Wow, I have had very similar experiences
@ukxmrv and
@Effi !
To be fair, I can't nor do I have any intention of giving up my morning bone broth! And raw vegan is is very hard cuz I too can't tolerate:
1. high oxalates- poisons!!!! (spinach, chard, beets, etc)
2. must keep cruciferous LOW!!!! (CBS mutation!)
3. I find raw vegan too acidic too esp. since I have eliminated most seeds and all grains (only allow myself a handful of pumpkin seeds if any a day as far as grains)
4. Hard time giving up cooked veggies. Won't give up cooked asparagus and cooked eggplant- yum!!!
5. need butyric acid, aka BUTTER!!! yum!
6. I have candida problems too! So fruits for the most part are out!
But an 80% raw diet might work.
1. veggie smoothie with celery, cucumber, berries romaine in the morning (after bone broth) and
2. a huge green salad at lunch and
3. some cooked veggies in the evening
This seems to do better than paleo for me, although it could be considered paleo in a sense, or PEGAN (paleo-vegan combo).
Two years ago though when I was very sick I could only drink bone broth and decaf coffee and tea with goat milk and all these veggies had too much sugar for me too at the time. So I understand when people say they can't do it and it certainly isn't the miracle cure some people make it out to be esp for PWME and it angers me when I hear it touted as a cure. But there are certainly merits to it:
-enzymes! aka catalysts.
-water-based- easy to pass through GI
-high fiber
-high in vitamins
-high bioavailability of nutrients if right combos are used
-high ANTI-OXIDANTS!
-anti-inflammatory photo-chemicals
-apparently some immune factors (see above)
so I think it is worth shooting for.