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Sounds great, Jeff. I do realize that you don't eat for specific nutrients,

in general. Just wanted to share a few observations with you (and with

everyone). Will be interesting to read about how your experiment goes.

 

Best,

Elchanan

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Jeff Rogers

Sunday, March 01, 2009 10:23 PM

 

Re: Sunlight and mushrooms (WAS: Food Assessment:

Fractional Thinking; Vitamin D, Sunlight, and Mushrooms)

 

On Mar 1, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Elchanan wrote:

 

>>2. Science is presently aware of thousands and thousands of nutrients,

and many more probably await future discovery.

 

True. I've often mentioned there may be thousands of nutrients still

undiscovered.

 

>>3. Therefore, eating for individual nutrients is almost always a

self-defeating proposition. And that is what you propose here ... to eat

mushrooms in an attempt to gather in some vitamin D.

 

I, basically, don't eat for nutrients, individual or otherwise. I just eat

(one exception is when doing " experiments " ). I find the subject of vitamin

D from mushrooms interesting. This is an experiment to me. I'll likely go

back to rarely eating mushrooms, like I did before (although Thrive's chili

contains mushrooms. I enjoy their chili!). As I've also mentioned, other

aspects of my blood analysis may be affected. In other words, perhaps not

just the vitamin D may be affected. As science may be unaware of a great

many nutrients, blood analysis only looks at individual nutrients. Unknown

nutrients and their effects on the body may go unnoticed. As you mention,

this is only one nutrient. As a vegan, I appreciate that there is a

non-animal source of vitamin D for those .who do not get enough sun and/or

are looking for supplementation (or just worry about getting enough D)

 

>>Jeff, many people are unaware just how little sunlight it takes to get the

body producing vitamin D. Go for a 30-minute walk as frequently as you can.

Find a window to sit in front of, take off as many clothes as circumstances

and personal comfort permit, and sit there when the sun shines in. (Yes, the

glass filters out some of the sunlight, but not all, not even close.) My

point is that you can indeed do some things to engage with the sun ... and

that this will benefit you in many ways, beyond vitamin D. For example,

just going for regular walks will expose you to light, fresh air movement,

and more.

 

>>In other words, what I'm suggesting is that you're asking a self- limiting

question and that you consider changing the question entirely. For example,

you might ask yourself, " How CAN I get some sunshine in my life, even here

in the NW Territory? How would Lewis and Clark have done so? " Allow your

sense of curiosity and play to come to the fore, rather than having it be

some serious-seeming inquiry.

 

As my last year's test was considerably higher than the previous year

(without mushrooms or supplements of any kind) I realize I did pretty well

using the sun (though there are still other variables). Your point,

however, is still appreciated.

 

I don't know what question you are considering " self-limiting " . I'm curious

if eating mushrooms prior to my vitamin D test will result in a higher level

of D (according to the test). It may not be an exact scientific study, but

if the change is significant, then it will likely satisfy my curiosity.

 

If I have a sense that this little study is confirmed, it is one more piece

of information I can share with others who may be paranoid about giving up

their pasteurized/homogenized bovine mammary secretions. While this may be a

raw list, away from this list I still deal with a lot of questions from

people closer to Standard American Diets.

 

>>Regarding the mushrooms per se, as I've already written in another post

earlier today, from my perspective, under normal circumstances, the cost, in

terms of energy and other resources, of processing and eliminating the

mushrooms outweighs any potential benefit. By " normal circumstances, I mean

not famine, not war, etc.

 

I recognize that any " food " that may have a toxic element, may have a

detrimental effect on the body.

 

>>You may find it interesting to know that mushrooms are no longer

considered plants. I mention this because, if I have the right sense of

your chronological age, you were probably taught about the 2 kingdoms of

life, plants and animals. But the biological taxonomy is a hopeless mess,

(those most of the scientists will not yet say so in public). Right now,

many biologists acknowledge fungi (which subsumes mushrooms) as a kingdom of

life entirely distinct from plants, animals, and the other kingdoms. So

when you consider eating mushrooms, from a biological perspective, you're

not even speaking of eating plants.

 

I don't consider mushrooms as plants, though I recognize much of our society

may (many are still confused with " fruits " and " vegetables " ). I consider

mushrooms fungi.

 

Jeff

 

 

 

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