Plant Blood & the Great Protein Debate

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Something’s brewing: buu buu bubbles

Here’s a dinner smoothie of plant blood. It contains two bananas, 3-4 dates, 1 orange and a handful of spinach. No sugar added. Hurray!

My boyfriend, one of the most open-minded people I know, recently found out that I was going RAW. He was like, “That’s all good but where are you going to get your protein?” I can’t imagine what my folks and some friends may think when they find out about new eating habits.

I think I lot of people do not know that plants have a lot of protein and studies have shown that people can get more than enough protein if they ate bread, potatoes, corn or rice with all the essential amino acid to support growth and maintenance of healthy adults. (source- Vegetarian Society of Colorado)

Excessive protein from meat and some high protein plant based sources such as legumes are extremely acid forming in the human body. The body must counterbalance the acidity caused by excessive protein consumption…by taking a precious alkaline mineral-calcium- from our bloodstream…by (drawing) it from our bones and teeth, setting the stage for osteoporosis and tooth decay.- Dr. D. N Graham 80/10/10 diet, Pg 106

Fruits and greens have just the right amount of protein without taxing the liver and most of them are alkaline-forming which keeps the alkaline-inclined body in balance.

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Dr. Douglas N. Graham claims that since creatures that are anatomically and physiologically alike eat the same type of food eg. cows, deers, antelopes, zebra and horses eat grass and tigers, leopards, jaguars, hyenas, dogs eat meat, humans as relatives of anthropoid primates (gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos), thrive on a low-fat diet that is predominated by fruits and vegetables. Their caloronutrient ratios closely approximate 80/10/10 ratio. - 80/10/10 diet Pg 70-71.

80% carbohydrates 10% protein and 10% fat diet draws heavily on fruits as staples with greens as an additional mineral and vitamin boost.

Dr. Doug himself is a lifetime athlete and have been guiding lots of muscular sportsmen and women like tennis player Martina Navratilova, NBA pro basketballer Ronnie Grandison, track Olympic sprinter Doug Dickinson, soccer player Callie Withers, bodybuilder Kenneth G. Williams. With this many real life examples, I don’t see how a low-fat raw fruit and veggie diet will be any less protein efficient a diet plan compared to a high protein meat based diet.

Muscle-building is gained through exercise, either you use it or you lose it. So what’s your say now, bf?

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3 Comments

karena says:

May 5, 2009 at 10:12 PM

i definitely could go raw…where do i begin? no cooking???
love it.
cherrybombpie says:

May 6, 2009 at 12:23 AM

haha, yeah totally. My stove is speck clean right now. You can start with fruit in the morning. Fruit in the afternoon, then a big salad.
Small handful of raw nuts and some dried fruits like figs and dates for snack time.
Fruit for lunch and then a big ass salad, a nice big bowl of fruit and nut soup.
And fruit for supper.
Ideal for lazy people like us eh? haha
You can also get a dehydrator and make many yummy ‘b4 raw’ substitutes. Wraps, pie crusts, dehydrate chilies. But I prefer to eat my food whole and moist, packed with all its natural wholesome goodness.