Digest Number 119

[Guest guest]

Bethany,

At risk of sounding like a box of rocks, how do I read the recipes on

these people's email? I assume I have to go to each person for the recipe?

Thanks for the walk out of the dark - once again.

Love, Computer

Challenged Mom

[Guest guest]

So basically you're saying that it is a medicine?

Olesja

 

 

" Wim Bommerez " <wimbommerez

Re: Wheatgrass

 

Yes vy Dominic,

I also think Dr. Graham is wrong in saying that we don't need (or can't use)

chlorophyll, and that the symptoms caused by using wheatgrass juice are

bad... indeed they're detox symptoms.

I agree with most other people in the raw food world that wheatgrass juice,

and other green juices, help the body to heal tremendously. But I think Dr.

Graham is right about wheat(grass) not being natural human food, and once

the body is healed, its use should be stopped, because then it would

possibly overstimulate the body.

 

Wim

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[Guest guest]

(about the benefits and possible disadvantages of wheatgrass juice)

 

 

So basically you're saying that it is a medicine?

Olesja

 

I don't know... I wouldn't call it like that in the common definition of

medicine being an isolated (bio)chemical substance - it is a food, even though

some people don't consider juices whole foods. But foods, especially the

so-called superfoods, can act like medicine, because they stimulate the body,

even when taken in small doses. Because they cannot be eaten or drunk in large

quantities (like garlic, or onions, or lemon juice) they are not considered

'foods' by some people however, but merely stimulants. Advocates of the

mono-diet say that one should only eat things you can eat a whole meal from, by

itself.

 

Personally, I believe (and experience) that superfoods, wheatgrass, some 'hot'

foods etc... can be very positive, but should be used in medicinal doses. I

don't think they are 'bad' or 'to be avoided', just because they do not belong

to our natural foods. Our body became unhealthy because of very unnatural

habits, so a little help from things that are, imo, healthy in small doses, but

not necessarily natural, may be needed and useful. They're still raw, (almost)

whole, fresh, and contain lots of useful substances. But the " only natural,

whole foods " people are right that we don't really need these things to heal, or

to thrive on a raw foods diet, I think. They only help us to achieve our goal

faster.

 

Wim