i am currently using the 811rv (81-10-10 raw vegan) approach to heal from candida, leaky gut and allergies. its going quite well for me, but i was wondering if there was anyone out there doing the same thing?

I went one step further and have cut out all overt fats three months ago. I get severe headaches and bloating from avocados and after some research have decided to cut them out completely. I´m doing much more better without fats: more energy, no digestive upset...

In a german raw food board someone discussed avocaods containing polysaccharides (mannoheptulose), which like inulin should better be avoided when You have digestive issues. Inulin feeds harmful bacteria. See: [www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info]

I wonder if anyone else avoids fats at all?

Thanks for the link. I also eat no overt fats - no avocado, durian, coconut, nuts/seeds, olives or oils. I have tried various traditional and then alternative solutions, the anti=candida diet and various supplements, but this didn't help and i was so tired i couldn't do anything. anyhow at a certain point i went back to raw vegan as i had been years before and was 90% raw vegan for 3 months, but symptoms continued. then i tried 99% for 6 months, and actually got worse. i had been reading up on all the anti-candida possibilities plus looking into the biochemistry part where i mostly ended up reading things about diabetes, insulin, blood sugar levels and the influence of fat in the bloodstream. this is when i found the 811rv approach. After 4 days of not having any fats and getting nearly all of my calories from fruit (and the rest from greens) I felt wonderful and was able to run 6km - i hadn't done that in over a year! so now i am still learning about what does and doesn't work - for me i've found that raw corn, vinegar and the combination of bananas and oranges don't work. i am curious what others have found with this approach.

Our brains are made from fats. We need some fats in our diet.

Rob

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Rob Hull - Funky Raw
My blog: [www.rawrob.com]

of course we need some fat but without eating any overt fats i easily get 5% of my calories from fat, besides fruit i eat loads of greens and nonstarchy vegetables. i seriously love nuts and avocados, but the only problem is that most every diet i have tried so far makes me extremely nauseous. i could hardly keep anything down. i am so glad that i have found something that works for me. and i do hope that in the future i will be able to include some fatty foods, but for the next few months i am just really glad to have my life back plus so much extra energy!

I eat a diet similar to 8/1/1 but with a few modifications. I did it to the tee and found that it was a little too low in fat for me (I'm about 15-20% now) and I also do a lot of juicing, which Graham is mostly opposed to. I do really well on a high fruit diet, but find that I do GREAT when I'm drinking a lot of green juices too.

in my personal experience juicing is a really nice 'supplement'. if you're not healthy or far behind (which is probably still the partially the case for me) then i think its a great way to get plenty of readily absorbable vitamins and minerals. so, i will consider adding a daily green juice again. thanks.