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The raw diet is extremely alkaline. Yes, fruit is acid on its own, but it causes the body to neutralize it and becomes alkaline.
Animal products and cooked grains are the exact opposite, they are alkaline before going into the body but cause an acid body once assimilated. I recall a chart putting refined table sugar as the #1 acid food. At the same time fresh fruits are one of the top alkaline foods!
I agree with you that avocadoes are not fattening, but too much fat in the body can make lots of body functions difficult - it slows down many things, digestion, assimilation, etc. Too much fat causes necessary sugars, as in fruit, in the blood to rise as it digests slowly and holds back natural sugars from digesting.
I love avos too, when I first started on the raw path, I'd eat at least one a day, which is fine in the beginning, it helps nip those cooked cravings in the bud.
But I've come to realize that I need to get fruit into the bulk of my diet. That's my own journey, but in general the human body does function better on a higher carb ratio for energy. It doesn't have to be an exact science, but most people notice they feel better, lighter and more energetic when they eat a predominate fruit/greens diet over predominate fat. It is very easy to over do fat, at least for me. People are always talking about getting your "good" fat and then eat a 60-70% fat raw diet...bananas have fat in them too, in perfect amounts!
I think you are the one who posted about Richard Blackman? Dude eats nothing but fruit and look at the guy!
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