fat oxidation

[Teo]

I read very interesting
articles, a long time ago, about how some kinds of fats, such as the
polyunsaturated ones, or others as well, go rancid, even in our bodies, and
how vitamin E is consumed to avoid this process, so that not so much
of this vitamin is left for us, for our bodies. So, about raw foods, I have
often wondered how can dry fruit such as almonds, and so on; such as almond
butters and so on; and dried fruit, like raw olives, can give us useful
fats. They are often, in best cases, sun dried, but light is one of the
causes for fats turn rancid, so I think that perhaps such foods are bad for
us. Is anyone of you who can give an expert answer to all this? Perhaps
olive oil is less rancid than dry olives, for example, and perhaps there is
not so much difference between eating some kind of oils, such as flax oil,
and the seeds: they both cannot be fresh, so cannot be healthy! I also
wonder if there can be some difference between, for example, an almond sun
dried in its shell and an almond sun dried without it.

[Tootsie]

Hi Teo,

I don't have an expert source to quote in answer to your question, but I do like your thinking. I like to eat flax seed and olives, instead of oils. The fats do go rancid and it doesn't take a long time.

[Teo]

Thanks, but what I have learnt about fats made me think that perhaps for example eating olive oil is better than eating olives, even if eating such a concentrated food is not considered to be healthy. Olives are usually too salty, which is never healthy, because they can never be fresh, they need being processed, somehow or other, while olive oil is raw. I wonder if even seeds can be ever considered fresh...that's my main question.

[RawHeaven]

Teo it is a good question. And I would also like to hear what others have to say. Please do not take offense at what I'm going to say next...I can completely relate to where you're coming from. I will speak for myself and not project, but I tend to intellectualize things and have done so since I took my first breath. I can analyze something to death! lol.

One of the things I've really discovered and truly appreciated after going Raw is my ability to decipher what is wonderful for my body and what my body does and doesn't like or needs. A lot of the things I questioned based on my knowledge of nutrition were beginning to make me nuts. So I stopped and just started listening to my body.

The question of fats...I had the same questions. And you know I enjoy eating flaxseeds more than using the oil. I love raw nuts and eat plenty of them with no problems. I occasionally use olive oil, but I prefer olives. But again I rarely eat olives or have olive oil as my body doesn't seem to like them as much as the raw cashews, macademias, sunflower seeds etc. It soaks up the sunflower seeds. And this cycles and changes. Sometimes I can't eat the sunflower seeds and gravitate more towards other fats, like coconut oil.

I don't think anything is bad for you necessarily if you're eating Raw. Your body is much more adapted to release and remove toxins from your body. I would imagine even if something were to turn rancid in your body it wouldn't impact you the same as it would if you were on a different diet incorporating more unhealthy type fats or hard to digest foods. You're working with a much more polished and optimally performing machine now. :)

These days I simply listen to my body and shut my mind off. If I don't feel well after eating something, I don't eat it anymore. If the same thing happens again, I cut it out of my diet completely. On the flipside, if something makes me soar through the roof with energy and my body loves it, you'd better believe I try to eat or drink it daily. It's taken some time for me to get to this place, but I just wanted to share my experience and thoughts on the whole rancid fat subject.

Peace and Happy New Year.

Crystal