the raw food solution

For the last few weekends, while the large proportion of the population has been indulging in holiday treats,  I’ve been fasting on watermelons! On reflection I realized that this has kind of become my own holiday tradition by default.

My husband and I don’t celebrate calender events, being very much non-traditionalists when it comes to this. [...]

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Hi everyone. Today’s post is written by Phe Gitsham, a Chinese medicine practitioner who lives in Australia. Phe has some really unique insights to share about what she has learned regarding the raw food diet, in terms of the traditional Chinese medicine perspective.

Generally practitioners of Chinese medicine tend not to [...]

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Looking for a healthy, crunchy treat to satisfy your cravings? Well today I have a fantastic recipe that is bound to become one of your favorites!

Candied nuts were originally invented in France using almonds with a creamy sugar coating. They came to America as part of the creole cuisine of [...]

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Admit it!

This time of year the temptation to overindulge is at an all time high. The cookies and other holiday treats are everywhere and hard to resist!

If you make it through this holiday season packing on a few extra pounds, you’ll be just like the rest of us, setting New Year’s [...]

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Eggnog is a holiday favorite that traditionally is made by blending milk or cream with eggs, sugar, nutmeg and often some form of alcohol such as brandy, rum or whiskey. So, obviously traditional eggnog is not a raw vegan friendly option. But today I have a recipe for you that provides [...]

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Candida is a form of yeast that is present in everyone but only poses a challenge to our health when it begins to proliferate out of control. This can be triggered by a number of factors with some of the most common including the use of antibiotics, birth control pills, [...]

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Recently I released my first book about the raw food diet called The Raw Food Solution: How to Create Vibrant Health with a Raw Food Diet. At the moment the book is available in eBook format and the paperback is on schedule to be released in early January.

Today I [...]

Thai food has to be my favorite by far. There’s no other cuisine that offers so much dramatic contrast and packs a punch of flavor with an incredible balance between spicy, sweet, salty and pungent, with that extra-special umami element.

Most people are familiar with Thai dishes such as their noodles - the most famous being [...]

Raw granola can be a delicious breakfast treat for those of us eating a raw food diet. I don’t eat it all that often but I do I enjoy it on occassion, especially as a postworkout meal or on a lazy Sunday morning.

Unfortunately most of the commercially available raw granolas are sweetened with [...]

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Raw broccoli is not really something that is easy to be passionate about. Personally it took me a long time to warm up to the idea of eating raw broccoli. My digestive system is very sensitive and this is a food that requires a little special treatment to improve [...]