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N. Thornton
 
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Default Recipe: Banana Cake/Bars (with barley malt & stevia)

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> > > So sometimes I wonder - should I listen to all the "health food hype"?
> > > Or, should I listen to what my body is telling me?

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> > Our bodies can only tell us short term things, not what the incidence
> > of heart attacks and cancer is going to be later on. But they will
> > tell us if something isnt working right short term.
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> > Regards, NT

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> I hear what you're saying NT, but nevertheless, from my real-life
> experience I find there's such a thing as food properties
> counteracting each others' ill effects - to cause a good reaction.
> I.E. it's just a matter of food combining. For example, granola or
> orange juice in & of themselves may be too irritating, but when
> accompanied with milk/cream, they become more tolerable.


Yes Ive come across that too, though thats entirely different to whats above.


> And in the case of chocolate cake, my hunch tells me that the white
> flour & eggs within chocolate cake may NOT build up in the body,
> because the sugar & cocoa (also within choco cake) have the properties
> of triggering digestion and thus propelling & expelling any potential
> sticky build-up. And vice versa, any irritating (acid-reacting)
> properties of the cake's sugar & cocoa are counterbalanced by the
> lysine/mucuous properties of the eggs - toward a synergistic effect.


Anything to back that guess up?


Regards, NT