November 24, 2007   Table of Contents

In Praise of the Sunflower Seed
Veggie Art - Ice Cream Disaster
Testimonial - Lucy Brandt
"Basic" Home Study Program Now Available
Veggie Art - the Onion
On the Air - Today
New Look - Feedback Requested
Customer Service

In Praise of the Sunflower Seed

- by Chet Day

If you're like me, you can stop and gaze for many minutes at a beautiful field or stand of sunflowers.

And if you're like me, you probably used to buy little plastic bags of sunflowers when you were a kid. You know the kind - they were really salty and you'd crack the seed between your front teeth and then chomp down on the delicious kernel while spitting out the husk. And your mom would yell at your for spitting and acting common.

I loved those seeds when I was a kid, but, honestly, commercial sunflower seeds in the cellophane bags don't cut the mayonnaise compared to raw sunflower seeds and sprouted sunflower seeds.

Talk about good protein, the protein in sunflower seeds can't be beat. And it won't clog up your innards like beefsteak and pork chops coagulated with grease.

Raw sunflower seeds make for a tasty mid-afternoon snack too, and they're a lot better for you than a Snickers bar or a Dr. Pepper. Wash 'em down by chewing them until they're a liquid. Savor the subtle tastes as your mouth enzymes break them down and prepare the seeds for stomach digestion.

Sprouted sunflower seeds? Whoa, you haven't lived until you've tried them ... and a lot better for your heart and health than commercial dairy from cows violated with growth hormones and all those antibiotics.

Ready to add some real sunflower seeds to your diet?

I hope so.

More info at: http://chetday.com/sunflower.html

Veggie Art - Ice Cream Disaster

Testimonial - Lucy Brandt

Folks! This is monumental! For those newbies or those diagnosed with hypethyroidism?

Background: about six years ago I was diagnosed with a dead (non-functioning) thyroid. I thought it was about me getting older. I was getting more and more tired and really attributed it to getting older. Well - after about a year and a half I went to a specialists. He has put me on every dose range possible. From the lowest, going all the way up to the highest. Since going raw 10 months ago, I've been back to him 3 times. The first time he was amazed at how my numbers had changed - for the good! He questioned what other meds I was taking. None doc. Your's is it. "What foods are you eating?" Just fruits and veggies doc. "Nah, that shouldn't have anything to do with these numbers." Um, okay. So he cuts my meds in half.

Six weeks later I go back. Same questions. Same answers. Oh - this time I tell him I'm drinking green smoothies. Same answer regarding foods should have nothing to do with the numbers. Well then why are you asking me? Mind you. He's short, fat, and bald. I don't put a whole bunch of trust in his diet choices. Cuts my meds in half again. He claims I'm hypERthyroid now. I was on a pretty high dose before starting raw. I can't remember, something like 275? Is that possible? I honestly can't remember. I know it was 200 something. Then I go back a third time. Yeah, you got the drill. My numbers have improved, he cuts my meds. This time he didn't even bother to ask about meds or foods - he's learning. I went back today. As we were walking back to his office I ask him how he is, he's fine. He asks me how I am. I'm fine I say. No you're not says he. Why? He says you're still showing hypERthyroid numbers.

I'm giggling to myself and as we get ready to sit down in his office I say to him, "Hey doc - I got an idea. How about if I go totally off the meds and come back say in two months and you read me again? I mean you're reading my meds right now, right?"

"WHAT???" was his response after he picked his jaw up off the floor. So I repeat, "You're just reading my meds right now, aren't you?"

"Well, uh, yes, actually I could be." So he took me off. Reassuring me that when I come back I'm gonna feel not so good, in fact so much that we may have to start all over again with the meds, you're okay with that, right? (He's asking me).

I say to him, "Well, you know, I could come back here feeling REALLY good, 'ya know?"

"Well, yes", he chuckles, "you could feel good. But you let me know if you start feeling bad, okay?"

I say to him that I'm glad I feel THIS way as opposed to how I felt a year ago. He says that being hypER has it's bad points too, such as osteoporosis (not good bones) and heart ! conditions. He doesn't realize just how healthy I am.

I'm not gonna feel bad. He's gonna feel bad when he realizes he's lost a patient. Well, no, not really, he'll have fifteen other poor souls that will take my place in line as one of his patients.

I am so stoked that I have met my goal in less then a year! Any thing else will be secondary to these TWO monumental healings that raw food has done for me.

The first being my migraines gone after 53 years of suffering and my life being destroyed by them. Even migraines meds did nothing for me.

And now my thyroid curing/healing itself by eating raw.
How simple.
How beautiful!

HOW HEALING RAW IS!!!
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UPDATE!!!

I went back to my doctor this morning (June 27, 2007) and he didn't think it was necessary that I return to continue seeing him. I have done so well with my "progression" that I am no longer his patient. He said my numbers are showing a perfectly functioning thyroid, and he asked how I was feeling and said if I needed to come back then to do so. Meaning if I start feeling poorly, then to come back. I don't believe I will see him again; as a patient that is. YAY!!!

So, with that said - anyone who has ANY doubts that raw is not healing, I am living proof. Our bodies are very forgiving, healing, and amazing machines!!

Okay, here goes - me before - July 2006 (GASP) and me now, July 2007 and I've enjoyed every minute of the transformation!

Click on the photos for larger versions

After

Before: http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3185&d=1186057934
After: http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3186&d=1186058051

--- For more accounts of raw food healing see Storm's eBook The Healing Raw Diet eBook at http://www.TheNatch.com

"Basic" Home Study Program Now Available

There's now a smaller, lower-priced version of the Raw Living Foods® Home Study Program available. For more details, please visit chiDiet.com/lessons.htm. The original, deluxe version is still available at chiDiet.com/deluxe.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.

Veggie Art - the Onion

On the Air - Today

If you're in the Western Tennessee area this Saturday (11/24) I'll be on Kerry Pharr's Fight the Good Fight radio program at 11:30 am, on Supertalk 97.7. If you don't catch the broadcast, it's already available as a podcast at http://www.live365.com/stations/goodfightradio_oda?site=goodfightradio_oda (30 minutes. See Health/Healing Dr. Jim Carey).

For some background, Kerry's website is http://www.fightthegoodfight.info/.

In addition to this week's shows with Dorit and Kerry, I've been doing a weekly broadcast on Saturday mornings with Dr. Steve Monkiewicz in Bakersfield, California. He has a number of interesting guests each week, and I'm one of his "regulars." Broadcasts are available as podcasts at http://web.mac.com/drsteve720. Each show is 30 minutes.

A quote from Dr. Steve:

"We are facing a Health Care crisis. That is because our system is a Disease Maintenance System, not one focused on getting you well and keeping you well. If you are looking for truthful, honest and holistic answers... you have found the right place!" - http://web.mac.com/drsteve720.

New Look - Feedback Requested

Welcome to the (again) newly-updated version of chi Living Foods News. A number of readers had issues with last week's issue, so I'm trying again.

In this column is the newsletter. On the left is a list of the articles we've published in the last 5 years (over 1500 of them), organized by category. When you click on them, they'll open your browser and take you to the pages.

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