouldn't eat it, so I stopped. Though do correct me if I'm wrong about that with spinach and autism.
I CANNOT (I repeat) CANNOT afford organic nor am I able to grow my own at the moment, given where I currently live. Just as well, the celery, fennel, and lamb's lettuce that I buy end up not tasting as good as usual (in quality). But, like I said, I can't afford organic and I do the best I can.

I'm not here to whine or make excuses, I'm here to state the fact of the matter regarding my situation. I'm a mono-eater (otherwise my digestion is terrible) and I'd be opened to hearing solutions. I have thought of eating greens as snacks in between, but I've more or less stopped snacking, as my meals are larger and that appears to be encouraged in this lifestyle. I have considered trying broccoli raw as my dinner, as I loved it (as all other vegetables) cooked, but since it's a starchy veggie and (according to the raw school link) usually not encouraged/meant to be eaten. Therefore I'm hesitant with the idea.

Please feel free to share tips, advice, personal experiences, etc. I appreciate every feedback. :)

Had no/barely any bowel movement today?

2012-04-17T01:01:44.000Z

I normally have a bm once a day. This past week I've been off from school and I've had two BMs a day -normally one at 10am and the second at 2pm. That's not even 8 hours apart. Today I barely had one. I had to force it out and when it did come out it was just a small amount. I think it's because of what I consumed today. Mainly it was mono but at the end of the day it was a variety of salads and fruits. But this week I started school and I have no intentions and I even can't poop in public, I just dislike it. Today for real fast I had a few cups of water, like 4 and 8 bananas. Ripened. Lunch I had 7 bananas. A bottle of water. I got home at two and drank like 4 cups of water and consumed another 6 bananas. (I had 26 bananas total today so I might be a little off during the days break-up)For dinner I had a bowl Of salad and 6 or so bananas ( i got a bag f dole "greener selection" salad. ) I saw it in myLocal grocery and it was buy one get one free. It's pretty darn good. It has iceberg, romaine, shredded carrots (I know carrots aren't best for digestion) and red cabbage. Then my father brought home fruit cups (cantaloupe, honeydew, and orange slice, pineapple, strawberry (1), and pineapple). I had two of these small bowls. (I know oranges and those fruitsDon't combine so I saved the orange for later) And right now at night I had another bag of said salad^^Sorry for the long post, but I was just curious as to why I didn't have much a BM today and if my mono meals could be the culprit, even thoughI know mono meals are probably THE best for digestional problems. Thanks :)

Help with mono-meals, please! (Newbie here)

2012-02-12T09:09:50.000Z

Hi,

I'm only on my second day of raw and I want to eat mono-meals because I think that will be best for my slightly upset digestive system.

Could I please have some advice as to how much to eat at a mono-meal and how long to wait between each meal?

Thank you!

80/10/10 healed my Acid Reflux & autoimmune Gastritis

2012-01-03T04:22:50.000Z

One doctor said I had Barrett's Esophagus. Another said pre-cancer GURD. I suffered for 6 years. No medication helped me. I tried them all. The last doctor said it was autoimmune Acid Esophagus. They all had a name for it but not one could help me. When I started Mono eating the pain & acid ended without toxic medications filled with side effects that made my autoimmunity even worse. Oh by the by, the drugs were $108.00 a month! Do any of you suffer from acid reflux? Mono eating at each meal is the only way my esophagus could heal. Thank you 80/10/10

Banana Island... any advice?

2011-12-06T09:30:23.000Z

I am turning 25 this week, and was thinking about gifting myself this year a beautiful clean start. I am thinking of doing a mono-banana diet for a while. I have never done mono so I would like to hear from someone who has.

1. Is it difficult to stay on one fruit? Why/Why not?

2. Will this lead to more detox/weight loss?

3. What balances/imbalances might I feel?

4. How long should I do it? Ten days, 15?

5. How do I transition into eating other fruits and veggies again?

6. What else do I need to know that I didn't bring up!

I have a forty pound case of bananas ripening that I am dying to eat, so now is as good a time as ever to start! Thanks for your help!

Mono-meal challenge!

2011-07-03T13:37:00.000Z

So I'm finally going 100% mono, except my salads. I'm so excited!

Anyone joining me?

Can't wait to have the mangoes in my belly!

HIGHEST INTAKE OF BANANA IN 1 DAY??

2011-05-14T16:21:22.000Z

HELLO friends,,,i wanted to ask whats is your record of eating bananas ,,a day,,and how much do you feel is alright average for you??

iam aiming for 2 meals a day,,ande at he moment i eat 2 kg,,,(4.5 lbs)a day(about 1800 calories

in a mono meal.

happy for your answers :) ;)