Pregnancy, cleansing, self-poisoning [ginger] and How much greens?

[Guest guest]

Elchanan,

I understand that now about ginger, but 10 years ago, I knew

nothing about the 80 10 10 diet or the raw foods diet. I was on a

strict macrobiotic diet, cooking 3 nutritious (what I thought was

nutritious) meals a day and working VERY HARD at it! I had a

macrobiotic counselor, who wrote several books about how the

macrobiotics way of life prevents and even cures cancer! I trusted

Denny WAxman immensely, so when he told me that ginger help me immensely

and would increase my health, of course, I believed him.

I started MY path of health when I was 20 and I was a newlywed.

My husband brought home a book from the library entitled, " What's in an

orange? " The book started out talking about the orange dye that they

put on the green oranges after they are picked and how this dye seeps

right into our oranges. It then talked about how all of the chemicals

and additives that they add to our foods cause cancer and other

diseases. That book changed my life, and I started reading the

ingredients on everything in the supermarket. I stopped eating all of

the foods that contained artificial anything or any kind of

preservative, chemical, etc. I stopped eating white bleached flour;

started going to health food stores, etc.

BEfore I became pregnant with Molly, my middle child (11 years

ago), I was very tired all of the time, and I realized that I needed

some diet counseling. I started going to cooking classes for

macrobiotic meals, and that's where I met my macrobiotic counselor's

wife, Melanie Waxman. I thought that the macrobiotic diet was the

healthiest diet you could be on, and I really believed that I was doing

the best thing that I could for my health. For about 2 years, I felt so

much better and so much more energetic. I gave up my coffee

completely!! However, when I was pregnant, I started having cravings

for red meat - for steak and hamburgers. My counselor told me that I

SHOULD give in to my cravings and eat the meat, since the " baby "

probably needs the meat. AFter I gave birth, I went back to eating a

real macrobiotic diet and felt pretty good for another couple of years.

However, I wasn't feeling very energetic when Janet told me about the

Path of Health group.(Thanks Janet . So I joined and was very

skeptical at first, since Denny Waxman had told me that raw foods should

be avoided completely - even salads! He said that the body can't get

the nutrients out of the raw foods. Everything about the raw foods diet

was completely the opposite of the macrobiotic diet that I was following

for 11 years! I was even told to put my apples in boiling water for at

least a minute before eating them!

I was just reading in Victoria's book how watercress is toxic. It's

funny, but all of our cooking classes talked about how watercress gives

us so much strength, and it is one of the healthiest foods that we could

eat!!! And I loved watercress, so I ate it whenever I could find it in

the health food store! Now I avoid it like the plague!

I am definitely a believer of the 80 10 10 diet now, and I have

never felt more energetic or healthier, since I've started it.

Elchanan, I have another question, though. I know that you

wrote to me saying that I would be fine (with getting all of my B

vitamins) as long as I ate enough greens. My question is: how much is

enough? I eat about 1/2 head of red leaf lettuce or romainne lettuce a

day. I'm not sure that's adequate, since you had said that you had a

LARGE head of lettuce as part of your dinner on one specific day when

you were describing your diet.

Thanks so much for your comments and information!!! It is very

appreciated! This way of life is all very new to me (just since March)!!

Lynne

 

>

> So Lynne,

> Your body was desperately trying to cleanse and create a relatively clean

> environment for your new baby, and you blocked it at every opportunity in

> order to make yourself more comfortable. If it works instantly, then it's

> foreign matter, so strong as to force the body to completely redirect its

> efforts toward one goal: removal of the toxin ... in this case, the

> ginger.

>

> Again, you can see the symptoms, but you cannot, or are unwilling to,

> distinguish causes from symptoms.

>

> Best,

> Elchanan

> _____

>

> rawfood <rawfood%40>

> [rawfood <rawfood%40>] On

> Behalf Of

> Lynne Moore

> Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:24 AM

> rawfood <rawfood%40>

> Re: [Raw Food] Motion sickness

>

> Caron,

> The only thing that saved me during my two pregnancy was eating

> ginger constantly during the first three months. I was nauseous 24/7!

> I would just buy raw ginger, and slice it up and take the skin off.

> Then I would put several slices in a container (store the rest in the

> frig) and take it with me everywhere!!!!!! You just pop it into your

> mouth at the first sign of nausea, and bite into it so the juice squirts

> into your mouth. It works instantly!! The tablets and ginger candies

> never helped me at all!! You need the fresh raw ginger. You can get it

> in any supermarket at the produce aisle! I usually get mine at Whole

> Foods.

> Hope that helps,

> Lynne

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynne,

 

My backlog cleanup continues, and I find this post from you.

 

First, thank you for your kind comments! (Last paragraph)

 

Second, is there something here you wish me to respond to? If yes, then

please reduce it to a sentence or two. If not, then mission accomplished!

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Lynne Moore

Monday, July 02, 2007 3:43 AM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Pregnancy, cleansing, self-poisoning [ginger] and

How much greens?

 

 

Elchanan,

I understand that now about ginger, but 10 years ago, I knew nothing about

the 80 10 10 diet or the raw foods diet. I was on a strict macrobiotic

diet, cooking 3 nutritious (what I thought was nutritious) meals a day and

working VERY HARD at it! I had a macrobiotic counselor, who wrote several

books about how the macrobiotics way of life prevents and even cures cancer!

I trusted Denny WAxman immensely, so when he told me that ginger help me

immensely and would increase my health, of course, I believed him. I started

MY path of health when I was 20 and I was a newlywed. My husband brought

home a book from the library entitled, " What's in an orange? " The book

started out talking about the orange dye that they put on the green oranges

after they are picked and how this dye seeps right into our oranges. It

then talked about how all of the chemicals and additives that they add to

our foods cause cancer and other diseases. That book changed my life, and I

started reading the ingredients on everything in the supermarket. I stopped

eating all of the foods that contained artificial anything or any kind of

preservative, chemical, etc. I stopped eating white bleached flour; started

going to health food stores, etc. BEfore I became pregnant with Molly, my

middle child (11 years ago), I was very tired all of the time, and I

realized that I needed some diet counseling. I started going to cooking

classes for macrobiotic meals, and that's where I met my macrobiotic

counselor's wife, Melanie Waxman. I thought that the macrobiotic diet was

the healthiest diet you could be on, and I really believed that I was doing

the best thing that I could for my health. For about 2 years, I felt so

much better and so much more energetic. I gave up my coffee completely!!

However, when I was pregnant, I started having cravings for red meat - for

steak and hamburgers. My counselor told me that I SHOULD give in to my

cravings and eat the meat, since the " baby " probably needs the meat. AFter

I gave birth, I went back to eating a real macrobiotic diet and felt pretty

good for another couple of years. However, I wasn't feeling very energetic

when Janet told me about the Path of Health group.(Thanks Janet . So I

joined and was very skeptical at first, since Denny Waxman had told me that

raw foods should be avoided completely - even salads! He said that the body

can't get the nutrients out of the raw foods. Everything about the raw

foods diet was completely the opposite of the macrobiotic diet that I was

following for 11 years! I was even told to put my apples in boiling water

for at least a minute before eating them! I was just reading in Victoria's

book how watercress is toxic. It's funny, but all of our cooking classes

talked about how watercress gives us so much strength, and it is one of the

healthiest foods that we could eat!!! And I loved watercress, so I ate it

whenever I could find it in the health food store! Now I avoid it like the

plague! I am definitely a believer of the 80 10 10 diet now, and I have

never felt more energetic or healthier, since I've started it. Elchanan, I

have another question, though. I know that you wrote to me saying that I

would be fine (with getting all of my B vitamins) as long as I ate enough

greens. My question is: how much is enough? I eat about 1/2 head of red

leaf lettuce or romainne lettuce a day. I'm not sure that's adequate, since

you had said that you had a LARGE head of lettuce as part of your dinner on

one specific day when you were describing your diet. Thanks so much for your

comments and information!!! It is very appreciated! This way of life is

all very new to me (just since March)!! Lynne