Yay! I love the idea, got too many questions ha ha! I need to think first. How much time do we get for this (what's the dealine for the submission of the questions)?

Gosia

Cool, Jennie! I'm going to have a think too

I have one :

following the 811 program you need fruits and veggies in 'very' large amount as your eating lower calorie dense food (less fat) in your daily ratio...

so if your alone eating this way and working/earning good money it might work well , but , what if you have kids and family / friends and/or aiming to become self-sufficient on a fruit and veggie farm ?
Pretty much work hey , you would need a farm nearly on your own or in other case be a millionar to feed your family and shop organicly??

lets take an example from the 811 menu-plan at random from the book to convert it for a 4-head family (considering we consume all an average of 2000 calories)... 

12 lb. bananas             = 46 medium bananas a day = around 300 bananas at week
4 oz medjool dates       = 1 1/2 cup dates = 10 cups at week
4 lb. strawberries         = 150 strawberries = 1050 at week
2 lb. strawberries         = 75 strawberries = 525 at week
2 lb. yellow bell peppers= 8 medium = 56 at week
2 lb. oz romaine lettuce = 2 large head = 14 at week
4 lb. romainelettuce      = 4 big heads a day = 28 at week <with above it becomes 42 lettuces a week>
1 lb. red bell peppers    = 4 medium = 28 at week
1 lb. oz strawberries     = 38 medium = 266 at week

thats pretty lots of product to grow or buy hey ?

I personally love fruit and 811 as a great guideline - yet i am unclear on how much sustainable -in terms of budget , practicability, avialibity and in terms of producing/selfsustaining- it is for us and the Planet.

Any thought on this Dr. D , thanks...!

That is a great question.

when I was a little boy, I heard that big girls are 90-60-90,

so whats up with this 80-10-10 ?

Dear Dr Doug Graham,
   
As a scientist, I am acutely aware of the fact that science, despite many popularly held views, is only a mirror of a human current best attempt to understand and describe the nature using rigorous means, rather than an ultimate source of infallible wisdom. It often takes many years before the science notices, studies and eventually validates new ideas, and in doing so completely re-writes the existing theories. Yet the public often demands the scientific validation before accepting the ‘unusual’ pioneering ideas in health and as a result misses out on experiencing the potentially life-transforming benefits of those ideas altogether. The body of the evidence of the health benefits of the raw food diet, a high-fruit-version of it in particular, seems to be overwhelming to those living the lifestyle. Furthermore, the explanation why this lifestyle may be the true human standard diet seems effortlessly obvious to those who have connected intuitively with their biological instincts, or made an intellectual connection with their frugivorous ancestry (which is commonly accepted and cited by the modern science). Yet at the same time the progress of science in noticing this groundbreaking experience seems to be tortuously slow. What attempts do you make towards building the bridge between this body of evidence and the mechanism of validation through science?

Dr Gosia O’Reilly

Yeah, LOL!
Gosia