Guest guest Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 On Friday 31 August 2007 14:49, Joe Postma wrote: Hi Joe, On further research I found a very informative page about beetroot (that may be the english name for it). http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Stephen_Nottingham/beetroot6.htm It does mention the blood/sugar issues with regards juicing, but really only for diabetics. Common sense and moderation should be the guide. hehe, can't wait to see purple pee! neal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 That's a very thorough report, thanks for finding it! The recipe I use is 1 beet (with leaves if possible), 1 apple, 4 big carrots (with leaves if poss.), and 4 big celery. This makes about a pint, which I said earlier might be a little much - but I only have it once a day (when I am juicing). I have personally found a VERY marked increase in libido when taking this for a few days, which (going from that report) could be from the beet. At the same time, celery juice also has some pheromone in it which when consumed by males, supposedly females are sensitive to - something about it stimulating readiness to mate lol! In my personal experience - well let's just say my girlfriend and I had a very, very, lovely time. Joe rawfood , neal <kneel.pardoe wrote: > > On Friday 31 August 2007 14:49, Joe Postma wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > On further research I found a very informative page about beetroot (that may > be the english name for it). > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Stephen_Nottingham/beetroot6.htm > > It does mention the blood/sugar issues with regards juicing, but really only > for diabetics. Common sense and moderation should be the guide. > > hehe, can't wait to see purple pee! > > neal. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Beets can be used safely on any raw food diet. The cooked beets tend to interfere with diabetics' blood sugar levels simply because people eating cooked food are likely eating other sugars as well. Diabetics who embark seriously on a raw food diet, and only eat raw (and each person will be the only arbiter of whether or not he or she is actually doing what has been claimed) do not have difficulty with carrots or beets. Granted, carrot juice and beet juice are very concentrated. They should be taken in moderation by anyone. (when I first went raw, there were tales of people who became addicted to carrot juice and turned orange (I have never seen a whole orange person but I did know someone whose hands and the soles of whose feet did turn orange from drinking a lot of carrot juice. (one to three glasses a day should not cause a problem) beets can be used grated into salad. I personally prefer to marinate them first, with a little olive oil and apple cider vinegar, but that is because of both my dislike of chewing a lot, and my personal taste. carrots can be sliced or grated into many food preparations. The pulp left over from juicing can be used in crackers, salads, cookies, and more. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Beets can be used safely on any raw food diet. The cooked beets tend to interfere with diabetics' blood sugar levels simply because people eating cooked food are likely eating other sugars as well. Diabetics who embark seriously on a raw food diet, and only eat raw (and each person will be the only arbiter of whether or not he or she is actually doing what has been claimed) do not have difficulty with carrots or beets. Granted, carrot juice and beet juice are very concentrated. They should be taken in moderation by anyone. (when I first went raw, there were tales of people who became addicted to carrot juice and turned orange (I have never seen a whole orange person but I did know someone whose hands and the soles of whose feet did turn orange from drinking a lot of carrot juice. (one to three glasses a day should not cause a problem) beets can be used grated into salad. I personally prefer to marinate them first, with a little olive oil and apple cider vinegar, but that is because of both my dislike of chewing a lot, and my personal taste. carrots can be sliced or grated into many food preparations. The pulp left over from juicing can be used in crackers, salads, cookies, and more. The only persons who should shy away from carrots and beets would be those who, in fact, are actually devoted fruitarians, in practice, and belive that they should not eat these items. The rest of us can enjoy them as part of God's bounty. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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