Re: Soaking Nuts and Black Tea Drinking

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Rainbow Egret wrote:

Hi All

Two questions:

I know you are supposed to soak nuts

and I have done this but they were not very palatable just to eat on

their own. They just tasted soggy and I don't enjoy them at all.

At present I cannot make anything in

my blender with nuts because my good one is broken and this one the

bottom unlocks whenever you put nuts or dates in it, even with liquid.

I know because I had so much fun trying to make the fudge recipe and

after all the preparation I wasn't going to give up so we just had to

keep catching the leaks and screwing it back together until finally I

got a slightly wetter but OK fudge mix that Dylan ate most of. Now I can't make it again for him.

I really want to make that recipe

Mock Sour Cream (although Cashews aren't technically raw because they

use heat to get them out of their shell) I need to be able to make nut

things and then maybe I will be able to eat more raw for a change.

Second question is about black tea.

Carl drinks a lot of organic black tea. I have told him it is acid

forming and is worse than coffee or at least that's what it said in the

book "Complete Nutrition" by Dr Sharon. I have told Carl this

but he is getting sick of me telling him this and that. He's a bit

stubborn - Taurus the Bull heeeheee :-)

Any input on the tea even just for

me to know and I can subtly try and get him to reduce his consumption.

He probably has about 6 cups and day maybe plus a coffee or 2. Me I'm a

good girl even coffee makes me feel sick now :-)

Tracey

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Hi Tracey,

LOL, I know all about the bull. Hehehehe Black tea and green tea are

only worse than coffee in that they are so high in tannins. Tannins are

not good for the human digestive system in large amounts. Is Carl

regular in his bowel movements? At least 3 per day, one for each meal?

Are they soft and well formed or are they bricks? Gross I know. Too

much tannins can constipate a person or worse could lead to cancerous

and other terminal dis-ease conditions. I like tea too but I usually

limit myself to one or two cups and usually only drink it when my

hemorrhoids flare up and the tannins handle that condition rather

quickly. You might try some nice herbal teas and see how he likes

those. At least to get him to cut down to maybe one or two a day. Any

caffeinated beverages, coffee, teas, cocoa, mate, etc., are hard on the

adrenal glands due to the caffeine. These substances really stress the

adrenal glands and over time will even shut them down completely. The

adrenal glands are extremely important in the function of the human

body for they create all kinds of hormone precursors that are then

utilized in the making of our hormones. When the adrenals quit

functioning all sorts of physical problems ensue. Thyroid issues,

fatigued all the time, lowered immunity, etc. Caffeine, although it

appears to be a really nice addiction is a false energy booster. The

pay off for the energy boost provided is much more expensive than what

you get for your moneys worth. True energy belongs to everyone. Eat a

raw food diet, cleanse your body on a continuing basis and you will

have more natural energy than you will ever know what to do with,

although I am sure you will find ways.

;-)

Now, a bit of advice, you can lead a horse to water but you cannot

make it drink. Same goes for a bull. You might consider easing off

telling Carl how bad his diet is for him. Best would be to become an

example for your whole family and lead that way. Eventually, he will

begin to see and understand. Once he does then he will be more willing

to make changes and listen. Just a piece of advice.

Peace be with you Tracey.

-- Peace, love and light,

Don "Quai" Eitner

"Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal and wakes in man."

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Rainbow Egret wrote:

>

>

> Don said: Now, a bit of advice, you can lead a horse to water but

> you cannot make it drink. Same goes for a bull. You might consider

> easing off telling Carl how bad his diet is for him. Best would be

> to become an example for your whole family and lead that way.

> Eventually, he will begin to see and understand. Once he does then

> he will be more willing to make changes and listen. Just a piece

> of advice.

>

> Hi Don

>

> You are right but I can't keep my mouth shut when I read something

> that is good, healthy and makes sense to me. I'll have to try a

> bit harder from now on.

>

> You'll love this one for dinner tonight Carl had a meat casserole

> served on steamed whole potatoes and plenty of it (very bad food

> combining - but what would I know :-)). A while ago he had lemon

> in water (because I told him again about that today). Well now he

> is lying down because his belly is too full. I said I told you not

> to drink to close to food (wait 2 hours). But you said to have

> lemon in water, yeah but not on top of a full belly of meat and

> potatoes. You didn't tell me that, oh yes I did have been telling

> you about that for years and about food combining too. Sleeping of

> his belly ache now :-) heehee

>

> It's funny how things stick with you. I read Fit for Life - Harvey

> and Marilyn Diamond 16 years ago since I got that book and I

> always go back to it. I have never been able to eat fruit with

> anything else since reading that book and sticking to that way of

> eating for a while - well at least the fruit in the morning. I've

> also tried to always combine my foods right too or at least knew I

> was eating them wrong :-)

>

> Got her last back with her new partner ........... recently and

> she has completely changed her approach. Eat fruit with meat and

> everything else because of the enzymes. It just didn't gel with me

> at all so I took it back to the library. She now says the raw

> lifestyle took too long in the kitchen.

>

> Blessings

> Tracey

>

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The raw lifestyle only takes too long in the kitchen if you are trying

to be no or some of those other fancy raw food chefs. There are

tons of raw foodists who claim they were into that too but eventually

found that just keeping it simple not only works out the best for them

but they find they actually feel much better and have tons more time as

well.

I have heard about Marilyn Diamonds new book. I haven't read it yet.

It's a shame but she is right where she needs to be and doing what she

needs to be doing for her own personal growth.

Peace be with you Tracey.

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Peace, love and light,

Don " Quai " Eitner

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and wakes in man. "

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