That's a very interesting philosophy. Connectivity
makes the world go round, on many levels. On another
topic I had read an article about the oldest lady
alive passing away at 116 yrs old, apparently her
elixir of life was donkey milk - yeetch.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5290000/newsid_5295100/5295132.stm



--- Katie Gey van Pittius
<southafricaninsideandout@...> wrote:

> Further to my diatribe, I may add: thanks for
> listening..... comments
> welcome! Katie
>
>
> On 24/08/06, Katie Gey van Pittius
> <southafricaninsideandout@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there, thanks for replying, sorry if I appear
> anything not positive..
> > don't feel anything not positive but my fellow man
> will be the judge of
> > that!
> >
> > Every Easter time for years now I have carried out
> a regime of cleansing
> > and fasting, more recently with a week of uncooked
> raw food for a week
> > either side of a week of fasting on water. I
> always feel fantastic for
> > having done this, and after I came off the post
> fast week of raw food last
> > time I reflected that I felt so wonderful, clear,
> energetic, and so on, that
> > perhaps I should always live this way.
> Coincidentally .. and it is a
> > coincidence, I live in a small town in a country
> of barbecue maniacs, at my
> > local farm stall appeared a book about a woman who
> had lived for years on
> > what she called the Eden diet, fruits nuts and
> seeds. For clarity, fruit is
> > here defined as anything that carries a seed, and
> so is inclusive of
> > avocados, tomatoes, beans. The diet requires
> absolute discipline and one may
> > not eat if not hungry, only for need, never for
> desire. Like I say, I've
> > tried it and am, in a day or so, after my birthday
> celebrations, going to
> > assign myself one hundred percent to the diet for
> a full year trial, and
> > then see from there. Judging from the results I've
> had from experimentation,
> > I'll probably embrace the diet for life. But
> relevance to salt: something I
> > experienced in the past weeks when I have been
> absolutely true to the diet
> > is mood swings. I would feel so exhilerated I
> would have to sit down and try
> > to breathe it off in order to work, and later
> things would become really
> > dark, pointless, and all those less desirable
> feelings. I did some research
> > and heard mention that fruitarians can be subject
> to these mood swings. A
> > week ago whilst preparing a second serving of
> avocado, I had to honestly
> > reflect that I was not interested in eating the
> avocado because of hunger,
> > but because I love avocado, especially with olives
> or salt. I'd use the
> > olives for their saltiness. I read the book by my
> countryman again, and
> > found that she was explicit: no salt. It tampers
> with the water in the blood
> > and thus affects the concentration of water to
> sugar in the blood. So no
> > more salt, and I began to investigate the
> substance. Truly, we eat what we
> > wouldn't with either a bit of fire, or salt added.
> The crunch comes when we
> > see that in fact we absolutely have to have salt
> added to the diet once it
> > has been subjected to fire, we are at the mercy of
> the substance, wars,
> > currency, empires coming and going. Some say
> because of salt, I feel a bit
> > more inclined to the side of .. because we cook
> our food, and are addicted
> > to a diet of desire, rather than a diet of need,
> and so salt is our lot.
> >
> > I did a bit of internet research and found that
> farm animals, in short the
> > animals under our care, also need salt adding to
> their diets. We cook their
> > food too. Missionaries were traditionally called
> long pigs by cannabilistic
> > amazonians because of our flavour, and we use the
> heart valves of pigs for
> > heart transplants because the tissue is so
> similar, and because monkeys have
> > a virus that is native to them but is mortal to
> us. Pigs have a hoof so we
> > don't resemble them entirely, we are more like the
> monkey (this is all
> > amateur conclusions on the face of the evidence),
> I would be interested to
> > see more about their salt needs. The lady who
> wrote the book suffered no ill
> > effects for not having taken salt, and I myself
> found I am a much less
> > abrasive personality, more sanguine, for leaving
> it out. Of course only in
> > some weeks will I really know myself without salt,
> when I have been without
> > it for a while.
> >
> > My true interest isn't really in salt as such
> though, but for its
> > electromagnetic properties. It seems to me that
> salt is an ingestible
> > substance that conducts electricity. The next
> currency we had that is also
> > an electric conductor was electrum, the first
> coins minted in 700bc (my
> > "facts" come from a study of Helen of Troy by
> Bettany Hughes), from silver
> > and gold. 'Electrum' comes from 'electron', and
> silver on the Periodic Table
> > is the best conductor of electricity. Is the metal
> strip in our current bank
> > notes silver? Our coins are nickel and copper, two
> metals magnificent for
> > electric conductivity, and of course in these
> latter days money is truly
> > electronic, and if the power is off then the rich
> are as rich as what's in
> > the cupboard. Salt the electrolyte. This is the
> monomania I am fascinated
> > by, but its off topic for sure, electricity makes
> the world go round. Money
> > is a truly magnetic substance, even when it was
> salt we were using as
> > currency. This is an electromagnetic world,
> attracting and repelling,
> > positive and negative, good and evil.
> >
> > Thanks for listening
> > Katie
> >
> >
> > On 23/08/06, f f <sunrf1@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > uoh you seem to be a bitter one... short
> answer, it used to be in our
> > > natural food source - before we started messing
> with it.
> > >
> > > peace
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > To: commonsalt@yahoogroups.com
> > > From: southafricaninsideandout@...
> > > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:37:37 +0200
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: Bread and Salt, in ancient Hebrew
> > >
> > > Hi, please more information on these beasties
> that are dependent on
> > > salt. Do they develop the problems humans are
> reported to develop if they
> > > don't find salt licks? Also, in what sort of
> situations do salt licks occur
> > > in nature, will a troop of whatever sort of
> animal have to migrate or trek
> > > to find a lick or the existence of the troop is
> jeopardised?
> > >
> > > Modifying our food is one thing, but modifying
> it so that foodstuffs we
> > > ordinarily would find uninteresting become
> palatable, I think has
> > > consequences like hospitals, dieticians,
> psychiatrists, the list is endless.
> > > Two examples I'll give are the herbivore, the
> cow, being fed sheeps brains
> > > and spinal columns if they are cooked right, and
> the human disinterest in
> > > live or raw chicken but adoration for cooked
> chicken. The two things we do
> > > to disguise our foodstuffs, it seems to me, are
> subject them to fire or salt
> > > them. This alters the natural situation. Even
> sushi is taken with soy sauce
> > > and wasabi. Would we be so interested without
> these artificial applications
> > > - did we really climb out of the primordial
> swamp with a box of matches and
> > > a salt shaker? Why is it possible that a
> substance so vital to our existance
> > > is not naturally found in our foodstuff, surely
> natural selection would have
> > > gotten rid of such a flaw in our survival
> capabilities.
>
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