Thank You! (Supplementing)

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

I just want to say that I agree with your representation of supplementing as

more of a psychological crutch than a physiological necessity.

 

It's obviously true that we'd be healthier if we were eating perfect foods but

fortunately this is not necessary in order for us to enjoy a very high level of

health. If nature required us to be perfect, cooked food eaters wouldn't last

50-80 years like they typically do. Besides, whatever shortcomings might exist

in our foods, supplements cannot compensate for them.

 

If nutrient deficiency was inevitable for people who don't supplement, I don't

suppose I'd even be living because I've never supplemented. My health just

continues to improve the longer I'm raw. Whenever I do get a nagging symptom, I

can always trace it back to some mistake I've made in the eating department,

like too much fat, too much food overall, eating too late in the evening,

miscombining, etc. I think raw fooders would have a whole lot fewer problems if

they did this as a practice rather than entertaining thoughts of nutrient

deficiency whenever they become symptomatic. Taking supplements often

suppresses symptoms the same way drugs or herbs do. Meanwhile, the real cause

of the symptoms (most often excess, not deficiency) goes unaddressed.

 

The truth is, raw fooders are the least likely people on earth to become

nutrient deficient, not only because we don't kill our nutrients with heat but

because our bodies are far more efficient at breaking down and utilizing the

nutrients we consume. It has always baffled me why there is so much fear of

nutrient deficiency in the raw world.

 

I wrote an article about this topic on my website

(http://www.rawschool.com/nutrientdeficiency.htm) for anyone who's interested.

 

Best wishes,

Nora

www.RawSchool.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I believe you are right - raw foodists are eating a whole category of

diet (raw food diet) missed by 99.???% of the world. For 10's of

millions of years our ancestors were eating raw foods. So, just eating

raw foods is a huge step. I don't know just how much fear there is in

the raw world, as you say. I realize some may supplement. I don't know

how many. From some conversations I've had, many don't think its a bad

thing and don't seem to worry, it's just a simple precaution. So, in

that case, they don't seem to fearful.

 

I agree that the way we eat will affect the body's production/

assimilation of B12. If we overeat, eat too frequently, eat

complicated meals (many different foods combined together), and/or eat

too many fats and proteins our bodies will not be as efficient

regarding B12 production and absorption.

 

Jeff

 

On Jan 20, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Nora Lenz wrote:

 

> The truth is, raw fooders are the least likely people on earth to

> become nutrient deficient, not only because we don't kill our

> nutrients with heat but because our bodies are far more efficient at

> breaking down and utilizing the nutrients we consume. It has always

> baffled me why there is so much fear of nutrient deficiency in the

> raw world.