Wellness That Works
"Good health is a habit, not an event. Address your health or it will
address you."
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You Know You're a Raw
Foodist When...
thanks to Jinjee at www.thegardendiet.com
...you can't STAND the smell of any kind of Fast Food no matter how delicious it's supposed to be, and you can detect who has just eaten a greasy burger by noticing the odor of Fast Food Ooze coming out of that person's skin.
...you follow advice or succumb to your own confusion and go off the raw path and your mind, body, and soul just sink upon doing so.
...you make sexy sounds when eating a mango.
...you're buying fruit and the cashier looks at you puzzled and then asks, "You ate all that fruit you bought yesterday?!"
...green juice is a food group .
from the Raw Foods forum at www.rawfood.com/cgi-bin/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=007985&p=4.
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86 Things That Help People
Stay RAW
by Michele
Tips that help us get and stay on a raw diet.
A few years ago I asked various people on the Internet what "little things" help them stay raw. I put in a few tips of my own, but this is from a number of helpful folks: curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=67&i=247.
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"Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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Dr. Ann Wigmore's
"chi" Diet - Raw Foods Education at Home
- [chi - living energy; life force; the life energy of
food, and of the planet]
Now you can learn about the Living Foods Lifestyle without leaving home. Learn how to detoxify your body, what to eat, why to eat it, and how to prepare yummy raw food meals that leave you feeling full and satisfied. The Home Study version of the Wigmore Living Foods Lifestyle includes over 45 hours of video instruction and a comprehensive manual.
The Living Foods Lifestyle was developed by Dr. Ann Wigmore in the 1950's and refined over the years at Hippocrates Institute in Boston and Creative Health Institute in Michigan (formerly Hippocrates Institute of the Midwest, one of several founded by Dr. Ann). If you can't get away for a hands-on program, the home study alternative is available at www.chiDiet.com. There's so much material in the home study program - 15 lessons, 30+ videos, 350+ page handbook - that you'd have to spend at least a month at a place like Creative Health to learn as much. For detailed information visit chiDiet.com.
Examine the program for 30 days, and even if you elect to return it, keep the book Why Suffer?: How I Overcame Illness & Pain Naturally, by Dr. Ann Wigmore.
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Backslider's
Corner
- by Jim Carey
One Big Green Smoothie a day is a great start... The rest will come with time.
This is a lifestyle choice, not a religion. Even if you're not eating 100% raw, how much better are you doing than you were on the SAD (Standard American Diet)? Eating outside of the program is nothing to feel guilty about.
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In The News
(Battle Creek Enquirer) Trendy "raw food" diets, recently made popular by celebrities who seemingly eat nothing but celery and sprouts, probably stemmed from places like the Creative Health Institute: www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060227/NEWS01/602270313/1002.
Thanks to Jan Jensen for the following articles:
The USDA has a new program coming to a state near you. South Dakota has begun and so far the program is voluntary. Wisconsin's program is not. As of Jan. 1, if you have even one animal on your premises and are not registered, you would be subject to a $5000 fine. The plan is to register every property where even one 'livestock' animal is kept, 90 year old grandma with 4 chickens included: reliableanswers.com/patriot/?20060118.
(USDA) NAIS Key Components The NAIS will be established over time through the integration of three key components: premises identification, animal identification, and animal tracking: animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/subjects/animal_id/index.shtml.
International Advocates for Health Freedom Website: www.iahf.com.
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"There are, in effect, two things: to know and to believe one knows. To know is science. To believe one knows is ignorance."
- Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-357 BC).
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Hands-On Raw Vegan Food Prep and Internal Cleansing Classes
Now is the time to visit Creative Health Institute and learn about Dr. Ann Wigmore's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle. This time of the year classes are small and intimate, tailored to your needs and challenges. Our new Program Director, Darcy Flynn, brings a contagious enthusiasm to the Institute!
We've been teaching the benefits of a plant-based diet for 29 years in an intensive, two-week hands-on program of health education and raw foods preparation. The testimonials of former CHI students speak volumes about the Dr. Ann Wigmore program that we teach - CreativeHealth.us/testimonials.htm. 80% of our guests get more from the program than they ever expected!
Some try to heal you with vitamins or herbs, others with drugs or surgery. But the Dr. Ann Wigmore program is different - We Don't Wait to get sick. The Wigmore diet “tunes up” your entire body, now, so you won't get sick in the first place!
The best way to get to know us it to come visit for an afternoon. Alternate Sundays we have a wonderful raw gourmet vegan buffet at 2:30 pm. Call us at (866) 426-1213 for dates. For driving directions and maps visit CreativeHealth.us/directions.htm.
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"Healing is Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual." - Dr. Ann Wigmore.
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Green Goddess Juice
Recipe
- thanks to Suzanne for sharing this with
us
Handful fresh spinach
3 collard leaves
2 stalks celery
1/2 cucumber (or zucchini)
4-5 carrots (use the greens too... wash thoroughly)
1 apple
1. Thoroughly wash all ingredients. Skin carrots &
cucumber if not organically grown.
Cut the ingredients into pieces small enough, if needed, to fit into the
juicer.
2. Process the ingredients by bunching up the spinach and collard leaves and
pushing them through the juicer with the carrots, celery, cucumber and apple,
and drink immediately
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-- Working Together to Help Others --
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Andressohn Family Fundraiser
A letter from Dr. Flora:
We challenge you to help the cause, too. As of March 3rd we've raised $650 towards our goal of $3,600.
Please mail checks and money orders to:
Dr. Flora van Orden
PO Box 900963
Homestead, FL 33090
-- Thanks!
Jim Carey
(for the backstory on the Andressohns visit chiDiet.com/news/ and search for
"Andressohn." We've been covering this for two years.)
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Diabetes and Living Foods Research
My name is Aimee Perrin. I am a type 1 diabetic who has been on a raw/living food diet for 3 years in the hopes of discontinuing my need for insulin injections. I am currently researching the benefits of a raw food diet for type 1 as well as type 2 diabetic individuals. I, myself, have decreased my injected insulin from 22 total units per day on a low carb, high protein diet to 8 total units per day on a raw food diet, gradually achieved over 33 months raw.
I have been commissioned to write an article for the magazine Diabetes Health, a wonderfully balanced publication with an open-minded editor who is very interested in learning more about the benefits of the raw food lifestyle for diabetes.
I would like to hear from type 1 and type 2 diabetics who have good results on raw food concerning:
1. Weight loss;
2. Insulin reduction or completely getting off of injected insulin or other diabetic medications;
3. Improvement of any diabetic complications - vision problems, neuropathy, high cholesterol, blood pressure, skeletal problems.
I would love to communicate with you! (other diabetics or former diabetics on a raw food diet)
Aimee Perrin
aimeefields@aol.com
[Read about how Sergei Boutenko overcame diabetes with the Living Foods Lifestyle in the book Raw Family.]
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Upcoming Events
Nashville, Tennessee - Raw Food Expert Tonya Zavasta speaks on Tuesday, the 7th of March at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 3909 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215. Fee: $20 per person payable at the class. Space is very limited, reserve your place now! For reservations call Lorry at 615- 297-4447, or email to hpkmktmgr@wildoats.com. Wednesday, the 8th of March at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Sponsored by Genesis Healing Center www.genesishealingcenter.net 6020 Loston Rd. Lascassas TN 37805 (25 miles from Nashville). Fee: $25 per person payable at the class. Space is very limited, reserve your place now! For reservations call 615- 217-7814, or email to bl@genesishealingcenter.net.
Union City, Michigan - Vaccinations: Are They Really Safe? - Helping Parents Make a Fully Informed Vaccine Decision - Presented by Mary Tocco, Director of Vaccine Research and Education for Michigan Opposing Mandatory Vaccines. President, The Autism AutoImmunity Project of Michigan. Saturday March 18th, 2:00 pm - 4:00pm at Creative Health Institute. For more information visit CreativeHealth.us/news/MaryToccoOwlFlyer.htm. Please RSVP. For more about Mary Tocco visit www.marytocco.com/events.htm. Please RSVP to 866-426-1213.
Canton, Michigan - Michael Dwyer's Chef level certification classes are on Saturdays - March 18th and April 29th. Six hours for $125; at the Good Food Company in Canton, MI. Michael has studied under Alissa Cohen, and is certified to teach you how to become certified also. He is planning a 2 & 1/2 day Instructor-Level certification sometime in May for $650. If you are interested, either go to his website at www.rawdwyer.com, email him at rawdwyer@rawdwyer.com or call him at 734-812-9137.
Ferndale, Michigan - Metropolitan Detroit's Great American Meatout Sunday, March 19th, Noon - 5:00 PM Gerry Kulick Community Center, 1201 Livernois, Ferndale, MI S.W. Corner of Livernois and Pearson. Featuring the author of "The China Study", Dr. T. Colin Campbell, MD, Ph.D. "The China Study" documents the findings of the most comprehensive, large scale epidemiological study ever undertaken. Dr. Campbell is one of eight speakers featured at this year's meatout. For further information, call VIM at (248) 616-9676 or visit www.veggiesinmotion.org/meatout/. To download a flyer visit veggiesinmotion.org/pdf/gam2006volunteer.pdf.
Atlanta, Georgia and Shelby, NC- "Raw Food Basic - And Raw Gourmet" Weekend Seminar. Our two-day Seminar "Raw Food Basic" and "Raw Food Gourmet" will be in Atlanta on Saturday and Sunday, March 25 and 26, and in Shelby NC on March 20 and 21. All raw food teachers, authors and promoters endorse this seminar, as they all understand that the key to a successful transition to a life of raw eating depends on our preparedness, skills and practical knowledge of food preparation. The cost for the weekend class is only $300 per person and $500 for two people from the same household. This includes all of the manuals, recipe books and all meals. The low cost of this seminar reflects our mission to make raw food education accessible and affordable, it is the most empowering and motivating class in the country, don't make the mistake of paying thousands of dollars for much much less than we provide. Please contact us now to make your reservation:info@sproutrawfood.org.
Atlanta, Georgia - "Get Healthy Stay Balanced" - this is the fourth class that we will teach in Atlanta starting on Tuesday, April 11. It will consist of one Tuesday evening class for 9 weeks; this class has been created by "Hallelujah Acres". Teaching health from a biblical prospective, based on Genesis 1:29 "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." It will take you step by step into a journey to health and vibrant living. Your progress will be monitored. The class includes a wide array of manuals, journals, recipes and books, and includes a full dinner and raw food demonstration at every meeting. Class size is limited. The cost for everything is $300, and an amazing $350 for 2 people from the same household.If you like to come and attend our overview class on April 11 for free, please call and reserve your place. Call 770-992-9218 or email info@sproutrawfood.org
Union City, Michigan - Paul Nison to speak April 15th at Creative Health Institute from 2 - 4 pm. For more about Paul visit www.PaulNison.com and chiDiet.com/tapes.htm. Please RSVP to 866-426-1213.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - René Oswald will have a Living Foods Buffet class on Saturday, April 15th from 1-6 pm. She will share her secrets of making delicious living foods in a fast and easy way. The class will be followed by a Living Foods Buffet. She will be preparing smoothies, breakfast ideas, dehydrated cookies and crackers, soups, appetizers, entrees, salads, dips and spreads, and desserts. René will demonstrate how to make enough food for 4 days in 3 hours! Email rene.oswald@att.net or call 561-775-4867 for more information.
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"He who does not know food, how can he understand the diseases of man?” - Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-357 BC).
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Ongoing Events
Raw Vegan Radio - A radio show that will open your mind to holistic health, nutrition, and the connection between mind, body, and spirit. With your host, Steven Prussack, MS. Lots of interviews with "Who's Who in Raw Living Foods." www.RawVeganRadio.com.
The Naked Vegan - Kimberly Mac, on Alternative Talk Radio, Seattle; a segment called Positive Choice Radio at 1 pm Thursdays. KKNW Radio: www.newschannel1150.com.
British Columbia, Courtenay - Raw vegan potluck on the 4th Sunday of every month at the Florence Filberg Centre. Raw & Cooked vegan potluck on the 2nd Sunday of each month at the same location. Note that Courtenay is the home of ZenZero Raw Food Oasis, a cafe with tasty raw foods. Sign up for RawRose's Uncooking Classes held regularly at ZenZero. Contact Rose Vasile at (250) 334-2251 for more info (Rose was the Director of Creative Health Institute in 2003).
Florida, Delray Beach - Circle of Life Holistic Events: www.circle-of-life.net/winternewsletter.html.
Georgia, Atlanta - Support Group and Potluck every Monday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the Natural Market Place www.naturalmarketplace.net.
Illinois, Chicago - Veggieib@aol.com wants to know if there are any Raw groups in Chicago?
Kansas City - Hi. I receive the newsletter and saw the person from Chicago looking for a group, can I pose the same question for my area? Kansas City? I've been searching with no luck. Thanks, Cami - justmenubabe@yahoo.com.
Massachusetts, Boston - New Boston Area Raw Vegan Pot Luck Schedule: Every third Tuesday of the month. Date: Feb. 21st 6 - 9 pm. Contact: Adrienne Martin - 617.222.0491. Email: aemartin04@hotmail.com. Address: 28 Everdean Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts, Boxborough - Raw Vegan Pot Luck - Wednesday Feb 15th, 6:30 - 9 PM. Location: - 118 Cobleigh Road, Boxborough. Contact info: Andy Migner, andy@marllaw.com. Regular Schedule: The third Wednesday of the month.
Michigan, Ann Arbor - Monthly potluck. Contact Ellen Bogard at (734) 995-0875 for more information.
Michigan, Detroit - Veggies in Motion calendar of events: www.veggiesinmotion.org/calendar. They have all kinds of things going on in the Metropolitan Detroit area. Nice newsletter, too.
Michigan, Lansing - Living Food Group gathering and living food (raw vegan) potluck. We always meet the 1st Monday of the month (unless it is a holiday) from 6 - 8 p.m. Our coordinator is Cricket Lott. Here is our website: www.livinghiho.com.
Michigan, Union City - Creative Health Institute - alternate Sundays we have a wonderful raw gourmet vegan buffet at 2:30 pm. Suggested donation $10. For driving directions please visit CreativeHealth.us/directions.htm. Call (866) 426-1213 for dates and reservations.
Michigan, Union City - Vadim Guchinskiy, Nutritional Microscopist trained by Dr. Robert O. Young, PhD (author of the pH Miracle book series) is making weekly and bi-weekly trips to Creative Health Institute for Blood Analysis. The Director, Darcy Flynn, is scheduling appointments for Wednesdays and Saturdays. Alternate Mondays he will be giving an educational presentation. Contact Darcy at (866) 426-1213.
Missouri, St. Louis - Raw Vegan Potluck - When: 1st Sunday each month - 5 pm at Wild Oats on Ladue. Contact Terry at rawlivingfood@yahoo.com for information.
New Hampshire, Manchester - Raw Food Potluck - The first Sunday of the month at 5:30 pm, usually. Contact info: Jude - naturallyjude@verizon.net - 603-666-7010.
North Carolina, Cornelius - 3rd Thursday each month 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Please bring a healthy potluck dish (raw foods encouraged) to share with at least 10-12 people, plus your recipe (we're compiling UNcookbooks!). March 16, 2006 At the home of Jim & Barbara Murphy, 20707 Pointe Regatta Drive Cornelius, NC 28031 RSVP: 704-892-9478 to get directions to their gated community. Speaker: H.D. Boyles, OD Topic of discussion: Emotional Freedom Technique - EFT.
Ontario, Ottawa - SimplyRaw promotes better health & quality of life through eating nutritious raw plant food. We offer raw food prep and healing workshops, monthly potlucks, raw coaching, support, products, book/video lending library and online bulletin board. www.SimplyRaw.ca
Oregon, Portland - Weekly raw vegan potlucks and gatherings - www.RawPortland.org.
Tennessee, Nashville - Free How to Eliminate Sickness Seminar every Saturday morning at 10:00 am, followed by healthy lunch. Free Support Group Meetings every Monday night at 6:00 pm (Pot Luck ) or pay our Chef $7 and he will prepare one for you. Free 24 Carrot Club meeting: A support group and candle light dinner meets the 4th Thursday of every month. Hear testimonies from cancer survivors and other adverse health issues. Contact Brenda Lee Reed at yourhealthcoach2003@yahoo.com, (615) 217-7814, or visit www.genesishealingcenter.net.
Chase Sammut's ongoing recovery from a brain tumor, using Raw Living Foods: www.chasesammut.blogspot.com.
Want to see your event listed? Email the info to editor@chiDiet.com, preferably in the format used above.
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Resources for Raw Fooders
We should regularly remind ourselves of why we're aspiring to a plant-based diet. Here's a list of articles that you can use to reinforce your own aspirations, as well as share with others.
Living Foods Defined, by Dr. Ann Wigmore: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter07292003.htm.
Ten Advantages of Eating Raw, by Susan Jorg: rawfoods.com/articles/tenadvantages.html.
Raw Vegan vs. Raw Living Foods vs. the Dr. Ann Wigmore Diet - The Differences: chiDiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20060225.htm
Raw and Living Foods - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): rawfoods.com/faq.html.
Unexpected Benefits of Being Raw, by Jim Carey:
chiDiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20060107.htm
chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter07152003.htm
The Benefits of Raw Foods, by Paul Nison:
chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter04292003.txt.
Other articles:
chiDiet.com/benefits-of-living-foods-links.html.
The Value of Eating Fresh Sprouts (Scotland): news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=655172005.
Scientific Studies of Diet and Nutrition, by Dr. T. Colin
Campbell, MD, PhD. Excerpts from The
China Study:
chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050730.htm
chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050806.htm
chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050813.htm
chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050820.htm
Things to be Aware of in the Raw Food Arena, by Nomi
Shannon:
Part A: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter05272003.txt
Part B: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter06032003.txt
Part C: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter06102003.txt
Vegetarian Resources: creativehealth.us/links/links27.htm.
Living Foods Resources: creativehealth.us/links/links4.htm and chiDiet.com/raw-living-foods-links.html.
Living Foods Recipes: creativehealth.us/links/links5.htm.
Meat in our Midst; Voices of Vegetarians, Messages from Meat-eaters: www.chronogram.com/issue/2005/06/wholeliving/.
Coping techniques to stay on living foods, by Victoria Boutenko: AnnWigmore.com/news/RawFamilyOctober2005.htm.
Why resolutions fail, and what to do about it: chiDiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050618.htm.
I hope these articles help, and keep you inspired.
Personally, when my lifestyle choices are questioned I just look at how much
better I'm doing now that I'm living on living foods, than when I was on the
SAD.
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