Guest guest Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 mouth sores like herpes? I call them mouth ulcers. If this is what you mean, it's not a deficiency, but a virus... they are triggered by sugar, alcohol, caffeine, stress, etc... & should clear up on raw. - Peter Gardiner rawfood Monday, December 02, 2002 3:52 PM [Raw Food] Mouth sores Dear All, I had a beer with a well informed layman. When I mentioned that I had mouth sores from time to time as well as now, and posited the notion that this might be detoxification, he chuckled and suggested that it was far more likely to be a vitamin B deficiency. Given the muck that vegetables are grown here I do wash them which would wash away the natural B12. What is the raw foodist approach to the B deficit? Pills? Best regards Peter Gardiner - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 Hi Peter The only time I get mouth sores, something the medical boys call herpes, is when I have had to much acid food. It hasn't happened to me for a long time now, but I remember when I made an effort to be more alkaline it always went away very quickly. You may be over eating on nuts or something of that nature. Stress can make you acidic also. Things like Vinegar and salt can also cause problems. Zsuzsa contributed a wonderful article a while back on the b-12 question. I include it here for you. Good Luck my friend. -karl --------- Hi, Here is what I consider to be the most accurate, complete, and well expressed information on the entire B12 issue, it's long but IMO well worth it: THE VITAMIN B12 ISSUE by Dr Gina Shaw, D.S., M.A., AIYS (Dip. Irid.) The subject of Vitamin B12 is not new to most vegans, vegetarians or raw fooders. The supplement companies have many people running to their local health (drug) stores in an effort to make themselves deficiency-free, but is this a good idea? A number of issues will be raised in this article and I will attempt to piece together some information from many different and reliable (non-financially- oriented) sources. A vitamin B12 deficiency is a serious disorder, but it is never just a B12 deficiency because vitamin and mineral deficiencies never happen in isolation. Indications of a deficiency of vitamin B12, when they do reach a stage where they have shown up, can be quite severe. Fatigue, paleness, anorexia, mental confusion, delusions, paranoia, weight loss, etc. are just some indications that a person may have a B12-deficiency. In my opinion, ME is a B12-deficiency disorder. If you do think you may have a B12-deficiency, it would be wise for you to seek the advice of a health practitioner (such as myself) who is knowledgeable about B12-deficiencies, for immediate advice. This disorder can eventually lead to death if left unchecked. UK official recommendations have decreased in recent years, the body's needs having been previously over-estimated. Indeed, the Department of Health recognises that some people have lower than average requirements of B12. A whole lifetime's requirement of B12 add up to a 40 milligram speck of red crystals, about one-seventh the size of an average tablet of aspirin! Taking large doses of the vitamin by mouth is pointless because 3ug is the most that can be absorbed at any one time. Vitamin B12 is excreted in the bile and is effectively reabsorbed. This is known as enterohepatic circulation. The amount of B12 excreted in the bile can vary from 1 to 10ug (micrograms) a day. People on diets low in B12, including vegans and some vegetarians, may be obtaining more B12 from reabsorption than from dietary sources. Reabsorption is the reason it can take over 20 years for a deficiency disease to develop. In comparison, if B12 deficiency is due to a failure in absorption, it can take only three years for a deficiency disease to occur. Since vitamin B12 is recycled in a healthy body, in principle, internal B12 synthesis could fulfil our needs without any B12 provided in the diet, but if cobalt in our diet is lacking, the problem is not so much a lack of B12 synthesising intestinal flora, as a lack of cobalt (which again will need other factors for efficient absorption). Among the many controversies surrounding vitamin B12, there is the argument that, although intrinsic factor is produced in our stomachs and that our intestines are known to produce vitamin B12, the bacteria is produced too low down in the intestines and cannot be absorbed by our bodies. This argument is sadly still hanging around, however, according to Dr Vetrano, it was disproved by research over 20 years ago and is nothing more than an obsolete scientific theory. Indeed, in a 1999 version of `Human Anatomy and Physiology' by Marieb, it states quite clearly that we do indeed absorb vitamin B12 through our intestines. Many people say that the only foods which contain vitamin B12 are animal-derived foods. This also is untrue. No foods naturally contain vitamin B12 - neither animal or plant foods. Vitamin B12 is a microbe - a bacteria - it is produced by microorganisms. Vitamin B12 is the only vitamin that contains a trace element - cobalt - which gives this vitamin its chemical name - cobalamin - which is at the centre of its molecular structure. Humans and all vertebrates require cobalt, although it is assimilated only in the form of vitamin B12. B12 synthesis is known to occur naturally in the human small intestine (in the ileum), which is the primary site of B12 absorption. As long as gut bacteria have cobalt and certain other nutrients, they produce vitamin B12. According to Dr Michael Klaper, vitamin B12 is present in the mouth and intestines. B12 must be combined with a mucoprotein enzyme named Intrinsic Factor, which is normally present in gastric secretions, to be properly assimilated. If the intrinsic factor is impaired or absent, B12 synthesis will not take place, no matter how much is present in the diet. B12 deficiency may be brought upon by antibiotics (also contained in milk), alcohol, smoking and stress (alcohol damages the liver, so drinkers need more B12, smoking (and all high temp cooked food is smoky) also raises B12 needs). Many nutritional analyses of foodstuffs were carried out such a long time ago, and, as such, have not taken account of more up-to-date technology in scientific procedures. For instance, Tesco's raspberries now state quite clearly that 100g of raspberries contain 30% of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin B12. This cannot be an isolated example of a plant food which contains B12! More likely, it is just one plant food of many which contain this vitamin. Indeed, according to Dr Vetrano, current books on nutrition in the U.S. have now stated that there is B12 in any food that contains quantities of the B vitamin complex, but previously they were just not able to assay the amounts. Nowadays, more modern technology has allowed them to discover that there is B12 in those foods rich in the B complex. The author does not believe that a vitamin B12 deficiency is more widespread in vegans or vegetarians - this is probably just another marketing lie! In fact, many so-called studies `showing vegans deficient' have to be carefully studies themselves - many of them do not prove vegans to be deficient at all! In fact, contrary to meat and dairy industry propaganda, meat-eaters are known to be more likely to have a vitamin B12 deficiency - this has been known since 1959!!(1) Having said this, we must bear in mind that many vegetarians and vegans still take antibiotics or consume antibiotic-containing foods such as onions, garlic, strong radishes and other foods rich in mustard oil, which are lethal to intestinal flora. The trouble is that once we have damaged our intestinal flora, it is difficult to correct without proper and knowledgeable healthcare and dietary advice. It is of far greater importance to correct intestinal flora problems than to rely on so-called supplements. People who have a physical problem because they think they are not getting enough vitamin B12, are in fact often not assimilating their foods properly because of poor digestion. When digestion is straightened out, B12 can be utilized and produced once again According to Marieb's `Human Anatomy and Physiology', vitamin B12 can be destroyed by highly alkaline and highly acid conditions. This assumes that the B12 in meat would be easily destroyed because the hydrochloric acid in our stomaches during the digestion of meat is highly acidic. This may explain why meat-eaters are just as likely to have a B12 deficiency as vegans - even though their diet contains vitamin B12. Also, for meat-eaters, there is antiobiotics contained in meat! Of course, many meat-eaters destroy their friendly bacteria in their intestines by constant putrefaction and the putrefactive bacteria naturally present in meat will give the body a hard time. Another side to the equation is that low serum B12 levels do not equate to a B12 deficiency necessarily. Just because there is a low level of B12 in the bloodstream, this does not mean that there is a deficiency in the body as a whole, it may well be being utilised by the living cells (such as the central nervous system). In any case, a person who takes supplements may well have `vitamin B12' floating in their bloodstream, but this does not mean it is usable to the human body as synthetic, inorganic vitamins are not. The illusionary benefits of supplement-taking result in the person's increased metabolism in order to expel these harmful substances as quickly as possible. This results in a stimulation of the body and the illusion of an improvement in health. The truth is that there is a very delicate balance among hormone secretions, vitamins, enzymes, minerals, etc. This is something that scientists know very little about. These substances do not work alone, but in fact require other factors for them to be effective, like fats, etc. We know very little about life within a cell. The use of supplements can disturb this delicate balance and diminish the efficiency of body functions. Health is reduced commensurate to the imbalance that occurs. Commercially, vitamin B12 tablets are made from bacteria and the bacteria is deeply fermented. A healthy body will usually expel fermented substances. The main problem with pill supplements is that they: 1) Do not contain the hundreds of other nutrients we may need to be healthy that raw foods provide, and 2) they contain artificial substances/contaminants that are detrimental to health. Synthetic vitamins and minerals are inorganic and are therefore unusable by the human body. In the manufacture of `food supplements', chemically pure substances must be used for the most part. If the scientists used naturally derived nutrients, their pills would be too large for us to swallow. Additionally, a chemical `carrier' is added to make the products acceptable to the palate of the consumer and to bring their product up to an acceptable standard. These chemical carriers, as with all chemicals, are toxic to the human organism. They result in stimulation of the body and an illusionary cure. According to Dr. John Potter PhD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, " Food's magic is based on thousands of complex interactions of dozens of different phytochemicals which are difficult to recreate in pills. While 190 solid studies prove that fruit and vegetables benefit, supplements have only a smattering of evidence " . Vitamins, minerals, hormones, etc. do not work in isolation, they work symbiotically. They work with other nutrients in order for their work to be carried out. When these highly complex substances are disturbed, their overall effectiveness can be reduced. However, too much of a nutrient is draining on our vital energy as the human (or non-human) organism may have to expel a nutrient overload. Also, it is doubtful whether, even if you do have a B12 deficiency, you have only a B12 deficiency. A healthier diet and living conditions, as well as a fast may be in order. According to Dr Douglas Graham, in his book `Nutrition and Athletic Performance', supplementation has proven to be an inadequate and incomplete method of supplying nutrients as scientists cannot match nature's refined balances. He says that since an estimated ninety per cent of all nutrients are as yet undiscovered, why would we want to start adding nutrients into our diet one at a time rather than eating whole foods? Most nutrients are known to interact symbiotically with at least eight other nutrients and considering this, the odds of healthfully supplying any nutrients in its necessary component package becomes `infinitesimally minute'. More to the point he adds, `there has never been a successful attempt to keep an animal or human healthy, or even alive, on a diet composed strictly of nutritional supplements'. Dan Reeter, at Bio-Systems Laboratories in Colorado is creating one of the world's most comprehensive computer facilities for soil biology testing. He says that, from his extensive tests, plants grown in organically-managed soil make significantly higher levels of usable vitamin B12. It has also been reported that vitamin B12 is present in wild fruits and wild and home-grown plant foods. The author contends that animal and dairy produce is a poor source of Vitamin B12 since the vitamin is contained in nutrient-deranged foodstuffs which will inevitably destroy the usability of the vitamin. Studies show that those following a typical animal-based diet require more vitamin B12 than those who do not. This is because the typical diet leads to digestive atrophy. Because B12 is peptide- bound in animal products and must be enzymatically cleaved from the peptide bonds to be absorbed, a weakened gastric acid and gastric enzyme secretions (due to a cooked food diet) causes an inability to efficiently extract vitamin B12 from external food. Nevertheless, raw food vegans who have a more powerful digestion actually get more B12 by reabsorption from the bile than they do from external food. Wolfe argues that the natural soil microbes and bacteria found on wild plant foods and unwashed garden plants are typically adequate to supply our B12 requirements. The natural microbes in the soil need to be duplicated and to colonise in our digestive tract, without fermentation or putrefaction. Another point worth considering is that vitamin B12 Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA's) are based upon the average cooked food (meat and two veg), smoking, drinking person. Commercial interests have indeed grossly exaggerated our needs for many nutrients. These studies tell us nothing of the requirements for a healthy vegetarian. It is very difficult to determine precise individual needs of any vitamin or nutrient, and an overload of any vitamin or other nutrient creates an unnecessary burden on our vital domain. Factors such as rate of metabolism, stress, etc. can determine our differing and often changing needs. Dr Victor Herbert reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1998, Volume 48) that only 0.00000035 ounces (1 microgram) of vitamin B12 is required per day. These minimum vitamin requirements may be inadequate to explain the needs of a healthy raw food vegan, for example, who may require less B12 due to an improved gastric ability and a high ability to recycle vitamin B12. (Cooking destroys microbes and a highly sterilised, cooked vegan diet may not provide the intestines with enough good quality flora). Absorption rates of B12 are higher in healthy individuals than in unhealthy individuals. Studies, based on healthy Indian vegetarian villagers, showed that none of them exhibited symptoms of B12 deficiency, despite levels of .3-.5 micrograms of B12. Dr Gabriel Cousens argues that vitamin B12 deficiency is typically caused by lack of absorption in the intestinal tract rather than a lack of this vitamin in the diet. Annie and Dr David Jubb argue that people have lived in such a sterile, antiseptic environment for so long that these necessary symbiotic organisms have been less than present in our diet. They argue that by ingesting soil-born organisms you can maintain an enormous reservoir of uncoded antibodies ready to transform specific pathogens, the way nature intended - by eating a little dirt! If a person is healthy and on a healthy vegan, high-percentage raw food diet and does not habitually over-eat, wrongly combine their foods and abuse their bodies generally, and utilises fasting on occasion, it is unlikely that they will develop B12 deficiency symptoms providing their intestinal flora was not previously deranged. Vitamin B12 deficiency is usually symptomatic of a larger problem i.e. poor intestinal flora, poor absorption and also lack of sunlight. Harvey Diamond argues that the entire nutrient issue has been made so confusing with contradictory information that it is no wonder that people are bewildered about where to obtain sufficient nutrients. Unfortunately, some people have been so totally misguided and scared that no amount of common-sense reasoning of even factual data can rescue them from the meat, dairy and petrochemical (synthetic food `supplement' suppliers) multi-million pound industries. The truth is that whatever nutrients the body needs will be contained in its natural foods (for human beings, raw plant foods). Mother Nature knows how to provide for her own. Why would it be that we are created in such a way as to make us a natural plant-eater and hey presto, there is no vitamin B12 provided for us by plants? If you can't get it from raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds or sprouts then WE DON'T NEED IT! Just because a wild fruit or organic foodstuff contains only a small amount, this does not mean it is deficient. It means that we only need a small amount! The pill pushers are quick to say that our soil is deficient, but according to Diamond and others, if a seed does not receive the elements it needs IT WILL NOT GROW (OR WILL GROW POORLY - author). Also, plants obtain nutrients from other sources in greater amounts: the sun, water and the air. Plants actually obtain only about 1% of nutrients from the soil. If you do develop a B12 deficiency, certain urgent dietary adjustments may need to be made, and there is a possibility that fasting is in order. In any case, on switching to a healthier diet, be it vegetarian, vegan or raw food (for optimum health), we should go back to nature as much as possible and pay little attention to germ phobics who advise us to scrub our vegetables and fruits. Buy organic and eat home-grown or wild foods and do not clean them too scrupulously! Just as nature intended!. Please note that it is not recommended for anyone to go on a fast of longer duration than 1½ days wihtout competent supervision, as prolonged fasts must be monitored by a qualified fasting supervisor. Dr Shaw is available for health and nutritional consultations, fasting supervision, courses in natural health, emotional healing and iris analysis (iridology). Her address is: True Health, c/o 8 Marston Rd, Clayhall, Essex IG5 OLZ, telephone 020 8351 0086/8550 0374. Email GinaShw Visit her web site at http://vibrancy.homestead.com/pageone.html 1. `Fit for Life', Diamond, H. and M., 1987 2. `The Life Science Institute Course in Natural Health' - 1986 3. `Nutrition and Athletic Performance', Dr D. Graham, 1999 4. `Female Balance' article 2001 -K Perrero www.living-foods.com 5. Human Anatomy and Phyisology - Marieb - 1999 6. Correspondence with Dr Vetrano and family 2001 7. `The Sunfood Diet Success Story' by David Wolfe 8. B12 article by the Vegan Society 9 . B12 article by the Vegetarian Society 10. 1990 `Solstice Magazine' article - Dear All, - - I had a beer with a well informed layman. - - When I mentioned that I had mouth sores from time to time - as well as now, and posited the notion that this might be - detoxification, he chuckled and suggested that it was far - more likely to be a vitamin B deficiency. - - Given the muck that vegetables are grown here I do wash them - which would wash away the natural B12. - - What is the raw foodist approach to the B deficit? Pills? - - Best regards - - Peter Gardiner - - - - - - - - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Hi Peter, Just wanted to respond to your question about mouth sores/vitamin B deficiency (first of all the image of a " rawfooder " having a beer gave me a chuckle). I too am experiencing mouth sores- or more accurately mouth SORE as it is only one on my lower lip, but it's been there for almost two months. Yes- I feel it is part of my detox process as I had just gone 100% raw around that time. Your mentioning a vitamin B deficiency was an epiphany for me as I have not been having my green juice every morning for the past 2 months- and I was thinking about not getting enough vitamin B. This may have something to do with it certainly. Anyway- as a " natural " kinda guy I'm not into any pills or vitamin supps at all. There are many ways to get all your vitamins, minerals nutrients right from the source including vitamin B which can be found in sea veggies (dulce, nori and other seaweed), spirulina (there are many brands of this in powder and liquid form), sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and walnuts. Starting tomorrow I'm going to up my intake of B vitamin foods and see what happens. Thanks for the insight! David rawfood, " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner@e...> wrote: > Dear All, > > I had a beer with a well informed layman. > > When I mentioned that I had mouth sores from time to time > as well as now, and posited the notion that this might be > detoxification, he chuckled and suggested that it was far > more likely to be a vitamin B deficiency. > > Given the muck that vegetables are grown here I do wash them > which would wash away the natural B12. > > What is the raw foodist approach to the B deficit? Pills? > > Best regards > > Peter Gardiner > > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Peter; I have been chomping at the bit, so to speak. For someone to bring this up, about B vitamins. Especially B-12. We had this discussion a long time ago. It started with my message #552 and involved chefjeff40 and galapugust. Chefjeff40 is a nutritionist. The debate got pretty hot and heavy at times. I finally gave up and conceded. But since then I have come across new info. But go back and follow that thread if you can there are good arguments on both sides. Try to remember I was in heavy detox at the time and was a little antagonistic at the time (to say the least). Before moving to the big island I lived on Oahu, and met my friends doctor, Dr. John A. McDougall. Who latter authored the several books on nutrition. The first titled The McDougall Plan. I recently re read that book and came across a section on B12 ; " Vitamin B12 is produced only by microorganisms such as bacteria and algai, not by plants or animals. The original source of the B12 needed by all animals is the microorganisms found naturally in their mouths and intestines and mixed with their food. Animals that eat other animals take in B12 that is present in the flesh. Bacteria found on plants provide an additional small dietary contribution, Our daily requirement of B12 is less than one-millionth of a gram. For most people, this amount can be supplied easily by the millions of helpful microbes found in our mouths and intestinal tracts. Among westerners vitamin B12 stores in the human body exceed the daily requirement by 1,000-fold. Since the body accumulates at least a three-to-eight-year supply of this vitamin, intake can occur sporadically without the risk of developing a deficiency. When any B12 is present in the diet, large quantities are absorbed efficiently. Taking vitamin C supplements and smoking may increase the need for vitamin B12. Fewer than thirty cases of B12 deficiency attributed to vegetarian diets have been described in the medical literature, and most of these may actually be the result of unrecognized disease of the small intestine and stomach. This problem is seen so rarely that when a single case is found it receives national publicity in the lay press and medical journals. " Dr. McDougall advocates a vegan diet with a high percentage of raw, he goes on to say that if you are worried about it to take a non-animal source vitamin pill. Maybe I'll take one once every 8 years. The meat industry has always touted B12 as the reason people need to eat meat, but since intestinal flora is destroyed by purification bacteria caused by eating meat, it would be more likely for a meat eater to be B12 deficient. He also says all the other known 13 vitamins are abundantly available in fruits and vegetables except vitamin D which we get from sunshine. hope this helps; Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Hi Doug and Peter, Doug that was a great reply on the B12 issue. I've read and heard similar things from other authors. I have some cutting-edge news for all of you that I learned tonight from attending a talk by Dr. Douglas Graham. He said two very interesting things. Researchers have recently detected nutrients that hitherto were not believed to be in plant sources. They've discovered that plant foods do indeed contain Cholesterol. The reason they were never able to find it before was because the level of cholesterol is very small. He also said that minute levels of B12 are in all plant foods as well. Now I have no idea as to the amounts but maybe I'll be able to ask him for that info tomorrow night as I'm going to see him again. But since our needs for B12 are very small we now have another source for this B12. It seems this whole B12 thing is a scam to make people believe they need to eat meat. Why is it that many more meat eaters have B12 deficiencies than vegetarians? Much of these deficiencies may have more to do with absorption problems than with actual B12 levels in the food. As raw foodists we will absorb more nutrients. Our bodies eventually become clean and we are able to extract a higher level of nutrients. Also we are not destroying our food before eating and therefore there are more nutrients available in raw foods. As far as I know all the B vitamins except B12 are readily obtainable from plant foods. And now even B12 may be adequately available from a raw diet. How do the animals that meat eaters eat, get their B12, if they aren't eating animals? So I believe we have little to worry about nutrients wise if we are eating plenty of raw fruits and vegetables. Dr. Graham also went into a deep discussion of his theory on Fruit or Fat. He discussed the reason why too much fat, even raw fat is bad for us. He said that to digest fruit sugars with no or very little fat in the blood stream requires the body to use either no or minute amounts of insulin. But once you have fat in the bloodstream it requires much more insulin to be able to properly handle the sugars. He's found that raw foodist average around 60% of their calories and more from raw fats. Even the average American only eats 42% of their calories from fat. I guess we mistakenly believe that if it is a raw fat that it should be good for us. He also said that excess levels of fat in the blood also decreases the oxygenation in the cells. This could of course lead to Cancer and poor athletic performance. So even too much raw fat isn't a good thing. He mentioned that the sugar metabolism diseases like Diabetes, Hypoglycemia, Chronic Fatigue and Candida were all related to having too much fat in the blood stream. He asked the audience some interesting questions. He asked us if we knew anyone who had diabetes. Then he asked if any of the people with the Diabetes ever claimed they got it from eating too much fruit. No one said they ever heard of that. Then he repeated the same question for people with Cancer. Did you ever hear of anyone claiming they got Cancer from eating too much fruit? You can read an article by Dr. Graham on this subject at this link: http://www.healthfullivingintl.org/eNewsletters/enews26.html I highly recommend it. I also asked Doug a question about Garlic. Many of you remember our previous discussions on Garlic. According to Doug there have been studies done that Garlic will actually inhibit your brain functions. It interferes with the way the left and right brain function. He told me to try an experiment with tennis to go out and say hit 20 serves before eating and then to have a meal with even a small amount of garlic in it. He said after eating the garlic I would not be able to serve as hard or as accurately. This is interesting to me and I'll temporarily at least stop my intake of garlic and see if I notice any improvements. They covered much more in their talk. Both Rozalyn Gruben and Doug Graham spoke. Roz's presentation was very good as well. She covered how we could never get enough calories from vegetables. We could only get enough from either fruits or fats. As I start to remember more I'll post again. This way I'll remember as much as possible from their talks and you all can benefit from it. This was a very interesting evening. I know for myself that once I reduced my fat intake my Candida gradually went away. So I'm living testimony to their theories on too much fat being dangerous. Roger P.S. Get a Free 6 Step Technique to Transition to a Raw Diet, go to http://www.superbeingdiet.com/awesomediet.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Dear All, I had a beer with a well informed layman. When I mentioned that I had mouth sores from time to time as well as now, and posited the notion that this might be detoxification, he chuckled and suggested that it was far more likely to be a vitamin B deficiency. Given the muck that vegetables are grown here I do wash them which would wash away the natural B12. What is the raw foodist approach to the B deficit? Pills? Best regards Peter Gardiner - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 HI , thanks for all the info.But have had a terrible experince with going " raw " .After six weeks found myself in emergeny room at Cavell dizzy as a drunk and tention of 19.10!I have had to back off .Heart rate of 88 to 90.So maybe will try again VERY SLOW but for now ...normal diet of cooked food.Have not been able to work for a week and Dr cost has set me back almost ? 350.Idea is great but for the moment ....no way !Still keep up the chatter.I do read and enjoy it but for the moment just trying to get back to work !And nopt on my back because I'm to dizzy and afraid to drive . Best .... " " RUSTI " - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner <rawfood > Monday, December 02, 2002 9:52 PM [Raw Food] Mouth sores > Dear All, > > I had a beer with a well informed layman. > > When I mentioned that I had mouth sores from time to time > as well as now, and posited the notion that this might be > detoxification, he chuckled and suggested that it was far > more likely to be a vitamin B deficiency. > > Given the muck that vegetables are grown here I do wash them > which would wash away the natural B12. > > What is the raw foodist approach to the B deficit? Pills? > > Best regards > > Peter Gardiner > > > - > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Hi Rusty, RUSTI'S EURO RENTALS [rusti] Monday, December 02, 2002 3:56 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Mouth sores HI , thanks for all the info.But have had a terrible experince with going " raw " .After six weeks found myself in emergeny room at Cavell dizzy as a drunk and tention of 19.10!I have had to back off . [RH] Yes you have to take it easy at first. If you've taken many drugs or medications in your life they will be coming out of your system. You don't want that to happen too quickly. Because these drugs are back in your bloodstream you'll feel sick and maybe blame it on the raw foods. But it was simply previous toxins that made you sick. Slow and steady wins the race for many people. You probably got all enthusiastic but didn't realize the dangers of too quick a detoxification. Heart rate of 88 to 90.So maybe will try again VERY SLOW but for now ...normal diet of cooked food. [RH] Why don't you just do a smaller percentage of raw foods. Maybe only 1 meal per day. That will give you some good benefits and at the same time you'll detoxify slowly so when you are ready and have cleaned up inside you can take the next higher step towards a 100% raw diet. Roger P.S. Would you like to Discover the Easiest and Most Powerful Peak Performance Program on the planet? This program will quickly improve all areas of your life, is customized to your personality and circumstances, and effortlessly overcomes previous negative beliefs and conditioning. Go to http://www.superbeing.com/magicquestions.htm for your free report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 This doesn't sound like a raw food issue. What is a tention? A " normal diet of cooked food " ? I wouldn't say normal is cooked food. Did this Dr. do any testing? Was there a conclusion? Something here just doesn't sound right... - RUSTI'S EURO RENTALS rawfood Monday, December 02, 2002 3:56 PM Re: [Raw Food] Mouth sores HI , thanks for all the info.But have had a terrible experince with going " raw " .After six weeks found myself in emergeny room at Cavell dizzy as a drunk and tention of 19.10!I have had to back off .Heart rate of 88 to 90.So maybe will try again VERY SLOW but for now ...normal diet of cooked food.Have not been able to work for a week and Dr cost has set me back almost ? 350.Idea is great but for the moment ....no way !Still keep up the chatter.I do read and enjoy it but for the moment just trying to get back to work !And nopt on my back because I'm to dizzy and afraid to drive . Best .... " " RUSTI " - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner <rawfood > Monday, December 02, 2002 9:52 PM [Raw Food] Mouth sores > Dear All, > > I had a beer with a well informed layman. > > When I mentioned that I had mouth sores from time to time > as well as now, and posited the notion that this might be > detoxification, he chuckled and suggested that it was far > more likely to be a vitamin B deficiency. > > Given the muck that vegetables are grown here I do wash them > which would wash away the natural B12. > > What is the raw foodist approach to the B deficit? Pills? > > Best regards > > Peter Gardiner > > > - > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Doug, It certainly is useful as well as being an excellent read. It strikes me that I probably have a lot less chance than one in a hundred million of having the deficiency of B12. Since cutting down on vegetable fat a week ago I have felt the cold a lot more. My antidote is to push up the fruit and I find I enjoy it more. Thanks for the excellent response. Peter Roger's posting was fascinating too. I will write to him separately when my time gets freed up. kauguy [no_reply ] Monday, December 02, 2002 5:38 AM rawfood [Raw Food] Re: Mouth sores Peter; I have been chomping at the bit, so to speak. For someone to bring this up, about B vitamins. Especially B-12. We had this discussion a long time ago. It started with my message #552 and involved chefjeff40 and galapugust. Chefjeff40 is a nutritionist. The debate got pretty hot and heavy at times. I finally gave up and conceded. But since then I have come across new info. But go back and follow that thread if you can there are good arguments on both sides. Try to remember I was in heavy detox at the time and was a little antagonistic at the time (to say the least). Before moving to the big island I lived on Oahu, and met my friends doctor, Dr. John A. McDougall. Who latter authored the several books on nutrition. The first titled The McDougall Plan. I recently re read that book and came across a section on B12 ; " Vitamin B12 is produced only by microorganisms such as bacteria and algai, not by plants or animals. The original source of the B12 needed by all animals is the microorganisms found naturally in their mouths and intestines and mixed with their food. Animals that eat other animals take in B12 that is present in the flesh. Bacteria found on plants provide an additional small dietary contribution, Our daily requirement of B12 is less than one-millionth of a gram. For most people, this amount can be supplied easily by the millions of helpful microbes found in our mouths and intestinal tracts. Among westerners vitamin B12 stores in the human body exceed the daily requirement by 1,000-fold. Since the body accumulates at least a three-to-eight-year supply of this vitamin, intake can occur sporadically without the risk of developing a deficiency. When any B12 is present in the diet, large quantities are absorbed efficiently. Taking vitamin C supplements and smoking may increase the need for vitamin B12. Fewer than thirty cases of B12 deficiency attributed to vegetarian diets have been described in the medical literature, and most of these may actually be the result of unrecognized disease of the small intestine and stomach. This problem is seen so rarely that when a single case is found it receives national publicity in the lay press and medical journals. " Dr. McDougall advocates a vegan diet with a high percentage of raw, he goes on to say that if you are worried about it to take a non-animal source vitamin pill. Maybe I'll take one once every 8 years. The meat industry has always touted B12 as the reason people need to eat meat, but since intestinal flora is destroyed by purification bacteria caused by eating meat, it would be more likely for a meat eater to be B12 deficient. He also says all the other known 13 vitamins are abundantly available in fruits and vegetables except vitamin D which we get from sunshine. hope this helps; Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 Thanks David, I feel I started something with that chance remark but there is so much fascinating reading coming out. You seem to be informed about seaweed. Could wet seaweed in a packet from China with a two month sell-by date on it be worth eating? Usually I drink wine. Not a lot of difference I guess someone. Possibly someone will talk me out of that someday. Peter nightowlboy [jaynextdoor] Monday, December 02, 2002 3:05 AM rawfood [Raw Food] Re: Mouth sores Hi Peter, Just wanted to respond to your question about mouth sores/vitamin B deficiency (first of all the image of a " rawfooder " having a beer gave me a chuckle). I too am experiencing mouth sores- or more accurately mouth SORE as it is only one on my lower lip, but it's been there for almost two months. Yes- I feel it is part of my detox process as I had just gone 100% raw around that time. Your mentioning a vitamin B deficiency was an epiphany for me as I have not been having my green juice every morning for the past 2 months- and I was thinking about not getting enough vitamin B. This may have something to do with it certainly. Anyway- as a " natural " kinda guy I'm not into any pills or vitamin supps at all. There are many ways to get all your vitamins, minerals nutrients right from the source including vitamin B which can be found in sea veggies (dulce, nori and other seaweed), spirulina (there are many brands of this in powder and liquid form), sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and walnuts. Starting tomorrow I'm going to up my intake of B vitamin foods and see what happens. Thanks for the insight! David rawfood, " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner@e...> wrote: > Dear All, > > I had a beer with a well informed layman. > > When I mentioned that I had mouth sores from time to time > as well as now, and posited the notion that this might be > detoxification, he chuckled and suggested that it was far > more likely to be a vitamin B deficiency. > > Given the muck that vegetables are grown here I do wash them which > would wash away the natural B12. > > What is the raw foodist approach to the B deficit? Pills? > > Best regards > > Peter Gardiner > > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 Rusti, Am sorry to hear you had such a rough time. You may have gone at it too hard. My method was giving up things one at a time; putting a week between each new element. Starting with Cooked red meat. By the time I discovered about " Rawfoodism " I was 2 years away from my original diet. There was not much left to give up to reach the target. I hope the real cause is found. I have seen mention of dizziness somewhere in the Forum. All good luck Peter RUSTI'S EURO RENTALS [rusti] Monday, December 02, 2002 9:56 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Mouth sores HI , thanks for all the info.But have had a terrible experince with going " raw " .After six weeks found myself in emergeny room at Cavell dizzy as a drunk and tention of 19.10!I have had to back off .Heart rate of 88 to 90.So maybe will try again VERY SLOW but for now ...normal diet of cooked food.Have not been able to work for a week and Dr cost has set me back almost ? 350.Idea is great but for the moment ....no way !Still keep up the chatter.I do read and enjoy it but for the moment just trying to get back to work !And nopt on my back because I'm to dizzy and afraid to drive . Best .... " " RUSTI " - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner <rawfood > Monday, December 02, 2002 9:52 PM [Raw Food] Mouth sores > Dear All, > > I had a beer with a well informed layman. > > When I mentioned that I had mouth sores from time to time > as well as now, and posited the notion that this might be > detoxification, he chuckled and suggested that it was far more likely > to be a vitamin B deficiency. > > Given the muck that vegetables are grown here I do wash them which > would wash away the natural B12. > > What is the raw foodist approach to the B deficit? Pills? > > Best regards > > Peter Gardiner > > > - > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 Peter; I'm reading a book " 12 Steps to Raw Foods " by Victoria Boutenko. She worked at the Creative Health Institute, and says the most common symptom of detox is mouth sores " About 75% of people, when they go to raw foods, experience cold sores in the mouth " . She says there is nothing you can do about it, and it should clear up on its own. Great post on Douglas Graham Roger. I'm having a hard time giving up raw fats, friends keep giving me avocadoes, but I'll get there yet. Interesting what you said about garlic. I read somewhere that humans should not eat anything that grows below the ground. In a natural environment primates wouldn't know anything below ground was there. I always come back to the same thing, that all we need are fruits and green leafy vegetables. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 Doug, I stopped eating garlic and hot peppers for 5 days. Prior to that I had been eating heavy doses of these on a daily basis. When I ate a small amount of garlic and hot pepper last night it really burned me. I didn't even really like it anymore. Also I had a thicker white coating on my tongue this morning than usual. I also felt the effects of the garlic on my brain. Another thing I had noticed was that I was sleeping less since I stopped eating these things. Last night I slept much longer than I would have thought I needed to. As far as the fats go. Dr. Graham recommends that 10% of your daily calories come from fat. So you could probably eat about an avocado a day. A Hass Avocado has about 270 fat calories. So you would have to be consuming around 3,000 calories per day to eat a whole avocado per day. Because all the fruits and vegetables also have fat in them. I estimate that 4% of my normal calories without the fatty foods is already fat. So it's really a small amount. Maybe you can have your fat days and then days where you don't eat any to balance it out closer to a 10% average. I just know the more I fine tune my diet the better I feel. If you eat 20% fat, it may not be the end of the world. But I think the 60% fat calories in the diet is pretty bad. It's very easy to get too much fat when we eat refined oils instead of the whole food. I think it takes something like 7 olives to make an ounce of Olive Oil. Oils are not whole foods folks. You may want to reconsider if you should put them into your body. Dr. Cousens also says that although oils may be raw they have some kind of change to their chemical structure once they are removed from the natural foods they come from. I never add free oils to my recipes. I'm glad I got into that habit long ago. Roger P.S. Would you like to Discover the Easiest and Most Powerful Peak Performance Program on the planet? This program will quickly improve all areas of your life, is customized to your personality and circumstances, and effortlessly overcomes previous negative beliefs and conditioning. Go to http://www.superbeing.com/magicquestions.htm for your free report. kauguy [no_reply ] Saturday, December 07, 2002 1:44 AM rawfood [Raw Food] Re: Mouth sores Peter; I'm reading a book " 12 Steps to Raw Foods " by Victoria Boutenko. She worked at the Creative Health Institute, and says the most common symptom of detox is mouth sores " About 75% of people, when they go to raw foods, experience cold sores in the mouth " . She says there is nothing you can do about it, and it should clear up on its own. Great post on Douglas Graham Roger. I'm having a hard time giving up raw fats, friends keep giving me avocadoes, but I'll get there yet. Interesting what you said about garlic. I read somewhere that humans should not eat anything that grows below the ground. In a natural environment primates wouldn't know anything below ground was there. I always come back to the same thing, that all we need are fruits and green leafy vegetables. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 By the way I also had mouth sores when I went to 100% raw foods. They were gone within the first week for me. Roger P.S. Would you like to Discover the Easiest and Most Powerful Peak Performance Program on the planet? This program will quickly improve all areas of your life, is customized to your personality and circumstances, and effortlessly overcomes previous negative beliefs and conditioning. Go to http://www.superbeing.com/magicquestions.htm for your free report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 Just reading from Dr. Cousens book " Conscious Eating. " He recommends no more than 10 to 20% of calories to come from raw fats. Keep in mind this is a very low amount in terms of quantity. Fat has much more calories by weight than fruits. So it's not twenty percent of the weight or volume of the food but twenty percent or ten percent of your total caloric intake. If you eat about 2,000 calories per day then 10% is only 200 fat calories for the whole day. Just one avocado is 270 fat calories. He also said that even cold processing of oils removes the lipase enzyme which would exist in the whole food. High fat intake makes Diabetes worse and it's bad if you have High Blood Pressure. All according to Dr. Cousens book. He does however seem to think that raw fats are much better than cooked fats. Which I totally agree with from my own experiences. He's not so sure if eating a lot of raw fat is really that bad. He's waiting for more studies to come in on that. Since most of the studies deal with people eating cooked fats. Roger P.S. Get a Free 6 Step Technique to Transition to a Raw Diet, go to http://www.superbeingdiet.com/awesomediet.htm <http://superbeingdiet.com/awesomediet.htm> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2002 Report Share Posted December 8, 2002 Thanks for news.Yes I did a sutpid thing! I went straight into it 100% Six weeks later I was a mess.Cavel could not figure me out ! I was an unknown walking puzzel and in trouble .After sending me to another Dr.who also could not find the answer I mentioned I had changed diets to raw food.! WALLA !!! He knew about it and that was my problem .I had gone cold turkey and my body was in shock .I can't beleive a diet could cause this . He said eat normal till you are back to normal then can go ( like you did)one week at a time.he is not against the diet as such , but ...not the way I did it . If there any " newesy " out there PLEASE tell them to go slow !I'm still not right after almost three weeks but thats normal...it took me 6 weeks to crash out ! I was put on blood preseur med.and stay on it for four weeks Then have another check . I bought a BP arm meter and check it four times a day .it is sometimes nutty ..I can run from 11.6 to 20.9 in two hours.Plus a heart rate from 76 to 105 ..I have to go a heart test this week . Please do tell new people to NOT go cold turkey !! I'm feeling better everyday but not normal ( was I ever ? ) Will SLOWLY try again once I am back on track . I like the idea.....think it is sane and will pursur it with caution once my health is back to normal .( bad with cooked food but can't change it for the moment) Thanks for your news and encouragement . Reagrds, " " RUSTI " ps the bills from Cavel are WAY OUT THERE !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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