Re: Re: Cooking with Copper

[Guest guest]

>I recall Ayurveda saying that was the case until copper plumbing

>became popular. Now, one needs to be more aware--and cautious--of

>their copper intake. If one is overweight,for instance, he might

>drink out of a copper cup, but only temporarily.

> B.

>

Copper plumbing is often soldered with lead - a big problem. Copper

pans are often lined with tin, so that the copper is not really an

issue, unless it is unlined, which may be your concern. Cooking in such

ware must be medium heat at most. I have a wonderful tin-lined copper

paella pan, but have to be careful with heat. BTW, SF says that " copper

deficiency is widespread in America " in NT. She recommends nuts, oats

and liver, however, not copper cookware.

A bigger question may be: how well does Ayurveda jibe with the

principles of WAPF, NT et. al? I don't know offhand, but I do know yoga

quite well. Sri Patanjali coined both yoga and Ayurveda, cmiiw, and

both are quite compatible. I don't see the connection so easily with

Price's work and either one. In fact, he derides vegetarian diets in

general in NAPD:

" It will be noted that vitamin D, which the human does not readily

synthesize in adequately amounts, must be provided by foods of animal

tissues or animal products. As yet I have not found a single group of

primitive racial stock which was building and maintaining excellent

bodies by living entirely on plant foods. I have found in many parts of

the world most devout representatives of modern ethical systems

advocating restriction of foods to the vegetable products. In every

instance where the groups were involved had been long under this

teaching, I found evidence of degeneration in the form of dental caries,

and in the new generation in the form of abnormal dental arches to an

extent very much higher than in the primitive groups who were not under

this influence. " p. 279

Deanna

[Guest guest]

> Deanna,

>Patanjali did not coin " yoga " , but authored the classical text the

>Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. As for Ayurveda, it came from the Vedas,

>which are considered the eternal truths of God as revealed to the

>Rishis, who were intuitive, supernatural spiritual beings of yore.

>

>

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My bad. I meant codified, as in " Patanjali codified yoga and

Ayurveda. " But I sell him short by limiting, for he also did the

grammar, the Mahabhasya. So I would argue he wrote great works on three

subjects.

>As far as how Ayurveda jibes with Price's work, I don't see much of a

>disparity, but I am hardly a rigid practitioner. Ayurveda, for me,

>works like a holistic system of balance; a way to view patterns in the

>world. Analogous to the yin/yang outlook.

>

>

I think Ayurveda is more than yin/yang. And perhaps the tridoshic

outlook in itself is more complex than yin/yang. However, much of it is

steeped in Hindu culture, methinks, yoga as well.

>Further, nowhere in Ayurveda does it state that one won't achieve

>enlightenment by eating meat.

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>

In yoga it definitely does say such things , but I am not so well-versed

in Ayurvedic wisdom. Isn't all meat heat producing? Thus aren't pitas

not good with meat? But beyond that, is there a science of say protein

requirements being met for a pita in Ayurveda? Vitamins and minerals:

Are they considered as micronutrient requirements quantitatively and

qualitatively? I honestly don't know that much about it, I always

discounted it slightly. Oh, and the reason why was that I was told by

an Ayurvedic practitioner that the dosha you were born with never

changed. That threw me. Is that true? I mean, if I am stuck, even

though I age, go through x and y situations and a test of dosha

indicates otherwise ...

>The vast majority of devotees of the Vedic religions eat plenty of

>animal foods, even if they're not eating actual flesh AFAIK. It's the

>birthplace of ghee and the land of the sacred cow, for the

>life-sustaining gifts she brings out of her maternal love. I suspect

>you're confusing veganism with vegetarianism. Bone broth is also

>widely prescribed in Ayurveda for building strength in the weak.

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Oh, which vedic religions advocate plenty of animal foods? Hindu

Indians have practiced lacto-vegetarianism mainly. And even so, animal

foods are not widely used. The cow is sacred for economic as well as

religious grounds. The dung and milk were/are worth more than the meat,

and thus were limited to those purposes by the powers at large. WAPF

had an article on this very topic and also economic reasons for no pigs

in Jewish culture. Can't find it now, but often, there are economic,

political as well as religious influences for certain rules. And they

may or may not be good for your health!

>Pratick, if you read this, will you tell me what they do with all the

>calves over there? I've been meaning to ask for a while now. thx.

> B.

>

A good question. What to do with the calves that don't get momma's milk

that the humans take? Islamic peoples live nearby. ?

I think the closer to nature we can bring ourselves, the closer we come

to good health. Thanks for the dialogue, may it bear fruit ... mangoes

maybe. And then can we play frisbee with the disc-shaped pits?

Deanna