Posted by tealady on October 10, 2003, at 23:53:13
In reply to Re: raw foods » tealady, posted by Larry Hoover on October 8, 2003, at 7:29:42
> > >Enzymes are proteins, > >
> > >Some food faddists argue that we need to eat raw foods to allow us to absorb the natural enzymes, but your stomach digests proteins. It is unlikely that natural enzymes make it past the stomach, let alone have any activity in our body. (My opinion.) Perhaps that is a source of some confusion?
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> > Thought you might be interested in documentation of one personal experience with switching to raw foods..it encouraged me to at least try too include a bit more raw veges,fruits etc..(grazing food)
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> You have an uncanny ability to find important issues within a body of writing.....
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> In retrospect, I now recognize that I have allowed my bias to over-ride my intellect.Seems to happen in all professions, no?
Guess that's the problem with theories/rules etc..we make them up to explain and suit the given knowledge..but when presented with enough evidence that contradicts one's theories we have to at least question our theories/rules as the unknown is far greater than the known.
Re digestive enzymes: I had always thought that some bromelaine, papain, pepsin were first used as a digestive aid in the stomach and kept working the intestines..and others like pancreatin(providing lipase,protease, amylase)needed to be enteric coated to bypass liver to prevent them being broken down ...probably on nothing more scientific than this is how my digestive enzymes (that I used to be able to get) were formulated <g>. Although I think there was some reason why I started buying this formulation years ago.....I would assume that whole foods may contain something else that allows the needed enzymes not to be destroyed....
Also when I think about it, most people I know in the country just "know" that fresh is best..and canned stuff is very unhealthy..and frozen not much better..and even animals will select the fresher food (this may of course be on some other factor than enzymes). It seems to be something that modern city folk tend to forget...due to the the logistics/cost of a daily supply of fresh food. I still remember at my Grandma's as a kid the vege truck used to come around daily to deliver fresh daily veges...grown locally too.I found out last week they use Mg Cl (technical grade) to spray oysters and some veges..broccoli? I think he said amongst others as a preservative?? Of course I was told I would need a better grade to take as a supp?? So there might be more magnesium in my food than I expect <g>
>I have found (and have previously posted) evidence that enzymes are, in fact, absorbed intact. The key example I have used in the past is bromelain, a relatively substantial (size-wise) enzyme that is aborbed quite readily, and can be detected in the blood.
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> > This is Helen who was around on the thyroid forum when I first got there..mind you too extreme for me too!
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> Perhaps that's part of my bias. I don't believe in radical anything, ya know?>> > You have to admit..pretty amazing, even if it could be coincidental.
> > Jan
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> Thanks for the reality check.Lar, hope you took this in the context of "some ideas that may help for some people" rather than a correction of old stuff?
Jan
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