Guest guest Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 Unless you eat your meat and fish raw, and unless you're a vegetarian, you have to cook food. Since fish is so valuable in the diet, I don't intend to stop cooking it or eating it. I also eat poultry and even red meat on rare occasions. Variety is very important and if you stop cooking and including those foods, you do sacrifice variety. But different strokes for different folks. BTW, Walford is all for cooking foods. on 10/21/2002 11:42 AM, Tim Tyler at tt2333@... wrote: > > In the case of Lycopene, watermelon, red and pink grapefruit, and > guava are all rich in Lycopene. > > Watermelon has more Lycopene than tomatoes, it seems to be in a > bioavailable form - and I'd rather have 100g of watermelon juice > than 100g of juice from cooked tomatoes ;-) > > [http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jun02/lyco0602.htm] > > Cooking's main plus points seem to me to be that it removes toxins > from some produce (e.g. mushrooms, beans) - sterilises food (e.g. > fish) and softens food up, making it more digestible, and easier to > consume. > > I find I can relatively easily consume lots of fibre from cooked > vegetables - while doing the same thing with raw vegetables is a lot > more effort. > > On the other hand, cooking is known to destroy a great many > nutrients in food - and is pretty thoroughly unnatural. > > I find it hard to justify my consumption of much cooked food - from > the perspective of optimal nutrition. > > My contact with raw food has been pretty inspiring. I hope it > eventually almost completely displaces other foodstuffs from my diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 One further note on W. At the time of my information re: raw foods, was a vegan. So there was no question of eating raw meat or raw fish.\ Ed S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 Thanks for the reply. As in all forms of diet, there are raw fooders who are overweight and others who just don't look that great - but we don't know from what point they started. On the other hand, there are raw fooders who look absolutely amazing. It just seems like a very natural form of CR. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Tyler Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:05 AM Subject: [ ] On raw food --- Francesca Skelton <fskelton@e...> wrote:''I have nothing against a raw food approach however we just don't know what we might be missing if we adapt ANY one approach to eating. For example, lycopene from tomatoes is best absorbed from the cooked tomato with a bit of fat (such as tomato sauce). This is a fairly recent discovery and there could be other such discoveries coming down the pike; who knows?. Lycopene is a potent antioxidant known to inhibit some cancers. So variety in one's eating is the best policy IMHO, otherwise as with lycopent, it's possible to miss an important nutrient.''In the case of Lycopene, watermelon, red and pink grapefruit, and guava are all rich in Lycopene.Watermelon has more Lycopene than tomatoes, it seems to be in a bioavailable form - and I'd rather have 100g of watermelon juice than 100g of juice from cooked tomatoes ;-)[http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jun02/lyco0602.htm]Cooking's main plus points seem to me to be that it removes toxins from some produce (e.g. mushrooms, beans) - sterilises food (e.g. fish) and softens food up, making it more digestible, and easier to consume.I find I can relatively easily consume lots of fibre from cooked vegetables - while doing the same thing with raw vegetables is a lot more effort.On the other hand, cooking is known to destroy a great many nutrients in food - and is pretty thoroughly unnatural.I find it hard to justify my consumption of much cooked food - from the perspective of optimal nutrition.My contact with raw food has been pretty inspiring. I hope it eventually almost completely displaces other foodstuffs from my diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 There are raw fooders who eat meat raw but I wouldn't go that far. When I talk about raw foods I am refering to someone who is a raw food vegan. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Sullivan Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [ ] On raw food One further note on W.At the time of my information re: raw foods, was a vegan. So therewas no question of eating raw meat or raw fish.\Ed S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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