I am not sold on raw but I agree that most things are probably cooked past the point of optimal health. My guess is the best preparation for fruits and vegetables is to steam them very quickly and lightly.

I totally agree

http://www.sens.org/how.htm

I’ve even decided to go back to school to get a BS in biology.

But for example, a large part of what he has spent the last several years presenting as his own theses (in a manner just on the legal side of plagiarism) is what the transhuman/extropian folks were writing about in the mid 80s. His ideas on diet and nutrition have been likewise mined from other sources and then referenced to appear self-researched.

Perhaps he has so fully embraced and internalized these ideas that he does not realize that what he is presenting are not thoughts original to himself. Perhaps he feels (financial/social) pressure to ‘mine’ these ideas to reinforce his public persona as an inventor and innovator. Or maybe his editors/handlers think that his books wouldn’t have as much cache if he presented as a ‘mere’ popularizer.

But I do know that for the last decade or more, if Ray is writing about something then someone has probably already done so somewhere else. He presents as an edge-rider but actually he’s well behind the curl.

Bread – you don’t mean whole wheat bread right? White bread is sugar garbage but anything with the whole grain case is another bonus way to get the most important nutrients in your diet.

Salt is obviously necessary for life but there’s so much salt in our current “food” choices that NOBODY needs table salt (except to avoid goiters!) Salt is not bad, but salinating your bloodstream is not a healthy choice.

Totally agree with everything artifical… but honestly , wackos like Kurzweil just freak people out. He’s got mostly healthy recommendations with some bogus stuff in there to get PR. At least people will start thinking about what they put in their mouths again – at least until the next diet fad will come out. Try reading Willett for rational nutrition advice that doesn’t make you rearrange your life.

I am not sold on raw but I agree that most things are probably cooked past the point of optimal health. My guess is the best preparation for fruits and vegetables is to steam them very quickly and lightly.

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/ http://www.mercola.com

By the way, I used to get a lot of people to rethink soy, especially tofu, in their diet when I shared with them the fact that Buddhist monks used to eat tofu to control their libido.