[macroamericastudents] Re: FW: The Amazing Banana

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Klara,

Yes, Ilanit is amazing, and you're amazing too! Please give yourself

more credit! If you had studied as long as Ilanit, I'm sure you'd

have a similar size knowledge base.

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> What an interesting post! I love reading about the miracles of food

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> smedicine and have lots of books with this kind of info I just love

to read.

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> what I really love about mb and which I think is kinda uique about

it

> even in the whole holisitc and wholefood and food as medicine genre

is

> the understanding of how it all fits together. for example tomatos

may

> be really rich in lycopene - an antioxidant or some super foods and

> berries may be as well but if someone has a certain condition or is

> eating for a specific goal and these very foods which sound

beenficial

> could actually be counterproductive

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> also a lot of these popular studies on the specific effects of

foods may

> have different effects on people who eat a low or no animal food

diet -

> it really changes the physiology and a lot of these very yin

(expansive)

> items like tomato, banana, berries, goji juice etc make a huge

> difference as it starts to unwind the stuckness of years of

conjesting

> yang foods.

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> similarly the understanding of what and how sodium and potassium

> interact is another thing quite unique to mb understanding. in

common

> culture sodium is seen as the bad guy and potassium the good guy.

sure

> the sodium dumped on your fries is really not a good thing but the

> balance between sodium and potassium is vital - too much potassium

from

> tropical fruits etc can cause nercous sytems disorders, circulatory

> problems and many more. it is all about balance - it is not about

one

> meal, one food, one cure, but the moderate and middle road approach

that

> makes for balance. Of course being aware of the properties of foods

and

> how one prepares them is the key to alchemy with food and being

able to

> consume anything in balance. one just has to be aware of what one

wants

> to achieve, their own enegies and how to play with them!

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> lots of fun!

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> Ms Ilanit Tof

> B.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology)

> Advanced Diploma Healing with Wholefoods

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