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10 Ways to Share a Raw Food Message in YOUR Community

People often say that they feel isolated and socially awkward as raw foodies…yet we have so many wonderful raw resources and ways to connect these days, either through the internet or in person. I want to offer a list of ten suggestions today for ways to share a vibrant raw food message and lifestyle in YOUR community…

1. Hold a Raw Food Potluck: in many areas, there are already raw potlucks organised – a great way to find out about these is via rawfood.meetup.com

- check for *your* area to see if there’s already something happening. If not, how about starting a gathering yourself? Even if the gathering involves just two or three people, that is a start – you will have experiences and recipes to share, you can watch, read or listen to raw info together and keep inviting more people to join you…consider posting a notice on local community boards to attract more attendees

2. Demo Booth: find a local fair of some kind in your area to attend and run a booth there giving out green smoothie samples, or any other raw samples you are drawn to share. Have some simple information about eating raw on display, sell tasty ‘snack’ items such as raw ‘bliss balls’, smoothies or whatever appeals to you…recommend resources for people to find out more – local potlucks, or online connections and so on…

3. Organise a Farm Trip: organise a trip to a local organic farm with friends, families, local school children, or whichever kind of group you may have connections to – the idea is to get people out into nature and to connect more to where their food is coming from – this is especially great to enjoy with children. You might visit a farm where you can pick berries or fruits together, or gather salad veggies and prepare a salad or smoothies afterwards and so on. People will surely appreciate a day out in nature and eating farm-fresh raw food. If the farm has a CSA scheme, a trip like this might also help them to find more supporters for their production.

4. Give a Talk: this might sound like a scary suggestion to some of you, yet if you consider the life-changing *impact* that hearing a raw food talk could have on the lives of those around you, you might perhaps think again You never know where a seed of inspiration planted may blossom into a remarkable new transfornation in someone’s life…depending on speaking.jpgyour confidence, knowledge and experiences, you might choose to give a free talk, or ask for donations/a nominal fee…you might speak in front of children, cancer/diabetes groups, womens’ groups, weight loss groups…whichever audience and platform you feel comfortable with…remember that you *do* have something to share that can be of immense value to other people, even if you feel shy or scared – there are so many ill and unhappy people in the world today – you could help to instigate a major shift in your area…

5. Do a Raw Food Recipe Demo: see if you can provide a 10-15 minute or so raw food recipe demo at any local gatherings. This might be a little stand at a local supermarket (perhaps green smoothies made right next to the produce department), it might be a demo at another related health-event in your area like a fun-run, a weight loss group gathering, a school sports event and so on – the opportunities could be endless with a little inspigreeensmoothie.jpgration Show a few simple recipes with easy-to-find ingredients and popular tastes, to get people started off, e.g. green smoothies, a raw soup, banana ice cream, raw apple pie and so on. Hand out samples if possible.

6. Contact Local Press: if you choose to do any of these suggested activities, be sure to let your local newspaper/radio/press know about it, so that they have the opportunity to cover the story if they choose. Remember that the media is *always* looking for stories to fill their column-inches and airtime…why not help them fill those blanks with positive, uplifting stories of health, transformation and joy? Do not feel deterred if you contact them about one event and they choose not to cover it – journalists are usually working under a lot of pressure – you can always tell them about events as they arise and see if the timing fits in better the next time around

7. Show Raw Food DVDs: films can help spread messages in a rapid, easy-to-understand, inspiring way…film showings can help bring people together to discuss and share about a

topic in a way that books and other media usually don’t quite match. So, a great way to share the raw message in your community might be to hold a film night, or even a series of film nights, showing raw documentaries and other related material, e.g. “Raw for Life”, “Simply Raw”, “Supercharge Me”, “Food Matters”

and so on…you might find a local group who are already showing films and ask them to add these to the listings, you might show things at the local library, school hall, community centre or wherever it makes sense for you…

8. Organise an Exhibition: perhaps you will have the opportunity to post up an exhibition somewhere of information and pictures about raw food transformations. This might be something you can hang on the walls of a local library, school, alternative health practitioners’ office, farmers’ market booth or wherever you find an appropriate space…you could include before/after pictures, a simple explanation of ‘why raw’, event info, recommended reading/weblinks and so on…if you are able to be in attendance next to the exhibition, you might even like to have some books there to help show people, or simply answer questions…

9. Organise a Big-Scale Event: if you *really* want to take things to the next level in your area, you could organise a big raw/’green’-lifestyle event, e.g. bring in a well-known raw speaker or chef to provide a presentation/workshop, or even organise a whole raw festival or retreat. This kind of activity would involve a lot more work and organisation and depending on where you live, there might also be a lot of thinking/co-ordination involved to encourage people to actually come along…free or low ticket prices are usually a help in this regard, plus *lots* of publicity angled well at different potential interest groups…

10. Raw Britannia – our dear friend Shazzie has a *great* free ebook called “Raw Britannia

” that you can download and take to local restaurants, to encourage them to include more raw dishes in their menus The ebook can be downloaded for free from

HERE

- you are of course not limited to the recipe suggestions in this book either – you could take that as inspiration to compile a little list of raw recipes that *you* would love to have available at your local restaurant or deli…give it a try, it could work out for the benefit of all You could even offer to give a little free training to the chefs, to share raw kitchen skills and ensure the raw items actually make it to the menu; make it easy for them to co-operate with you on this…

Well…I’m sure there are *so* many other delicious and delightful ways that you could think up to help spread the raw message in your area…and know that whatever you choose to give out to the world in terms of love, kindness, sharing and generosity will come back to you manifold over…there are *so* many people who could benefit from hearing this message and connecting more to a raw lifestyle…may you go forth and shine brightly

All blessings to you and all of your communities for your vibrant health and well-being…

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Zooey Deschanel was recently on Top Chef Masters. The Master Chefs had to cook a vegan, non-soy and gluten-free meal for Zooey and her guests.

Supermodel Carol Alt proudly declared her allegiance to raw foods on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect on March 12, 2002:

“What was interesting to me at this moment in my life is not just my age…very few women my age do this…but I am a raw foodist and the only reason I look the way I do right now is because I changed my diet and started eating healthy, living foods, which are unprepared and unprocessed foods, the closest they can go from God to me”, she laughed. “That’s what I eat and my body shows it.”

From The Best of Raw Food:

Demi Moore’s Raw Food Diet

At 40, Demi Moore makes a comeback in the movie “Full Throttle”. She’s walking in her bikini and looks better than people half her age. Her secret? The raw food diet! Many celebrities follow this diet now, because raw food makes them feel and look fantastic, the natural way.

Raw Food Celebrities

Here’s a list of some raw food celebrities:

Actors:

• Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson on the seeds of spirituality and a change in his diet

Excerpts from “PREMIERE” magazine.

Harrelson has reached a crucial point in his spiritual evolution: He’s about to go beyond vegan to an “80 percent-living-diet”- no enzyme inhibitors, nothing dead. And every six weeks he’s committed to taking a week off from food altogether. Last time he fasted, three weeks ago, he lost fifteen pounds, a situation that seriously alarmed the wardrope and continuity people. At five foot eleven and 153 pounds, he looked skeletal. Nevertheless, Harrelson says, he plans to follow the regimen for three years. That way he can clean everything out. Everything? “The toxins,” he says. “What’s in there that’s so bad.”

• Lisa Bonet
• Robin Williams
• Alicia Silverstone
• Charlie Trotter
• Uma Thurman
• Nathalie Portman
• Angela Bassett

Musicians:

• Sting
• Beyonce
• David Bowie
• Musician Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz on the road and embracing raw food

Musician Jason Mraz (chek out his MySpace page) has a post up on his blog about his adventures eating natural and raw foods while on tour. Jason originally learned about raw food from his buddy Toca Rivera (who got into raw to heal his diabetes and lose weight).

“Will likely keep this up [raw food] for a long time. I don’t crave any other foods anymore. Anything processed just doesn’t seem real. I may as well eat cardboard if it has the same nutritional value. And I’ll keep getting creative with food. That’s the best part. I’m starting to see myself in the meals I make. And I have no trouble spending hours in the grocery store reading the labels and talking with other customers. Plus, hot girls fresh from yoga hang out in natural food stores. And I suspect they’re horny. More and more people are getting excited about health and we’re all tired of being offered cheap replicas of food. We want change and we believe we CAN have it.”

Others:

• Donna Karan (Designer)
• Charlie Trotter (Chicaco Based Celebrity Chef
• Jack Lalanne (The famous 90 fitness trainer and juicer)
• Carol Alt (Elite Top Model)
• Steve Jobs (Apple CEO)

What To Eat

If you’re interested in Demi Moore’s raw food diet, you’ll need to say goodbye to processed food and breads No food is cooked above 118 degrees.

Conventional Believes

According to conventional medical and nutrition scientists there are no benefits to a raw food diet: the human body doesn’t need enzymes from raw food because it produces its own enzymes that allow us to digest food. In addition, they believe that cooking actually increases the nutritional value, because cooking breaks the tough cell wand of raw uncooked food. Examples are lycopene from tomatoes and beta-carotene from carrots.

Raw Food Experts

However, raw food gurus disagree. Experts like Gabriel Coussens M.D., Robert Young M.D., Ann Wiggmore, Victoria Boutenko and David Wolfe – together over 100 years of research and experience – prove the contrary. They say that even though your body can produce its own enzymes, this costs a lot of energy. Eating enzyme-dead foods places a burden on your pancreas and other organs and overworks them, which eventually exhausts these organs.

More and more studies bring to light that all heated and most processed foods do indeed contain carcinogens, a brand of toxins that are often cancer-causing in tests on mice and rats.

Absorbing Lycopene and Beta-Carotene

Further, these experts agree that lycopene in tomatoes and beta-carotene from carrots don’t have to be cooked to be absorbed by the body. If you juice or blend them they will be absorbed by the digestive tract within 20 minutes.

Why Juicing Works

It is becoming increasingly clear that one of the major reasons juicing works is that it is living raw food. Most people notice significant improvements in our energy and health if we increased the amounts of living raw foods in our diet. If you juice vegetables on a regular basis, it is quite easy to consume over 50% of your foods as raw.

Best Raw Food Diet

Of course, following a raw food diet, you have to make sure that it’s balanced: you should ensure that you eat enough greens, germinated nuts and seeds, superfoods and fruits. A balanced raw food diet meal plan is key to getting the right raw food results. And of course use common sense: a raw diet of only raw sugars and fats, with little nutrition can’t be healthy for you in the long term.

Best Sources of Minerals and Protein

If you want to go on Demi Moore’s raw food diet and lose weight healthily, you will benefit from a raw food coach. A coach can help you transition to a raw food diet and assist you with a balanced diet plan. A coach can determine how to modify the diet or what foods to choose in order to meet your needs for key vitamins and minerals including calcium, iron, zinc, B12, and protein.

For example, you may decide to be a semi-raw eater and include some cooked whole grains. While you may lose weight and feel more energetic by eliminating processed foods, meeting your nutritional needs is equally important, and finding a way to eat what you can live with long-term is the ultimate goal of success.

Tips for Starters

Here you’ll find some great tips for starting a raw food diet, and there are many courses and retreats you can follow so you’ll start off in a fun and healthy a way. Then, you’ll see, that weight loss will be as easy and effective as can be on Demi Moore’s raw food diet.

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4:45 am:  2 cups of white tea

8:00 am:   2 bananas

10:00 am:   Several cups of watermelon and herb tea

12:30 pm:   Green smoothie: Rejuvelac, banana, pear, piece of dulse, bee pollen, goji berries, hemp seeds, 1 1/2 scoops raw organic supplement powder, celery, kale and one cucumber

1:30 pm:  Salad: spinach, carrots, sprouted chickpeas, sprouted lentils, tomatoes, lettuce, celery, marinated mushrooms

2:00 pm:   One Ulimana raw chocolate peppermint truffle (www.ulimana.com)

3:00 pm:   Crunchy party lentils (sprouted, dehydrated lentils that were marinated in soy sauce, garlic powder and onion powder)

5:00 pm:  Watermelon,  herb tea, zucchini chips marinated in honey, lemon and spices