Dear Raw Food List;
As one who has just started this raw food regimen, I would appreciate if any
could provide what daily regimen(s) they follow, what and how they eat.  I
would be interested in what "instinctive eating" is all about and what is
meant by "stop".  I am vegetarian, so I would not be interested in any
regimen that included the eating of animal flesh or animal products (except
honey).  Thank you.

Dr. Sidney L. Davis, Jr. ND

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Joest <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 9:51 AM
Subject: Does chocolate make crazy?


>Hi all,
>
>after nine months in cologne I've got a little time to write a post
>again. I'm on vacation now and will continue the work in cologne for
>one or two months.
>
>After several years of 100% raw food I made a test this year. Some-
>body offered me chocolate. I got 4 pieces (25 grams) and a milk choco-
>late bar (app. 30 grams), together 55 grams of chocolate - not much.
>
>I had a funny little problem with eating it: it stopped me after
>two pieces by a burning sensation in my throat. So I had to cheat and
>try again later to eat it all. I needed several attempts because the
>stop came every time I tried it. BTW: The chocolate smelled and tasted
>good, otherwise I wouldn't have tried it.
>
>I didn't notice a direct problem with my health but there was one full
>week following my chocolate day in which I awoke in the middle of the
>night, not knowing where I was and what I did (lying in bed). It took
>me one or two minutes to become mentally clear. This phenomen occured
>at only one other occasion: when I had eaten two eggs from "normal"
>chickens (fed with grains, especially wheat).
>I can remember no other nights since my start with raw food where I
>faced this problem.
>Therefore I conclude that the chocolate was the cause.
>
>Is it possible, that the milk which was a ingredience in the chocolate
>bar came from cows fed with wheat, so again a gluten problem? A natural
>doctor I asked told me that there are much more substances in chocolate
>which could cause crazyness.
>
>Anyway I decided that the good taste of chocolate isn't worth this sort
>of consequences and will stay away from it.
>
>Best raw wishes,
>
>Stefan
>
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