{"id":105,"date":"2013-08-20T19:26:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T19:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footpatches.com\/detox\/?p=105"},"modified":"2013-08-05T02:55:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T02:55:49","slug":"is-the-raw-lifestyle-for-you-p5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/footpatches.com\/detox\/2013\/08\/20\/is-the-raw-lifestyle-for-you-p5\/","title":{"rendered":"Is The Raw Lifestyle For You? P5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audience: two quick question. the first one is if you are following a raw diet do you need to supplement like  I read some things that if you stop eating meat then  you need t suppliant with vitamin b12. I don\u2019t know if that is true or not and then my other question is about the macro nutrients. how do you know how much carbohydrates vs. fats  vs.  proteins. how do you know if you are meeting your daily intake on  raw food diet. <\/p>\n<p>Kahpra: the  first thing that I think about when you ask these questions. I mean these are great questions  and I think that a lot has been , we have been program to think we need this and that. that\u2019s why I don\u2019t really  like supplements because its like you can make an argument . for every supplement you will be taking a cocktail of supplements and its like is this food? is this really healthy? so the thing is with b12 from a   vegetarian stand point we get ample b12 in our algae\u2019s  things of that nature that come from the ocean and just minerals in general because of the salt content. usually where we have salt we have minerals. so salt is  not our enemy. we need to eat salty foods. salty foods is very important. <inaudible><\/p>\n<p> the second part of your question is like how do I now  what from what. I mentioned  the thing is you really need to shift our thinking in the fact that firstly I believe  we  eat too much and secondly because we eat too much its not what about we eat , the question is not how much of this  and how much of that and how less of this and how less of that because the thing is our bodies work better when we eat leas. we really have to shift the whole thinking. we really get  more than enough.  I  talk about our  economy, you got to look at the motivation for a lot of information is being promoted.  the motivation is to get you eating , to get  you consuming. <\/p>\n<p>not just consuming in terms of purchasing cars, clothes and things  like that . its to get you eating and taking supplements on top of that , vitamins noon top of that and make sure you get everything  you need.  in terms of the balance  there is different schools of thought in terms of three raw food diet. there is some people the at promote  what they call 801010. 80% is carbohydrates, 10% protiens,10% fat. I  personally I don\u2019t like to sort of pigeon hole and then there is some people that may say 333333 and then you  probably have some people that are some where in between. may thing is one meal  per day  or two small meals per day and you have those  meals between 12 and 8. in the cycle where the sun is at its greatest point and  if you have a good balance  and outside you having good foods. I like at foods being more detox  or  bulging . you cant detox and build simultaneously.  just as important it is to eat building  block foods   its just as impotent to detox.<\/p>\n<p>detox foods do for example are water, coconut water or your high moisture fruits like melons, citrus , these are  all detoxifying foods. these are not  building blocks  foods.,. if you just ate these foods it would be like your  body is on a fast  . it would be like cleansing. you can eat cleansing foods all the time but you can eat building block foods, nuts , avocado, olives, green looking vegetables these are building block foods and you  cant eat those all the time. <\/p>\n<p>one way t really measure  and that this is what I do is to measure your elimination. if you are eating too many building block foods m if you are eating too many nuts you&#8217;re going to be constipated. if you are  eating a lot of eliminating foods  its  going to probably produce more of a diahorrea. you want a balance . you want something that is not following too slow   or too fast.   we all  know when its just  right . when its just right , you remember what you id and you follow that.<\/p>\n<p><audience asks question><\/p>\n<p>wow that\u2019s a good question. that\u2019s something I really should have talked about. the problem with 80\/20, its better than not following anything. the only issue I would d say with  that is that you make sure that the 20% don\u2019t become 25%`, 30%, 35% and this is what happens. cook food being so addictive and again  if we have something lets say emotionally that happens in out lives that 20% goes right out the window  because foods become an emotional connection to our <inaudible> , to us emotionally. those are just some of the things to think about . I think I doing a 80\/20, I think a good way to really follow something like that is to say, because I know a lot of people that eat  high rag diet and they do well. I say l like maybe eating one cook food per week. I think of you eat a cook food everyday that\u2019s not <inaudible> . you on only want to be eating one meal per da . if you are eating just one meal per day  I would say if you want to find  balance I would  say maybe once or twice per week you can treat yourself. you want to eat conscious cook foods, you don\u2019t want to  just be going  and getting pizza or French fires or burgers. <\/p>\n<p>audience: <inaudible> now  I eat a pretty health diet <inaudible><\/p>\n<p>Kehpra: the other side of that  too because  the real essence of food is really not even what you are eating , its how much you are eating.. that trumps  what your&#8217;re eating. if you arte  what would basically be the size  of your stomach per day and that\u2019s  about maybe 12-15 ounces  of food its not a lot of food. it really wouldn\u2019t matter what you ate  our would be healthy. you could b eating dairy, meat, processed foods. the thing with process foods is that  what I talked about earlier is that its unlikely that you would be able to eat that amount of food and you are eating junk because its very  on a nutritional scale. if  you are eating  foods  that\u2019s are high on a nutritional scale like even the food I prepare people  say   they get a large and that\u2019s two meals because its o la notionally dense. <\/p>\n<p>by acting raw food diets that would automatically allow you to eat less foods because its so dense nutritionally and if you are eating a lot of dark greens  vegetable  hatch some of the dense  food nutritionally we can eat.<\/p>\n<p><audience asks question><br \/>\n again fasting is second to none .  the information is that the body is inflamed, the body is almost like there is stress  and you are  creating more stress by eating . that\u2019s the way someone\u2019s body is  programmed  top deal with stress is to create  inflammation and to create swelling and to naturally bring that down. you can take some medication and some natural herbs and things like that but nothing  trumps <inaudible>.  it would naturally bring any issues especially inflammation. <\/p>\n<p>fasting is really an art form there is no direct answer . it depends  on the person , where they  are at . I would  say if you are ally dealing with something chronic or weak is a good start. at least 5-7 days initially and then during that  5 or 7 day period and your fasting your&#8217;re going to be evaluating hat you are eating , what your&#8217;re going to  eliminate, what you&#8217;re going to replace it with . that\u2019s the time you really take introspection on what you are doing and the changes that\u2019s yoyo are going to make.<\/p>\n<p> just like  a mentioned with detox foods and building  foods you cant always detox., you got to eat some building block foods, we  want to wheat the best building block foods when we are eating. during that  time you&#8217;ll just be fasting g so you have a lot of time to think about those things and really try to  rewire yourself  spiritually and say when I start eating I\u2019m going to eat this. <\/p>\n<p><audience asks question><\/p>\n<p>n you can only go up.   diabetes, the process foods again that\u2019s one of  the things  that create diabetes is there is too much processed foods. one thing I say is that when you go to the supermarkets you want to do 80% of your shopping in one aisle, the produce aisle. forget about all those other stuffs ion boxes and jars. that s the problem . we need to be processing fresh foods that&#8217;s there foods that we need to eat . something like diabetes, hypertension these l run together because they are all created essentially the same  , from the same root and that by eating too much processed  foods. <\/p>\n<p>its tough with family. you kind of have t want to  do it . there\u2019s nothing that you can really do . id she  has to   come to you and be informed, yes  you have the information but she has to want it for  herself. she\u2019s got to believe it. it sounds like there\u2019s some doubt there as well . of  course as you talk about that exercise is also  right there too and that just as important as the food but not as important. the food  is going to be 60% or 70% and the rest is going to be exercise . she&#8217;s really got to  commit herself  to an exercise regimen and also to  basically elimination of certain foods  and the inclusion of  fresh foods. I don\u2019t even like to say raw , I like to say fresh. just eat more fresh foods . people can more relate to that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audience: two quick question. the first one is if you are following a raw diet do you need to supplement like I read some things that if you stop eating meat then you need t suppliant with vitamin b12. 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