The Raw Food Solution

Raw Cashew Cheese

As discussed in an earlier article, soaking and re-hydrating nuts makes them easier on your digestive process. When you are making a raw food product like cashew cheese, pre-soaking the nuts also makes them softer, allowing for easier blending in the food processor or Cuisinart. There is a bit of planning involved with [...]

Kevin: Bren, there are bunch of things that I want to talk about today, but first let’s start with just a little bit of background about you.

Brendan: Sure. I actually got into the nutrition and just trying to achieve peak performance through nutrition back when I was around 15. That was all I cared about [...]

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In this article, I am going to discuss a very essential mineral, which also happens to be an electrolyte: Potassium. This essential mineral was used in an experiment to keep a live chicken heart alive and beating for 30 years! (The janitor bumped it, and thus ended the experiment.) Imagine, [...]

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The raw food detox diet that is followed within the Hippocrates health lifestyle is based on over 50 years of experience, research, and results with hundreds of thousands of people from all cultures around the world. Following are 23 practical tips to apply it in your life and create fabulous [...]

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We all know that calcium is essential for bone and teeth health, but I wonder how many people know that calcium is also vital for a healthy heart , circulatory system, healthy muscle tissue, blood, and skin?

Not many, I would venture to say. We all have also heard through the advertising [...]

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This month I have been experimenting with the 80/10/10 approach to the raw food diet and am finding tremendous value in the high fruit diet. I am really appreciating the simplicity of this way of eating and have started to experience benefits in my health, particularly with improved digestion.

Personally I [...]

Nuts and seeds are concentrated sources of protein, fats, B vitamins, vitamin E, iron, magnesium and other minerals. Some of them contain omega 3 fatty acids and as such can help to improve the balance of cholesterol and the blood lipid profile and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Some [...]