One of the most popular raw food chefs talks about the raw diet.

[Paseo123]

Bravo! Great video post and I agree with the issue of meat and dairy that if we need it we must consume it, as we dont completely know what it is in these foods or completely missing from our bodies that we are to rely on them for support. this is a journey that should be embraced with both arms and without judgement.

[StarFlower99654]

It is refreshing to be reminded that mental activity also influences our health and is just as important as the foods we eat. It is nice to hear it incorporated with raw food information.

I too am reversing and healing leukemia.

[green2lean]

Vegans, show me one group of people that has proven longevity that doesn't have at least 10% animal products in their diet. To my knowledge there are none. The longest living people eat about 10% fish from the sea.

Unfortunately today we have to deal with man's pollution on the environment so eating fish will never be as healthy as it once was - the same with most meat. But if we are honest about ideal conditions, meats are healthy in small amounts.

[green2lean]

There is something to the daylight diet in my opinion. Are you familiar with nightshades? They are fruits and vegetables that grow at night. In large quantities many scientific studies indicate they cause disease. Yes, again, they can sustain life when nothing else is available and some of them offer some great nutrients, but they aren't "life" foods in my opinion.

The sun is the source of almost all life. Don't underestimate the power of daylight.

[InvisiMan2006]

Actually, Paul's version of the "daylight diet" is simply to eat within certain times of the day. If he believes that humans are so different that their diet should be radically different, yet he believes that people are awake and able to eat all the same times of the day.

In reference to nightshades, certain people are allergic to them, although many (sweet peppers, tomatoes, etc.) are considered to be super-healthful foods.

For the most part, they are of no concern in moderation.

[green2lean]

I agree there are values in nightshades. I'm not saying they are all bad. I am just saying there is something to sun foods, sunlight and eating during the daylight hours. There is no one path. We have to do the best we can. Paul knows this. He is a sound minded, reasonable man unlike extremists who are consumed by one school of thought.

[green2lean]

LOL. I love David Wolfe. He has some great thoughts and is very charismatic, but the guy is commercialized. He is always pushing his products more than he pushes the things that are free and readily available to all of us. I have seen Paul endorsing his own ideas, books and information but yet to see him push products like David Wolfe does.

[rskurow]

I have been Raw Vegan for over 12 years and feel great. I feel that people who don't have success with 100% are probably doing something wrong, like eating the wrong things. Not everything that is raw is healthy. You have to have some intelligence about what you are doing.

[green2lean]

This I agree with. An example is that I feel humans, in general, have an intolerance to starches and grains. Sure if we have nothing else to eat they will sustain life, but in large amounts I think they are toxic to the body and will cause disease, i.e. wheat and white potatoes

So being raw doesn't solve everything. You could be eating the wrong things. Also we are all genetically different. What is good for the goose may not be good for the gander.

All longevity peoples eat 10% meats

[green2lean]

Exactly, veganism should be about good health, an experiment for healing, not a dogmatic religion that endorses judging people who eat meat as murderers and less than peaceful. If you are vegan you should stay open minded to the possibility it's not the absolute best diet for us. Less meat is very good. Clean meat is even better. No meat, hmmm?

The bible has a prophecy that warns that near the end times there will be hypocrites that forbid eating meat. 1 Timothy 4 in King James.

[green2lean]

There are things in animal products you cannot get anywhere else, such as Vitamin D. True, you can get vitamin D from sunlight, but unless you live in within the tropics that's not a good source all year long.

One mistake humans make is we assume we have scientifically discovered everything out there. The fact is there are unknowns we have yet to realize in regard to nutrition and what our body needs and what is in different food.

There is a reason the bible talks about animal products.

[rskurow]

There is nothing in animals or animal products that the body needs that can't be found outside of animals.

[green2lean]

The fact that you state your belief as fact demonstrates your closed minded ignorance and that you're an extremist.

You have zero evidence to support that hypothesis. Science is limited and inaccurate. It's impossible to completely understand the body and how it processes food. We have to create scientific ways to guess at these things.

There are no 100% facts known to man. Man is not infallible.

[rskurow]

All right, so name something we need that can only be gotten from an animal. "All extremest should be taken out and shot"

[green2lean]

Whoa rskurow, you're getting weird man. Who is talking about shooting people? I'm not convinced you are of stable mind and I'm not going to continue to engage with you if you're going to communicate in this fashion.

[rskurow]

Wow, you can't recognize a joke? I heard this on the Tonight Show, it is supposed to show that the one who say he is not an Extremest is promoting an extreme idea (shooting all extremest) Personally, I would not kill anything, not even the food I eat. OK, so what is this mystery substance we need that can only be found in animals?

[green2lean]

That man was an extremist. Extremist cannot recognize their own irrational behavior and thoughts.

You kill things every day just by your lifestyle. The Native Americans ate meat often yet lived a respectable and righteous lifestyle. You, on the other hand (and me), have destroyed the earth. You have done more killing by living in home, driving a car, using a computer than any meat eater will ever do by eating meat alone. You just don't kill directly.

There are many mysteries.

[InvisiMan2006]

Also, do you believe 10 different cows should eat 10 different diets? Should 10 different tigers be eating differently?

We are all human beings, we have the same physiology; the same digestive tract; the same stomach, etc. Why should we all be eating so radically different from each other? Do you think eating another animals milk is actually the normal thing for our species?

[rskurow]

Totally agree with you.

[green2lean]

Invisiman, We are all humans but we are all genetically different. A bee sting may be like a pin prick to one person and kill another. I can eat a pound of peanuts with no reaction. Another person might touch a peanut and die.

Tigers do not have the genetic diversity that humans have. Now a tiger and a panther may have different diets.

[InvisiMan2006]

Paul didn't say he was allergic to raw foods or vegan foods for that matter. He claims that they cause deficiencies.

Again, why not just move to a healthy cooked food diet (like a Dr. Fuhrman or Mcdougall) diet instead of promoting animal products?

I have one theory: As long as it remains "raw" he still has credibility and can make a living milking the raw title (pun not intended). If he goes for a healthy cooked vegan lifestyle, he would lose all his followers.

[green2lean]

Your theory may have some validity. I'm sure it's hard to be a raw food leader and then consider it may not be the best path.

The raw food community is a very small percentage of the population though. He could reach a much larger audience by opening up more to cooked foods and animal products. True maybe he took advantage of a niche, I don't know.

I'm open minded and willing to consider your thoughts. I hope you an learn to be open minded too.

[InvisiMan2006]

I'm very open minded to scientific fact that we do not need animal products in order to thrive (with some supplementation, which aren't the fault of the diet, per se). I've been vegan over a decade and have raised a family of vegans for close to 8 years now, we have no deficiencies.

Paul can do very well promoting a healthy VEGAN diet, but the constant self-validation of his constantly changing mind are becoming quite obvious.

I hope he finds the path that works for him (long term).

[green2lean]

Stop playing silly games. You are not open minded. You are convinced that being vegan is the righteous and correct path.

You supplement? You can't take supplements and claim that being vegan supplies the human body with everything it needs.

Be vegan if you want to be vegan. I think it's better to be vegan than to eat the standard American diet that includes man made foods.

For me, God's foods is the best path. Whole foods as nature intended and some biblically clean meats (hard to get).

[InvisiMan2006]

LOL. Don't fool yourself. Even cow's milk is fortified with vitamins!

Yes, I supplement with vitamin D (I don't get out in the sun and we have long winters here) and B12 (thanks to the sterilization practices of the modern agri-industry).

I don't supplement everyday, or ever week for that matter and don't eat fortified foods. My bloodwork is pristine.

I'm open minded to options that work, not opinions that come from confused people.

[green2lean]

Invisiman, I do occasionally drink commercial milk because I am far from perfect, but what I do and what I think to be right are not the same.

I agree that commercial milk is bad for us. I would be a proponent of raw, unpasteurized milk and preferably from a goat, but only grass fed and free range. What we feed an animal is passed into the milk and most cows are fed toxic feed.

The blood work of someone eating natural foods should always blow away that of a fast food diet so no surprise.