Comments on: Optimum Nutrition Cooked or Raw

By: The Nourisher

The Nourisher — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:40:28 +0000

Welcome back Andrew. I’m glad you’re here. Scott joining us and exposing us to Vonderplanitz’ work has opened my eyes somewhat. Before this, my only experience with raw fooders were the pallid, skinny, pious people at my local market selling lots and lots of sweet foods and the freaky worshipers of David Wolfe telling me cooked food was poison and meat eating evil. When I made this comment I was under the impression most raw foodies are also vegans. I’ve been a vegan before and so have done to my own body what I accused you of. I remember dismissing all other conjecture in favour of my twisted concept of righteousness. In my opinion the self righteousness of the vegan is only surpassed by that of the raw vegan. And I do believe that damage to the digestion causes such psychological imbalance.
Anna May, I just looked up Orthorexia (Orthorexia.com). I never heard of it before now you mention it….

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:47:48 +0000

Hi Joanne,

In reply, I ‘m not a raw vegan as you seem to be implying owing to the shriveled brain comment, well you could not be further from the truth!
I eat mainly beef fat which digests very nicely thank you very much.
It’s funny how quickly people are to attack others diets.

Regards

By: Lyn

Lyn — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:49:20 +0000

Not sure if I’d call carrot juice ‘raw’ as technically you’re doing an ‘extraction’. In any event, our most precious possession is our free will … the ability to educate ourselves from a number of different sources and then decide. No one’s telling you not to.

By: Anna May

Anna May — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:40:29 +0000

All people have a bit of orthorexia, I think. We try to eat according to concepts. Then we will become ill and be forced to take a different path before we can become well. We have to become sensitive to the demands of our body & mind instead of sticking to something because some “wise” person says that such & such is the best all the time. I don’t give a hoot what Susun says; if it is the middle of January and I want a little glass of carrot juice I will have it, and bear the consequences. I would rather eat wrong from thinking for myself then eat “right” because a guru says to.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:34:16 +0000

Very interesting article, you would assume that raw foods would be more beneficial to our survival

By: Anna May

Anna May — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:41:02 +0000

Thanks for the plug, Ian, re the necessity of flexibility in our way of eating. I have changed over the years, and I am sure you have, too!

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:12:51 +0000

I like the article and it settles a lot of presuppositions I had on the subject quite aptly.
Google: Cooked vs Raw and from what I’ve read all over the place yay and naying both sides, is summed up quite well by Susan although some of the comments/posts do hold water too. Region or location is definitely a factor, spirituality does bare some thought, but flexibility of this great piece of machinery we drive around is too high to be forgotten. Anna May’s post could nearly be a footnote to the summary.
Thanks for the education and cheers to google eh!

By: Anna May

Anna May — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:46:12 +0000

It is not a question of cooked versus raw. They are both right and good when eaten at the right time according to your own personal constitution and condition. We have to be flexible. There is no substitute for flexibility.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:43:56 +0000

I think that goes for Vegans as well…

By: Joanne Hay

Joanne Hay — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:28:10 +0000

I’d take your comment as worth while, Andrew, if I thought for one minute you’d even read Susun’s article. Funny, raw foodies seem the most evangelical, yet least able to learn of all diet enthusiasts. I wonder if impaired digestion is the issue? Not able to take new information due to overload of digestive apparatus. Maybe lack of fat causes brain to shrivel.