Hey, do you eat celery leaves? I wasn’t used to, since I don’t enjoy the taste that much, plus heard some people said it was toxic. But since, I am receiving bunch home, that have tons of leaves, I feel heartbroken throwing that much leaves in the compost. I thought including it in smoothies for extra minerals. Do you eat it ? What do you think? How do u use use it? 🥬🍀

why did doug graham write to me he is against pranayama - it is bad for health? maybe @Ronnie Smith idea to check in '

I'm a bit puzzled about the statements of some low fat raw vegans (no names here !) regarding the consumption of water : 1 Very few don't consume any water 2 Some trust their thirst and drink when needed 3 Others state that we need water until our gut gets cleaned out of its "dry waste matter", and then the need wanes. 4 Others advocate for a gallon of water a day, as a bare minimum when we eat raw, going up to 2 gallons if we eat cooked food. I lend in the 2nd category, as I tend to drink > 2L during summer and hot days, and about 1L in the cold month of winter. I do urinate about 10 times a day, clean and good amounts, so I guess I should consider myself hydrated ? Is it true that the more we go into the lifestyle, the better hydrated will our body be, and our external water need lessen ? How can it be that we'd need a GALLON a day ? Do our digestive track need that much to work properly ? What would be adverse effects of drinking too much water ? Should we bypass thirst and drink more than what it tells us ? And lastly, what is your personal experience with water consumption ?

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