Hi! I only have time for one message right now, but I'll get to the rest of the replies later! I had mentioned: >> Regarding calories in the diet: while I believe raw calories are obviously >> superior to cooked calories, and are much more efficient and so forth, I >> still am getting a minimum of about 2,500 calories per day in my diet, and >> this is with normal eating patterns (no overeating). Kelli said: >I'd _really_ like to know how you manage this on a 100% raw diet! I went 100% >raw vegan for about 3 months (had been about 75% prior), and I literally ate >_all day_ long. Had fruit for breakfast and quite a large spinach/romaine >salad with all kinds of good stuff in it (beets C yams, squashes, tomatoes, >etc) and then a more "creative" raw dish for dinner based on things like >sprouted lentils, corn, asparagus, cabbage, etc.-- not necessarily together >;0) OK, here's a typical day's fare for me. I basically eat 4 meals. Although, the smoothie isn't considered a meal, but it alone is very caloric. I will only mention one type of fruit or nut used, instead of being specific, so as to simplify this. Here goes: 1) Breakfast: a couple of apples, 2-4 oz. brazil nuts, 2-4 oz. dates, 2-3 bananas, a stalk of celery. (eaten in that order, one at a time) 2) Smoothie: (note: this is used any time, not necessarily between breakfast and lunch) - typically 4 eggs and 2 bananas, with some pure water, blended. I have this at least 2 hours after the previous meal, and well in advance of the next one. 3) Lunch A (note: this may be eaten as supper and vice versa) - about 3 oz. walnuts, a bit over a tablespoon of flax oil, a pile of raw veggies (lots of leafy greens such as romaine lettuce, spinach, cabbage [which I love!], usually a half a cuke, some bell pepper, etc.) 4) Supper: sunflower seeds (2-3 oz.), a whole sweet potato or yam, a beet, carrot(s), corn on cob, leafy greens. And of course, the foods are variated. For example, with breakfast, I may eat pears instead of apples, hazelnuts instead of brazil nuts, dried figs or raisins instead of dates (of which I use many varieties); and of course I choose from a wide range of veggies, so that variates; and with the concentrated starch meal, I may not eat each food listed, although that's basically what I do anyway. I will probably also start using soaked grains, such as quinoa, and also use something like sproute d "bread" wafers & the like. I may also consider using some raw dairy as well. Also, a note regarding the nuts & seeds I eat: I do *not* soak them. So the ounce listings above, are for dry weight. I do use supplemental enzymes with my food, so that is probably the main reason that the enzyme inhibitors present in the raw unsoaked nuts do not affect me, and I have been using the unsoaked nuts/seeds for many months and without any untoward effect(s). Estimated total caloric values of each meal (corresponding with each number listed above, and averaged out - i.e. say with nuts, using an average value of 3 oz., as I mentioned it could be 2-4 oz.): 1) 1,000 2) 500 3) 750 4) 750 Estimated total: 3,000 calories. These estimates are actually conservative. In reality, with breakfast for example, the caloric value may be more along the lines of 1,200.