My first broccoli sprouts, please help!

[Guest guest]

Please someone tell me on the photo link below that my broccoli sprouts are not

attacked by a nasty mold, i read somewhere that they extend micro-roots when

water is not sufficient (should i add more water?), when opening the jar in the

morning there is no bad smell, i ate the sample below and it tastes like

horseradish without the prickle on the tongue, not salty, quite good and

delicate actually:

http://paroissien.free.fr/images/BroccoliSprouts.JPG

[Guest guest]

It's a little hard to tell but those look more like hairs than fuzz to me. I think it's okay -- especially if it smells and tastes okay. Keep going! ;-)~~Sharon GreenspanBoard Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

* Eliminate Stress * Have More Energy * Relieve Chronic Pain *    301-816-0752check out my new look:~~~ www.wildsuccess.us ~~~

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 2:21 AM, ericparoissien <ericparoissien wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

Please someone tell me on the photo link below that my broccoli sprouts are not attacked by a nasty mold, i read somewhere that they extend micro-roots when water is not sufficient (should i add more water?), when opening the jar in the morning there is no bad smell, i ate the sample below and it tastes like horseradish without the prickle on the tongue, not salty, quite good and delicate actually:

http://paroissien.free.fr/images/BroccoliSprouts.JPG

[Guest guest]

, Sharon Greenspan <sharon wrote:

 

....

> ~~

> Sharon Greenspan

> Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

> * Eliminate Stress * Have More Energy * Relieve Chronic Pain *

> 301-816-0752

>

> check out my new look:

> ~~~ www.wildsuccess.us ~~~

 

Thank you Sharon, they were delicious and

the second batch is in a jar already, first

try and success! ;-)

 

In another post you raise the issue of

" transitional food " that is an interesting

expression i see for the first time, it

probably refers to the various handling of

fruit & veggie before they are consumed

(cut, mixed, juiced, left to macerate or

ferment, stored, i dunno..); when i arrived

here i came from a situation of isolation

where i have learned to not talk about my

way of food for fear of raising havoc, habits

die hard and many consuming ways require a

good amount of thick sleep and unconsciousness

that no one should disturb, and so, arriving

here i was surprised at the amount of marketing,

packaging, " processing " , culture making and

even spirituality mixing that our vegan community/

way of life is intertwined with, while for me raw

vegan is synonymous with a direct approach

to the earth >> " grab & eat " and the only

added handling necessary is to present my food

to my kids who are not immersed in the right

environment for them to natural go for the

fruit and cast away the cooked meal.

 

Paradoxically and funnily, in another acceptation

the term " transitional " might well apply to the

phase required where a person steps gradually from

a behavioral relationship with food where for example

" mommy spent 3 hours in the kitchen for you as a

token of her love and care " to what i subjectively

conceive as a final stage as " taste the delight of just

that tomato as it is " .

 

Where care is mostly spent on information, resource

and energy upstream on the source, the growing, the

best place to find the fresh product.

 

OK it sounds a bit radical, it is for explanatory

purpose. I still love to make a salad. :-)

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

Hi Eric,I love your questions!Transition food, as I define it, is what people eat when they are making the transition from standard eating to healthy raw food eating. Transition food tends to be familiar -- it tastes like standard food, it's very filling. It often uses " bad " food combining to achieve some of the textures. For example, strawberry parfait with cashew cream. Or it can be a healthy meal -- salad and raw pizza, followed by a fruit dessert. Or it can merely be tons and tons of fat -- which is one downfall that many new raw foodies fall into. Yeah, that avocado chocolate pudding hits the spot -- especially when one is stressed out or PMSing (sorry, this might not translate although your English is terrific! -- PMSing = pre-menstrual) but a whole bowl, especially three days in a week is TOO MUCH!

I meet some people who've been raw for years, eating transition food and they tend to struggle with weight and some health issues. Most who have the raw glow went through a period of transition food and then found it affected them negatively and had to let go of it. I've recently gone through this myself. I am still tempted, and occasionally I can have a little. But not a whole meal or even a dish. Invariably I end up sick, gassy and with a very unhappy colon.

hope this helps,hugs and greens,Sharon~~Sharon GreenspanBoard Certified Holistic Health Practitioner* Eliminate Stress * Have More Energy * Relieve Chronic Pain *    301-816-0752

check out my new look:~~~ www.wildsuccess.us ~~~

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:32 AM, ericparoissien <ericparoissien wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

, Sharon Greenspan <sharon wrote:

 

....

> ~~

> Sharon Greenspan

> Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

> * Eliminate Stress * Have More Energy * Relieve Chronic Pain *

> 301-816-0752

>

> check out my new look:

> ~~~ www.wildsuccess.us ~~~

 

Thank you Sharon, they were delicious and

the second batch is in a jar already, first

try and success! ;-)

 

In another post you raise the issue of

" transitional food " that is an interesting

expression i see for the first time, it

probably refers to the various handling of

fruit & veggie before they are consumed

(cut, mixed, juiced, left to macerate or

ferment, stored, i dunno..); when i arrived

here i came from a situation of isolation

where i have learned to not talk about my

way of food for fear of raising havoc, habits

die hard and many consuming ways require a

good amount of thick sleep and unconsciousness

that no one should disturb, and so, arriving

here i was surprised at the amount of marketing,

packaging, " processing " , culture making and

even spirituality mixing that our vegan community/

way of life is intertwined with, while for me raw

vegan is synonymous with a direct approach

to the earth >> " grab & eat " and the only

added handling necessary is to present my food

to my kids who are not immersed in the right

environment for them to natural go for the

fruit and cast away the cooked meal.

 

Paradoxically and funnily, in another acceptation

the term " transitional " might well apply to the

phase required where a person steps gradually from

a behavioral relationship with food where for example

" mommy spent 3 hours in the kitchen for you as a

token of her love and care " to what i subjectively

conceive as a final stage as " taste the delight of just

that tomato as it is " .

 

Where care is mostly spent on information, resource

and energy upstream on the source, the growing, the

best place to find the fresh product.

 

OK it sounds a bit radical, it is for explanatory

purpose. I still love to make a salad. :-)

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

, Sharon Greenspan <sharon wrote:

>

> Hi Eric,

>

> I love your questions!

>

S: Transition food, as I define it, is what people eat when they are making the

> transition from standard eating to healthy raw food eating. Transition food

> tends to be familiar -- it tastes like standard food, it's very filling.

 

E: So i see it has to look like " the other food " , when i lived in New York there

was a whole shelf with vegetarian burgers, sausages, it is all made to even

taste like meat. It is highly complex and processed, maybe such vegetarians

would have been better off chasing and biting a running rabbit in the meadow

(kidding!).

 

S: It often uses " bad " food combining to achieve some of the textures. For

> example, strawberry parfait with cashew cream. Or it can be a healthy meal

> -- salad and raw pizza, followed by a fruit dessert. Or it can merely be

> tons and tons of fat -- which is one downfall that many new raw foodies fall

> into. Yeah, that avocado chocolate pudding hits the spot -- especially when

> one is stressed out or PMSing (sorry, this might not translate although your

> English is terrific! -- PMSing = pre-menstrual) but a whole bowl, especially

> three days in a week is TOO MUCH!

 

E: this looks like the kind of mixtures that upset the stomach.

 

S: I meet some people who've been raw for years, eating transition food and

> they tend to struggle with weight and some health issues.

 

E: In French we say " his butt is seated between two chairs " , a very

uncomfortable positions, as close as the chairs may be.

 

S: Most who have the

> raw glow went through a period of transition food and then found it affected

> them negatively and had to let go of it. I've recently gone through this

> myself. I am still tempted, and occasionally I can have a little. But not a

> whole meal or even a dish. Invariably I end up sick, gassy and with a very

> unhappy colon.

 

E: In the recent readings i saw mentions of gas caused by this or that but in my

experience it is easy to identify the veggies that cause it, like the cabbage

family (red cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc,).

 

S: hope this helps,

 

E: Yes this helps, i'm gradually getting familiar with the cultural aspect of my

natural lifestyle thanks to you and other benevolent souls here at , a

beautiful place.

 

((hugs to you too Sharon))

 

 

> hugs and greens,

> Sharon

> ~~

> Sharon Greenspan

> Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

> * Eliminate Stress * Have More Energy * Relieve Chronic Pain *

> 301-816-0752

>

> check out my new look:

> ~~~ www.wildsuccess.us ~~~

[Guest guest]

It’s interesting that with every dietary “upgrade” I’ve made,

there always seems to be room for improvement… J

 

 

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Tara J Petite

tara

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On Behalf Of Sharon

Greenspan

Monday, September 07, 2009 11:24 AM

 

Re: Re: My first broccoli sprouts, please help!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Eric,

 

I love your questions!

 

Transition food, as I define it, is what people eat when they are making the

transition from standard eating to healthy raw food eating. Transition food

tends to be familiar -- it tastes like standard food, it's very filling. It

often uses " bad " food combining to achieve some of the textures. For

example, strawberry parfait with cashew cream. Or it can be a healthy meal --

salad and raw pizza, followed by a fruit dessert. Or it can merely be tons and

tons of fat -- which is one downfall that many new raw foodies fall into. Yeah,

that avocado chocolate pudding hits the spot -- especially when one is stressed

out or PMSing (sorry, this might not translate although your English is

terrific! -- PMSing = pre-menstrual) but a whole bowl, especially three days in

a week is TOO MUCH!

 

I meet some people who've been raw for years, eating transition food and they tend

to struggle with weight and some health issues. Most who have the raw glow went

through a period of transition food and then found it affected them negatively

and had to let go of it. I've recently gone through this myself. I am still

tempted, and occasionally I can have a little. But not a whole meal or even a

dish. Invariably I end up sick, gassy and with a very unhappy colon.

 

hope this helps,

hugs and greens,

Sharon

~~

Sharon Greenspan

Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

* Eliminate Stress * Have More Energy * Relieve Chronic Pain *

301-816-0752

 

check out my new look:

~~~ www.wildsuccess.us ~~~

 

 

 

 

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:32 AM, ericparoissien <ericparoissien wrote:

 

 

 

 

, Sharon Greenspan

<sharon wrote:

 

....

 

 

> ~~

> Sharon Greenspan

> Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

> * Eliminate Stress * Have More Energy * Relieve Chronic Pain *

> 301-816-0752

>

> check out my new look:

> ~~~ www.wildsuccess.us

~~~

 

Thank you

Sharon, they were delicious and

the second batch is in a jar already, first

try and success! ;-)

 

In another post you raise the issue of

" transitional food " that is an interesting

expression i see for the first time, it

probably refers to the various handling of

fruit & veggie before they are consumed

(cut, mixed, juiced, left to macerate or

ferment, stored, i dunno..); when i arrived

here i came from a situation of isolation

where i have learned to not talk about my

way of food for fear of raising havoc, habits

die hard and many consuming ways require a

good amount of thick sleep and unconsciousness

that no one should disturb, and so, arriving

here i was surprised at the amount of marketing,

packaging, " processing " , culture making and

even spirituality mixing that our vegan community/

way of life is intertwined with, while for me raw

vegan is synonymous with a direct approach

to the earth >> " grab & eat " and the only

added handling necessary is to present my food

to my kids who are not immersed in the right

environment for them to natural go for the

fruit and cast away the cooked meal.

 

Paradoxically and funnily, in another acceptation

the term " transitional " might well apply to the

phase required where a person steps gradually from

a behavioral relationship with food where for example

" mommy spent 3 hours in the kitchen for you as a

token of her love and care " to what i subjectively

conceive as a final stage as " taste the delight of just

that tomato as it is " .

 

Where care is mostly spent on information, resource

and energy upstream on the source, the growing, the

best place to find the fresh product.

 

OK it sounds a bit radical, it is for explanatory

purpose. I still love to make a salad. :-)

 

Eric

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

additional note about gas --while sometimes it can be attributed to a cruciferous vegetable, more often what I see with clients is that gas results from one of two things:1. combining fruit and fat (which creates internal composting)

2. not soaking nuts before eatingwhen my clients correct these things their gas goes away.hugs and greens,Sharon~~Sharon GreenspanBoard Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

* Eliminate Stress * Have More Energy * Relieve Chronic Pain *    301-816-0752check out my new look:~~~ www.wildsuccess.us ~~~