Al: >These techniques have never been tried by most people, and few >practitioners are trained to apply them. Al, welcome to raw-food. Are you saying that those dentists who use acupuncture rarely or never need to use anesthetics? >Tell your dentist to stick to pulling teeth. On the contrary I would like to educate him. Can you point me to some sources of information on the use of acupuncture in dentistry that might be enlightening for my dentist to read? Liane: >It was my impression that enzymes and vitamines ARE nutrients that are >valuable to us so we should try are best not to lose them. This is true. What I was commenting on was Raymond's figure of up to 93% of food's nutrition being destroyed during cooking. That figure includes proteins, fats and minerals, not just enzymes & vitamins, and seems awfully high to me. Best, Peter [log in to unmask]