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November 25, 2006   Table of Contents

The Relative Environmental Damage Caused by Different Diets

The Vegan Society has produced a sixteen-page environment booklet called ‘Eating the Earth.’ The booklet provides well-referenced facts and figures and is all you need to defeat the arguments of sceptics, who don't believe that vegan diets are less environmentally damaging than omnivorous diets.

The booklet is available to download at: http://www.vegansociety.com/phpws/files/phatfile/environment.pdf and at: Environment.pdf (67.1K).

Veggie Diet Reduces Risk of E. coli Illness

Sarah Keating, M.D. - Etobicoke, Ontario

As a physician, I hope the E. coli outbreak from spinach doesn't dissuade people from eating plenty of other leafy green vegetables, which are full of calcium, fiber and anti-oxidants. In addition, this outbreak underscores the critical need to take precautions against food-borne illnesses ("Killer bacteria hunted in fields of California," Cover story, News, Tuesday).

By avoiding beef - the largest source of E. coli - we can significantly reduce our risk of getting sick because animal products are the source of essentially all E. coli infections. Fruits and vegetables become contaminated only when they come in contact with water contaminated by animal agriculture, animal-based fertilizers, kitchen surfaces used for meat preparation, or unwashed hands that have picked up an animal-borne infection.

Everyone, especially meat eaters, is at risk for E. coli, but children younger than 5 and the elderly are particularly vulnerable to suffering the most severe symptoms: http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2006/09/veggie_diet_red.html.

An Insider's Guide to Food Labels

Few people know that the food coloring listed as cochineal extract comes from female beetles. Food activists want to spread the word

When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods.

You won't find "crushed bugs" on the list of ingredients for any of these foods, however. Companies have a bit of latitude in describing exactly what they put in our food. Many larger companies, such as General Mills, the manufacturer of Yoplait, and Pepsi, the maker of Tropicana, identify the dye in their products as either carmine or cochineal extract. Still, many companies simply list "artificial color" on their ingredients list without giving any details.

Food activists are trying to change disclosure requirements: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/aug2006/db20060807_789872.htm.

Genetically Modified Crops use MORE, not Less, Pesticides

When genetically engineered (GE) crops first came on the market in 1996, proponents claimed that they would need far less pesticide than conventional crops. Most genetically engineered crops are modified to either tolerate the herbicide glyphosate (HT crops) or to produce their own insecticide (Bt crops), so in theory, fewer applications of pesticide on GE fields would be sufficient to take care of pests.

For the first three years of use, this was true. However, a new report by agricultural economist Dr. Charles Benbrook, Genetically Engineered Crops and Pesticide Use in the United States, shows that farmers now use more pesticide on the top three GE crops - corn, soybeans, and cotton - than on conventional varieties: Union of Concerned Scientists.

New Sports Nutrition Guide Recommends Vegan Diet

Can athletes succeed on a vegan diet? According to the Organic Athlete Guide to Sports Nutrition, the answer is an emphatic "YES!" A new publication from Organic Athlete, the guide seeks to debunk the myth that good sports nutrition must include meat and dairy.

The 36-page booklet explains why a plant-based diet is optimal for athletes and how to succeed as a vegan athlete. Good for coaches, parents, and athletes of all ages and abilities, the guide includes meal plans and answers common questions about vegan diets. The guide also looks at supplements and the environment impact of dietary choices.

The guide is available for free on the web or as a download in pdf format: http://www.organicathlete.org/civicspace/files/OAGuide_pdf.pdf or in other formats at: http://www.organicathlete.org/civicspace/node/6.

Almonds Could Suppress Appetite & Tackle Obesity

A handful of almonds, a rich source of flavonoid antioxidants, vitamin E and magnesium, may enhance the feeling of fullness in people and aid weight management, suggests a new study.

Satiety has been called the 'Holy Grail of nutrition' and is seen as a key target in the battle against obesity, with figures from Europe showing that up to 27 percent of men, 38 percent of women, and 3M children are clinically obese in some parts of the bloc: http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n=71527-almonds-satiety-obesity.

Fruits and Veggies Build Stronger Bones

Teenagers who eat fruit and vegetables every day may build stronger bones than those who don't, according to new research from Cambridge University.

Teenage boys and girls who ate lots of fruit and veg were found to have heavier and stronger bones, especially in their spines: http://www.thenewspaper.org.uk/health/pg000769.php.

Why Soy is Not a Health Food

VIDEO - Avoid being deceived by the soy industry and learn the reasons why you are better off avoiding all forms of non-fermented soy: http://www.mercola.com/2006/nov/16.

See also "the problems with Soy": http://chidiet.com/problemswithsoy.htm.

Medical Experts Exaggerate the Benefits of Harmful Flu Vaccines

A new study contends that the effectiveness of annual flu shots has been exaggerated; they have little or no effect on many influenza campaign objectives, including reducing the number of hospital stays, time off work, and death from influenza and its complications.

Influenza vaccination programs in place are said to reduce the number of cases of flu, in addition to related hospital admissions and deaths. In the United States, authorities recommend flu vaccine for all children 6 months to 5 years old, anyone 50 or older, those with chronic health conditions, and health-care professionals and caregivers.

The effects of flu programs could be exaggerated due to a conflation of influenza with other influenza-like respiratory illnesses in published reports. In addition, much of the data being used to argue the effectiveness of flu vaccines is flawed because flu strains mutate from year to year, making it difficult at best to measure how well vaccines truly work: http://www.mercola.com/2006/nov/16/medical-experts-exaggerate-the-benefits-of-harmful-flu-vaccines.htm.

Earth's Ecological Debt Crisis

(October) Today is a bleak day for the environment, the day of the year when mankind over-exploits the world's resources - the day when we start living beyond our ecological means.

Scientific evidence is mounting that rapid population growth and rising living standards among the Earth's six billion inhabitants are putting an intolerable strain on nature.

For the first time a green group, the London-based New Economics Foundation (NEF), has sought to pinpoint how quickly people are expending global raw materials - fertile land, forests, fish, air and energy.

By analyzing data from the US academic group Global Footprint Network, the London think-tank has worked out the day each year when "humanity starts eating the planet".

Just like a company bound for bankruptcy plunging into the red or a borrower "maxing out" on credit cards, the world starts falling into ecological debt on 9 October. Problems, affecting everything from the seabed to the stratosphere, range from carbon dioxide emissions to the destruction of rain forests to the intensification of agriculture: read the rest of the story from RedOrbit.

Backslider's Corner

"The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine." - Hippocrates

Backsliding but progressing is NOT about feeling guilty about slipping. Even if you weren't 100% raw this week, how much better are you feeling than when you were on the SAD?

Every essential nutrient is provided by the raw vegan diet when a good variety of foods are eaten.

Chew Your Food

Unchewed food is one of the biggest culprits in the loss of nutrients supplied to the body. Whole living foods that are not completely chewed cannot be adequately broken down and assimilated by the body. Although the nutrient density and quality of whole foods is much greater in a raw vegetable versus a cooked vegetable of the same kind, the nutrients of the raw vegetable are relatively more difficult to access unless the food is adequately chewed.

All raw food naturally contains the proper types and proportions of enzymes necessary to assist in the process of digestion. In addition, when raw food is eaten, chewing ruptures the cell membranes and releases these indigenous food enzymes, many of which survive and contribute to the digestive process.

Retrain yourself to chew your food. Spend some time at it. The rewards are numerous. If you are still having difficulty, process or blend your raw foods for easier assimilation.

"Chew every mouthful until it is liquefied in your mouth."
- Dr. Robert Hoas, President of The American College of Sports Nutrition

"Chew your drink and drink your food."
- Gandhi

"One should not swallow any food without masticating it well."
- The Code of Jewish Law

"Chewing is most important. You have no teeth in your stomach nor in your intestines. The more you chew, the quicker you will master the principles of longevity and rejuvenation."
- George Ohsawa

"Nature will castigate those who don't masticate."
- Horace Fletcher, author and professor
- and favorite admonition of my great-grandmother

Live Interviews with Jim Carey Available Online

On Wednesday, November 8th I did an Internet radio interview/tele-seminar with Chris Brisson about the benefits of the raw living foods lifestyle. You can listen to the interview here: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/2006/11/jim_carey_inter.html.

On Wednesday, Nov. 1st, I also did an Internet radio interview/tele-seminar with Michael Snyder. You can listen to the show, or download it to CD, at: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/2006/11/jim_carey_on_in.html.

In The News

Raw living food lifestyle-related news and events are published daily on our blog: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/.

Events

The Regular Meetings and Events page is at RawLivingFoods.typepad.com/1/regular_meetings_and_events/index.html.

Raw Living Foods Home Study Program

"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." - La Rochefoucauld

The Home Study Program was developed from the teachings of Dr. Ann Wigmore at Creative Health Institute. I put this program together because, as Director of Creative Health, I talked to many, many people who either didn't have the time, or the money, to attend the two-week hands-on program in Michigan. I was going over the books this morning, and realized that we've shipped 20,000 videos in the last three years! That truly amazed me. I knew that there was a demand for this training, but I had no idea it would be so popular.

The Living Foods Lifestyle includes other components besides just raw foods. There is the "living" aspect of our foods, as well as internal cleansing, colon health, lymphatic system health, proper exercise, wheatgrass juice, energy soup, proper food combining, dehydrating, nutritional and dietary balance (lots of greens), and yummy food prep. All of this we teach at Creative Health Institute, and in the Home Study Program.

Surrounded, as we are, with increasing toxicity in our food and environment, eating a pure and healthy diet is more important than ever. More and more people are starting to see that, and I believe that's why the Raw and Living Foods Movement is growing so fast.

There's a lot more to being a raw fooder than eating fruits and veggies. Dietary variety, purity, balance, sprouting and personal detoxification are important, too. Now you can learn about the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle in the comfort and convenience of your own 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 Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle includes over 50 hours of video instruction, and a comprehensive manual.

The Raw Living Foods Lifestyle has been taught by a series of visionaries in the past century. Dr. Ann Wigmore used it to cure herself of colon cancer in the 1950's, and then taught it for decades at Hippocrates Institute in Boston and Creative Health Institute in Michigan, where she taught others to heal themselves naturally.

If you can't get into a residential program, then the home study program is for you. 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.

The First Lesson is Free - Examine the program in your home for 30 days. Even if you don't elect to continue your subscription, the first lesson is still yours to keep.

SPECIAL BONUS

When you order the complete raw living foods lifestyle Home Study Program this week we'll also include over $100 worth of bonus materials:

Personal Raw Coaching: 30 minutes of free coaching and consultation (by telephone) with Hiawatha Cromer, "The Wise Woman of Raw Foods"
Bonus Book: "Green for Life," by Victoria Boutenko (read the Book Review)
Bonus Video: "Greens can Save Your Life," with Victoria Boutenko (2 Tapes or DVDs)
Bonus Video: "Dr. Ann Wigmore's Kitchen," with Dr. Ann and Dr. Flora van Orden III
Bonus Video: "Out of the Ordinary," with Robert Taylor, Steven Gibb and Dr. Jim Carey
Bonus Book: "Finding Health in Hodunk," by Thom Hartmann
Bonus Video: A surprise title.

For purchase information and more details, please visit chiDiet.com/lessons.htm.

What people are saying about the home study program: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/feedback_home_study_program/index.html.

"The King who cannot rule his diet, will hardly rule his realm in peace and quiet." - Passage from the "Rule of Health of Salerno," author unknown.

Raw Living Food Recipes - Green Smoothie Fundamentals & Some Recipes

Did you overdo your Thanksgiving Feast? A few days on a Green Smoothie Fast can undo that. Here's a few basics, and some recipes.

Green Drink Mixology

-- from www.chiDiet.com, Lesson 6

Every plant is a miracle with the ability to pull a unique combination of elements from the soil, water, sunlight and air. When we find one possessing the right balance to satisfy our requirements of health and healing, we have found our miracle.

"There are two vital aspects of chlorophyll that should not be overlooked. First is its creation in the plant as a result of a conversion of the sun's energy-which makes it a sort of living battery. Second is its remarkable similarity to a vital component of human blood - hemoglobin. Circulating in the bloodstream, hemoglobin molecules carry oxygen to the cells throughout the body." Dr. Ann Wigmore, The Sprouting Book.

"Chlorophyll deserves a high place in the eliminative diet program because it is a fluid which helps clean the cell structure of the body. It has vital minerals to help build these structures with new cell life." Dr. Bernard Jensen, The Healing Power of Chlorophyll.

Below is a list of a variety of greens and their effects on the body. All of these greens contain an abundance of chlorophyll. Decide which are best for you so you can incorporate them into your juices and energy soup.

- Alfalfa Sprouts: Rich in vitamins (including vitamin U for peptic ulcers) and trace minerals, it also contains eight essential digestive enzymes and eight essential amino acids. It helps cleanse the kidneys and provides energy and endurance.

- Beets and Beet Greens: Very rich in vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium, iodine and other trace minerals. This cultivated green is a powerful blood purifier and liver/gall bladder cleanser and is helpful with obesity. It also builds good blood.

- Buckwheat Greens: A wonderful building and cleansing food containing vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C, niacin, pantothenic acid, many minerals including rutin (a natural longevity agent due to its antioxidant properties) and calcium. Buckwheat greens are especially helpful in circulatory and heart problems as they also contain lecithin, a natural cholesterol-lowering fatty acid. Buckwheat juice is best mixed with other sprout, green and vegetable juices to make green drinks.

- Lecithin is one of the derivatives of glycerin and is of value for cases of malnutrition, rickets, anemia, diabetes and tuberculosis. Lecithin helps in the structural support of all cells, especially of the brain and nerves. It is important in preventing and correcting atherosclerosis, causing cholesterol and neutral fats to be broken into microscopic particles so they can be easily utilized by the tissues.

- Cabbage and Cabbage Sprouts: Cabbage is a good source of vitamins A, C and U, along with the trace elements iodine and sulfur. Cabbage is good for the digestive tract and helps ulcers.

- Carrots: This king of vegetable juices is extremely high in pro-vitamin A, which the body converts to vitamin A. It also contains vitamins B, C, D, E and K, as well as calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium and trace minerals. The alkaline minerals contained in carrot juice, especially calcium and magnesium, help to soothe and tone the intestinal walls, plus strengthen bones and teeth. Skin, hair and nails benefit from its high protein and mineral content. Fresh carrot juice stimulates digestion and has a mild diuretic effect. Perhaps its most important contribution to body health is its tonic and cleansing effect on the liver. Through regular use, carrot juice helps the liver release stale bile and excess fats. When fat levels are reduced, cholesterol levels are reduced.

---- There is no such thing as a toxic dose of carrot juice. While it's true that it's possible to "overdose" on vitamin A, it's impossible to overdose on pro-vitamin A - the precursor to vitamin A that is found in abundance in carrot juice. Pro-vitamin A is converted to vitamin A in the body. Drinking more than five glasses of carrot juice per week may cause the skin to yellow slightly; however this is simply a manifestation of the toxins that the liver is excreting. To reduce these effects, simply decrease the dose of carrot juice. Mixed with other juices, especially sprout and green juices, carrot juice acts as a balancing element. It adds a delicious, sweet flavor to juice combinations and increases both their digestibility and nutritional value. As an overall tonic and rejuvenator, carrot juice can't be beat.

- Celery: It has a calming effect on the nervous system. This is probably due to its high concentration of organic alkaline minerals, especially sodium. The minerals contained in celery juice make the body's use of calcium more effective, balancing the blood's pH.

- Organic sodium, which is abundant in celery juice, has received a bad name because of the average American's habitual overuse of inorganic sodium chloride - table salt. Unlike inorganic sodium chloride, organic sodium found in celery juice is naturally blended with many other useful minerals. It is essential to the proper functioning of all major body systems. Organic sodium is the element in the blood that makes it salty. Because of its slightly salty taste, celery juice is an excellent component of any vegetable juice combination. Celery juice is especially effective for nervous conditions because it produces a calming effect. For weight reduction diets it curbs the desire for sweets.

- Comfrey: All parts of this plant can be used - root, leaves and flowers. Comfrey helps eliminate bloody urine. It is high in potassium, vitamin A and calcium. The allantoin in comfrey is the same ingredient that is contained in fractured bones and is often referred to as the "bone-knitter". It is also good in repairing nerve tissue.

- Dandelion Greens: Pick young tender leaves before the flowers have formed. Rich in vitamins A and C, minerals such as calcium, manganese, chlorine, potassium and iron. Acts as a tonic to the system. It destroys acids in the body. As it contains organic sodium, it is very good for anemia caused by a deficiency of nutritive salts and is recognized as a great blood builder and purifier. It is also effective as a liver cleanser. It is a gentle laxative and can therefore be used in a tea for babies and children.

- Lambs quarter: Pick young tender leaves before the flowers have formed. Very rich in calcium, phosphorus, vitamins A and C and the B vitamins thiamin, riboflavin and niacin. One of the best tasting of the wild edibles and is very common throughout the United States.

- Parsley: Rich in vitamin A, thiamin (B1), niacin (B3), C and the minerals calcium, chlorine, iron, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and sulfur. One of the best diuretics. Strengthens the kidneys, bladder and spleen, lowers blood pressure, cleanses the liver and strengthens the eyes.

- Purslane: Pick succulent leaves and stems from June until frost. Very rich in iron, calcium, vitamin A. This is a very good tasting wild edible green.

- Radish Sprouts: Rich in vitamins A and C and minerals, including trace minerals. This is a hot, spicy sprout and will heat up a cold body. The flavor is strong, so use sparingly. A good blood stimulator and cleanser. Powerful liver and kidney cleanser.

- Red Clover Sprouts: Has many of the properties in the dried adult plant, plus a host of living enzymes. Acts as a blood purifier in the body and helps relieve nervous disorders, skin problems, acne, etc. It is very cleansing to the body.

- Sunflower Greens: Sunflower sprouts do much to relieve malnutrition and to eliminate toxic poisons from the system. This is done mainly by providing the body with the nutrients needed and nature does the restoration work. The many vitamins and minerals in sprouts are at their highest peak of activity while sprouting.

- Other Healthy Edibles: Chicory, Malva, Shepard's Purse, Nasturtium, Mint, Sourgrass, Chickweed, Watercress, Fiddleheads, Rosehips, Plantain. 

Basic Green Smoothie

2 cups spinach
1 third European Cucumber
1 young coconut - meat and water
1 half or more of avocado
Juice of half a lemon
Juice of half a lime
A few stevia leaves
Ice

Dr. Ann Wigmore's Favorite Energy Soup Recipe

Blend together until smooth:
- 2 cups Rejuvelac - to prevent oxidation and provide B complex vitamins
- 1 tablespoon dulse or other seaweed - for minerals
- 1 1/2 apples - set aside another 1/2 apple to grate into soup at the end
- 1/2 cup sprouts (lentils and green peas) - for enzymes
- 2 cups wild edible greens such as lambs quarters and purslane (lambs quarters are a leafy green, not something from a sheep)
- 2 handfuls of chlorophyll-rich greens such as celery tops, parsley and beet tops Add an avocado and blend.

Stir in 1/2 a grated apple, then enjoy

The Boutenko Family's Favorite Green Smoothie Recipe
- by Victoria Boutenko

1/2 pound of fresh Lamb's Quarters,
or 1/2 bunch of fresh dinosaur kale
2 ripe mangoes
2 very ripe bananas
1 quart water

Blend thoroughly in a Vita-Mix blender.
Yields 1/2 gallon of delicious smoothie.

Super Mineral Soup   

1 Cucumber
4 Stalks of Celery
Handful of Parsley
Bunch of Watercress
Bunch of Arugula
2 Tomatoes
2 Handfuls of Baby salad mix
1 Avocado
1/2 of a medium red onion
1 clove of garlic
1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
Juice of one lemon
1/2 cup of Dulse

More Energy Soup and Green Smoothie Recipes can be found at: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/recipes_green_smoothies_and_energy_soup/index.html.

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