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Offline Mary Brown

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Making butter... good for you or not ??
« on: October 31, 2010, 07:56:35 am »
Hi,
This is my second post so please bear with me.... I was talking to a friend today about TM... and sayng how wonderful they are and explained about how it works etc. He commented that cooking food particularly dairy at high heat is bad for the food... he said that it damages the molecules of the food and is not good.He also said that it has been proven that the best way to make juices etc is slow juicing not fast as this also damages the molecules.... Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this. Thanks
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Re: Making butter... good for you or not ??
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2010, 10:10:18 am »
TMX doesn't cook at high heat (unless you are using Varoma temp) it is under 100 degrees - which is one of the benifits of using it.

I was under the impression that the best juicing was cold pressed - like the oscar juicer for example. But then  I read somewhere that the way the TMX does it is actually fine too. Dunno, someone may be able to shed more light on that.

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Re: Making butter... good for you or not ??
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2010, 12:57:31 am »
What you have to say is interesting MaryBrown. I have been thinking about it. Would you say cooking fish in butter is a high heat? I wonder exactly what 'high heat' means? Butter is used in so many places and such a varying degree of heat. Where did your friend get the information? The article would make interesting reading. Thanks.
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Re: Making butter... good for you or not ??
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2010, 10:36:10 am »
cookie1.. not sure where he got his information from but it seems to me that everyone has opinion and it just made me think ,that was all. I am still very keen to buy a TM.. as I have just been diagnosed with osteo arthritis, osteo porosis and last week I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. The main reason I am wanting to get a TM is to try and cut down on preservatives in my diet. His comments have not put me off but they sort of made sense...
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Re: Making butter... good for you or not ??
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2010, 11:38:17 am »
Hi Mary.  A friend of mine follows a raw diet as much as possible and even the raw communtiy love thermie.  I could be wrong, but l think the idea behind the raw diet is that if food isn't heated above 50 degrees it shouldn't change the structure of the food and therefor will maintain its goodness.  And thermie has that nice little 50 degree button  ;)

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Re: Making butter... good for you or not ??
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2010, 04:20:39 pm »
I would ignore the comments about cooking dairy at high heat.  This is the same argument the proponents of raw milk are constantly harping about and it is ridiculous.  The plain fact is that milk, except for human, has some compounds that are easier for humans to digest if it has been "cooked" and it is certainly safer if it has been pasteurized. 

Cooking at the heat in a Thermomix is not high and won't "damage" the molecules - the only thing that changes are the enzymes that determine how the compounds in the milk that consist of molecules are held together. 

People all over the world have been making cheese for thousands of years and almost all require heating before processing.  Ricotta, which is one of the easiest cheeses to digest, comes from cooking the whey, left over from cheesemaking, at a fairly high temp so the curds form. 

As far as juicing is concerned, molecules are far too small to be affected by the action of any juicer.  The Champion juicers, that have been popular with the health food crowd for decades, pulverizes the entire fruit, skin and all and every health food store that I know of has at least one and they are very serious about the benefits of juices.
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Re: Making butter... good for you or not ??
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2010, 04:46:55 pm »
Hello Mary Brown,

I haven't really looked into it however I went to a Seminar of Cyndi O'Meara recently and she knows all there is to know about this sort of thing so I am sure you can find out about this and much more on her website...

http://www.changinghabits.com.au/

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« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2010, 01:47:23 am »
Thanks ladies... yes Roses I also went to a Cyndi O'meara seminar and I will contact her for her thoughts... and she is amazing isn't she.. :) I am still wanting to order my TM just need to save a few more $$.. :D
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« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2010, 03:00:26 am »
Mary Brown, I can empathise with you. I have just developed arthritis is my big toes and it is so painful. You poor thing. I can imagine that you will do anything you can to help. Keep us informed. :-* You will love your TMX when you get him/her.
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