Dave Escamilla

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Beans, Grains & Starches — Healthy Vegan Foods or No?

(00:00) Introduction and Personal Health Journey(02:29) Why We Must Address These Foods(04:20) Why These Foods Are So Tempting(06:53) Criticizing All Diet Camps Equally(08:39) Alternatives to Beans, Grains, Starches(09:35) Are These Foods Really That Bad?(11:30) Why These Foods Can Be Hard to Quit(12:36) Raw vs. Cooked: What’s Natural?(13:43) The Acidic Impact of Cooked Foods(14:17) Why Grains Are Hard to Digest(16:05) Anti-Nutrients in Grains Explained(17:46) How Grains Block Digestion(18:19) Farming and Human Evolution(19:34) Paleo Perspective on Grains(19:44) Sprouting and Soaking—Does It Help?(21:32)

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December 12, 2023

Beans, Grains & Starches — Healthy Vegan Foods or No?

This is going to be the chapter that everybody faults me for and I’ll surely be skewered from all sides. People may resent how puritanical and/or radical this sounds, but I can’t just leave this one alone. It’s far too important and my job is to give you the tools to be successful and truly eliminate your health problems. If you’re eating foods that cause toxicity and acidic conditions within the body, then you’re going to be sabotaging your own

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Essential Knowledge for Proper Food Combining

(00:00) Introduction to Food Combining(01:29) Why Food Combining Matters(04:19) When Healthy Eating Still Goes Wrong(07:04) 18 Key Concepts Overview(13:55) Concept 1: Fruits Digest Fast(15:00) Concept 2: Fruits Should Be Eaten Alone(17:13) Concept 3: Sugar-Protein Conflicts(18:58) Concept 4: Starch-Protein Conflicts(21:09) Concept 5: Fruits and Starches Don’t Mix(21:54) Concept 6: Protein-Starch Conflicts(22:24) Concept 7: Enzyme Specificity by Food Type(24:30) Concept 8: Stomach Compartmentalization(26:57) Concept 9: Putrefaction and Digestive Harm(31:31) Concept 10: Fats and Proteins(32:34) Concept 11: Fruits and Proteins(34:40) Concept 12: Non-Starch

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December 12, 2023

Essential Knowledge for Proper Food Combining

Food combining is one of those critical areas that can be the key difference-maker in an individual either achieving optimal, robust health, or somebody falling way short of that and continuing to sabotage their health, and not knowing why. Somebody could really clean up their consumption of food and eat very healthily, or even make a full transition into raw foods — due to the desire to solve their health problems or achieve ideal levels of energy — but still unknowingly

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Does it Cause Shortages or Imbalances by Eating Raw Foods, Whole Foods, Vegan or Plant Based?

(00:00) Introduction and personal transformation(01:30) Embracing raw and plant-based foods(03:03) Social pushback and common concerns(04:29) Can raw foods cause deficiencies?(06:06) Soil depletion and nutrient loss(07:38) Why modern raw food lacks power(09:19) Are plant-based diets imbalanced?(10:20) Nutrients often low in plant-based diets(11:32) Omega 3 vs. 6 in different diets(12:46) Knowing the risks of any diet(13:13) How processed foods get fortified(14:32) Examples of common food fortifications(15:33) The moral hazard of added nutrients(17:27) Should you consider supplementation?(18:00) Key nutrients plant-based eaters should monitor(18:29)

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December 10, 2023

Does it Cause Shortages or Imbalances by Eating Raw Foods, Whole Foods, Vegan or Plant Based?

When you start to eat healthier and after you go through a transition phase and really start to get into a lifestyle of healthy food consumption, people might get worried and express genuine concern for your well-being. They might say things like, “Do you get enough protein?” Or, “Aren’t you eating too much sugar?” Or, “Are you eating enough variety?” These are issues which are addressed in other segments in more detail, and these types of things that people tend

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Is Eating a Lot of Fruit Too Much Sugar?

(00:00) My Healing Story and Purpose(01:59) Fruit Sugar: Popular Misconceptions(03:39) Simple Sugars vs. Complex Sugars(05:13) Harmful Complex Sugar Sources(06:29) Why Fructose Is Easier to Digest(07:47) Fiber, Cellulose, and Starch Explained(08:49) The Truth About High Fructose Corn Syrup(10:19) Can You Eat Too Much Fruit?(11:50) How to Use Common Sense with Fruit(13:08) Juicing and Sugar Spikes(13:43) Fruit, Energy, and Digestion Speed(14:57) Debunking the “Too Much Sugar” Fear(16:25) Why I Trust Fruit: Seeking the Truth(17:40) Share This Knowledge, Spread the Truth(18:04) Join the

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December 10, 2023

Is Eating a Lot of Fruit Too Much Sugar?

It’s important to address some of the commonly held beliefs about certain perceived problems or deficiencies with eating lots of fruit that are held by the general public and of course proliferated by those in mainstream science and media. One concern that is brought up frequently is the phobia of sugar and all things sugar-related. This is an iron law it seems in the culture of: Sugar is Evil. If you recall from the chapter entitled ‘Simple Sugars vs. Complex Sugars:

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The Role of Fats in a Healthy Lifestyle

(00:00) Introduction to the Role of Fats(02:16) Why Fats Are So Addictive(04:53) How Fat Affects the Detox Process(07:03) Fats vs. Carbs: Digestion Explained(09:22) Fats and the Lymphatic System(11:09) Fats Help During Transition Phase(13:02) Smart Fat Choices for Cravings(15:09) Fats Slow Detox, But Still Help(17:11) Dave’s High-Fat Healing Journey(19:03) How Dave Finally Reduced Fats(20:22) Using Fats for Stability and Energy(21:41) Finding Balance with Fat Intake(22:50) Final Thoughts and What’s Next In this powerful and eye-opening episode, I dive deep into one of

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December 10, 2023

The Role of Fats in a Healthy Lifestyle

We have explored in other segments about the different qualities of the various macro-nutrients that exist in the food world — carbs, proteins and fats. As you embrace the power of raw foods, fruits and superfoods in their ability to clean, detoxify, energize and regenerate, you may come to realize that the intake of carbohydrates especially in the form of simple sugars and fructose from fruits is perhaps the most ideal source of sustenance and energy. But this seems contrary to how

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