RE: Food...: Fruits and shoots (WAS: More on Sprouts & Weeds..) [s]

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Kay Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:22 AM rawfood

[Raw Food] More on Sprouts & Weeds..

Elchanon - what is your view on lentil/mung sprouts?

 

Now look - I just threw 3 half packets away thinking " good - I dont need to

bother with these since i am back on Nat'H " !! " Don't " tell me I should

have kept these legumes for my salads?!

 

What do you think though? I do like them in salads with avo or seed dressing

but since the recomendation is 1 avo' per week (approx) then I needed to

encourage myself in getting away from " savoury " salads.

 

I am still interested to hear whether I should completely give up seeds/flax

etc. Sorry if I am moving on too fast. I have some time for here this week

- Kay x

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Hi everyone,

As a generalization, we are designed to eat fruits and shoots. Many very

young, tender greens work just fine for our species. If it tastes good and

isn't causing any obvious upset,then it's probably the least of your worries

unless you are REALLY at a high level of fine-tuning your program.

 

In comparison with what almost all of us used to eat, sprouted legumes are a

wonderful food. It's only when we begin considering what is truly optimal

for our species that legumes drop out. I have never seen any claim

suggesting that legumes, in and of themselves, cause any disease. However,

they do require more energy to digest than do fruits, shoots/tender greens,

and they do embody a combination of substances that creates a bit of a food

combining challenge (starch + protein) inside us. So frankly, if you're

transitioning and a bit of legumes helps you stay all-raw, eat the

legumes!!! And if you're a competitive athlete, or you are really striving

for optimal energy, focus, clarity, etc., then drop them. But you can always

drop them next month, you know. :)

 

Seeds and nuts are a bit of a different issue. We sometimes suggest a small

quantity of seeds blended with an acid fruit, to make a salad dressing. For

example, an orange with some hemp seeds or macadamia nuts. But nuts and

seeds are high in insoluble/indigestible fiber as well as fat, and so they

are really designed as a primary food for other animals and a snack for us,

at most,

 

Hope this is helpful,

Elchanan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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