why raw works

[Guest guest]

Here is a report from someone who went to a recent talk by David

Wolfe:

http://www.americahealth.com/davidwolfe/sevierville051804.html

This bit stood out for me:

<begin quote>

This was the 3rd time I have been to a David Wolfe lecture and once

again, the main topic was MINERALS. I summarize it all this way:

 

If your food is DE-MINERALIZED it doesnt matter if you are raw vegan,

vegetarian, hallelujah, natural hygienist or whatever. None of that

matters because you will still be DE-MINERALIZED. On the other hand

if your food is HIGHLY MINERALIZED it doesnt matter if you are raw

vegan, vegetarian, hallelujah, natural hygienist or whatever. None of

that matters because you will be HIGHLY MINERALIZED.

<end quote>

 

I am curious as to whether this is a fair interpretation of what DW

has been saying recently. Has anyone here been keeping up to date on

that?

 

If it is fair, then the suggestion is that the reason the raw food

diet works (when it works) is primarily the mineral balance, rather

than enzymes, or avoidance of molecular transformations due to

heating, or maintaining some less well defined energy / life force.

The " rawness " is secondary at best. Put more bluntly, we could go

back to eating junk as long as we're also eating lots of fresh greens

(grown in re-mineralized soil) or sea vegetables, and we could rename

our group " HighlyMineralizedSeattle " . What do people here think of

this as a direction for the movement?

 

-rho

PS - I'm treating a serious topic lightly, as always. Please don't

assume that means I don't take it seriously. On the subject of

minerals, I am convinced there is much to do. I use glacial rock

dust in my vegetable garden, together with compost tea (see

www.soilsoup.com) to provide the microorganisms that can make the

minerals available to the plants. (So much for my few beds, now we

just have to remineralize the farmed areas...)

[Guest guest]

Can you share your resource of glacial rock dust? Where do you get it? Do

you use the compost tea brewing system? Seems quite expensive. Does it work

well?

 

Helen

-

" rho_sat " <rho_sat

<RawSeattle >

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:15 PM

[RawSeattle] why raw works

 

 

> Here is a report from someone who went to a recent talk by David

> Wolfe:

> http://www.americahealth.com/davidwolfe/sevierville051804.html

> This bit stood out for me:

> <begin quote>

> This was the 3rd time I have been to a David Wolfe lecture and once

> again, the main topic was MINERALS. I summarize it all this way:

>

> If your food is DE-MINERALIZED it doesnt matter if you are raw vegan,

> vegetarian, hallelujah, natural hygienist or whatever. None of that

> matters because you will still be DE-MINERALIZED. On the other hand

> if your food is HIGHLY MINERALIZED it doesnt matter if you are raw

> vegan, vegetarian, hallelujah, natural hygienist or whatever. None of

> that matters because you will be HIGHLY MINERALIZED.

> <end quote>

>

> I am curious as to whether this is a fair interpretation of what DW

> has been saying recently. Has anyone here been keeping up to date on

> that?

>

> If it is fair, then the suggestion is that the reason the raw food

> diet works (when it works) is primarily the mineral balance, rather

> than enzymes, or avoidance of molecular transformations due to

> heating, or maintaining some less well defined energy / life force.

> The " rawness " is secondary at best. Put more bluntly, we could go

> back to eating junk as long as we're also eating lots of fresh greens

> (grown in re-mineralized soil) or sea vegetables, and we could rename

> our group " HighlyMineralizedSeattle " . What do people here think of

> this as a direction for the movement?

>

> -rho

> PS - I'm treating a serious topic lightly, as always. Please don't

> assume that means I don't take it seriously. On the subject of

> minerals, I am convinced there is much to do. I use glacial rock

> dust in my vegetable garden, together with compost tea (see

> www.soilsoup.com) to provide the microorganisms that can make the

> minerals available to the plants. (So much for my few beds, now we

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Helen:

I'm glad to share! The cheapest source I found for both the tea

brewer and the rock dust was Acme Worm Farm - www.acmewormfarm.com.

They're still not cheap, but significantly cheaper than the

manufacturer's site and they were very friendly to deal with. If

anyone knows still better sources, please post.

 

I've been having a fun time brewing up gallons of microorganisms and

trying them on all kinds of plants, ornamentals as well as edibles.

So far, everything is growing well, but this is my first season doing

this so it's really too early to tell. Possibly the plants just like

the extra attention! The lettuce tastes great, but the first harvest,

straight from the garden, always does. I decided that my life is too

full this year to run experiments and confirm for myself that the tea

is worth doing, so I am trusting the academics <gasp> and Ann

Lovejoy, and applying tea with abandon. Maybe next year I'll show

some discipline.

 

-rho

 

 

RawSeattle , " Helen " <helensy@c...> wrote:

> Can you share your resource of glacial rock dust? Where do you get

it? Do

> you use the compost tea brewing system? Seems quite expensive. Does

it work

> well?