johndela1, very smart considerations; many raw foodists have tried to figure out what is the best climate and part of the world for us considering that is where our perfect foods grow. I won't elaborate, but there are forums on this , try rawfood.com for example. BUT beware of the trolls and fanatics!!
Thank you for your input!!!
Avalon, I was under the impression that Zucchini squash was a fruit, albeit a 'vegetable fruit' (like tomatoes and cucumbers). It has seeds and all the other characteristics of a fruit... I really hope this is ok on the diet. Maybe RRM can verify this?
I'm sorry, with 'etc.' I meant fruits that are not the obvious fruits, so fruits like avocado, zucchini, cucumbers. Many people think that these are veggies but they are fruits, that is why I mentioned them separately.
Grass juices, rarely: this means a few times a year or so. Basil could be considered a munch food I guess. I will try without. I usually look at protein amounts and rawness. I wonder how bad a few basil leaves would be? Does anyone know? Can it cause water retention?
My avoidance of tomatoes. I did post a link in this thread but here it goes again:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... _111734421
Ok, a few times a year I occasionally eat nuts that are not raw, or I try something new just for the heck of it, like I tried the raw cacao nibs last week and frozen Durian some other time. This is still very rare (it was practically the first and last time in my life with the cacao nibs and I just read that it could help with PMS-emotionality) the meat also, first time and probably last time. Too many tendons for my taste, I love fish. Apart from that, I eat no cooked or unnatural foods whatsoever and even my occasional munch foods are as safe as possible. Wai eats chocolate so I figure I'd try the most pure and natural form. Munch foods are allowed within certain limits. If I do eat them, I make sure they are not cooked foods because they are too addictive for me and I am too sensitive to cooked foods. Sometimes I go without much foods for many months in a row. My skin is clear of acne, which isn't my problem, but with cellulite it is just there and it is harder to know why it is there for me. Maybe I just need to lose some fat.
I am way beyond the two-week induction. Like I said, I have absolutely no acne (except like one or two tiny PMS pimples a few days before my menses) so I wouldn't know if a munch food would affect me. Cellulite doesn't just come and go, except with weight changes which again makes me think I just need to lose some fat (although I do wear a size 2).
It should take two years on the diet (and I believe I have read that people with no acne but with cellulite can be a little less strict) to really have reprogrammed my skin and to see a difference with the cellulite.
I did not say 'no much food other than nuts'. I did mention all the suspicious munch foods, I am aware of my modifications but they seem less harmful than say eating pizza or something... they are low-protein and any water retention should be temporary, at least that is my guesstimate.
Green juices and even smoothies... they could add to water retention and less absorption of nutrients... they are plants so they have digestive inhibitors and can add to sleeplessness and depression, constipation because of the high amount of fiber in smoothies. But wouldn't the water retention be temporary? If one could handle it mentally, would it be so bad? Chives are plants too.
Thank you for your input!!!
Hi Oscar!
I wonder if it's the same as sodium chloride concerning water retention.
It isn't. If it was I would certainly notice it!! It may still not be so good though... it is still adding a form of potassium to my diet. I should stop using it and see how it goes... it also enhances the taste so maybe that is why I tend to eat too much too. It is my last 'sin'.
The reason I avoid the sun is because any kind of sun exposure (even without a sunburn) can sooner or later age the skin. I am vain.
Thank you for your input!!!
Hi Corinne, thank you for your input. I think I will start a diet diary, so people could help me. I would appreciate anyone's help. That's great that your PMS is so much better! I have to indeed increase my yolks intake... I am trying that now. I have PMS as we speak. I really don't hope I have a progesterone allergy. I can say that on a typical day I will eat avocados, yolks, cantaloupe, bananas, olive oil, coconut oil, zucchini squash, maybe some berries or pineapple... and I add salt substitute to my avo salads and yolks. I use this brand called 'AlsoSalt'.
Yes, I have tried a lot of things already. I do really well sometimes for weeks but PMS always messes me up. I just switch in focus and personality. I get depressed and I am going through a divorce. I have had menstrual problems ever since I menstruate. Mostly pain and just depression, mood swings and stuff, anti-social behavior. The usual!!
I would almost say: 'Let me be a man next time!' Almost...
I eat that all the time... now I will stop doing that immediately!!!
