Guest guest Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 --- B " H I'd like to go back to this point. When we give up eating meat we need to make ourselves ready to accept new wisdom if we are to get the most out of vegetarian living. Moving up to a higher level of morality always entails becoming able to receive new wisdom, and we should joyfully embrace that new wisdom - in our own time and gradually. Part of wisdom is knowing what kinds of things are " just for me " and what things are principles that are generally, or even universally, applicable. Just for me things include: " I don't particularly like tomatoes. " , I think purple is prettier than pink. " " I prefer cherry wood to oak. " (All of those things are true about me, BTW.) When it comes to certain other matters, however, it is not in our best interest to say that it is " just a theory " or " I don't believe in... " until one has researched it. We have to be able to discern between those types of matters in order to live wisely and well. Vegetarianism is a part of living wisely and well, but it is subsumed by wisdom, not the lord over it. It is simply a fact of chemistry that fully formed proteins require an acidic enviornment in the stomach in order to be digested, while carbs require an alkaline enviornment in order to be digested. If we eat them together the stomach will secrete both the acid and basic secretions necessary for the digestion of both. What happens? Right. Exactly what our high school chem lab tests taught us. The acid and the base neutralize one another. Digestion will still occur as the body is very determined to live, but at a much more sluggish rate. The mass of undigested food will take two or three times longer to digest and will putrify in our gut. Many of the nutrients will be lost. Our bodies will labor long and hard to digest the food. Thus, precious energy is frittered away - energy that might be used to bring joy to someone and make the world better. The last point is the reason I present the principles of proper food combining to you. I have no vested interest in the matter other than the fact that I inhabit this world with you and would like to see everyone's energy freed up for joyous activity. Beans and chickpeas, for instance, contain protein and carbs. The gas they give us the the result of imperfect digestion going. Even those natural foods are not handled well by our bodies. They rot in our gut. The gas is being released as part of theh process of the decomposition of the bean molecules. The situation is much worse if one eats cheese and bread. Proteins and carbs should be eaten separately, about 4-6 hours apart if the last meal was properly combined, and always with vegetables to get them through our gut ASAP. It took me years to adopt the principles of proper food combining, not because I didn't see immediately that they are true and stand up to everything we know about chemistry, as well as everything we experience about indegestion, fatigue and ultimately disease, *but because they were on a higher level of perfection than I was then ready to receive*. It took me years of work on myself to become ready to accept the principles of proper food combining, but I realized I needed the work, not the principles. There is a difference between saying: " I have not yet been made aware of this. " or " This is more wisdom than I can handle right now. " and just saying: " If it works for you. " or " I don't believe in that. " or " Poo Poo. " (which is what a gut that doesn't accept these principles says) Doreen In , " Doreen Bell-Dotan " <dordot2001> wrote: > --- B " H > > Please look into the work of the experts of Food Combining. > > Just as breathing air is not good just for me because I am a Human > organism, so the principles of food combining, that are in harmony > with the way the body digests food, are not just for me. > > Just take a look at it. I'm not selling anything. I'm not pushing an > idea. The wisdom of food combining is so clear that it speaks for > itself. > > Doreen > > In , raincrone@j... wrote: > > > If a meal is > > > not properly combined one has to wait a min of 8 hrs. to eat > fresh > > > fruit again - or the whole lot rots in the gut. > > > > Hmmm. . . Well, I certainly don't question your right to eat or > combine > > foods > > however you feel is best for you, and to base that on any > theoretical > > framework > > you find convincing. Diversity is good! > > > > But I think the " for you " in that sentence is important. Saying > what you > > yourself choose > > to do and not do. and why, is great, and you did it ably. > But " proper " > > and " one has to " > > in this context are, forgive me, slightly offputting to me no > matter who > > they come from. Nutritional science is a huge field with a great > many > > different theories, it changes often, and the body is not a simple > or > > unvarying machine, so telling others they're wrong in how > > they eat because they don't follow a particular body of theory is a > bit > > chancy. > > > > > I'll never mix two proteins. The body can't handle it. > > > > Well, except that even what most of us think of as non-protein foods > > contain small amounts of various proteins, complete or incomplete, > and it > > appears to me that never combining any of them would be pretty > difficult. > > So. . . > > > > > Those are the basics. > > > > Within this theory, yes. But with the greatest respect, this > theory is > > one among many. > > > > Peace, > > Rain > > @@@@ > > \\\\\\ > > > > ______________ > > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 > I'd like to go back to this point. Answered offlist in the interest of peace. (Every list I'm on is full of wrangles right now; if you're a believer in astrology, you may find it relevant that Mercury is retrograde in Virgo, Mars is retrograde in Pisces, and they're in opposition. Yikes. :-) Rain @@@@ \\\\\\ ______________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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