The Curious Nature of Vitality ... Bellyache (Anna)

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Hi Anna,

 

First, congratulations for setting yourself up in such a learning

experience! What a wonderful opportunity (though not necessarily pleasant at

every moment.

 

Let's start at the bottom of your post and work our way upward. Those test

numbers ... the stark contrast you observe over such a brief time interval

.... are a testament to what we have discussed here in the past. The

indicators of health vary significantly from what the medical/ " health care "

community comprehends. And what you observe in these test numbers, you

observe in your belly.

 

The moment we change our diet significantly for the better, immediately our

system begins creating better health ... as it is designed to do! And as our

health improves, our vitality expands.

 

Question: What is vitality?

 

Vitality is our capacity to respond to conditions, the very extent to which

we are biologically alive. The strength of our response is a measure of that

capacity.

 

As your body began to cleanse, restore, and replenish itself, your vitality

increased ... far more rapidly than you probably would imagine. You became

more fully alive!! So now, when you ingest those " same old foods " , it is

entirely understandable that your system responds from a place of much

greater strength ... and that your perception, your awareness, is

considerably greater, as well.

 

To test this out (but this is NOT a test I really recommend to anyone), just

continue eating the cooked food awhile longer. Eventually, the response will

diminish considerably. Upon such an occurrence, some would say you have

acclimated. I would say your vitality has diminished ... that you are quite

literally less alive, biologically speaking, than before. (And that is why I

do not actually recommend this experiment!

 

Sadly, we actually DO carry out exactly this experiment ... routinely ...

upon our precious little babies. We feed them awful stuff, and they push it

away and cry and poop awful material ... sticky, smelly gunk. And after

awhile, at some age, this response diminishes. The mainstream says the baby

has acclimated to solid foods (or the like). But in reality, the baby's

vitality has dropped as if from a cliff, to a new, forever diminished

plateau, and the baby's system is no longer capable of creating such a

vital, acute response.

 

So Anna, sing praises of gratitude for your newfound vitality!!!

 

Best,

Elchanan

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Anna Bishop

Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:18 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] bellyache

 

 

ok...until recently...i was 90% raw for 4 weeks and went 100% for 2 weeks,

until 10 days ago when i went back to cooked....

 

ive had a bellyache ever since...daily...nonstop...for 10 days...

 

now this may seem like a dumb question..or no real complaint at all to

some...but i was eating cooked WITHOUT a bellyache constantly BEFORE going

90% 8 weeks ago....like for my whole life!

 

what happened??

 

is this normal?

 

im not enjoying this cuz im not 100% raw right now.its disconcerting to

think that i HAVE to eat raw or else from now on because i liked the

occassional cheat....but the pain is significant...

 

did something change? Is there a line you cross at a certain point in raw

eating that makes it IMPOSSIBLE to return to cooked without suffering so

much? This sucks....

 

oh..incidently....got my values from med exam... taken 6/12/07 cho 190 trig

71 ldl 126 hdl 50 but most telling are my vitals...after 4 weeks raw on 6/12

i was

100/60, 97.5 degrees....after 7 days cooked i was 110/80, 99.6...7 DAYS!

 

ouch! anna

 

-- Anna