I have a theory regarding the reason the american indian diabetic in the www.rawfor30days.com program quit. He said so himself and we should accept his words at face value. He said “I’m just about ready to cross over”, meaning, I feel like dying on this diet. “I’m just not used to eating like this.”
Rather his body makeup, his genes, his whole physique is not meant to be vegan. Veganism does not work on everyone. You can’t make an eskimo a vegan and expect him to be healthy. Just as you can’t make all american indians vegans!
I’ve read that american indian ancestors thrived in the american plains taking care of bison and hunting other animals. American indians ate quite a lot of raw fresh meat. When the white men came and slaughtered the bison, the indians had to preserve the dead meat as jerky or some other form, but this was less nutritious and the indians lost strength.
Carol Alt says her doctor did some profiling with her to determine how much animal meat she needs in her diet. I would think the american indian in the raw for 30 days program would have been cured of his diabetes if the raw meat and raw fats approach was used on him. Of course the producers and the tree of life center in arizona has no expertise on raw meat and raw fats.
So I say to you raw foodists to open your mind to adjusting your ways. Yes we need raw foods to heal. But raw food does not just mean purely fruits or purely vegetables or purely animal sources. See what works for you. Listen to your body. Follow your taste buds. If it tastes great raw, and you love it, eat it until you get your fill.
1Suasoria on Jan 14, 2008 at 1:31 pm:
Hi Edwin, I worked on the film you refer to. You definitely have a good theory, but in this specific case, Henry’s major addiction was soda. I tend to doubt that as a Native American, he has a genetic predilection towards high-fructose corn syrup. Veganism was actually far less of a challenge for him than going without artificial sugars.
I’m not sure what your level of familarity is with the film producers or with the Tree of Life center n Arizona, but Dr. Cousens there actually does have a broad range of expertise in indigenous diets. If this is an area that interests you, please do try to learn more.
Thanks for the post. Very thought-provoking.
2eesc on Jan 14, 2008 at 1:49 pm:
Hi Suasoria,
Thanks for the quick feedback.
Maybe you can tell Dr. Cousens that here in the Philippines we quickly cure sweets addictions like soda, chocolates and the like with Virgin Coconut Oil Detoxing.
This is a technique taught by Dr. Bruce Fife in his book Coconut Cures, page 195.
I’ve done several VCO detoxes myself, my mother in law, my brother (ice cream addiction) and many friends (chocolate addiction, softdrinks, etc).
My experience can be found at http://www.myhealthblog.org/2006/10/21/i-tried-a-3-day-virgin-coconut-oil-detox/
Maybe if you add VCO detox to your arsenal and cure the sweets addictions you get an even higher success rate.
More power to you guys. I am excited to finally see the full film in its release. In fact I’m promoting the Raw for Life DVD in some of my blogposts.