maple syrup, honey and Intro

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Hello all!

 

I am new here, an all raw Organic Vegan. I don't

currently use honey, although I have studied it and

used it in the past.

 

One of the reasons I don't consume animal products is

I don't like how they are treated/used/whatever.

 

Now I was a farm girl, raised my own stock, etc etc.

Quality of life and so on... Even so I was unhappy.

 

SO now I do all raw Vegan and have had great results.

 

With the help of my Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractor (who

started as Shaman first and then studied homeopathic

and naturopathic medicine after getting his first

degree) I am not only not in a wheelchair, but have

put away both of my canes Too!

 

I have so far gone from two inches past 300 on my

scale to three inches below 300. SO I can actually

boast that I lost five inches (grin)

 

Its 16 pounds since mid September according to my

doctor's scale.

 

If I have a day that I crave, I eat an organic lemon.

I love them!

 

Did the master cleanse and I do want to point out

something. One of the reasons we eat raw is the live

enzymes are there in abundance for us. IF we

dehydrate at the lower setting of 105 degrees we still

get some of them, in a reduced amount.

 

Microwaving kills all the enzymes and that Mircrowave

was the hardest thing to give up.

 

Essene bread is baked at 225 for a longer period of

time, from sprouted grains. I have baked sweet

potatoes, golden beets and yams at 200 for a slow cook

and it is still considered " raw " enzyme wise according

to my diabetic nutrionalist. (she is all raw Vegan

too.)

 

BUT

 

Why do we not realize how maple sugar is made? Having

come from the New England area, I can tell you it is

vigorously boiled for a long time, and cream is added

to keep it from boiling over. MANY companies use a

form of formaldehyde in the processing/reducing.

 

Even organic Maple syrup is cooked and reduced in high

heat. No way it has live enzymes.

 

I do my master cleanse without the maple syrup or the

backstop molasses as it too is cooked at high heat for

long periods.

 

Frankly I drink it without the sweetener added.

 

If you are doing the Master Cleanse for the ten days,

and go from raw (for three days) into the master

cleanse and then back to raw, you won't be lacking

anything in major amounts minerally wise for that

brief period.

 

What about using Honey instead?

 

I realize that pollen is gathered from the flowers and

saved, and honey is considered by many to be a

wonderful sweetener, but you can't give it to babies

under 18 months because of the problems with botulism.

Also, if it takes a million flowers for a pound of

honey, that is a pretty steep price for the bees to

pay for our desires. Its not like they give up up

freely, but must be smoked down to even get to it.

 

The other thing I think about when passing the honey

up is that in Chinese medicine, a person who " NEEDS "

the heavy amount of sugar is one who is not only out

of balance with him/herself and nature, but considered

to be mentally unbalanced as well.

 

I know that a lot of my emotional baggage started to

clear up once I walked away from sugar.

Homeopathically and naturopathically speaking sugar is

a medicine. The western culture misuses it

dreadfully.

 

Just my two cents worth, thanks for listening!

 

Laura

 

 

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