All vegan diet - Freelee the banana girl

hi guys, i was wondering what you thought about the freelee banana girl diet...(on youtube)....she claims that you can eat as much raw foods (fruit, veg, nuts, whatever it may be) and lose weight. she eats 30 bananas a day along with much more food and she looks fabulous. and there are all kinds of testimonials......do you think this is a good way of living life and can you really lose weight eating as many calories as you want but having them all come from raw food choices?

thx :glasses:

I hope you like your bathroom. You'll be spending a lot of time in it if you decide to go this route.

And no, I don't think it's a good way to live life. I'd be miserable.

I point you to this conversation I had previously in the forums. I will not take Freelee's advice on anything. Wouldn't trust her farther than I could throw her. 0/10.

Freelee is the chick that called Jenna Marbles fat, isn't she? Pic below from July 2013, about when that happened... she's a nutter and hardly a good person to use as any sort of reference.

She also suffers from IBS/Crohn's. So her motivation to eat this way is do to intestinal/colon issues. The other foods are pain triggers.

I will admit that I tried this for 3 months and it did not work for me. I gained 2 kg and now I'm trying to lose it -_-. It seems to work better for 'some' people who are really overweight but doesn't seem to work for people who are at a healthy weight or underweight. I went from 53kg to 55kg and almost up to 56kg and I'm 5'7". I now have massive dental bills from the accelerated rate of tooth decay that came with eating that much fruit and I can't tell you how bad my digestion was -_-. I was eating 2500 - 3000 calories a day and literally forcing the food in. Now my portion sizing is distorted and I am attempting to retrain myself to be satisfied with less food I'm still absolutely vegan and really enjoy my food but fruitarianism is almost beyond being vegan because it's so extreme.

...she called JennaMarbles fat?! Disliking her even more now.

...she called JennaMarbles fat?! Disliking her even more now.

Not in so many words... but essentially, yes. When the internet discovered that Jenna was no longer following a mostly-vegan diet, this chick was the first to step out and talk about how "bloated" and "unhappy" she looked.

You forget that Freelee is also a cyclist and runner and she exercises every single day, one hard session in the morning and usually a walk with her dog in the afternoon. Yes, I've watched her daily video blogs and this is what I noticed...! Sure, you can eat as much as you want but you're still gonna have to exercise it off. Freelee also used to have an eating disorder; I think this way of overeating till you are way point the past of full is a part of it. The only difference is binging on fruit...!

Not to mention 30 banannas a day is about 15,000 mg which equals 15 grams (which is alot) of Potassium. Too much Potassium will raise your PH which will destroy your kidneys and or kill you over a period of time. My wife is a dialysis nurse and she freaks out if I eat maybe 5 a day. I like banannas but 30 a day thats even too much for me. And what was stated ealeir how much salt would you have to take to counteract that at least. This does not even include the potassium intake from other foods.

Truth!

Also, certain medications already elevate potassium. I try to limit my potassium intake because I'm on Yaz.