Flavor Enhancement: Stevia (MORE)

[Guest guest]

Hi Jan,

 

Yes, the primary thing is awareness. I do offer this: gradually reduce the

amount of flavor enhancers you use for your entire family; in other words,

give their sense of taste a series of little nudges. And if they complain,

then step back slightly, then proceed forward again.

 

You can also set aside a portion of " your concoctions " for yourself and

enhance the rest, so that YOUR sensory awareness come fully online as

quickly as possible.

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

allensapmom [imalwayslearning]

Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:36 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Re: Flavor " Enhancement " : Stevia

 

 

I am in the position of preparing foods for my dh, family, and friends who

are very skeptical of the changes I've made to my diet the past year. To

prepare for them the same foods I enjoy in their natural state would be

non-pallatable for them so I rely on maple syrup, stevia, agave, and honey

in various quantities so that they are instead encouraged to continue trying

my " concoctions " as they sometimes refer to it. It's nie to know the

benefits and draw back to many options.

 

J

 

rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

 

Hi everyone,

 

I notice an ongoing conversation in the group about stevia, whether or not

this is a toxic substance.

 

I'd offer a different and much simpler approach. If you cannot enjoy the

foods you are eating without intensifying ( " enhancing " ) their flavor in some

way (whether by sweetening, spicing, salting, or the like), then either you

are eating the wrong foods for you, or your health is such that your sensory

awareness is substantively damaged and your body requires time to restore

that awareness, or some combination of these two.

 

In other words, I'm not commenting upon stevia, in and of itself, at all,

one way or the other. Rather, I'm commenting more generally upon what lies

beneath a desire to intensify the flavors (or the aromas) of the things we

eat.

 

Best,

Elchanan