RawDoctors.com has put together a two CD set about the body-mind connection and healing, material created with Dr. Bruce Lipton. Over the last few days I’ve been listening to the CDs again while driving. I want to let you know that I REALLY think they’re great.

It’s good to be reminded of these things on a regular basis.

Over at chiDietVideos.com we’re running the CD set at a special price, but there’s only a few days left to get your set!

Here’s the link – The Secret Ingredient of Optimal Health:
http://chidietvideos.com/the-secret-ingredient.html

Jim Carey

Fran & Marlo Cowan (married 62 years) playing an impromptu piano recital together in the atrium of the Mayo Clinic. He’ll be 90 in February.

As always, right after the Holidays is a great time to change behavior patterns and to begin new lives. But why do we have to gain an average of 8 lbs. over the next two months, and indulge ourselves in behavior that we know is bad for our health?

NOW is the time to start planning for those changes, not two months from now.

Whether you’re looking at the raw diet because of your health challenges, or because you’re looking to take your healthy diet to a new level, this is the time of the year to start!

Studies have shown that it’s best to change multiple behavior patterns at the same time. In other words, if you decide to quit smoking, get more exercise, and begin a raw foods lifestyle – all at the same time – you’ll be more successful than if you try to accomplish them individually or sequentially.

However – “the secret to success is having a plan.”

It’s not enough just to say to yourself, “I’m going raw.” That will work for a while – a few days, perhaps a few weeks – but unless you have tons of willpower, very shortly you’ll find yourself going back to your old habit patterns and comfort foods.

That’s why a plan is important. Let’s consider a plan for going raw:

10 Steps to Going and Staying Raw

1. Assemble the tools you need. A blender – any cheap, used blender – an inexpensive dehydrator, some jars for sprouting, and a variety of raw recipes are the minimum requirements.

2. Assemble your list of suppliers. Where are you going to buy your food? Are you going be mostly organic? You’ll also need to find a supply of sprouting seeds – at least some alfalfa, clover, sunflower and wheatgrass (hard red winter wheat). The wider the variety the better.

3. Read your instructions. Do you know how to sprout, and how to run a dehydrator?

4. Plan what you’re going to do. If you decide you’d like to make angel-hair pasta from zucchini, for example, you might find having a spiral slicing machine handy. This might put you back to step 1.

5. Set a starting date and create your support mechanism. Having a support group is the greatest. Check meetup.com for raw groups in your area. If you don’t know any rawbies in your area, find a raw chat group or two for support.

Share with them what you plan to do, and the date you’re going to start. You’ll find yourself more successful this way, than if you “go raw secretly.” Secret quitting doesn’t work.

While I’m constantly reminding people that we don’t have to justify our lifestyle choices to anyone, sometimes we can’t avoid it. This video I made about Dispelling the Raw Food Myths will help you deal with the standard objections you’re going to hear: http://www.chidiet.com/blog/free-stuff/dispelling-raw-food-myths.htm

6. Don’t forget that you’re going to need to stay inspired as you go raw. Build a collection of books, videos, and CDs before you start so that you’ll have lots of material when you go raw. This will help maintain your momentum. Otherwise you might find yourself running out of steam before you get to the top of the hill.

I find that videos motivate me the most. Instead of watching the news or a movie at night, I’ll pop in a video on raw foods and watch it, instead. chiVideos.com is a good source for these, and if you have high-speed internet you can watch raw videos online at websites like YouTube.com/chidiet.

7. Research shows that it takes 21 days for a new behavior to become a habit; if we move to a new house and now have to turn right instead of left when we leave work, it’ll be 21 days before it seems natural to turn right when head for home.

In dealing with addictions the transitional period is longer. Yes, cooked foods are an addiction. Thus, we need to deal with them as such.

Victoria Boutenko has a good book on this subject – 12 Steps to Raw Foods. Her website is RawFamily.com and the book is on Amazon.com, too. Her book covers the subject in detail, but here are her 12 Steps to Raw Food:

Step 1  – I admit that I have lost control of my addiction to cooked
food and my eating is becoming unmanageable.

Step 2  – I believe that live vegan food is the most natural diet for a
human being.

Step 3  – I shall gain necessary skills, learn basic raw recipes and
obtain equipment to prepare live food.

Step 4  – I shall live in harmony with people who eat cooked food.

Step 5  – I shall stay away from temptations.

Step 6  – I shall create a support group.

Step 7  – I shall find alternative activities or hobbies.

Step 8  – I shall let my higher self lead my life.

Step 9  – I shall make a searching and fearless inventory of the real
reasons for seeking comfort and pleasure from cooked
foods.

Step 10 – I shall let my intuition help me.

Step 11 – Through clarity I will gain happiness.

Step 12 – I shall provide support to other raw fooders.

8. Part of changing your diet and lifestyle is detoxifying the body. Not as a one-time detox, but instead, we should be constantly detoxing. That’s where Dr. Ann Wigmore’s program comes in. She taught much more than a diet. In her books and videos she lays out the procedures for a continuous healthy detox, including the foods we eat, how we combine them, the usage of colonics or enemas, the uses of wheatgrass juice, and more.

The basics are laid out in her book, Why Suffer? How I Overcame Illness and Pain Naturally. While it’s out-of-print, used copies can usually be found on Amazon.com for a few dollars.

Other great books of Dr. Ann’s are Be Your Own Doctor and Rebuild Your Health, both available at Amazon.com.

9. Be aware, not discouraged. You’re going to backslide at times, and it’s normal. Don’t feel like you’ve “failed” if you happen to go out for pizza or a hamburger. Instead, think about how well you’ve been doing, how much better you’re eating than you used to, and how much better you’re feeling since you started going raw.

10. Experiment, experiment, experiment. Knowing that I have addictions to comfort foods, I found new comfort foods. For me that’s fresh blueberries, raspberries, and raw vegan pizza, made with flax crust in the dehydrator. It’s a recipe I’ve included in my book. Victoria’s Step 9, above, has helped me a lot, too.

Overwhelmed? I would be, too, if it weren’t for the teachings of Dr. Ann.

Sometimes I get off the raw path when traveling the country, visiting family and friends. But when I get home I head to the market, stock up on good raw, organic fruits and veggies, then pull out my Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program and get back to it.

I’m feeling better, more energetic, happier and de-stressed than I did in my old cooked-food life. MUCH better. My warning is when I felt the arthritis coming back in my knees – that’s my personal sign that I’m not eating right.

Here’s good news: There’s a new Home Study Program. Bigger and better than ever, it’s designed to lead you by the hand from raw-curious to fully raw and healthy.

The program even includes one-on-one consulting by phone and email with long-time Dr. Ann Wigmore Instructors, people that have been doing this MUCH longer than me, and know a lot about it.

This is the most complete collection and comprehensive overview of Dr. Ann’s Raw Living Foods Lifestyle available, designed to get you started, keep you on track, and support you when you backslide. It includes:

The 300+ page 13 Step Raw Living Foods Success Guide
The 180 page Raw Living Foods Recipe Book
Grassy Roots – Back to the Roots of Healthy Eating - 14 episode Raw Food TV show on DVD
40+ videos on DVD by Dr. Ann and her Institute Instructors
1 hour of free Raw Coaching  – 2 sessions of 30 minutes
Free email consulting with Dr. Flora van Orden III, Dr. Ann’s long-time assistant
What’s in Your Lunch Bucket? Eat Light – Be Bright, by Jan Jensen, a handbook for active working women
Delicious Raw Food Recipes, by Emily Rutherford of RawFoodRestaurantGuide.com
Menu planners, discount coupons for hands-on programs and much more

I do this to help others attain a healthier lifestyle, and can find no better way to start people on the path to healthy living than this program.

While I totally support and encourage people to take a hands-on program at a Dr. Ann Institute, the Home Study Program is much more detailed.

You’d have to spend months at a hands-on program to absorb this much information. Plus, you have it at home for continual reference and inspiration

I’m really excited about this because, over the years, I’ve received hundreds of thank you letters and success stories from people who have benefited from the Raw Living Foods Home Study Program, and this is the best one I’ve assembled yet!

Here’s the link: http://chiDiet.com

Sincerely Yours,

Jim Carey

PS: Even if you’re not 100% raw, how much better are you doing today than when you were on the SAD?

PPS: “[Because of their diets] nine men in ten are suicides.” – Ben Franklin

As always, right after the Holidays is a great time to change behavior patterns and to begin new lives. But why do we have to gain an average of 8 lbs. over the next two months, and indulge ourselves in behavior that we know is bad for our health?

NOW is the time to start planning for those changes, not two months from now.

Whether you’re looking at the raw diet because of your health challenges, or because you’re looking to take your healthy diet to a new level, this is the time of the year to start!

Studies have shown that it’s best to change multiple behavior patterns at the same time. In other words, if you decide to quit smoking, get more exercise, and begin a raw foods lifestyle – all at the same time – you’ll be more successful than if you try to accomplish them individually or sequentially.

However – “the secret to success is having a plan.”

It’s not enough just to say to yourself, “I’m going raw.” That will work for a while – a few days, perhaps a few weeks – but unless you have tons of willpower, very shortly you’ll find yourself going back to your old habit patterns and comfort foods.

That’s why a plan is important. Let’s consider a plan for going raw:

10 Steps to Going and Staying Raw

1. Assemble the tools you need. A blender – any cheap, used blender – an inexpensive dehydrator, some jars for sprouting, and a variety of raw recipes are the minimum requirements.

2. Assemble your list of suppliers. Where are you going to buy your food? Are you going be mostly organic? You’ll also need to find a supply of sprouting seeds – at least some alfalfa, clover, sunflower and wheatgrass (hard red winter wheat). The wider the variety the better.

3. Read your instructions. Do you know how to sprout, and how to run a dehydrator?

4. Plan what you’re going to do. If you decide you’d like to make angel-hair pasta from zucchini, for example, you might find having a spiral slicing machine handy. This might put you back to step 1.

5. Set a starting date and create your support mechanism. Having a support group is the greatest. Check meetup.com for raw groups in your area. If you don’t know any rawbies in your area, find a raw chat group or two for support.

Share with them what you plan to do, and the date you’re going to start. You’ll find yourself more successful this way, than if you “go raw secretly.” Secret quitting doesn’t work.

While I’m constantly reminding people that we don’t have to justify our lifestyle choices to anyone, sometimes we can’t avoid it. This video I made about Dispelling the Raw Food Myths will help you deal with the standard objections you’re going to hear: http://www.chidiet.com/blog/free-stuff/dispelling-raw-food-myths.htm

6. Don’t forget that you’re going to need to stay inspired as you go raw. Build a collection of books, videos, and CDs before you start so that you’ll have lots of material when you go raw. This will help maintain your momentum. Otherwise you might find yourself running out of steam before you get to the top of the hill.

I find that videos motivate me the most. Instead of watching the news or a movie at night, I’ll pop in a video on raw foods and watch it, instead. chiVideos.com is a good source for these, and if you have high-speed internet you can watch raw videos online at websites like YouTube.com/chidiet.

7. Research shows that it takes 21 days for a new behavior to become a habit; if we move to a new house and now have to turn right instead of left when we leave work, it’ll be 21 days before it seems natural to turn right when head for home.

In dealing with addictions the transitional period is longer. Yes, cooked foods are an addiction. Thus, we need to deal with them as such.

Victoria Boutenko has a good book on this subject – 12 Steps to Raw Foods. Her website is RawFamily.com and the book is on Amazon.com, too. Her book covers the subject in detail, but here are her 12 Steps to Raw Food:

Step 1  – I admit that I have lost control of my addiction to cooked
food and my eating is becoming unmanageable.

Step 2  – I believe that live vegan food is the most natural diet for a
human being.

Step 3  – I shall gain necessary skills, learn basic raw recipes and
obtain equipment to prepare live food.

Step 4  – I shall live in harmony with people who eat cooked food.

Step 5  – I shall stay away from temptations.

Step 6  – I shall create a support group.

Step 7  – I shall find alternative activities or hobbies.

Step 8  – I shall let my higher self lead my life.

Step 9  – I shall make a searching and fearless inventory of the real
reasons for seeking comfort and pleasure from cooked
foods.

Step 10 – I shall let my intuition help me.

Step 11 – Through clarity I will gain happiness.

Step 12 – I shall provide support to other raw fooders.

8. Part of changing your diet and lifestyle is detoxifying the body. Not as a one-time detox, but instead, we should be constantly detoxing. That’s where Dr. Ann Wigmore’s program comes in. She taught much more than a diet. In her books and videos she lays out the procedures for a continuous healthy detox, including the foods we eat, how we combine them, the usage of colonics or enemas, the uses of wheatgrass juice, and more.

The basics are laid out in her book, Why Suffer? How I Overcame Illness and Pain Naturally. While it’s out-of-print, used copies can usually be found on Amazon.com for a few dollars.

Other great books of Dr. Ann’s are Be Your Own Doctor and Rebuild Your Health, both available at Amazon.com.

9. Be aware, not discouraged. You’re going to backslide at times, and it’s normal. Don’t feel like you’ve “failed” if you happen to go out for pizza or a hamburger. Instead, think about how well you’ve been doing, how much better you’re eating than you used to, and how much better you’re feeling since you started going raw.

10. Experiment, experiment, experiment. Knowing that I have addictions to comfort foods, I found new comfort foods. For me that’s fresh blueberries, raspberries, and raw vegan pizza, made with flax crust in the dehydrator. It’s a recipe I’ve included in my book. Victoria’s Step 9, above, has helped me a lot, too.

Overwhelmed? I would be, too, if it weren’t for the teachings of Dr. Ann.

Sometimes I get off the raw path when traveling the country, visiting family and friends. But when I get home I head to the market, stock up on good raw, organic fruits and veggies, then pull out my Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program and get back to it.

I’m feeling better, more energetic, happier and de-stressed than I did in my old cooked-food life. MUCH better. My warning is when I felt the arthritis coming back in my knees – that’s my personal sign that I’m not eating right.

Here’s good news: There’s a new Home Study Program. Bigger and better than ever, it’s designed to lead you by the hand from raw-curious to fully raw and healthy.

The program even includes one-on-one consulting by phone and email with long-time Dr. Ann Wigmore Instructors, people that have been doing this MUCH longer than me, and know a lot about it.

This is the most complete collection and comprehensive overview of Dr. Ann’s Raw Living Foods Lifestyle available, designed to get you started, keep you on track, and support you when you backslide. It includes:

The 300+ page 13 Step Raw Living Foods Success Guide
The 180 page Raw Living Foods Recipe Book
Grassy Roots – Back to the Roots of Healthy Eating - 14 episode Raw Food TV show on DVD
40 videos on DVD by Dr. Ann and her Institute Instructors
1 hour of free Raw Coaching  – 2 sessions of 30 minutes
Free email consulting with Dr. Flora van Orden III, Dr. Ann’s long-time assistant
What’s in Your Lunch Bucket? Eat Light – Be Bright, by Jan Jensen, a handbook for active working women
Delicious Raw Food Recipes, by Emily Rutherford of RawFoodRestaurantGuide.com
Menu planners, discount coupons for hands-on programs and much more

I do this to help others attain a healthier lifestyle, and can find no better way to start people on the path to healthy living than this program.

While I totally support and encourage people to take a hands-on program at a Dr. Ann Institute, the Home Study Program is much more detailed.

You’d have to spend months at a hands-on program to absorb this much information. Plus, you have it at home for continual reference and inspiration

I’m really excited about this because, over the years, I’ve received hundreds of thank you letters and success stories from people who have benefited from the Raw Living Foods Home Study Program, and this is the best one I’ve assembled yet!

Here’s the link: http://chiDiet.com

Sincerely Yours,

Jim Carey

PS: Even if you’re not 100% raw, how much better are you doing today than when you were on the SAD?

PPS: “[Because of their diets] nine men in ten are suicides.” – Ben Franklin

I put together a 10 DVD set of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods lifestyle for a very, very special price.

Learn more: http://wigmorediet.com/

Enjoy!

Jim

Young Again, by Kerry Pharr

How I Reversed the Aging Process, Restored My Health, and Lost 40 Pounds

A must read for every person that’s ever faced health and weight issues! Approaching 60, Kerry Pharr, who considered himself a picture of health in the prime of his life and a former professional boxing trainer involved in health, sports, and fitness most of his life, viewed himself as “old, fat, and sick.” Not liking the way he felt and what he was seeing in the mirror, Pharr began to eat a biblically-based diet that he combines with a pro boxer’s conditioning program he used in training his fighters for championship fights.

The accidental result was a revolutionary new fitness system that reversed the aging process, restored his health and helped him lose 40 pounds. All of his health issues disappeared in a matter of weeks without medications. His blood pressure dropped from 183/100 to 116/66 while his weight, which had ballooned to 227 at one point, dropped from 217 to 175.

Kerry gave me a copy of his book a couple of months ago and I think it’s great. Clear, concise and to-the-point.

Visit Kerry’s website and download the book for free: http://KerryPharr.com

PS: Buying anything through a link on this page may generate a commission to me. Thank you!

My partner Dr. Steve over at RawDoctors.com has put together a two CD set about the body-mind connection and healing, material he created with Dr. Bruce Lipton. While I’d heard all of the interviews before because they’re posted individually at RawDoctors.com, over the last few days I’ve been listening to the CDs again while I’m driving.

I just wanted to let you know that I REALLY think they’re great. It’s good to be reminded of these things on a regular basis.

Steve’s running them at a special price, but there’s only a few days left to get your set!

Here’s the link – The Secret Ingredient of Optimal Health:
http://chidietvideos.com/the-secret-ingredient.html

Jim Carey

– Buying anything through links on this website may generate a commission for us. Thank you!

I am a diabetic (for 20 years), on 8 meds plus a small evening insulin shot. When I found info on the raw food lifestyle, I also found material on reversing diabetes. My doctor & endocrinologist are both supportive of my efforts, surprisingly.

I made it clear that my ultimate goal was to be off most, if not all of my meds. After 3 weeks of green smoothies, not even every morning, and some small changes in diet, I had lost 9 lbs. and felt like I had some energy again. This is definitely incentive!

Thank you for the info you are providing on the internet, and I hope that the legal issues are soon resolved.

Ruth

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Jim’s comments:

If I had the money and the resources, it would be great to do one of those big studies like the pharmaceutical companies do of “typical benefits.” I’d like to know just what percentage of people see a significant change in their blood sugar levels and energy levels when they convert to a Raw Living Foods program.

During my years as Director of Creative Health Institute every diabetic that went through the program reported a significant reduction in medication, usually within three or four days of starting the program.

The medical community says that treating diabetes is a matter of diet and exercise; well, that’s what Dr. Ann Wigmore’s Lifestyle Program is all about. It not only changes your diet, it also reduces your stress level and encourages you to get the proper types of exercise on a daily basis, “just what the doctor ordered.”

Congratulations to Ruth and to the many others that email me stories about reversing their diabetes – even to the point of getting off their meds – with raw living foods.

One does not have to be sick, but you do need to “choose” to be healthy. Here’s a link to our current, legally required “typical benefits and results” statement.

For more information about the Raw Living Foods program, here’s the DVD version: http://chiDiet.com

Here’s the same program in the green, online version: http://RawLife.org

Organic Gardeners Saving Planet Earth

By Jay North www.GoingOrganic.com <http://www.GoingOrganic.com>

When we look around the world and see our current circumstances, we might consider asking ourselves, “What part does personal responsibility play in all of this?”

A simple thing such as planting a seed may be all that is necessary for people throughout the world to save planet Earth from extinction. And now the addition of  the no-till method to organic gardening and farming promises a future of healthy crops without the normal harmful effects and hard work…

While saving the planet from soil erosion and carbon loss, and also reducing water use, new age gardeners and farmers can reap the rewards of growing and stop the downturn in environmental challenges created by conventional agriculture.

No-till gardening and farming helps soil retain carbon. Healthy topsoil contains carbon-enriched humus – decaying organic matter that provides nutrients to plants. Soils low in humus can’t maintain the carbon-dependent nutrients essential to healthy crop production, resulting in the need to use more fertilizers.

The Hopi Indians have used natural no-till methods of farming for thousands of years. No tilling requires no digging up of weeds, no fertilizers added to the soil, and very little water use. The Hopi also believe the simple act of planting a seed will help to insure the survival of planet Earth – An opinion shared by this organic gardener!

In no-till agriculture organic gardeners and farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil. Soil loses most of it carbon content during plowing, which releases carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere. Increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have been associated with global climate change. The greenhouse effect is something we all know about today, but with no-till methods, we help reverse the effects of old gardening and farming methods and help insure our children will have a place to plant a seed.

If every organic gardener and farmer who grows crops in the United States would use no-till techniques and adopt management practices such as crop rotation and planting cover crops, we could lessen about 300 million tons of  carbon each year. Not to mention the amount of money saved on no fertilizer use and the water savings – it adds up quick.

Commercial no-till farming has been around since the 1960′s, when it was developed to reduce erosion of valuable topsoil from crop lands. Since then, the realization of the method’s other benefits – a reduced need for irrigation, less labor for farmers, and increased soil quality – has encouraged its adoption across the U.S. and around the world.

In recent years, however, interest in no-till has risen due to its greenhouse gas benefits, which results in farmers seeing another kind of green, cash…

No-Till Gardening Put into Practice for the At-Home Do-It-Yourselfers.

Special note to all would-be organic gardeners: Saving the planet never got any easier; use the no-till method and save your back too…

No-Till Made Easy: Just Dig a Small Hole!

1)    Plant a seed,
2)    Water it,
3)    Once it sprouts — talk to your new plant with kind loving words,
4)    Don’t weed around it,
5)    Water very little — never over-water. Let the roots go in search of water, and
6)    Once the plant matures to the desired state, consume it fresh.
7)    Speak kind loving words to the plant—save the world

It works like this: dig out a small hole in the ground. Dig it about 2 feet in diameter and 2 feet deep, refill three-fourths, place 5 or 6 corn, bean, or squash seeds. Put soil back in the hole, but leave a 2-inch area at the top of hole without dirt. This way the plant can collect water easily. Water lightly, wait a few days, and water a little more.

After a sprout appears water lightly once a day for a week. Once the plant starts to mature, cut back watering to once a week or once a month — no need to water far away from the plant you are growing for food.

Once corn, squash or beans are ready, eat them fresh — do not store them. This way you not only get the great taste of fresh, but you also get all of the living enzymes at the same time.

Yes, Save Some Too

Sun dry, can or jar what you do not consume right away — self-sufficiency includes saving food for the winter.

Taking Responsibility

We all certainly have a role in saving Mother Earth, and now the no-till method for the at-home organic gardeners as well as large commercial farmers can help save the planet and add many years to our survival.

Talk To Your Plants As You Would Your Beloved

Change conditions on planet Earth by adopting new ways to live a peaceful life. Change the amount of trash you contribute to planet Earth by recycling whenever and wherever possible. Ask for peaceful solutions between counties who argue and fight. But, most of all, plant a seed, and speak loving words to it. Speak only loving, positive words to your crops. Sing to them too. They love it!

Organic gardeners are being challenged, and now they have a new opportunity to make an impact on our planet for the better. Reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere by reducing carbon content loss in the soil from plowing; use no-till methods instead. Use no fertilizers; play with your plants like friends — and save the planet, all at the same time.

The benefits of organic gardening/farming are no longer a secret; just about everyone in the world today knows that unnatural methods just don’t work anymore. We have come to find that through natural methods of producing food crops without the use of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and chemical fertilizers we get healthy foods and live a longer life, free of the harmful effects of these and other unnatural growing methods. Now add no-till, save your back, save money, and save the planet.

Organic Gardening and Farming never got easier — at the age of sixty, my back loves no-till gardening.

Please visit www.GoingOrganic.com <http://www.goingorganic.com/> today; order your copy of Getting Started in Organic Gardening for Fun and Profit now and to find out why thousands of followers have sought North’s advice, publications, and consultations for their own healing and fertile future — a future of healthier bodies, healthier minds, and a healthier world for future generations.

ABOUT JAY NORTH – Best-selling author, social activist, entrepreneur, organic farmer, and practitioner of the healing arts, Jay North travels the nation and the world speaking about his spiritual writings and the opportunities and promise of Organic Growing, Green Juicing, and the Healing Arts.  Contact Jay through is website www.GoingOrganic.com <http://www.goingorganic.com/>

Request copy of “How to Grow 6000 pounds of organic food in your own backyard” from Jay North; JayNorthIs1@gmail.com <mailto:JayNorthIs1@gmail.com>

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Good advice from a friend:

When you eat, eat with intention. When you focus on that apple, and imagine as you eat, that it is going in to each cell, energizing each cell, then the apple works with you to do that.

When you work out, work out with intention. When you focus on the movements you are doing, breathing in to them, realizing how they are sculpting your form, then these movements and your body work with you to do that.

Going through the motions of eating and exercising are not the same as eating and exercising with a goal in mind, with a certain intention, which creates a whole new consciousness about the way you eat and work out.

Consciousness, love, are central to all things.

In Joy!
Jinjee
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com

In the City of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, with Mayor Hazel McCallion. In the 31 years Hazel has been mayor, she’s run the 3rd largest city in Canada to debt-free status with a large cash surplus. In the last election she drew 92% of the vote.

At 88, Hazel is still playing hockey, even though she was hit by a truck two years ago! She’s a good bowler, too!

Eat healthy, stay active, keep a positive mental attitude… I’m sure these are all of Hazel’s secrets.

The human body is a wondrous, miraculous healing machine.

- by Dr. James Carey, Ph.D. (computers)

Last week I discussed the role of the digestive enzymes and the pancreas, and how an organic raw living foods vegan diet improves digestion, nutrition and our energy levels. Today we’re going to look at the role of stress in disease, and how that relates to your DNA and healing.

Think of your DNA as being like a piece of thread, or yarn. If you’ve ever twisted a piece of thread tighter and tighter, you may have noticed how the strands of the thread start to fray, breaking in small places along its length as you tightened.

When we undergo stress our DNA does the same thing. This stress can come through work, our families, our neighbors, our circumstances, the weather… but the biggest component of bodily stress is – what we eat.

That’s right. When we eat a diet of processed, pesticided, herbicided, preserved foods, the work our body has to do to remove those toxins creates large amounts of stress.

When the body is stressed our DNA helix gets tighter and tighter. When it becomes too tight genome pairs start to fail, just like a fraying thread.

The genetic component of disease comes from this DNA predisposition. If your mother’s DNA failed at the gene that prevents breast cancer, then you’ll have the same genetic tendency when your genome pairs start to fail. If your father had prostate issues, then you will, too, because the same gene pair will tend to fail under stress.

When we eat a diet that is high in organic raw living foods we reduce the stress in our bodies for the reasons we’ve discussed in the previous articles – detoxification of our body tissue, and reduced workload on the pancreas, liver and kidneys. Our DNA then loosens just like a released thread, and heals itself.

Here’s the really good news:

* All of the tissue atoms in your body are replaced every six months.
* All of the bone atoms are replaced in six months to two years.
* When those atoms are replaced the DNA is replicated, and depending upon the stress levels in your body, will get better or worse.

Next time we’ll discuss exercise and it’s relationship with stress reduction, and how it also relieves depression better than drugs.

Yours in Great Natural Health,

Jim Carey

Dr. Jim Carey, PhD, DD, has been a raw living foods advocate for six years, ever since the Dr. Ann Wigmore program changed his life. You can learn more about Dr. Wigmore, N.D., and Dr. Carey at AnnWigmore.com, RawDoctors.com, chiDiet.com, chiVideos.com and chiDiet.net. Dr. Carey is currently doing an American television series about the raw vegan lifestyle. Episodes of his show can be seen at GrassyRootsTV.com. Dr. Carey resides in rural Georgia, USA, where he loves to eat wild edibles, and travels extensively sharing the message of the raw living foods lifestyle. He can be contacted via email at drjim@chiDiet.com.

(Dr. Jim also served as Director of Creative Health Institute for several years, and is a Director of the Creative Health Institute 501(c)-3 Non-Profit Trust.)

Did you ever wonder why, no matter what you do for your health, you never seem to get to the point of optimal health????

Have you tried the diets, the exercise plans and still fallen short???

While the diets and exercise are important, you are still missing the critical part, the most important part. You’re missing the emotional connection needed for optimal health and wellness. You are what you feel!

See RawDoctors.com for more information: http://chidietvideos.com/index.php/the-secret-ingredient.html

Did you ever wonder why, no matter what you do for your health, you never seem to get to the point of optimal health????

Have you tried the diets, the exercise plans – and still fallen short???

While diet and exercise are important, you are still missing the critical part, the most important part. You’re missing the emotional connection for optimal health and wellness. You are what you feel!

We’ve put together a collection of resources to help you address this:

Audio interviews with Bruce Lipton – author of The Biology of Belief and Spontaneous Evolution. In these interviews he discusses how his scientific studies led to the writing of these two books, what he learned, and how.

Bruce is a PhD Biologist who has made the scientific connection between emotions & health.

An audio lecture (CD) by Neville Goddard – a positive thinking legend.

Audio interviews and lectures about the relationships between prayer, meditation and love – and how they impact healing.

Great inspiration from Julie Motz, Marilyn Schlitz, K. C. Craichy, Dr. David Kessler, James Howard Kunstler, Sally Wadyka, and more.

Outlines of how our emotions affect our well being on many levels.

Charts matching disease and emotional connections – find out what emotion is matched to what physical problem…

This is the “secret” to optimal health and wellness at any age.

You get all the information you need to transform your health – and your life – in this one outstanding package from RawDoctors.com!

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Dear Dr. Carey,

We just received your package yesterday in the mail.  Everything seems to be in good condition.

The boys had fun helping me sort everything and check it off against the checklist online.

We felt like children in a candy store, God’s “candy” that is!  Not only were we able to check off everything, but found even more extras!

I told a friend of mine that this will be our Health and Nutrition curriculum for the next 10 years!

The Super Quick Start Guide is extremely helpful!  Like you said, this is A LOT of information and it looks very overwhelming at first.

It is hard to stick to the schedule you laid out, I want to look at and read everything at once, but I know it will be worth it! 

Right now, I am starting to read Why Suffer? How I Overcame Illness & Pain Naturally.

Thank you, once again, Dr. Carey, for the program!

God bless,

Lisa Dams

[ see chiDiet.com for more information ]

A short, two-minute video by a 20 year-old that received a standing ovation from the judging audience.

The contest was sponsored by AARP and was titled, “U @ 50.”

Dear Dr. Carey,

We just received your package yesterday in the mail.  Everything seems to be in good condition.

The boys had fun helping me sort everything and check it off against the checklist online.

We felt like children in a candy store, God’s “candy” that is!  Not only were we able to check off everything, but found even more extras!

I told a friend of mine that this will be our Health and Nutrition curriculum for the next 10 years!

The Super Quick Start Guide is extremely helpful!  Like you said, this is A LOT of information and it looks very overwhelming at first.

It is hard to stick to the schedule you laid out, I want to look at and read everything at once, but I know it will be worth it! 

Right now, I am starting to read Why Suffer? How I Overcame Illness & Pain Naturally.

Thank you, once again, Dr. Carey, for the program!

God bless,

Lisa Dams

[ see chiDiet.com for more information ]