(07-12-2011, 01:51 PM)Oceania Wrote: i'd defo want to feed him proper food, meat or not. i don't think pet food is healthy enough and he won't eat organic kitty food, but i dunno if organic makes it good. but i don't know how to make meals for animals, if you give him a pouch it's supposed to have everything. there should be cookbooks for pets. i mean to feed pets.

Quote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalate

n the body, oxalic acid combines with divalent metallic cations such as calcium (Ca2+) and iron(II) (Fe2+) to form crystals of the corresponding oxalates which are then excreted in urine as minute crystals. These oxalates can form larger kidney stones than can obstruct the kidney tubules. An estimated 80% of kidney stones are formed from calcium oxalate.[4] Those with kidney disorders, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, or certain forms of chronic vulvar pain (vulvodynia) are typically advised to avoid foods high in oxalic acid. Methods to reduce the oxalate content in food are of current interest.[5]

Quote:Almonds, cashew, peanut, pecan and walnut all contain high concentrations of oxalic acid ranging from 200-600mg/100g. http://www.coljoe.com/vegetable_oxalic_acid.htm

Quote:http://www.coljoe.com/what_is_oxalic_acid.htm
6. Is there natural protection from the toxicity?
The sixth answer concerning natural protection will be described in discussion of my Diet Procedures. You will read descriptions of the expression “too much of a good thing”.

Quote:Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing:

"Casual consumption of foods with oxalic acid should not pose a problem, however overindulgence inhibits absorption of calcium."

(07-12-2011, 02:34 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: "Casual consumption of foods with oxalic acid should not pose a problem, however overindulgence inhibits absorption of calcium."

(07-12-2011, 02:40 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote:

(07-12-2011, 02:34 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: "Casual consumption of foods with oxalic acid should not pose a problem, however overindulgence inhibits absorption of calcium."

Leafy greens such as spinach also contain oxalates. It's not an issue as long as there is variation in the diet, ie. don't eat spinach every day, but alternate spinach with lettuce, chard, kale, etc. Same with nuts. Not a problem. The very foods high in oxalates are also high in calcium & magnesium.

Kinda like egg yolks containing cholesterol, but egg whites break down the cholesterol. (Incidentally, factory-farmed eggs have 5 times more cholesterol, which is one of the reasons why they're a problem and free range eggs aren't.)

Also, some nuts have tannins in their skins to inhibit the sprouting process. Soaking nuts neutralizes the tannins and makes them much more assimilable.

(07-12-2011, 02:50 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: Monica, I just read this http://www.coljoe.com/diet_procedure.htm as you were replying.

I find it very interesting. I would like to hear your opinion on it. Something to note, he says you should try to take calcium supplements separate from when you would ingest foods with oxalic acid.

(07-12-2011, 07:02 AM)3DMonkey Wrote: This thread was started by someone who felt for eating plants what vegetarians feel for eating animals. I, personally, share this emotion. Now, the vegetarian members have tried to discredit this emotion as an unnecessary one. My only desire is to show them that they act no different than the meat eaters that would discredit their emotions for animals. This way of not validating an other in their personal 3D endeavor is the real issue for the health of the body, in my opinion. I think it is a "blockage" on a societal level. The tell tale that it is a societal level blockage is that, in the mirror, the motivation is so that "the society must get on board with this in order to progress as a society the way i see it." The reciprocal, or activation, of this is " I need to see the society in a way that I can accept it in order to allow it to progress."

(07-12-2011, 01:29 PM)Oceania Wrote: i've heard there are almonds that are poisonous.

(07-12-2011, 03:32 PM)Pickle Wrote: Apricot pits have cyanide I think, but are not poisonous. It is another case of guilt by word association. Yes they look like almonds, which have confused some.

(07-12-2011, 03:32 PM)Pickle Wrote: This also applies to modified water.

Quote: Holy moly, that vegan kitty kibble is expensive!

(07-12-2011, 05:48 PM)Pickle Wrote: Bottled spring water is easy to work with. If the body takes in high amounts of actual nutrients it will pass out the chemicals. This is the nice thing about the body. If it has no lack, it does not try to store "unknown" stuff in the body.

(07-12-2011, 06:35 PM)Pickle Wrote: Processed water is what I meant to say. When it has gone through a processing plant it is different. You can read about folks drinking enough water to cause organ failure, while at the same time their cells are considered dehydrated.

(07-12-2011, 06:35 PM)Pickle Wrote: Structured water gets into your cells. I have something that structures water.

(07-12-2011, 06:35 PM)Pickle Wrote: Once I get moved I will have access to actual springs. Right now I go with the lessor evil.

(07-12-2011, 02:40 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: (Incidentally, factory-farmed eggs have 5 times more cholesterol, which is one of the reasons why they're a problem and free range eggs aren't.)

(07-13-2011, 08:36 PM)zenmaster Wrote: Between that and your soda dehydration 'fact', you may want to re-check your dietary-fact sources.

Quote:I am correct on the soda issue.

(07-13-2011, 09:02 PM)zenmaster Wrote: I don't believe you. The fluids in the soda more than make up for any loss due to its diuretic component - ergo no net water loss possible from drinking.

(07-13-2011, 09:02 PM)zenmaster Wrote: And you'd be a moron not to drink a Coke, if that was the only beverage available and you were dehydrated.

(07-13-2011, 08:10 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Just got a juicer! YUM!

(07-13-2011, 10:29 PM)Pickle Wrote: Let us know how you feel after a shot of wheatgrass or something along those lines. It was like a super clean energy jolt, kind of like being awake, the first time I tried it.

Dr. Whimsy Anderson Wrote:This film is amazingly inspirational, and I highly recommend people watch it. Not just because it demonstrates how diet and exercise can cure disease, but because it addresses, what I have come to believe, are gaping holes in our current healthcare system. Mainly, the lack of emphasis we have placed on diet and lifestyle changes to cure disease in this country, and have opted instead for the "quick fix," medications can offer instead.

Dr. Whimsy Anderson Wrote:This is not a perfect film. I am not a huge proponent of a juice only fast. One of the main reasons I don't like this type of fast is because it eliminates fiber from the diet. Fiber is vital to our health for a number of reasons. for starters, fiber bulks up our stool helping us to have healthier and more frequent bowel movements (preventing constipation, diverticulitis and polyps). Fiber is also important in possibly reducing our risk of colon cancer and type II diabetes. Fiber also helps keep our blood sugar stable. It does this by slowing down how quickly sugar can enter the blood stream; preventing the elevated levels you can sometimes get from consuming high sugar content drinks like soda pop and white bread.

Quote:Questioner: The mechanism of, shall we say, social catalyst due to a necessity for feeding the body then is active in fourth-density. Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. This is incorrect. The fourth-density being desires to serve and the preparation of foodstuffs is extremely simple due to increased communion between entity and living foodstuff. Therefore, this is not a significant catalyst but rather a simple precondition of the space/time experience. The catalyst involved is the necessity for the ingestion of foodstuffs. This is not considered to be of importance by fourth-density entities and it, therefore, aids in the teach/learning of patience.

Quote:Questioner: In third density the fueling of our bodily complex is not only simply fueling of the bodily complex but gives us opportunities to learn service. In fourth density it not only fuels the complex but gives us opportunities to learn patience. In fifth density it fuels the complex but does it teach?

Ra: I am Ra. In fifth density it is comfort for those of like mind gathered together to share in this broth, thus becoming one in light and wisdom while joining hearts and hands in physical activity. Thus in this density it becomes a solace rather than a catalyst for learning.

Quote:Questioner: I am simply trying to trace the evolution of this catalyst that then, as you say, changes in fifth density. I might as well complete this and ask if there is any ingestion of food in sixth density?

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct. However, the nature of this food is that of light and is impossible to describe to you in any meaningful way as regards the thrust of your query.

Quote:Questioner: In the last session you said, “that when the self is conscious to a great enough extent of the workings of the catalyst of fasting, and the techniques of programming, it then may through concentration of the will and the faculty of faith alone cause reprogramming without the analogy of fasting, diet, or other analogous bodily complex disciplines.” What are the techniques of programming which the Higher Self uses to insure that the desired lessons are learned or attempted by the third-density self?

Ra: I am Ra. There is but one technique for this growing or nurturing of will and faith, and that is the focusing of the attention. The attention span of those you call children is considered short. The spiritual attention span of most of your peoples is that of the child. Thus it is a matter of wishing to become able to collect one’s attention and hold it upon the desired programming.

This, when continued, strengthens the will. The entire activity can only occur when there exists faith that an outcome of this discipline is possible.

Quote:Questioner: Is it possible by the use of some technique or other to help an entity to reach fourth-density level in these last days?

Ra: I am Ra. It is impossible to help another being directly. It is only possible to make catalyst available in whatever form, the most important being the radiation of realization of oneness with the Creator from the self, less important being information such as we share with you.

We, ourselves, do not feel an urgency for this information to be widely disseminated. It is enough that we have made it available to three, four, or five. This is extremely ample reward, for if one of these obtains fourth-density understanding due to this catalyst then we shall have fulfilled the Law of One in the distortion of service.

We encourage a dispassionate attempt to share information without concern for numbers or quick growth among others. That you attempt to make this information available is, in your terms, your service. The attempt, if it reaches one, reaches all.

We cannot offer shortcuts to enlightenment. Enlightenment is, of the moment, an opening to intelligent infinity. It can only be accomplished by the self, for the self. Another self cannot teach/learn enlightenment, but only teach/learn information, inspiration, or a sharing of love, of mystery, of the unknown that makes the other-self reach out and begin the seeking process that ends in a moment, but who can know when an entity will open the gate to the present?

Quote:G: Q’uo, M from Germany writes, “There have been reports in the media about an Indian Yogi named Prahlad Jani who claims that he didn’t take in any food or water for the last 70 years. Doctors who have made some medical examinations found that his body didn’t even keep the 100 milliliters of water [given by researchers] daily. Prahlad says he has taken all the energy he needs through meditation.

“Also, I read some independent studies that concluded that we would never be able to take in all the energy that we require and expend through food and water alone. So am I right in thinking that all biological life on Earth acts as free energy devices do and that they transducer interdimensional energy? Also, what is the relationship between foodstuffs as a source of energy and subtle energy?”

Quo: We are those of Q’uo, and appreciate your query. We would say to the one known as M that entities such as the one known as Prahlad are legitimately free from the necessity of the intake of foodstuffs. This is because this entity and others like this entity have either developed within themselves through spiritual practice or by nature have been given an awareness of the subtle energies of prana and light.

We cannot say that to all humans the capacity for using the body as a free energy device exists, for it is indeed a rare entity within third density that is able to lift away from physical foodstuffs for the physical body. We find in this instrument’s mind the caution seen often on your television, “Do not try this at home.” Usually, these cautionary statements are made when the viewing audience is watching someone do a stunt or a difficult physical feat such as jumping a canyon or other risky and highly skilled maneuvers.

We would say that except for those who are seeking this freedom from foodstuffs, there is a faint possibility that you might achieve freedom from food and water and be able to live on light, the energy of prana, yet unless such a spiritual practice were fulfilling to the one seeking in this way and opened to that entity the gateway to illumination, we would suggest focusing upon the opening of the energy body rather than the retiring of the physical body.

It cannot be denied, however, that sleeping within each human of third-density Earth is the capacity to store and to use the energy of light itself in the breath, from the sun, by awareness of the life in all things so that there is freedom from the necessity to use the body as a distillery.

(07-15-2011, 03:29 AM)Tenet Nosce Wrote:

Dr. Whimsy Anderson Wrote:This is not a perfect film. I am not a huge proponent of a juice only fast. One of the main reasons I don't like this type of fast is because it eliminates fiber from the diet. Fiber is vital to our health for a number of reasons. for starters, fiber bulks up our stool helping us to have healthier and more frequent bowel movements (preventing constipation, diverticulitis and polyps). Fiber is also important in possibly reducing our risk of colon cancer and type II diabetes. Fiber also helps keep our blood sugar stable. It does this by slowing down how quickly sugar can enter the blood stream; preventing the elevated levels you can sometimes get from consuming high sugar content drinks like soda pop and white bread.

(07-15-2011, 06:55 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: Most practitioners I know of, who recommended juice fasts, also included fiber powder (such as psyllium) in the protocol. I've done dozens of juice fasts and always included fiber to keep the action going.

(07-15-2011, 05:43 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote:

Quote:We, ourselves, do not feel an urgency for this information to be widely disseminated. It is enough that we have made it available to three, four, or five. This is extremely ample reward, for if one of these obtains fourth-density understanding due to this catalyst then we shall have fulfilled the Law of One in the distortion of service.

We encourage a dispassionate attempt to share information without concern for numbers or quick growth among others. That you attempt to make this information available is, in your terms, your service. The attempt, if it reaches one, reaches all.

(07-15-2011, 07:04 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Did you know that 90% of the cells found in association with the human body are not human cells?! This is an incredible exciting field of research that is only just now beginning to manifest itself.

Quote: The fourth-density being desires to serve and the preparation of foodstuffs is extremely simple due to increased communion between entity and living foodstuff.

(07-15-2011, 07:53 PM)Oceania Wrote: prolly not.

(03-06-2011, 11:18 AM)3DMonkey Wrote: I don't hear insects enter the argument much. What is the consensus about eating insects? Is this slaughter?

Quote:Questioner: Then why do we have the extreme starvation problem in, generally, the area of Africa at this time? Is there any metaphysical reason for this, or is it purely random?

Ra: I am Ra. Your previous assumption was correct as to the catalytic action of this starvation and ill health. However, it is within the free will of an entity to respond to this plight of otherselves, and the offering of the needed foodstuffs and substances is an appropriate response within the framework of your learn/teachings at this time which involve the growing sense of love for and service to other-selves.

Quote: 43.16 Questioner: The physical vehicle that is used in fourth-density space/time is, I am assuming, quite similar to the one that is now used in third density. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. The chemical elements used are not the same. However, the appearance is similar.

(07-07-2011, 05:45 AM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote:

(07-07-2011, 03:53 AM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Y'all jumped right past the first half of the post in which I was talking about philosophical arguments for vegetarianism based on an extreme ideal of harmlessness that is impossible to embody in the 3D world.

Sorry. I should have stated that I do agree with you on that. It truly is impossible.