The Frugivore Diet

Do females need overt fats on 80/10/10

2013-07-10T02:58:30.000Z

Im not sure whether we have to include overt fats such as nuts seeds and avocado, what do ya'll think? Someone told me that we as females need extra fat to produce estrogen, otherwise our testosterone goes way up-yikes. Also for our monthly cyles. Thanks for the imput!

Help me choose a dehydrator

2013-05-15T15:02:17.000Z

I'm going to buy a dehydrator

so I have more choice to eat

I heard that Excalibur is a good one

so I'm thinking of getting one of this

http://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/twilight-black-9-tray-w-plastic-trays-273

what do you think?

Any recommendation?

Black mold in dates & allergic reaction?

2012-10-05T14:06:34.000Z

This morning I was eating a whole bunch of different dates, and in a Deglet Noor date i bit into, I saw black mold like in this picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andsometimesnatalia/3404707319/

I ate half of it before I realized, and now the outsides of my upper lip is all bumpy and a tiny bit swollen.

Any similar experiences or insights?

Dates and Bananas question

2012-07-28T18:49:31.000Z

Hello HCRV lovers!

I've been For the past 2 days I've increased my intake of bananas and dates. Yesterday I ate 14 bananas and 10 dates. I usually limit myself to 5-6 bananas on average and 3-5dates on average because I like variety of fruit. I dont usually get acne, and I've never had a huge problem with it, a breakout here and there when Im on PMS ever since I started the HCRV lifestyle.

I found that I break out the next day everytime I overeat on bananas and dates? I think its the dates that are causing it more because its more concentrated. I've NEVER had a problem with my face when I over eat on other fruits. Ive eaten pounds and pounds of strawberries, nectarines, apricots and grapes on some days and I DONT wake up the next day with a breakout. I also find that if I INCLUDE more romaine lettuce with eating fruit and increasing spinach in my dinner salads help speed the HEALING process of my breakouts.

Has anyone ever experienced acne on too much sugar? or a certain fruit?

Esther

SOURCES OF FRESH DATES IN BULK

2012-06-06T21:07:04.000Z

Does anyone know where can one buy fresh dates in bulk in your area?

CALORIE RESTRICTION DR.GRAHAM VS 30 BANANAS A DAY

2012-04-25T19:59:22.000Z

I was doing the 30 bananas day 811 approach where I would try eat at least
2500 calories of fruit a day. But I gained 10 lbs! Super stressful.

I just finished reading Dr.Grahams 80/10/10 diet book and he says for
someone my sex(F) and weight(140) should eat the weight they want X10 in
calories. So mine would be 125X10=1250 calories a day which is WAY more
restrictive than 2500.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

BENDING/BREAKING NAILS on 811

2012-04-25T19:55:50.000Z

My nails have always been strong and long but on the 811 diet they bend and
break easily. Why is this? If I go back to the SAD diet for a couple days I already
notice a difference in how much stronger they are.... What is up with this????

Thanks!

SALAD DRESSINGS

2012-03-30T17:56:51.000Z

Hi Everyone! I am still searching for a delicious recipe that coincides with the 8/1/1 guidelines!

I have been experimenting but have yet to find something that makes my mouth water.

Does anyone have a recipe like this that they can share with me?

THANK YOU! :D

olives & pickles

2012-03-20T21:23:47.000Z

I have always been in LOVE with green olives and pickles.. How bad is it to continue eating these on the HCLFV lifestyle?

Thanks!!

AVOCADOS

2012-02-25T20:27:46.000Z

So I have been eating my fruit during the day and have been having a large salad at night with lemon juice, salt, pepper, and either half a large avocado or a whole small avocado. I mush up the avocado so it creates a coat on the leafy greens and makes the dressing (lemon/salt/pepper) soo yummy. I just got a cronometer account and put in an avocado to see how much fat is in it, and it went off the charts. I am so sad because I don't want to give up my 1/2 avocado in my salad. And my salad definitely would be more of a chore to eat without it. But trying to follow the 80-10-10 principle with my cronometer seems like I am already getting a bit of fat from the fruits I eat and having avocado sends it off the charts...

Thoughts or guidance?:(

Thank you,

-Newbie

Hard time reaching Fruit calorie quota.. Dates the answer?

2012-02-25T06:58:07.000Z

It seems hard for me to fill my calorie quota of the day. I was thinking that eating 1/2 of my calories from medjool dates could help since they are more compact. But is that not healthy to eat so many everyday since they have a lot of sugar? Or does it not matter as long as I am getting in the calories? Thanks!!

Juicing to make up cals

2011-10-06T10:39:35.000Z

Hi guys

I am new to raw food and am trying to follow 80/10/10. I need some advice please.

Like many new 811ers I am struggling to get enough carbs/cals each and every day. And as we all know this is bad news as the cooked food cravings start. And unfortunately I have been giving into them. I definitely find it helps if I get a big fruit meal in early in the day. But even still I often find my cals for the day are around the 1000/1500 mark. Recently I have been drinking freshly juiced orange juice in between my meals, to bring up the cals. But I have read that juicing is a no no on a 811 diet.

Here is where I need some advice. Firstly do any of you juice at all? I am trying to make the best choice and avoid as much cooked food as possible. Is adding juicing a better option for me right now, knowing that I am working on increasing my fruit eating cals? I have M.E. and I don’t want to do something that is going to make me worse. And I know that cooked food really affects my M.E. symptoms. My fear is that this is where the too much sugar in fruit quotes come from. Am I making things worse?

Any advice welcomed.

Zoe

HOW DO I GET ENOUGH GREENS?!!!

2011-04-25T19:02:46.000Z

I'm having a hard time getting enough leafy greens...

I feel like I don't enjoy eating them plain, or maybe it's because I haven't found a good low fat dressing!

I NEED IDEAS FOR GREEN SMOOTHIES, OR DRESSINGS!

How do all of you get enough greens????? Please help me!

CRON-o-meter

2011-03-08T14:51:27.000Z

Do I need to adjust any of the nutritional targets on the CRON-o-meter? I assume they are set to typical FDA recommendations.

storing fruit in enclosed hallway closet. ....

2011-03-02T19:02:08.000Z

I have no other place to store my massive amount of fruit!I want to put shelving and a mesh cart with drawers. Just wondered if the fruit would still ripen this way?

advocating lfrv & making money for travel expenses- ideas?

2011-02-06T00:05:49.000Z

I'd love to get into modeling specifically for green companies such as organic clothing, bedding, or selling my photos!Probably a good idea to have a blog and post my portfolio.I also love writing. ...What do YOU do in order to afford traveling to Thailand, Malaysia, south america, Australia, etc.???

best permanent places to live for optimal long-term lfrv lifestyle?

2011-01-26T16:46:07.000Z

I heard that Thailand or Costa rica is best, your thoughts?

Fruit Olympics- The Challenge

2011-01-18T03:25:58.000Z

12,000 calories. That's what Olympic swimming uberstar Michael Phelps eats in a day.

He does it with pizza and pancakes.

Can you match him---with only fruit?!?!

That's right, you are now officially double-durian dared to eat 12,000 fruit calories in a day.

Post your thoughts.

And please, if you complete this challenge, make a list of what you ate! Both to confirm calories count and so we can laugh with you at the amazing amount of fruit you knocked back in one awesome day!!

BOOYAH!

Durian

2011-01-18T02:08:12.000Z

Anyone know where i can get some quality Durian right now. I live in the NorthEast and their hard to come by.

How do you know if you've eaten enough?

2010-08-24T19:23:21.000Z

I've been eating roughly 1000-1400 calories a day. I eat until I'm not hungry or until I'm full, I've been drinking 4-6 liters of water a day... and I've been exercising for 30-60 minutes a day.

I haven't tried eating 2,000 calories a day, but I have no idea how I would even be able to eat that much.

My goal is to lose thirty pounds.

I've read where people who don't eat enough fruit don't lose weight and the minute they start eating their recommended calorie intake or whatever they begin losing weight, but that's just so unreal to me.

I know that weight loss isn't the only thing I should focus on, but it's a key factor in my body regaining health.

Any advice, references, comments would be appreciated :)

Also, how much weight have you lost? What did you eat, how much did you exercise, etc. etc. etc.

Craving Salt! What to do when it happens?

2010-05-18T22:27:58.000Z

When I eat a lot of fruits AND A LOT OF greens eventually a moment comes when I feel completely oversugared and also kind of hungry and I feel I have to have a non-sweet substantial salad with dulse flakes (for salt) and avocado. When I eat that I usually feel better. Before I eat that I feel totally oversugared and out of control. For months I was able to avoid eating salt by consuming A LOT of chard (salty chard). But for some reason chard is not always salty, it actually varies with seasons. Right now it's very hard to find any salty chard, so I am not getting my organic sodium, and even though I am eating tons of greens after my fruit meals, I still crave salty salads. Celery doesn't work the same way. I recognize that it is a matter of transition and overcoming addiction to salt. But when I get my worst cravings I feel like in a car on highway driving at about 70 m/h and I just need to maneuver the best I can. And my best in the absence of salty chard comes to large green salad with avocado and some dulse flakes. On the next day though I have a bad case of water retention on my face.

So, my question is what to do when I feel this - driving on highway / have to eat to get in balance/ oversugared, sweet fruit will make it worse - feeling ?

It's the end of the day and you've undereaten...what do YOU do?

2009-12-22T22:51:32.000Z

I know what I did, and it was truly an act of desperation (Realized that I hadn't eaten yet at around 2 pm, was at less than a thousand calories by 8 pm). What do you guys do when you're in the same situation?

Food on a bad day?

2009-11-25T01:05:45.000Z

What do you guys eat when you are having a really bad day, besides air lol! I'm serious. When you are anxious, ANGRY, nauseous, sad, depressed, what goes down easiest? I usually grab an OJ, I know its not raw but its easy and its not air.

The symptoms and risks of undereating sweet fruit

2009-11-23T11:50:58.000Z

Nutrient deficienciesAll the cells in our body use sugar as the primary and preferred fuel source to carry out cellular respiration, generating cellular energy, which our cells require in order to function. Getting fuel to our cells is our body's number one priority in terms of nutrition.Our body is remarkably resourceful, in that lacking its preferred form of cellular fuel, glucose and fructose from sweet fruits, it will convert other forms of macronutrients, namely complex carbs, proteins and fats, into sugar in order to keep our cells fueled.If we eat enough fruit to meet our caloric needs, we will get enough protein and fat in our diet as well, because fruit has enough of both of these nutrients to meet our body's needs in the best 'pre-digested' forms: amino acids and fatty acids. However if we under eat sweet fruit in order to fulfill our body's simple carbohydrate needs, our body will be forced to convert dietary fats and proteins into sugar that would otherwise be used to build our neurotransmitters, hormones, cell membranes, cell components, bodily tissue, etc. Remember that vitamins are proteins too! Needless to say in the short term of under eating we're not going to be feeling good nor are we going to be functioning optimally due to nutrient deficiencies, and in the long term this can never be a good thing either.Cooked food cravingsNow I'm sure NO ONE here has EVER experienced this, hmm? When we're lacking enough sugar from fruit in our diet we are going to crave complex carbs, e.g. bread, pasta, pizza, pastry, etc. These are the sorts of things we used to rely on to fulfill our carbohydrate requirements. That was then, sweet fruit is now. Do the right thing for your body folks :)Lack of energy to exerciseIt is true that food does not give us energy, but if we do not eat enough calories from sweet fruit, we will not have energy.Huh?Our 'energy' comes from our central nervous system in the form of electrical impulses from our nerve cells. We 'recharge our battery' so to speak when we are asleep or at rest. However even our nerve cells must carry out cellular respiration in order to produce nerve energy, just like a hydro electric damn needs water flow to generate electricity. Nerve cells are transducers, they convert one form of energy (cellular ATP) into another (low voltage electrical current). So we need fuel to power our nervous system, aka our body's electrical power and communications grid. Lacking sufficient fuel, we will not be able to exert our muscles (muscle cells run on glucose too) for long enough to exercise sufficiently to grow and maintain our fitness levels.AutointoxificationAka 'perpetual detox syndrome', read this wonderfully insightful and articulate post by 30bads resident nutrition expert Adam:Yup, I've said it time and time again. "Detox" symptoms are danger symptoms. They tend to occur when people dramatically underconsume on calories, and would indicate that someone is possibly experiencing auto-intoxication, rather than detoxification. Auto-intoxication occurs when our body is forced to deal with more toxins than the liver can handle at any given time.When we underconsume on calories we typically break down muscle tissue and small amounts of fat tissue for calories. And we use some of the fat and protein from our diet to make glucose instead of for their amino/fatty acids. This then means we have less amino acids for liver detoxification, and more toxins being created in the process of breaking down dietary and muscle protein, and breaking down fat tissue, thereby releasing stored toxins. This process will be accelerated if someone is undereating on calories and exercising. The body is then more likely to break down more fat tissue, rather than muscle tissue, for fuel. This causes us to release stored toxins at an even greater rate.When the body is given the right conditions, it will always choose to deal with toxins at a rate it can handle most efficiently. Remember that when the body stores toxins in adipose tissue, it is for a good reason: It is because it was deemed to be too toxic for the body to handle safely the first time round.Needless to say this is bad news, and should be avoided at all costs. I should know, I went through this for months, lol. Please don't make yourselves suffer folks, eat those mangos! :)Starvation modeIn short, long term under eating forces our body to slow down its metabolism to decrease its need for nutrients. This is not actual full-blown starvation, but rather an emergency procedure to PREVENT starvation from occurring (although muscle tissue is cannibalized to keep the body fueled which is bad news!). It also results in diminished appetite. So much for waiting for 'true hunger'.Some may claim that eating less is a virtue, that this is the hallmark of the 'advanced' raw foodie. This sounds like an eating disorder to me, don't listen to 'em folks. The more calories we burn the more we need to eat. There is simply no way around this, our cells are constantly burning sugar as fuel. The fuel is always coming from somewhere, and if its not from simple carbohydrates in fruit, its from dietary fats or proteins, or the fats and proteins of our body's tissues, or it's from last night's binge on vegan pizza and soy chocolate icecream... :) Furthermore there are no studies showing that eating fewer fruits and vegatables on a 100% lfrv has any benefits in terms of health or longevity.Read more about in Julie's excellent post Starvation Mode: Eat Enough Calories!!!Other symptoms include:irritability, racing thoughts, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, disordered eating, constantly thinking about food..

How do i know im not eating enough calories from fruit?

2009-11-23T11:06:21.000Z

Thank DR for this... How do i know im not eating enough calories from fruit? 1. Cooked food starts to look and smell good. 2. Cooked food looks more then the toxic, second rate slop it really is. 3. Your energy, power, strength start to go downhill. 4. Your attitude starts to suck. You just want to rip apart people and scream at them with frustration. 5. You start to question this whole raw gig. 6. You get cravings during the day and evening. 7. You start to rely on discipline to keep you raw. 8. You start to make raw pasta dishes, raw cakes etc. 9. You start to question if we really need to exercise. 10. Your so thin and weak that your athletic friends start to get concerned. 11. You start to question veganism. 12. You start blending maccadamias with dulse and spread it on 1inch thick flax crackers you made at 3am in the morning. 13. You wake up at night and steal your housemates fruit. If your housemate is called banana guns and he told you not to eat the papaya, and you did, you aint eating enough fruit cals. 14. You start to want to take fancy herbs and experiement with other diets. 15. Your actually eating cooked food and reading this. 16. Youve got some Fred Bisci Enzymes in your pocket and your ready to try the 'all raw but 20% cooked rule' 17. You want to believe that Brian Clement is right when he says corn chips are better than fruit. 18. You just paid aajonus vonderplanitz 400$ for a one hour consult and he told you to put an egg on a window edge for 50 days until its putrid and then to eat it. and you did it. you saw your dog eat some animal poo and you tried it too. ( true story i just heard). 19. You just cant sleep!! you are approaching insomniac.