Comments on: What I’m Eating These Days

By: Advice for Wannabe Raw Fooders | Tom Holowka . com

Advice for Wannabe Raw Fooders | Tom Holowka . com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:38:18 +0000

[...] posted before about my diet, but for a quick recap I eat mostly raw and I have eaten all raw in the past for one 5 month period [...]

By: Tom Holowka

Tom Holowka — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:56:04 +0000

When you cook something you lose most if not all of the nutrients. I don’t have specifc nutrient availability data or anything like that but the basic logic is that when you light any living thing on fire it gets destroyed. So basically the nutrients in all cooked foods are destroyed to a degree.

As for them being unhealthy, I say yes very. I still eat them because it’s hard not to. I haven’t put in enough effort required to cut them out of my diet. My incremental improvement I’ve experienced in my health from just cutting down drastically on cooked foods is good enough for the time being.

By: Toasterwater

Toasterwater — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:47:47 +0000

I’ve seen a little bit about this raw food thing… but I guess I don’t fully understand it. I understand that when you expose food to high levels of heat (i.e. cooking it) some of the nutrients are lost… but does that mean it’s bad for you, or just less good? I mean… theres nothing unhealthy about warm food is there?

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:42:51 +0000

Thanks for your question John. On an average day I’ll probably eat about 25 bananas. There’s variance in that though. I can’t give you an exact number because I don’t know. There’s many variables such as activity levels, ripeness of the fruit, and other foods you eat, and current level of health just to name a few.

I will say that it’s very difficult to overeat on fruit. Keep adding bananas and other fruits while excluding other things from your diet and you should fine.

By: john

john — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:17:27 +0000

Just curious on average how many bananas you eat a day…theyre my favorite and I eat many a day but how many can i eat healthily a day?

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:21:56 +0000

Hi Tom,

My mother-in-law borrowed a Raw Transformation book from me, and her perusing has inspired me to get with it again. I thought back to Banana Man Tom and wondered how you were doing. Your post answered that. Again, percentages… I’ve probably been eating 50-70% raw, but see and feel the results of not going more. My energy is lower when there are overcooked foods in my diet. In Hawai’i, with dozens of fruit trees in the yard, I have no excuse! You should be able to get a good dose of grapefruit in FL! Take care (:

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:24:41 +0000

Totally makes sense, that’s basically where I’m at too. Eventually I’ll be able to transcend that box mentality, but I’m giving it time.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:23:00 +0000

Initially I’ll be living and working on an organic farm. I’m hoping that I’ll like it down there and can get a place to move into.

By: Angela Santo

Angela Santo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:26:34 +0000

This post rocks. I like to keep my own food patterns flexible. I’m not 100% raw, but it is my goal to eat as much raw as I can for over half the week.

I like the flexibility that I get from not putting myself in a box – if that makes sense.

Keep on rockin’ it hardcore, Tom.
Light and love!!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:34:07 +0000

Tom, what are you going to be doing in Miami?