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August 4, 2007   Table of Contents

Backslider's Corner - The Dog Food Diet
Dr. Steve Interviews James Carey
Harvey Lisle to Speak at Creative Health Institute
Raw Living Foods Hands-on Training
Renata on Raw - Survived the 30 Days
James Carey to Speak at Creative Health Institute
Wheatgrass and Mold, part 3
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease - Book Review
A Bit of Help for Dr. Flora
The Raw Living Foods Home Study Program
In The News
See You in Sedona!
Events and Meetings
FDA Intends to Restrict Freedom of Speech
Raw Living Foods TV Shows and Videos
Live Interviews Available Online
More Raw Living Food Resources
Recipes
Customer Service

Backslider's Corner - The Dog Food Diet

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?

My Experience with the Dog Food Diet - I was buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my Black Lab at Wal-Mart and was about to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog? On impulse, I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, and that I was starting the Purina Diet again. Although I probably shouldn't, because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry and that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

(I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story.)

Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no; I stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter's butt and a car hit us both.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack, he was laughing so hard!

- thanks to Jan Jenson for sharing this with us!

While the film Raw for 30 Days is in post production, you can watch the promotional trailer either online, or at a promotional screening near you. For more information: http://www.rawfor30days.com/view.html.

I've had queries about my essay, "The World's Greatest Job." I've posted it on the blog at http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/2007/07/the-worlds-grea.html if you'd like copies of it.

There have also been requests for "What Raw Living Foods Did, and Do, for Me," with my before and after photos. That's also on the blog; here's the direct link: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/2006/08/what_raw_living.html.

Dr. Steve Interviews James Carey

Just after my return from Maui I did a radio interview with Dr. Steve Monkiewicz on his Bakersfield, CA radio show. The program is available for download. Each part is about 7 minutes long, and is a 7 mb .mp3 file:

The best way to get these files is to right-click on the below links, then click on "save target as." That way you can save them to your computer and play them as you wish.
Part One: http://chidiet.com/sm/Carey1.mp3
Part Two: http://chidiet.com/sm/Carey2.mp3

DR. STEVE - Steve Monkiewicz, ND, PhD, CBT, EFT-Adv. BIO - BALANCE. Optimal Health comes from bringing the Mind, Body & Spirit into balance - drsteve720@msn.com.

Harvey Lisle to Speak at Creative Health Institute

I talked with Harvey Lisle today (July 31) to ask him a Rejuvelac question.  During the course of the conversation he was invited to come to CHI and he accepted and scheduled his visit for Sunday, August 5.

Harvey Lisle is one of the food chemists who helped to validate Dr. Ann Wigmore's Living Food Lifestyle.

Due to his input, we are currently using fermented foods in the program.  He was instrumental in getting Dr. Ann to begin sprouting the berries for Rejuvelac as opposed to just soaking the berries. As a result of testing, he discovered that 3 day old Rejuvelac is superior to 4, 5, 6, and 7 day Rejuvelac.

I know this a late notice for this week's newsletter, however, there might be some people who could attend on short notice.  Incidentally, the attendance at our Sunday Buffet has increased.  Attendance averages between 30 to 50 people each Sunday.

Hiawatha Cromer

P.S. Harvey Lisle is over 90, he still drives, and retired only two years ago.  His voice is strong and youthful sounding.

Raw Living Foods Hands-on Training

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 Program "tunes up" your entire body, now, so you won't get sick in the first place!

We've been teaching the benefits of a plant-based diet for 30 years in an intensive, two-week, hands-on program of health education and raw foods preparation. The testimonials of former Creative Health students speak volumes about the Living Foods Lifestyle that we teach - http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/feedback_creative_health_institute/index.html.

The best way to get to know us it to come visit for an afternoon. 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 CreativeHealthInstitute.com/directions.htm.

Renata on Raw

I Survived the 30 Days

So, I survived the 30 days trial period as James' Personal Assistant. And trials we had, minor ones in the office, major ones outdoors.

I survived about 8 snakes, fire ant attacks, combat exercises of the navy planes, and the heat, and the heat and the heat. Yes, we have a/c in the cabin where the computers, tapes and books are located. James was not kidding when he mentioned there is only the cabin on the farm, built originally past the civil war, after Sherman's devastating walk through the south.

And no, there is no luxury suite tucked away in the woods. It's rural living at its best.  I like it still. The commute is rather pleasant, about 100 yards from my hideaway. No fumes, no irate drivers, no rush hour, no high gas prices, just a peaceful, short walk through the woods.

I grew up in Munich and have lived over 20 years in the States. Since 1992 I have worked as a massage/colon therapist in various states (CT, SC, MT, NV). I am a CNHP, a certified natural health practitioner. However, the benefits of raw living foods were nowhere mentioned in the studies. The emphasis was on finding out which vitamins are missing in the body, how to test the body for it and then paying good money for them on top of the grocery bill. At times, even dairy and meat were propagated in the teachings.

So, how did I get introduced to raw living foods? I noticed in the last few years that my joints were getting rigid, and over time my fingers and toes were quite stiff in the morning despite of consuming a heap of vitamin pills on a daily basis. My whole body ached. Not a good thing for a massage therapist.

Last July I started a serious juice fast which alleviated the discomfort somewhat. Discomfort is the body talking to you, like the lights on the dashboard in your car - time for a check-up. One has two choices: turn off the lights and pretend nothing is wrong, relevant to the body: take some pills and pretend your health is fabulous. However, sooner than later the body sends out more serious signals. That is definitely the time to act instead of ignoring and covering up the signs. A serious disease simply does not develop overnight. The body has an innate wisdom and tells us in many ways we are off course and adjustments are called for.

To make a long story short, I switched my diet completely to raw living foods, my joints are flexible again, no more aches and pains, a clearer mind and a much more pleasant attitude towards ageing. I feel so much better at 55 than at 25. Is it magic? Absolutely not, just the right fuel for the body. You would not want to put acid into your car tank, why put the wrong fuel into your body? Spare parts for the body are just so hard to come by.

Renata Dorner
renata@chiDiet.com

James Carey to Speak at Creative Health Institute

Dr. James Carey, former Director of Creative Health Institute and Trustee of the Creative Health Institute Non-Profit Trust, will speak at Creative Health Institute on Sunday, August 26th. There will be a Raw Gourmet Vegan meal that begins at 2:30 p.m., and Dr. Carey will be speaking after the meal for about 30 minutes.

The subject of Dr. Carey's talk will be, "What Raw Living Foods did, and do, for me."

There will be a question-and-answer period about the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle after Dr. Carey's talk. Donald Haughey, founder of Creative Health Institute, will also be available to answer questions.

A donation is asked to cover the cost of the luncheon. To reserve your place at the luncheon and talk, please call the CHI office at (517) 278-6260 or (866) 426-1213, or email to chi@CreativeHealthInstitute.com. For driving directions and maps visit CreativeHealthInstitute.com/directions.htm.

If you'd like Dr. Carey to speak to your group, be it raw or not, please contact Renata at renata@chiDiet.com or (877) 213-4699.

Wheatgrass and Mold, part 3

The solution is very simple. The first appearance is in grass about an inch tall. A fine web that if not treated grows up and more concentrated.

The correction is putting the tray on the floor and spraying with high pressure; letting the water flow out to where is doesn't leak out on the racks.

What is really being done is nature's correction when hard rain flushes the mold into the ground. I have never had it reoccur after one treatment.

Don Haughey
Founder, Creative Health Institute

For the earlier postings on this issue, please visit http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/wheatgrass/index.html.

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease - Book Review

by Dr. Flora van Orden

     After hearing him in person, I was delighted today to get my Earth Save News, July 2007 and read: "A groundbreaking program backed by the irrefutable results from Dr. Esselstyn's 20-year study proving changes in diet and nutrition can actually cure heart disease.

     Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States for men and women. But, as Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., a former internationally known surgeon, researcher and clinician at the Cleveland Clinic, explains in this book, it can be prevented, reversed, and even abolished. Dr. Esselstyn argues that conventional cardiology has failed patients by developing treatments that focus only on the symptoms of heart disease, not the cause.

     Based on the groundbreaking results of his 20 year nutritional study - the longest study of its kind ever conducted - this book explains, with irrefutable scientific evidence, how we can end the heart disease epidemic in this country forever by changing what we eat.

     Dr. Esselstyn convincingly argues that a plant-based, oil-free diet cannot only prevent and stop the progression of heart disease, but also reverse its effects.

     The proof is in the results. The patients in Dr. Esselstyn's initial study came to him with advanced coronary artery disease. Despite the aggressive treatment they received, among them bypasses and angioplasties, most were told by their cardiologists that they had less than a year to live. Within months on Dr. Esselstyn's program, their cholesterol levels, angina symptoms, and blood flow improved dramatically. Twenty years later, they remain free of symptoms. Here are the documented results.

     Drop in cholesterol levels: After 5 years in Dr. Esselstyn's initial plant based diet, the average total cholesterol levels of his research group dropped from 246 milligrams per deciliter to 137 mg/dL (above 240 mg/dL is considered "high risk", below 150 mg/dL is the total cholesterol level seen in cultures where heart disease is essentially nonexistent.) This is the most profound drop in cholesterol ever documented in the medical literature in a study of this type.

     Cardiac events: The patients in the study had 49 cardiac events in the years leading up to the study, and had undergone aggressive treatment procedures. Several had multiple bypass operations. After beginning the eating of plants, there were no more cardiac events in the group within a 12 year period.

     Angiogram evidence: Angiograms taken of the participants in the study show a widening  of the coronary arteries, and thus a reversal of the disease.

     Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease offers readers the same simple, nutrition-based plan that dramatically changed the lives of this patients forever. With this eating plan, sufferers of heart disease will maintain cholesterol levels low enough to ensure that they will never have a heart attack. Best of all, the book offers more than 150 delicious recipes that Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have developed over the years - showing readers how easy it is to enjoy their new way of eating.

     Dr. Esselstyn wrote: "Recent weeks have witnessed a collapse of the drugs and technology which form the present backbone of cardiology's assault on the coronary artery disease epidemic. ..Pfizer, in late December 2006, announced its long hoped for block-buster new drug Torcetrapib was killing more people in its test run than were dying in the control group. Pfizer had spent more $800 million in developing this drug to raise HDL, 'good' cholesterol and had openly forecast it would reap billions for the company once it came into production.

     "But the research trial was clear and unequivocal with its results. Among 15,000 patients, 82 died taking Torcetrapib and 51 died taking a standard drug to lower cholesterol. Additionally, the Torcetrapib group experienced a greater number of cardiac events such as angina, heart failure, and a need for angioplasty. The independent monitoring group advised Pfizer to halt the trial and they complied. The unfathomable mysteries of human metabolism could not tolerate the assault of this drug. It was making vascular disease worse, not better.

     "The double whammy for cardiology also developed in the second half of 2006. Reports from Europe in September 2006 indicated that patients utilizing the new drug eluting stents [a device inserted into arteries to keep them open] were suddenly having heart attacks and some were dying. ...it was disturbing to cardiologists and remains frightening for patients.

     "When an artery to the heart is severely narrowed and causing symptoms cardiologists insert a balloon tipped catheter to the area of blockage and expand the balloon to widen the constriction. The benefit of this angioplasty is lost in 50% of patients because of recurrent constriction in 6 months. Placing a metal scaffold or stent improves the results to only 10-20% recurrent narrowing.

     "Starting in 2003, the stents were coated with a drug which diminished the rate of recurrent blockage after angioplasty. However, it is essential to maintain patients on an anti-clotting drug for 6-12 months to prevent the stent from developing a clot or thrombosis. It now appears that after stopping the anti-clotting drug, 1 in 200 or 0.5% (5,000 nationwide) and 10,000 persons worldwide will have a heart attack and 50% of these will die when the stent fails.

     "These results have so upset cardiologists and the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) that a national conference was called in December 2006 to review this disturbing news. Watching intently and participating were the stent manufacturers Johnson and Johnson and Boston Scientific. Billions of dollars were at stake.

     "Following testimony, experts contend that for patients with uncomplicated disease, the benefits of the drug coated stents outweigh the risks. For patients with more advanced or complicated disease patterns, the outlook is less clear and more research data is required. What is clear is that everyone feels it may be necessary to prolong the period of requiring the anti-clotting drug Plavix from months to years or indefinitely.

     "However, Plavix is not without complications: it promotes bleeding, which may mean a gastrointestinal hemorrhage as well as easy bruising. The most desperate situations occur when a patient taking Plavix must stop it for dental work, hip or other major surgery and colonoscopy. Will they have a heart attack or die from a stent clot when Plavix is stopped? This scenario has occurred and is continuously encountered. It is as if a therapy for one disease now is painting patients into a corner from which they cannot escape when other illnesses require surgical therapy.

     "This Gordian knot has lead leading cardiologists to question stent therapy.

     "Dr. Eric Topol, a member of the conference panel stated, "There's a much more liberal use of angioplasty and stenting than there needs to be."

     "The head cardiologist at Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Calvin L. Weisberger added, 'A large pool of angioplasties and by-pass surgery are being done without scientific evidence.'

     "The hard science - which seems not to be prominent in all these discussions - is that it is not the major blockages which are treated by angioplasty and stents which account for heart attacks. The small unstable juvenile arterial plaques are prone to rupture and cause over 85% of heart attacks, and they are not treated by angioplasty or by-pass surgery. Then why do cardiologists treat the blockages unlikely to cause the heart attacks? There is a lingering belief that somehow the patient will be improved by widening the opening, and there is the unspoken force of money - huge guaranteed money from doing these procedures.

     "Then there is the harshest critic of all - scientific research. Study after study indicates for most patients undergoing angioplasties and stents, there is no increase in survival and no decrease in heart attacks.

     "Why might this be a time to rejoice? The morbidity, mortality, expense and transient benefits of a high technology approach toward the coronary disease epidemic has failed. It is time to realize that the answer to a faulty lifestyle epidemic is not drugs and technology - it is lifestyle.

     "The epidemiologic evidence that coronary artery disease does not exist in cultures consuming plant-based nutrition is robust and overwhelming. There is clear evidence that cultures which switch from a plant-based diet to a western diet develop an epidemic of coronary heart disease. Lewis Kuller, Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburg School of Public Health, based on his 10 year cardiovascular health study states: "all males 65 years of age or older who have been exposed to the traditional western diet have cardiovascular disease and should be treated as such."

     "This toxic diet with its burden of animal protein, dairy, processed oils, white flour products, sugar and excess saturated and trans fats and free radicals marinates in our bodies injuring our delicate cellular matrix with every bite at every meal. Science shows us how this occurs. We depend mightily on the capacity of our endothelial cells, which comprise the single cell layer lining our arteries, to manufacture nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is the strongest vasodilator in the body. (Dr. Flora interjects: watermelon and fresh papaya and home-ripened pineapple juice from outside the body going in do a fine job of vasodilating when the oxide is low until the body can catch up! Salt is a vasoconstrictor. Throw it away.) It causes blood vessels to enlarge, prevents blood flow from being sticky or sluggish, and inhibits arterial plaque formation.

     "The brachial artery tourniquet test quantifies the endothelial responses. The test requires an ultrasound measure of the diameter of the brachial artery below the elbow before and after an upper arm tourniquet stops blood flow to the forearm for 5 minutes. Normally, when the cuff is released and the brachial artery ultrasound measurement is repeated, the artery dilates or widens. This occurs from a healthy out-pouring of nitric oxide from the endothelium. When volunteers consume cornflakes, their brachial artery test is normal. If they consume sausage, olive oil, or saturated fat, they fail the test. The ingested fat so injures the endothelium that it cannot produce nitric oxide. Regular consumption of the toxic western menu is a cardiovascular disaster. The time is long overdue to challenge the failure of drugs and technology to stop the coronary disease epidemic.

     "The natural next question is can patients who have severe coronary artery disease arrest and reverse this disease by consuming a totally plant-based diet?

     "Dr. Dean Ornish (PCRM) and this author have investigated this question through scientific peer reviewed study. Dr. Ornish reported his results at one year and again at 5 years and most recently at 21 years in a book for the public Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Avery/Penguin, February 2007.

     "These studies indicate that fully compliant patients decrease the episodes of angina or eliminate them, decrease their cholesterol, decrease their weight, increase their exercise capacity, and arrest and selectively reverse their disease on follow-up x-rays of the coronary arteries. Seeing these patients thrive beyond 20 years of initiating their plant-based therapy is the most powerful reason for wanting the cardiology community to embrace and utilize plant-based nutrition.

     "There is no morbidity, mortality or added expense with plant-based nutrition and benefits endure and improve with the passage of time. Cardiologists say they doubt that patients will follow such a nutritional change. My experience in counseling hundreds of these patients indicates this concern is flatly not true. As a matter of fact, patients rejoice in the knowledge that they have become the leader/locus of control over the disease that was destroying them and are distraught that they were never told of this option by their cardiologist.

     "In summary, the dark shadow cast over cardiology, through failure of its miracle drug and the melt-down of drug eluting stents with unforeseen clotting resulting in heart attacks and death should motivate us to look more closely at a proven therapy which is effective and endures and has the potential to eliminate the coronary heart disease epidemic, as well as other chronic western illness such as strokes, hypertension, adult onset diabetes, obesity, impotence and dementia."

     Dr. Esselstyn is a preventive cardiologist consultant in the Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, and the author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease.

Peace and Love,

Dr. Flora van Orden III
drflora3rd@yahoo.com

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease is available from Amazon.com (direct link).

A Bit of Help for Dr. Flora

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the grant monies have run out ahead of time at the YWCA, and I was notified that I will no longer be working teaching yoga there anymore until the new grant monies come through. I need to pay my rent and utilities on the 1st and Joe and Lamoy Andressohn still owe me $1,500 for when I paid their bail bond so they could be with their children.

Is there anyone out there who has the wherewithal to donate (tax deductible) money to me and reduce their debt by $500 down to $1,000?

It would be so greatly appreciated. My PO Box is 900963 in Homestead, FL, and my full name is Flora Van Orden. Thank you if you are able to do this.

We cannot squeeze blood out of a turnip and I know God will bless us all at the perfect time.

I hope the grant monies will start flowing on the 22nd of August.

Peace and Love,

Dr. Flora van Orden III
drflora3rd@yahoo.com

[James' note: Dr. Flora has taken a vow to never accept money for guiding people on the raw living foods lifestyle.]

Raw Living Foods® Home Study Program

The Home Study Program about the Raw Living Foods® Lifestyle was developed from the teachings of Dr. Ann Wigmore at Creative Health Institute. I started putting this program together when I was Director of CHI because many of the people I talked to either didn't have time to attend the two-week hands-on program in Michigan, or if they had the time, they couldn't afford the cost.

What sets the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods® Lifestyle apart from other raw food and detox programs is its thoroughness. Often when reading articles about other programs I laugh and say, "We have that!"

For example:
- The "Energy Soup Diet" - we have that.
- "Colonics and enemas for detoxification" - yep, we teach that.
- "Living" vs. "raw but dead" foods - yep, we teach about that.
- Wheatgrass juice? Yep, that's one of our cornerstones.
- Gardening, composting, sprouting, purifying water, lightly fermented foods, food combining, transitioning to living foods, yummy raw living food preparation, exercise, internal cleansing, colon health, lymphatic system health, nutritional & dietary balance, lots of greens, dehydrating, alternative medicine, cooked foods as an addiction and staying on the program...

The Home Study Program covers all of those subjects and more. It's like buying a dozen of the programs advertised on TV, only better!

In the 5+ years that I've been involved with CHI and Dr. Ann's Raw Living Foods® lifestyle I've yet to see as complete an approach to healthy living as that taught by Dr. Ann.

Starting with a file cabinet full of documents and research, and over 300 hours of videotape, we've distilled Raw Living Foods® Lifestyle instruction to a 350 page manual and 50 hours of video instruction.

Yes, that's a lot of study material, but that's what it takes to make an informed change to a lifestyle of erroneous information and habit patterns. Read the handbook, watch the videos, and it'll change your life.

Surrounded, as we are, by 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. People see that the Standard American Diet and the current medical paradigm don't work.

The Raw Living Foods Home Study Program is available as a set or as a subscription. Please visit chiDiet.com for more information.

Here's what others have had to say about the Home Study Program: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/feedback_home_study_program/index.html.

In The News

Raw Living Food Lifestyle-related news and events are published daily on our blog: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/.

Raw Restaurant Listings: http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/restaurants_raw_living_foods/index.html.

You can have the blog postings delivered via email or RSS feed by signing up at http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/2006/06/ways_of_subscri.html. For every article that makes the newsletter, there are many more of related interest on the blog and published in our daily news feed.

See You in Sedona!

Renata and I will be in Sedona, Arizona from October 11th to the 15th. Here's why:

Located amidst trees and ponds on verdant lawns beneath Sedona, Arizona's famous Red Rocks, The Raw Spirit Festival celebrates organic raw vegan foods, world class music, spirituality, inspirational education, eco-sustainable solutions, healthy living and peace on Earth.

Come discover ancient wisdom and the latest findings from the greatest minds in healthy eco-living. Benefits include: Educational Vendor Booths, Outdoor and Indoor Stages, Ongoing Workshops, Sacred Exercise Area, Food Demos, Childrens' Programs, Music, Dancing, Leadership Sharing Circle, Nature Trails, Fantastic Foods and Fabulous Friends! 7 Organic Raw Vegan Meals included.

"This is more than a raw vegan food festival. Our vision is to integrate Healthy Living, Eco-Sustainable Solutions and World Peace because together these comprise a comprehensive strategy for addressing current global challenges. We feel that our Raw Spirit Fest non-profit organization belongs to the entire ever-expanding, international community." - Happy Oasis, Founder

For more information, please click here. Hope to see you there! (Hint: Renata got rooms at the Sedona Days Inn for $79/night.)

Events and Meetings

"The gathering of people is what most frightens oppressive government. Wherever freedom reigns in the world, there is open communication amongst people. When we gather, we gain power. When we fail to gather, we only fail ourselves. Therefore, let us not forsake the gathering of ourselves together. It is as vital now as it has ever been." - Jay North

-- Working Together to Help Others --

Brighton, Michigan - September 22 - Joyce Olivetto's Body Wisdom Workshops. Here's her flyer (1.1 mb), or visit http://natures-haven.com/.

Sedona, Arizona - October 12-14, 2007. Located amidst trees and ponds on viewy lawns beneath Sedona Arizona's famous Red Rocks, The Raw Spirit Festival is 'The Grandest Raw Vegan Celebration on Earth'! Featuring: Raw Vegan Meals, Music, Education, Exercise, Comedy, Nature's Beauty, Spirituality and You. For more information, visit: http://www.rawspiritfest.com.

The Special Events page is regularly updated at RawLivingFoods.typepad.com/1/special_events/index.html.

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

FDA Intends to Restrict Freedom of Speech

FDA Restricts Truthful Health Claims in New Guideline

Ignoring more than 100,000 emails to Congress in support of truthful health claims, the FDA has directly challenged the Health Freedom Protection Act, HR 2177, with a new draft guidance, "Evidence-Based Review System for the Scientific Evaluation of Health Claims", Docket 2007D-0125, http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/hclmgui5.html

This draft guidance represents the FDA's current thinking on the process for evaluating the scientific evidence for a health claim through "significant scientific agreement (SSA) and the definition of credible scientific evidence to support a qualified health claim.

The use of SSA and "credible scientific evidence" to determine permitted health claims is both unconstitutional since it constitutes prior restraint of speech, violating the First Amendment, and an invitation to corrupt "junk science" being manipulated to prevent truthful, useful and helpful information from reaching consumers.

Similar rulings have been passed in Australia and it's now illegal to share your experiences with your vegan diet with others.

Visit Your Health is Your Wealth for more information.

Raw Living Foods TV Shows and Videos

A collection of over 70 videos on raw and living Foods: http://feralfoods.org/video.html.

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Here are the dates of the Raw Food TV show on Al Gore's new TV Network: http://www.current.tv/pods/cuisine/PD04852

Here is the link if you want to view it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbT-pz40mUI

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Raw Living Foods Lifestyle Reduces Global Warming
- Last year a UN Report showed that the raw vegan diet is the best deterrent to global warming and promoting sustainability.

This video by Glen Beck discusses how Al Gore - and other politicians - ignore how going low on the food chain deters global warming (8 minutes): http://youtube.com/watch?v=VwkbDubF2qM. Includes an interview with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson.

So... Is the Raw Living Foods® Lifestyle "An Inconvenient Truth?"

Live Interviews with James Available Online

Here's my interview with Alexi Bracey about the raw living foods lifestyle: http://www.radioforyourhealth.com/.

A few months ago 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.

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

More Raw Living Food Resources

For an organized, searchable resource on all sorts of Raw Living Foods Lifestyle information, including these newsletter articles, sorted by subject, visit our new website at RawLivingFoods.typepad.com.

Back issues of the newsletter are available at http://chidiet.com/news/.

Why Suffer?: How I Overcame Illness & Pain Naturally, by Dr. Ann Wigmore, ND, is available for free via download (you'll have to supply the printer and paper, or read it on your computer): RawLivingFoods.typepad.com/books/whysuffer.pdf (737 K).

Recipes

Lots of Raw Vegan Recipes are posted on our blog at http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/. We've sorted them by category for your convenience.

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