In fact, after thinking about this for a while, I can't even see fat on a diet like that--maybe a little plump--or zaftig as we say in French--but that's about it. It's not the amount of fat that matters. It's solely the amount of calories. Also, most of these people eat way too little protein, which messes up how their body processes food.
"Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love." - Amma --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Sal Sunshine <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sal Sunshine <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: McCartney calls for Meat-Free Day To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 7:52 PM On Jun 16, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- in [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunsh...@...> wrote: On Jun 16, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: IMO, raw foodists do make some pretty yummy stuff, and raw fruits and veggies do make up a significant part of my diet, but I can't be bothered to make all sorts of elaborate dishes with a dehydrator. The raw foods I eat are fruit and salads. Mostly I'm just turned off by the cultish fanaticism of raw foodism. That said, I think some of Fairfield's obese vegans would benefit tremendously by switching from cooked starches to raw fruits and veggies. Obese vegans? Sure. Eat a hypercaloric diet of grains and beans like a feedlot animal, and you get a body like a feedlot animal. Well, I'm not exactly an expert on obesity, but do you think it's likely--if you really do mean obese--that they're being completely honest about their veganism? Maybe I simply lack imagination, but I just can't bring myself to see how someone could get morbidly obese *totally* avoiding things like butter, ice cream, etc. In fact, after thinking about this for a while, I can't even see fat on a diet like that--maybe a little plump--or zaftig as we say in French--but that's about it. To be anytihng else on such a spartan diet would almost mean literally eating all the time, which nobody does. In fact, for most obese people, at least the ones I've known, it's usually just the opposite--sneak eating when they can get away with it. Sal
