Weight Loss & Juicers

[Guest guest]

Re juicers, with reference to a post earlier that

mentioned juice from a Champion juicer being a bit warm.

I've heard a lot of good things about Champion, but

one or 2 people said that the way it extracts the

juice creates heat that may kill some of the enzymes. I

use a Champion (paid about $190 on the internet) and

am very happy with it after having used an inferior

one I paid $125 for. If anyone has an opinion on the

enzyme/heat issue, I'd like to know. I find that the the unit

gets a little warm, but the juice doesn't get hot or

anything and I doubt it's being heated to 106 farenheight;

at least the juice is not that warm when you drink

it.<br><br>Re weight loss, I've found 2 or 3 concepts that

allow you to eat as much as you want subject to certain

rules. Firstly, almost any serious raw-fooder will tell

you that you lose lot's of weight (Men particularly

sometimes complain about this). Secondly, there is a

science call Trophology or " food combining " that says for

optimal digestion you should avoid combining certain

incompatible foods at one meal. Most notably do not combine

high-protein (e.g. meat) with high-carb (e.g, potatoes, bread,

rice) at the same meal. Milk generally should be

avoided or consumed by itself. You will lose weight if

you follow these guidelines and it's interesting that

a raw foodist probably follows this logic

(unintentionally) due to the nature of the types of food eaten

(e.g. usually no meat). I also think food combining is

one of the common denominators here because I

personally know that the Atkins diet (as much meat, eggs and

cheese as you want but no carbs)works... But it is

incompatible with raw foodism so I wouldn't recommend it to

anyone except maybe a hard-core meat eating

addict.<br><br>Mallon

[Guest guest]

I agree w/you about the Champion; I also have

used one for 20 years now.<br><br>I am currently

practicing proper food combining--thanks for the correct

term--and am finally losing weight again. As long as I ate

improperly the weight stayed on and I had embarrassing

digestive problems!!! Watching my intake of high sulfur

foods also helps. I found it did no good and wasted

money to go to my GP or to a Gastroent. They are into

traditional foods and eating plans and medicines. The Gas.

told me the raw foods were causing the gas, so unless

I was willing to give them up, there was not much

to be done.<br><br>I seldom eat " regularly " anymore

because I can really tell the difference. Last summer

from June-Oct, I used the McDougal plan and liked it.

However, I love miso and I do better as a incidental vegan

than as a declared one. That way I can be lacto-ovo

and have some fat if I choose w/o the guilt. I can

also eat w/ nonvegetarians more often w/less stress.