Sometime ago I was amazed to discover that most chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers) used in modern day agriculture have a sinister history. Compounds such as organophosphates were first produced in huge quantities as chemical weapons during World Wars I and II. Once the wars had ended these huge chemical corporations, who had literally “made a killing” manufacturing these substances for governments, needed a way to continue to profit from their leftover stockpiles. Instead of producing their chemicals to kill humans, they came up with the idea of using them to kill insects and weeds and to make fertilisers. Using their considerable influence companies such as Bayer, BASF, DuPont, Dow and Monsanto changed the face of farming to what it has become today.
Agrochemicals along with a whole host of other man-made chemicals found in personal care products and cleaning products to name a few are insidious in that they cannot be seen, smelled or tasted and yet they are there. They may not kill us immediately as chemicals of warfare would, instead they bio-accumulate in our body tissues and organs like a time bomb waiting to go off.
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from two major laboratories looked for the presence of toxic chemicals in umbilical cord blood of 10 newborn babies born in U.S. hospitals in August and September 2004. A collaboration of the Environmental Working Group and Commonweal brought about the study. (Full report here.)
Of the more than 400 chemicals tested for, 287 were detected in umbilical cord blood. Of these, 180 cause cancer in humans or animals, 217 are toxic to the brain or nervous system, and 208 cause birth defects or abnormal development in animals. Scientists refer to the presence of such toxins in the newborn as “body burden.”
According to the study’s authors, the scope of testing was limited because chemical companies are not required to divulge methods for detecting the presence of their chemicals in the human body. “Had we tested for a broader array of chemicals,” they wrote, “we would almost certainly have detected far more than 287.”
Among those substances found to be polluting the blood supply for the newborn babies were eight perfluorochemicals used as stain and oil repellants in fast-food packaging, clothes and textiles, including the Teflon chemical PFQA, a carcinogen; dozens of widely used bromated flame retardants and their toxic byproducts; and many pesticides.
In addition to poisoning our bodies, when used in agriculture and industry these chemicals destroy beneficial microorganisms in the soils, poison wildlife and pollute the waterways and environment in general.
So what can we do to protect ourselves from this onslaught of dangerous chemicals? Here are just a few suggestions:
Eat organic whenever possible
Buy organic bed sheets and clothing
Use natural cleaning agents
Use organic or non-toxic personal care products (Shampoo, soap, toothpaste, skin lotions, sun cream etc)
Avoid non-stick and aluminium cookware
Obviously use no chemicals like Roundup in the garden
Use non-toxic paint
It is important to know that the words “Natural” and “Organic” can be very deceiving when written on the side a bottle. Get to know you ingredients. Just because a skincare product may say an ingredient is “Derived from coconut” does not mean they is safe. For instance Cocamide DEA or Sodium Hydroxysultaine are followed by the term "derived from coconut oil" which leads the unsuspecting consumer to believe that these synthetic chemicals must be natural.
Products labeled “Certified Organic” are the most trustworthy and safest way to go.
We hope you had a great Australia Day and that 2012 has started nicely for you. Are you familiar with the latin quotation: Mens sana in corpore sano (A healthy mind in a healthy body)? You know, it's so true that what we eat is so important, not only to our physical health, but also to our mental well-being. One Raw Food blogger that we really like is Lori Clayton who is a regular contributor to the We Like it Raw site. Here's a great article by her titled "Healing Mood Disorders with Food". In it, she lists some Good Mood foods:
Sesame Seeds: High in calcium, magnesium, tryptophan
Kelp: High in calcium, omega 3, protein, zinc, magnesium
Cashews: High in tryptophan, which is a precursor to serotonin
Greens: High in calcium and folic acid
Guava: High in vitamin C, tryptophan
Figs: High in calcium, magnesium, fiber
Cacao: High in magnesium, also makes opioids that make you happy!
Avocados: High in essential fatty acids, tryptophan, folic acid
Foods and beverages to avoid are the usual suspects: artificial sweeteners (much better to substitute our low-GI sweeteners), foods high in saturated fat, sugar, caffeine and wheat. Lifestyle is also an important factor with exercise increasing endorphin levels, meditation helping to keep you relaxed, and being in the sunshine increasing serotonin and helping your body generate Vitamin D which has been proven to help with depression. You can also supplement Vitamin D.
Speaking of Vitamin D, a new meta-analysis study published shows that adequate circulating Vitamin D reduces the risk of all-cause mortality by 29%. Furthermore, it lowers colorectal cancer risk by 40%! Read more here >>>
Whether children should be immunised (with pharmaceutical concoctions) is a hotly debated subject. Recently a family member was so upset with our decision to not traditionally immunise Bodhi (our 5 month old baby boy) that they won't speak to me anymore. They believe that we are being very irresponsible and are putting his life at risk. The divide between pro-immunisation and anti-immunisation camps can run deep.
While I don't doubt that vaccinations can reduce certain diseases in the population, Runi and I have serious concerns about their safety and effectiveness and have chosen build Bodhi's immunity naturally.
An enlightened doctor I know said that governments are only interested in vaccinating the "herd" to be seen to be preventing outbreaks of polio, measles etc, however, they are not interested in reporting many of the documented and suspected side effects of immunisations including autism, narcolepsy, seizures, brain inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction to name but a few.
In addition to this, an uncontrolled survey in Germany of 10,598 participants showed that unvaccinated children are far less affected by common diseases (including allergies, hay fever, asthma/chronic bronchitis, neurodermatitis (itchy skin), Otitis media (middle ear infections), Sinusitis, Herpes, Warts, Polyps and fungal infections) than vaccinated children. http://www.vaccineinjury.info/vaccinations-in-general/health-unvaccinated-children/survey-results-illnesses.html
Is it possible that vaccines are disrupting and compromising our children's delicate immune systems and are causing a whole host of other health problems and is there another way to protect children from potentially dangerous childhood diseases?
Runi and I have chosen to boost Bodhi's immune system naturally. My personal experience is that a properly functioning immune system can ward off most disease or lessen the intensity and duration of disease when it strikes.
So how can you immunise your children and yourself naturally? Here is what we are doing:
1/ When pregnant eat an excellent organic whole food, high raw diet. (Please note that I am not advocating a vegan or even a vegetarian diet unless that works for you). Make sure you are getting enough folic acid (B9) vitamin B12, iron, calcium, zinc, vitamin D and essential fatty acids in particular. We chose to supplement all of these key nutrients just to be on the safe side.
2/ Breast milk - Once baby is born, breastfeed him/her to full-term. Ideally three years or more. This is undoubtedly the safest immunisation available, especially if your diet is alive and high in the important nutrients.
3/ Homeopathic immunisation - We chose to immunise Bodhi homeopathically. It is non-toxic and safe and according to an Australian study effective.
4/ Whole Food - Once eating only offer children fresh whole organic foods with a high percentage (70% or more) raw. Food can be medicine or poison: steer clear of all refined products including sugar, wheat, pasta, most bread, commercial pasteurised dairy and oils. Include LOTS of leafy greens, green juices and green smoothies. Leafy greens are perhaps the most medicinal foods on the planet. I highly recommend getting in a good juicer like an Oscar and a good blender like the Semak Vitacrush. This is not an expense; it is an investment in your family's health.
If you are lucky enough to start your child early you will be creating a very positive food imprint for them. Studies have shown that when stressed, adults often revert back to types of food they were fed when upset as an infant. Imagine going for greens when you feel stressed instead of cake, bread, chips, "bad" chocolate or other common comfort foods!
We have already mixed green juice and green smoothie with breast milk and given Bodhi a taste of what is coming and he seems to like it.
5/ Superfoods and supplements - Here are key the nutrients your child will require. We will be supplementing Bodhi with the following:
- Vitamin B12 for healthy red blood cells, a good nervous system and good growth and development (especially important for vegans)
- Vitamin D (in winter or sunless conditions only) - Very important for the immune system and bone development
- The essential fatty acids DHA and EPA for brain and eye development. If you are not vegetarian Krill Oil is one of the best sources. One of the best plant based sources of DHA and EPA is marine phytoplankton such as Oceans Alive. Another source of non-animal DHA is micro algae including spirulina, chlorella and AFA algae such as E3. Chia seeds and hemp nuts are high in other essential fatty acids but not DHA or EPA . The great news is that most of these ingredients can be put into a child's smoothie or juice without them even noticing.
6/ Sunshine - we take Bodhi out in the sun (often naked) most days to make sure he is getting enough vitamin D. Breast milk is very low in Vitamin D and most breast fed babies are deficient in this very important vitamin. Obviously we take him out when it is not too hot so he doesn't get burnt!
7/ Earthing - for the Earths negatively charged electrons (which help reduce inflammation and free radical damage) and electro-magnetic radiation protection. Bodhi gets plenty of Earthing when I carry him for morning and evening barefoot walks as well as dips in the river and ocean. In the evening he sleeps on an Earthing Bed Pad which we have wrapped around his cot mattress.
As you can see from these photos, Bodhi is a picture of health and I am confident in our decision, to not vaccinate and build his immune system naturally.
Having said that, I am in no way offering this information as prescription or medical advice. It is simply what Runi and I are choosing to do. I also didn’t vaccinate my first two children who are both grown up now. I recommend that you do your own research and make your own decisions.
If you are interested in finding out why vaccines are potentially dangerous and what the government and doctors are not telling you, Dr Mercola's website is a good place to begin)
Also I highly recommend the documentary ‘The Greater Good” You can watch the trailer here.
I've just been
reading a fascinating article on New Scientist about the resurgence of a
disease more common during Dickensian times in children. Rickets
is caused by a shortage of Vitamin D and makes their bones abnormally
weak and susceptible to damage. This disease flourished in the 19th
Century during the industrial revolution when smog blocked sunlight and
children were forced to work all day in factories.
The
article also notes that rickets is just the start: that a lack of
Vitamin D during pregnancy and early childhood may also increase the
likelihood of food allergies, asthma and even multiple sclerosis. Some
other research just published indicates a possible link to Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease).
Our
society has progressed much in 200 years but we've recently been so
scared by the incidence of skin cancer - something especially prevalent
in our country - that our bodies aren't able to process enough Vitamin
D. And, it isn't just in pregnant women and young children that we need
to worry about these deficiencies as a Vitamin D deficiency can lead to
health issues in adults as well. We highlighted this and other common vitamin deficiencies recently on our blog.
We've
just blended a brand new Trail Mix with Goji Berries, Raw Cashews,
Pumpkin Seeds and Incaberries. It's our yummiest trail mix yet and we
call it our Berry Power Trail Mix which you can buy it in 250g, 500g and 1kg bags.
What are Incaberries?
Incaberries
are a nutrient-rich dried berry from Ecuador with unique sweet and sour
flavour. I'm absolutely addicted to them! :-) They have been seen as
the latest, must-have addition to breakfast buffets at leading European
hotels. They are a potent source of antioxidants and especially high in
dietary fibre: dried Incaberries have double the fibre of most dried
fruits and they contain both insoluble and soluble fibre. Insoluble
fibre is vital for healthy bowel function while soluble fibre can help
control hunger and reduce cholesterol re-absorption.
RIGHTEOUSLY RAW CHOCOLATES - EXCLUSIVE TO RAW POWER
Here's some yummy chocolate bars that won't have you breaking your New Years resolutions.
We
are delighted to announce the arrival of the range of Righteously Raw
Chocolates. These amazing snack bars are made up of 100% raw silky
chocolate covering an exotic superfood truffle.
Available
in Acai, Caramel, Goji, Maca and Maqui truffle flavours, these bars are
also made with other ingredients such as Himalayan Pink Salt, Raw Agave
Nectar, Raw Bahri Dates and Rose Hips Powder to name a few. Winner of
the NaturalNews.com Editor's Choice Award for Best Chocolate Bar.
It's
the last day of 2011 and it certainly was a memorable year. We were
delighted to take over the reigns of Raw Power from Anand and Runi in
July and we intend on continuing to provide you with the best value
living foods products you can find in 2012.
The
New Year often brings resolutions. We have an article from the archives
on detoxing. If you're thinking of a cleanse then take a look at our
Ejuva range - we think it's the best raw body cleanse on the market
today.
We
always think that resolutions endure the most when you are able to
balance them with rewards. We are delighted to announce the arrival of
the Righteously Raw Chocolate Bar range. These are the first
100% raw chocolate bars with a delicious superfood truffle centre and
they are absolutely scrumptious. Being 100% raw organic, vegan,
gluten-free, sugar-free and dairy-free you can enjoy these amazing bars
as a guilt-free reward for your resolution achievements.
In today’s world we are all at risk of toxic stress– our bodies
naturally create toxins as a by-product of metabolism. When you add to
this stress, contaminants in our food and water, poor exercise habits
and exposure to industrial pollutants our hardworking organ of
detoxification, the liver is under a tremendous load. If you are feeling
tired, lethargic, depressed have aches and pains or are having
digestive problems your liver may be having trouble keeping up waste
elimination.
The idea that many health problems are caused by accumulated toxicity
is not new. Nearly all ancient healthcare systems including traditional
Chinese and Ayuvedic medicine were based on simple cleansing and
detoxifying rituals which were used to enhance the natural processes of
the body, give energy and clarity of thought.
Cleansing or detoxifying is about resting, cleaning and nourishing
the body from the inside out. By removing and eliminating toxins, then
feeding your body with healthy nutrients, cleansing can help protect you
from disease and renew your ability to maintain optimum health and
well-being.
Since the end of World War II we have been exposed to an
ever-increasing amount of toxic man-made chemicals. Of the 85,000-plus
industrial chemicals now registered with the US federal government, most
are completely unstudied and literally hundreds end up in our body.
While the ancients understood the importance of cleansing while
living in a relatively unpolluted world, in today’s polluted world it
has become critical that we cleanse to maintain our health.
How Does Cleansing Work?
Simply put, cleansing is primarily about cleaning the blood. It does
this mainly by removing impurities from the blood in the liver, where
toxins are processed for elimination. The body also eliminates toxins
through the kidneys, intestines, lungs, lymph and skin. However, when
our inner ecosystem is compromised and toxins aren't properly filtered
and every cell in the body can be adversely affected.
A cleansing program can assist the body's natural cleaning process by:
- Resting the organs through fasting;
- Stimulating the liver to drive toxins from the body;
- Promoting elimination through the intestines, kidneys and skin;
- Improving circulation of the blood; and
- Refuelling the body with healthy nutrients.
Cleansing works because it addresses the needs of individual cells,
which are the smallest units of human life. Just as we need to change
the oil in our cars to keep them running smoothly our bodies need to be
cleansed to eliminate accumulated toxins and rebalance biochemical
processes.
RIGHTEOUSLY RAW CHOCOLATES - EXCLUSIVE TO RAW POWER
Here's some yummy chocolate bars that won't have you breaking your New Years resolutions.
We are
delighted to announce the arrival of the range of Righteously Raw
Chocolates. These amazing snack bars are made up of 100% raw silky
chocolate covering an exotic superfood truffle.
Available in
Acai, Caramel, Goji, Maca and Maqui truffle flavours, these bars are
also made with other ingredients such as Himalayan Pink Salt, Raw Agave
Nectar, Raw Bahri Dates and Rose Hips Powder to name a few. Winner of
the NaturalNews.com Editor's Choice Award for Best Chocolate Bar.
If you
are celebrating New Years Eve by the river in Melbourne CBD then you may
spot our ad on the big screens. We think it's pretty awesome, albeit
quick :-) Take a peak here >>>
Being a French girl, the main celebration and gift sharing in my family is held on the 24th eve. The Yule log is another European tradition which we enjoy every year. This year we have a beautiful raw Yule log recipe in our newsletter by Pamela Vinton. You can order Pamela's amazing chocolate recipe books below.
GUILT FREE CHOCOLATE RECIPES - IT IS THE SEASON :-)
Pamela Vinton is a retired Home Economics teacher living on the Gold Coast and majored in nutrition, food science and biochemistry. Through her research she has found astonishing ways that her chocolate recipes can actually improve your health.
She has written three recipes books with over 70 healthy chocolate recipes. You can get all three for just $29.95.
The books are titled: "Chocolate Recipe Guilt Free", "Kids Chocolate Kitchen" and "Dreamy Chocolate Christmas".
They are all original, rich, raw, delicious & unbelievably healthy and so easy to make.
Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth. This chocolate does not set as hard as the recipes previously listed so is not suitable to place in moulds to make small chocolates or to make as bases for pies.
Melt cacao butter in a basin over very warm water. Combine with cacao powder and agave and mix well. Taste and adjust the sweetness if necessary. Place in fridge to set.
Method:
Process nuts, seeds and dried fruit, until finely ground. Place in a bowl.
Process dates to form a paste. Add to bowl with cacao powder and mix well.
On a piece of greased paper flatten out mixture into a square about 1.5cm (1/2in) thick. Place another piece of greased paper on top
Place in fridge overnight to firm up
Melt the white chocolate in a basin over very warm water and spread a thin layer over base. Sprinkle with chopped cranberries Put back in fridge to set chocolate
Very carefully roll up like a swiss roll and return to fridge for a few hours
Melt the chocolate recipe no. 3. Place roll on a wire rack and coat in chocolate. The log also looks effective if you just drizzle chocolate over the top and let it run down the sides
We have just uploaded a bunch of great demonstration videos produced by Anand of the Barefoot Earthing product range. We get a lot of enquiries about how these products work and what their benefits are and a picture (or movie :-) does tell a thousand words!
We recommend that you start at our About Earthing page which has two videos with dramatic experiments that you can even replicate yourself as a perfect introduction to who these products will do for you.
Then, we've now created a number of product catalogs for easier browsing of the product range; each for different time of your day where you may need to get grounded:
We're only getting the newsletter out tonight due to a concern over one of the products we've been stocking that we've been monitoring. Read below for more details. On a more happy note, we've got a beautiful Icecream recipe by Omid and an interesting article by Anand.
In this Newsletter:
- Boysenberry and Blueberry Icecream by Omid Jaffari
- "What's more valuable than gold in an economic meltdown" by Anand Wells - Ejuva temporarily out of stock; indicate your interest now - Raw Food Kitchen price commitment
- Layby for Christmas
Place all the ingredients, except for the cardomom pods, in the Blender and blend until smooth.
Transfer to a bowl, stir in the cardomom pods and place it in the refridgerator. After about 20 minutes, take the bowl out, remove the pods and pour the mixture into an ice cream maker.
Turn it on and let it churn for about 15 minutes.
When the ice cream is half frozen, add the cardomom pods, and leave for another 20 minutes (or until you get your ideal consistency). But after that, remove all the visible pods before scooping it out.
Enjoy!
THIS WEEK'S READING What is more valuable than gold in an economic meltdown?
While many people buy gold as security in times of economic turmoil, my number one priority is to have access to high quality food and water. You can’t eat your gold! For that reason we are members of a very exciting project called Organic Farm Share http://www.organicfarmshare.com/
At this time Organic Farm Share is only open to members from Northern NSW and Southern QLD, however, there is still plenty of other things you can do to begin taking charge of your food supply.
In many ways we have lost connection with our food. How it is grown, where it comes from are often a mystery to many people. Up until now we have had the luxury of being able to go to the supermarket and fill up our trolley with cheap food that, according to a study done by Ceres in Melbourne, has travelled on average 70,000 kilometres! I was amazed to discover that 60 cents in the dollar of food we buy is paying for its transportation. Clearly this is not a sustainable practice and unless we change what we are doing we are going to run into some serious trouble in the not to distant future.
Why?
According to the 2008 Living Planet Report humankind first exceeded the world’s capacity to regenerate itself in the 1980s. Within one generation (30 years) from that point, our human activities have outpaced the world’s capacity to regenerate itself by 30%. This means that if we continue at our current pace, within just one more generation, we will exceed what our planet can provide by 100% requiring the equivalent of two planets to maintain our lives. An impossible equation.
To most of us living in the western world the idea of a food shortage is very hard to imagine, however, according to many scientists and leading authorities it is a very real concern.
Australian journalist and science writer Julian Cribb states in his book "The Coming Famine - The global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it" that “Experts predict the crisis will peak by the middle of the twenty-first century; it is arriving even faster than climate change.
Not just peak oil, but peak land, and even peak people, have and will continue to create vast pressures on the food chain, with humanity running through every available resource - nutrients, fish stocks, arable land, usable water, fertilisers - without regard for the future. Yet there is still time to forestall catastrophe,” says Cribb in his introduction.
I know that much of this may sound doomsdayish, however, it is based on good science and I agree with Cribb that we can avoid this disaster through taking action on a personal level.
While I am not advocating that everyone leaves the cities and moves back to the land to grow food, I believe we do need to take action now by learning to grow at least some of our own food and harvest wild edibles for our own food security and for the future of human life on Earth. In addition to this homegrown food and wild edibles are more often than not higher in nutrients that bought food and they are always fresh.
So where does one begin?
The easiest and quickest way to grow your own food is by sprouting. This can be done whether you live on the 100th floor of a skyscraper or in a cave. All you need is seeds, water and some form of container for sprouting.
One of the most affordable and simple options is use 2 litre glass jars with muslin or plastic fly screen and rubber bands. Or if you want to go high tech you can buy self watering sprouting systems live the Easygreen Sprouter for around $350. If you haven’t tried growing sprouts before I would recommend you begin with jars.
Once you have got the hang of it you may like to graduate to an automatic sprouting machine. The main advantage of these automatic sprouters is that there is no manual soaking or rinsing necessary: just fill the sprouter up with water and seeds and you will have sprouts in 3-4 days. This can be very convenient if you are too busy or forgetful to rinse your seeds on a regular basis.
Not only are sprouts incredibly easy to grow they are also some of the most nutrient dense food on the planet and are a truly living food, right up until the moment you eat them.
Our friend Koa the bush food medicine man, carries a sprouting bag (made from muslin) when he goes bush. He harvests wild seeds, soaks them in his sprouting bag and hangs them off his backpack while hiking or from a tree at night. This is an ingenious way to grow sprouts even while on the run!
What is even easier than growing sprouts?
Harvesting wild edibles some of which are also known as weeds. That’s right; we are often surrounded by food and don’t even know it! For a start there are over 400 varieties of grass all of which are edible. While the fibre in grass is difficult for humans to digest we can still chew grass or even better, juice it. I often let the grass in my back yard grow long so I can harvest it and add it to juices. Grass is highly nutritious packed full of chlorophyll and phytonutrients. It also has the ability to draw more minerals from the earth than any other plant. So you don’t have to go to the trouble of growing trays of wheatgrass when you can juice your back lawn. If you do harvest grass or any other wild edible, make sure it is clean and not sprayed with pesticides of any other toxic chemicals. For this reason it is never a good idea to harvest wild edibles close to any roads.
Apart from grass there are an enormous amount of highly nutritious wild edible weeds bushes and trees from dandelions to farmers friends, from Hibiscus flowers to bulrush roots. There is no need to ever starve to death if you are stranded in the wilderness and know how to identify wild edible plants.
Education is a key to successfully harvesting wild edibles because some plants are highly toxic. In Australia I recommend Tim Low's book, "Wild food Plants Of Australia" and Isabel Shippard's “How can I use herbs in my daily life?” If you are based in North America you can’t go past "The Encyclopedia of Edible Wild Plants of North America", by Steve Brill.
In addition to reading books, I have found it very helpful to have someone help me identify wild edibles. See if you can find someone locally who can take you on a wild edible walk. In Byron Bay you can go on a walk with wild edible expert Cockatoo Paul.
Koa Windsong also offers workshops when he is living in Northern NSW. And Sergei Boutenko holds regular wild edible walks in the USA and in also in the countries he tours. Members of the Live Food Challenge have access to Sergei Boutenko’s video presentation on greens and wild edibles – he lists some of the more common wild edible plants and offers some great advice on foraging and plant identification. Members also have access an amazing interview with Koa. Koa can go bush and survive without a bought supplies indefinitely when he chooses to and is an inspirational character.
Another more traditional way to improve your food security is to grow your own veggie or permaculture patch. This can be done even if you live on a suburban block. It is truly amazing to see how much food can be grown in a small space. If you don’t have time there are now businesses who will come to your house and convert your garden to an edible permaculture food forest! In some areas they will even look after it for you for a fee.
Live Food Challenge members also have access to the video Home Grown Revolution. It is a short documentary about how a family grows over 6,000 pounds (2,720kg) of food per year on a small suburban block (1 tenth of an acre) in Pasadena USA, just 3 minutes from LA. Very Inspiring!
It is time to ditch the lawn and begin growing food producing plants.
There are so many different ways to grow your own food – if interested I recommend doing a permaculture course and getting your hands dirty. Permaculture is about creating natural habitat and ecosystems which more or less maintain themselves. It is a much more natural and lower maintenance method than growing veggies traditionally in rows.
So now you have some great strategies for maximising the quality and security of your food.
By taking responsibility for your food supply, instead of relying on multinational organisations to feed your family, not only will you have created food security; you will have become a part of the solution needed for the very survival of our over-taxed planet.
Grow for it!
Anand
P.S. If you are interested in seeing how one country survived and then thrived a “Peak Oil” experience I highly recommend the wonderful documentary - Power Of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, it is a very inspiring example of what can be done when the traditional food supply goes down.
EJUVA TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK - Please indicate interest
We sold out of our limited Ejuva Body Cleansing Program stock in three days ... that's how popular it was. We have some more on the way and if you are interested in purchasing it, please email us indicating your interest so we can place a more accurate order with the manufacturer. We wouldn't want you to miss out.
RAW FOOD KITCHEN PRICE COMMITMENT UNTIL XMAS
If you can find any product in our Raw Food Kitchen catalogs (Appliances, Dehydrators,Juicers, Water Purifiers) cheaper (including GST & shipping) at any other legitimate online store then we will match that price up until Xmas as long as we're not losing money on the deal. Just call us on 07 3715 7620 to place your order. Laybys do not apply.
LAYBY FOR CHRISTMAS
We are offering a layby service for any purchase of $500 or more. Just place your order using our Direct Deposit (EFT) payment option and clearly specify "LAYBY ORDER" in the Shipping Instructions field. A minimum $100 initial payment is required to secure the shopping basket. Final payment of the balance is required by December 16, 2011. Cancellations will incur a $50 re-stocking fee. Please indicate the invoice number clearly in all bank transfers.
We've got plenty of wonderful new arrivals this week. We have just become the first Australian distributor for Ejuva - the most popular raw body cleanse on the planet.
We are also stocking a brand new 8-Tray Dehydrator that offers excellent affordability. Finally, we've received Raw Organic Mangoes as well as Spirulina in Vegicaps for those who aren't too keen on the taste :-)
THE MOST POPULAR RAW BODY CLEANSE ON THE PLANET
Raw Power Australia has become the first Australian distributor for Ejuva.
Endorsed by many raw leaders like David Wolfe, Paul Nison and Gabriel Cousins, Ejuva is a 100% Raw, 100% Vegan, 100% Gluten Free with 100% Organic and/or Wild Crafted ingredients. Ejuva has over 90 ingredients that inspire the body to cleanse.
Ejuva is simply the most pure, gentle, yet deeply effective body cleanse on the planet! Ejuva is NOT just a Colon Cleanse! Ejuva cleanses the Liver, Lungs, Spleen, Pancreas, Kidneys, Gall Balder, (all the organs of the body) as well as your tissue, your entire Lymph system, your entire Alimentary canal from your throat to your rectum.
Introducing the 8-Tray Bio Chef Food Dehydrator, an innovation in quality and affordability! The Bio Chef Food Dehydrator is versatile and easy-to-use, with adjustable thermostat, drying guide and digital timer.
Philip McCluskey and Julie-Ann Booth, two US raw food celebrities, are touring Australia in November and early December. Visit www.sexyonraw.com for more information.
The Byron Bay event is still looking for 4-6 volunteers. Those interested please contact Ishka at ishkafolkwell (at) gmail.com
BRISBANE EVENT
Dr. Gabriel Cousens will be delivering a presentation title "Spiritual Nutrition" providing deep insights into live plant-based foods as the optimal diet for health, wellness, longevity and spiritual growth. Dr Cousens will also present recent research including that on caloric restriction, insulin resistance and anti-ageing. At the Bardon Conference Centre in Brisbane during the evening of Thursday December 1st.
We are offering a layby service for any purchase of $500 or more. Just place your order using our Direct Deposit (EFT) payment option and clearly specify "LAYBY ORDER" in the Shipping Instructions field. A minimum $100 initial payment is required to secure the shopping basket. Final payment of the balance is required by December 16, 2011. Cancellations will incur a $50 re-stocking fee. Please indicate the invoice number clearly in all bank transfers.
CHANGE TO RETURNS POLICY
We have made a small change to our returns policy. Non-consumables (e.g. appliances, juicers, dehydrators, water filtration units) are now refundable should they be defective.
Why not enjoy the pleasure of a modern take on this old-school Italian recipe. Sprinkle cinnamon powder on the tarts when they come out of the dehydrator to make them look like they've been in the oven.
1 cup hazelnuts
1 cup raw cashews, soaked 2-4 hours
3 tbsp light agave nectar
1 tsp vanilla essence or ground vanilla beans
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp cinnamon powder
For the mascarpone filling
2 cups raw cashews, soaked 2-4 hours
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup light agave nectar
1 tsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp light miso
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp mesquite powder
1 tsp probiotics
For the pink peppercorns
1/4 cup pink peppercorns, gently crushed
1/2 cup sour cherries (optional)
Method:
For the crust
Place all the prepared hazelnuts and cashews in the Magimix food processor and pulse into a coarse flour.
Add all remaining ingredients except the cinnamon powder and lightly pulse until well mixed.
Press into four mini tartlet pans* with removable bottoms.
Place bases on a mesh dehydrator sheet and dehydrate at 45C for two hours. They should now be firm enough to remove from the tart cases so you can continue to dehydrate them for a further six hours.
Dust cinnamon powder over the tartlets to make them look as if they are slightly burned.
* Tart cases should be approximately 11cm wide and no more than about 1cm high to allow the mixture (details below) to dehydrate inside.
For the mascarpone filling
Mix cashews, water and probiotics in the blender until smooth.
Allow to sit in a glass bowl covered with towel in a warm place for 14-16 hours to culture.
When finished culturing mix in the remaining mascarpone ingredients by hand and refrigerate for four hours or until set.
Assemble
Pour mascarpone filling onto the tarts and garnish with pink peppercorns and sour cherries.
I was amazed at the wave of emotion I felt at hearing of Steve Jobs death. My life has certainly been touched by both the man and his legacy.
There has been much talk in several natural health newsletters about Steve’s passing saying that he died prematurely and that he could have healed himself if he avoided chemo and radiation therapies and did it naturally.
Maybe. Maybe not.
As a lover of Reality, I believe that Steve died at the exact moment and in the exact way he needed to. To argue with this and say he should have healed himself naturally, lived longer and brought us more cool gadgets etc. is to argue with Reality – it is a losing proposition every time. Have you noticed that when we get into playing armchair Gods by saying things like “he should have lived another 30 years” that Reality is completely unmoved?
Steve accomplished more in his 56 years than most people will achieve in 56 lifetimes and he is now trailblazing new territory (death), and the reality is we are all going to follow him when the time is right for us.
Having said that, I still like stacking the odds in my favour for a long healthy life. I keep to left hand side of the road when driving and try not to speed (too much), I eat organic foods and superfoods with plenty of raw, I exercise, and above all else I aim to enjoy this moment as much as I can because the Reality is I have no say when this amazing trip called Anand’s life will end. Byron Katie has said that it can be a trap to be too obsessed with health of the body – you could get hit by a truck tomorrow.
Enjoy today!
Anand
SEXY ON RAW TOUR
Philip McCluskey and Julie-Ann Booth, two US raw food celebrities, are touring Australia in November and early December. Visit www.sexyonraw.com for more information.
The Byron Bay event is still looking for 4-6 volunteers. Those interested please contact Ishka at ishkafolkwell (at) gmail.com
BRISBANE EVENT
Dr. Gabriel Cousens will be delivering a presentation title "Spiritual Nutrition" providing deep insights into live plant-based foods as the optimal diet for health, wellness, longevity and spiritual growth. Dr Cousens will also present recent research including that on caloric restriction, insulin resistance and anti-ageing. At the Bardon Conference Centre in Brisbane during the evening of Thursday December 1st.
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Here's some yummy chocolate bars that won't have you breaking your New Years resolutions. 
Pamela Vinton is a retired Home Economics teacher living on the Gold Coast and majored in nutrition, food science and biochemistry. Through her research she has found astonishing ways that her chocolate recipes can actually improve your health.
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