Message #3028 - Vegetarian Magick  (Rcvd)
   Date: 04-01-96 03:37
   From: Rain
     To: Maiya
Subject: Falafel
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 On 03-31-96 Maiya wrote to Rain... 
 
 M >     There are so many tofu recipes, I really don't know where to 
 M > begin... 
 
Indian/Pakistani/Iranian, African, Middle Eastern or Malaysian 
recipes using tofu would all be extra-nice. And as you may have 
guessed, I like FIRE...I'm a registered chile-head. <G> 
 
 M > As for your hot flushes, try Black Cohosh, Rosemary, Mistletoe, or 
 M > Evening Primrose.  Your local health food store can supply these for 
 
 Well, I'm an herbalist, did I mention?  And the research I've 
 followed for the last few years says that of these herbs, only black 
 cohosh would help the cause of menopausal hot flashes: a lessening of 
 the body's estrogen level.  (The main "para-estrogenic" or "estrogen 
 precursor" plants are black cohosh, ginseng, _dong quai_, anise, 
 fennel, red clover, and soybeans.) Evening primrose helps PMS a lot, 
 of course, but via conversion of GLA into prostaglandins, not an 
 estrogenic action. Where are you seeing research that supports an 
 anti-menaopausal-hot-flash use of rosemary or mistletoe? I'd be 
 curious to read it. I'm at work on a database for practitioners, 
 so I try not to miss anything. 
 
 (PS--I know the medically correct term is "flushes", not "flashes", 
 but as they make me feel flash-fried and also give me an urge to 
 flash (i.e., rip all my clothes off), I tend to prefer the common 
 term.<G>) 
 
 M > For a total vegetarian 
 M > protein, simply combine any two of:  legumes, seeds, grains. 
 
 Yes, and they don't even have to be at the same meal, experts now 
 say--just in the same day. I do have to have some meat protein, 
 though, due to a specific absorption problem peculiar to my disease. 
 I hope that won't be permanent, but have been warned by the docs & 
 nutritionists that it may be. 
 
 M > Please get back to me on specific recipes you would like (e.g. 
 M > tofu), and  I will do my best to supply you with them. 
 M > I have so many.... <smile> 
 
<rubbing her hands> I can't wait! <VBG> 
 
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