I also have problems with sugar.  Especially the sweet cough syrups.  They
really irritate my throat.  I rarely eat sweets and get along fine without them
Honey also bothers me.

Ora


On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:54:28 -0800, you wrote:

>         Hi Stefan,
>         
>         I have cravings once in a long while for chocolate.  Since I react badly to
>         sugar, I use unsweetened cocoa powder and mix it with raw honey into a gooey
>         paste to make other things with such as a topping for home made raw ice cream
>         (mostly raw cream, fresh fruit, raw nuts, honey etc) or something like that.
>         While too much/often doesn't agree with me, an occasional item like this is fine
>         
>         and has none of the negative effects that regular chocolate has on me.
>         
>         Actually I think sugar makes people crazy, not chocolate.  Have you tried the
>         same experiment with other candy?
>         
>         I also get the same pain in my throat for just about anything with sugar in it
>         after a few bites.  But I don't get that reaction with my honey/cocoa mixture.
>         BTW chocolate is also really bad for any women with breast lumps or cysts or PMS
>         soreness or similar problems.
>         
>         regards
>         
>         Roberta
>         
>         Stefan Joest wrote:
>         
>         > 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.