Comments on: Brian Clement on Blending Foods – The Renegade Health Show Episode #510

By: laith

laith — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:12:12 +0000

hi,i was real hungrey walking by a beautifull apple tree full of ripe washington delicious apples,stopped for a minutes looked at the shinning apples..nahha dove in the swamp lake for some algie instead.
give me a brake

By: Stormie

Stormie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:11:13 +0000

Seriously…Juicing is less oxidating than blending? I wouldn’t think so. I blend every morning to get more good stuff. I blend to make sauces, too. I cannot afford to juice. I feel so much better than before I started blending. I’m healthier and stronger, too.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:20:49 +0000

Yes I do blend twice daily and I drink it
right away.

By: Terry Tillaart

Terry Tillaart — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:16 +0000

A great discussion indeed and happy to hear some felt my contributions valuable. I wanted to add a few more points to this.

1) As far as aloe goes from a preservative standpoint, I can appreciate the opinion of leaving it on the counter and seeing what happens. That said there is alot of research and massive results in this general area here is an example I found quick.

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Science-Nutrition/Aloe-vera-developed-as-natural-preservative

2)Fruit MUST be the foundation of a raw diet there is no other way to get your calories in. If you try a high fat diet you will run into problems.

3) I think anyone who is swearing off herbs is misguided at best….

4) As far as chewing goes, the blender has done much of this and I believe so long as the tongue gets the “message” tasting it the stomach will crank up the necessary digestive processes. Than again encapsulated supplements that are whole food based have good absorption rates too.

5) Gary Young et al did some research on wich oils they thought would best increase absorption of greens and they use an Oil blend of (Rosemary [rosmarinus officinalis CT cineol]† leaf, lemon [citrus limon]† rind, lemongrass [cymbopogon flexuosus] leaf, melissa [melissa officinalis]† leaf/flower)—-

The results with standard Multigreens mix, there was a 42% blood absorption in 24 hours. After
adding essential oils to Multigreens,
blood absorption increased to 64%
in 30 minutes and 86% in one hour.(Essential Oils Desk Reference, 1st Edition, p. 205). I will quickly mention that Young Living’s oils are the only ones I have ever come across designed and recommended for internal consumption…

I hope this helps.

By: fatima lachporia

fatima lachporia — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:16:08 +0000

If one can eat 20% cooked food one can blend.
So yes I blend,and it is never more than a minute.
love peace and joy.
fatima

By: lala

lala — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:38:10 +0000

Great info!!! interesting to see someone who I thought was a ‘guru’ saying not to get into dogmas, etc… awesome… oh, and how awesome is it that there is backed-up research that if you are healthy, 20%ish cooked food will not hurt your immune system!!! kinda had it drilled in my head that I had to be 100%… even though my body was telling me different recently…

SIMPLE LIFE, INSTINCTUAL!!! aaahhhh, that is where I long to be… excellent…!

YES, I blend! at least one smoothie per day… usually eat at least one un-blended salad per day… that takes long enough to chew… cannot imagine not blending – would literally be chewing all day!? how would you do anything else?

<<<333

Thank You!!!

ps… Jane (#72) had a great question about Chinese medicine and steaming veggies…

By: Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:08:45 +0000

By protein he doesn’t mean meat! He never recommends meat. The perfect proteins come from greens. Sprouts, E3Live, wheat grass juice, and sea vegetables. Sea vegetables have salt in them but the salt absorbed by the plants is a different story than the salt we sprinkle. And sprouted grains that he talks about don’t have the problems that harvested, ground grains have on people. It is night and day different. Many are misunderstanding what he is saying. Search his videos and books more closely before you turn the channel off on him, and you will see.

By: Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:58:01 +0000

I have been listening to Brian Clement for some time. The guy knows what he’s talking about. I don’t find him condecending at all. Look, if I ever have a life threatening illness, That’s the guy I will follow to the T! He has YEARS and YEARS of research upon research about the effects of foods and different processing of foods. He helps so many people heal bodies the physisians long ago gave up on. If he says raw sprouts will heal me, then raw sprouts it is. Meanwhile, with few illness symptoms, the ability to exercise and play at will, I will have smoothies, juices, cooked, raw, etc. But a diagnosis of serious stuff and I am ON IT! I know of absolutely no one more competent in the raw world. May God bless this man and keep him around for a long time! WOO HOO, you GO, Dr Clement!!! I have the VitaMix and the Green Star and I like them both. But if I get ill, it will be far more juicing. To your health and vitality.

By: Rich Rommer

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:15:26 +0000

At the time of her death (from a fire), Ann Wigmore consumed almost all of her food only after blending as a way to get maximum nutrients from the food. Following her example, I always use rejuvelac as the liquid in smoothies because it helps retard oxidation.

By: Vegan Diaries

Vegan Diaries — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:29 +0000

So, first he says we need more protein and now he’s saying that blended drinks lose 90% of their nutrients???

This will definitely not be an expert I follow.

I can understand if a green smoothie is made and left to sit in open air for several hours then, sure, I get oxidation will occur but I don’t believe it happens just from the blending process.

Also, I have been adding lemon juice from half a lemon to my green smoothies partly for taste but also help absorb the iron. But, if oxidation does occur then, I agree that the lemon juice is preventing it anyway.

I also really don’t agree that blended drinks are bridge foods. It’s a great way of consuming a larger amount of greens and other veggies than many people would get otherwise. Plus, lets remember one of the reasons why they’re so great is because blending breaks down the cell walls to make the nutrients more available and digest easier.

Also, I’ve heard of people diagnosed with cancer who brought them themselves back to health pretty much with blended drinks.