Hmmm. I'll ruminate on that! =) In macrobiotics, they always said 'chew your drink and drink your food'.
Be well, Léna On Feb 6, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Bob Banever wrote: > Hi Nenah, > > Yes it’s true some people do worse with a raw food diet, vegetarian or > otherwise. It is most important to chew our food well so as to warm and > digest most of it before it goes into the stomach. It becomes much easier > for us to assimilate that way and places less stress on our body. If > everyone would simply masticate their food 20, 30 or more times before > swallowing we would have a more peaceful world. > > Cheers. > > From: Nenah Sylver [mailto:nenahsyl...@cox.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 11:17 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: RE: CS>Juice fasts... > > Bob wrote: Juice fasts can be very beneficial for those who are overheating > or have too much fire or yang. Many people are like that which is why juice > fasting can be so beneficial. I would agree that cold, and empty yin > conditions would not benefit or might get worse. Certainly eating cold food > such as ice cream, smoothies, etc are never beneficial except in those people > who might temporarily benefit from eating cold and/or raw food. Generally, > eating a balance of raw/cooked food is good for everyone. It is always > important to chew your food well and eat organically raised food as much as > possible. Chewing “cooks” the food before it goes down and enzymes in the > food and saliva break it down further. > ---------------------------------------- > Bob, > I completely agree with you about raw food being cold to the body. I love > blending my salads and adore leafy green salads, but I always feel better > when I eat cooked meat and some cooked veggies too. > > This is one reason I take issue with raw foodists (or any dogmatic position > on what one “should” be eating). In my experience, most raw foodists have > acted as though that way of eating will help everyone, and that if you can’t > do it, keep on doing it until you feel better. > > But some people NEVER get better from a completely raw diet, especially a raw > vegetarian diet. > > Nenah
