Patrick

Quick update

 

Well it's been a little over a month now of being 100% free from all wheat/gluten products and spring is now in full bloom.

 

I'm happy to report that ALL SIGNS of my hayfever/allergies are gone. Completely gone. This is the first spring in my entire life that I haven't been a miserable-snivelling-sneezing-wanna-stay-indoors-hate-flowers-more-sneezing-mess.

 

Thanks for your guidance Odidnetne and veganpotter! Indebted forever!

Hey Suz: If you enjoy bread, I'd recommend getting the vegan cookbook from Sarah Kramer: La Dolce Vegan. It has great recipes with no gluten or yeast.

Hope you feel better. Patrick

Maybe you could see how avioding wheat/gluten would treat you...those fake meats have tons of gluten...same with bread, couscous and seitan of course.

veganpotter: Couscous has Gluten? Didn't know that.

Thanks

James: Forgot to ask you. Are all these fruits and everything you eat organic?

Gorilla/ James,

that short story by Henry Rollins you have posted on your space is revealing, inspiring and motivational. It really makes one think. And most of all it's so bloody true!

Patrick

Hi Patrick - thanks. Just fruit salads. The only processing is chopping/slicing, and I've also been having a lot of avocado and cucumber salads, grating the cucumber and mixing in the avocado.

Avocado and cucumber are sometimes known as fruit-vegetables - they are in the fruit family. And nuts and seeds are in the fruit family too, so it's very easy to consume enough calories.

I cycle the fruits I eat, but to give you an example, this is a typical daily menu:

 

Meal 1:

2 apples

75g walnuts

 

Meal 2

2 bananas

75g almonds

 

Meal 3

2 avocados

1 cucumber, grated

 

Meal 4

1 mango

1/4 watermelon

1/2 pineapple

 

Meal 5

1 orange

75 g brazil nuts

 

Meal 6

2 peaches

50g blueberries

75g cashew nuts

 

Meal 7

1/2 cantaloupe melon

50g strawberries

50g grapes

 

 

Meal 8

2 bananas

25g walnuts

 

 

I interchange oranges with grapefruits, blueberries with pomegranate, peaches with nectarines, etc. etc. - basically a week's menu will incorporate most of the things in the list on my bodyspace.

Good morning Gorilla,

Thanks for sharing this. I have been vegan for nearly 1 year and eat quite of bit of salads and fruits. But I also eat cooked food. I am not the type to count calries, do you? If so, how many calories do you eat daily? I am just a bit afraid to tackle an all out fruitarian diet with thefear to lost weight. I would most likely eat salds too because I love them. I am seeing your physique, you are in great shape. I've spoken to my girlfriend about this and, it's a tough call.I get awfully hungry after training, tennis or running. And I don't know whether just fruits would be satiating.

Thanks again--Take Care. We'll chat again.

Patrick

The sunny season has begun - going back to raw fruit diet. Going to do it right this time and take a multivit during the first stage of the transition. There is no doubt in my mind that it is the best way to live!

 

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The following is a selection of what I will be nourishing myself with from now on:

 

* Apples

* Almonds

* Pears

* Avocados

* Tomatoes

* Pumpkin seeds

* Bananas

* Grapes

* Watermelon

* Strawberries

* Blueberries

* Walnuts

* Cashew nuts

* Brazil nuts

* Oranges

* Grapefruit

* Figs

* Peaches

* Apricots

* Pineapple

* Blackcurrants

* Cranberries

* Acerola cherries

* Mangos

* Passionfruit

* Pomegranate

 

Makes your mouth water just readng the list doesn't it?

Hi Gorilla,

just curious: How many calries do you eat daily and how often do you eat? Do you eat any salads or strictly fruit?

The reason I am asking is I read your thread"Gorilla's anabolic secret" and enjoy the positive vibe you and Bigbwii put out. I've been vegan for nearly one year and am getting back into training. You have made great strides. I hope to do as well, just don't know if an all-out fruitarian diet is ideal for me.

Take Care and thanks for sharing your progress.

Take Care--Patrick

Veganpotter and Offense74: Thank you!!! It certainly helps to get clarification on such matters.

Take Care-Patrick

Pratt and Cubby2112: Appreciate your feedback.

Thanks--Take Care--Patrick

Hi all,

This may be an odd question: My cholesterol is 117. I have been vegan for nearly one year. Prior to that, my cholesterol hovered between 150 and 180. I spoke to a nutritionist recently and he told me that that figure (117) is quite low. He tells me that cholesterol is essential for brain function, muscle function, etc. After reading, The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell he discusses cholesterol at quite length. He says that in many non Western countries (i.e. "diets"), cholesterol levels are even lower than mine. I workout quite often (run, weight lift, tennis, blading, etc. Could anyone be so kind and share some insights into this? Does anyone have an identical problem? The health practitioner says that if it doesn't increase, it can be fortified to increase the cholesterol with supplements.

Any help/input is appreciated.

Take Care and Thanks--Patrick

I always put it in straight out of the box.

What's also pretty good, is either some hemp protein or veg, throw in some fruit, couple of figs and blend it with water. It's a good start. Even though you are using water, it still is calorie rich.

Patrick

Thank you Paul.

For some reason the website will not load from my end.

Appreciate it--Patrick

Hello fellow vegan's:

I have been trying to access the champuionjuicer.com site, but I'm always getting a "this page can not be loaded" answer.

Would anyone happen to have their corporate phone number? I'm trying to get their dual voltage juicer.

Appreciate your help--Patrick

Cashew Butter dipped in Figs and a banana.

Hi all,

So after all the blurbs, Trev, where does one get hemp butter?

I'd like to give it a whirl.

Patrick

Servuss Offense74!

Wie geht es Dir? Well, I am currently living in Germany and I can honestly recommend to you to not purchase any vitamins from Germany. The reason: They are expensive as you would not believe. Comparing prices with the U.S. (reputable nutrition stores, noth the BS ones like GNC and other quacks), the vitamins are ca. 50-70% more expensive in Deutschland than the U.S.

Try www.tunies.com (they, too ship internationally).

Ich hoffe ich konnte Dir bisschen helfen.

Skol---Patrick

Mostly I'm looking for vitamin D2 without calcium. The only that is available in Sweden is D3 with calcium and vitamin A.

This is probably not good advice... but I like to have a huge bean burrito and a beer after a workout.

Hey xdarthveganx:

It's better than having a scotch on the rocks after training.

Also, in Europe a lot of sports coaches years ago gave their squad beer after a workout because it contains, or contained essential minerals.

The beer is not the watered,watered,watered,watered,watered-down beer as in the U.S..

I don't drink beer but Pilsner Urquell (THE Czech beer is what they drank.)

Patrick

SERVUSS SOYMILKLOVER.

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!! THE BEST FORUM ON THE WWW.

How about raw beets as a tasty snack. Makes everything red.

My co-workers think I am absolutely insane for eating them raw.

I Love 'em.

Patrick

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478324/

This dude needs a reality check.

The Human Digestive System is not designed to digest meats.

Check out this movie. "We Feed The World"

Very Very sad documentary to what is happening with the world's landscape.

meant to say so and coasting. Gosh, I'm already coasted, and not toasted from just thinking about these MV.

Patrick

...actually there is a better super food supplement.

its by a company called HealthForce and the product is called Vita Mineral Green.

Thanks xdarthveganx.

Sounds like a hell of a MV. Appears to have some many nutrients in that one would think they are oasting through the day.

Would you know what comany offers this. I shop at several and they don't have this one.

Patrick

xdarthveganx, SIR!!!

I am not that bloody, although I turned 35 yesterday.

Now what did you mean by good right? Did you mean that good, right are Schulze"s Superfood Plus?

Patrick

Hey guys,

thanks for your replies and xdarthveganx, appreciate that input. I, too, am not a GNC fan nad have never taken, nor wouyld I. I am taking soemthing from Dr., Schulze (Superfood Plus) and was wondering whether that suffices as a Multi-V.

Patrick

Hello folks,

Does anyone know a good vegan multivitamin supplement, and would anyone recommend taking one.

I'd appreciate your help.

Take Care--Patrick

Thanks xdarthveganx for that detailed clarification.

A friend of mine is a diabetic and I'll relate it to her.

Take Care--Patrick