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[Guest guest]

rawfood , vegwriter wrote:

 

> 1. Editorial: A recent New York Times article said that babies do best on

> breast milk. We believe that's because mother's milk is a raw food, and is

body

> temperature, with its enzymes intact; breastfeeding babies are therefore not

> drinking pasteurized (cooked) formula! The mainstream media and science

> haven't realized this yet.

>

 

On the same note, I've also begun to wonder about vitamins & anti-oxidants being

" alive "

as important, and not just the enzymes. Think about this -- there has been much

published in recent years regarding vitamins, herbs, and anti-oxidants being an

integral

aspect of health maintenance which has exploded the bottled nutrition industry.

Some

studies have proven the efficacy of taking herbs, vitamins, and anti-oxidants to

help

certain body functions and deficient conditions.

 

I also read somewhere, although I can't remember where, that many vitamins and

nutrients (not just enzymes) are destroyed from cooking.

 

Now take into consideration how many people are " cured " from supposedly

life-long

chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc., etc. The

research

with which I am familiar (I am a PhD), asserts that many of these illnesses can

be cured

through vitamin/anti-oxidant therapy such as high doses of vitamin C, Co-Q10,

and

Quercetin for cancer.

 

My theory -- Could it be that NO ONE on earth is getting their proper nutrition

because

they are all eating predominantly cooked food? Could it be that not only are the

enzymes

destroyed, but that all other important nutrients are also destroyed producing a

preponderance of waste products which back up in the body and cause further

damage?

Could that be one reason there is an increase in obesity -- that people are

continually

hungry for proper nutrition and they eat so much because their bodies are still

craving

nutrients? Could it be that the human body is just so extremely capable of

adapting and

life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a depleted nutritional

state?

 

Has anyone else thought about this? Has it been proposed by other researchers?

Is there a

book out there that covers this info?

 

Melanie

[Guest guest]

Melanie,

 

I agree. Not only are most health problems related from poor nutrition,

but also toxins in the food themselves. Raw and organic is definitely

the way to go.

 

Why aren't we seeing research being done in this area? There is no

money to be made from it. No pills to sell. Most research is funded by

corporate interests and aside from some organic farmers (and society in

general :-) who would benefit from sponsoring this research? Not the

pharmacuetical companies, not the processed food companies, not...

 

-Mike

 

--- melanieburtis <melanieburtis wrote:

 

> rawfood , vegwriter wrote:

>

> > 1. Editorial: A recent New York Times article said that babies do

> best on

> > breast milk. We believe that's because mother's milk is a raw

> food, and is body

> > temperature, with its enzymes intact; breastfeeding babies are

> therefore not

> > drinking pasteurized (cooked) formula! The mainstream media and

> science

> > haven't realized this yet.

> >

>

> On the same note, I've also begun to wonder about vitamins &

> anti-oxidants being " alive "

> as important, and not just the enzymes. Think about this -- there has

> been much

> published in recent years regarding vitamins, herbs, and

> anti-oxidants being an integral

> aspect of health maintenance which has exploded the bottled nutrition

> industry. Some

> studies have proven the efficacy of taking herbs, vitamins, and

> anti-oxidants to help

> certain body functions and deficient conditions.

>

> I also read somewhere, although I can't remember where, that many

> vitamins and

> nutrients (not just enzymes) are destroyed from cooking.

>

> Now take into consideration how many people are " cured " from

> supposedly life-long

> chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure,

> etc., etc. The research

> with which I am familiar (I am a PhD), asserts that many of these

> illnesses can be cured

> through vitamin/anti-oxidant therapy such as high doses of vitamin C,

> Co-Q10, and

> Quercetin for cancer.

>

> My theory -- Could it be that NO ONE on earth is getting their proper

> nutrition because

> they are all eating predominantly cooked food? Could it be that not

> only are the enzymes

> destroyed, but that all other important nutrients are also destroyed

> producing a

> preponderance of waste products which back up in the body and cause

> further damage?

> Could that be one reason there is an increase in obesity -- that

> people are continually

> hungry for proper nutrition and they eat so much because their bodies

> are still craving

> nutrients? Could it be that the human body is just so extremely

> capable of adapting and

> life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a depleted

> nutritional state?

>

> Has anyone else thought about this? Has it been proposed by other

> researchers? Is there a

> book out there that covers this info?

>

> Melanie

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Have you read _Beating the Food Giants_ by Paul Stitt? It's out of

print but you can read it online here>> http://snipurl.com/sl4w. If

you want to skip to the chapter on " CAN'T EAT JUST ONE " SYNDROME!

click here>> http://snipurl.com/slfm. It will open your eyes to

what's going on in the food industry. And adding vitamins and

minerals to processed food doesn't really help. The only way we can

get what we need is from good whole fresh foods. There's a balance in

them that people " building " food can't match. Have you watched any of

the chemistry projects that pass for prepared foods on the Food

Network? I'm talking, specifically, about " Unwrapped " . It's amazing

what goes into the junk people eat. And I had my share, too, until I

got older and wiser. :[

 

Tommie

http://rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , " melanieburtis " <melanieburtis

wrote:

>

> rawfood , vegwriter@ wrote:

>

> > 1. Editorial: A recent New York Times article said that babies

do best on

> > breast milk. We believe that's because mother's milk is a raw

food, and is body

> > temperature, with its enzymes intact; breastfeeding babies are

therefore not

> > drinking pasteurized (cooked) formula! The mainstream media and

science

> > haven't realized this yet.

> >

>

> On the same note, I've also begun to wonder about vitamins & anti-

oxidants being " alive "

> as important, and not just the enzymes. Think about this -- there

has been much

> published in recent years regarding vitamins, herbs, and anti-

oxidants being an integral

> aspect of health maintenance which has exploded the bottled

nutrition industry. Some

> studies have proven the efficacy of taking herbs, vitamins, and

anti-oxidants to help

> certain body functions and deficient conditions.

>

> I also read somewhere, although I can't remember where, that many

vitamins and

> nutrients (not just enzymes) are destroyed from cooking.

>

> Now take into consideration how many people are " cured " from

supposedly life-long

> chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure,

etc., etc. The research

> with which I am familiar (I am a PhD), asserts that many of these

illnesses can be cured

> through vitamin/anti-oxidant therapy such as high doses of vitamin

C, Co-Q10, and

> Quercetin for cancer.

>

> My theory -- Could it be that NO ONE on earth is getting their

proper nutrition because

> they are all eating predominantly cooked food? Could it be that not

only are the enzymes

> destroyed, but that all other important nutrients are also

destroyed producing a

> preponderance of waste products which back up in the body and cause

further damage?

> Could that be one reason there is an increase in obesity -- that

people are continually

> hungry for proper nutrition and they eat so much because their

bodies are still craving

> nutrients? Could it be that the human body is just so extremely

capable of adapting and

> life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a depleted

nutritional state?

>

> Has anyone else thought about this? Has it been proposed by other

researchers? Is there a

> book out there that covers this info?

>

> Melanie

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/1/2006 6:02:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

melanieburtis writes:

 

rawfood , vegwriter wrote:

 

> 1. Editorial: A recent New York Times article said that babies do best on

> breast milk. We believe that's because mother's milk is a raw food, and

is body

> temperature, with its enzymes intact; breastfeeding babies are therefore

not

> drinking pasteurized (cooked) formula! The mainstream media and science

> haven't realized this yet.

>

 

On the same note, I've also begun to wonder about vitamins & anti-oxidants

being " alive "

as important, and not just the enzymes. Think about this -- there has been

much

published in recent years regarding vitamins, herbs, and anti-oxidants being

an integral

aspect of health maintenance which has exploded the bottled nutrition

industry. Some

studies have proven the efficacy of taking herbs, vitamins, and

anti-oxidants to help

certain body functions and deficient conditions.

 

I also read somewhere, although I can't remember where, that many vitamins

and

nutrients (not just enzymes) are destroyed from cooking.

 

Now take into consideration how many people are " cured " from supposedly

life-long

chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc., etc.

The research

with which I am familiar (I am a PhD), asserts that many of these illnesses

can be cured

through vitamin/anti-oxidant therapy such as high doses of vitamin C,

Co-Q10, and

Quercetin for cancer.

 

My theory -- Could it be that NO ONE on earth is getting their proper

nutrition because

they are all eating predominantly cooked food? Could it be that not only are

the enzymes

destroyed, but that all other important nutrients are also destroyed

producing a

preponderance of waste products which back up in the body and cause further

damage?

Could that be one reason there is an increase in obesity -- that people are

continually

hungry for proper nutrition and they eat so much because their bodies are

still craving

nutrients? Could it be that the human body is just so extremely capable of

adapting and

life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a depleted

nutritional state?

 

Has anyone else thought about this? Has it been proposed by other

researchers? Is there a

book out there that covers this info?

 

Melanie

 

 

 

 

 

I think that most raw foods authors believe what you just said. Gabriel

Cousens, for one.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Indeed, the lack of research is related to the lack of profit. No company

owns a patent for raw fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds. It's the way our

system is structured.

 

Judy

 

In a message dated 7/1/2006 6:22:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

mmelliot writes:

 

Melanie,

 

I agree. Not only are most health problems related from poor nutrition,

but also toxins in the food themselves. Raw and organic is definitely

the way to go.

 

Why aren't we seeing research being done in this area? There is no

money to be made from it. No pills to sell. Most research is funded by

corporate interests and aside from some organic farmers (and society in

general :-) who would benefit from sponsoring this research? Not the

pharmacuetical companies, not the processed food companies, not...

 

-Mike

 

--- melanieburtis <melanieburtis wrote:

 

> rawfood , vegwriter wrote:

>

> > 1. Editorial: A recent New York Times article said that babies do

> best on

> > breast milk. We believe that's because mother's milk is a raw

> food, and is body

> > temperature, with its enzymes intact; breastfeeding babies are

> therefore not

> > drinking pasteurized (cooked) formula! The mainstream media and

> science

> > haven't realized this yet.

> >

>

> On the same note, I've also begun to wonder about vitamins &

> anti-oxidants being " alive "

> as important, and not just the enzymes. Think about this -- there has

> been much

> published in recent years regarding vitamins, herbs, and

> anti-oxidants being an integral

> aspect of health maintenance which has exploded the bottled nutrition

> industry. Some

> studies have proven the efficacy of taking herbs, vitamins, and

> anti-oxidants to help

> certain body functions and deficient conditions.

>

> I also read somewhere, although I can't remember where, that many

> vitamins and

> nutrients (not just enzymes) are destroyed from cooking.

>

> Now take into consideration how many people are " cured " from

> supposedly life-long

> chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure,

> etc., etc. The research

> with which I am familiar (I am a PhD), asserts that many of these

> illnesses can be cured

> through vitamin/anti-oxidant therapy such as high doses of vitamin C,

> Co-Q10, and

> Quercetin for cancer.

>

> My theory -- Could it be that NO ONE on earth is getting their proper

> nutrition because

> they are all eating predominantly cooked food? Could it be that not

> only are the enzymes

> destroyed, but that all other important nutrients are also destroyed

> producing a

> preponderance of waste products which back up in the body and cause

> further damage?

> Could that be one reason there is an increase in obesity -- that

> people are continually

> hungry for proper nutrition and they eat so much because their bodies

> are still craving

> nutrients? Could it be that the human body is just so extremely

> capable of adapting and

> life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a depleted

> nutritional state?

>

> Has anyone else thought about this? Has it been proposed by other

> researchers? Is there a

> book out there that covers this info?

>

> Melanie

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

That's what Paul Stitt brings out in his book. The results of the

research he was doing for the large food companies he worked for

wasn't well received (surprise!) because it showed what they could do

to make their products more nutritious. All they wanted to know was

what they could add to the foods that could make them more addictive.

They would make a change that would increase the bottom line and call

it " New and Improved! " Yeah, right--for them. He finally ended up

having to go to work for himself. His position was " eliminated " .

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , vegwriter wrote:

>

>

> Indeed, the lack of research is related to the lack of profit. No

company

> owns a patent for raw fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds. It's

the way our

> system is structured.

>

> Judy

>

> In a message dated 7/1/2006 6:22:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> mmelliot writes:

>

> Melanie,

>

> I agree. Not only are most health problems related from poor

nutrition,

> but also toxins in the food themselves. Raw and organic is

definitely

> the way to go.

>

> Why aren't we seeing research being done in this area? There is no

> money to be made from it. No pills to sell. Most research is

funded by

> corporate interests and aside from some organic farmers (and

society in

> general :-) who would benefit from sponsoring this research? Not

the

> pharmacuetical companies, not the processed food companies, not...

>

> -Mike

>

> --- melanieburtis <melanieburtis wrote:

>

> > rawfood , vegwriter@ wrote:

> >

> > > 1. Editorial: A recent New York Times article said that

babies do

> > best on

> > > breast milk. We believe that's because mother's milk is a raw

> > food, and is body

> > > temperature, with its enzymes intact; breastfeeding babies are

> > therefore not

> > > drinking pasteurized (cooked) formula! The mainstream media

and

> > science

> > > haven't realized this yet.

> > >

> >

> > On the same note, I've also begun to wonder about vitamins &

> > anti-oxidants being " alive "

> > as important, and not just the enzymes. Think about this --

there has

> > been much

> > published in recent years regarding vitamins, herbs, and

> > anti-oxidants being an integral

> > aspect of health maintenance which has exploded the bottled

nutrition

> > industry. Some

> > studies have proven the efficacy of taking herbs, vitamins, and

> > anti-oxidants to help

> > certain body functions and deficient conditions.

> >

> > I also read somewhere, although I can't remember where, that many

> > vitamins and

> > nutrients (not just enzymes) are destroyed from cooking.

> >

> > Now take into consideration how many people are " cured " from

> > supposedly life-long

> > chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure,

> > etc., etc. The research

> > with which I am familiar (I am a PhD), asserts that many of these

> > illnesses can be cured

> > through vitamin/anti-oxidant therapy such as high doses of

vitamin C,

> > Co-Q10, and

> > Quercetin for cancer.

> >

> > My theory -- Could it be that NO ONE on earth is getting their

proper

> > nutrition because

> > they are all eating predominantly cooked food? Could it be that

not

> > only are the enzymes

> > destroyed, but that all other important nutrients are also

destroyed

> > producing a

> > preponderance of waste products which back up in the body and

cause

> > further damage?

> > Could that be one reason there is an increase in obesity -- that

> > people are continually

> > hungry for proper nutrition and they eat so much because their

bodies

> > are still craving

> > nutrients? Could it be that the human body is just so extremely

> > capable of adapting and

> > life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a

depleted

> > nutritional state?

> >

> > Has anyone else thought about this? Has it been proposed by other

> > researchers? Is there a

> > book out there that covers this info?

> >

> > Melanie

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> rawfood , vegwriter@ wrote:

>

Could it be that the human body is just so extremely capable of adapting and

> life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a depleted

nutritional state?

 

I don't know how capable of adapting we really are! Are we (the general

population)

functioning, really? Personally I feel like I was 1/2 dead physically and

spiritually before

raw foods! No energy, depression, stuck spiritually and mentally etc...

What kind of society might we be if we were all raw foodists?

Can you imagine what we could acomplish, the vibration, the energy???

Wow!

I for one would love to have for starters a community of raw foodists where we

could

experience the beginning of this!

Anyone else?

Denise Thomas

[Guest guest]

Let's all move to the tropics and live on mangos and Thai coconut!

Anyone here old enough to remember the old hippie communes?

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , " denisedthomas " <denised>

wrote:

>

> > rawfood , vegwriter@ wrote:

> >

> Could it be that the human body is just so extremely capable of

adapting and

> > life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a

depleted nutritional state?

>

> I don't know how capable of adapting we really are! Are we (the

general population)

> functioning, really? Personally I feel like I was 1/2 dead

physically and spiritually before

> raw foods! No energy, depression, stuck spiritually and mentally

etc...

> What kind of society might we be if we were all raw foodists?

> Can you imagine what we could acomplish, the vibration, the

energy???

> Wow!

> I for one would love to have for starters a community of raw

foodists where we could

> experience the beginning of this!

> Anyone else?

> Denise Thomas

>

[Guest guest]

" Anyone here old enough to remember the old hippie communes? "

 

Pshaw Tommie! Remember, I was there!!! Actually lived in San Francisco in the

'70s. But I was a " responsible " hippie, I had a job and an apartment!!!

 

Actually there was a commune in our area of Washington state up until last

summer. The Love Isreal Family. The county finally made it unpleasant enough

for them and taxed them out of the area. Pity. They had a marvelous organic

garden I used to buy a share of every spring. They also had a grand garlic

festival every August. Was really an excuse to have a public party! Was great

fun.

 

Ah, peace, love, and flower children. We are gray and wrinkled now, but can

still roll a fat one (veggie burrito with kale, that is!).

 

Peace syster - Shari

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/2/2006 10:55:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jerushy writes:

 

I was a flower child. My motorcycle helmet that my boyfriend bought

me even had flowers on it. It was groovy!

 

Peace yourself and make love, not war.

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

 

Do you still have it?

 

Judy

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I remember reading about them in my history books :-)

 

-Mike

 

--- Tommie <jerushy wrote:

 

> Let's all move to the tropics and live on mangos and Thai coconut!

> Anyone here old enough to remember the old hippie communes?

>

> Tommie

> http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

>

> rawfood , " denisedthomas " <denised>

> wrote:

> >

> > > rawfood , vegwriter@ wrote:

> > >

> > Could it be that the human body is just so extremely capable of

> adapting and

> > > life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a

> depleted nutritional state?

> >

> > I don't know how capable of adapting we really are! Are we (the

> general population)

> > functioning, really? Personally I feel like I was 1/2 dead

> physically and spiritually before

> > raw foods! No energy, depression, stuck spiritually and mentally

> etc...

> > What kind of society might we be if we were all raw foodists?

> > Can you imagine what we could acomplish, the vibration, the

> energy???

> > Wow!

> > I for one would love to have for starters a community of raw

> foodists where we could

> > experience the beginning of this!

> > Anyone else?

> > Denise Thomas

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was a flower child. My motorcycle helmet that my boyfriend bought

me even had flowers on it. It was groovy!

 

Peace yourself and make love, not war.

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , " SV " <shavig wrote:

>

> " Anyone here old enough to remember the old hippie communes? "

>

> Pshaw Tommie! Remember, I was there!!! Actually lived in San

Francisco in the '70s. But I was a " responsible " hippie, I had a job

and an apartment!!!

>

> Actually there was a commune in our area of Washington state up

until last summer. The Love Isreal Family. The county finally made

it unpleasant enough for them and taxed them out of the area. Pity.

They had a marvelous organic garden I used to buy a share of every

spring. They also had a grand garlic festival every August. Was

really an excuse to have a public party! Was great fun.

>

> Ah, peace, love, and flower children. We are gray and wrinkled

now, but can still roll a fat one (veggie burrito with kale, that

is!).

>

> Peace syster - Shari

[Guest guest]

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , Mike Elliot <mmelliot wrote:

>

> I remember reading about them in my history books :-)

>

> -Mike

>

> --- Tommie <jerushy wrote:

>

> > Let's all move to the tropics and live on mangos and Thai

coconut!

> > Anyone here old enough to remember the old hippie communes?

> >

> > Tommie

> > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

> >

> > rawfood , " denisedthomas " <denisedthomas@>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > > rawfood , vegwriter@ wrote:

> > > >

> > > Could it be that the human body is just so extremely capable of

> > adapting and

> > > > life-ward that it will allow us to function even in such a

> > depleted nutritional state?

> > >

> > > I don't know how capable of adapting we really are! Are we (the

> > general population)

> > > functioning, really? Personally I feel like I was 1/2 dead

> > physically and spiritually before

> > > raw foods! No energy, depression, stuck spiritually and

mentally

> > etc...

> > > What kind of society might we be if we were all raw foodists?

> > > Can you imagine what we could acomplish, the vibration, the

> > energy???

> > > Wow!

> > > I for one would love to have for starters a community of raw

> > foodists where we could

> > > experience the beginning of this!

> > > Anyone else?

> > > Denise Thomas

[Guest guest]

Sadly, no. Over the years, it had to go during one of my many moves.

My boyfriend became my husband, the motorcycle was sold, and it rode

off into the sunset.

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , vegwriter wrote:

>

>

> In a message dated 7/2/2006 10:55:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> jerushy writes:

>

> I was a flower child. My motorcycle helmet that my boyfriend

bought

> me even had flowers on it. It was groovy!

>

> Peace yourself and make love, not war.

>

> Tommie

> http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

>

>

> Do you still have it?

>

> Judy

[Guest guest]

Gee, that's too bad. It would be worth a lot now as a collector's item, and

would make a beautiful objet d'art.

 

Judy

 

 

Sadly, no. Over the years, it had to go during one of my many moves.

My boyfriend became my husband, the motorcycle was sold, and it rode

off into the sunset.

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , vegwriter wrote:

>

>

> In a message dated 7/2/2006 10:55:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> jerushy writes:

>

> I was a flower child. My motorcycle helmet that my boyfriend

bought

> me even had flowers on it. It was groovy!

>

> Peace yourself and make love, not war.

>

> Tommie

> http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

>

>

> Do you still have it?

>

> Judy