“I’d like to know how to get started. Giving up bread and grains has not been that bad with a filler like soy, but now that that is gone, what are your fillers? Veggies and fruits are good, but people need more. Oh, did I mention I don't like nuts?
“So what do you do? How long did it take for your mind to settle for less? How did you give up sugar? What are on the go meals for you? What fills you up?” - Cara
ANSWER: Dear Cara,
My *cravings* are for fruits and vegetables. The trick is to consume enough of them so you fill all of your nutritional needs, while at the same time avoid the foods that trigger cravings. I go deeper on this in my book “The Raw Secrets.”
You will get "filled up" when you consume enough volume/calories from fruits and vegetables. It’s important to understand that those foods are not as dense as bread and meat. You need to eat a lot more of them! It just takes a bit of practice, that’s all...
Completely eliminating bread and grains is essential to get your cravings back for fruit. I’ve noticed that people who eat bread are not attracted to fruit. It’s one or the other. Eating the two would be too much sugar for the body.
Giving up sugar was one of the easiest things I ever did. If you eat enough fruit, you'll completely loose your cravings for ALL artificial sugar, and ALL of the foods that contain them, which will have as much appeal to you as dry cardboard, I guarantee.
Meals on the go are very easy. I prepare fruit salads in advance, or smoothies, or salads. Smoothies keep well in a glass jar.
I recommend the following transition, starting from a Standard Diet:
1- Give up junk food: fried food, fast food restaurants, etc. Most people are already at that stage. Start eating more fruits & vegetables — increase raw content, by calories.
2- Give up dairy products, if necessary keep yogurt.
3- Give up flour, gluten, bread, soy, and sweets. If this is too difficult, use spelt, millet, buckwheat. Replace sweets with fruit. Progressively decrease fat content of diet.
4- Avoid commercial meat and farm-raised fish. Seek wild fish (less polluted — see list), wild game, free-range eggs. Reduce the consumption of these animal foods to less than 5-10% of calories.
5- Increase further percentage of raw, unprocessed foods, by calorie, and reduce salt intake to natural sources and less than 1000 mg. per day, average. Introduce green smoothies, salads, raw soups, fruit meals, etc.
6- Pay attention to eating when hungry.
PS: For more information, consult my book, “
The Raw Secrets”, AND my course, “
How to End Confusion About Nutrition”.
Frederic Patenaude's