Getting All My Nutrient Living on Live and Raw...??

January 2, 2006

Hi,

I have a friend is trying to sell me on Usana. I asked her is

Usana's products were organic in nature and how they were

processed. She said that she had a comparison guide she could send

me from the company. I declined since most oftend the company has

created the guide to fair in their favor. Instead, I looked at both

Usana and NCO website. What a difference. Usana, to me, appears to

be marketing itself under the umbrella of wellness, yet is in fact a

group of scientists selling chemically created and altered products

and vitamins.

I have also heard about New Chapter Organics. I decided that to

purchase the Co-enzyme B COmplex 50 after my naturopath did some

muscle testing and made the recommendation.

After looking at New Chapter Organics, I felt as if they were the

closest to organic/whole as they come, without actually being the

orginal product.

My friend maintains the stance that there is no way of getting

the nutrients I need without taking a vitamin and proceeded to give

me examples of the amount of food I would need to consume, etc. I

still instinctually feel that this is only the case if you followe

the S.A.D.

My personal instincts say that all of my nutrients can be obtained

from what I consume-fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, and seeds.

I plan to begin a ten day Master Cleanser on Jan. 1 followed by

Alissa cohen's 30 day raw and live as a transition. I have watched

her video and it aligns more to my feeling that it is possible to

receive all the nutrients one's body needs on a Raw and Live diet.

Are there any resources that show a) who determine what has been

considered the RDA of nutrients b) why it is believed that the same

RDA would fit everyone person when we are a different as our

thumbprints, c) info regarding why one can receive all their

nutrients via a raw and live diet without need to eat a kitchen

sinks worth of food in a day, and d) any info on when a person would

even seriously consider using formuulated nutrients.

I was wondering if there were any response to my earlier post. I am

not interested in buying any products just basic insignts that

support the nutrition questions people tend to ask when you mention

to them that you have chosen to go raw. Thanks...Peace...Pat

Thanks in advance...Peace...Pat (06)

PS-I took sample of Usana and a sample of NCO and dissolved them

into three different cups of water. After several 15 minute

intervals. The gold Usana tablet turned speckly red and gold and

smelled like chemicals, the white Usana tablet, turned blue, then

white, and then broke down to smell like chlorine/chlorox, and the

green NCO vitamin stayed naturally green, stayed in a whole food

clumped form, and continued to retain it's smell as if it was a

combination of spinach...uhmmm...things that make you go

uhm...smile...

January 2, 2006

drinking fresh green juices in variety has been beneficial for me...i've

been raw for a little over three years and no problems w/nutritional

defeciencies....i have noticed i require less to eat as i go along...my

belief is that i am absorbing better and my body is becoming more