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From:	Mark (71.17.102.242)
Subject:	An article for Dr. D
Date:	March 21, 2012 at 5:40 am PST

In Reply to: Re: Question for Dr. D. I had problems with the Raw Food and had to stop. posted by Mark on March 20, 2012 at 3:14 pm:

I just came across something that implies that I may have had a weak spleen going into the raw food and this contributed to my situation.

If you are interested here is what I read, my symptoms have started to improve since stopping the raw food.

Here is a blurp from the article...

Cold Foods
Raw foods are cooling. A body must heat a food to body temperature in order for the Spleen to
extract the Qi from the food. If the Spleen is already deficient, eating raw food will take up
precious energy that the body can’t afford. By the time the food is heated up, there is even less
digestive power. Very few foods are eaten raw in Chinese cuisine. Partly this is from agricultural
methods that make raw food more likely to carry parasites, but partly it is because of the wish to
keep the Spleen strong. Raw foods are typically fermented before being eaten. Western diets
include many salads. While it would be a shame to give up fresh greens, if the person has a large
Spleen Qi deficiency, sticking to cooked vegetables would be a better choice.
Other common cold foods are drinks that come straight from the refrigerator, or drinks with ice.
Imagine your Spleen Qi deficient client reaching for the refrigerated orange juice on a cold winter
morning. Heating up some ginger tea would be much more appropriate! Other food suggestions
would include soups and stews cooked for a long time, foods using warming spices such as
ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg, and touches of cayenne.

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