Guest guest Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 Dear raw fooders,<br><br>As I was searching for nutrition journal articles I decided to see what I could find in the area of raw foods, I was actually able to find nine. The following are the titles of the studies, if anyone wants more information about any of the studies just ask and I can post it.<br><br>Blake<br><br>1. An uncooked vegan diet shifts the profile of human fecal microflora: Computerized analysis of direct stool sample gas-liquid chromatography profiles of bacterial cellular fatty acids.<br><br>2. Vitamin B-12 status of long-term adherents of a strict uncooked vegan diet ( " living food diet " ) is compromised.<br><br>3. Antioxidant status in long-term adherents to a strict uncooked vegan diet.<br><br>4. Coumarin 7-hydroxylation in long-term adherents of a strict uncooked vegan diet.<br><br>5. Divergent changes in serum sterols during a strict uncooked vegan diet in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.<br><br>6. Dental erosions in subjects living on a raw food diet.<br><br>7. Consequences of a long-term raw food diet on body weight and menstruation: results of a questionnaire survey.<br><br>8. Metabolic vitamin B-12 status on a mostly raw vegan diet with follow-up using tablets, nutritional yeast, or probiotic supplements<br><br>9. Vegan Diet and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 hi<br> Yes just post all the info<br> Thanks <br> Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2001 Report Share Posted May 15, 2001 Blake,<br><br>I read the abstracts and found most to have positive conclusions about raw food. Only negatives I noticed were the concern about weight loss (debatable) and B-12 and dental cavities. Seems to me B-12 is easy to supplement, and brushing your teeth more often would offset any concerns about tooth decay.<br><br>A couple of articles I didn't understand the point. E.g. the comments about fecal bacteria being different in raw fooders, I didn't get the significance of. In other words, I didn't understand if the authors were asserting that's a good or bad thing.<br><br>I found the ones about rheumatoid arthritis sufferers showing improvment to be interesting, although the authors took pains to note their improvement was mainly subjective rather than objectively measurable.<br><br>Did you read anything that concerned you?<br><br>Mallon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2001 Report Share Posted May 18, 2001 It seems that rheumatoid arthritis is due to the acidity levels on blood. Normally, most proteic food can cause acidity on blood. Nuts too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2001 Report Share Posted May 18, 2001 Can you say, " urban legend " ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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