the raw food solution

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I know some of you have been waiting for my book, The Raw Food Solution: How to Create Vibrant Health with a Raw Food Diet, to come out in paperback so I am [...]

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 [...]

On rising, drink a glass of water with the juice of 1/2 lemon. It will cleanse your palate, and get your digestion system off to a great start.
Start your day with a juice… just fruit, just veggies, or both fruits and veggies.You will feel the difference!
Fruits have the highest percentage of vitamins per [...]

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Milk made from almonds is so delicious and a wonderful source of protein and calcium. This is a basic milk recipe that you can experiment with by adding other ingredients such as raw cacao, carob, cinnamon, banana or berries.

Almond milk makes a great replacement for regular milk on your breakfast cereal, in tea or coffee [...]

How can you make a healthy green smoothie even more healthy? Just add a handful of chia seeds, nature’s complete superfood. Not only will these protein-packed grains turn your green smoothie into a powerfood, they won’t affect the taste at all!

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Alfalfa is often classified with ‘grasses’ but it’s actually not a grass at all. Alfalfa is a member of the legume family i.e. peas and beans. Alfalfa is known as the Father of all Foods it has a root system which can grow to a depth of 100 feet, deep down [...]

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Since the 1950’s, there has been a debate among those in the physical culture regarding cooked vs. raw food diets. Among natural bodybuilders, this debate still goes on. Some of the arguments are that you need meat protein to build muscle.

Hemp Seed Powder and Wheat Grass are much richer sources [...]

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When you are trying to lose weight there are so many options out there in terms of diets and weight loss nutrition plans and one that is gaining more popularity is switching to a vegetarian based diet. There may also be quite a few benefits to switching to a completely raw [...]

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When I started on my raw foods journey in 2005 one of the most frequently asked questions from family and friends was “where do you get your protein?” Now I hardly ever get this question; however, recently my sister expressed that she still has concern about my protein needs. It [...]