Blood Tests On Living Foods.Seeking Clarity

[Rodney]

Blessed day friends and a genuine wish of clarity and grace for you all today.
First post.

My wife and I have been on a 100% raw food diet for 9 months and we feel great overall.

I am 43, my wife is 42. I work as a holistic healer and counselor, though I also have many certifications and a degrees in nutrition and holistic health and am currently working on my PhD in Natural Medicine. This is to say that I am approaching my situation with some history as well as a great deal of reference material, personal experience and case study experience.

For blood work on a raw food diet, there is virtually 0 information available on the surface.

BLOOD TESTS: We both recently had comprehensive blood work done to check our levels, I even had testosterone and PSA (prostate antigen count). And although some of the tests came back with the expected results of a vegan lifestyle such as very low cholesterol and healthy kidney results based on GFR tests, some of the results are very off from 'standard' reference ranges. This is equally true for both my wife and myself in al of the same tests except one which was a low sodium reading for my wife. (That is most likely due to overhydration on the raw did lifestyle)

Now while I will get into details later perhaps (although I sincerely want to avoid opinion and speculation as I have done deep and extensive research already), I am seeking a source of expertise on Raw Food Living and the effect it has on blood levels. Most importantly BUN levels, Creatinine Levels, WBC count.

My daily diet consists of a balanced amount of spinach, kale, collard greens, hemp seeds, spirulina, carrots (most colored vegetables) nuts (all kinds except peanuts) all fruits, dried fruits, fresh juices and supplemental forms of C, B12, GLA (through evening primrose) flax oil, acai, noni and mangosteen juices, folic acid, vitamin e and d. This is compounded by exercise, meditation, positive reading and house with much love.

I am willing to make any shifts necessary to my diet and lifestyle, but I have a genuine feeling that many blood test levels are going to be radically different for a body that is on living foods. There are no 'reference' ranges for these yet.

Any help or reference (books, videos, article etc.) would be a blessing and very appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Much respect,

Rodney

[RawKnitster]

I can't help you with the research you are looking for. For what it is worth, after one year on a raw diet my BUN and CREATININE levels registered as ABNORMAL. Both were slightly below the "usual clinical range". WBC was in the mid range.

You may have to be the pioneer for setting raw diet blood reference ranges. If you find any hard data, please come back and let us know.

[sport]

Rodney.
It is regretful that we can not help you but it does appear that you know more about this than any of us.
I do hope that you stay as a member here as I feel that you would be a great asset to the forum.

[RawLibrarian]

I don't know whether this book can fully answer your question, but it is the very best I have ever seen in terms of the science of raw food.

It's called "Becoming raw: the essential guide to raw vegan diets (http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Raw-Essential-Guide-Vegan/dp/1570672385)" by Brenda Davis and Vesanta Melina. Both are registered dieticians with much experience in the raw and vegan lifestyle. The book has tons of footnotes to actual scientific studies.

You also might want to check out some books by Gabriel Cousens. He is an MD with years of experience as a raw foodist and has worked with diabetics, many of whom were able to reverse their diabetes by adopting a raw food diet. Cousens' books are also heavily footnoted.

The only people I know of who can request and interpret blood tests are MDs and licensed naturopathic physicians.

[Shels]

Looking forward to seeing the answers to this thread. I recently had some tests done and was low in white blood cells (as well as plasma to a lesser extent), which the doctors attributed to lack of B vitamins.

[sport]

This is equally true for both my wife and myself in al of the same tests except one which was a low sodium reading for my wife. (That is most likely due to overhydration on the raw did lifestyle)


I wonder if this is something that I need to worry about. The sodium levels in my diet is low. I try to add celery but often end the day not having had any.