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Here's the judgment I've come to, with the part about nuts and avocados being fairly recent: as long as my total daily fat intake is within bounds -- very roughly, not more than 15% of calories -- nuts and avocados are fine. In fact, nuts in particular are more than fine; they're beneficial. They do require self-discipline, however, as to quantity.
I don't use cronometer but 15% fat seems like a good guide to stay with the Starch Solution diet. 15% fat was used in the last multiple sclerosis study of Dr McDougall. I don't like refined substances so I do try to avoid oil altho a trivial amount is probably harmless. Office celebrations usually means restaurant food with oil so I probably get enough oil from those sources so it is ok for me to be strict with my own food. I view myself as an underachiever rather than a perfectionist and I just post my food items carefully to avoid the vegan police. I prefer to avoid accusations of having almost orthorexia and being a almost vegan avoids looking like a fundamentalist.
A few more thoughts . . . .
Have you tried Ezekiel bread? They have a version that has no oil and no sodium.
How much sodium in milligrams are on a single slice of the type of bread that you are buying? Jeff Novick's guidelines say that the milligrams of sodium per serving should be no more than the calories per serving.
So, if one serving of whole wheat bread is 100 calories and the sodium per serving is 120 milligrams, that bread fails the sodium test. Might not be a big deal if you just eat one slice once in a while. But if you eat 4 slices each day, maybe you need a different bread.
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