Re: my brothers and sisters... my story and what WORKED.. to purge me of HORRORS by zengaz ..... Parasites Support Forum (Alt Med)
Date: 9/23/2008 3:16:22 AM ( 17 y ago)
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i believe, if nothing else, in balance.
and if you buy into scientific studies and what not, there is an emerging theory called hormesis. well its nothing new but new research has validated it.
its basically concerned with the fact that your body appears to react to certain amounts of things which could be considered "bad" or maybe a drain on your body, and how cells react to such substances. they actually can become stronger and in turn you adapt and become more resilient, etc. its like i said earlier. good usually contains a little bad, and bad a little good. so everything in moderation, rotation, and balance according to you and your needs and environment.
for example, they say sulforophane [think thats the name] in broccoli activates a certain cell response, like a mild stressor and yet ultimately will lead to you being stronger in some ways. we do need stressors i believe, and the come from many sources. but god knows we get enough from modern living. for some, too much.
so i think if we were all easy going and had no earthly worries [being buddhist helped me:P] then a mostly raw diet would be right. but for some, especially in colder climates, you may go downhill fast on such a diet, and it would be improper to label it "detox" and hurt yourself even more.
this is why i go crazy on teas, and always leave refridgerated food that i plan to eat, out overnight.
anything that you put in your body that is cold, seems to slow everything down, in my experience. digestion, bloating, which leads to bad breathing.. what i guess you could describe as sluggish organs.. and cold hands and feet. i only had these symptoms when i ate mostly refridgerated food and a lot of fruit particularly from foreign lands. with just a slight change and wrapping up well, i am able to continue. TCM says i am yin cold type, and it seems that i am very similar to the characteristics such a label describes. so for TCM, this excess raw is bad news. for my spleen especially. i did early on feel many of the symptoms of what is called "dampness invading spleen" or "yang exhaustion" but kept it up, to keep purging and cleaning house. this was wrong, it was too harsh on my system. it DID pass and with intelligent choices i can keep it up.
yesterday i ate basically nothing except a big salad at around midday. i just had this feeling i should not eat, its nothing i recommend, you do want to keep things moving if there is a mass die-off of worms and such that happens. today i may break the fast with a sweet potato. so i do have them now and then, i bake them though rather than boil. in TCM this is a more "warming" cooking method. dont label it good or bad or worry yourself. this is something that will be assimilated by your body rather easily i believe. on the otehr end of the spectrum, fast rise breads seem to be like glue, and you will end up absorbing perhaps less of your food and feel mucousy.. if you have to have grains, soak them and then boil your own, or get breads that have been leavened at least a day. they are so much less sticky and easier to digest than modern yeasted bread.
if it is easy to digest and requires cooking, like a tuber, i would have them no problem. do not worry. the whole enzymes thing in raw food is not concrete. all i truly know in my heart is that living energy is superior in most ways. but everything in balance. 50/50 raw to cooked may be optimal for some. if you become sluggish and ill on totally raw and you know in heart of hearts it is not detox, and is going downhill, and you absorb so little with weak organs now, then how can this be better than 100% cooked?
also, too much fruit and veg can be a problem, if you believe in hormesis. the antioxidants, while beneficial, are also apparently mild stressors. this does NOT mean they are in any way singularly "bad", your body uses them up so efficiently and they are wonderful and available more than most foods in the wild.
i think you should keep your body on its toes though, so to speak, with a diet that is not limited. have the chicken maybe, once a week. have some steamed vegetables. live off salads for a few days. stop by a juicing place. snack on fruit and nuts. stay with variety, although remember not too much new things at once.
i found that when you can rotate foods over a few days and not overdo anything JUST BECAUSE someone told you it had ACTION A [maybe kills parasite] or ACTION B[may prolong your life, etc], then a personal rythm is found and BMs become predictable and regular.
all in balance, according to you.
i know i would get pulsating temples and feel foggy if i eat too much potato.
i took this as VALIDATION it was "poison", as some raw circles describe it, with little to back it up. still scares you though...
and yet i can eat RAW cheese, and have the same reaction IF i overdo it.
and the same with just a few sun dried dates.
on the same level, i may eat MUCH steamed brocolli and cauliflower and NOT have this!
so where does other peoples knowledge fit with my own??...................
many people still live in tune with nature, relying not on money or supermarket food. they may have large animal meat maybe once a fortnight or month, and probably bits of smaller animals here and there, but most require on some cooked tubers like yams and potatoes and cooked veg. excellent health is usually standard, unless they have refined grains [many live off wild grains with no problem and great teeth etc] etc. like white rice..
but do away with knowledge mostly my friend, only for the purposes of certain herbs and foods
that have given others results, and even then you do not need all of them in great amounts to find your rythm and see results.
all the best,
Garry
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