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(Maiden) wrote in message . com>...
> (N. Thornton) wrote in message . com>...
> > (Maiden) wrote in message . com>...
> >
> > > So sometimes I wonder - should I listen to all the "health food hype"?
> > > Or, should I listen to what my body is telling me?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Regards, NT
>
> 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.

How can that be that granola bars and orange juice be irritating....
The digestive system cannot discriminate that if compared to eating
muesli with orange juice.
Milk and cream when mixed in the bowl with acidic substance may have a
tendency to clot....we are not sure that it goes the same way down our
stomach.
When we consume milk and cream successively it is just broken down by
our digestive system by enzymatic means to digestible products.
> 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.
Sounds like Taoist type of food combining….. and other related
naturopathic claim by practitioner of alternative medicine.
Unfortunately there is not a reliable scientific evidence to back up
such claim.
IIRC there is also a version in ayurvedic medicine

Biochemicaly flour contains carbohydrates and eggs contains fats and
even cholesterol that can be accumulated later in the arteries in
later life and can lead to cardiovascular problems.

I do not understand either how chemically sugar and cocoa had such
‘trigger happy attitude' to digestion. Both of these materials
contains carbohydrates and even fat.They just pass through our
alimentary system like other foods with ho spectacular effect on our
body.
These will build up first when the starches are converted to sugars by
the amylolytic enzyme ptyalin in the saliva to sugar ( likely
glucose ) and the other parts by the instestinal amylases.
This sugar can encourage the bacteria in mouth called streptococcus
mutans to produce plaque build up by biochemically converting them to
acids which can promote the build up of dextran polymer created by the
same microbe which is that accumulate in the nooks and cranies in the
gums and teeth location.
Cocoa can contain the alkaloid theobromine which has stimulating
effect like caffeine to the nervous system and indeed may trigger the
neurotransmitters to dictate the body that the appetite needs to be
whetted.oe otherwise. Indeed it is true that sugar and cocoa will
finally form acids and cocoa( if its natural is slightly acidic).
Now regarding the lysine/mucous properties.
It is not lysine and amino acid but possibly an enzyme(IIRC lyase that
dissolves some cell wall components that can disrupt pathogen cell
walls and led to its destruction. This particular enzyme( protein) is
present in egg white and saliva.
Now mucus is just part of body fluids a complex mixture usually a
polymeric complex of carbohydrates, proteins and fats dispersed in
water which controls its visocosity..
If the poster says that due to the mucilaginous properties of mucus
it can neutralize the bad effect in consuming offensive items. I do
not see that there is enough scientific evidence to support that……
maybe that is a plausible explanation from naturopathic or any new
age alternative medicine description. But what ever it is was not
concretely proven by pragmatic and exacting techniques of modern
science.

> P.S. Back to the subject of barley malt, for anyone interested in some
> more barley malt (& other) ideas, here are some healthy & filling
> instant-snacks which can serve as either snacks or meals:
>
> Rice cakes slathered with coconut oil & barley malt
that will increase you saturated fat in your body as well as your
blood sugar and also calories totally.
> Rice cakes slathered with coconut oil & rice syrup
the same also with here....
> Rice cakes slathered with sesame butter & barley malt (cheaper than
> coconut oil
WEell sesame oil may contain more polyunsaturates than coconut oil but
its still fat. and that offer more of calory per gram compared to
sugars and starches.

> And wash down the above snack with warm water or super-green powder
> dissolved in water, or mullein tea, or decaf spearmint tea.

Now washing tbose things with herbal tea will not make you more
healthy either.
Such unique tea can introduce other factors that have questionable
health benefits..... There are phytochemicals that even cause allergy
in many people;Only those people who follow alternative healthstyle
which they believe will make them healthy without the benefit of
scientific proof...

It is better just to eat piece of banana cake/bars and drink a
wholesome fruit juice or just plain mineral water and you will feel
satiated and still healthy as long as you do not overindulge in such
high sugar foodstuff.
Roy