I wonder about that too........I exercise TONS and that is part of why I
stopped doing 100% raw......I'd be out walking or running or doing Taebo and
all of a sudden my blood sugar would drop and I'd feel clammy, weak and
sweaty......and I'd get the shakes......I've never had that happen eating
cooked vegan.  I've gone back to my vegan diet, about 50%-75% raw depending
on the day, and feel much better.  I really like the concept of all raw, but
I wonder if at least to some extent, our bodies have adapted to eating some
cooked food.  I feel much more balanced on some cooked.  Peace, Jen aka
Kashmir3
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From: Carol & David <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: long term vegan success (was Re: Raw Food Diet guidelines


>> Micaela:
>> Many foods that are
>> >Alkaline in the raw state are acidic after being cooked, and there are
very
>> >few sources of raw vegan acidic foods  (nuts and seeds are the items
that I
>> >know of)
>>
>> Kirt:
>> And blueberries if I remember. You may be onto something. I don't know
much
>> at all about acid/alkaline.
>>
>> Now that you have given me the reminder, I believe cranberries should be
>> added to the list.  I believe Bernard Jensen, said that cranberries were
the
>> one food that was so acidic that no one should eat them under any
condition.
>
>Carol:
>I haven't read a whole lot about acid/alkaline, but what I have read
>can be divided into two different groups.  There are those who always
>write about the pH of the food "as is", while others only talk about
>whether a particular food has an acid or alkaline ash.  This ash is
>said to correlate with the overall pH effect of a food on the body.
>In other words... an acid fruit may have an alkaline ash, making it
>an alkalizer of the body.  I don't think I've ever read anyone who
>talks about both of these aspects of pH and relates them to each other.
>I'd like to.  Any suggestions from anybody out there in e-land?
>
>Also, I've heard it said that the problem with raw foodists getting
>too alkaline -- spacey, emotionally fragile, etc. -- is that they
>often don't exercize much.  Exercize is an acidifier of the body,
>they say (the lactic acid from muscle use, I guess).  Comments?
>
>