Does Ms. Wood have a background in nutritional science?  I have found that many raw leaders do not know much in this regard and have gone with their preference and research like any one of us here does.  Everyone knows that fresh-off-the-tree fruits are amazingly rich in nutrients that also rebuild our bodies, and due to the greater digestive ability, I'm sure those nutrients are better assimilated.  

But, I do recognize that a lot of sweet fruit does not do me well unless I exercise like crazy beforehand.  I always think we should go with how we best feel (with inner knowing and our body's reactions, of course), so if more good fats are great for people (and I find citrus is so lovely in a diet with extra fats), then good!

Hi Californiaglee, I think that Kate was referring to the under-ripe, over-packaged tropical fruits that end up in the supermarkets here in the UK after travelling half way round the world. So different from picking your own ripe fruit straight from the tree.

Beckyji, your eating plan sounds great. Very balanced and nourishing. Hope your chest clears up very soon.

ggxx

Wow-Rudi, all in one day thats brilliant. Yesterday I did about 8 k bushwalk, half of it continuously uphill-it was hardgoing and even though not such a long distance, took an hour and 40 min.

training going well, split into few shorter sessions.
Thanks to GG inspiration I droped teh fruits completely and later the bread, just nibling on a little fat through teh day with some superfood powders.
Not feeling hungry at all and not feeling thirsty at all.
Before on fruit allways hungry and allways thirsty.
This looks very interesting and very encouraging for future ultra races - less need for food and for water.

I am allways remainded of teh stiry of the guys crossing Antarctica, their main food supply was olive oil
now it makes perfect sense.

anyway went to matster athletics last night and did racewalk completely barefoot, teh track is still new so very sharp-prickly, but it was great and without trying to go hard nearly did a PB - it was only short 800m race.
after that did some more barefoot racewalk training all up more than 3km, feet are OK,
after that I put aquasocks on and did 4 km run, but that was not feeling very good, so will likely do all masters track racing barefoot.

To me barefoot vs shoes equals healthy veg nutrition vs SAD diet.

so am battling it on both fronts, it kinda suports each other.

Becky, thats great pace 11k in 75, it is actualy pace I often do racewalk races, so if its really 11km You ready to join the club 

how about this for barefoot running inspiration :

Barefoot Runners take 1st and 2nd place in Duke City Marathon
October 19th, 2008

 Duke City Marathon
2008 October 19
Albuqueuque, New Mexico
The Flying Barefoot Romero brothers, Alex Romero and Julian Romero, today, running the entire 26.2 miles barefoot, took first and second place in the Duke City Marathon, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The brothers, who are from New Mexico, currently live in Los Angeles and attend college in Pasadena, and reqularly run barefoot.

Alex Romero: 1st overall, 2:40:23
Julian Romero: 2nd overall, 2:47:10

on the barefoot.org I found this explanation, it is only part of teh article:

Yes, even if you have been running with shoes for decades, Running Barefoot really is a new activity, and, as with most new activities, there is a new vocabulary to learn with Running Barefoot. More importantly, we need to start thinking about running in a whole new way.

We might talk about our feet touching, carressing, or kissing the ground, but “striking” the ground simply hurts too much while Running Barefoot.

We might talk about the slow, plodding, jarring strides of joggers in heavily cushioned shoes, but jogging would be very uncomfortable while Running Barefoot.

The continued use of such “innocent” words, like “jogging”, or “striking”, or “pounding”, etc., has too much potential for conjuring up the wrong images, the wrong impression of what Running Barefoot is about.

The images we paint with our words, especially with the internet available to so many people, can be seen by millions, perhaps billions of people, and these people will carry those images away from their computers to their next run. So, by calling a gentle foot landing, a “foot-strike”, many people will get the wrong idea about Running Barefoot. They might run, slamming their bare feet into the ground, just as they did while running with cushioned shoes, and get the idea that they’re not tough enough to run barefoot.

Contrary to popular opinion, not only am I not “tough”, nor do I need to be tough to run barefoot, I’m actually a whimp! I run barefoot because I find I’m not tough enough, or callused enough to run any kind of distance with shoes torturing my feet. It is the great deal of natural sensitivity in my soles that encourages me to run very lightly, gently, softly, smoothly, and efficiently. It is the light, gentle, soft, smooth, efficient running, which I learned, while barefoot, that allows me to run faster and further and longer than the average shod runner.

yes Grant always said this to me also..and he taught me how to run lightly and almost skimming the ground.....and i can run further and easier this way

I remember reading about a female runner who did a bush marathon barefoot-maybe a link from Rudi.