Destroying another "juicing myth"! Did you know? (this is cool!)

...that chimpanzees commonly "juice" the the fruits & vegetation they eat?! 

From here: http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/hb/hb-interview1e.shtml

Other ape diets. In order of how closely related the other great apes are to humans, the gorilla is next after the chimpanzee, then the orangutan, and gibbon in decreasing order.I'll just briefly summarize a few basic facts about the other great apes here, concentrating primarily on the gorilla.

Diet of gorillas compared with chimps. Interestingly, while the gorilla has often been cited as a model in the modern mythology of "fruitarianism," on average it is actually the least frugivorous of the apes. Highland gorillas (where less fruit is available in their higher-altitude mountainous habitat) have become primarily folivorous (leaf/vegetative-eaters), while the lowland gorilla is more of a hybrid folivore/frugivore. I might mention in this regard that there is some suggestion chimps seem not to prefer extra-high roughage volumes, at least compared to the gorilla. Certainly they do not seem to be able to physiologically tolerate as much cellulose from vegetative matter in their diet.*

Gorillas can, however, tolerate higher amounts of folivorous matter, due apparently to their more varied and extensive intestinal flora and fauna. Chimps, however, are known to "wadge" some of their foods, which is a form of juicing that has the effect of reducing their fiber intake. Wadging means that they make a wad of leaves which is mixed in with the primary food item (such as a fruit) as a mass, which is then used as a "press" against their teeth and palate to literally "juice" the main food which they may suck on for up to 10 minutes before discarding the wadge of fiber after all the juice has been sucked out. Wadging may also serve as a way to avoid biting into potentially toxic seeds of certain fruits, from which they can then still extract the juices safely, or as a way to handle very soft items such as pulpy or overripe fruits, as well as eggs and meat.

Such behavior ought to debunk the prevalent Hygienic/raw-foods myth that it is always the more natural thing to do to eat "whole" rather than fragmented foods. This is not necessarily true, and again, such a view is based in subjective definitions out of touch with the real world. Another example here is that chimps (and gorillas as well) also eat a fair amount of "pith" in their diet--meaning the insides of stems of various plants--which they first have to process by peeling off the tough outer covering before the pith inside is either eaten or wadged.

Just how  is THAT? :)

Let's wake ourselves up and stop believing in the very "science" that has never been able to heal us adequately, and use our own common sense, eh?  Millions of people over thousands of years have successfully healed virtually every disease and compromise by water fasting, and tens of thousands via juice-fasting.  Fiber = ZERO  Did it harm their intestinal tract? NO.  Did it heal their bodies and intestinal tracts? YES. 

If the main tube that supplies us everything but oxygen is 'broken', and the process of separating nutrients from fiber to ensure adequate assimilation (of the very substances that sustain our life & healing isn't working properly), would it be damaging (?) or healing (?) to DECREASE the burden/workload of the intestinal tract while substantially INCREASING the quantity and quality of healing energy/fuel throughout our body?  Exactly.

And now, just maybe, we can bury this constant nonsense that juicing is somehow "unnatural", and that the fiber in produce is somehow "necessary" to maintain or heal an intestinal tract that's already too compromised to assimilate properly & adequately.

JUICE ON!!! 

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