Sumamba Buwhan
03-03-2005, 19:44
As a vegetarian I sometimes read up on raw foods as well. I saw this and wanted to share it with anyone who might care :)
I try to eat some raw (live) foods myself but I can't let go of my warm meals and fake meat. :p
Top ten reasons why we are natural fruit eaters
and why eating lots of sweet fruit is safe and
completely natural for healthy people.
Raw sweet fruit is the staple food for humans.
We can and should eat lots of vegetables, leafy
greens and some nuts and seeds. But sweet fruit
is the best thing for healthy humans. Here's a
list of ten reasons, why I believe that to be the
case.
Top Ten List:
1. Fruit has beautiful attractive colors and
scents. It tastes great and it's easy for us to
get.
2. You feel happy after eating fruit. Raw fruit
has a special electrical charge or something
about it that makes you feel happy when you eat
it. Cooking, pasteurizing and drying fruit
removes this happiness effect.
3. Fruit can make a complete and tasty meal by
itself.
4. Fruit is the easiest food for us to digest.
Raw fruit frees up the most energy for us because
it digests in the least time out of any other raw
whole foods. This is why raw foodists who eat
fruit have so much extra energy and why their
bodies can heal.
5. We know that early humans were predominantly
fruit eaters.
From "Fit for Life," by Harvey and Marilyn
Diamond, page 62.
On May 15, 1979, The New York Times ran a story
on the work of Dr. Alan Walker, an eminent
anthropologist at John Hopkins University. The
story was a bombshell for those doctors,
dietitians and nutritionists not aware of the
immense importance of fruit in the human diet.
Dr. Walker's findings indicate that our "early
human ancestors were not predominantly meat
eaters or eaters of seeds, shoots, leaves or
grasses. Nor were they omnivorous. Instead they
appear to have subsisted chiefly on a diet of
fruit." Dr. Walker developed a fascinating way of
determining dietary trends by studying the
striations, or markings, on teeth. All foods
leave distinctly different markings on teeth. In
his studies of fossilized teeth, Dr. Walker noted
that, to date, "No exceptions have been found.
Every tooth examined from the hominids of the
twelve-million year period leading up to Homo
Erectus appeared to be that of a fruit eater."
6. Our closest primate relatives the Chimpanzees
and the Bonobos naturally eat a high fruit and
low fat diet. The digestive systems of these
primates are very similar to our own. The DNA of
the Bonobos is at least 99% the same as that of
humans.
7. Most fruit are low to middle on the Glycemic
Index. Even bananas are considered on the low end
of the Glycemic Index. According to the book,
"The New Glucose Revolution," bananas are a 51
with foods 0 - 55 considered on the low end of
the Glycemic Index. Intermediate is 56 - 69 and
high is 70 or higher.
Cooked starches and complex carbohydrates are
often much higher on the Index than raw fruit. It
used to be believed that complex carbohydrates
break down into blood sugar much more slowly than
simple sugars, but it is now known that there are
many other factors that affect the Glycemic Index
of a food. Cooked starches have been shown to
cause hyper and hypo thyroid problems as well as
damaging blood sugar metabolism.
8. Fruit has the nutrients and fibers to help
slow the absorption of their sugars into the
bloodstream. This creates a steady rise in blood
sugar in people with a healthy blood sugar
metabolism. Diabetics are now given fibers such
as guar gum to slow the absorption of sugars from
their meals. Guar gum is naturally present in
bananas.
9. Fruits are very high in antioxidants and
phytonutrients that have been shown to prevent
cancer and heart disease. A tomato contains over
10,000 phytochemicals. Animal foods have low to
no levels of these nutrients.
From "Eat to Live," page 53: The greater
quantity and assortment of fruits and vegetables
consumed, the lower the incidence of heart
attacks, strokes and cancer. (This particular
quote is substantiated by six studies he
references in the back of his book. I'll give you
the first one to start out with: Gillman, M. W.,
L. A. Cupples, D. Gagnon, et al. 1995. Protective
effect of fruits and vegetables on development in
stroke in men. JAMA 273 (14) 1113-17.)
10. Every cell in the body is fueled by glucose
and most cells by fructose, these sugars are
abundant in raw fruits. Sugar is the bodies
preferred fuel.
Fruit is the miracle food for athletes as stated
by the former director of nutrition for the US.
Olympic Team. It provides the fuel needed for
fast acceleration. Fat cannot fuel any kind
anaerobic or fast paced activities like
sprinting, playing basketball or tennis. I've
also found that the more muscle I put on the more
my need for fruit increases dramatically. I never
crave meat, but I do crave fruit after working out.
I try to eat some raw (live) foods myself but I can't let go of my warm meals and fake meat. :p
Top ten reasons why we are natural fruit eaters
and why eating lots of sweet fruit is safe and
completely natural for healthy people.
Raw sweet fruit is the staple food for humans.
We can and should eat lots of vegetables, leafy
greens and some nuts and seeds. But sweet fruit
is the best thing for healthy humans. Here's a
list of ten reasons, why I believe that to be the
case.
Top Ten List:
1. Fruit has beautiful attractive colors and
scents. It tastes great and it's easy for us to
get.
2. You feel happy after eating fruit. Raw fruit
has a special electrical charge or something
about it that makes you feel happy when you eat
it. Cooking, pasteurizing and drying fruit
removes this happiness effect.
3. Fruit can make a complete and tasty meal by
itself.
4. Fruit is the easiest food for us to digest.
Raw fruit frees up the most energy for us because
it digests in the least time out of any other raw
whole foods. This is why raw foodists who eat
fruit have so much extra energy and why their
bodies can heal.
5. We know that early humans were predominantly
fruit eaters.
From "Fit for Life," by Harvey and Marilyn
Diamond, page 62.
On May 15, 1979, The New York Times ran a story
on the work of Dr. Alan Walker, an eminent
anthropologist at John Hopkins University. The
story was a bombshell for those doctors,
dietitians and nutritionists not aware of the
immense importance of fruit in the human diet.
Dr. Walker's findings indicate that our "early
human ancestors were not predominantly meat
eaters or eaters of seeds, shoots, leaves or
grasses. Nor were they omnivorous. Instead they
appear to have subsisted chiefly on a diet of
fruit." Dr. Walker developed a fascinating way of
determining dietary trends by studying the
striations, or markings, on teeth. All foods
leave distinctly different markings on teeth. In
his studies of fossilized teeth, Dr. Walker noted
that, to date, "No exceptions have been found.
Every tooth examined from the hominids of the
twelve-million year period leading up to Homo
Erectus appeared to be that of a fruit eater."
6. Our closest primate relatives the Chimpanzees
and the Bonobos naturally eat a high fruit and
low fat diet. The digestive systems of these
primates are very similar to our own. The DNA of
the Bonobos is at least 99% the same as that of
humans.
7. Most fruit are low to middle on the Glycemic
Index. Even bananas are considered on the low end
of the Glycemic Index. According to the book,
"The New Glucose Revolution," bananas are a 51
with foods 0 - 55 considered on the low end of
the Glycemic Index. Intermediate is 56 - 69 and
high is 70 or higher.
Cooked starches and complex carbohydrates are
often much higher on the Index than raw fruit. It
used to be believed that complex carbohydrates
break down into blood sugar much more slowly than
simple sugars, but it is now known that there are
many other factors that affect the Glycemic Index
of a food. Cooked starches have been shown to
cause hyper and hypo thyroid problems as well as
damaging blood sugar metabolism.
8. Fruit has the nutrients and fibers to help
slow the absorption of their sugars into the
bloodstream. This creates a steady rise in blood
sugar in people with a healthy blood sugar
metabolism. Diabetics are now given fibers such
as guar gum to slow the absorption of sugars from
their meals. Guar gum is naturally present in
bananas.
9. Fruits are very high in antioxidants and
phytonutrients that have been shown to prevent
cancer and heart disease. A tomato contains over
10,000 phytochemicals. Animal foods have low to
no levels of these nutrients.
From "Eat to Live," page 53: The greater
quantity and assortment of fruits and vegetables
consumed, the lower the incidence of heart
attacks, strokes and cancer. (This particular
quote is substantiated by six studies he
references in the back of his book. I'll give you
the first one to start out with: Gillman, M. W.,
L. A. Cupples, D. Gagnon, et al. 1995. Protective
effect of fruits and vegetables on development in
stroke in men. JAMA 273 (14) 1113-17.)
10. Every cell in the body is fueled by glucose
and most cells by fructose, these sugars are
abundant in raw fruits. Sugar is the bodies
preferred fuel.
Fruit is the miracle food for athletes as stated
by the former director of nutrition for the US.
Olympic Team. It provides the fuel needed for
fast acceleration. Fat cannot fuel any kind
anaerobic or fast paced activities like
sprinting, playing basketball or tennis. I've
also found that the more muscle I put on the more
my need for fruit increases dramatically. I never
crave meat, but I do crave fruit after working out.