Vegetarian Research Off Topic not food related

[Guest guest]

Really? Are you positive that this is true? I ask only because my physician

told me that a " heavy, fiber-filled stool " will sink while " oily or fat-filled "

stools will float. <shrugs shoulders> I'm not a doctor or a scientist--and my

experience with the subject is limited--but it seems that there are a lot of

differences in opinion here. Don't really care myself as I use what's going in

my mouth as a judge of how good my diet is, (not how it's coming out) and I

frankly have never had " potty " problems. (That high-fiber diet keeps everything

a movin'!) I just hate to see misinformation passed along--even if innocently

and with the best of intentions...

 

Sincerely,

 

--Celia--

 

GB wrote:

>> These foods still have fiber but not as much as raw. Most people in

the West cannot digest a lot of raw food. this is about the 3rd time

I am posting this. The way to tell if a person is digesting food is

if the stool floats. If the stool floats, then you are floating; if

the stool sinks, then you are sinking. Raw food usually comes out

looking pretty much the way it went in. If one cannot digest food,

then they do not get the nutrients and the undigested food turns into

" ama " or toxins. The body extracts the mineral (metals) from the food

.. Metal is heavier than water. If the metals are in the food, then

the stool sinks. Everyone can make their own evaluation. This is a

basic tenet of yogis who fast and have " perfect " digestion, Ayurveda

and my own experience. it is written in the yogic scriptures.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oily floaters means your intestine is not absorbing nutrition from

whatever you are eating. They leave oil slicks around the water in

the bowl. It is a medical problem, not the result of eating

Vegetarian or raw vegetables vs cooked. Possible causes can include

chronic pancreatitis as well as malabsorption. Tests to evaluate this

would be sending the stool off for fecal fat tests. Another test for

malabsorption would be a blood test looking for celiac disease.

 

We all get the gas induced floaties, they are nothing to worry about.

 

Janis

 

, " Celia Browne " <cbrowne

wrote:

>

> Really? Are you positive that this is true? I ask only because my

physician told me that a " heavy, fiber-filled stool " will sink

while " oily or fat-filled " stools will float. <shrugs shoulders>

I'm not a doctor or a scientist--and my experience with the subject

is limited--but it seems that there are a lot of differences in

opinion here. Don't really care myself as I use what's going in my

mouth as a judge of how good my diet is, (not how it's coming out)

and I frankly have never had " potty " problems. (That high-fiber diet

keeps everything a movin'!) I just hate to see misinformation passed

along--even if innocently and with the best of intentions...

>

> Sincerely,

>

> --Celia--

>

> GB wrote:

> >> These foods still have fiber but not as much as raw. Most people

in

> the West cannot digest a lot of raw food. this is about the 3rd time

> I am posting this. The way to tell if a person is digesting food is

> if the stool floats. If the stool floats, then you are floating; if

> the stool sinks, then you are sinking. Raw food usually comes out

> looking pretty much the way it went in. If one cannot digest food,

> then they do not get the nutrients and the undigested food turns

into

> " ama " or toxins. The body extracts the mineral (metals) from the

food

> . Metal is heavier than water. If the metals are in the food, then

> the stool sinks. Everyone can make their own evaluation. This is a

> basic tenet of yogis who fast and have " perfect " digestion, Ayurveda

> and my own experience. it is written in the yogic scriptures.

>

>

>