Hi Doug, you mention her as a mentor in your Nutrition and Athletic Performance book. So, i decided to look her up and read some of her writings. I started reading Genuine Fruitarianism; The Ecological, Sociable, Satisfying Way to Eat. She seems to recommend eating nuts and seeds much more than you do, claiming we need the protein that fruits only can't provide. While i understand you both agree that a fruit only diet doesn't provide enough proteins to calories, I think there's a difference between your opinions as the amount of seeds/nuts that is needed. I attached one screenshot for reference. I guess my question is: after 3.5 months of eating 80/10/10rv to the letter (with 4-5% of my daily calories coming from greens like spinach, romaine, red leaf lettuce, bok choi, etc) which is where you say we get the proteins that will help make up the 10% needed, and monitoring via Cronometer, i never get higher than 6% even with occasional addition of a cup of sprouted mung beans. If i replace avocados with nuts or seeds, then a get a little closer to 10% but never there. How do other do? If they dont, then why advertise the diet as having 10% protein? I ask because im a doctor already guiding others thrpough this diet and if i am not successful, i can't expect others to be. So what is the way to be successful, and if theres no way, then could i relabel the diet as more like 85-5-10?

New interview with Doug Graham as part of the Love Fruit podcast-about 65 mins long: https://youtu.be/zHKjzv51HrI?feature=shared

Hey everybody, I have a not so glamorous question, but important to ask you. My absolute favorite fruit is figs, juicy and gooey ripe figs mmmh. But yesterday, while already having a sensitive digestion since 1 day, probably due to why is happening to me now, recovering from different things and not moving a lot, just beginning to be able to move a liiitlle bit again, I had figs and experienced loose stools in the evening. And then not anymore, stools are formed, but going to the toilet very often. And before all that happened, last year, i used to be able to eat figs, but never before a run for exemple. It’s frustrating because fig is my ablsolute favorite fruit in taste. I have stopped eating kiwis last year, because, with them it was worse, I would always experience diarrhea the next day. So I wanted to know how about you? I don’t want to restrict on fruits, but maybe should I eat less of some digesting less good? Do you have tips? What are your experiences with them? I have the impression that it happens with those having all those seeds inside, but not sure. And I noticed, when going to the toilet that it seems like the seeds are separated from the formed parts, so yeah sorry for those precisions, but yeah I wanted to know about you. Usually o digest fruits well, maybe apple, I can’t make a mono meal of, but yeah I was asking myself for those ones, how about you? And about greens too, I am having those big salads and when I feel ok is great, but as soon I am not at my best, i can digest lettuce less good and feel and see it in my digestion. It doesn’t happen with arugula, spinach and cucumber etc more with iceberg that I enjoy a lot too, romaine etc etc. How about you? Do you avoid things you digest less good? I have the impression that I am consuming things ripe and chewing it well, but yeah maybe you have more recommendations. Thx, take care ⭐️

Hey everybody, I have a question about greens. Do you sometimes only have cucumber/zucchini or other type of vegetables? I am used to have some sort of green everyday like lettuce, arugula, spinach etc but tonight, I am only having zucchini noodles and broccoli with some tomatoes, celery and hemp seed sauce and I don’t feel to have a salad aside. Is it important to have leafy greens everyday? Or does cucumber, zucchini, celery and other vegetables count too? Enjoy!

Hey I have been suffering from lots of ailments for many years, many attempts to go raw that didn’t go well, etc. One thing I noticed is that every time I choose to give up salt and attempt to apply a raw diet, I crave vegetables badly, specifically celery and tomatoes. I can eat 3kg of celery a day as well as 2-3 kg of tomatoes. I crave it more than fruits. (That being said, this amount of celery makes me really gassy and have a negative impact on my body odor). Has anyone experienced such strong cravings, and if so, did they go away? I always end up giving up and going back to salt and cooked food cause it just feels like unreasonable amounts. Now, I could possibly push through and sayisfy my cravings if I knew this was gonna last 1-4 weeks for example and then subside, but if these are the amounts I’m gonna have to eat every day, as well as suffer the consequences of eating this excessive amount of celery, in order to meet my electrolyte needs… Then I find it extremely unsustainable in every possible way - financially, practically and physically. Would appreciate any advice or insight on the topic. Thanks!