Hi RD,

Your question: ML et All,

Cooking greens can obviously make them less nutritious for us. I guess steaming and drinking the broth is better than not having greens at all.... but cooking zaps the enzymes ... and the chloropyll ?

I really like green smoothies... normally have 1/2 gallon of them a day. Reading many posts over this weekend.. should i add a pinch of epsom salts straight to the smoothie ?

Smoothies are best fresh.. but I do transport them to work as well in a thermos... how will this affect the chlorophyll content.. I try to minimize oxidattion by filling the thermos completely... is this futile ?

How do the rest of you consume your greens ?

RD.

Answer: "IF" your eating Raw Foods was so Great, then --WHY-- are you having Sickness and Disease problems?????????????????????????????????????

Just be Brutally Honest with yourself !

For you do not need to convince me or anyone else!!

If you will type in the search engine on this forum and review all the past posts about NPN, then you may come to understand Why eating Raw foods does not Solve your problems?

The main problem is Poor Quality of the Raw foods !

Cause and Effect !

Smile Tis your choice.

If you are eating high quality greens, you should also be lightly cooking some of them once in a while... especially the heavier leafy greens and others like broccoli and Brussels sprouts.

After cooking, eating them then with a quality butter or olive oil, and perhaps ACV will release and make MUCH more available the fat soluble vitamins and minerals.

Although on any given day I may be anywhere between 60 and 100% raw, I do not believe in an entirely raw food diet, in part, due to the reason noted above...

there are others.

I would however suggest, that low to medium heat cooking is best in most cases as long as your food is of the best quality you can obtain.

Then - drink, use the broths and liquids from cooking as well - do not throw this valuable nutrition away!

grz-

Hi, PRD!

Hate to rain on your parade, but I eat lots of my veg, especially my greens, very well cooked, in soups. This is especially so when my health has been at its worst...then often only the broth.

If you check my posting history, I have been around for a while and made some pretty spectacular improvement on this. Cooking part of the soup in a big batch once a week and adding some fresh leafy veg and sweet potato when I reheat it gives a consistently good quality, no fuss, quick meal.

Raw and juicing has never either worked for nor appealed to me. Nutrition is same as long as you use all liquids, and the alleged extra enzymes are unnecessary once one has gotten enough of the alkaline minerals for long enough for one's own digestive tract to heal. This is so even for those of us who spent a fortune on enzymes for many years before finding the Ask Moreless forum and adopting its principles.

I'd say, eat your veg any way you like best and your body reacts well to, as long as they are the best quality you can get and you eat the cooking fluids also.

Keep seeking, applying, sharing accurate knowledge in order to
Keep seeking abundant life and joy!

Di