by George E. Meinig, DDS, FACD
There is a common misconception that cooking makes food more digestible. While
this is true in a few isolated incidences, on the whole it is utterly false.
Cooking or heating often makes a bad food safe to eat, but it never makes
it a better food.
To test this quite simply, I suggest after eating corn that you take a moment to observe the number of undigested kernels of corn in your stool . Then the next time you eat corn on the cob, without cooking it, you will be amazed at its tenderness and improved taste. But at the same time, when you observe your stool, you will be surprised at how much less undigested corn is present. The reason, of course, is that cooking made it less digestible - it is more difficult for the digestive juices to break it down.
Those of you who say that you just can't eat raw vegetables without getting a stomach ache have this occur not because the food is raw but because your digestive system is deficient. Half of the public, at the age of 50, is short of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, and 15 percent are at the early age of 20. Many also have insufficient pancreatic and liver digestive juices. Shortage of any one, or combination, give digestive disturbances such as gas, diarrhea, and constipation and these, of course, are common to many individuals. The whole subject of digestion is probably the most overlooked phase of human health care.
PPNF recommends:
Pottenger's Cats: A Study in Nutrition
by Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD
First published in 1939, this monumental but highly readable book is designed to preserve the classic study of Dr. Price's worldwide investigation of the deleterious effects of processed foods and synthetic farming methods on human health, and the promise of regeneration through sound nutrition. This bestseller contains guidelines for approaching optimum health and reproduction, now and through future generations, as did the primitives. Dr. Price has been universally accepted as one of the foremost authorities on the role of foods in their natural form in the overall health pattern and the development of degenerative illnesses as a result of the addition of processed foods to our diet.
To learn more about Dr. Pottenger: CLICK HERE:
To purchase book: CLICK HERE:
To purchase DVD: CLICK HERE:
PPNF recommends:
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
by Weston A. Price, DDS
First published in 1939, this monumental but highly readable book is designed to preserve the classic study of Dr. Price's worldwide investigation of the deleterious effects of processed foods and synthetic farming methods on human health, and the promise of regeneration through sound nutrition. This bestseller contains guidelines for approaching optimum health and reproduction, now and through future generations, as did the primitives. Dr. Price has been universally accepted as one of the foremost authorities on the role of foods in their natural form in the overall health pattern and the development of degenerative illnesses as a result of the addition of processed foods to our diet.
To learn more about Dr. Price, CLICK HERE:
To purchase Dr. Price's book: CLICK HERE:
To purchase Dr. Price's video: CLICK HERE:
Please take advantage of the 'Google' search provided below to instantly locate information by key word anywhere on our site.
Web Maintained by:
