Guest guest Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Garden of Life has a coconut oil product that is supposed to be cold-processed: http://www.gardenoflifeusa.com/detail_coconut_oil.shtml Carol Lively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 NCP's enzymes are AWESOME!! We should have another enzyme test at the next potluck! www.1inhealth.com PS: these can be ordered through me. Paula David Beckley <beckledj wrote: Any advice on quality brands/formulations for enzyme supplementation? many thanks, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 A few months ago a test was done with different enzyme products to see which worked the best. It was at one of Linda's potlucks. Does someone remember the results? It's buried somewhere in the archive of messages. I know that raw Bee Pollen is a great source of enzymes. Use it as it is or grind it in a seed mill to make it the consistency of powder. Ron Koenig RawSeattle , " David Beckley " <beckledj@h...> wrote: > > Any advice on quality brands/formulations for enzyme supplementation? > > many thanks, > David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Ron, your numbers are inactive. Call me. Kevin - " Ron Koenig " <theveganking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 I don't mean to be insulting Paula but are they awsome because they're good or because your an MLM distributor? I find that most MLM distributor's describe their products using hyperbole that doesn't represent the acutal value of what they sell so I take them with a very large grain of salt. What, specifically, makes them awsome? _____ Paula Wood [wolfmother1] Friday, April 01, 2005 9:54 AM RawSeattle Re: [RawSeattle] enzymes NCP's enzymes are AWESOME!! We should have another enzyme test at the next potluck! www.1inhealth.com PS: these can be ordered through me. Paula David Beckley <beckledj wrote: Any advice on quality brands/formulations for enzyme supplementation? many thanks, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 The formulators and owners of the company have been in the nutritional business for 40 years. They have worked as formulators for other companies in their careers. They decided to formulate their own brand of enzyme and nutritional products because former employers always wanted to cut corners on the ingredients and processes used to save money. To be in their own integrity, they created the products now sold under the NCP label. They use the only the highest quality ingredients and processing. I included the website previously so people could go take a look at the products for themselves. Quite frankly I feel a little provoked. From reading your statement I get that you have little respect for products that are marketed through personal referral, i.e., MLM's. Realize that this may be clouding your judgment against the products themselves. That is for you to figure out, however, if you care to. It has been my experience that products which are marketed through MLM's tend to be some of THE BEST products on the market. Personal referral is the easiest and quickest way for an owner of a company to get the word out to the masses and recoup the money they invested on the creation of the product. We make referrals every day, throughout the day. For instance, " just saw the greatest movie the other day! " , " Oh, I love your shirt, where did you get it? " , " I need a new VCR, do you know where a sale is? " , " Who is your childcare provider? " , and last but not least, " I am looking for a quality enzyme, any advice on what brands to try? " The movie theatre, the clothing store, the electronic store, and the daycare provider don't reward me monetarily or even with a thank you for sending business their way. I choose to get paid for my referrals, simple. Honestly, I am currently not even a distributor of their products, but I have been taking them for months (Multiple Digestive Enzymes, MSM, and most recently Vitalase), and notice a difference when I forget to take them. So, to bring this back around, David was requesting opinions on enzymes. I provided mine. Again, I would love to have another 'enzyme race' at the next potluck. It would be fun!! If there is a better enzyme out there I want to take it!! Becuase that is what it's about for me in the end. Paula Milarepa <milarepa wrote: I don't mean to be insulting Paula but are they awsome because they're good or because your an MLM distributor? I find that most MLM distributor's describe their products using hyperbole that doesn't represent the acutal value of what they sell so I take them with a very large grain of salt. What, specifically, makes them awsome? _____ Paula Wood [wolfmother1] Friday, April 01, 2005 9:54 AM RawSeattle Re: [RawSeattle] enzymes NCP's enzymes are AWESOME!! We should have another enzyme test at the next potluck! www.1inhealth.com PS: these can be ordered through me. Paula David Beckley <beckledj wrote: Any advice on quality brands/formulations for enzyme supplementation? many thanks, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 I need to understand more about how heating food destroys nutrition. If it is destroying enzymes, does it also destroy vitamins and minerals too? A friend of mine is insisting that steaming does not destroy enzymes or vitamins and I beg to differ but need more information as I am no scientist! She also stated that cooking releases some nutrition, can this be true? My family and friends are certainly challenging me to study and know my facts, I am so grateful and trust the wisdom of this group! Also, what about red and green tea? Does boiling water for tea destroy the beneficial antioxidants as well? Kat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 These are very good questions and I am sure many people will have something to say on it, and who know a lot more than me. Common wisdom is that enzymes are definitely destroyed by too much heat. Enzymes are complex catalytic organic molecular structures, and their relatively weak molecular bonds are easily broken by the input energy of the heat. Not all vitamins and minerals are destroyed by heat. Iron, and other elemental nutrients such as zinc, magnesium, etc, are not affected by heat. However, these CAN be released from the plant fibers by heating, and so can make them " more " available. But this happens in your body anyway in the exact quantity your body tells it to. It is not necessary to cook the food to get these " out " . More complex vitamins, like C, D, and others are likely more resistant to heat than enzymes, but not likely too much more. Finally, in regards to plant food, heating totally denatures the fiber and can turn veggies into more of a clogging food, resulting in poor bowel movements. Still not as bad as animal products though. Cheers Joe rawfood , traciekatt <no_reply wrote: > > > I need to understand more about how heating food destroys nutrition. If > it is destroying enzymes, does it also destroy vitamins and minerals > too? A friend of mine is insisting that steaming does not destroy > enzymes or vitamins and I beg to differ but need more information as I > am no scientist! She also stated that cooking releases some nutrition, > can this be true? > > My family and friends are certainly challenging me to study and know my > facts, I am so grateful and trust the wisdom of this group! > > Also, what about red and green tea? Does boiling water for tea destroy > the beneficial antioxidants as well? > > > > Kat > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Joe, Thank you so much. That makes since, thanks for breaking it down in a simple way. I have never heard that information about fiber- that is really important. There is a lot to learn and I need to do more research before I start speaking like an expert to my friends LOL! All I know for sure is that I feel great and it has just been 3 months since I started eating this way! I have not even gone 100% raw either but my life has changed and I want to tell everyone. Perhaps the proper food combining along all the raw fruit and veggies is a major reason more then the enzymes. I never want to go back to my old ways =) Kat rawfood , " Joe Postma " <joepostma wrote: > > These are very good questions and I am sure many people will have > something to say on it, and who know a lot more than me. > > Common wisdom is that enzymes are definitely destroyed by too much > heat. Enzymes are complex catalytic organic molecular structures, and > their relatively weak molecular bonds are easily broken by the input > energy of the heat. > > Not all vitamins and minerals are destroyed by heat. Iron, and other > elemental nutrients such as zinc, magnesium, etc, are not affected by > heat. However, these CAN be released from the plant fibers by > heating, and so can make them " more " available. But this happens in > your body anyway in the exact quantity your body tells it to. It is > not necessary to cook the food to get these " out " . > > More complex vitamins, like C, D, and others are likely more resistant > to heat than enzymes, but not likely too much more. > > Finally, in regards to plant food, heating totally denatures the fiber > and can turn veggies into more of a clogging food, resulting in poor > bowel movements. Still not as bad as animal products though. > > > Cheers > > Joe > > > > rawfood , traciekatt <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I need to understand more about how heating food destroys nutrition. If > > it is destroying enzymes, does it also destroy vitamins and minerals > > too? A friend of mine is insisting that steaming does not destroy > > enzymes or vitamins and I beg to differ but need more information as I > > am no scientist! She also stated that cooking releases some nutrition, > > can this be true? > > > > My family and friends are certainly challenging me to study and know my > > facts, I am so grateful and trust the wisdom of this group! > > > > Also, what about red and green tea? Does boiling water for tea destroy > > the beneficial antioxidants as well? > > > > > > > > Kat > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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