Vita-mix and raw issues

[Guest guest]

Hi all~

My name is Sandy and I just joined your group today. I was led to the raw

diet through a 3 day water/lemon cleanse I did in January. It just felt like

the next step in my healing process. I was 100% raw for a few weeks and it was

fabulous. Then I had loads of company and being so new to raw I felt helpless

at sticking with the raw during my families stay. I now feel that I made a

horrible mistake. Soon after they left I found out that I was expecting our

second child which was very thrilling. However, I cannot seem to get back to

100% raw. My body is extremely sensitive to cleansing right now and the

slightest move in the right direction sends me into a state of incapacitation

which

is hard as I am also caring for a 2 year old. I am staying focused and am

taking it one step at a time and soon I will be back to what I now consider

" normal " or rather optimal nutrition.

 

I have done some reading on raw and am continuing to devour every raw book I

can find. However, I have a few questions/concerns that I feel only you

educated, experienced raw foodists can answer for me. My blender is about to

die

from all the raw apples and frozen fruits I've been putting into it lately. I

was interested in the Vita-mix as it seems it may be the number one or number

two choice for raw foodists. I went to a convention this weekend to see it

and learn more about it. I was very dissapointed in that it heated up the food

so much. Isn't this a concern? Of course they added ice to almost

everything. This also went against my raw thinking. I know we are supposed to

drink

between our meals not with so wouldn't adding ice be doing the same as drinking

with our meal, diluting digestive juices, enzymes, etc? Also, I know I read

somewhere about eating/drinking things at room temperature instead of cold or

hot and how it is more beneficial for us. Drinking something cold now seems

foreign to me. It also heated up the nut butters made in the Vita-mix~something

you can't add ice too. I know you can put it in the fridge afterwards but

doesn't this initial heating process make the fats rancid and break down

protein? I would be concerned in putting flax seeds into anything that heats

them.

 

I have searched your archives and read the info on the Vita-mix in those

emails. I also learned through you about the K-tec Champ. Does this also heat

as

the Vita-mix does? I know that the power of the machine is probably

associated with the heat it produces so you probably can't get one without

sacrificing

the other, right?

 

Thank you so much for you time and allowing me to learn from you! I am

looking forward to being a part of your group.

Sandy

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Sandy, welcome to our group!

 

I have a VitaMix that I've been using for years and my experience is

that it takes quite a while for things to heat up! It is my one and

only " blender " and is used daily for smoothies and salad dressings

and sometimes soup. Only once in about five years have I left it

running long enough to heat the contents to a temperature above what

a raw person would want.

 

Annette

[Guest guest]

rawfood , FITJUNKIE@a... wrote:I

was interested in the Vita-mix as it seems it may be the number one

or number

two choice for raw foodists. ......I was very dissapointed in that it

heated up the food

so much. Isn't this a concern? Of course they added ice to almost

everything. This also went against my raw thinking.

 

Hi Sandy,

 

Christina here to respond. I recently bought a Vita-Mix for my raw

soups, etc., etc. As to heating foods up, my answer would be to not

blend it long enough for that to happen. Blend in short spurts. I

have never added ice to anything I've blended in the VM. I also know

that there have been pro and con discussions on this list about

whether the VM is the *best* or not. It fills my needs to my utmost

satisfaction and I will never regret my purchase.

 

By the way, I bought a refurbished VM directly from the VM corp (go

to their website for this) and it carries the same 7-year warranty as

a brand new one, but costs less.

 

The thing about heating up in the VM has to do with the length of

time, and the speed, at which you blend the foods. Blend on high for

2 to 4 minutes and the food heats up. VM isn't endorsing raw foods,

so it doesn't really CARE about what heat does to foods. What they

want to promote is a product that satisfies the needs of their

customers whatever they do.

 

I think it's a fine product.

 

Bright Blessings,

 

Christina