Staying Warm (WAS: Correct Interpretation of Evolution and Raw Eating)

[Guest guest]

Harsha, would you consider another approach? You write:

___

Should we ignore that when we are feeling cold, we like to get warm, some

how.

___

On its face, this sounds not only correct, but utterly obvious ... and yet,

perhaps not so correct after all.

 

What!!! you say. Bear with me for a moment, please ...

 

We consider ourselves this brilliant species, imbued not only with our vast

innate intelligence, with which all live is imbued, but also with this

wonderful forebrain of ours. We have cognition, reason, speech,

self-awareness, a sense of presence and of spirit. We are so wonderful!!!

 

Why, then, do we not anticipate what we already KNOW will make us cold and

take steps to STAY warm, rather than becoming cold and then trying to warm

ourselves??? It is SO much easier to prevent a problem than to fix it. Here,

it is so much easier to STAY warm than to " warm up " .

 

If we're so bloody intelligent, then why has this seemingly straightforward

concept (apparently) eluded the conscious awareness of most of our species

for, what might we say, tens of thousands of years or so, maybe more?

 

So yes, absolutely, drink your hot water ... but drink it BEFORE you become

cold, when you know you are LIKELY to do so!!! (We have an entire thread on

this in PathOfHealth, where people shared all sorts of ideas in this

regard.) And I do not believe Joe intended or said otherwise.

 

Just musing aloud.

 

Best,

Elchanan

 

PS: If you are genuinely interested in getting some things into forms

suitable for distribution and publication, then a personal blog is

definitely not the ideal way to go ... and I invite you to write to me

privately. We have some nascent projects in the works over here in the Path

of Health Community. E

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Harsha

Sunday, October 21, 2007 5:20 AM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Correct Interpretation of Evolution and Raw Eating

 

Dear Joe,

 

What a profound and a fundamental argument. The digestive system is

millions of years old so we have to look at the big picture. I love

that! I think it is simple, straightforward, and brilliant. The only

thing I would say is that man invented fire long time ago, I forget

when. But in cold climates, it would make sense to heat up the water and

drink tea and stuff, don't you think? Should we ignore that when we are

feeling cold, we like to get warm, some how. Drinking hot water, hot

soup, etc. might be part of our background at some level, right? I know

that when I am feeling cold in the morning, I love to drink lot of hot

Chai. I like the act of boiling water, feeling the steam, putting tea in

and preparing it.

 

I would love to put some of this great stuff on my blog if anyone is

interested in good organized writing using subtitles.

 

Namaste and love to all

Harsha

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

If we are living in a climate intended for our species, the want for

hot coffee, chai, tea, is unlikely. Though we all like a warm fire to

sit around and be cozy (so romantic, too), few if any want to be

around one when it's already warm or hot (subtropics/tropics).

 

Janet - man, it's getting hot in here!

 

rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

 

Harsha, would you consider another approach? You write:

___ Should we ignore that when we are feeling cold, we like to get

warm, some how.

___ On its face, this sounds not only correct, but utterly obvious ...

and yet, perhaps not so correct after all.

 

What!!! you say. Bear with me for a moment, please ...

 

We consider ourselves this brilliant species, imbued not only with our

vast innate intelligence, with which all live is imbued, but also with

this wonderful forebrain of ours. We have cognition, reason, speech,

self-awareness, a sense of presence and of spirit. We are so wonderful!!!

 

Why, then, do we not anticipate what we already KNOW will make us cold

and take steps to STAY warm, rather than becoming cold and then trying

to warm ourselves??? It is SO much easier to prevent a problem than

to fix it. Here, it is so much easier to STAY warm than to " warm up " .

 

If we're so bloody intelligent, then why has this seemingly

straightforward concept (apparently) eluded the conscious awareness of

most of our species for, what might we say, tens of thousands of years

or so, maybe more?

 

So yes, absolutely, drink your hot water ... but drink it BEFORE you

become cold, when you know you are LIKELY to do so!!! (We have an

entire thread on this in PathOfHealth, where people shared all sorts

of ideas in this regard.) And I do not believe Joe intended or said

otherwise.

 

Just musing aloud.

 

Best, Elchanan PS: If you are genuinely interested in getting some

things into forms suitable for distribution and publication, then a

personal blog is definitely not the ideal way to go ... and I invite

you to write to me privately. We have some nascent projects in the

works over here in the Path of Health Community. E _____

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Harsha Sunday, October 21, 2007 5:20 AM To:

rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Correct Interpretation

of Evolution and Raw Eating Dear Joe, What a profound and a

fundamental argument. The digestive system is millions of years old

so we have to look at the big picture. I love that! I think it is

simple, straightforward, and brilliant. The only thing I would say is

that man invented fire long time ago, I forget when. But in cold

climates, it would make sense to heat up the water and drink tea and

stuff, don't you think? Should we ignore that when we are feeling

cold, we like to get warm, some how. Drinking hot water, hot soup,

etc. might be part of our background at some level, right? I know

that when I am feeling cold in the morning, I love to drink lot of hot

Chai. I like the act of boiling water, feeling the steam, putting tea

in and preparing it.

 

I would love to put some of this great stuff on my blog if anyone is

interested in good organized writing using subtitles.

[Guest guest]

-

Janet FitzGerald

>If we are living in a climate intended for our species, the want for

hot coffee, chai, tea, is unlikely. Though we all like a warm fire to

sit around and be cozy (so romantic, too), few if any want to be

around one when it's already warm or hot (subtropics/tropics).

>Janet - man, it's getting hot in here!

 

I live in the tropics, for perhaps the first time in my life, though the

place I grew up in was tollerably warm. I really don't feel comfortable in

the heat, though I haven't spent a summer here, raw. I don't feel

comfortable in the cold, either. I feel comfortable when outside temperature

is around 30 dgrees celcius (80-85 degress farenheit). Unfortunately, not

many places in the world stay this temperature year round. I'd have to

migrate around 600kms a season to stay this temperature, and that's not even

accounting for the sudden cold snaps or heat waves that seem to be common

everywhere I've travelled (australia, japan, usa). Unless one is living

right on the equator, how does one account fot the variations in

temperature?

 

Caron

[Guest guest]

On Monday 22 October 2007, Caron wrote:

> Unless one is living

> right on the equator, how does one account fot the

> variations in temperature?

>

> Caron

 

Put on clothes, take off clothes.

 

--

the kneeling fool

[Guest guest]

> > Unless one is living

> > right on the equator, how does one account fot the

> > variations in temperature?

 

>

> Put on clothes, take off clothes.

>

> --

> the kneeling fool

 

LOL!!! PRICELESS!

Erica

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