better with or without overt fats?

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In your opinion, is it healthier to eat like this: (Which I have been doing for over a year)...

- mono-fruit

- occational simple salads (greens, tomatoes, carrots and/or celery and/or beets and/or burdock root, nori and/or dulse and/or laver and/or wakame,
with or without simple dressings (cucumber, tomato, celery, oregano, radish, citrus juice- blended)

- green juices with some beet, apple, lemon, ginger, and stevia

Or to eat the same diet with the inclusion of 1/2 avocado or 2 Tbs. of nuts or seeds per day?

I'm not worried about being about to stay raw, that is not problem for me, I am solely concerned with health.
Thanks.

[Pierre]

You need some fats, so it's better if you eat the overt fats. I eat lots of olives, but avocados I eat about one a day in the summer, and none in winter unless someone offers me a salad with avocado. Nuts are mainly for winter, for me.

[Rawkinlocs]

Hmmm...okay well, I'm not exactly sure what kind of turn this thread is going to take, but before it turns into a huge debate over a low-fat raw diet vs. a higher-fat raw diet, let me remind any and everyone who decides to post in this thread of what Alissa said here: http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22492


We know some of you may be new to raw foods and may ask questions like: can you eat eggs and dairy on this diet, do you have to count calories on this diet, etc… we know also that as you start your raw journey you may come across different approaches such as a mono diet, fruitarians and low fat raw. We understand it’s normal to ask what these diets are and what they mean. But we will not be discussing these diets here on rawfoodtalk.com. There will no longer be 5 page threads dedicated to 8-1-1, low fat raw or natural hygiene. We understand that as some of you are experimenting with raw foods you may want to try out these other way of eating a raw and living food diet. There are boards dedicated to almost every approach to raw foods such as these mentioned above. But they will not be discussed in detail here and promoted here.

We will not be deleting threads that ask about how many nuts you eat in a day or is if its better to eat lighter or even threads asking why you don’t have to count calories with raw foods, etc…but if these threads turn into a conversation about the promotion of a specific raw food way of eating that is not related to what Alissa teaches they will be deleted. Of course questions about this lifestyle, state of mind, gaining or losing weight, how to stay raw, asking for help, etc are all welcome. We again will not continue to keep post up that promote a specific diet or way of eating that will confuse people trying to start a raw food diet pertaining to Alissa’s philosophy.

If these “rules” do not sit well with you and you do not agree with them, that’s ok. We wish you well and you are welcome to find a board that suits you needs.


We are not here to pit one way of eating raw against another so let's please not allow this thread to turn into that or else it will be removed as stated in the above link.

Thanks!

[Ariannah]

Avocados and nuts are still natural foods in their whole state, which contain high amounts of fat, but the fat is in the correct distribution for that food. I'd say nothing wrong with including that in ones diet.

[dreamrawalwz]

do what your body craves and wants. Try to stay in tune with your body. No one way is right for everyone. Sometimes people change their food intake after a few months as the healing process continues.