Guest guest Report post Posted September 5, 2003 Nice post Rufus I'm on the simplicity train with you. My meals mostly consist of one thing, usually fruit or leafy greens. Sure, I eat other things too, but most of the time I can't be bothered with the preparation > > As far as our diet goes, I think it's a lot more > helpful to study mammal behavior, then to study > nutrition. Paul Nisson says that everybody knows as much about nutrition as he does. That's probably oversimplified, but his point is that we all know that an apple is better for you than apple pie. I think that there's great value in the study of nutrition, but I also think that to become preoccupied with where to get what is a huge draw back from what the raw food diet has to offer. If you do the research you'll notice that certain nutrients are abundent in foods of the same color. I eat as many different colors every day as I can. I don't worry much about it. I do, however, find the workings of the human body pretty fascinating, so I like to know how it works, what different nutrients do, and how it all fits together. > Folks have gotten far too philosophical to me. Of > course chemicals are bad. We should strive to ingest > no chemicals at all. And of course food combination > is important. But we don't need to make a huge deal > out of either. Being human is not easy. We are so > smart that we feel we need to make simple things very > complex. I would think that people on this mailing > list, are here because they want to learn how to eat > raw foods. It's not too difficult, unless we make it > so. Exactly. There's also no right way to be raw. I try out what different people say - if it works for me I do it, if not, I don't. I don't like a lot of the foods that people swear you need every day (sweet fruits mainly), but I'm healthy and I feel great and right now, that's what matters. Roger's point about cravings was great. I know that when I crave sugar I really need either protein or calcuim, so I eat nuts instead. I'm all about listening to my body and being educated/attuned enough to understand what it's telling me, even if it doesn't quite make sense At any rate, I think being new to raw foods is overwhelming enough, simplicity goes a long way in remedying that. Bridgitte > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 6, 2003 Yes Roger I completely agree with what you have said. I remember at a very young age couldn't have been more than 5 I use to crave salt with lemon. I would pour some salt on a lemon and lick it off. I would do this all most obsessively. My mother finally took me to a doctor and he told her there was something in that lemon/salt combo that my body needed. Turned out I have a potassium defincey that was why I was craving the salt. He said I probably wanted the lemon to make the salt taste better. He told her to start making me eat bananas and kiwi. So after a few months I no longer craved lemons with salt. I can't go a day without my bananas or I will go crazy. As I got older this theory was proven to me over and over. I knew this lady that was gonna have a baby and she craved the smell of gasoline. The smell of that gas was causeing some kind of chemical reaction in her body that was giving her something that she needed. They never could figure out just what to sub. it with so they let her sniff some gas every once in a while to calm her cravings. Our bodies are wonderful machines. It know what we eat and it knows if it needs something to make use crave a food so we can get what it needs from it. Just because you are craving bread doesn't mean you need bread you need somthing that is in that bread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 22, 2008 , " Lily " <hannahbanana1122 wrote: > > thanks for letting me in the club! i am a vegetarian but alot of people > dont get why. Its nice to be in a group where people understand! I am new to the group as well and thought I'd tag along with your message to say " Hi " thanks Lily, Debby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 22, 2008 , " ezbubs " <ezbubs wrote: > > , " Lily " <hannahbanana1122@> > wrote: > > > > thanks for letting me in the club! i am a vegetarian but alot of > people > > dont get why. Its nice to be in a group where people understand! > > I am new to the group as well and thought I'd tag along with your > message to say " Hi " thanks Lily, Debby Glad you're here. it's not really a club though.... > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
