comprehensive list of food listed by characteristic?

[Guest guest]

Roger, have you looked at Gabriel Cousens' books?

 

Judy

_www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com_ (http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com)

 

Does anybody know of any comprehensive lists of food where each food is

listed by their characteristics?

 

I'm particularly interested in the warming/cooling and drying/moistening

characteristics.

 

What I know of is scattered here and there in several books, and none of

them supply comprehensive information.

 

When I really need to focus my diet for more extreme conditions, it would be

really handy to have a list to review to see what might feel good to eat in

the category I need that day.

 

For example, where I live sometimes we are fogged in for days in the winter.

After too much of that my lungs start filling up. It would be great to have

a list of the drying foods to review to see what might work for me that would

help counterbalance the fog.

 

Probably it would be also nice to have a list of the foods where their

characteristics aren't known, so there is a visual reminder of the other food

choices that could be explored over time.

 

May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter,

Roger

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Does anybody know of any comprehensive lists of food where each food is listed

by their characteristics?

 

I'm particularly interested in the warming/cooling and drying/moistening

characteristics.

 

What I know of is scattered here and there in several books, and none of them

supply comprehensive information.

 

When I really need to focus my diet for more extreme conditions, it would be

really handy to have a list to review to see what might feel good to eat in the

category I need that day.

 

For example, where I live sometimes we are fogged in for days in the winter.

After too much of that my lungs start filling up. It would be great to have a

list of the drying foods to review to see what might work for me that would help

counterbalance the fog.

 

Probably it would be also nice to have a list of the foods where their

characteristics aren't known, so there is a visual reminder of the other food

choices that could be explored over time.

 

May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter,

Roger

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter,

Roger

Thanks for the thoughts Roger and blessings with finding the list. (I

don't have one resourced right now.)

L'Erin

[Guest guest]

great question. I'd also like to know this

information.

Emily

[Guest guest]

I was thinking of that plus Rainbow Light Green Cuisine and also Spiritual

Nutrition.

His books are very detailed and it can be hard to target the info in them

when we need it, but I think these might have some food lists that would be

helpful.

 

Judy

 

Hi Judy,

Which book are you recommending as a source of information on food

characteristics?

 

I have " Conscious Eating " by Gabriel Cousens. The book focuses on concepts

and is great with those. It has a very poor index, and so makes a pretty poor

reference book when you are trying to find specific facts. All I found

related to this question was a section on herb/spice characteristics, and since

it

makes me sick to use any herbs or spices, that wasn't of much use. I know

there are more facts, but would have to read the book again to find them each

time I had a diet question.

 

I find that " Healing with Whole Foods " by Paul Pitchford makes a much better

reference book except for the fact that he leans away from raw food and

towards cooked food. He has lots of food facts, but they are mostly scattered

throughout the book. There is a very detailed index so the facts can be found,

but I can't afford to spend 2-3 hours thumbing through the book every time I

want to shift the balance in my diet for a day or two. He didn't intend it to

be a comprehensive reference on food properties, so there are foods he just

doesn't mention, or mentions just a single characteristic of theirs. Also he

tends to ignore foods without any medicinal properties. However since he

doesn't list these, you don't know if a food is totally neutral, or if he just

didn't know its properties.

 

Both Cousens and Pitchford put a lot of emphasis on herbs and spices, and a

lot of their information focuses on them. This isn't of any use for raw food

people who eat just food, and never eat any herbs or spices. So this gets

back to wanting to find lists where food is cross listed by its

characteristics.

 

Most food authors throw out a few interesting facts about food, but none of

my books seem to comprehensively cover specific facts about foods, just the

concepts related to food. Most just throughout the catchall " use your

intuition " and leave it at that. For now my food intuition is too mixed up to

depend

on, so I need lists to guide me while my body and intuition are healing.

 

May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter,

Roger

 

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<vegwriter

<RawSeattle >

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:51 PM

Re: [RawSeattle] comprehensive list of food listed by

characteristic?

 

 

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> Roger, have you looked at Gabriel Cousens' books?

>

> Judy

> _www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com_ (http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com)

>

> Does anybody know of any comprehensive lists of food where each food is

> listed by their characteristics?

>

> I'm particularly interested in the warming/cooling and drying/moistening

> characteristics.

>

> What I know of is scattered here and there in several books, and none of

> them supply comprehensive information.

>

> When I really need to focus my diet for more extreme conditions, it would

be

> really handy to have a list to review to see what might feel good to eat

in

> the category I need that day.

>

> For example, where I live sometimes we are fogged in for days in the

winter.

> After too much of that my lungs start filling up. It would be great to

have

> a list of the drying foods to review to see what might work for me that

would

> help counterbalance the fog.

>

> Probably it would be also nice to have a list of the foods where their

> characteristics aren't known, so there is a visual reminder of the other

food

> choices that could be explored over time.

>

> May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter,

> Roger

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[Guest guest]

Hi Judy,

Which book are you recommending as a source of information on food

characteristics?

 

I have " Conscious Eating " by Gabriel Cousens. The book focuses on concepts and

is great with those. It has a very poor index, and so makes a pretty poor

reference book when you are trying to find specific facts. All I found related

to this question was a section on herb/spice characteristics, and since it makes

me sick to use any herbs or spices, that wasn't of much use. I know there are

more facts, but would have to read the book again to find them each time I had a

diet question.

 

I find that " Healing with Whole Foods " by Paul Pitchford makes a much better

reference book except for the fact that he leans away from raw food and towards

cooked food. He has lots of food facts, but they are mostly scattered throughout

the book. There is a very detailed index so the facts can be found, but I can't

afford to spend 2-3 hours thumbing through the book every time I want to shift

the balance in my diet for a day or two. He didn't intend it to be a

comprehensive reference on food properties, so there are foods he just doesn't

mention, or mentions just a single characteristic of theirs. Also he tends to

ignore foods without any medicinal properties. However since he doesn't list

these, you don't know if a food is totally neutral, or if he just didn't know

its properties.

 

Both Cousens and Pitchford put a lot of emphasis on herbs and spices, and a lot

of their information focuses on them. This isn't of any use for raw food people

who eat just food, and never eat any herbs or spices. So this gets back to

wanting to find lists where food is cross listed by its characteristics.

 

Most food authors throw out a few interesting facts about food, but none of my

books seem to comprehensively cover specific facts about foods, just the

concepts related to food. Most just throughout the catchall " use your intuition "

and leave it at that. For now my food intuition is too mixed up to depend on, so

I need lists to guide me while my body and intuition are healing.

 

May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter,

Roger

 

-

<vegwriter

<RawSeattle >

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:51 PM

Re: [RawSeattle] comprehensive list of food listed by characteristic?

 

 

>

> Roger, have you looked at Gabriel Cousens' books?

>

> Judy

> _www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com_ (http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com)

>

> Does anybody know of any comprehensive lists of food where each food is

> listed by their characteristics?

>

> I'm particularly interested in the warming/cooling and drying/moistening

> characteristics.

>

> What I know of is scattered here and there in several books, and none of

> them supply comprehensive information.

>

> When I really need to focus my diet for more extreme conditions, it would be

> really handy to have a list to review to see what might feel good to eat in

> the category I need that day.

>

> For example, where I live sometimes we are fogged in for days in the winter.

> After too much of that my lungs start filling up. It would be great to have

> a list of the drying foods to review to see what might work for me that would

> help counterbalance the fog.

>

> Probably it would be also nice to have a list of the foods where their

> characteristics aren't known, so there is a visual reminder of the other food

> choices that could be explored over time.

>

> May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter,

> Roger

>

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