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I haven't had to convince anyone to become vegan before, but I do know some information you can use. The 80/10/10 Diet is a great book that approaches veganism in a very logical way. This is the book that tipped me over the edge and made me become vegan. It basically talks about how plant based is the optimal diet for humans. There is a lot about nutrients, benefits of the removal of animal products in the diet, and how your body is made to consume plant foods. It appeals very much to the biological/medical side of veganism.

This is where we would discuss/debate human physiology and protein requirements. However, from an ideological, "cut things out", perspective, cutting out meat from a Paleo diet would probably leave you with fruit, unless you want to live off of nuts (essentially pure fat), and/or vegetables (too few calories). Of course, you can incoporate all of these, but you will be getting mostly calories from fruit. For more info, I recommend reading 80/10/10

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)

> Then you are a troll

No. You're ignorant about diet and the gut microbiome. The 3 top search results have more information on the 80/10/10 diet:

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

https://veganliftz.com/80-10-10-diet/

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/80-10-10-diet

>an 80/10/10 diet with zero protein and few vegetables

It's not even close to zero protein. From the amount of white rice alone you can get the RDA of protein. I also mentioned sweet potatoes, which are virtually a complete food.

Additionally, as another user already pointed out to you, I did not even recommend this particular diet, nor am I currently on it. I simply linked to some examples of things I've tried which helped at various points.

Also, you seem to be implying that everyone with PCOS has insulin resistance?

I'm not your enemy. I'm one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on the gut microbiome, FMT, and human health & development. I'm sharing information about the the likely crux of disease, including PCOS, as well as a likely cure, which I'm working on obtaining but need help from the whole sick community to procure.

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.

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 80/10/10 by Dr. Douglas N. Graham. simplest and best

No you don't need to eat meat. Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZ_yRWabuc

If you want optimal athletic performance, check out this book http://www.amazon.com/80-10-Diet/dp/1893831248

According to the writer of the book and advocates of the diet, additional calcium isn't necessary.

Meat is what causes high amounts of dietary intake of calcium to be necessary because meat is what causes the body to leach calcium and thus demineralize bones. So without meat your need for calcium decreases drastically. Not to mention that people on the paleo diet (which is pretty much 80/10/10rv + meat) would probably have an increased need for calcium yet they don't have these problems because their mouths don't stay acidic all day from only eating fruits.