Guest guest Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 Hi Peter, Thanks very much for that. I gave up dieting in the commonly understood sense of the word a year ago. I had got in such a mess with it all, so one big day in my life I got together all the diet materials I had collected over the years, wrapped it up with my bathroom scales and gave the lot to the dogs home. I decided to do nothing else except eat as much raw food as possible and concentrate on dealing with the carbs problem. I feel like I've really got on top of it now with the raw food and quite naturally, raw is getting slowly more and more the largest percentage of my diet without even trying. I would like to ask about nuts. I had no idea they were dried before packaging. If you buy the nuts that come still in their shells like the ones you get at Christmas and crack yourself, can you be sure that these have not been tampered with? or does it not make any difference. Love Shell. - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner <rawfood > Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:57 PM RE: [Raw Food] Healing Crisis > Shell, > > May I draw your attention to the notion offered by David Wolfe in his > Sunfood Success System? He suggests that eating the leafy green food as > the best aid to curing addiction. It is also strong on detoxification. > It certainly helped me when any craving came on. Now I eat a lot of > greenery and am never plagued by temptation. > > Peter > > Andy & Shell [andy.mich] > 23 September 2003 10:47 > rawfood > Re: [Raw Food] Healing Crisis > > > > Hi Chantle, > I'm no expert on detoxing, but I can tell you that both myself and two > of my close friends gave up smoking about ten years ago, and for the > first six month we were all very ill. One friend had absolutely > terrible chest infections, worse than he'd ever had in his life and had > to spend about two months off work. @For myself, I started having nose > bleeds and the entire of the inside of my nose was full of weeping, > bleeding wounds. Sorry about that, but it was really painful and lasted > about two months. I was astonished with this as I have never had any > trouble with my nose. I felt like my whole face was infected and > inflamed. I didn't eat healthily at the time or start any eating plans > to detox, so I think that maybe these things just happen when you make > drastic changes, no matter what you eat. I'd say stick with it for a > while and wait it out. Hope this helps. Love Shell. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Hi, Shell, Nuts tend to get mildew and rot quite quickly. Thus the way to eat them is in season and completely fresh. Any nuts in a packet are almost certain to be dried out. Christmas nuts for sure. Anything in a supermarket would be questionable to me. Then I take the view that there really is nothing in a supermarket that I need or want. Year round fruit and vegetables at a standard size, with a five day shelf life, ripened in a gas chamber, etc. Almonds and walnuts I do not bother with except that fresh Walnuts are available now. They taste quite different from the dried ones. Probably there are fresh local nuts in any climate but I always look forward to warmer climates for a more plentiful supply. The acid test is to sprout them. If they never start to grow it is because they are dead. I think you are on the right track with the diet. I took about a year to get 100% raw mostly because I did not know what it was before I started. It certainly gets easier as you go on. I recall the gleeful words of Ghandi who wrote in his " Experiments with Truth " that he could never resist taking on a new vow! He ended 100% raw. Peter Andy & Shell [andy.mich] 24 September 2003 21:20 rawfood [Raw Food] Carbs and nuts Hi Peter, Thanks very much for that. I gave up dieting in the commonly understood sense of the word a year ago. I had got in such a mess with it all, so one big day in my life I got together all the diet materials I had collected over the years, wrapped it up with my bathroom scales and gave the lot to the dogs home. I decided to do nothing else except eat as much raw food as possible and concentrate on dealing with the carbs problem. I feel like I've really got on top of it now with the raw food and quite naturally, raw is getting slowly more and more the largest percentage of my diet without even trying. I would like to ask about nuts. I had no idea they were dried before packaging. If you buy the nuts that come still in their shells like the ones you get at Christmas and crack yourself, can you be sure that these have not been tampered with? or does it not make any difference. Love Shell. - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner <rawfood > Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:57 PM RE: [Raw Food] Healing Crisis > Shell, > > May I draw your attention to the notion offered by David Wolfe in his > Sunfood Success System? He suggests that eating the leafy green food > as the best aid to curing addiction. It is also strong on > detoxification. It certainly helped me when any craving came on. Now > I eat a lot of greenery and am never plagued by temptation. > > Peter > > Andy & Shell [andy.mich] > 23 September 2003 10:47 > rawfood > Re: [Raw Food] Healing Crisis > > > > Hi Chantle, > I'm no expert on detoxing, but I can tell you that both myself and > two of my close friends gave up smoking about ten years ago, and for > the first six month we were all very ill. One friend had absolutely > terrible chest infections, worse than he'd ever had in his life and > had to spend about two months off work. @For myself, I started having > nose bleeds and the entire of the inside of my nose was full of > weeping, bleeding wounds. Sorry about that, but it was really painful > and lasted about two months. I was astonished with this as I have > never had any trouble with my nose. I felt like my whole face was > infected and inflamed. I didn't eat healthily at the time or start > any eating plans to detox, so I think that maybe these things just > happen when you make drastic changes, no matter what you eat. I'd say > stick with it for a while and wait it out. Hope this helps. Love > Shell. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Thank you peter, I don't think I've ever tasted or seen fresh nuts anywhere, they sound lovely! Maybe in Wales it isn't really nut growing country. I have tried sprouting and seem to be rubbish at it. Whenever I do chick peas they always come out lovely, but I also tried lentils, soy beans, mung beans and barley at different times and they all just sat there and went rotten and stinky. I don't have green fingers at all and even all my house plants died steadily one after another, so maybe I just don't have the nack for growing. I thought I might try some of the smaller seeds before giving up completely like radish etc, but would try growing them in a tray rather than in the jar I bought specially. Love Shell. - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner > Hi, Shell, > > Nuts tend to get mildew and rot quite quickly. Thus the way to eat them > is in season and completely fresh. Any nuts in a packet are almost > certain to be dried out. Christmas nuts for sure. Anything in a > supermarket would be questionable to me. Then I take the view that there > really is nothing in a supermarket that I need or want. Year round fruit > and vegetables at a standard size, with a five day shelf life, ripened > in a gas chamber, etc. Almonds and walnuts I do not bother with except > that fresh Walnuts are available now. They taste quite different from > the dried ones. > > Probably there are fresh local nuts in any climate but I always look > forward to warmer climates for a more plentiful supply. > > The acid test is to sprout them. If they never start to grow it is > because they are dead. > > I think you are on the right track with the diet. I took about a year > to get 100% raw mostly because I did not know what it was before I > started. It certainly gets easier as you go on. I recall the gleeful > words of Ghandi who wrote in his " Experiments with Truth " that he could > never resist taking on a new vow! He ended 100% raw. > > Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 Shell, For most sprouting, I soak the seeds for say 12 hours, then put them in s sieve and pour water over them three or four times a day. It is usually good to keep them in the dark. I would tend to avoid more than a few Mung beans as they carry a lot of estrogens. They are very easy to sprout. Chick peas are not quite so easy. Sunflower seeds are highly esteemed. Tough ones are flax seeds. I find they just go oily and never sprout! If you are lucky you may come across hazel nuts in Wales. I can buy fresh Walnuts from France here but they are expensive. ˆ15 per kilo! Good luck Peter Andy & Shell [andy.mich] 25 September 2003 10:13 rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Carbs and nuts Thank you peter, I don't think I've ever tasted or seen fresh nuts anywhere, they sound lovely! Maybe in Wales it isn't really nut growing country. I have tried sprouting and seem to be rubbish at it. Whenever I do chick peas they always come out lovely, but I also tried lentils, soy beans, mung beans and barley at different times and they all just sat there and went rotten and stinky. I don't have green fingers at all and even all my house plants died steadily one after another, so maybe I just don't have the nack for growing. I thought I might try some of the smaller seeds before giving up completely like radish etc, but would try growing them in a tray rather than in the jar I bought specially. Love Shell. - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner > Hi, Shell, > > Nuts tend to get mildew and rot quite quickly. Thus the way to eat > them is in season and completely fresh. Any nuts in a packet are > almost certain to be dried out. Christmas nuts for sure. Anything in > a supermarket would be questionable to me. Then I take the view that > there really is nothing in a supermarket that I need or want. Year > round fruit and vegetables at a standard size, with a five day shelf life, ripened > in a gas chamber, etc. Almonds and walnuts I do not bother with except > that fresh Walnuts are available now. They taste quite different from > the dried ones. > > Probably there are fresh local nuts in any climate but I always look > forward to warmer climates for a more plentiful supply. > > The acid test is to sprout them. If they never start to grow it is > because they are dead. > > I think you are on the right track with the diet. I took about a year > to get 100% raw mostly because I did not know what it was before I > started. It certainly gets easier as you go on. I recall the gleeful > words of Ghandi who wrote in his " Experiments with Truth " that he > could never resist taking on a new vow! He ended 100% raw. > > Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 Oh, so you don't put them in a jar then? Love Shell. - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner Shell, For most sprouting, I soak the seeds for say 12 hours, then put them in s sieve and pour water over them three or four times a day. It is usually good to keep them in the dark. I would tend to avoid more than a few Mung beans as they carry a lot of estrogens. They are very easy to sprout. Chick peas are not quite so easy. Sunflower seeds are highly esteemed. Tough ones are flax seeds. I find they just go oily and never sprout! If you are lucky you may come across hazel nuts in Wales. I can buy fresh Walnuts from France here but they are expensive. ˆ15 per kilo! Good luck Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 Shell, Seeds need air to grow, Gardiner! Andy & Shell [andy.mich] 26 September 2003 11:18 rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Carbs and nuts Oh, so you don't put them in a jar then? Love Shell. - " Peter Gardiner " <petergardiner Shell, For most sprouting, I soak the seeds for say 12 hours, then put them in s sieve and pour water over them three or four times a day. It is usually good to keep them in the dark. I would tend to avoid more than a few Mung beans as they carry a lot of estrogens. They are very easy to sprout. Chick peas are not quite so easy. Sunflower seeds are highly esteemed. Tough ones are flax seeds. I find they just go oily and never sprout! If you are lucky you may come across hazel nuts in Wales. I can buy fresh Walnuts from France here but they are expensive. ˆ15 per kilo! Good luck Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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