cant gain fat on raw fruit and veg

[darawest]

hi ive been raw for a year now and live on a diet of citrus fruits pineapple and peaches im a17 year old male and my bodyfat is 1.7%and i weigh 55 kilos at 6"foot i love raw foods because it doesnt matter how much i eat i stay light and toned on a typical i could eat 10 peaches or nectarines 1 whole pinapple and about 20 little tangerines and two grapefruits and some grapes and it seems if i had a bigger stomach i could probably eat more i dont exercise much although i do sometimes run and have the stamina of a horse i can easily run 17 miles without and tiredness and so ive come to belive its best to cut out nuts and eat mainly fruit

[Denise Nicole]

I have been reading a lot about raw food vegans and most of the ones I have read about eventually went to a mainly fruit diet (about 80%) which made them feel best. :)

[Coriander74]

Do you want to gain fat? Or are you comfortable the way you are? You sound totally happy with being raw and selecting the foods you do. LOL I'm confused.

[rawfigure]

hi ive been raw for a year now and live on a diet of citrus fruits pineapple and peaches im a17 year old male and my bodyfat is 1.7%and i weigh 55 kilos at 6"foot i love raw foods because it doesnt matter how much i eat i stay light and toned on a typical i could eat 10 peaches or nectarines 1 whole pinapple and about 20 little tangerines and two grapefruits and some grapes and it seems if i had a bigger stomach i could probably eat more i dont exercise much although i do sometimes run and have the stamina of a horse i can easily run 17 miles without and tiredness and so ive come to belive its best to cut out nuts and eat mainly fruit


Where was the bodyfat % taken ? A male needs an Essential Bodyfat of approximately 5%, it is required for the body's hormone and immune systems to function properly. Essential fat is stored in the bone marrow, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, muscles and other organs. Are you saying you are 1.7% OVER the essential ?

If you are happy where you are no problem. If not there are numerous posts on ways to gain healthy weight in this forum. Search should result a number of them.