The problem with dehydrated foods (WAS: Dry oats)

May 3, 2007

Hi Debbie,

I'd suggest refocusing your awareness on this. Raw or not, ALL dehydrated

foods are dehydrating inside the body. Foods move through the digestive

tract as a wet medium; the water is then largely recaptured from the colon

before release of the digestive waste. (As an aside, diarrhea occurs when

the waste product is sufficiently " toxic " as to require dilution for safe

removal. Throughout Nature, the solution to pollution is dilution...and

digestion. More on that another time, perhaps.)

Whenever we dump dry material into our digestive tube (aka, eat dehydrated

foods), the body immediately begins to divert water from most of the rest of

the body ... which immediately depletes our entire system in a myriad of

ways. This diversion is mandatory for the body, as otherwise the dehydrated

material would clog the digestive tube and cause severe shock, even death.

So the body MUST respond on an emergency basis.

I know, I know, " everyone " in the RF world teaches all about using

dehydrated foods for " transitioning " . But here is a question for you ...

transitioning to what? If you are looking for ways to maintain that sense of

" fullness " on a healthful raw diet, then there are other, far more healthful

ways ... and a few paradigm shifts available along the way.

Throughout the RF world, there is this popular yet utterly naive notion that

everything raw is good, everything cooked is bad. This way of thinking

violates what I call the 'Einstein principle " ... make everything as simple

as it can be, but not simpler. This perception throughout the RF world does

indeed make things simpler than they can be ... and it is quite misleading

at the very least. Not everything raw is " good for us " , and not everything

cooked is terrible for us. For example, simple steamed vegetables are far

better foods than almost all the RF recipes presently in publication, which

require consumption of excessive fats, excessive indigestible (insoluble)

fiber, and various other materials that are quite foreign to the human

organism.

Best to all,

Elchanan

PS I publish most of my posts in the PathOfHealth Group.

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

deborah164951

Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:11 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Dry oats

Hi everyone

Since joining this forum a week or two ago, I've learned so much - thank

you!

Here's a question that's been puzzling me for a while.

Are dry oats (the kind used for porridge, muesli etc) raw? I've never been

sure. I can see that they don't look like oats in their original form, but

is heat used in the making of them?

My daughter came home with a 'raw' bar yesterday that contained oats.

Anyone know?

Love

Debbie Took, Reading, UK

May 3, 2007

I understand and don't disagree with this. I still bought a dehydrator and had

dehydrated apples. No, it wasn't optimal, but I still did it. For some people,

it seems to be really easy to go raw " overnight. " I don't get why the term

" transitional " is " incorrect. " Some people go raw and others move towards it

slower. Going towards it slower is what I would call transitioning. From 50%

to 60% to 70% raw, etc.

It was not easy for me. For those who found it easy, that's great and I wish at

times I had been among those who found it easy.

I chose to dehydrate. It helped me at times when I wanted something unhealthy,

like chips. It's 3 months into this and I'm doing much better. I have moved

out of dehydrating and choose to eat things as they are, making a few recipes

here and there. I still use the dehydrator for my family, who are not raw.

It's a choice. I understood that I wouldn't be eating dehydrated all my life if

I were to go raw.

Again, I understand and this is valid. I am moving towards the end result in a

different way.

Tanya

Elchanan <Elchanan

rawfood

Thursday, May 3, 2007 7:48:18 AM

[Raw Food] The problem with dehydrated foods (WAS: Dry oats)