Do People on Raw Foods Eat Only Salad?

Photo courtesy of Tambako the Jaguar

Most people are aware that our bodies require enzymes to digest food and raw foods contain enough naturally occurring enzymes to digest each particular food. When foods are cooked at temperatures higher than 118 degrees, these natural enzymes begin to denature and die, which places [...]


High Calcium Soup (Raw Vegan Recipe)

Serves 1-2

You don’t need acidic, hormone-tainted dairy products to get your calcium. This soup is loaded with plant-sourced calcium in a form that is easily absorbable by our bodies.

Kale, parsley and spinach are notable sources of calcium, which is better absorbed when in the presence of vitamin [...]


Raw Food Diet Meal Planning and Book Recommendations

Dear Mizpah,

I would like to know if you have any recommended book about raw food. I started to drink green smoothies from our visit to Lujan in Costa Rica and back in Canada I did a 21-day detox, then I started to diminish my cooked food but I don’t know exactly how to do meals, [...]


Raw Food in South Africa

Photo courtesy of AshleyAull

Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa!

I’ve been visiting here for about a month as my husband has been teaching shamanic movement workshops. Here in Cape Town there is a small but thriving raw food community that has only recently become established.

Up until several years ago raw foods were virtually unheard of [...]


3 Day Raw Food Detox Diet

Here is a three day detox diet complete with recipes and a menu plan. Follow this raw food detox diet plan for three days and then continue with a balanced raw food diet for ongoing health maintenance.


21-Day Green Smoothie Detox