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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.
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