Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Lili, I have been lurking for some time adding more raw, back sliding, moving forward etc. I was macrobiotic for many years, quite strict at some points as I was in great need of healing. It was a life saver for me. The changes it gave me were life changing . I let go of the strictness and gradually (as I got swept along in life) went to a vegetarian diet. I am now feeling pulled to move into the raw foods. Sometimes it is hard to let go of some of the deeply ingrained macro philosophy of food, to allow myself to move into the raw. Would love to have discussions with you privately if it is deemed inappropriate for this list. Respectfully, Melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Is anyone here familiar with Macrobiotics? Is there a way to combine certain principles of Macrobiotics with a raw food diet? How important are fruits in a raw food diet? Is there a way I could follow a raw food diet while eliminating excessive fruits? Are there certain vegetables that can offer me what fruits can nurtritionally? Thanks Lili Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Hi Lili, To eliminate fruits would be a big mistake for most people unless they had a very specific reason for not being able to eat fruit. Most fruit problems are really problems of excess fat in the bloodstream. In addition, you are probably completely misinformed on what those conditions would be. Even diabetics can eat fruit and for the most part should eat fruit. The fact of the matter is that we are frugivores or fruit eaters by biological and physiological design. If you do an in-depth study on this you will come to the same conclusion. Even Charles Darwin claimed that humans were frugivores and not omnivores. We have nothing in common physiologically with omnivores like bears and pigs. We don't have claws, a long snout, nor the digestive tract that omnivores or carnivores have. We are completely different. I admire your interests in wanting to learn about health. I think however you should study nature. The greatest doctor is the human body. Always look to remove the cause of the problems and don't try to palliate the symptoms as most medicines including alternative try to do. The ultimate healer is your own body, not raw foods or herbs. I suggest you study Natural Hygiene if you want to truly learn about health. I know others on this board have different opinions on this. This is my opinion after many years of going back and forth in the raw world and making many experiments. The results I get almost always lead me back to the fact that the principles in Natural Hygiene are the most sound. Natural Hygiene simply tries to observe nature and follow its ways. No animal out in nature worries about getting enough vitamins or antioxidants. They eat via instinct and what tastes good to them. Most of our problems are actually to do with ill absorption and toxicities. When I went on a week long fast, I noticed signs that my nutrient absorption increased. I saw improvements in my nails and this was without eating any special foods that I previously was supplementing with to make improvements in what I thought were deficiencies. Our main problem with going to a raw diet is what we've eaten in the past. If you start a baby on a raw diet it doesn't have any problems with it. But over years of unhealthy and toxic living we have damaged ourselves. The fact that we are very sick before we go raw is what causes some people to have problems on the raw diet. Fasting in my mind is the best answer to healing ourselves. Sometimes the raw diet isn't enough and we need to go on a water fast to correct some imbalances. You can heal very quickly with this kind of fast instead of spending years with so so health, even though you are on a raw food diet. I would suggest however that it is much easier to fast once you have accustomed yourself to a raw food diet. The reason being is that you won't be craving Kentucky Fried Chicken if you've been 100% raw for about a year. Also you'll have much less toxins in your system and the fast will be much easier to do and more pleasant. But if you have serious health conditions you should consider a supervised fast to get you straightened out. Hope this helps, Roger Haeske Have you tried the Raw Diet many times but failed to stick with it? Now you can learn the Motivational and Dietary Secrets to success on a 100% Raw Food Diet. From Infinite Potential and Raw Food Coach, Roger Haeske, the author of Your Hidden Power - eClass, Infinite Tennis and http://www.superbeing.com. Go to http://www.superbeingdiet.com to learn how to go 100% RAW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 BINGO! Thank You, Roger, for so succinctly and eloquently putting this post together. I'm including your entire post in this reply in case anybody~[shussssh ~{lily} inadvertantly deleted it. This sums it up 100%, IMO. - ~Lily: Please copy, paste, and print this body, and if you get nothing else out of this exercise on this group, paste this on your mirror and read it daily for a year. Please let us know your changes.:~) rusty. - " Roger Haeske " <roger <rawfood > Saturday, November 22, 2003 11:31 AM RE: [Raw Food] Combining Macrobiotics and Raw Foodism? > Hi Lili, > > To eliminate fruits would be a big mistake for most people unless they > had a very specific reason for not being able to eat fruit. Most fruit > problems are really problems of excess fat in the bloodstream. In > addition, you are probably completely misinformed on what those > conditions would be. Even diabetics can eat fruit and for the most part > should eat fruit. The fact of the matter is that we are frugivores or > fruit eaters by biological and physiological design. > > If you do an in-depth study on this you will come to the same > conclusion. Even Charles Darwin claimed that humans were frugivores and > not omnivores. We have nothing in common physiologically with omnivores > like bears and pigs. We don't have claws, a long snout, nor the > digestive tract that omnivores or carnivores have. We are completely > different. > > I admire your interests in wanting to learn about health. I think > however you should study nature. The greatest doctor is the human body. > Always look to remove the cause of the problems and don't try to > palliate the symptoms as most medicines including alternative try to do. > > > The ultimate healer is your own body, not raw foods or herbs. I suggest > you study Natural Hygiene if you want to truly learn about health. I > know others on this board have different opinions on this. This is my > opinion after many years of going back and forth in the raw world and > making many experiments. > > The results I get almost always lead me back to the fact that the > principles in Natural Hygiene are the most sound. Natural Hygiene simply > tries to observe nature and follow its ways. > > No animal out in nature worries about getting enough vitamins or > antioxidants. They eat via instinct and what tastes good to them. Most > of our problems are actually to do with ill absorption and toxicities. > > When I went on a week long fast, I noticed signs that my nutrient > absorption increased. I saw improvements in my nails and this was > without eating any special foods that I previously was supplementing > with to make improvements in what I thought were deficiencies. > > Our main problem with going to a raw diet is what we've eaten in the > past. If you start a baby on a raw diet it doesn't have any problems > with it. But over years of unhealthy and toxic living we have damaged > ourselves. The fact that we are very sick before we go raw is what > causes some people to have problems on the raw diet. > > Fasting in my mind is the best answer to healing ourselves. Sometimes > the raw diet isn't enough and we need to go on a water fast to correct > some imbalances. You can heal very quickly with this kind of fast > instead of spending years with so so health, even though you are on a > raw food diet. > > I would suggest however that it is much easier to fast once you have > accustomed yourself to a raw food diet. The reason being is that you > won't be craving Kentucky Fried Chicken if you've been 100% raw for > about a year. Also you'll have much less toxins in your system and the > fast will be much easier to do and more pleasant. But if you have > serious health conditions you should consider a supervised fast to get > you straightened out. > > Hope this helps, Roger Haeske > > Have you tried the Raw Diet many times but failed to stick with it? Now > you can learn the Motivational and Dietary Secrets to success on a 100% > Raw Food Diet. From Infinite Potential and Raw Food Coach, Roger Haeske, > the author of Your Hidden Power - eClass, Infinite Tennis and > http://www.superbeing.com. Go to http://www.superbeingdiet.com to learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Hi, I just wanted to say I was taking a " sugar " med. that was pretty terrible but when I began eating raw I was able to discontinue this med. I was scared eating fruit because of it's sugar. My fasting blood sugar was extremely high but after 1 wk. of eating raw (and stopping the med. on my own) my BS reading was normal!!! ~~Sharyn rawfood , " Roger Haeske " <roger@s...> wrote: > Hi Lili, > > To eliminate fruits would be a big mistake for most people unless they > had a very specific reason for not being able to eat fruit. Most fruit > problems are really problems of excess fat in the bloodstream. In > addition, you are probably completely misinformed on what those > conditions would be. Even diabetics can eat fruit and for the most part > should eat fruit. The fact of the matter is that we are frugivores or > fruit eaters by biological and physiological design. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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