My current diet

[RRM]

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[Mr. PC]

So the raw beef I've been eating has been irradiated? Ach; I had no idea. I was buying free-range organic beef from a local market, but I don't know if it was irradiated or not. Anyway, not eating it now that I realise salmon is actually more economical in term of vitamin D and iodide, but I had always though raw animal foods in general were on the wai diet. I'm assuming irradiation = dirty protein.

[Oscar]

It doesn't have to be, but you have to make sure it isn't. And yes, irradiation = dirty protein.

[Mr. PC]

BTW, now that I have my juicer, my diet has evolved into about 400ml peach juice (I put 4 peaches into the calculator), 400ml of OJ, 1 banana, 1 apple, 5 tablespoons EVOO, 2 tomatoes,

Vitamin K.................................19.68mcg ........70.00mcg

And even with 5 eggyolks and 100g salmon, I still get
Zinc, Zn...................................4.48mg .........15.00mg
Iodide, I.................................39.48mcg .......150.00mcg

I often eat avocado, but I can't count on it being regular because prices fluctuate and often none are ripe/they all ripen at the same time. If I were to consume 8 eggyolks the numbers would look more like this

Zinc, Zn...................................6.03mg .........15.00mg
Iodide, I.................................39.48mcg .......150.00mcg
Vitamin K.................................19.68mcg ........70.00mcg

Strangely the Vitamin K isn't increasing even though the wai sites list egg-yolk as a top source of vitamin K. I would like my Zinc to be high, as that's a cause of hair thinning and I had a scare about that a few months ago. Again, I could consume even more egg-yolk but then the problem becomes A-too much protein, B-too high cost. I always buy Free Run for ethical reasons; I could switch to the regular eggs and eat twice as many, 12 a day, (I could mix it into OJ, since I can only eat 6 at a time straight), but then I have the guilt of supporting animal treatment. My justification would be that I need this diet in order to push me through Teachers College, and when I'm done the good I'll do will outweigh the suffering I caused by eating standard eggs.
If I have 12 egg-yolks I get
Zinc, Zn...................................8.09mg .........15.00mg
Iodide, I.................................39.48mcg .......150.00mcg
which puts me over half the RDA for Zinc, but I'd still prefer a little higher. Could anyone tell me what the calculator gives you for Zinc, Iodide, and vitamin K based on your own diet?

[overkees]

For vitamin K you best take prunes a few of them (dried) will do the trick, they also contain a little zinc. Iodide should be okay with those amounts of eggs and fish. Strange... maybe something is wrong with the calculator when it comes to iodide?

For zinc avocado, dates, blackberries. Or an eventual little piece of beef. Beef is a great source of zinc. And cheap!

[abicahsoul]

There are two values for chicken egg yolk.. I don't remember which but one gives a higher amount of vit K, in the calculator..

[RRM]

The USDA does not list vitamin K, nor some of the trace elements, including iodide.
So, for that reason you better opt for the souci SW et al data. (option 2)
then (incl 5 egg yolks) the results are:

Vitamin K..............................59.28mcg
Iodide, I.................................52.50mcg
Zinc, Zn...................................5.23mg

Though that vit. K number is not correct, as Souci SW lists 147 mcg of vitamin K / 100 g. of egg yolk,
whereas in the calculator that number is only 47 mcg.

For vitamin K you best take prunes

1 avocado contains 35 mcg vitamin K
1 egg yolk contains 24 mcg vitamin K
1 kiwi contains 24 mcg vitamin K
1 prune contains 8 mcg vitamin K

For zinc avocado, dates, blackberries. ... Beef is a great source of zinc.

Zinc
2145 mcg in 50 grams of beef (muscles only)
1890 mcg in 3 egg yolks
1400 mcg in 1 handful of Brazil nuts
1080 mcg in 1 handful of walnuts
700 mcg in 1 avocado
650 mcg in 1 handful of hazelnuts
580 mcg in 2 dates
410 mcg in 50 grams of tuna (skipjack)
400 mcg in 50 grams of salmon
393 mcg in 50 grams of coconut
315 mcg in 50 grams of mackerel (atlantic)
300 mcg in 50 grams of tuna (bluefin)
240 mcg in 1 banana
210 mcg in 500 ml of orange juice
140 mcg in 1 orange
95 mcg in 50 grams of blackberries

[Oscar]

Though that vit. K number is not correct, as Souci SW lists 147 mcg of vitamin K / 100 g. of egg yolk, whereas in the calculator that number is only 47 mcg.

Corrected.

[Mr. PC]

Awesome, thank guys!
I won't eat Beef, as it is unwai unless I make certain it has not been irradiated. But this new data tells me I have an abundance of vitamin K. Would you agree that my Zink and Iodide are still low?

[RRM]

Would you agree that my Zink and Iodide are still low?

That depends.
The lower the intake, the higher the absorption rate.
You should get your blood zinc and iodide levels checked to be sure.

Iodide in mcg / 100 g.
250,000 kelp
1,600 nori
330 mullet
243 haddock
200 saithe / coalfish
170 cod
99 red fish / ocean perch
58 oysters
52 halibut
50 mackerel
50 tuna
48 horse mackerel / jack mackerel
34 salmon
12 egg yolk
7 beef
3 banana
2 mango
Orange juice contains about 10 mcg per L

[Mr. PC]

Should I avoid, for example, eating haddock, or nori, occasionally, because it would cause my absorption to go down, and therefor cause me to be deficient?

[Mr. PC]

So I just found out the other day that my mom has diabetes, and high cholesterol. I've told her (been trying to tell her for the past year to cut out bread), that she needs to stop the refined carbs; bread/cake etc. I also told her to have more olive oil, as that lowers cholesterol as far as I know. Would eggyolks be beneficial for someone with high (bad) cholesterol? What about her diabetes? I've been thinking if she has a blended fruit-shake in the morning, with some olive oil in it, and maybe a bit of 35% fat cream, she could slowly drink it on her way to work to stabilize her energy levels. Should she put some protein in it to give her lasting energy?

I don't see her converting to the wai diet but I'm just REALLY afraid for her health. I know you've said before that a large protein meal is just as bad for energy levels as a high sugar meal. But if energy from protein is used gradually as-needed-by-the-body rather than at the time of consumption, I don't understand how that makes sense.

Would rice-bread be better for her than wheat bread (in terms of diabetes)? I guess you need more details to answer these questions, I'll ask her what type she has, and how severe, but other then that is there anything else I need to find out about her condition?

[Oscar]

For diabetes she needs to eat smaller meals more frequently and always with some fat/oil (raw if possible).
For high cholesterol she should avoid cooked eggs (also when in other foods if possible); eating raw egg yolks is always good.

[Mr. PC]

How does being raw affect her diabetes? What about butter; is that good in her situation? She'll fight me on that one as she 'doesn't want to get fat'.

I've been telling her to cut out milk/bread; is that not a high priority for someone with these issues?

Should she be looking at low G.I. foods? Cut starches/carbs?

[Mr. PC]

Also, calculating roughly in my head my zinc and iodide levels, based on your last 2 posts, I think I would get 200mcg of iodide, (6 eggyolks + 100 grams salmon, 3 bananas, 800ml OJ), and Zinc I'm confused because you listed mcg units but the calculator uses mg. I take it this means the calculator is not reliable for these 2 nutrients, right? I must be doing as well as most wai-dieters who eat roughly the same amount of eggyolks, which should contain among the highest amounts of these nutrients.

I'm tempted to have yolks in the morning, as that's when I sometimes crave them, and I think the cholesterol makes me feel good. But I'm afraid that because I have this protein in me, I might forget to keep my energy up with sugar (not notice my energy drop), and start using protein for energy.

Would morning protein be ok so long as I kept my sugar levels up and therefor didn't use any as energy? What about days when I'm sitting in my room all morning and therefor not using much energy, but still sipping on juice?