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Juice as a meal

2021-01-11T05:05:01.000Z

I recently bought a citrus juicer and am looooooving the fresh orange juice. After drinking about four cups of juice I feel quite satiated and can go a while without feeling hunger again. I've been considering having a large glass, maybe eight cups of orange juice, for breakfast as a meal because I feel so great afterwards and it's so delicious! I suppose I'm just wondering if having a meal that is solely juice is sufficient for breakfast. What do y'all think? I see a lot of raw eaters have mostly juice throughout the mornings so wondering what y'all's take is

Detox symptoms?

2021-01-06T17:22:25.000Z

Hello all!

I have been vegan for many years now. I've never been fully raw but recently I have been eating more raw til 4 with lots of fruit throughout the day.
Often after eating a mono meal of fruit, I feel this weird tightness discomfort in my chest and belly. It's hard to describe the feeling. This feeling only happens when I eat mono meals of fruit but it doesn't happen every time. I can't find anything talking about this on the internet as there are so few places that even discuss eating fruits in large amounts.
Anyways, I keep thinking these sensations might be detox symptoms as I still do eat some processed vegan food here and there. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced these sensations going higher raw?

thanks all, love being here!

Tips for eating an Apple Monomeal

2015-05-26T20:13:04.000Z

Tips for eating an Apple Monomeal

PEAL THEM!!! Seriously people, it makes all the difference and you can digest more in one go.

Apples are generally less expensive and make for a great option as a meal.

Peal them, pulse them in the food processor if you can and add cinnamon for raw oatmeal!

Bananas Island?

2014-07-27T05:15:24.000Z

I've been having mono meals for a week now and I just recently heard a Youtube video discussing water melon islands. Now, I wanted to have a watermelon Island but I dont have the means to do so (no car, no space)

So, I was thinking of having a banana Island. They're easy to transport and are cost and time efficient :)

I was wondering what would be the benefits if I were to have a banana island, what results could I expect to see, and how exactly is one done ?

Honestly, I've put on a bit in the tummy area since going raw, and I'm totally happy with the decision I had made to go raw for my overall health but I do not like the effect it had for my tummy, I was hoping this might help my bloated looking belly disappear! Thoughts?

Esperanza Vite: ‘I Have Immense Gratitude for Every Sunrise and Starry Sky’

2014-04-08T15:37:38.000Z

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It was a privilege to meet Esperanza when she visited Arnold's Way owner Arnold Kauffman's home for a few days earlier this year. In the latest Fruit-Powered Digest, gain remarkable insight on life from someone who knows what it is like to be truly alive! Es's raw food transformation story is the most powerful I've heard: http://fruit-powered.com/esperanza-vite/

30 Day Banana Island Day 1 and 3 Videos

2014-02-27T00:20:32.000Z

how to manage mono eating banana meals

2011-05-08T13:36:22.000Z

Hi,,i iam doing the lfvg since one month,,and is giong quie well,,,until now when i try to increase my mono banana meal,,i started with 1 kg and are now attempting to 2 kg ,,thats abou 1800 calories.

how ever ,,when i come over 1.5 kg i feel ,,quiet disconforted in my stomach ,,for about 30 minutes..slightly acid feeling,,and some hevyness.

today i did a smoothie with 2 kg banana and 500gr strawberry,and ate it slowly ,,in about 30 minutes...after i experienced some nasty disconforts,,of acidity,,and feeling nausea,,and it was like this for nearly 1 h.(not nice)

now...i am tryng to make one monomeal of banana,,,for lunch..maybe i should split it in two??

what are your experiences with high amount of ripe banana???????love to you all

Fruitarians are the Future - A comprehensive guide for aspiring 8/1/1rv fruitarians, new on 30BAD

2011-01-04T12:39:13.000Z

Years ago when I was making the transition from 100% raw gourmet, I would have absolutely loved this guide, which I guess is exactly why I wrote it.

I have been 100% raw for about 5 years now, and about 3 of those have been as a 8/1/1rv fruitarian. I had to come to realize this liberating and empowering lifestyle the hard way while drowning in a sea of raw fadists and superfood pushers. It was round 2 of alienation after having been rejected by the mainstream for rejecting cooked, then shunned by the mainstream raw community for rejecting their largely perverted fare.

My health plateued and all the nuts, seeds, and salt became too heavy and were an impediment to my blossoming fitness. I intuitively began adding more fruit as I let go of the rich nutty meals. I then set out on an independent investigation into the science and chemistry of it all; an aspect the mainstream raw community tends to ignore. This personal search led me to true experts like Shelton, Frey, Graham, Trader, and Campbell. Once I developed that intellectual confidence to support my intuitive drive, I was set to be an 8/1/1rv fruitarian for life.

As someone who created a raw food prep business and used transitional gourmet means I was often conflicted about my work and my personal practice. There was a very thin line to walk in maintaining that integrity. I even opened a raw food restaurant that tried to cater to a low fat fruit based raw crowd with some relatively simple gourmet options. Of course the side of ther menu that had the potential to pander to the same emotional eating habits of SAD diet began to overshadow, and although I was helping many to find a sustainable transition, my passion and integrity was losing to the financial efficacy of the joint. I decided to preserve my principles and lose the cafe. I went back to school to study Natural Hygiene based nutrition and healing and pursue my Naturopathic degree.

As I began helping more people find success in this diet and lifestyle I began to realize the common obstacles and questions. Logically, I thought it would be very helpful to address those issues and questions in a book/guide format for anyone to be able to access and take advantage of.

This book , Fruitarians are the Future is a full practical guide for the diet of the lifestyle and and it is a reference guide for fruitarian mono-meals. It includes basic information on the background science of food combining and a simple carb based diet, but the bulk of the book is a guide to making a sufficient meal from a list of generally accessible sweet fruits. The fruit guide has a selection, season, and calorie by volume guide for each fruit that outlines how many fruits and how much weight of fruit should be consumed to constitute a meal. Each meal is around 1200 calories. It has been well received by newcomers and fellow 8/1/1rv's as an easy to use and original guide to being a successful 8/1/1rv fruitarian.

As I travel the country on my pedal powered pilgrimage I am so pleased to be able a concrete reference to the people I am presenting this lifestyle to. It is one thing to get someone passionate about something so intuitively accessible but then it is very important to provide a practical and detailed instruction on making it work.

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Is 17 oranges too much?

2010-11-24T09:51:13.000Z

Loving monomealing, but I need some clarifications on limits... I ate 2.5 watermelons for breakfast and 17 oranges throughout the afternoon.

I'm definitely over 100% on my Cron-o-meter.

How much is too much?

I could go on, these oranges are so delicious!