Supplementing Vegan Diet

[Guest guest]

Omega fatty acids and iodine are not found in

plants, and not much in land-meat, only in sea food.

See<br><a href=http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~mvaneech/Cunnane.html

target=new>http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~mvaneech/Cunnane.html</a><br>about how

human-brain evolution was made possible by a

shore-based diet<br><br>If you don't like raw fish, then take

supplements of omega fatty acids and iodine, ESPECIALLY

PREGNANT WOMAN (your child's IQ is at stake)

<br><br>Speaking of supplements, other important items not found

in any diet are<br>CoEnzyme Q10, Alpha Lipoic Acid,

& Acetyl Carnitine (for mitochondrial

preservation)<br>Acetyl Cysteine, the body's DNA-repair

enzyme<br><br>Taking these, and DHEA (the 'youth hormone'), will

'trick' the body's ageing clock into thinking you're

younger than your years, thus postponing many ageing

symptoms even more than a raw-food diet does by

itself.<br><br>Other readily available items not found in any diet

are<br>TMG (tri-methyl glycine), which fights the bad

blood-chemical homocysteine<br>MSM (methyl sulfonyl methane) an

important metabolic component <br>Pregnenolone, a DHEA

co-factor<br><br>Good auxiliary anti-oxidants are grape-seed extract

and tumeric-root extract<br><br>Those of you who

don't believe in pills can go ahead and die decades

sooner than necessary, of the universally programmed

disease of old-age, if being 'natural' is your fetish.

<br><br>I think that the cure for old age, when finally

discovered, will be found to work only for raw-foodists. Will

that make them want to ban it? Stay tuned.

[Guest guest]

& gt; & gt; & gt;Omega fatty acids and iodine are not

found in plants, and not much in land-meat, only in sea

food.<br><br>The article you linked to does not say this. There

are two essential fatty acids omega 3 and omega 6!

Both are found in plant foods such as flax seeds, the

richest source, and walnuts as well as various other

plant foods. There are other fatty acids in fish, EPA

and DHA, but they are not essential. Read Jeff N's

aka ChefJeff's article on

this.<br><a href=http://www.living-foods.com/board/read.php?f=1 & i=18609 & t=18606

target=new>http://www.living-foods.com/board/read.php?f=1 & i=18609 & t=18606</a><br\

><br>Iodine is found in vegetables although can be low if the

soil is iodine deficient.<br><br> & gt; & gt; & gt;Speaking

of supplements, other important items not found in

any diet are CoEnzyme Q10, Alpha Lipoic Acid, &

Acetyl Carnitine (for mitochondrial preservation) Acetyl

Cysteine, the body's DNA-repair enzyme<br><br>Coenzyeme Q10

is produced by the body and is also found in raw

plant foods. It is destroyed by cooking.<br><br>About

lipoic acid my nutrition textbook says " it has not yet

been demonstated to be essential in animals or

humans " .<br><br>Even the American Dietetic Association says that

plants contain all required nutrients except vitamin

B12, which is the only thing vegans 'need' to

supplement. I'm surprised you didn't mention

that.<br><br>Rawfood rules, the reason why we need what is in

particular foods is because over millions of years our

nutrient requirements have evolved based on these foods.

There is no essential nutrients that are not supplied

in foods.<br><br> & gt; & gt; & gt;Those of you who don't

believe in pills can go ahead and die decades sooner than

necessary, of the universally programmed disease of old-age,

if being 'natural' is your fetish. <br><br>There are

various concerns about possible health risks of taking

isolated nutrients and therefore supplemets should be

minimized. The best thing to do is to get all nutrients from

foods. If you can not eat adequate amounts of veggies to

get good nutrition then juicing vegetables such as

dark leafy greens is a much better answer than taking

suypplements.<br><br>I have to comment that it seems that most raw

vegans are not getting enough of various things. EFA's

are often lacking as is B12 and various minerals and

vitamins.<br><br>Blake