| Herb: | | | | have a non-stick coating I would replace it as soon as |
| My friend Josh has epilepsy and has had to learn a lot | | | | it started to wear down. When non-stick coatings |
| about nutrition and herbal cures to help it. So, Josh, tell | | | | wear down they start to release a high amount of the |
| our readers about the amazing power of | | | | toxic non-stick coating into the food. Some of these |
| phytochemicals. You say that you do as little cooking | | | | toxins can really wreck havoc on the nerve system of |
| of vegetables as you can and eat them raw as much | | | | someone with epilepsy or other nerve problems. |
| as you can. You say your reason has a lot to do with | | | | Herb: |
| the enzymes that get destroyed while cooking but that | | | | I have heard you praised phytochemicals quite highly. |
| taking an enzyme pill was not going to solve the | | | | So can someone just eat a lot of foods with |
| problem. | | | | phytochemicals and let them take care of the toxins? |
| You say that other phytochemicals are also destroyed | | | | Josh: |
| in cooking and even in raw form there are not enough | | | | If given enough of the right nutrients, the body can |
| to take care of everything so it is important to | | | | clean out a lot of toxins but the body can't get rid of |
| supplement with herbs like ginger and grapeseed | | | | everything without a lot of help. That is why it is |
| extract. These pytochemicals seem to be part of the | | | | important to limit your intake of bad stuff. For example; |
| process of removing bad stuff from your diet since | | | | NEVER use a fork or other metal or wood utensil |
| their main functions seem to be related to removing | | | | while cooking in a pan with a non-stick coating! Plastics |
| toxins from the body like carcinogens and air pollution. | | | | are not the healthiest thing out there but using a plastic |
| Josh: | | | | spoon or spatula when cooking in a pan or pot with a |
| That sure sums up a lot of it Herb, It seems you really | | | | non-stick coating is not as bad as using a harder utensil |
| understand me well. | | | | that will scrape off the non-stick coating into your food. |
| Even though phytochemicals do a lot of healing directly | | | | After cutting out as much use of non stick coatings as |
| on the body, many of them are related to removing | | | | you can. You should use as many herbal supplements |
| bad things from the body. A lot of allergies are majorly | | | | as you can in order to help your health and limit their |
| helped by phytochemicalse because of their ability to | | | | toxic effects against your body; especially for those |
| remove allergens. That brings me back to some other | | | | with nerve problems like epilepsy. Just be warned that |
| things that I removed from my diet as well. | | | | herbs are not enough, you also need to cut out the |
| I cook on a stovetop sometimes but specifically I | | | | bad stuff too. |
| limited my use of non-stick coatings on pans. If they did | | | | |