Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 My friend Laurie Masters has been analyzing the nutrient content of " common " raw food recipes. Recently she analyzed various recipes for dehydrated flax crackers. Among the seeds and nuts commonly eaten by raw fooders, flax seeds are lowest in calories per gram and second-lowest (after hemp seeds) in percent of fat. The flax cracker recipe LOWEST in fat (10 cups of low-fat vegetables and 2 cups of high-fat flax) has roughly the same number of calories and more fat than a Ritz cracker (49% versus 47%), measured cracker for cracker!!! When we share that most RFs are eating VERY high quantities of fat, we are serious, and it's based upon real quantitative analysis of nutrient data, not philosophical discourse. Best to all, Elchanan -- ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- vlinfo signed email body (616 characters) on 29 March 2005 at 23:28:28 UTC rawfood ------------------------------- : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. ------------------------------- 00fAAAAAEAAACc5ElCaAIAAPICAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X1780 jZZO0h25ebtKNmLCZ/1bQiRldf1RbW3SnEn5YrIQ== ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Confused by this post??????? So should we continue to eat raw flax seed crackers due to calories and fat content? Melissa --- " INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo wrote: > My friend Laurie Masters has been analyzing the > nutrient content of > " common " raw food recipes. Recently she analyzed > various recipes for > dehydrated flax crackers. Among the seeds and nuts > commonly eaten by raw > fooders, flax seeds are lowest in calories per gram > and second-lowest (after > hemp seeds) in percent of fat. > > The flax cracker recipe LOWEST in fat (10 cups of > low-fat vegetables and 2 > cups of high-fat flax) has roughly the same number > of calories and more fat > than a Ritz cracker (49% versus 47%), measured > cracker for cracker!!! > > When we share that most RFs are eating VERY high > quantities of fat, we are > serious, and it's based upon real quantitative > analysis of nutrient data, > not philosophical discourse. > > Best to all, > Elchanan > > > -- > ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature > ]---------------------- > vlinfo signed email body (616 > characters) > on 29 March 2005 at 23:28:28 UTC > rawfood > ------------------------------- > : Ciphire has secured this email against identity > theft. > : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled > lines > : below are the sender's verifiable digital > signature. > ------------------------------- > 00fAAAAAEAAACc5ElCaAIAAPICAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O > zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X1780 > jZZO0h25ebtKNmLCZ/1bQiRldf1RbW3SnEn5YrIQ== > ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message > ]---------------- > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Melissa writes: Confused by this post??????? So should we continue to eat raw flax seed crackers due to calories and fat content? _____ Hi Melissa, Sorry. This post relies upon reading of various prior posts dealing with the healthiest proportions of protein, carbohydrate, and fat for our species. I have written on several occasions suggesting that a diet low in protein and fat and high in simple sugars (fruit sugars) matches the natural design of our species. High-fat foods take us in the wrong direction. High blood fat inhibits sugar uptake (transfer of sugar from the blood to the cells), among other things, and therefore contributes directly to longer-term diagnoses of " blood sugar conditions " such as diabetes, hyper/hypoglycemia, insulin resistance, chronic fatigue, and Candida. None of these is actually a blood sugar problem in origin, only in terms of the symptoms. Elevated blood fat is the underlying culprit. In this context, then, we would generally choose foods high in water, oxygen, simple sugar, and soluble/digestible fiber and low in calorie density (calories per bite), protein, fat, and insoluble/nondigestible fiber. I am aware of NO raw dehydrated crackers that even remotely fit this description. In fact, they all fit the opposite description: high caloric density, high fat, low water, low oxygen, low simple sugar, low soluble/digestible fiber, high insoluble/nondigestible fiber. So eat them as a treat, if you like, but I do not recommend any of these crackers as a dietary staple. Hopefully this is clearer! Best to all, Elchanan -- ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- vlinfo signed email body (1320 characters) on 30 March 2005 at 00:51:22 UTC rawfood ------------------------------- : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. ------------------------------- 00fAAAAAEAAAAK+ElCKAUAADcCAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X2CJx 7xny7MfiHNwzg8EvvxJYLbi8Dyum6UwlfqTVhS+Q== ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 E~ So, what are the fat sources in your diet? Do you use any fat? (I know you mentioned avocado once in a while). I have heard so many positive things about flax oil, hemp oil, etc. Do you use no fat on salad? What about the importance of omega 3? If you don't mind clarifying this, I'd be appreciative! blessings, Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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