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Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone is doing perfect!

Have some fun stuff to cover
Wednesday evening…..including
1. Dealing with deficiencies as a meat eater or as a vegan eater.
2. Four major issues when considering becoming a vegan.
3. Meditation as a sacred practice…

Lots to cover so we will start right at 6 and will finish at 7;15 sharp Mary made me do it!!!!!!!
Kara’s got the treats and a special announcement.
Plus it’s happy hour again…

See you there….

Next week, bring a dish to share!

Whole Foods List

http://www.therawfoodworld.com/wholefoods.html

Food Combining Rule: don’t mix animal protein with any starches such as baked potatoes, brown rice or other grains.

Quinoa (Steamed or Sprouted)
Millet (Steamed or Sprouted)
Buckwheat (Steamed or Sprouted)
Amaranth (Steamed or Sprouted)
Quinoa pasta or other whole grain, gluten-free pastas
Steamed legumes (lentils, garbanzo beans, etc.)
Peas
Brown rice
Brown rice products (pasta, rice cakes, etc.)
Non-GMO corn products
Beans
Cooked whole potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Yams, squashes, pumpkins
Whole grain bread (preferably gluten-free)
Egg yolks
Egg whites
Chicken
Fish
Turkey
Goat’s cheese (preferably raw)
Goat’s milk (preferably raw)
Goat’s sour cream (preferably raw)
Goat’s cottage cheese (preferably raw)
Steamed vegetables
Fruit
Nuts
Seeds
Dried fruit
Vegetables
Avocados
Olives
Flax crackers
Natural nut and seed oils
Olive oil
Coconut oil
Apple cider vinegar
Seaweeds
Sprouts
Legumes
Fermented foods
Preserved vegetables in oil
Bee products (honey, pollen, royal jelly, etc.)
Dehydrated foods
Superfoods (goji berries, maca, acai, etc.)
Algaes
Raw cacao
Salt (e.g. sea salt, Himalayan salt)
Whole spices and herbs

BPA-Laden Receipts in Popular Stores
posted by Megan, selected from Mother Nature Network Jul 30, 2010 5:03 pm
filed under: Conscious Consumer, Health & Wellness, News & Issues, BPA, cvs, receipts, safeway, Whole Foods

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/stores-giving-out-bpa-tainted-receipts.html

By Siel Ju, MNN

BPA, aka bisphenol-A is revealing itself more and more in our lives. The endocrine disruptor linked to cancer, reproductive problems, and lots of other ills, has shown up in some surprising places — including cash register receipts.

This week, EWG released a report showing not only how much BPA is on these cash receipts, but which companies are giving out the most tainted receipts.

Ready for the bad news? If you guessed that McDonald’s and KFC serve up BPA alongside their unhealthy monstrosities, you are correct:

The receipt for a McDonald’s Happy Meal purchased in Clinton, Conn., on April 21, 2010, had an estimated 13 milligrams of BPA. That equals the amount of BPA in 126 cans of Chef Boyardee Overstuffed Beef Ravioli in Hearty Tomato & Meat Sauce, one of the products with the highest concentrations of BPA in EWG’s 2007 tests of canned foods.

Receipts from CVS, Wal-Mart, Safeway, and the U.S. Postal Service also contained alarming amounts of BPA. But organic foodies at Whole Foods can’t rest easy either; at least one store in the Whole Foods chain gave out BPA-tainted receipts. That means if you decided to snack healthy, bought an organic orange at Whole Foods, took the receipt handed to you, then peeled and ate the orange on your way home, you could very well have eaten the BPA that rubbed off the receipt onto your hands and onto your pricey orange.

Next: stores with BPA-free receipts
BPA-Laden Receipts in Popular Stores
posted by Megan, selected from Mother Nature Network Jul 30, 2010 5:03 pm
filed under: Conscious Consumer, Health & Wellness, News & Issues, BPA, cvs, receipts, safeway, Whole Foods

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Now, although the BPA content of these receipts are much higher than in canned foods and bottles, EWG says the risk of BPA exposure is unlikely to be proportionally higher for receipts.

“The amount of BPA that enters the body after a person handles a receipt is unknown but likely a fraction of the total BPA on the paper.” Still, EWG cites a July study with the Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, which found that BPA from receipts can be absorbed into the skin. “This raises the possibility that the chemical infiltrates the skin’s lower layers to enter the bloodstream directly.” And of course, if you lick your fingers or handle food after touching receipts, you could be putting BPA into your food.

What’s a BPA-avoidant person who has already banned the can and gotten a BPA-free reusable bottle to do? EWG recommends declining receipts whenever you can, washing hands before eating, storing receipts separately, and not using alcohol-based hand cleaners after handling receipts. But the receipts pose a seriously pesky problem that infiltrates all areas of life. If you buy a magazine at a bookstore, will you remember to wash your hands before, say, licking a finger to turn a page?

There is a little good news: Target, Starbucks, Bank of America ATMs and — in case Barbara Boxer’s reading this post — the U.S. Senate cafeteria, all give BPA-free receipts. And hopefully, as this BPA receipt issue gains traction, more companies will switch to BPA-free receipts. Because while EWG points out that the “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated a program to evaluate the safety and availability of alternatives to BPA in thermal paper,” it’s unclear how long this evaluation — let alone actual enforcement of new anti-BPA laws — will take.

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