Temp changes when eating..

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I notice if I have nuts or seeds or even a banana I feel flush maybe 20 min

after wards. My hands are naturally always cold but they warm up fast when I eat

certain things. I noticed this morning I had raw porridge. Shortly after we went

shopping and I had to roll down the window and pull off my coat. I felt warm.

If I eat fruit high in water content my hands stay ice cold. I almost wondered

if it is just my iron levels or is it a hormonal thing? Should I get looked at?

I already know I have low iron because my doctor and I have struggled with it

keeping it normal for over 10 years now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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rawfood , Blondy <trinity082482 wrote:

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> I notice if I have nuts or seeds or even a banana I feel flush maybe

20 min after wards. My hands are naturally always cold but they warm

up fast when I eat certain things. I noticed this morning I had raw

porridge. Shortly after we went shopping and I had to roll down the

window and pull off my coat. I felt warm.

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I have heard talk of " warming foods " and " cooling foods " . This time

of year I could use information on warming foods. It was great in

August, but my usual raw leaves me chilled at the end of the day and

I've been falling back wheat foods to warm back up.

 

David King

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Hi Blondy,

 

I've noticed this too. I usually start my day with a run, after which

I am nice and warm. Then I put lots and lots of clothes on while I

eat my half a watermelon, because I know watermelon makes me cold. I

sometimes balance a hot water bottle on my head while eating half a

watermelon and reading digests! I must look very funny!

Anyway, a few hours later I usually have some bananas, persimmons and

dates, after which I notice I get warm and start feeling the need to

strip some of my layers off. I recently heard Elchanan say (on one of

the highly recommended PathOfHealth teleconferences) something about

water being a coolant, and I thought " oh yeah, the watermelon

effect! " I don't worry about it myself. They seem like natural

responses to me.

 

Annie

 

rawfood , Blondy <trinity082482 wrote:

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> I notice if I have nuts or seeds or even a banana I feel flush

maybe 20 min after wards. My hands are naturally always cold but they

warm up fast when I eat certain things. I noticed this morning I had

raw porridge. Shortly after we went shopping and I had to roll down

the window and pull off my coat. I felt warm.

> If I eat fruit high in water content my hands stay ice cold. I

almost wondered if it is just my iron levels or is it a hormonal

thing? Should I get looked at? I already know I have low iron

because my doctor and I have struggled with it keeping it normal for

over 10 years now.

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Hehehe. Thanks Annie!

 

I

sometimes balance a hot water bottle on my head while eating half a

watermelon and reading digests! I must look very funny!

Annie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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rawfood , " dt king " <whipmaker wrote:

> I have heard talk of " warming foods " and " cooling foods " . This time

> of year I could use information on warming foods. It was great in

> August, but my usual raw leaves me chilled at the end of the day and

> I've been falling back wheat foods to warm back up.

>

> David King

>

David, in the book " Healing With Whole Foods " by Paul Pitchford, the nature of

warming/

cooling foods and many other such principles are discussed. I highly recommend

the text

for learning about foods, although it is not specifically raw.

 

Anyway, here's some brief info. regarding warming/cooling foods according to

Paul:

 

(From page 59)

 

1. Plants that take longer to grow (carrot, rutabaga, parsnip, cabbage, and

ginseng) are

more warming than those that grow quickly (lettuce, summer squash, radish,

cucumber)

 

2. Chemically fertilized plant foods, which are stimulated to grow quickly, are

often more

cooling. This includes most commercial fruits & veggies.

 

3. Raw food is more cooling than cooked.

 

4. Food eaten cold is more cooling.

 

5. Foods with blue, green or purple colors are usually more cooling than similar

foods that

are red, organe, or yellow (a green apple is more cooling than a red one)

 

6. In order of cooling property -- fermented, marinated, sprouted, meaning of

the three,

fermented is most warming and sprouted is most cooling.

 

7. Chewing food more thoroughly creates warmth.

 

8. If you eat grains, oats are warming. I soak oat groats over night and then

put cinnamon,

walnuts, agave, & berries on it in the morning. Other warming -- sunflower seed,

sesame

seed, walnut, pinenut, chestnut, fennel, dill, anise, spelt, quinoa.

 

Under specific remedies on page 66:

 

1. Work on fears and insecurities; become more active; avoid long hot baths

(oops --

that's what I did last night because I was chilled!!); keep kidney area, legs,

and lower

abdomen warm.

 

2. Use ginger root, (mmmm -- carrot ginger soup!) cinnamon, cloves, basil,

rosemary.

Avoid hot peppers except in small doses or they may have a cooling effect.

 

Hope that helps!

Melanie

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" keep kidney area, legs, and lower abdomen warm. "

 

That's why I got a " real " hot water bottle from England last year. Best $20 I

ever spent! Every night I heat the water and pour in (re-use the water night

after night) and put it at the foot of my bed. It is in a flannel bag so it

won't burn me. It makes going to bed a joy! Especially because we sleep with

the windows open and we do not live in a warm climate!!!

 

Shari