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From:	K.D. (85.180.79.115)
Subject:	Re: Is the Banana Girl Diet the same as 811?
Date:	October 27, 2012 at 3:32 pm PST

In Reply to: Re: Is the Banana Girl Diet the same as 811? posted by DK on October 27, 2012 at 1:00 am:

Yes, I have read the book.
However, as I could not find evidence for the allegations made therein, or am not convinced by the assertions made, I probably do not belong to the target audience :D
And let's not talk The China Study. At least the data might be usable, but it has been shown that it (the data) does not support the conclusion(s) of the author(s).
However, to draw conclusions from the data, one has to be trained in statistics.

I can say that I have probably read about every post in forums like this, and also 30bananasaday since over one year now, and also from places like beyo ndveg.
All in all there are certain problems that occur over and over again, and they also have been around since the advent of "frutarianism", so it seems.
Needless to say that I have personally gathered experience with this type of caloronutrient ratios from about the same period of time.
Also I found the followers of the diet to be mostly poorly educated in nutrition, while, on the other hand, mostly fundamentalist in alternative ideologies..
I have no chice but to conclude that the chances one will achive "optimal health" with this diet over long term, are poor. Especially people that are poorly educated in nutrition.
And this is especially true for the raw, fruit-based variant.
I only hope that it could work with the use of (at least some) supplements that have to be taken not in proximity to fruit.
And with little fruit overall. Of course question being then, where to get the calories from.
As I see it (and others) the enormous amounts of acids being the culprit, as well as sparsity of certain nutrients.
Basically with time the inability to utilise nutrients will increase due to damage of the digestive tract from acids and malabsorption and too much fiber, through various mechanisms. And this means decay. Now, greens may prolonge the "shelf life" of the diet, but at the end of the day your calories come from fruit and all the misery happens.
It is a noble idea, though.

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