The Truth About Negative Calorie Foods

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You may have heard about so-called “negative calorie foods”. However, the reality is that all foods contain calories so it really is impossible for a food to be negative in calories.

What Are Negative Calorie Foods?

Negative calorie foods have been defined as those that require more calories to digest than they contain. [...]


Juicing Basics - The Phytonutrients

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By Larry M Salazar

Juicing basics begin with an understanding of phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are those elements found in plant pigments that give fruits and vegetables their colors. Usually they are found on the skins of most fruits and vegetables. They are very powerful, potent antioxidants that [...]


Green Goddess Juice

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This drink is delicious, refreshing and super-healthy. You can’t help but feel so much better for drinking it, even if you’re not used to drinking a lot of greens.

This recipe makes about 1 litre, and is the perfect drink to wake you up first thing in the morning or to [...]


The 80-10-10 Diet - How Much Fat You Should Eat With the Raw Food Diet

In this excerpt, Dr. Doug Graham discusses his 80-10-10 Diet and how many raw fooders eat too much fat. This is an excerpt from Dr. Doug Graham’s interview for the Raw Summit Archives, a complete interview encyclopedia of cutting edge living and raw food knowledge.

Kevin Gianni: You talk about the 80-10-10 diet, it’s the name [...]


7 Easy, Delicious Ways to Get More Raw Food Into Your Diet

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It’s in the newspaper, on TV and over the Internet: if you want to reduce your risk of developing various diseases, you need to eat more raw food. You know you should, but your conception of raw food is a bunch of lettuce and maybe a carrot stick, and you [...]


21-Day Green Smoothie Detox