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On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 20:17:52 -0600, Proton Soup
wrote: On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 00:33:55 GMT, "August Pamplona" wrote: The same sort of thing is true, believe it or not, of somehing as mundane as maize. Corn meal is more nutricious when alkali processed. Native Americans knew to treat corn meal in this way. Others didn't. The result was a deficiency of niacin (known as pellagra) among poor folk who subsisted mainly on maize. Just curious, what is the primitive way to alkali process corn? I knew about pellagra, but didn't realize there was a way to avoid it other than to limit the amount of corn in the diet. Proton Soup Soak it in ashes + water, iirc. |
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![]() "ElfHunter" wrote in message om... "Brandon Berg" wrote in message news:g4Hpb.99880$HS4.845672@attbi_s01... "ElfHunter" wrote in message om... "Brandon Berg" wrote in message news:w%npb.67410$mZ5.428783@attbi_s54... "ElfHunter" wrote in message om... MJL wrote in message . .. Personally I like my fats fully stacked with hydrogen. If you're going to oxidize you might as well do it right. Hmm, I hope you are joking. It is my understanding that trans fats may be a cause for heart diseases. Trans fats aren't fully stacked with hydrogen. That'd be saturated fat. Maybe so, but read the subject of the discussion. It is on trans fats. I will take saturated fats over trans fats any day. Which means that you like your fats fully stacked with hydrogen. Damn, why do people who can't read insist on using newsgroups? Beats me. Let's try once more. Saturated fatty acids are fully stacked with hydrogen. Trans fatty acids are not. Ergo, one who likes his fats fully stacked with hydrogen prefers saturated fat to trans fat. This is lipid chemistry, not rocket science. |
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luv acorn pancake but did not know that thing about corn
plodzilla August Pamplona wrote: "Proton Soup" wrote in message news ![]() On 4 Nov 2003 14:01:21 -0800, (ElfHunter) wrote: "August Pamplona" wrote in message link.net... "ElfHunter" wrote in message om... wrote in message ... I see your point. I eat lots of apples but they have no protein. Regarding being "all natural", so are nightshade mushrooms and snake venom and lots of other things that can hurt you. The appeal to "all natural" is the biggest bunch of bunk in the modern era. While I agree with you that the term "all natural" is often a marketing ploy, there are so many examples that show that processed food is bad your you. Example, 1. Refined flour gets digested too quickly. 2. Sugar is bad for your teeth. 3. Trans Fats may cause cardiovascular diseases. Some of these examples are only known recently. So, a prudent strategy would be to be very cautious about processed food. It is all about risk management. I am placing my bets on foods that have not undergone major industrial processes. Sy OTOH, sometimes foods are improved to varying degrees by some level of processing (and indeed some "foods" are inedible or even toxic in their natural state). If you don't believe me, try eating an olive straight from the tree. August Pamplona Point well taken. I will also try not to lick any colorful toad I come across. I will not invest in junk bonds and I promise not to run any red lights. Also, I won't take any of those high tech fats substitutes either. It is simple risk management. I don't do things that I believe have an elevated chance of hurting me. Some people bungle jump, I don't. People have different levels risk tolerance. George Burns lived over 100 smoking cigars and he seemed reasonably happy, but that does not mean I am going to start smoking. My attitude towards highly processed food is similar to strangers hanging outside my door late at night. I tend to be cautious about them. Acorns were a staple of the Native American diet, but they have to be processed, as well. Water soaking is needed to leach out the tannins before grinding into flour. Proton Soup The same sort of thing is true, believe it or not, of somehing as mundane as maize. Corn meal is more nutricious when alkali processed. Native Americans knew to treat corn meal in this way. Others didn't. The result was a deficiency of niacin (known as pellagra) among poor folk who subsisted mainly on maize. And, by the way, I agree with the person I was responding to. I was just pointing out that taken to its logical extreme it doesn't really work either (those who really do take it to that absurd extreme are raw food cultists). August Pamplona -- The waterfall in Java is not wet. - omegazero2003 on m.f.w. a.a. # 1811 apatriot #20 Eater of smut To email replace 'necatoramericanusancylostomaduodenale' with 'cosmicaug' |
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