Frederic Patenaude Raw Foods Diet

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- “The Fruitarian”: Most Amazing Raw Restaurant in the World!

Greetings from Costa Rica!

Today, I want to tell you about “The Fruitarian”, the most amazing restaurant in the world. But first:
Last week, I released a package called “The Raw Vegan Lifestyle Program”.
http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/enchilada.html

I also call it the “Whole Enchilada Deal” because it includes literally every paid program I have ever published on the subject of raw and living foods, spanning my 12+ years of experience in the field.

Normally enchiladas are eaten cooked, but this one is definitely raw!
If you’re tired of incomplete and conflicting information, check it out because there’s never been anything as complete ever released on the subject. Over 25 different CDs, DVDs and CD-ROMS.

But it’s not “too much information” because it all fits together in a complete system that takes you from A-to-Z in your raw food lifestyle.
http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/enchilada.html

At the moment, I’m in Costa Rica. Check out these videos I just recorded:

The Manuel Antonio Beach:

Xandari by the Pacific: Living in Costa Rica:

Esterillos Este Beach

Raw Grains, Bad Digestion

I am getting your emails that I must have subscribed to and forgot, and I am enjoying them. I just wanted to ask about sprouted grains and where you think that fits into a raw vegan diet. My husband and I have been trying to go raw. We tried to go from a pretty healthy vegan diet to raw cold turkey. We lasted two weeks and gave up. Now we are doing well with 75% raw. However, i’m concerned about gas. I started to have gas that felt like it was stuck in my esophagus while we were 100% raw. I couldn’t breathe well at times and felt like I had a pile of apples stuck in my throat, and I was cold. after going back to some cooked food it moved to my intestines. Sometimes it’s so painful I can’t move. I don’t feel very good after eating cooked food and I find myself actually craving fruit almost all the time and salad has been a turn off. I know I am eating too much fat, but it feels weird to eat just fruit or to shop that way for my family (husband and two small children). If I give into my cravings for just fruit all the time, do you think i’ll have less gas problems?

ANSWER

In my opinion, raw sprouted grains don’t have much of a place in a raw vegan diet. The large quantities of raw starch they contain are pretty much indigestible. This is one type of food that would be better to cook rather than eat raw, if it is consumed at all. But you should know that most people are gluten sensitive or even allergic to gluen. (The protein found in almost all grains except rice) Gluten is even a major trigger for asthma and other allergies. As for your fruit cravings, you would be better off following them! It’s okay not to eat much salad in the first few months. After, you’ll find yourself craving greens naturally, but try forgoing the fatty oil or avocado dressings and whip up some zesty no fat dressings with fruits, veggies and herbs. Eating mostly fruit leads to the best digestion. Whenever people have problem with fruit, it’s usually something else they are eating that miscombines, not the fruit itself. You only get gas when you have new food fermenting on top of old partially digested food in your intestines.  Chances are it’s something heavy like the cooked foods and fats that are giving you problems.  Try eating only fruit for a day or two and I’m sure you’ll feel much better.

Eating Raw in Japan

hi i am organic rawfood Japanese girl…. i am 23 years old..i want to rawfood diet more and more.. so i ate only fruits for a month.. next now i eat only greens. no fruits. so, i eat 2 or 3 avocados and many cucumber and tomato, greens and alfalfa spurouts a day.. but i feel my stomach heavy….and yesterday i watched your site…. you say dont tooo fat… my rawfood mane is not so good? and you dont think food combine… For example banana and acid fruits….. what rawfood menu do you eat eveyday??please answer!!!

ANSWER

It seems that you’re doing a program without any direction or guiding principles. One month fruit, one month vegetables. That is not sustainable at all. 2-3 avocados a day (for a girl), will definitely put you in the very high fat category. I suggest that you first read my book “The Raw Secrets”.

My typical menu is:

Breakfast: fruit meal or smothie
Lunch: Another large fruit meal
Snack: Fruit
Dinner: Raw vegetable soup (such as Veggie Stew) + salad meal + any other extras.

Don’t try to live on only vegetables and avocados.  It’s not sustainable and your body is needs carbohydrates to function not excessive fats.

Eating Local or Imported?

hi, i come from an ‘in season & local’ background. I live in Boston where there are not a lot of fresh fruit choices in the winter…unless they are trucked up from Florida. no pineapple trees grow in Boston, nor oranges, mangos, papaya, grapefruit,bananas etc. I have my doubts that eating these items in winter is a good idea. Can’t help but notice that Fred has relocated to Costa Rica. Hippocrates Health Institute used to located in Boston. Where did they move with their raw sprout diet? Florida. I would like to hear Fred’s explanation for my concerns. Maybe i am missing something but this diet sounds dangerous. I do eat a lot of raw foods but scale back the % in winter to 50-60%, thanks, Tom

ANSWER

The concept of eating “in season and local” is flawed to begin with. First of all, if you do it for an environmental reason, you should know that transportation costs amount to less than 10% of the energy used in the production of food. From that point of view, it’s much better to eat imported New Zealand apples in the middle of the summer, rather than consuming “local” apples from last crop that have been kept refrigerated for months at a time that they sell year round at the store.

I believe we should eat foods we’re biologically designed to eat. If those foods are not available in your area, then you will have to eat imported foods such as tropical fruits. Just because you live in Boston does not mean you are biologically designed to eat differently than if you live somewhere tropical. All herbivores eat the biologically similar foods, so do frugivores like bonobos.

I do live in Costa Rica at the moment, but I grew up in Canada, and ate a raw-food diet for many years in the North. The only way I could do it was to eat imported foods and buy in bulk when i can to save money.

There is no reason whatsoever to think that these foods would be bad for your health, just because they are imported. Transportation nowadays is so efficient, that often the foods we get up north are just as fresh as the ones sold in the tropics. Even here in Costa Rica, bananas are not left to ripen on the plant. Otherwise they’d be taken over by bugs, birds and monkeys. They are shipped unripe after they’ve been picked and then ripen at home on your countertop.

15 Responses to “The Fruitarian: The World’s Most Amazing Restaurant”

1. Debbie says:

   November 17, 2009 at 1:08 pm

   I’m so disappointed! I was going there on my next vacation!!!!
2. Gloria says:

   November 17, 2009 at 1:18 pm

   Simply amazing, this should be in NYC where I will have easy access. Which popular island is this near?
   Thanks for sharing
3. Shannon says:

   November 17, 2009 at 1:38 pm

   wow, i want to hire someone to come to my house and only prepare this food for me forever.
4. Chrissy says:

   November 17, 2009 at 2:38 pm

   Hi Fred! Your dream has really brightened up my evening. I just made strawberry ice-cream with my 2 year old daughter which is high nuts and a little coconut butter. I’m inspired to use the banana ice-cream recipe in your dream, with no nuts or fat. Thank you for sharing. And thank you for your email bulletins.
5. Lucy says:

   November 17, 2009 at 2:48 pm

   Hi Frederic,

   I’ve really believed to the history of this wonderful restaurant. I thought hard as iron it was true: that was my next travel destination. It was exciting, a real vacation, the kind of food I like to eat. Everything begins by a dream, thank you very much for that dream, it was very special. Have a very nice vacation!
6. DreadlocCowgirl says:

   November 17, 2009 at 3:16 pm

   What is a fruitarian?
7. Dinneen Viggiano says:

   November 17, 2009 at 3:51 pm

   Bravo for the Sunrise Pudding. Some shredded coconut on there. YUM. Great menu. You’d have to have unlimited fruit availability & ideal temperate climate.
8. Laurie says:

   November 17, 2009 at 4:32 pm

   Awww! You just had to burst my bubble, didn’t you? I hate waking up from good dreams!
9. Paul says:

   November 17, 2009 at 5:43 pm

   Frederic´s Fictitious Fruitarian Restaurant!

   Would be nice though!
10. kerrymac says:

    November 17, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    Ha ha ha – like your style. If loads of people read and believe that then surely it can’t be long before it’s real! I’m thinking it into reality with you! xxx
11. Swayze says:

    November 17, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    Aw man, I knew it was too good to be true! Although “Fred’s Raw Fruitarian Restaurant” is just begging to be created.

    Swayze
12. Jerilyn says:

    November 17, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    You know Frederic, I’m kind of glad that the restaurant is still in the dream state…’cause I kind of wanted to do it first!
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    November 23, 2009 at 12:01 pm

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