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SUMMARY
In this episode of Raw Talks, host Alex sits down with Freelee the Banana Girl, one of the original voices of the fruit-based raw vegan movement. Freelee shares how years of digestive illness and disordered eating led her to raw food in 2001, and how Doug Graham's 80/10/10 approach eventually turned her health around and led her to create the 30 Bananas a Day community. She makes her case for fruit sugar, explains why she supports adding white sugar to a fruit-based diet, and argues that carbohydrates, not protein, are what drive muscle growth. The two also discuss supplements, the charlatans she has seen come and go over 25 years, and how to tell genuine voices from commercially driven ones. This conversation covers fruitarianism, sugar and insulin, protein myths, supplements, honesty in the raw food movement, and how veganism has evolved.
LINKS
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Freelee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freeleethebananagirl/
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Cold Open
00:00:35 - Welcome Freelee the Banana Girl
00:02:08 - Illness, Eating Disorders and Finding Raw Food
00:06:20 - Doug Graham, 80/10/10 and 30 Bananas a Day
00:07:51 - How Freelee Eats Today
00:09:05 - Biggest Mistakes People Make on a Raw Diet
00:11:20 - High-Fat Raw Diets and Charlatans in the Movement
00:13:23 - Supplements, Soil Depletion and Hybridisation
00:15:46 - Why Fruit Sugar Is Good for You
00:19:17 - The Case for White Sugar
00:24:27 - Coconut Sugar, Molasses and Salt
00:27:01 - 80/10/10 vs 90/5/5
00:28:03 - Protein, Carbs and Building Muscle
00:34:44 - Whey, Collagen, Casein and Breast Milk
00:39:41 - Eating Too Little and the Cleansing Obsession
00:45:04 - Calling Out FullyRaw Kristina
00:51:13 - B12, Vitamin D and Omega-3
00:54:34 - How to Spot a Charlatan
00:58:13 - Fruitarian vs Vegan and the Movement Today
01:02:00 - What's Next for Freelee
