Re: Oxalate-macrobiotic diet

[Guest guest]

Seems to me that Weil should actually read the scientific literature

before making statements like that. I had terrible leg cramps when I

started eating a lot more cooked spinach. I felt I needed more folic

acid. Once I discovered the low oxalate diet, my leg cramps went

away.

Alobar

On 7/20/08, Liz Jaconelli <mytrainerliz@...> wrote:

> According to Dr. Weil (whom I do not always agree with, but respect

> most of his knowledge), oxalates are broken down simply by cooking.

> You can check out what he says about that:

> http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400344/Avoid-Vegetables-with-Oxalic-

> Acid.html

>

> Also, I'm a big fan of a show I get on the Veria channel called " The

> Incurables. " I DVR and watch every episode. About 80% of the time

> people are curing all sorts of diseases including stage 4 cancer by

> following Dr. Kushi's macrobiotic diet.

> http://www.kushiinstitute.org/

>

> All the vegetables in the macrobiotic diet are cooked, and according to

> the way the show is produced, people didn't get totally better until

> accepting the macrobiotic way of life. One girl tried the raw foods

> diet first and got worse. Then she did the macrobiotics and was

> healed. This totally confuses me on the enzyme level, but according to

> many experts, people with certain health issues can't absorb the

> nutrients they need from raw foods. Now I'm sure the oxalates have

> lots to do with this. It seems most healthy people can process

> oxalates fine, but we all have different environments in our bodies.

>

> Of course, I have to say- look at how much iodine they eat as well!!!

>

> (I'm currently studying to become a traditional naturopath)

> Liz

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi liz,

I know of one woman who had cancer 10 years ago and after her

treatments, she completely switched to a macro biotic diet and she's

been doing very well since then. Thanks for mentioning the macro

biotic diet. phine

About 80% of the time

> people are curing all sorts of diseases including stage 4 cancer by

> following Dr. Kushi's macrobiotic diet.

> http://www.kushiinstitute.org/

>

> All the vegetables in the macrobiotic diet are cooked, and according to

> the way the show is produced, people didn't get totally better until

> accepting the macrobiotic way of life. One girl tried the raw foods

> diet first and got worse. Then she did the macrobiotics and was

> healed. This totally confuses me on the enzyme level, but according to

> many experts, people with certain health issues can't absorb the

> nutrients they need from raw foods. Now I'm sure the oxalates have

> lots to do with this. It seems most healthy people can process

> oxalates fine, but we all have different environments in our bodies.

>

> Of course, I have to say- look at how much iodine they eat as well!!!

>

> (I'm currently studying to become a traditional naturopath)

> Liz

>

[Guest guest]

Alobar,

Thanks for your comments too. I went to Amazon and read the comments

on the books written by the Kushis and wasn't that impressed.

Furthermore, Mrs. Kushi and her daughter died of cancer.

phine

>

> Seems to me that Weil should actually read the scientific literature

> before making statements like that. I had terrible leg cramps when I

> started eating a lot more cooked spinach. I felt I needed more folic

> acid. Once I discovered the low oxalate diet, my leg cramps went

> away.

>

> Alobar

>

>

[Guest guest]

Liz, the thing that jumped out at me was the reference to all-cooked

foods. Some foods contain glutathione preciursors when raw but not

cooked, and we can't forget our body's master antioxidant and

detoxifier, as all diseases are linked to low glutathione. Use the

raw whey powder!!

Duncan

>

> According to Dr. Weil (whom I do not always agree with, but respect

> most of his knowledge), oxalates are broken down simply by

cooking.

> You can check out what he says about that:

> http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400344/Avoid-Vegetables-with-Oxalic-

> Acid.html

>

> Also, I'm a big fan of a show I get on the Veria channel

called " The

> Incurables. " I DVR and watch every episode. About 80% of the time

> people are curing all sorts of diseases including stage 4 cancer by

> following Dr. Kushi's macrobiotic diet.

> http://www.kushiinstitute.org/

>

> All the vegetables in the macrobiotic diet are cooked, and

according to

> the way the show is produced, people didn't get totally better

until

> accepting the macrobiotic way of life. One girl tried the raw

foods

> diet first and got worse. Then she did the macrobiotics and was

> healed. This totally confuses me on the enzyme level, but

according to

> many experts, people with certain health issues can't absorb the

> nutrients they need from raw foods. Now I'm sure the oxalates have

> lots to do with this. It seems most healthy people can process

> oxalates fine, but we all have different environments in our bodies.

>

> Of course, I have to say- look at how much iodine they eat as

well!!!

>

> (I'm currently studying to become a traditional naturopath)

> Liz

>

[Guest guest]

>

Hi Duncan,

Yes, I'm reading the Antioxidant Miracle right now as a matter of

fact. The more I learn, the more conflicting information I get. I

wish there were just one big database for everyone to report their

experiences and health histories (all scientific explanations aside to

avoid making mistakes due to the unknown).

Liz