Day 3 with raw food

Yesterday was another successful raw day. I managed to eat less nuts. I made up for it by eating more fruit. I am nervous about eating too much fruit because of the sugar. This is why I don't think the "raw" food diet would work well for me. I either eat high sugar from more fruit or high fat from more nuts.

My digestion has been a little shaky. My body is trying to proses all this raw food and finding it a challenge. Yesterday I felt my stomach rumbling throughout the day. I have not had horrible cramps so I am not too concerned. It is good for my stomach to learn to digest more raw food.

I did look into protein yesterday. The raw food camp waved off any concern with protein levels being insufficient on a raw diet. They claim that when meat is cooked it destroys half the protein content so we are all eating less protein than we think anyway. I looked further into "raw food myths" and founds some great sights put up by ex %100 percent raw foodists. They went into detail about their experiences doing this diet long term. It seems a short term raw food diet has many health benefits. Long term it is too restrictive for health maintenance.

This weekend I am going to the beach with my husband and son so I will end my raw experiment tomorrow.

Strawberries, fresh, 8 medium (1-1/4" dia) 29 7 0 1 Banana, fresh, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) 109 28 1 1 Kiwi Fruit, 1 fruit without skin, medium 46 11 0 1 Spinach, fresh, 1 cup 7 1 0 1 Almond Breeze Almond Milk, Unsweetened Vanilla, 4 oz 20 1 2 1

Carrots, raw, 1 medium 25 6 0 1 Celery, raw, 1 stalk, medium (7-1/2" - 8" long) 6 1 0 0 Mushrooms, fresh, 1 cup, pieces or slices 15 2 0 2 Red Ripe Tomatoes, 1 Italian tomato 13 3 0 1 Strawberries, fresh, 4 medium (1-1/4" dia) 14 3 0 0 Sweet Cherries, 1 cup, with pits, yields 74 19 0 1 Olive Oil, 1 tbsp 119 0 14 0 Coconut, raw, 1 piece (2" x 2" x 1/2") 159 7 15 1 Peppers, sweet, red, fresh, 0.5 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2" dia) 16 4 0 1

Walnuts, 1 oz (14 halves) 189 4 19 4 Iceberg Lettuce (salad), 1 cup, shredded or chopped 8 2 0 0 Sesame Seeds, 2 tbsp 103 4 9 3

DIN

			CALORIES	CARBS	FAT	PROTEIN
			1,034	124	61	19