@biohacker , im just curious, you said you werebeating raw nuts last week, including hazelnuts. Hazelnuts are one of the only nuts I wont evercactually eat raw. I know thatbboth almond skins and hazelnut skins irritate the lining of the digestive tract, and ideally should be removed.
Also, ayurveda swears strongly that almonds should nevervbe blanched to remove the skins, but instead soaked overnight and peeled in the morning. They recommend 10 almonds. When I do saok and eat raw almonds, I just soak 10 and add some walnuts or sinflower seeds as well (soaked).
I did this yesterady coincidentally. It gave me a REALLY bad chest. But also, relative to my infevtions and mucus, amd very specifically to whatbI eat, I haveba serious speech problem. The mucus gets in my vocal chors and causes what appeas to be a really bad stammer. It is more like a trumpet withnwaterbin, blocked,,or the cogs of a wheel unable to turn.
Aftr the raw nuts yesterday I just couldnt manage a conversation atvall last night, barely a sentence. I had this speech problem very severe for years and years, it was so bad I had to isolate myself and it was so uncomfortable for myself and others to be trying to communicate.
Since late 2015, I practically completely overcame this and was have been living virtually a normalmlife, speach wise, due tommaking good progress with various infections,,amd devising ways to manage my respiratory symptoms more effectively.
However, when infections getvreally bad problems can occur. Also vaporizring regularly during spells og heightened infection causes a lot ofmprovlems woth fluency of speech.
And when I take the homeopathy, that also can oftennmake speech practically impossible due to so much muucs being produced and cleared. This always calms down a lot though as soon as the medicine course is over.
The last 10 days of my treatment, speech has been very difficult, but varies wildly from hour to hour, day to day, depending on food intake, amount of medicine drunk at the time, and completeness of symptom management. Last night, afterveating raw nuts in afternoon, it was the worst it has been in a long time.
A combo of the raw nuts which cause much more mucus than cooked nuts, and the homeopathy programme, but also the fact that I suddenly picked up another viral infection yesterday, which made it impossible for me to manage and clear the muucs properly.
New viruses always hit me really hard at the beginning for the first 3 days until I start to get them down. But NO WAY do I want to eat any raw soaked nuts or seeds again soon!
You cant imagine what it feels like to not be able to get a senntence oit,,especially when I have so much articulate thought to express, and the people I am talking tomwhomare totally thick, think I am retarded or just anxious, nervous, when it is purely a physical problem.
Most foods I have to strictly avoid are much worse, like all types of fruit,,even lemons/limes, and tomato I love but had to give up completely 4 years ago in order to be able to communicate.
The samemfor my favorite yeast free breads, sourdough rye, sprouted breads. Also butter, even ghee! I love my home made organic grass fed ghee. That is what you realy want. Ayurveda is right about the magic of ghee!
And the same goes for practically all supplements and herbs I cant tolerate. Even if I could live with the extra respiratory mucus and bad chest, I would NEVER be able to speak!
My speech has just gotten bad the past 10 days or so die tomthe homeopathy. It will be fine in the morning, thenas Im taking the medicine it becomes impossible. Aftr dealing with the mucus it is okay again. Comes and goes all day long, but will improve after it is finished, as long as I stick to my diertary restrictions to keep mucus manageable.
Sorry, this is all off point. Back to the nuts. Just a coincidence I had raw almonds and walnuts yesterday. So almonds I dont eat unless soaked and peeled. They contain natural cyanide, which soaking breaks down and blanchimg doesnt. And we arent supposed to eat the skins which are a digestive tract irritant. The same for hazelnuts, but the only way I can get the skins off the hazelnuts is to roast the first , then rub in between my palms until skins fall off.
Have you ever made homemade hazelnut butter? Delicious, especially if you melt cocoa powder with ghee/coconut oil, and mix in with a teaspoon of xylitol! Put that in a jar on the suoermarket shelf, advertising its health properties, and you will have a winner! Like a healthy guilt free version of Nutella, which is good for your teeth (xylitoL) and sugar level. Just send me royalties!
So HERE is my point- do you and your girlfriend eat raw, unsoaked nuts regularly? And wholegrains like brown rice, oats, millet, quinoa etc? Unsoaked I mean?
If so, this will certainly be causing a problem with nutrient absorption. Im sure you know all of this well, but have perhaps underestimated the importance of it for an easier life.
The phytates in raw nuts/seeds, and wholegrains, that have not been soaked for at least 7 hours in lukewarm water, basically are enzyme inhibitors that weaken gut function over time, but CRUCIALLY, the phytates bind to minerals in the gut and block their absorption.
Ideally you would also add an acidic medium to soak. Like lemon juice, kefir, buttermilk, or vinegar. I cant tolerate any of those- really bad chest and speech problems. So I just add salt amd a dash of ascorbic acid, just in case that type of acidity can have SOME effect (although ascorbic acid is acidic, and "acidifying", but lemon juice, vinegar etc are acidic and "alkalising"
(not sure about buttetmilk.)
I am very disciplined about pre soaking. I est porridge most days. Of all meals, plain porridge with water, is the only meal I can eat and not need to do a steam inhalation afterwards before I can go about my day, or carry on drinking my homeopathu for instance.
But I will NEVER even think ablut eating porridge of it hasnt beem soaked at least 7 hours. The same for brown rice, millet, amaranth, teff, quinoa (quinoa can be soaked for a shorter time than the others though).
So jusy have a look at this anyway. Sorry guys for the long post! This was important tomshare, and I got sidetracked due to my complicated and crazy life!
