panamint_patty wrote:Like most people I don't have time to watch the entire video posted by surfsteve, but I did pop around and I listened to short segments of the video. Nothing I heard the lady say was new and everything I heard her say was in line with what Dr. Gregor says in his nutritionfacts.org videos. The advantage of Dr. Gregor is that he keeps his videos down to about four minutes or less. That makes it a lot easier to find topical info!
Dr Gregor gives me the impression that all you have to do is eat vegan and everything will be optimal. I think the woman in the video I posted takes Gregor's work a few steps further and explains the whys and whats. While Gregor simply reads studies that agree with his philosophy Brenda Davis actually contacts the people that write them and gets to the bottom. She is also very objective and gives the good with the bad for example she is willing to admit that roasting soy beans makes them almost as bad as roasted meat, while at the same time saying cooking increases the nutrition of some vegetables while others are better raw. I could be wrong but I don't get the feeling that she's cherry picking her studies the way Dr. Gregor does. At the very least she has inspired me to re think about some of my hard core beliefs. I did watch another of her hour long videos on optimal diet instead of raw foods and I have to admit I was disappointed that it was pretty much the same video as the other one.
In take away I feel that perhaps I shouldn't be so quick to give up eating legumes and that I should probably go back to sprouting. I felt really good when I did that. Perhaps I will pick up some bean sprouts next time I'm at the market and I could begin to do both. Bean sprouts are pretty much the only way you can eat legumes raw without getting sick. I miss my vernal alfalfa sprouts. Last time a few years ago I tried to buy them and wasn't able to find any that didn't cost a fortune. Perhaps I will try again. I also am interested in trying broccoli sprouts. Winter is coming up and perhaps I will have better luck getting them to grow here in Trona than in the summer. If anybody is interested in sprouting: One of the tricks I've learned is to add a little peroxide to the water when rinsing them. Not only does it keep them from getting moldy but it also helps remove the shells by "bubbling" them off.