Optimize your diet

[MalcolmGandi]

I have been doing a lot of research over the last few years into diet and nutrition. I have come to the conclusion that the optimal diet for humans is one based primarily in fruit, with some leafy greens and nuts and seeds... all raw. I'm sure we're all aware that the "food pyramid" is totally bunk. Meat and dairy sap your energy like nothing else, and grains aren't much better. When food is cooked, the phytonutrients and enzymes are destroyed. The standard American diet is loaded with toxins and is completely devoid of nutrition. I've been raw vegan for just a few days and my experience of life has already improved dramatically. It was a transition for me, I started by eating only fruit before noon and finishing my day with a big salad with nonfat dressing. I noticed significant improvement in my well-being from this, and after my transition to 100% raw, it's like a whole new world has opened up for me. My intention here is to pique your interest, maybe you will decide to make some dietary changes based on this post... One thing that's very important is that you eat fruit on an empty stomach, and wait until your stomach is empty before eating anything else. This goes for juice and soda as well. These foods (soda doesn't count as "food" in my book) pass through an empty stomach in minutes (20 minutes for most fruit, 45 for bananas, dates, and dried fruit), but if taken in conjunction with other foods will ferment and actually produce negative health effects. Also never combine proteins and starches. They are opposite in pH and take tremendous energy to digest when taken together. Also try to save fat for the end of the day. If you are interested in living life to the fullest, check out www.howtogoraw.com (I don't work for them, I just want us freedom fighters to be firing on all cylinders).

 

[Pauliana]

Bunk.

This is the optimal diet for humans http://homodiet.netfirms.com/

 

[dannno]

What's your blood type?

 

[Todd]

I would agree with most of that in part, except the completely raw and that fruits outweigh veggies. Everything in moderation.
My wife's friend is paying the price now in her 50's for doing the raw thing for so long. She is not as healthy as she could be. Some raw foods are not as easily digestible and hurt the system and are actually more healthy when cooked.
I think sometimes the idealism of eating raw far outweighs the real benefits.
The goal should be health and not getting hung up on a particular way. If it's working for you and your healthy then it's a good thing, but I wouldn't advise it as a lifestyle.

 

[dannno]

Some people seem to do really well on vegetarian diets. I'm one of them. Meat proteins might be more efficient or whatever, but they cut my metabolism in half, I feel lethargic, no energy and I gain a lot of weight.

So no, Paulianna's site is not completely accurate.

I tend to like what the OP says, but then there are some people who just cannot go without eating meat. They lose all energy, metabolism gets cut in half, they feel lethargic, etc..

So in my experience, some people do really well on meat diets, some people do really well on veggie diets, and then there are a lot of people who are just in between. They seem to be able to do pretty well on either kind of diet as long as it is the healthy version of said diet. (You can be vegetarian and have a horrible diet)

 

[Todd]

Some people seem to do really well on vegetarian diets. I'm one of them. Meat proteins might be more efficient or whatever, but they cut my metabolism in half, I feel lethargic, no energy and I gain a lot of weight.

So no, Paulianna's site is not completely accurate.

I tend to like what the OP says, but then there are some people who just cannot go without eating meat. They lose all energy, metabolism gets cut in half, they feel lethargic, etc..

So in my experience, some people do really well on meat diets, some people do really well on veggie diets, and then there are a lot of people who are just in between. They seem to be able to do pretty well on either kind of diet as long as it is the healthy version of said diet. (You can be vegetarian and have a horrible diet)

Yep. That's more realistic.
If you look at where people live the healthiest, longest lives, (Okinawa, Sardinia, Nicoya, and Loma Linda CA) it is with a plant based diet with minimum amount of meat.
But there's nothing in those regions that suggest raw contributes to their health and longevity.