1. Do Raw Food Leaders Cheat? (Part 2 Interview with Susan Schenck) : The Renegade Health Show Episode #650

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Like I said last week, I had no idea that my interview with raw food author Susan Schenck would turn out like it did… But, the best things in life aren’t planned, right? Today, Susan talks more about her transition out of the vegan diet. She also addresses something that I’ve been talking about for a [...]

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Live Awesome!
Kev

www.naturecurerawfoodhealthretreat.com

Raw Tabouli Salad with Sprouted Quinoa

This recipe is from my husband, who NEVER fixed food till he discovered sprouted quinoa! He found that it has all the essential amino acids and tastes great. He sprouts it at least four hours, or overnight. Then he drains and rinses it. It has toxins in it so you need to sprout it and drain and rinse thoroughly.

In tabouli, a delicous Middle Eastern salad, use it instead of wheat bulgur. You can mix it in with chopped green onions, lemon or lime juice, olive oil, chopped mint, chopped tomatoes and chopped cilantro to make a great tabouli salad!

Example:

1 cup sprouted quinoa
1 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt
1/4 cup lemon or lime juice
2 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
4 tbsp green onions
1 cup parsley
1.2 cup cilantro
1/2 cup fresh mint
4 tomatoes

http://rawfoodrehab.ning.com/forum/topics/urgent-update-dave-the-raw

This is a public statement regarding the condition of Dave the Raw Food Trucker, written last night by his dear friend, Tresa:

“Hello Everyone,

Today I have some difficult, personal news to share with you. Dave is in the hospital. He has had a stroke, and possibly a heart attack. The encouraging news is that he’s progressing well. None-the-less, we’d appreciate any prayers, healing energy and positive thoughts you can send his way at this time.

I suspect that you’re probably just as shocked about this event as Dave and I were… So, I really want to explain “why” this occurred. Sadly, we’ve already encountered wild speculation from people, so, I want to clarify that, contrary to erroneous assumptions, this situation was not caused by the Raw Food Diet nor Juice Feasting; That’s simply NOT the case.

I also want you to know that Dave is strong in his resolve to heal fully! And he remains true to his belief in Live Foods. In fact, he politely refused to eat hospital food; I watched as he calmly stated to doctors & staff that he would gladly fast on water before touching ANY food from the hospital that wasn’t “live, organic and vegan.” He has repeatedly affirmed that he will NOT be changing his raw food diet, nor his juicing habits. The doctors have thus agreed to allow him to have raw foods & juice at the hospital. Luckily we located a natural & raw food retailer near by called “Natures Food Market & Juice Bar.” They’ve been such a BLESSING! I’ve been picking up fresh juice & food there each day for Dave.

Here’s the truth of the matter: Dave has had a heart condition called Atrial Fibrillation for MANY YEARS, which made him a high-risk candidate for stroke! (This has been his situation since before he became Raw, Organic and Vegan!) In fact, the one final prescription medication he’s mentioned still taking, was for that very condition.

Also remember, Dave was morbidly obese for over 23 years, which placed a huge strain on his heart. Medical practitioners have told us that it can take 7 years or more to heal the circulatory system, and reverse the plaque build-up in his arteries. To add insult to injury, several situations occurred recently (not related to his diet) which, Dave believes may have also increased his risk.

And, as if all of this wasn’t difficult enough, Dave has now discovered that, due to Department of Transportation Regulations, he will NOT be able to return to work for the next 6 months! Additionally, he’ll be undergoing physical therapy & rehabilitation. This is a hugely unexpected change of plans, which has Dave feeling some concern.

Many people have already graciously asked if and how they can assist financially. This has prompted me to reach out, on behalf of Dave, to any of you who wish to compassionately contribute to his recovery. This is the first time in Dave’s life where he finds himself “in need” of financial help from others, rather than in the position to “help others”… and it’s an uncomfortable new position for him, to say the least.

If you feel compelled to help Dave during this financially difficult period, please go to the link below and give your gracious gift. You need not be a Paypal subscriber to use this service, it will work with any credit card. This service will be active for at least the next six months so that you can make one-time, weekly or monthly contributions… and the funds are made available to Dave immediately.

Click on, or copy and paste, this payment link into your browser to make an online gift contribution: http://ning.it/a2wqbE

Or, if you prefer to send a check or money order, make it payable to: Dave Conrardy. Please clearly note “Gift for Dave’s Stroke Recovery” on the check, and send it to:

Dave Conrardy/The Raw Food Trucker
P.O. Box 544
Auburn Washington 98071

On a happier note, Dave should be out of the hospital soon, we will host the 2nd Annual
International Day of Juice Feasting on September 12th in Seattle as planned! He looks forward to seeing you there LIVE or via the web- cast if you’re not local! (info is available at: (www.DayOfJuiceFeasting.com)

I’ll keep you up-to-date on Dave’s progress, and we’ll also be posting a video with details about this entire experience soon. Please keep Dave in your thoughts & prayers. Your generosity of spirit is so greatly appreciated.

Until we speak again, wishing you wellness and blessings,

Tresa (aka: Beauty, Elegance & Grace)
(on behalf of Dave The Raw Food Trucker) ”

To watch/listen to Dave’s incredible story of transformation, click here. To sign up for Dave’s newsletter, go here. Any messages that you would like to be shared with Dave, please feel free to leave in the comments below. I will make sure Dave will receive each well wish and note of love & concern.
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World Raw Food Day: 10-10-10

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:41 PM PDT

Dave with his dear friend Tresa
As you may have heard by now, our dear friend Dave the Raw Food Truck Driver

recently had a stroke…his recovery seems to be moving along well though…he is out of hospital now and even fully intends to be present at the International Day of Juice Feasting

event next Sunday in Seattle. The lovely Penni Shelton

over at RawFoodRehab

has been sharing updates on Dave’s process the last few days and even organised a ‘Candlelight Vigil’ for him last night – all the love, light and healing this vibrant community has been sending his way have been majorly supportive of his recovery, I am sure…so please do continue to send this wonderful man your healing thoughts… To learn more about Dave’s recent journey and how you can help, please see Penni’s three posts so far on this.

Again, Mr. Trucker says he still intends to be present at the International Day of Juice Feasting

event next Sunday in Seattle, so we hope to see lots of you there for that event too, if you can make it…everyone is welcome

This little gal is absolutely adorable!The youngest raw food chef, she’s very smart, cute and funny. Her cookies look delicious!!
3 T.flax seeds, ground
2 T. ?sunflower seeds, ground
4 bananas, mashed
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
raisins
Grind the flax. Pour in a bowl. Grind the sunflower seeds. Add to the bowl. Add the mashed bananas, cinnamon and salt. Stir in raisins. Drop onto waxed paper. Flip the cookies after one hour. Wait another 2 hours or so.

Hi Dorothy,

I just got home from the farmer’s market and made this super yummy
juice that I want to share with you!!!

Sunday Juice
4 Carrots
1/2 Apple
1 Celery Stalk
2 Kale Leaves
1/2 Cup Blueberries
Put all ingredients through your juicer and enjoy!

If you haven’t passed by my Video Blog

lately, I’ve put together a few links
to highlight some videos from this past month including a Yummy Green
Smoothie Recipe!

Click on the links below to see the videos:

1. 10-10-10 Don’t Stress!!, Ep272

I talk about stress, drama and gaining perspective– don’t let the negativity in!!

2. Yummy Green Smoothie Recipe! Ep280

Tropical Green Smoothie recipe, great for beginners, you won’t even taste the greens!

3. How To STOP Binge Eating on The Weekends, Ep286

Get tips on how to avoid & stop binge eating on the weekends.

4. 5 Tips To Increase Energy, Ep288

My top 5 tips for increasing energy & feeling great!

5. Don’t Use Food To Deal With Anxiety!, Ep289

If what you are doing is making you sick, overweight and lowering your self esteem, its time to create a new strategy!!

Have a fabulous weekend!!!
Natasha
Raw Radiant Health

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/7-whole-grains-to-add-to-your-diet.html?page=8

There are many options, here are seven whole grains to get you started:

Barley
Brown Rice
Kamut and Spelt
Oats
Quinoa
Wild Rice
There’s a very nice, informative paragraph about each one’s nutrients, and how to cook it. But I put them on the blog because you can sprout each one of these. You can even soak and sprout Kamut and Spelt. Soak 8-12 hrs. then sprout 1-1.5 days, just like quinoa!

http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/surveys/survey-whats-the-first-green-habit-you-adopted-125831

Comments (10)

When I was somewhere between 10-12, back in the very early 90s, I read how harmful the dyes used on paper towels and napkins are. So I enlisted my brother and we convinced my mom (through very forceful whining) to stop buying colored/designed paper towels.

Not as good as getting her stop buying paper towels altogether, but a step toward a green lifestyle, long before it was cool to be green.
posted by LSUgrad03 on August 31st 2010 at 3:20pm
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Honestly I don’t remember if we recycled that much – but I adopted a vegetarian diet at age 14 and stuck to it for 20 years.
posted by Emmi on August 31st 2010 at 3:24pm
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Eating homegrown produce. Yup yup! My mom gardened for years before I was born and still does today. I was the one who started recycling program at our house though.
posted by herms on August 31st 2010 at 7:56pm
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Turning off lights when leaving the room… taught by my third grade teacher!
posted by emedarwash on August 31st 2010 at 8:52pm
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I have always recycled & never really thought of it as “green” it has kind of always just been what you do. The first conciously green act I began was turning appliances off at the wall & making sure no other lights are on other than the room I am in.
posted by BakeandBloom on September 1st 2010 at 1:27am
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Back in college (nearly 20 years ago now), I started carrying a re-useable cup around. Next after that was using a bike or walking for most of my transportation.

I guess now that I think about it, I got into the habit of turning off lights not in use when in grade school, but we did that to save money. My dad promised me we could get cable if we knocked X dollars off the electricity bill. I made it happen. But I didn’t think about the environmental aspects of it at all. I just wanted MTV.
posted by RoseCampion on September 1st 2010 at 4:12am
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probably recycling…. it’s been so long it’s hard to remember: which feels really good to say, actually. Right now I am working on giving up plastics (or at least reducing): http://butthesqueal.blogspot.com/2010/08/kaizen-plastics.html
posted by k1ate on September 1st 2010 at 8:13am
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The first habit was to adopt a minimalistic attitude towards all materialistic things – Buying only what is absolutely necessary. Recycling is great but is a very high energy consuming process. The lesser we use the better it is for the environment…
posted by catLoversInc on September 1st 2010 at 11:40am
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I’ve always recycled, we did it growing up.

As an adult, the first “green” habit I adopted was ditching plastic water bottles. Although I still love the taste of spring water, not the yucky filtered bottled water. I bought a brita filter and a couple of reusable bottles to tote around outside the home. At first I hated it but it’s not so bad anymore.
posted by lizremus on September 1st 2010 at 11:52am
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When I was a kid in southern California, drought was always a problem. Saving water was a family practice – bucket in the shower to catch water to flush the toilet, low-flow toilets, etc.
posted by miriamc on September 3rd 2010 at 3:38pm
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Michelle Schoffro Cook
5-Minute Dairy-Free Ice Cream
posted by Michelle Schoffro Cook Sep 3, 2010 4:11 pm
This is the fastest, easiest, and most nutritious ice cream you can make. What’s more, not only does it taste great, you don’t need an ice cream machine to make this yummy treat. As long as you have a fairly high-powered blender, you can enjoy this soft-serve dessert.

2/3 cup raw, unsalted Brazil nuts

2/3 cup fresh medjool dates, pitted (about 8 dates, more if you prefer a sweeter ice cream)

1/2 cup water

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

20 medium-sized ice cubes

1. Blend the Brazil nuts, dates, water, and vanilla together until smooth.

2. Add the ice cubes and blend until smooth.

Serve immediately.

Options: add fresh strawberries or blueberries for a real treat.
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Recipe #2

http://www.thefunplace.com/recipes/00588.html

The F.U.N. Place Recipe Box Archives
Ziplock Ice Cream

* 1/2 cup milk (doesn’t matter what kind, use almond milk)
* 1 Tablespoon raw sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon vanilla or other flavor

1. Add ingredients to pint size ziplock bag and zip shut.
2. Place that bag in larger ziplock bag.
3. Add ice to fill bag 1/2 way and 6 Tablespoons of salt.
4. Zip that one shut and shake, turn, toss, and mix the bag. In about 5-10 minutes you will have cold hands and yummy ice cream.

Do not double recipe!! Kids may want to use mittens to do this!

Have fun! :~)

NOTE: You may need to put an additional large ziploc bag over the one containing the salt and ice since they tend to spring leaks once you get into the shaking it up.

Posted by Prd2BMom on April 26, 1999

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Ginny Bank began her career as a natural products chemist with Hauser Inc., a research and development company which focused on natural product extracts and purified plant compounds. She has researched and developed plant-based functional ingredients for nutritional supplement applications for over 15 years.

Ms. Bank is currently the President and Founder of Full Spectrum Consulting, a natural products consulting firm specializing in research, product development, quality management and technical marketing for the nutraceutical and food.

In this interview, she discusses the characteristics of chlorella and its and phenomenal potential to improve your health in a number of different ways.

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Chlorella, single-celled fresh water algae, is often referred to as a near-perfect food, as its range of health benefits is truly astounding. In this interview, Ginny Bank expounds on this phenomenal nutrient.

Chlorella is perhaps most well known for its ability to detox your body by binding to toxins, such as mercury and carrying them out of your system.

But that’s not all this green algae is good for.

According to Ginny, chlorella can also be of great benefit to vegetarians and vegans who want proteins and B vitamins from a non-animal source. Chlorella is about 60 percent protein, and is considered to be a “complete protein” source because it contains all the essential amino acids your body needs.

Other health benefits include:

* Repairing nerve tissues
* Enhancing your immune system and reducing your cancer risk
* Improving digestion
* Promoting healthy pH levels in your gut, which in turn helps good bacteria to thrive
* Enhancing your ability to focus and concentrate
* Increasing your energy levels
* Normalizing your blood sugar and blood pressure

Chlorella vs Spirulina

Spirulina is another algae that is frequently confused with chlorella. While it has many of the same characteristics, there are some nutritional differences between the two.

One major difference is that spirulina does not have the ability to draw out heavy metal toxins like chlorella does. It has, however, been used to treat arsenic poisoning.

Nutritionally speaking, spirulina is another good source of complete protein. In fact, at 65-70 protein, it beats chlorella in terms of protein content. It also has higher amounts of B12, essential fatty acids, and the antioxidant superoxide dismutase.

Chlorella, on the other hand, contains higher levels of chlorophyll, nucleotides RNA and DNA, and beta carotene.

Ideally, it makes sense to take both, as one is not nutritionally superior than the other. Rather it’s the combination of both that can truly turn them into a nutritional powerhouse.

Chlorella is a Potent Detox Agent

Heavy metal toxicity, just like chemical toxicity, has become one of the most pressing health hazards of our day. Your body is assailed by chemicals and heavy metals on a daily basis, oftentimes from the most innocent-looking sources, from your everyday cookware to your dental fillings and the occasional seafood dinner.

This is one area where chlorella can be of tremendous assistance as it’s a very potent detoxing agent for heavy metals. According to Ginny, it may even attract and expel certain pesticides.

Chlorella plays a particularly crucial role in systemic mercury elimination, because the majority of mercury is rid through your stool. Once the mercury burden is lowered from your intestines, mercury from other body tissues will more readily migrate into your intestines — where chlorella will work to remove it.

Cilantro can also be used as a synergetic detoxification aid along with the chlorella and is particularly useful to take when you are consuming seafood, as most are invariably contaminated with heavy metals and chemicals for which the chlorella is well suited to help remove. Ideally you would need to take it with the meal so it binds directly to the toxins while they are in your gut, before they absorbed into your body.

The Crucial Detail that Determines Chlorella’s Effectiveness

The key to chlorella’s detoxing abilities lies within the membrane of this single cell, but the cell wall of chlorella is actually indigestible to humans. This is why most chlorella products use the term “broken cell wall,” to describe the fact that the chlorella has been rendered digestible.

If a product does not specifically tell you that the cell wall has been broken, you are likely flushing your money down the toilet as the chlorella will simply pass right through you without doing you any good.

There are a number of proprietary methods to break the cell wall, but the key comparison you need to pay attention to is the nutritional profile of the end product.

How to Determine the Quality of a Chlorella Product

Unfortunately, there’s no guarantee that a product will contain the exact level of nutrients listed on the label, so you’ll want to make sure you’re buying from a reputable company. It may come as a surprise, but according to the legal requirements, a natural product may contain plus or minus 20 percent of the stated level of any nutritional component.

Reputable companies, however, will adhere to certain processes that increase your chances of getting the levels of nutrients stated.

Please understand that there are only a few producers of chlorella in the world who provide the raw material to manufacturers, who then process and package the chlorella.

Manufacturers who are known for quality will make sure they receive a certificate of analysis from the producer of the raw material, and will get batches evaluated by an independent third party on a regular basis to ensure consistency.

Recent changes to the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) guidelines and the labeling requirements also make it easier for consumers to investigate company claims as companies are now required to list their phone number and website on every label.

Under these standards a company must also maintain a paper trail showing where the material came from and any testing that has been done.

When calling the company directly, some of the questions you may want to ask would include:

* How often do you test batches for nutritional consistency?
* Ask for a specification sheet (‘spec sheet’), or the Certificate of Analysis, known as the ‘C of A’. These are documents that itemize every single test that the final product gets tested for.
* How and where is the chlorella grown? Variations in climate and season can cause nutritional variations, but if the chlorella is grown in artificial ponds the producer has greater control over consistency. You’ll also want to make sure the chlorella is grown in unpolluted areas, since chlorella binds to heavy metals.
* Does the producer test for heavy metal contamination? A high quality producer will perform regular heavy metal analysis’, for which there should also be a verifiable paper trail. And organic producers must adhere to even more stringent rules in order to become certified organic, which is another sign of a clean, high quality product.

How to Use Chlorella for Heavy Metal Detox

In order to optimize heavy metal detox, you’ll want to take it every day.

“It’s not something that you just take occasionally like some herbs or some supplements,” Ginny says. “Chlorella is something you want to be taking every day.

… You need to be getting at least 4 grams each day of chlorella to get the benefits that it provides.”

Ginny recommends taking it once a day, preferably in the morning. Many chlorella products are sold in small tablets, typically 500 mg each, which means you’d need to take eight tablets a day.

Some people may experience slight nausea initially. This is likely because you’re pulling toxins out of your system. Mild diarrhea may also occur. If these symptoms are too bothersome, you may want to lower your dose initially, and increase it slowly. Taking it with food may also alleviate the nausea.