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colonyofcells wrote: Dr Fuhrman actually prefers not to talk about fat vs carbs as the major source of calories. My impression is that the Dr Fuhrman diet can be high starch like from sweet potato (which is usually considered a vegetable by americans rather than as a staple food).
There are differences in emphasis on how to get enough daily calories. Dr Mcdougall emphasizes unrefined starch and then add some vegetables for micronutrients. Other vegan gurus tell people to eat the vegetables or gbombs first and then if short on calories or still hungry, can eat more unrefined starches.
Skip wrote:Here is what Dr. Fuhrman recommends quoted from Fuhrman, Dr. Joel. Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program For Conquering Disease (p. 44).
A Natural Plant-Based Diet Is a More Sensible Approach
For ideal nutrition, I recommend a low-fat, lowered-protein, low-sodium diet; one that is high in raw, unrefined carbohydrates. Meals can consist entirely of fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and raw nuts and seeds used judiciously. This will cut the protein content to less than 75 grams per day. A large salad of green lettuce should be consumed daily. This ideal diet consists of at least 40 percent of calories from vegetables, including raw vegetables, steamed green vegetables, and cooked starches such as squash and potato. Fruit comprises another 25 percent of the diet, and grains, beans, nuts, and seeds another 25 percent. This diet would derive not more than 15 percent of calories from fat, 10 to 15 percent of calories from protein, and 70 to 75 percent of calories from complex carbohydrate. The fat would come from the natural foods themselves, not from extracted oils. Refined food products, all sweeteners, added-salt and salted products, as well as soft drinks, coffee, and caffeine drinks would be excluded from an optimal diet. Dairy products would be eliminated or consumed infrequently.
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