Digestive Leukocytosis test

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

 

Thanks for making the effort to do these tests and for sharing the results

with us. I find it fascinating. I look forward to the next update when

you've had enough cooked apple to fill you up.

 

Jocelyn

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

As some of you know I had been planning to do a series of blood tests

regarding digestive leukocytosis (DL). DL is the corresponding increase

of white blood cells in the blood stream after eating cooked food.

This, apparently, does not occur with natural raw foods. I was

interested in having results in hand to share with others and to put on

my website.

 

On Thursday 1/13 and Friday 1/14 I completed a series of 4 blood tests.

I tried to do it as scientifically as possible, reducing possible

errors. I conferred with my physician regarding how much I should eat

for the tests and how long to wait to test after eating the specific

food.

 

I ate identical raw diets on Wednesday and Thursday, This may not be

necessary, but I opted for identical diets to remove any inconsistency.

Wednesday night I fasted for 12 hours, water only, and completed a

fasting blood test at about 9 AM. I ate a raw organic apple and did

another blood test an hour later. On Friday I repeated the process, but

consumed a baked organic apple instead of the raw apple. I even chewed

the food identically, resisting the desire to swallow the cooked food

early. After not having eaten cooked food in about 3 3/4 years, I did

not know how I would feel (one reason for only one apple,) but got away

with only some stomach and intestinal gurgling, which I normally do not

get. Later on, when climbing some stairs, my legs felt weaker than

normal, like I had been climbing stairs a lot. I realized the test may

offer two primary results: confirmation or inconclusive. With a number

of negative or " inconclusive " results it would suggest no correlation

between cooked food and increased white blood cells.

 

Since I had little reaction to the cooked apple, I suspected the test

may be inconclusive. That was the case. With the amount of food I ate,

the way I ate it, and the time in which we tested it, there was no

increase in white cells.

 

I will likely try it again, but would make some changes next time. I

would eat more of the food, such as enough to fill me up. To eliminate

the degree of digestion that takes place in the mouth, I would (using

apples as the example) make a raw apple sauce vs. a cooked apple sauce,

which would not require chewing. I suspect, even with cooked food, if

we spend a lot of time chewing, we reduce the burden on the rest of the

digestive system to complete the digestive process. As up to 60% of

digestion can occur in the mouth, reducing the chewing, would likely

give better results on the effect of the food on the blood. One theory

of why DL occurs, is that when not enough enzymes are present, whether

from the food, the mouth, or the pancreas, the white blood cells (which

contain enzymes) complete the digestive process in the blood stream.

Only one, well-chewed apple probably offered no challenge to my body.

Apparently not enough to elicit evidence of DL.

 

Jeff

[Guest guest]

Actually, my physician is an ND. He is certainly intrigued by the

concept of DL and is willing to give me good prices on the testing,

so I can afford the tests. Perhaps when I get a better sense of

timing and quantities of food, etc. more people would like to get

involved. I recognize this is a very important issue, and one that

may help people embrace improved diets. With so many people

experiencing diseases, if they knew that cooked foods actually

compromised their immune systems, would they choose to continue

eating the same way?

 

Jeff

 

>This is brave of you Jeff and to am interested to hear

>more. I would like to try something like this though

>wouldnprefer to do it under the guidance of an ND or

>good friend. It would be cool if you hosted a lil

>retreat for raw fooders to go through some similar

>test with ya. maybe later on down the road; let me

>know. =)

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