It sounds like you were doing more of a fruitarian thing. Which is too restrictive and doesn't cover all the nutritional bases. Veggies, nuts and seeds are equally as important as fruit. Remember that starches are a good second to fruit when one is far from the equator and warm fruit abundant tropical climates.

It also sounds like you grew impatient with finding new recipies and establishing new routines. So you went back to what you were doing before. At least you gave it a try.

If we were ment to eat functionally and not for pleasure than there would only be one type of food on this earth and it would all taste the same. To me, food is one of the greatest things about this life.

"Don't make a big deal out of eating which is exactly what dieting or following a regimen does" Hatha Yoga diet sounds like a regime to me.

Good luck my friend. Thanks for the great conversation. This will certainly help others.

Well I thought I'd report back with my results.

I'm afraid they are not entirely positive I must say although some swear by the diet. For starters I am not convinced of the healthiness of the 80/10/10 diet, there is a lot of quackery in the science of the book with very few scientific sources to back up outlandish claims and unsupportable theories and I truly doubt the Drs credentials (doctor of what??). For example yes many of us were just gatherers, but it fails to account for the fact that in between gathering most would hunt to kill and cook an animal, if you failed to do this you would eventually die, there is more than enough archeological evidence to support this, and my argument is as good as the doctors.

When I mentioned to my mother that I was going to try raw vegan, she remarked that she'd already seen and heard about it back in the 90s and that most raw vegan dieters eventually looked very unhealthy with scaly skin, upon further examination I concur including the doctor himself, I have found many others that concur with this appraisal online as well.

So I have tried for weeks to do bananas, mangoes, kiwis, apples, figs to name but a few fruits and I one cannot seem to be able to stomach so much fruit ending up hungry often and two cannot control the swings of either rampant diarrhea, flatulence or constipation. Furthermore I spend a tremendous amount of time waiting for fruit to ripen or trying to calculate a schedule + it is very expensive and time consuming. Thus I conclude the diet is not for me and its not only my schedule but its my body that is telling me it.

I seem to fall naturally into the hatha yoga style of diet which I discovered seems to agree with my former approach exactly, which emphasises that you 1) Don't make a big deal out of eating which is exactly what dieting or following a regimen does 2) Eat functionally i.e. to sustain yourself rather than for pleasure and preferrably vegetarian but don't shoot yourself if you do happen to eat some meat 3) Only fill half your stomach. Interestingly it says to cut out things like beans, garlic and spices, sticking rather to bland foods like rice etc.which are my own conclusions also.

So I'm going to continue on my own path which is not foods that are too fatty and roughly the following

-Tea for breakfast, maybe some fruit, maybe a sandwich or a croissant.
-Light lunch sandwiches or something, maybe a high cocoa content chocolate bar for tea before exercise.
-Filling evening meal

Perhaps your body just doesn't like bananas. Certainly blending them will help make them more digestible. Adding greens helps increase the water and fibre content which lend well to digestion.

Mangos are my favorite fruit. Particularly the non string varieties like Kent mangoes. It doesn't sound like you have the correct technique for cutting up mangoes. But maybe I'm just used to the mess.

Slice each side off along the pit. Score the fruit while in the peel in a checker pattern. Scoop out the cubes with a spoon. Done!

Verbatim, have a look at this article.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?d...tname=nutrient

I like to make my beans from a dry state. Some time this fall, or winter (maybe a Christmas presant) I want to order a medium or small stovetop pressure cooker. Using a pressure cooker cuts bean preparation down to a few minutes.

I like oatmeal a lot. I used to hate it. You make it in the rice cooker on the white rice setting. Have you had savoury oats? This is oatmeal flavored with salt, pepper, chili powder, garlic, onions, maybe a pinch of nutritional yeast. I was astonished at the flavor. It is very good, takes as short a time as white rice and is a whole grain. Use only thick cut old fashioned oats, steel cut oats, or some of those multi grain pressed grain cerials like Bobs Red Mill 7 Grain. Also, you can do this with buckwheat groats, and any stamped whole grain, rye, triticale, spelt etc. The time for whole unstamped grains will be longer, like beans.

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There are over thirty foods that contain more potassium than bananas. Also there's no upper limit set for potassium consumption from food. Potassium poisoning from food is basically impossible.

Hello everyone!

To cut a long story short although I'm better now due to a rare intestinal disorder which put me in bed for a year I can no longer eat meat, drink coffee and alcohol as well as a few other things like too much milk.

This has made me into an involutary vegetarian, or one where I can only take small quantities of meat when it is mixed with other food. Even drinking a standard amount of whey protein in milk will make me sick

I am getting back into Gymnastics training so really need some protein in the diet.

I can't stand cooking, don't care much for a meal so long as it tastes ok, don't have a lot of time or money and really need some simple ideas for a well rounded meal that I can make for the evenings.

To give an example years ago I once made two huge pots of Bolognese which I froze and then ate for 4 months daily. All I did was unfreeze a box for that week, cook up the pasta and sprinkle some parmesan, job done, tasty and well rounded and very cheap.

So anybody any ideas for something simple, fast, cheap, regular and healthy?

I've been thinking something like egg fried rice daily? Just depends on the contents? High fibre is also a thought.

Brown Rice or White Rice? etc. etc.

Vanilla I had to come off the diet for a bit to clear the constipation. Clearly the unripe or not very brown bananas...

My question now is this, I need to keep it simple and keep costs down as I'm moving house and getting a new job, so ideally just bananas all day blended with romaine lettuce and water in a blender would be great. Followed with gluten free rice like you say for the evenings, the durum wheat stuff is like you say too heavy..

Question is are so many bananas healthy? Something about it tells me no..

When I move to the new place and settle down I'd like to eventually incorporate other fruit but at the moment I'm going to have to rely on a large carb pasta meal in the evenings and something simple and fast requiring no thought i.e. banana and romaine...

I am not pro-GM and am pretty cautious regarding their use but have yet to read some conclusive evidence regarding any problem eating GM foods.

I won't be eating potatoes anyway...

That sounds about right. I experienced and "unloading" stage when I initially transitioned to high carb, high fruit. Then I felt like I wasn't going enough after that. I find having veggies throughout the day with or without fruit helps the bm's. Also the increase in fibre does require more water. Bananas and pasta are pretty low water content. So make sure your drinking enough or eating high water content foods with your meals.

Your body should regulate once your gut gets used to the new way of eating. You may also feel some detox symptoms if you are eating super clean now. Unless your diet was already pretty clean.

A banana shouldn't be consumed until all the green is gone and has brown spots.

But, please do realize that because these days most regular potatoes are genetically modified, probably they are not the ones that Dr McDougal is talking about in the video.

I like to make my beans from a dry state. Some time this fall, or winter (maybe a Christmas presant) I want to order a medium or small stovetop pressure cooker. Using a pressure cooker cuts bean preparation down to a few minutes.

I like oatmeal a lot. I used to hate it. You make it in the rice cooker on the white rice setting. Have you had savoury oats? This is oatmeal flavored with salt, pepper, chili powder, garlic, onions, maybe a pinch of nutritional yeast. I was astonished at the flavor. It is very good, takes as short a time as white rice and is a whole grain. Use only thick cut old fashioned oats, steel cut oats, or some of those multi grain pressed grain cerials like Bobs Red Mill 7 Grain. Also, you can do this with buckwheat groats, and any stamped whole grain, rye, triticale, spelt etc. The time for whole unstamped grains will be longer, like beans.

Even better would be to add hemp seeds to your sauce or make some vegan Parmesan with walnuts. Or don't add any overts to your pasta and make a tomato avocado salad to go with.

Regarding my banan lunch I usually just peel the banana and wrap a lettuce leaf around it. Banana wrap!

My typical fruit smoothie:
1 to 1.5lbs of banana (4-8)
1-2 stalks of celery
100-200g of spinach
1-2tbsp of lemon juice
I serving of said protein powder
Dilute with water to desired consistency yields about 64oz

Throughout the week I usually eat about 2lbs (8-10) of banana with romaine lettuce. This is a staple for me. It's very filling and cheap.

It's been scientifically proven (China Study) that on a low fat diet one can consume 20-30% excess calories and burn them as body heat. Higher fat and protein diets cause the body to store excess calories. Not high carb diets.

I also like hard fruit like spaghetti & butternut squash.

If I've done some resistance training I may have a large veggie stir fry over quinoa. This is generally the only time I eat cruciferous veggies. I only eat them steamed. It breaks down the goitrogens and opens the cell walls making the protein and nutrients more available.

Cronometer is a great app and website to track and view your macro and micro nutrients. I highly suggest you try it. It will really put things in perspective.

The 80/10/10 book has everything you need to know to get started. From there you need to do more research to make sure you have your micronutrient needs covered.

I demand a lot from my body. I'm up at 6 and down at 9-10. I don't have the time or patience for poor digestion, low nutrient foods. My body is not a discount body. So I don't mind spending a little more on it. It pays me back with great health and energy. Haven't been sick in a long time. When I started eating higher carb I noticed my hair and nails growing faster. My gums filled in around my teeth. My wounds heal faster. It's the way to go for me for sure.

I do try to as much organic food as I can. You can save some money by following the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen List (google). I get a discount when I buy larger quantity of fruit from my local market. I always ask the produce dept for "over ripe" fruit. Things like that.