Reddit reviews The 80/10/10 Diet

haha. durianriders aka as harley johnstone. He is very critical of all things keto, paleo, atkins, low carb.

His favourite catchphrases:
fruit yourself
carb up
if you aren't losing weight - you aren't getting enough carbs from calories
you cant function at peak performance without carbs
no athlete does a low carb diet
i dont exercise much
i sleep 12 hours a day

No offence/nothing against Harley johnstone - im sure he's not a bad person... but his lifestyle is complete opposite to keto. almost 100% fruit - a raw food vegan. His guru is dr doug graham author of the 80/10/10 diet
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I can't speak for whether it works to aid weight loss or whether its healthy but i do know that harley and Freelea (his GF) are making a decent living out of a website and thousands of adsense laden youtube videos to promote this lifestyle. Don't ask any critical questions on his forums or youtube videos though - it will get you banned sharpish.

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I think it's great to experiment, and would recommend anything within the vegan arena (regular vegan, raw vegan, low fat raw vegan, smoothies, juices), or a combination of all of these. It's all good from my perspective. I would only recommend longer term juicing if you have some kind of serious ailment. Smoothies and/or a diet high in fresh fruits is hard to beat. It really depends though, as I know nothing about your current position. Depending on your age, your current health status and your physical/athletic ambitions, I might have different advice for you. One book that I would automatically recommend in any case would be The 80/10/10 Diet by Dr. Douglass Graham.

Youtube is another place to start as well. Search for "raw vegan" and you can spend hours soaking this stuff up like a sponge. You will observe a broad range a characters and ideas, and you'll doubtless find people and methods that appeal to you.

Low energy could mean that your caloronutrient ratio is off. Your cronometer results confirm this. 30% protein and 20% fat would make anyone feel sluggish. Try starting the day with just fresh fruit – either in a smoothie or as they are – but lots of it.
I have noticed a significant improvement in my energy levels since trying to keep both protein and fat below 10% (each, i.e. >80% carbs) on average throughout the week. It's not easy to transition, especially from a psychological and social point of view, but I think the 811rv diet is optimal for maximum health. But if it works for you, it might be worth it... I don't want to come across preachy, but Dr Douglas Graham's book is worth reading, even if you don't have the intention of transitioning. It has lots of good information.
Getting your blood tested is probably a good idea regardless of how you choose to proceed.
Best of luck, mate. Hope you feel better soon.

Read 80/10/10 and see if it's something you'd like to try. Many distance athletes have had great results.

http://www.amazon.com/80-10-Diet/dp/1893831248

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Thanks. I more or less follow the guidelines in the book The 80-10-10 Diet, although I occasionally eat meals that are higher in fat. I also have had mild IBS type symptoms and eating all that soluble fiber from fruit has helped me (has to do with providing an optimal environment for the good gut bacteria). I know of other people who eat this way who previously had IBS or other GI issues and were helped a lot. One girl in particular had Crohn's so bad she looked severely anorexic but now is at a healthy weight. In California you should have access to high quality fruit too and you need good fruit to be successful at this diet. Also watch this video for some inspiration, there are a lot of hotties on this diet! There are other resources out there, but start by reading the book. For me, the transition took several years, but it is so worth it...

Read The 80/10/10 Diet by Dr. Douglas Graham. It's the simplest and best. The basic premise is get all the carbohydrates you desire from simple sugars from fruit, then eat very little protein and fat (veggies, nuts, seeds)

Read the book.

Let's just say the next few decades will be very revealing in terms of human nutrition and health.

I just started raw myself a few months ago. There are two basic routes you can pursue: high fat or low fat. If you go high fat, you'll eat a lot of raw nuts and avocados, plus fruits and veggies. If you go low fat, you'll eat a LOT of fruit. Bananas are the cheapest.

Whichever route you choose, you may find benefit in using a site/app to track your macronutrient calories; I use cronometer.com but there are many others. It is really easy to under-eat when you're going raw, especially the high-carb route.

I'm on high carb, aiming for 2000-2800 calories a day. It's been quite a struggle to get even 2000 most days; I often am around 1600. The macronutrient ratio I'm aiming for is 80/10/10 (carb, fat, protein).

An average day's consumption might be:

• Breakfast: a liter of fresh-squeezed orange juice, then a banana or two after. (A lot of raw fooders are into food combining, which mostly means only eat fruit on an empty stomach, and don't eat anything else until the fruit has transited out of your stomach - 15-30 mins is what I aim for).
  
  
• Lunch: smoothie with 5 bananas + 100g of greens
  
  
• Dinner: As much fruit as I can eat (usually about 300g) of whatever I have available (grapes, melons, mangos, nectarines), followed by half an avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives (not sure if these are raw?), salad, then some cashews or pistachios to inch my calories up if necessary.
  
  Many high carb raw people say you need more like 3000+ calories. I am working my way toward trying that but I've found it difficult. They say at the beginning it's best to let yourself move gradually toward that as the volume of fruit you need to eat is huge. Cooked and high fat foods are much more calorically dense.

Yes it is much like posting religious sentiment in r/athiest.

I'm not going to read a book about eating unhealthy food when I am 6'0 147 lbs, eating 4000 calories a day, 3000 of those being carbohydrates.

We have to be cautious about scientific results especially those that are in the meat, dairy or egg boards interests. I do not question the legitimacy of the science, just the scope of the findings. Studies can be framed in a way to get answers you want to find out, cholesterol lowers with weight loss, feed someone a calorie restricted diet of only eggs and you can have findings of eggs lowering cholesterol levels. Studies like this have been coming out for a while to protect industry, seems like diet gurus figured they'd take advantage of the false information.

I think the problem with this diet is of all others that calorie restrict is sooner or later you end up in a condition where just taking more away from your body is no longer healthy. You are left eating this diet super high in cholesterol and trans fats. (all animal products contain a lot of trans fats.)

I would like to advise a high carb, low fat diet. Heres some books on the subject since you seem to like reading about diets.
http://www.nealbarnard.org/books/
http://www.amazon.com/The-80-10-Diet/dp/1893831248