tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post2316984618775894330..comments2023-11-08T14:24:06.331-08:00Comments on RawforLife Blog: Are some foods 'better for us' cooked?Debbie Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345367033617524547noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-58726720446929548232011-02-09T05:44:17.571-08:002011-02-09T05:44:17.571-08:00If we pull a potato out of the ground, feel attrac...If we pull a potato out of the ground, feel attracted to eating it (in its raw, ie natural state), take a bite and think 'mmm, that tastes good!' and then want to have more, then it's food for us.<br />It's certainly true in the raw world that everyone has their own views, but that's pretty much mine. It's certainly true that, occasionally, one person may enjoy something that someone else regards as 'inedible', but, as long as we are raw, I think we can trust our own desires/preferences. But...potatoes - I personally find it hard to believe that anyone could find raw potatoes tasty, but perhaps Hovannessian did! Perhaps his body had been very short of something a raw potato supplies, and so it set up a desire for it.Debbie Tookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345367033617524547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-67165703298257863332011-02-09T04:58:01.450-08:002011-02-09T04:58:01.450-08:00Hi Debbie,
Thank you for your response. As one w...Hi Debbie,<br /><br />Thank you for your response. As one who has been health-conscious since age 10, I always want the best for my body and health. Now that I'm 19-weeks pregnant, I want the best for my baby and give him/her a good head-start. So...here's a further question to your point about how certain foods may be full of vitamins and minerals, yet are not food for humans (as you pointed out about cow-pat): How can we distinguish which foods are/are not fit for human consumption? Is there a hard and fast rule that applies to everybody or is it based on each individual's taste/preference? I need to know if potatoes are food for humans regardless of whether someone likes or dislikes it. So, setting my preferences aside, are potatoes edible? Hovannessian thinks so. But there are others who don't. It's confusing because each person has their own info. to back up their view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-8428591587504054682011-02-08T21:48:35.912-08:002011-02-08T21:48:35.912-08:00Hi, I hope you don't think I'm being dismi...Hi, I hope you don't think I'm being dismissive, as I'm honestly not, but...you could find all sorts of foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals X and Y but aren't food for humans. As a friend of mine once pointed out, a nutritional analysis of a cow-pat would find it full of vitamins and minerals, but it (probably!) wouldn't be a good thing to eat. The fact that you enjoy a cooked baked potato with no salt, fat etc is interesting, but nevertheless it's still cooked. If you honestly feel drawn, feel attracted to eating raw potatoes, and enjoy the taste, then - sure - then I'd say they're a food that your body is asking for. Hovannessian, author of Raw-eating, who I much admire, ate raw potatoes.Debbie Tookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345367033617524547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-77561053719902633632011-02-08T18:35:19.719-08:002011-02-08T18:35:19.719-08:00Hi Debbie,
I'm new to this whole concept of a...Hi Debbie,<br /><br />I'm new to this whole concept of a raw food diet and am glad that I stumbled upon your website. Regarding potatoes, I actually do like the taste of a plain baked potato. I don't usually add anything to it. It surprised me when you said that potatoes are not fit for human consumption because I thought that they are high in vitamin C and B and potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, calcium, and fiber. <br /><br />There's a more comprehensive listing of all of its benefits here:<br /><br />http://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/vegetable/health-benefits-of-potato.html<br /><br />I also found this:<br /><br />http://biottajuices.com/potato.html<br /><br />Please let me know your thoughts on the information presented.<br /><br />Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-26609549931423488532008-12-01T22:21:00.000-08:002008-12-01T22:21:00.000-08:00Thinking further on this, by America, I did mean N...Thinking further on this, by America, I did mean North America ('translantic crossings'). <BR/><BR/>The references came from Wikipedia and I'd suggest that if you still feel the paragraph is incorrect in any way do a Wikipedia 'edit'.<BR/><BR/>Best wishesDebbie Tookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345367033617524547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-67376509577746975322008-12-01T21:46:00.001-08:002008-12-01T21:46:00.001-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Debbie Tookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345367033617524547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-7525583227455869242008-12-01T21:46:00.000-08:002008-12-01T21:46:00.000-08:00rost0037, My reference to 'people' means 'UK peop...rost0037, My reference to 'people' means 'UK people' as this is written from a UK perspective. So I can't see anything wrong with the paragraph.Debbie Tookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345367033617524547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-33222440877067041942008-12-01T20:20:00.000-08:002008-12-01T20:20:00.000-08:00"We haven't been eating potatoes for very long. Th..."We haven't been eating potatoes for very long. The Spanish conquistadors discovered them in 1537 in the Andes and brought them back to Europe. Initially, people wouldn't touch them; they were considered poisonous, or evil. But eventually Sir Walter Raleigh and others persuaded the masses that potatoes were a great thing to eat. America didn't receive its first batch of potatoes until 1621 and it reputedly took seven transatlantic crossings before the potato gained acceptance there."<BR/><BR/>Hey--are the indigenous groups of Latin America not people? They were eating potatoes long before the Europeans came, and Europeans distrusted the potato because it was new and different (they also thought Latin Americans were savages). There may be other good reasons to avoid the potato, but this paragraph...rost0037https://www.blogger.com/profile/04402753720119842999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-45603362953509917602008-05-03T22:31:00.000-07:002008-05-03T22:31:00.000-07:00That's right, Rita. My feeling is that, if someth...That's right, Rita. <BR/><BR/>My feeling is that, if something is poisonous raw, then it's not food for us.Debbie Tookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345367033617524547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-25688049820103444502008-05-03T22:20:00.000-07:002008-05-03T22:20:00.000-07:00Sprouted kidney beans are not good raw, in fact, t...Sprouted kidney beans are not good raw, in fact, they are poisonous. A small amount won't kill you but will make you sick.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736116359948783784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-57358098363551435522008-04-26T10:23:00.000-07:002008-04-26T10:23:00.000-07:00ah, thank you darling for the quick reply. I shall...ah, thank you darling for the quick reply. I shall definitely check your out the raw food site, and thank you again,<BR/><BR/>yours,<BR/>mmicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209686070208362476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-74740443043289810522008-04-26T09:37:00.000-07:002008-04-26T09:37:00.000-07:00Hi MicaBlending breaks down the cell walls, thus r...Hi Mica<BR/><BR/>Blending breaks down the cell walls, thus releasing more lycopene. It should not result in the same effect as cooking because the food is not damaged by heat. Although the speed of the blades can create heat, my observation is that at worst the mixtures are warm rather than hot.<BR/><BR/>Your next point: it's not hard to argue with tomatoes cooked if you're a raw fooder :-) For reasons as to why we should not cook the precious raw materials designed for optimum body functioning, see the RawforLife website at www.rawforlife.co.uk.<BR/><BR/>As to how many mg of lycopene we need each day, I believe that there is not one person on this earth who truly knows exactly how many mg of this and that each individual needs each day. But if we eat a tomato in its pure and undamaged state I do know we are eating exactly the correct amount of lycopene that tomato was designed to give us, and that all the chemicals present in that tomato are there in the correct proportions.<BR/><BR/>Can you just eat 'tons of them everywhichway and everything will make its proper balances'? No. Unfortunately, when we put into our body all sorts of things and hope for the best, we get ill...if not now, later...<BR/><BR/>Love, Debbie Took<BR/>www.rawforlife.co.ukDebbie Tookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345367033617524547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227591395966495076.post-52924398863145180472008-04-26T09:11:00.000-07:002008-04-26T09:11:00.000-07:00synergy, really? within tomatoes? weird and wonder...synergy, really? within tomatoes? weird and wonderful I say, and, well, if mixing them like that increases the lycopene content 3x, does it do any of the negative things that cooking does to them as well?<BR/><BR/>tomatoes are so lovely in the raw, but its hard to argue with them in a more prepared and cooked state either... can I just eat tons of them everywhichway and everything will make its proper balances? I haven't really seen anything that tells me off the best amount of lycopene-- <A HREF="http://www.supplementinfo.org/index.php?src=directory&view=HealthNotes&srctype=detail&refno=53&category=HealthNotes" REL="nofollow">at least 6.5 mg per day says this,</A> but no ideals that I can find... anybody seen anything more concrete??micahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209686070208362476noreply@blogger.com