Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 OK, I'm sure this old ground, but people ask me why 100% raw is the goal. I ask others. The usual answer is enzymes are live and are killed over 115 or so. Others, like vegan anatomy & phisiology professors, Dr. Fuhrman, etc., say nonsense, enzymes are protiens and aren't " killed " by steaming or cooking in soups. In fact, Dr. Fuhrman says some nutrients are made much easier to assimilate by conservative cooking. I'm basically 80% raw, 100% vegan and my medical issues have responded beatifully. What is there to gain by going 100% raw ? I'm not a scientist, but I am an astute observer and it is my current thought that most of the health improvement I have obtained is a result of eliminating animal products, fats (of ALL sources) and processsed foods. The rest I chalk up to intention & visualization.... like I said, I'm not a scientist ;-) Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Hi Mark, I'd like to echo what Shawna said about the benefits of raw diet to one's spiritual practice, and add that in the Taoist spiritual practices there's a tradition that goes back centuries and is still practiced today by many-- perhaps most?-- modern Taoists, that one can fast and eat raw foods to enhance spiritual receptivity. Some add steamed vegetables to their diet, but my sense from observing the different Taoist groups and their practices, especially in this country, is that there is a strong trend toward 100% raw and even beyond, to intermittent liquidarian and bigu (living on prana). Sharrhan Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Answers. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 I like Furhman enough, too, but his crowd also says colon cleansing is nonsense and mucoid plaque doesn't exist. That is scary since it DOES or thousands of us would not have seen mucoid plaque exit us, etc. You know? Furhman also says organic vs conventional really doesn't matter (scary) and another member of that crowd, Doug Lisle, says microwaving is " fine " . Are these men right about 90% of the stuff they say? Totally. Is this why healing is so confusing? You betcha. Enzymes are destroyed when cooked. They may fall into the class of proteins but they are dead proteins when cooked. They are pure energy. Food with enzymes is a charged battery. Cooked food is a dead battery. Which would you put into your machine to get it working? Mucoid plaque exists. Microwaves and inorganic foods kill. That sums it up! :-) Erica Albanese School Of RAWk Certified Raw Chef, Raw Nutritionist and Health Coach Advanced Practitioner of The Living Foods Lifestyle www.SchoolOfRAWk.com Coming Soon! SchoolOfRAWk (541)915-1995 Subscribe To My FREE Online Bulletin! Email me at SchoolOfRAWk Check out School Of RAWk on MySpace! http://www.myspace.com/schoolofrawk Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Answers. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 rawfood , School Of Rawk <schoolofrawk wrote: > " Enzymes are destroyed when cooked. They may fall into the class of proteins but they are dead proteins when cooked. They are pure energy. Food with enzymes is a charged battery. Cooked food is a dead battery. Which would you put into your machine to get it working? " !!! OK, We seem to be getting somewhere now. I'm not trying to be argumentative, I just want help identifing the truth from people that know more than I do. The " meat of the matter " so to speak, is you say " Enzymes are destroyed when cooked. They may fall into the class of proteins but they are dead proteins when cooked. " What SPECIFIC enzymes " are destroyed when cooked " ? What SPECIFIC enzymes does the body assimilate when consumed in raw foods, that are not availabe to the body when they are cooked ? I so much want facts on this that I can source and point to. People ask me this stuff all the time and the best I can do is repeat vague, second hand stuff that I have heard repeated over and over. I'm getting more and more uncomfortable with that. IT'S TIME FOR FACT CHECKING. You have stated this as fact. You have a school of raw. Presumably you teach others this. Certainly you must have some independently verifiable facts to back these assertions up ? Please share them with us. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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