Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 rawfood , Rufus Shaw <rufus10_99> wrote: >Blanched > veggies loose a dramatic amount of their nutrients,and > microwaved veggies loose 98% of their nutrients. > Rufus Wow I am getting quite an education here in a short period of time! It appears that more recent research (or better research) differs from what I had read previously. I am more motivated now to try the raw food lifestyle, and if I prepare veggies from now on I will steam them as that seems to be the best method of preparation other than raw. I will wait several days before asking my next question -- I have one but I don't want to monopolize the group as a newbie so I'll spread out my newbie questions a bit :-) Thanks, Hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 >Blanched > veggies loose a dramatic amount of their nutrients, - Yes that's WHY things are blanched, to stop the natural enzymes from decomposing the food. A rule of thumb I like to follow is, " If the bugs won't eat it, why should I? - > I am more motivated now to try the raw food lifestyle, and if I > prepare veggies from now on I will steam them as that seems to be the > best method of preparation other than raw. - Oops! Tilt!. You're killing the enzymes again. Raw means UNFIRED. While waiting to ask more questions, try eating raw foods in the meanntime. rusty rusty - " lifewrthliving " <no_reply > <rawfood > Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:42 AM [Raw Food] Re:Blanching (hope) > rawfood , Rufus Shaw <rufus10_99> wrote: > >Blanched > > veggies loose a dramatic amount of their nutrients,and > > microwaved veggies loose 98% of their nutrients. > > Rufus > > Wow I am getting quite an education here in a short period of time! > It appears that more recent research (or better research) differs > from what I had read previously. > > I am more motivated now to try the raw food lifestyle, and if I > prepare veggies from now on I will steam them as that seems to be the > best method of preparation other than raw. > > I will wait several days before asking my next question -- I have one > but I don't want to monopolize the group as a newbie so I'll spread > out my newbie questions a bit :-) > > Thanks, > Hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 > > I am more motivated now to try the raw food lifestyle, and if I > > prepare veggies from now on I will steam them as that seems to be the > > best method of preparation other than raw. > - > Oops! Tilt!. You're killing the enzymes again. > Raw means UNFIRED. > > While waiting to ask more questions, try eating raw foods in the meanntime. > rusty Hi Rusty, you crack me up :-) In the sentence above I said >if< I prepare (meaning prepare as in cooking but I guess it could be misunderstood to mean being " prepared " raw) them I would steam them. <tilt!> I am going to slowly incorporate some more raw foods into my diet. Slowly because through experience I know my digestive system will need to get used to raw foods. When I've eaten raw vegetables in the past (especially broccoli) I ended up with an acute case of ... um ... painful gas. I don't know how long it takes to get used to more raw vegetables, but I am going to take it slowly, just like exercise -- I don't want to get burned out or have negative physical symptoms right away which might turn me off from the whole idea. The article that someone posted a link to did indicate that of the preparation (as in cooking) methods, steaming seems to retain more nutrients than either microwaving or blanching, so as I transition towards more raw foods I may use that method to move in the right direction. Next question will be this weekend. I can't wait to see your reaction to it ;-) Hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 >The article that someone posted a link to did indicate that of the > preparation (as in cooking) methods, steaming seems to retain more > nutrients than either microwaving or blanching, so as I transition > towards more raw foods I may use that method to move in the right. - OK, if you must, here's the Chinese cooking tip re: steaming or Stir Frying. They cook it very hot and very quick. Their ideal degree of readiness is Hot but still Raw. If the body is not used to raw it make take a few days for the enzyme balance to catch up. I recall gioing on a one month retreat a few years ago and the food supplied was primarily raw and vegetarian. For the first couple of weeks the perfume lingered everywhere ;( but by the end of the month most peoples bodies had adjusted and the gases were not apparant. rusty - " lifewrthliving " <no_reply > <rawfood > Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:13 PM [Raw Food] Re:Blanching (hope) > > > I am more motivated now to try the raw food lifestyle, and if I > > > prepare veggies from now on I will steam them as that seems to be > the > > > best method of preparation other than raw. > > - > > Oops! Tilt!. You're killing the enzymes again. > > Raw means UNFIRED. > > > > While waiting to ask more questions, try eating raw foods in the > meanntime. > > rusty > > Hi Rusty, you crack me up :-) > > In the sentence above I said >if< I prepare (meaning prepare as in > cooking but I guess it could be misunderstood to mean > being " prepared " raw) them I would steam them. <tilt!> > > I am going to slowly incorporate some more raw foods into my diet. > Slowly because through experience I know my digestive system will > need to get used to raw foods. When I've eaten raw vegetables in the > past (especially broccoli) I ended up with an acute case of ... > um ... painful gas. > > I don't know how long it takes to get used to more raw vegetables, > but I am going to take it slowly, just like exercise -- I don't want > to get burned out or have negative physical symptoms right away which > might turn me off from the whole idea. > > The article that someone posted a link to did indicate that of the > preparation (as in cooking) methods, steaming seems to retain more > nutrients than either microwaving or blanching, so as I transition > towards more raw foods I may use that method to move in the right > direction. > > Next question will be this weekend. I can't wait to see your > reaction to it ;-) > > Hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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