Re: moderation redux

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" Practicing the Law of Attraction: whatever we put out

there is what we get back. "

I like that Martha. Sounds like you have a great philosophy and a

healthy and posative attitude to your diet and your health.

Good luck

>

> I was 100% raw for a year and after the novelty of (expensive) new

foods

> (tropical fruits, mesquite, goji berries) and dehydrating wore

off, I

> got really bored and very skinny. I'm trying to live a life with

friends

> without discernible health challenges, without running mine into

the

> ground. They eat fairly well compared to the rest of the

population, but

> raw seems extreme to them. So that path isn't very social.

>

> Now I eat green smoothies, and salads, sometimes blended.

Sometimes

> steamed veggies, or stir-fried in coconut oil, and red rice. Once

or

> twice a month a bison burger on rice bread or some free-range

chicken.

> Occasionally raw goat cheese or yogurt. I'm happy, my mother is

happy, I

> feel great, and I'm not bored with food. Cooked food may be short

of

> enzymes and have fewer nutrients, but I get a lot of enzymes and

> nutrients from the raw I do eat. For some people cooked is easier

to

> digest, and lycopene in tomatoes and something in carrots are

better

> assimilated in the cooked version. So cooked food is not useless.

>

> And supplements . . . I take what's recommended for MSers in

> 'Prescription for Nutritional Healing' + Dr. Lawrence's

recommendation

> (he has MS too) for cheaper-than-Ambrotose glyconutrients. The

> best-absorbed supplements are liquid (i.e., calcium-magnesium),

> sub-lingual (B-12), or enteric-coated (probiotics) so the good

stuff

> gets into the intestine without being nailed by stomach acid.

>

> I guess I believe in educating myself, doing the best I can, and

not

> stressing out about what I am or am not doing. Life is for living,

and

> fear of or worrying about what I have no control over is hell on

the

> immune system. I don't want to end up in a wheelchair, but if it

happens

> I know I'll be okay. I'll deal with it. Meanwhile, I'm still

dancing

> with my cane, and practicing the Law of Attraction: whatever we

put out

> there is what we get back.

>

> Peace,

> Martha

>