I started the diet about 5 weeks ago, to combat an extra 5 pds and some cellulite last. Since starting the diet I have had a few pimples on my forehead and now two on my chin area. I never broke out in the past 10 years ! Is this usual when starting this diet ???

I am female so this may not be relevent to you. I am 5'6" and 125 pds and I maintain a fair amount of muscle going about 30 grams minimum and 50 grams being a high day every 5-7 days. All protein is from egg yolk avo's and brazils fruit (no fish) .

I would think that the Bible quote may have been in relation to a specific group in a specific area of the world, possibly they were getting sick from the water (the ref to water and illness) and wine was an alternate source of fluid.

johndela1 wrote: Does anyone know of any documents that support this at all?

Nick, I was giving him supporting document, as asked, and that is one resource I knew of.

what about that hollow tummy feeling I get often on this diet ??

johndela1 wrote:that may never change... Your body wants more fat in the winter.

Awhhhh, come one, don't tell a girl that ! I will have to move south. My identical stays the same year round !!

I've heard that wine 'helps digestion'. Does anyone know of any documents that support this at all? I love wine and drink it often, but don't see how drinking wine can possible actually help anything except for the way you feel. I like dry red wine and I live in wine country and have a wine cellar....

Everyone who adheres to the diet will eventually reach his/her ideal weight, even without exercise at all. This is what I am hoping to see SOON. I have been following the diet a month, 2 weeks strict...no changes yet. I have been struggling with the 4-5 pds that I gain every winter for years and ye...

THANKS ! I thought that would be the answer :D So I will feed it my husband ! I am sticking to the diet 100%. I have had Munch Food a few times with less than 7.5 grams of protein, so I will keep that to a minimum to (none some days) until I see results. I see many female bodybuilder (more so in the...

I have some "Thors Raw Power" , it is a Raw Organic Powder to mix into smoothies.....raw brazilian nut powder, raw hemp protein powder, gogi berries, maca .....1 scoop has 1.5 fat, 5.5 protein and 5.5 carbs. BTW...I do not have acne, I am trying to improve my skin and battling some very stubborn cel...

RRM wrote:

twinee1 wrote:I do not digest protein well at all,

How do you know?

I should add COOKED Protein...I will burp it up hours later, w/o to much info, sometimes it repeats back up...and I get tired sluggish when I eat it.

I'm not sure how you got your green juices, but if premade they could've been heated, and even if selfmade, a blender could produce small amounts of dirty protein. I'm not saying this is a likely cause, but if someone is extremely sensitive, every bit counts. I have an Omega 8005,masticating juice ...

twinee1 wrote:
w/o the fiber, so they digest well.

I thought with out the fiber they would digest easier, wrong too due to the other aspects of veggies.

would that be true also if you got sick from fish ?

The shelled nuts and possibly the green drinks (and veggies, like RRM explained) could account for the 'dirty' protein. I thought, from reading, that green drinks digest easily, full of enzymes and all that good stuff, w/o the fiber, so they digest well. This would seem to limit dirty protein and t...