The Raw Food Solution

While there are many different methods we can use to detoxify our bodies, superfood juice cleansing is associated with a variety of benefits, and will result in much better outcomes than generally occurs with other detox programs. In particular water fasting has a number of drawbacks that can potentially limit the effectiveness of a cleanse.

KEVIN: I am extremely excited about this. So, why don’t we start talking about detoxification? What’s your story? How did you get involved in this?

GABRIEL: Well, initially I was exploring it from a spiritual point of view. In 1982, on my own did a 40-day fast.

KEVIN: A-ha.

GABRIEL: It’s not the…probably the best way to start [...]

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Greens get you clean and many Raw Food Vegans know the importance of getting your greens. However, many people including Raw Food Vegans hate green food and it is because we have not developed a taste for them.

Getting your greens are very important to your overall health. Studies support the [...]

Earlier this year I made a decision to undertake a six-week detox program, based on the realization that I need to do something dramatic in order to make some real and sustainable progress with my health.

About ten years ago I developed chronic fatigue syndrome and in the last couple of years have been experiencing heart [...]

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Eating healthy foods for the liver can improve and support liver function on a daily basis. Having a healthy liver results in greater energy and general well-being. A poorly functioning liver can result in tiredness, headaches, bad breath, allergies and intolerances, problem skin and weight gain.

Foods that are healthy for [...]

There are several types of detox diets. There are those in which you can only eat fruits and vegetables, those in which you can only eat “clean” foods, those in which you can only drink fruit and vegetable juice, and the most extreme type where you can only drink water. You can also do specialized [...]

As part of the six week deep tissue detox I have been increasing my intake of green juices. I created a delicious juice yesterday that I would like to share with you.

I don’t have a juicer so I make my juices in the vitamix by blending the greens and then straining the juice in a [...]

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It is almost the end of January and for many people the idea of new years resolutions might be fading. I’m not really big on making life changes on a schedule, such as at the start of a new year, since every day can be viewed as an opportunity to [...]

The low fat raw vegan diet is gaining a lot of popularity in recent years as people are becoming more conscious about what constitutes a true health promoting diet. A diet based on fruit and vegetables can be a wonderful way to start eating a raw food diet as well as to promote cleansing, detoxification [...]

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A wise man once said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets.”

What a fit description of the seemingly endless battles that we fight to lose weight and to stay healthy and vital for as long as humanly possible!

Up and down, up and down, [...]