Is this possible or is it just ?!
BS!?
"I've seen a 85 year old male, with arthritis, gout, high blood pressure, pooing and peeing problems, completely change in 3 weeks of eating raw fruit!. He was removed of all his meds and he began jogging at his own will!."
85 years old!. All of those maladies!. Completely cured to the point they are taken off of all meds by their doctors, just because they ate raw fruit for 3 weeks!. Then starting jogging, at 85, on top of that!.
Is this biologically or scientifically possible!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
"I've seen a 85 year old male, with arthritis, gout, high blood pressure, pooing and peeing problems, completely change in 3 weeks of eating raw fruit!. He was removed of all his meds and he began jogging at his own will!."
85 years old!. All of those maladies!. Completely cured to the point they are taken off of all meds by their doctors, just because they ate raw fruit for 3 weeks!. Then starting jogging, at 85, on top of that!.
Is this biologically or scientifically possible!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
I recognise the quote as an answer given here on V&V recently (you should have closed the inverted comments at the end of the quote, ie after 'on top of that'; it might appear your question is part of the quote)!.
Of course it's BS!. Even if diet could reverse all illness, which it can't, this story would be full of holes!.
Most of the ailments described can be helped by diet, no doubt about it!. But reversing them is another matter, and in an 85 year old in three weeks !.!.!. the story has been shamelessly invented to support the writer's prejudices!.
A man that age would probably see gradual and slight improvement in some of his conditions over several months if he improved his diet!. He might not - an arthritic friend of mine in her 30s saw no improvement in her condition when she changed her diet; another the same age saw huge improvement with dietary changes - a major one being she stopped being vegetarian to include fish in her diet!.
Those saying 'of course it's possible' are without doubt people who have no experience - probably because of extreme youth - of illness of any kind yet, either their own or that of family members or friends!. They have no experience of diet either preventing or curing illness either - but that fits in with their existing prejudices, and they read a website that said so
Gwyneth, thanks for the jcrows link - I haven't had such a good laugh in months!.
I have been vegan for 13 years and vegetarian for most of my life!. A fair proportion of my diet is raw!. While a vegan I have been diagnosed with both cancer and type 2 diabetes!. I don't blame my vegan diet for either - cancer is largely random and diabetes has a genetic element and both are largely age-related - and I will always remain vegan, but I feel very strongly about people claiming vegan and/or raw foods will prevent and/or cure all illnesses, however serious!.
And claiming an 85 year old took up his bed and walked (or jogged) within days of eating raw food is pure unadulterated crap!. Lies, in fact!.
A sailboat, - 'can't do anything any more after they turn 50'!? I turned 50 over five years ago, and some of my contemporaries, regardless of diet, are fitter than they were at 30!. 50 isn't old!
Edit** Re the PH/alkaline thing: in fact no foods canchange the acidity of anything in your body except your urine, your stomach being so acidic that no food can change its acidity!.
This article is a good response to the acid/alkaline theory; it states 'Anyone who tells you that certain foods or supplements make your stomach or blood acidic does not understand nutrition'
http://www!.quackwatch!.org/01QuackeryRela!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Of course it's BS!. Even if diet could reverse all illness, which it can't, this story would be full of holes!.
Most of the ailments described can be helped by diet, no doubt about it!. But reversing them is another matter, and in an 85 year old in three weeks !.!.!. the story has been shamelessly invented to support the writer's prejudices!.
A man that age would probably see gradual and slight improvement in some of his conditions over several months if he improved his diet!. He might not - an arthritic friend of mine in her 30s saw no improvement in her condition when she changed her diet; another the same age saw huge improvement with dietary changes - a major one being she stopped being vegetarian to include fish in her diet!.
Those saying 'of course it's possible' are without doubt people who have no experience - probably because of extreme youth - of illness of any kind yet, either their own or that of family members or friends!. They have no experience of diet either preventing or curing illness either - but that fits in with their existing prejudices, and they read a website that said so
Gwyneth, thanks for the jcrows link - I haven't had such a good laugh in months!.
I have been vegan for 13 years and vegetarian for most of my life!. A fair proportion of my diet is raw!. While a vegan I have been diagnosed with both cancer and type 2 diabetes!. I don't blame my vegan diet for either - cancer is largely random and diabetes has a genetic element and both are largely age-related - and I will always remain vegan, but I feel very strongly about people claiming vegan and/or raw foods will prevent and/or cure all illnesses, however serious!.
And claiming an 85 year old took up his bed and walked (or jogged) within days of eating raw food is pure unadulterated crap!. Lies, in fact!.
A sailboat, - 'can't do anything any more after they turn 50'!? I turned 50 over five years ago, and some of my contemporaries, regardless of diet, are fitter than they were at 30!. 50 isn't old!
Edit** Re the PH/alkaline thing: in fact no foods canchange the acidity of anything in your body except your urine, your stomach being so acidic that no food can change its acidity!.
This article is a good response to the acid/alkaline theory; it states 'Anyone who tells you that certain foods or supplements make your stomach or blood acidic does not understand nutrition'
http://www!.quackwatch!.org/01QuackeryRela!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
There is something to be said for natural products!. Fruit and foods from plants are the perfect foods!. I think that it could Absolutely cure people if they stopped eating meat and manufactured garbage food and switched to healthy fruit and vegetation foods!.
Sure its possible!
Science isn't something I look to to prove to me anything 100% factual!. I believe science and medicine has caused more problems than solved!.!.!.We have more people with cancers and sickness and we are getting sicker and sicker the more scientific medicines are made and distributed!. Radiation!? It may have cured some but in the long run it dose allot of damage to our bodies!.!.As do most of the medicines!.!.!.
I believe in God!.!.!.I know it seems radical to some people!.!.!.But I don't care what some people think!.!.!.So!.!.!.!.
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Sure its possible!
Science isn't something I look to to prove to me anything 100% factual!. I believe science and medicine has caused more problems than solved!.!.!.We have more people with cancers and sickness and we are getting sicker and sicker the more scientific medicines are made and distributed!. Radiation!? It may have cured some but in the long run it dose allot of damage to our bodies!.!.As do most of the medicines!.!.!.
I believe in God!.!.!.I know it seems radical to some people!.!.!.But I don't care what some people think!.!.!.So!.!.!.!.
http://www!.jcrows!.com/signatures!.htmlWww@FoodAQ@Com
of course it is!. salt gives you a high pressure!. cooking or baking will ruin quite many good things in the food!. frying/cooking the carlic ruins the thing that helps cleaning your blood vessels!. I've seen in a documentary how guys got their erections back after eating raw garlic!. raw food is for us, no other animals have kitchens to cook their food!. except that raw foodism is dangerous cause of e!.coli and salmonella!. I guess we dont build a defense against it like animals do!.
look at japan!. sushi is mostly eaten raw and you have old people practising tai chi each morning!. while westerners cant do anything anymore when they turn 50!.
except it does sound quite exaggerated!. maybe he is one of those people that can handle these things!. like when you hear on the tv about old people running a marathon!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
look at japan!. sushi is mostly eaten raw and you have old people practising tai chi each morning!. while westerners cant do anything anymore when they turn 50!.
except it does sound quite exaggerated!. maybe he is one of those people that can handle these things!. like when you hear on the tv about old people running a marathon!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It is mostly BS, but a raw fruit fast will detox him, so he will feel better and his doctor should able to adjust his medications!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
I think it is definitely possible!.
Eating from plant sources is the best thing you can do for your body!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Eating from plant sources is the best thing you can do for your body!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
This actually applies directly to me!. While I think that it's a little rare to see someone cured of so many problems at that age in such short time, I wouldn't discount it!. I got disabled in the Marine Corps and it's an incurable problem that affects my nerves!. The only option was sedating drugs, so I opted to forego that so-called treatment and live my life conscious (novel approach, apparently)!. I read in a book that a raw vegan diet would actually help me!. I had nothing to lose and had considered it anyway, so I went ahead and tried it!. It did not cure me, but I am able to get back to bodybuilding, which I was afraid I'd never be able to do!.
So what's the deal!? Why does this happen!?
1!. Raw fruits and vegetables provide you helpful enzymes that can break down your food!. Meat doesn't, which is why you feel so bloated afterwards!. This lack of enzymes also produces inflammation, which is why people who have joint problems, chronic inflammation (like arthritus or asthma) do better when they cut down on or cut out meat!.
2!. The extra fiber and lack of hard-to-digest meats mean that your colon is cleaner!. A slow or blocked colon literally has decaying sh*t in it, which leeches back into your blood stream with negative consequences!.
3!. Your body's pH prefers to be alkaline!. This keeps you the healthiest!. While you won't be immune to everything and anything, things like diabetes, infections, viruses, and even cancer flourish in an acidic environment!. Plant foods produce "alkaline ash," which keeps your body's pH more alkaline!. Meats produce "acid ash," which, you guessed it, switches your body's pH to be more acidic!. Notice that most of the people who have diabetes are people who eat meat-heavy diets!. It's not a coincidence, unfortunately!.
The author of the book is a doctor, nutritionist, and ND!.!.!.it's not some old woman rattling off ancient remedies!.
Hope this helps!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
So what's the deal!? Why does this happen!?
1!. Raw fruits and vegetables provide you helpful enzymes that can break down your food!. Meat doesn't, which is why you feel so bloated afterwards!. This lack of enzymes also produces inflammation, which is why people who have joint problems, chronic inflammation (like arthritus or asthma) do better when they cut down on or cut out meat!.
2!. The extra fiber and lack of hard-to-digest meats mean that your colon is cleaner!. A slow or blocked colon literally has decaying sh*t in it, which leeches back into your blood stream with negative consequences!.
3!. Your body's pH prefers to be alkaline!. This keeps you the healthiest!. While you won't be immune to everything and anything, things like diabetes, infections, viruses, and even cancer flourish in an acidic environment!. Plant foods produce "alkaline ash," which keeps your body's pH more alkaline!. Meats produce "acid ash," which, you guessed it, switches your body's pH to be more acidic!. Notice that most of the people who have diabetes are people who eat meat-heavy diets!. It's not a coincidence, unfortunately!.
The author of the book is a doctor, nutritionist, and ND!.!.!.it's not some old woman rattling off ancient remedies!.
Hope this helps!.Www@FoodAQ@Com