Hi,
I have been partially raw until 4PM and i am consuming high fruits.
Last night, i felt so sleepy but was able to fall asleep or stay asleep.
my body fell totally relaxed from the herbal tea and magnesium.
Can detox cause these issues?
I am on the medical medium protocol.
Thanks,
Sayeed
Hi Sayeed, and welcome to the forum.
Please bear in mind that mainstream vegan organizations do not recommend fruit-centered vegan diets, nor completely raw vegan diets. Rather, for the past 40 years (at least) these groups have recommended a mixed diet of whole grains, legumes (beans and lentils), fruit, vegetables, and nuts/seeds:
https://www.vegansociety.com/sites/default/files/uploads/downloads/The Vegan Eatwell Guide_2.pdf and
Nutrition overview. I have followed such a diet for almost 30 years.
If you are still interested in a mostly raw vegan diet, a very well-researched book is
Becoming Raw, by registered dietitians Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina (available on Amazon). Both of these women have held university professor positions in nutrition/dietetics. Brenda Davis is a past chairperson of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association (the world's largest association of Registered Dietitians). Vesanto Melina is a co-author of the American Dietetics Association's Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets. Both have been vegetarian/vegan for 30+ years.
The creator of the "Raw Til 4" diet, Leanne "Freelee" Ratcliffe, is beautiful and charismatic. However, her health claims should be viewed with caution. In one of her YouTube videos, Freelee claimed that a woman's menstrual period is a sign of poor health - that a menstrual period is "toxins leaving the body". She also discourages people from eating cooked beans and lentils, which are very good sources of plant protein, iron, and folate.