Comments on: Brian Clement on Three Essential Raw Foods – The Renegade Health Show #509

By: patrice

patrice — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:14:55 +0000

I believe where our bodies as individuals are in the process and where they are coming from is important in how to treat it and for how long. I began a juice/detox diet in September, followed by all raw foods for 2 weeks, followed by 85-100% raw foods the past 5 months and presently. Prior to this I was an omnivore. I am sick and have many health issues. I had my gall bladder removed several years ago.
Right now, when I look at meat, it makes me feel nauseated. I was cold during the winter and my naturopath will allow me a small amount of cooked organic meats but I don’t want them and did not try them, yet. He will also allow me cooked organic vegetables, soups, etc. He believes they should be made a chemical free as possible and not to overeat. I do have baked potatoes, organic vegee soups such as butternut squash, sweet potato, etc. I also have flaxseed crackers and water crackers sometimes, along with salads, fruit, nuts, and seeds. I am allergic to soy, so not that. My naturopath believes that I should drink distilled or purified water, rest and do “bathroom detox” weekly for now. I also take herbs to rebuild along with getting 20-30 minutes sunshine a day and eventually some walking. I have some stretches that I do. The future will be dictated basically by my body and is and can be flexible. My level of energy and well being along with tests done at my standard doctor’s offices “will tell the tale.” I am hypoglycemic and cannot go too low on sugar because then I cannot seem to function. I cannot go to high on sugar or eat an upsized meal without running out of energy and losing focus. There are some things I cannot eat much of because they lower blood pressure and I have low blood pressure, also. I am still looking for that balance for now, a balance to take me to the future and a balance for the future. In the meantime, I will continue to learn and test, and rest. I pray always and believe that God will supply new answers. It is frustrating not to be able to go directly to a solution and have it work all the way , all of the time. I do pray that all of us will find the right solutions for our bodies and that any operator error on any of our parts will become clear to us and that we will be able to correct them and move forward.
Thanks for a great site and a chance to hear of different methods and theories. Each of them, for somebody is probably gold.
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By: joel

joel — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:08:26 +0000

Who is Dr Clement from Hippocrates? Where did he come from? Where was he born? How old is he? What did he do before he came to Hippocrates 25 years ago?

By: Fiona

Fiona — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:07:23 +0000

It was funny… just as he mentioned the word “dates” I was stuffing one into my mouth!

I, too, think fruit is good for you (many of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom eat a primarily frugivorous diet).

However, I think he’s coming from the perspective of a Doctor who sees very unwell patients entering his care, patients who have probably been living on a SAD for many years. Given that they’re already toxic and unwell with cancers and the like, it’s not a stretch to imagine that for THEM too much sugar from fruits could be a bad thing.

However, for a person who consumes a lot of fresh fruit and veg, no processed foods etc. and whose body is fairly empty of toxins, I don’t see that eating fruit will contribute to cancer. I would imagine cancer would have a harder time getting a foothold in such a healthy body in the first place!

So, if I were ever very unwell, I’d probably take his recommendations to heart. In the meantime, I’ll keep eating fruit!

I was also interested in the post (can’t remember the number) where the poster asked where all the 100+ year old vegans/vegetarians are. I’d like to know too While the reading I’ve been doing seems to indicate that raw vegan is the way to go, it’s interesting when it’s pointed out that many strict vegans later go back to consuming some animal products! So, yeah, I’d like to find out about a few more vegans who have lived on the diet for 30+ years.

Since I’ve started on the road to raw vegan (I’m not 100% yet), I’ve noticed more and more “sick” looking people around me. The raw vegans I see all look so healthy and radiant! The number of other people who look healthy… well… there just aren’t that many around!

So, it’s hard to reconcile the information that all the people who live to 100 or more eat cooked foods, meat, dairy etc. etc. (although I don’t believe they eat HEAPS of such foods, because I haven’t seen any morbidly obese centenarians either!) I rather thank most of them would be fairly moderate eaters who, even if they do eat meats/dairy etc. still don’t consume a lot of processed rubbish or junk food.

By: Cherie

Cherie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:54:22 +0000

Green smoothie for breakfast, E3live and salads.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:09:45 +0000

1. wild edible greens
2. macro and micro algae
3. tonic herbal teas

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:25:10 +0000

Thanks for this interview Kevin, it was very informative.

By: RIch G

RIch G — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:14:30 +0000

Wow, I am just starting a 5 day green smoothie clense and I could not disagree more with his statements on fruit. I even disagree with the sprouts issue. I think sprouts are not good for you at all. I blend every day for breakfast and lunch and most of the food is fruits. It is a complex sugar in fruit and a simple sugar in other sweet things. The complex fruits are good for you and do not fuel cancer. What a bunch of bunk. Yes, people go to Hypocrites sick and get better but those are folks on the standard american diet, not eating 80/10/10. I prefer Dr Grahmn and also the strong studies supporting a diet of living whole foods like fruit and veggies as shown to be effective in the China Study. The CS was the largest study on nutrition ever completed and it showed that fruits and veggies was the way to go. Yes you need a great blender, which I have, so I can blend in as little time as possible. But good blending gets all the nutrients right into your blood stream and your cells of your body. I would take Brian’s comments with a grain of dulse!!!

By: Veronika

Veronika — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:04:35 +0000

Regarding Jordan Lidster’s comment:

My understanding is that the X-Factor is sometimes mentioned to be genetics – hence, most centenarians have kids who live long, even if their diets were different. But there are still some common threads related to food. See this section in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarian#Research_into_centenarians

Another common thread is low-stress lifestyle, physical activity, a sense of purpose or care-giving, and sometimes spirituality. And I still think diet plays a big part, especially when it affects our mood. =)

But yes, I’m just as confused as you are regarding the specific diets since there is contradictory research out there. I agree with you about trusting your own body and intuition. And as Kevin would say, blood test are useful!

By: D Joan Bund Joni

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:57:18 +0000

Yikes! After the heart attacks I read Dr Max Gerson and then Dr Esselstyn and then went to a naturopath Brenda Gill.
we have been vegetarian for over three years and vegan since middle of Dec. We do use our VitaMix to make our green smoothy for breakfast but only blend for under 30 secs and drink right away. we do use hamp protien powder in it, no salt of any kind. we also grow wheat and grind grass every morning for about 2 oz each depending on how long the grass is. LOL We do not eat much fruit except organic apples gleaned in the summer and stored in our cold room. Pretty soon we will have to buy. I only used seaweed in beans which of course were cooked. Should I be soaking the dried stuff and putting it in our green smoothie too?
In summer we have a wonderful organic green garden, curly kale collards, swiss chard tomatiloes, asparagus, garlic etc ,but we have cold winters up in Canada (West Kootenays) and I have been dehydrating all these greens for winter because we cannot afford so much from the organic health food store. Just on a very small pension. too many conflicks for me AAUUUUUG! Joni

By: Ben Brown

Ben Brown — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:35:36 +0000

How do we reconcile Dr. Clement’s claim regarding sugar with The Grape Cure (see below)? Could it be that the sugar per se is not so bad, but combining with other foods is a problem? I’m a big believer in Herbert Shelton, and his emphasis on food combining. There seems to be some magic to mono-diets.

Ben

http://www.arnoldehret.org/healthclub/grapecure.html

“The Grape Cure

In the present desperate need of the world, I am offering this book as my contribution toward the solution of the Cancer problem. It is founded on personal experience and is put forward more as a prevention of Cancer than as a cure…”