The problem with dehydrated foods ... MORE (WAS: Dry oats)

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Hi Tanya and all,

 

Of course, each of us travels a unique path. Still, if you are eating

dehydrated foods to make some transition " easier " , then those foods will not

likely serve your intended purpose. In fact, they will likely slow you down

and take you off course. And if you experience transitioning as " difficult " ,

I offer this:

 

1. This sense of " difficult " or " hard " arises in your mind, particularly

your subconscious mind, not in your diet. For example, if you have eaten in

the past to avoid feeling (whether feeling in general or some specific

feeling(s)), or if you hold some deep belief that you are unlovable, or not

worthwhile, or anything similar, then how you eat may be intertwined with

this " programming " in your mind.

 

2. If I am " on the right track " here, even to a reasonable degree, then the

solution also arises in your mind, not in your diet. Your old ways of eating

serve various purposes within the context of your life. If you try to rip

out those old habits without addressing the very real needs those habits

have served for many years, then you will inevitably fall back into those

habits or into similar habits, shifted somehow. The last portion of that

sentence seems significant here. For example, if you attempt to replace one

kind of " fill-me-up " food (i.e., many forms of cooked food) with another

form of " fill-me-up " food (i.e., raw dehydrated foods), you will have moved

farther sideways than forward. And you will cling to the new habit because

it seems familiar, and NOT because it represents the shift you genuinely

seem to seek.

 

At this point I've probably said enough, and I'll offer you the following.

In the Path of Health Community, we provide various learning programs, many

of which we share at no cost with anyone interested. One of those free

programs is available at

 

 

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Wishing everyone the very best that love and life have to offer,

Elchanan

 

PS: I publish most of my posts in the PathOfHealth Group.

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

The Grrl

Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:04 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] The problem with dehydrated foods (WAS: Dry oats)

 

 

I understand and don't disagree with this. I still bought a dehydrator and

had dehydrated apples. No, it wasn't optimal, but I still did it. For some

people, it seems to be really easy to go raw " overnight. " I don't get why

the term " transitional " is " incorrect. " Some people go raw and others move

towards it slower. Going towards it slower is what I would call

transitioning. From 50% to 60% to 70% raw, etc.

 

It was not easy for me. For those who found it easy, that's great and I wish

at times I had been among those who found it easy.

 

I chose to dehydrate. It helped me at times when I wanted something

unhealthy, like chips. It's 3 months into this and I'm doing much better. I

have moved out of dehydrating and choose to eat things as they are, making a

few recipes here and there. I still use the dehydrator for my family, who

are not raw. It's a choice. I understood that I wouldn't be eating

dehydrated all my life if I were to go raw.

 

Again, I understand and this is valid. I am moving towards the end result in

a different way.

 

Tanya

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