sulfites and sulfur dioxide

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John,

 

Interesting that you mention sulfur-dioxide. I happened to take a 9th grade

class that I teach on a tour of a local large winery (Baron Herzog) last week,

and asked about sulfites added. The manager of the plant mentioned that the

adding of sulfites such a potassium metabisulfite is used to discourage (slow

down) bacterial contamination and fermented spoilage (turning into vinegar),

but sulfur dioxide is used to actually kill bacteria and is used in cleaning

equipment and corking. As you say, though, it has high reactivity and many are

extremely sensititve to it.

 

Yehuda

 

<johnkokko wrote:

Yehuda, I'm in agreement with you and

also in the consideration of being a vegetarian,

what about all of the pesticides that are used on plants,

as well as protective waxes on fruit,

sulfur-dioxide on dried goods, etc...

 

Of course, most vegetarians in this country probably eat organic,

since they're already thinking about those things.

It's harder to find organic grass-fed meat than organic vegetables and

fruit.

How is this in Europe?

 

On 3/25/07, wrote:

>

> Tom,

>

> Your eloquent epistle prompts me to mention yet one more important issue:

> the food we eat as a source of Qi. What kind of Qi is going to result from

> mass produced and packaged, chemically processed, denatured, genetically

> modified food? And what kind of blood for that matter? When people eat " free

> radical chemicals " instead of real whole foods the damage they do to their

> qi, xue and ying can't be underestimated. I think that as physician, this

> issue is far more important than whether or not one should be a vegetarian.

>

> Yehuda

>

>

> Tom Verhaeghe <tom.verhaeghe<tom.verhaeghe%40acupunctuur.org>>

> wrote:

>

> One thing to add to what Hugo said below: the yang you are discussing

> below,

> that meat and spices like garlic and onions evoke; is not the pure yang we

> need in order to thrive. They work more on the lower chakras, if you know

> what I mean.

> The best yang that we can obtain cannot be found in any foodstuff, imo.

> The

> pure yang comes from Heaven and that is where we should be looking for it

> -

> through gentle meditation and cultivation of the Shen, which is pure yang.

>

>

> I believe that there are many reasons to eat vegetarian; health being one

> of

> them. It takes effort to compose a balanced veg*n diet, but it can be

> done,

> as have many already showed through their lives and examples.

> Ecological reasons are very compelling - not many people know that it

> takes

> 19.000 litres of water to produce one pound of beef as compared to 190

> litres to produce a pound of wheat; or that the world's cattle now consume

> a

> quantity of food equal to the caloric need of 8.7 billion people (more

> than

> the world population). If everyone went veg*n, there would be enough food

> to

> feed the entire population of the world. There's deforestation, there's

> pollution,...

>

> But I believe that the most important reason lies in spiritual

> cultivation;

> meat is yin when it comes to cultivation of the spirit and keeps us here

> when we want to go there.

>

> Tom, happy yogi and veg*n for 10 years

>

> ----

>

> Hugo Ramiro

> 03/24/07 19:40:01

> To:

Chinese Medicine <Chinese Medicine%40yaho\

ogroups.com>

> Re: Vegetarianism

>

> Hi Attilio.

> As you probably know, one of the reasons that low/no - meat diets are

> prescribed by various spiritual traditions is to lower " excitement " in the

> body, i.e., " Yang " . Even herbs like ginger and garlic are commonly

> prohibited for their spicy (i.e. " saucy " ) properties. So it's

> perfectly

> natural and expected that one's yang qi will diminish with this type of

> diet

> These diets are supposed to help us be calmer. This is, however, different

> from saying that one will become yang deficient, i.e. cold hands and feet,

> lots of shivering, low appetite, loose stools, and so on.

> However, I have found, in my experience as well as helping others with

> vegetarian / vegan diets, that it does take discipline to maintain one's

> balance and not slide into cold / deficiency - the same as it takes

> discipline when eating meats to not slide into heat / excess. Some of the

> most important factors in my experience are below:

>

> 1. regular, deep sleep starting at 10pm, most nights.

> 2. a warming breakfast, i.e. whole grains, pulses, cooked vegetables

> 3. high caution on sweets (incl. carbs), raw veggies and fruits, refined /

> processed foods (i.e. low qi foods)

> 4. high caution on burning the candle at both ends + cold and damp weather

> 5. constant practice of qi gong / dao yin / as appropriate for your diet +

> goals

>

> Hope that's useful,

> Hugo (15 year vegetarian, no dairy)

>

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