Jinjee Says...Raw vs SAD Blood Work...
I get Jinjee's (www.thegardendiet.com) daily little email, and I really like reading it, it's like a little raw of sunshine everyday.
This one talks about the difference between raw people and SAD people getting mainstream blood tests, I found it quite interesting and thought other people might too...(She got it off her friend's website, as she states at the end )
"My raw vegan friends just had their blood-work done and the naturopath was alarmed at the results - yet my friends feel great and look amazing! They did some research and found some information that may be helpful to others in this situation....
- It should be remembered among raw fooders that deficiencies are always gauged against standards that are established as "normal". This is done by examining the blood of apparently "healthy" individuals, and arriving at averages. Since 98% of our populace dies prematurely of degenerative disease, however, this data cannot be regarded as reliable. We cannot know what optimal nutrient levels are by assaying the blood of individuals who are slowly dying of degenerative disease! Even if we examine the blood of people who are living very healthfully and enjoying an exceedingly high level of health, we are faced with the other obstacle I mentioned: among the millions of different chemicals present in our blood at any given time, how can we tell the difference between what is vital to the functioning of our bodies and what is waste that is being eliminated? We can't possibly know what optimal nutrient levels are. We haven't even identified all of the nutrients i n foods. It is estimated, in fact, that we only know about 10% of them!
Here's another point to consider. If you put all the various diets that everyone in our culture eats on a scale from 0-100, with "0" being the worst junk imaginable and "100" being optimal, you'd find that even the most health-conscious naturopaths, herbalists and nutritionists might come in somewhere around 35, at best. These are typically the people who warn us about nutrient deficiencies. Now we raw fooders aren't anywhere near optimal on that 0-100 scale because of the sub-standard food we're forced to eat, but at least we're eating according to our biological design. Why on earth are we allowing 35's to tell US that WE need to worry about nutrient deficiency?
What can we do to assure ourselves that we won't become nutrient deficient? Well, we raw fooders are already doing the #1 thing -- eating biologically appropriate, raw food. In addition, we can strive to eat fresh, ripe, tasty food because these are indicators that the nutrients are there.
Raw fooders have much more pressing issues to concern themselves with than nutrient deficiency, like learning about the real causes of disease. Disease is a result of excess, and this fact is ignored by doctors, naturopaths and nutritionists. If in every case where deficiency was blamed for disease, the excesses that are being indulged by the patient were stopped, the disease would stop as well. The most important thing to remember is that if we follow health-building habits (which raw fooders do, more than anybody else), our bodies will become very efficient at extracting and using the nutrients that we consume in food.
PS: This was copied and pasted from
http://www.rawschool.com/nutrientdeficiency.htm
Note: we don't fully endorse everything they say on their site. They lean towards fruitarianism, and we believe that a large variety of raw foods should be consumed, including greens, vegetables, sprouts, seeds, nuts, and nut-milks.
Thank you Jed and Jill!! - Look for Jill's new Raw Skincare website soon at:
In Joy!
Jinjee
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com
This one talks about the difference between raw people and SAD people getting mainstream blood tests, I found it quite interesting and thought other people might too...(She got it off her friend's website, as she states at the end )
"My raw vegan friends just had their blood-work done and the naturopath was alarmed at the results - yet my friends feel great and look amazing! They did some research and found some information that may be helpful to others in this situation....
- It should be remembered among raw fooders that deficiencies are always gauged against standards that are established as "normal". This is done by examining the blood of apparently "healthy" individuals, and arriving at averages. Since 98% of our populace dies prematurely of degenerative disease, however, this data cannot be regarded as reliable. We cannot know what optimal nutrient levels are by assaying the blood of individuals who are slowly dying of degenerative disease! Even if we examine the blood of people who are living very healthfully and enjoying an exceedingly high level of health, we are faced with the other obstacle I mentioned: among the millions of different chemicals present in our blood at any given time, how can we tell the difference between what is vital to the functioning of our bodies and what is waste that is being eliminated? We can't possibly know what optimal nutrient levels are. We haven't even identified all of the nutrients i n foods. It is estimated, in fact, that we only know about 10% of them!
Here's another point to consider. If you put all the various diets that everyone in our culture eats on a scale from 0-100, with "0" being the worst junk imaginable and "100" being optimal, you'd find that even the most health-conscious naturopaths, herbalists and nutritionists might come in somewhere around 35, at best. These are typically the people who warn us about nutrient deficiencies. Now we raw fooders aren't anywhere near optimal on that 0-100 scale because of the sub-standard food we're forced to eat, but at least we're eating according to our biological design. Why on earth are we allowing 35's to tell US that WE need to worry about nutrient deficiency?
What can we do to assure ourselves that we won't become nutrient deficient? Well, we raw fooders are already doing the #1 thing -- eating biologically appropriate, raw food. In addition, we can strive to eat fresh, ripe, tasty food because these are indicators that the nutrients are there.
Raw fooders have much more pressing issues to concern themselves with than nutrient deficiency, like learning about the real causes of disease. Disease is a result of excess, and this fact is ignored by doctors, naturopaths and nutritionists. If in every case where deficiency was blamed for disease, the excesses that are being indulged by the patient were stopped, the disease would stop as well. The most important thing to remember is that if we follow health-building habits (which raw fooders do, more than anybody else), our bodies will become very efficient at extracting and using the nutrients that we consume in food.
PS: This was copied and pasted from
http://www.rawschool.com/nutrientdeficiency.htm
Note: we don't fully endorse everything they say on their site. They lean towards fruitarianism, and we believe that a large variety of raw foods should be consumed, including greens, vegetables, sprouts, seeds, nuts, and nut-milks.
Thank you Jed and Jill!! - Look for Jill's new Raw Skincare website soon at:
In Joy!
Jinjee
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com
Tags: blood, deficiency, minerals, nutrient, raw, sad, test, vitamins
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Permalink Reply by vladimir on -
Durianrider claims that storm eats 100% raw but jinjee does not. Apparently she has it up on her site.
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Permalink Reply by yogini on -
I like Jinjee a LOT she has a super sweet vibe. She promotes raw foods daily. I am curious why it matters if she is not 100%? Curious as to why this would be an issue, considering the fact that she is SO raw.
Zoe, I also receive her daily inspiration. Funny, this is the one I have actually not liked. This is the one that made me consider clicking on, "remove me from your list". But I didn't because I really like her and she is very inspiring! The problem I have with this daily inspiration, as I read it: she's giving medical advice, which can be dangerous. None of the claims she makes have been studied, so I wonder why she is doing this? For example, one thing I know from personal, daily experience is this: Nauropaths and doctors tell patients all day long, every day, to do away with excess. So, about that claim she's just incorrect. I am not the only one doing this all day long, day in and day out. This doesn't make me like her any less. I just get very frustrated when people make blanket, generalizing statements that can actually turn people away from raw foods.
Raw foods are healing and make people feel good, so they eat them. If someone has a deficiency or not, that is for them to decide after listening to their own bodies and examining their own state of health. This particular "inspiration" tells people to listen to her- and ignore their lab work. Let the individual decide that for themselves, I say. As for Jinjee, she is a big burst of light in my in box, most days!
Namaste.
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Permalink Reply by Josh Fossgreen on -
I think I heard something of that nature in an interview Revvell Revati did with Storm. You can check that out on Rawkin Radio to confirm... I think Storm said that he is 100% raw, and the rest of his family eats some cooked food. Also, much to my disliking, he's a little vague about the actual content of his diet, from what I've seen/read.
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Permalink Reply by Zoe on -
yeah but really, just look at them, they are seriously glowing with health! Storm is 60 years old, Jinjee has had 5 kids... why pick them apart?
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Permalink Reply by yogini on
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Agreed! Especially, because she has had five kids. Especially. She is amazing!
Also, this is a thread about what some one thinks about lab values gauging raw- health, not about Jinjee's "rawness".
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Permalink Reply by yogini on
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Boys will be boys. What would happen if they had to give birth? Maybe, sweet potatoe fries. Who knows? What cooked food would pregnant boys eat?
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