Dr. Jameth Sheridan's word on carob...
I started the “Raw Carob” craze many years ago, and I deeply regret it. In my quest for ultimate health, I discovered that “Raw” carob powder did have some heat applied to it.
Long ago, I came out with information about “Jameth and Kim’s Really Raw Carob Powder” that was printed in several thousand “Uncooking with Jameth and Kim” books. I was in the process of making a product out of it. I had thousands lbs of raw carob chunks that I then dehydrated at low temperatures and made it into a powder. I discovered that consumption of it gave a definitive toxic feeling, was hard to digest and that it clumped the blood. This was due to the fact, I discovered, that Carob is actually a legume, like soybeans. Being a legume, it had tremendous benefits in healing, cancers hormone balancing including beneficial phytoestrogens, as all legumes do. Soy has gotten a bad rap, primarily because RAW soy is very hard to digest and can cause problems inherent to all RAW legumes in most forms. Carob in its truly raw form, being a legume, was also hard to digest and was NOT good to consume in a totally raw state.
I had developed a huge interest in the raw carob powder, but I abandoned it due to my findings. I eventually composted the thousands of pounds of carob chunks.
Highly roasted carob powder was and is actually more digestible than truly raw, but it did suffer nutritionally from the high temperature and long heating. I subsequently found that the application of small amounts of heat for short times was the best of both worlds. The traditional “raw” carob powder is actually extremely healthy, even if technically not raw, whereas truly raw carob powder is NOT healthy. I repeat truly raw carob powder is NOT healthy. Mushrooms are raw, but some of them will kill you, foxglove herb is of extreme nutrient density, but it will KILL you if eaten, raw or cooked.
The carob powder that HealthForce uses for VMG is unique in that it has 4 times less heat applied to it than the highly beneficial “raw” carob powders, and it does NOT have ANY of the harmful elements of an unprocessed legume. It is still enzyme active (#1 criteria for raw) and does NOT cause leukocytosis.
It also comes down to where one’s allegiance lies. Do you base your nutritional decisions on a particular definition of what you or someone else thinks is “raw”, or do you base them on what is healthy. I base mine on health.
Jameth Sheridan, N.D.
HealthForce Nutritionals
www.HealthForce.com
Long ago, I came out with information about “Jameth and Kim’s Really Raw Carob Powder” that was printed in several thousand “Uncooking with Jameth and Kim” books. I was in the process of making a product out of it. I had thousands lbs of raw carob chunks that I then dehydrated at low temperatures and made it into a powder. I discovered that consumption of it gave a definitive toxic feeling, was hard to digest and that it clumped the blood. This was due to the fact, I discovered, that Carob is actually a legume, like soybeans. Being a legume, it had tremendous benefits in healing, cancers hormone balancing including beneficial phytoestrogens, as all legumes do. Soy has gotten a bad rap, primarily because RAW soy is very hard to digest and can cause problems inherent to all RAW legumes in most forms. Carob in its truly raw form, being a legume, was also hard to digest and was NOT good to consume in a totally raw state.
I had developed a huge interest in the raw carob powder, but I abandoned it due to my findings. I eventually composted the thousands of pounds of carob chunks.
Highly roasted carob powder was and is actually more digestible than truly raw, but it did suffer nutritionally from the high temperature and long heating. I subsequently found that the application of small amounts of heat for short times was the best of both worlds. The traditional “raw” carob powder is actually extremely healthy, even if technically not raw, whereas truly raw carob powder is NOT healthy. I repeat truly raw carob powder is NOT healthy. Mushrooms are raw, but some of them will kill you, foxglove herb is of extreme nutrient density, but it will KILL you if eaten, raw or cooked.
The carob powder that HealthForce uses for VMG is unique in that it has 4 times less heat applied to it than the highly beneficial “raw” carob powders, and it does NOT have ANY of the harmful elements of an unprocessed legume. It is still enzyme active (#1 criteria for raw) and does NOT cause leukocytosis.
It also comes down to where one’s allegiance lies. Do you base your nutritional decisions on a particular definition of what you or someone else thinks is “raw”, or do you base them on what is healthy. I base mine on health.
Jameth Sheridan, N.D.
HealthForce Nutritionals
www.HealthForce.com
