I've just recently bought recipe for living without disease, I think it's a great read with a lot of new information but most of it I knew just from reading here and searching the internet. The book does lack a lot of scientific credibility, in the book he references a few scientific studies, but alot of the times he says just from his observations. for example he says water isn't cellular usable, only the water from milk , or vegetable juice, and the raw meats are 90 percent cellular usable while water actually leeches nutrients from the body. I know this is true if too much water is consumed, but he doesn't provide any scientific ground to support his statement. He just says that fats are what lubricate and hydrate the body. This does make sense in my mind but how do you guys feel about just plain water?. I mean Its better that soda, and probaly better than pasteurized milk, I'm not talking about city water but water from a well.
I agree with Aajonus on the matter of plain old water being the lowest form of water and is mostly unusable. I've done my pure water time and I didn't like it. Pure distilled, reverse osmosis, well water, spring water, etc.
My other teacher Barefoot Herbalist MH also agrees with the opinion that plain old water is just plain hard on the kidneys and not bio available as much as real food.
My fruitarian experiment showed to me that plain water sucks compared to the structured water in hydrating fruit like watermelon, melons, fresh coconuts, or even calamansi / lemon juice (diluted with distilled or filtered water). And my high raw fat paleo diet showed that Aajonus is correct in the lubrication and hydration with fat.
As a result I live my raw paleo diet in avoidance of plain water. If I'm thirsty I pop in a raw fertilized egg, or slice a watermelon, or at worst juice some calamansi in water and add some raw honey to taste.
As long as I'm on raw paleo diet, I'm not thirsty. When I do eat cooked meat, that makes me thirsty.
