Is vinegar raw?

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Permalink Reply by Taylor Snipes on July 3, 2008 at 2:23pm

I would be happy to fill you in, to an extent :)

There is a very scientific explanation to all this, but Doug Graham would be more able to explain that than I can. I will, instead, try to appeal to your common sense:

They say don't drink seawater, it will kill you. Even with all that water, you die of dehydration; the salts are so toxic that, even diluted to the extent that they are, your body STILL does not have enough fluid to dilute those minerals in your body. The body's solution to pollution is dilution. If this is true, and I assure you, this is, then why on Earth would anyone wish to extract the water from all of the minerals, and put it on their food, in their water, or even eat it plain as a mineral supplementation (I have heard many speak of doing this)??

Would you feed a baby garlic, onions, salt, spices, oils, grains, refined sugar, etc? If you wouldn't feed a baby any of these, and this is assuming that you wouldn't, why would you put that in your own body?

Could you make a meal of garlic? Oil? Cayenne pepper? Salt? If you cannot make a complete, satiating meal of something, then it fits the bill of not being fit for human consumption. There are two quasi-exceptions to this rule: greens, and overtly fatty foods. While it is possible to make a meal of lettuce, you would need to eat 20 heads (roughly 1200 cals); think of how many heads you would need daily to get enough fuel (for me it would be 60-100, depending on the day). On the other end of the spectrum, you could surely eat a meal of nuts, avocados, coconut, etc. So why is this an exception? To do so regularly would result in a drastic loss in your state of health. These foods average at 70-80% of total calories coming from fat. On a 2000 calorie day, fruit all day with a salad and a third of an avocado would give you roughly 10% of your total calories coming from fat. Any higher than that on a yearly average will result, quite predictably, with health problems such as candida, diabetes, chronic fatigue, etc., all the way to the end of the spectrum with the nasty ones like cancer. Another reason why an overtly fatty food should not be consumed as a meal is this: our bodies run on sugar, and it takes incredible amounts of energy to turn protein or fat into usable fuel, which is primarily glucose. Lastly, the good stuff in fruits are water-soluble, which means that they need to be replaced continually. Fatty acids, on the other hand, are able to be stored, therefore they only need to be replaced in very small amounts.

What can you then make a meal of? Fruits (including both sweet and savory, from bananas to cucumbers) and greens. Fruit is the only thing that, when eaten to satiation, provides you with the perfect blend of calories, carbs, protein, fat, water, fiber, enzymes, co-enzymes, antioxidants, phytonutrients, etc. Fruit, while providing some minerals, does not provide enough. Therefore, we must go to our second most optimal food, greens. These provide an abundance of water, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, and more. Between the two of these, you have a nutritionally complete dietary intake. And besides, without cooking and all the non-food additives (previously mentioned), what else tastes good besides fruit and greens?

Have you been filled in yet, Lesley? Perhaps a little stuffed? :)

T

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Permalink Reply by Lesley Anne on July 7, 2008 at 1:35am

YES! Awesome and VERY interesting, Thanks sooooooo much for taking the time ti write this, I know it can be a little time consuming. Thanks again Taylor:)

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Permalink Reply by el-bo on July 7, 2008 at 10:54am

further to what mr.snipes has said

have a look here

http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/sitemap.html

lesson 36 will tell ya about garlic and onions

and lesson 29, about salt and other condiments

in fact this whole range of articles tends to cyt through a lot of misinformation in the raw food 'industry' today


hope this helps :o)

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Permalink Reply by Rawdia on July 8, 2008 at 10:00pm

Oh, I see. That is an interesting read. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Lesley Anne on June 30, 2008 at 3:31pm

Oh FYI-your surfing pictures and watermelon overdose pics are AWESOME!

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Permalink Reply by Rawdia on July 8, 2008 at 9:57pm

I would also like to know what is the issue with garlic, onions, salt, and spices?

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Permalink Reply by RawZi on July 8, 2008 at 10:24pm

two of what you just mentioned, eliot posted just above, 1 day ago
http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/junk-foods-garlic-and-onions/are-on...

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Permalink Reply by Winona on July 1, 2008 at 9:01am

Lesley Anne - I think you might really enjoy reading this post on goneraw. It's written by a raw fooder who has been raw for three years. He runs raw potlucks in england, and a raw food delivery service. He doesn't sell products, have a hidden agenda, etc etc. He's incredibly healthy, and his website is http://www.purelyraw.com/
Anyway, he wrote a wonderful post on goneraw about not getting too caught up in what raw gurus say.
http://www.goneraw.com/forums/3/topics/6443

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Permalink Reply by Flip flop Mamma on July 7, 2008 at 10:42am

I have a couple raw food books and they sometimes call for Bragg's apple cider vinegar. I'm not sure about how it's made or anything like that though.

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Permalink Reply by nycgrrl on July 8, 2008 at 9:23am

that's what i use!

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Permalink Reply by aililiu on July 8, 2008 at 8:29am

wow. am i the only one on here that loves vinegar? i use ACV on my salads and it feels so good to me. i started using it because i had low HCL and it improved my digestion dramatically. i would love to learn to make my own :)

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Permalink Reply by sarabethxvx on July 8, 2008 at 10:02pm

I use vinegar, I just don't find any harm in a small amount, it seems to help my digestion as well

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