Rawpower

by Omid Jaffari, Botanical Cuisine

This recipe will blow your socks off

Serves about 4 people. Takes 30 minutes.

Equipment:

• Vita-crush Blender
• Chopping Board
• Knife

You Need:

• For the soup
  • 2 cups, peas, shelled (fresh or frozen)
  • 1 bunch of dill leaves
  • 1/2 bunch of mint leaves
  • 2 cups young coconut cream
  • 4 small red radishes, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 lime, juiced
  • 1 shallot, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp celery, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic clove, thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp of natural salt
• For the garnish
  • Shaved fennel bulb
  • Dill & coarse pink salt
  • Drizzle olive oil

Mix all the ingredients in a Vita-mix using the 'pulse' button so ingredients are not smooth and still have some texture

Assembling:

1. Take out 4 of your favourite glasses and divide the soup evenly and garnish whichever way you like
2. Serve immediately

THIS WEEK'S READING

"Good diet alone is not enough without this"

By Anand Wells, Live Food Education

Eating a clean predominantly plant based raw food diet is one of the best things you can do for your health. However, eating well is not enough if you want to realise your body, mind and spirit's full potential.

If you haven't done so already, finding an exercise regime which really works for you is almost as important as a balanced diet and like diet the choices for exercise can be overwhelming.

Simply put exercise prevents disease just as diet does. As an active person, you're less likely to develop cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis, have a stroke or get certain types of cancers such as colon and breast cancer. Like poor diet, physical inactivity is at epidemic levels in developed nations with more and more people doing sedentary jobs and then going home to sit in front of the computer or TV for hours on end. If you are doing the Live Food Challenge it is unlikely that you are one of these people, however, there may still be more you could do to improve your health and vitality so you are enjoying life to the maximum.

Even in the short term by exercising you will

• Have healthier muscles, joints and bones
• Increase your metabolism
• Have more energy
• Experience a sense of well-being and be better able to cope with stress
• Be better able to get to sleep and stay asleep
• Be less likely to suffer from depression
• Increase your endurance

As there are so many types of exercise available we are first going to simplify exercise into 3 distinct forms, each of which has a different benefits for you body. Ideally your exercise regime will include all 3.

1. Aerobic exercise such as swimming, running, cycling or dancing increases your cardiorespiratory fitness and endurance. This is the capacity of your heart and lungs to supply oxygen-rich blood to your muscles so they can produce energy for movement over a sustained period. Many aerobic exercises are also great for getting your lymphatic fluid moving.
2. Flexibility exercises such as yoga, Pilates, qigong and tai chi improve the full range of motion of your muscles and joints.
3. Resistance exercise such as weight-lifting increases your muscle strength by requiring your muscles to lift, push or pull against something. This type of exercise can also increase bone density and help prevent osteoporosis, which is important as you get older.

The great news is there are so many effective forms of exercise available that you can hand pick a regime that suits your particular body type and temperament. As with diet we are all unique and discovering new forms of exercise can be a great exploration as well as lots of fun.

Many health specialists say we need at least 20 minutes of high intensity or 45 minutes of medium intensity cardiovascular exercise at least 5 times a week. I personally perform and feel best with an hour or more of medium to high intensity exercise daily. If I don't do this I notice my energy isn't at its peak.

Another thing most experts agree on is that your exercise, at the very least, has to be moderately intense and has to be regular. The National Physical Activity Guidelines for Australians recommends at a minimum 30 minutes of moderate physical activity – like walking – on most days of the week. How do you know if you're being moderately active? A good test is to see if you can talk easily while you're exercising. If you can, you are exercising at a light to moderate level. Once your breathing makes it too hard to talk, you know you've increased the intensity of your workout!

One thing to remember is that the longer and more intensely you exercise, the greater the benefit. Researchers have found a positive correlation between the length and intensity of physical activity and the reduction in risk of coronary events such as heart attack.

But even short periods of light exercise and daily activities are beneficial if you want to prevent obesity and diabetes. New research shows that sitting around for long periods of time can increase your blood glucose levels – even if you fit a 30 minute session of exercise in – so stay active and complement your 30 minutes of exercise with regular light activity.

If you haven't exercised for a while or you want to significantly increase your exercise level, it is advisable to speak with a health professional about designing an exercise plan. Many injuries are caused by exercising too much, too quickly, or by overuse.

Here are just a few different ways you can get the exercise you need.

1/ If you have the discipline you can get all of the exercise you need home pretty much for free.

Firstly you can do strength training with body weight exercises such as pushups, sit ups, squats, chin ups and many more. There are some great DVD's demonstrating what is possible just using your own body weight and  household props such. Steve Cotters Encyclopaedia of Body Weight Conditioning DVD is one of the best. Some of these exercises will also get your heart pounding and are therefore aerobic as well. Another great home exercise program I have used is P90X which includes yoga, weights and cardio training.

Secondly, if you have a yoga, tai chi or chi gung routine you can get all of your stretching needs met without leaving the house.

Thirdly, for cardio you can jog, rebound, cycle or crank the stereo and dance, so as you can see it is all possible to cover all exercise bases from home.

The main benefit of exercising from home is that is free and you can do it when it suits you. The main drawback is that it requires a high level of discipline to follow through on a consistent basis.

2/ Another great option that most people have access to is the local gym. When you buy a 1 year membership the price per workout can be very reasonable. The benefits of the gym are that there are usually a wide range of activities and classes available which will more than cover all of your exercise bases. From free weights to weight machines, treadmills to cross-trainers and more. Most gyms also have a variety of classes including Body Pump which is great for muscle building, weight reduction and involves some good cardio, RPM bike classes which really get your heart rate up and burning calories, Body Balance which is a gentle stretching class based on yoga, pilates and tai chi. The other benefit of the gym is that you will usually receive some professional personal training instruction as part of your membership.

The gym has many benefits in that it offers great variety, it is not expensive if you go regularly, it is easier to be motivated when you are being pushed in a class or by a trainer and you can also meet plenty like minded people.

Other classes you may like to consider trying include yoga, qigong, tai chi or any other type of martial art. The major benefits of these ancient traditions is that they go beyond traditional exercise and are amazing tools for self exploration, deep relaxation and self healing. As they often incorporate awareness, visualisation and the breath you can use them clear energy blockages and stagnation within the body as well as for building flexibility strength and peace of mind.

3/ If you are lucky enough to live near water, kayaking is an awesome way to both exercise and connect with the earth. Runi and I leave our 2 man ocean kayak on our car and frequently go paddling in rivers, creeks dams and in the ocean after work – it is one of the most enjoyable forms of exercise I know.

4/ One last form of exercise I would like to mention here is dancing. Dancing can be great for flexibility, aerobic fitness and strength and not only that its lots of fun. The dance form that gives the most complete workout that I know of is ecstatic dance.

Ecstatic dance is often practised in a group or class setting and unlike many other forms of dance there are no steps, routines or performing on a stage. There is no special music and there is no right or wrong way to do it or experience it. There is absolutely no experience, fitness levels or age limit required. It is about expressing yourself truly in the moment through your dance and allowing whatever is there to be there. If you are angry you can dance that, if you are tired you can dance that, if you are afraid you can dance that, if you are joyful you can dance that.

It is based on the premise that our body has it's own wisdom and knowledge of how to move and express itself. While this ability is still evident in small children most adults lose touch with it as they are burdened with rules and responsibilities.

Perhaps the only rules of ecstatic dance are that it is drug and alcohol free and chatting is discouraged.

It is widely believed that humans have been dancing ecstatically since the beginning of time and there are many cultures today who still practice ancient and traditional styles of Ecstatic or Trance Dancing. Contemporary dance pioneers such as Gabrielle Roth have rediscovered this ancient practice and put it into a modern non- denominational context and made it available to all.

A 2 hour ecstatic dance session is usually a complete workout and many people discover that by the end of the session they are dripping with sweat and feeling, well, ecstatic and that is without taking any intoxicants at all.

Ecstatic dance is now being widely practised in the USA and the UK and is quickly catching on in Australia. To find a class near you visit www.gabrielleroth.com or just try googling ecstatic dance and your city.

Did you know that both aerobic exercise and strength training has been successfully used in treating clinical anxiety and depression? One controlled trial found exercise training was as effective as antidepressant medication in older adults. I have noticed that it is almost impossible to remain in a negative state of mind while doing intense exercise.  Many negative feelings rely on an unbroken train of negative thinking to stay alive. Often when we take our attention away from the thoughts for long enough they simply fade away. Intense physical exercise draws our attention out of our head and into our body and deep breathing tends to break up stuck thinking patterns. While ancient traditions such as yoga and quigong have been aware of the connection between breath and thought for thousands of years we are only just beginning to catch on in the West.

I have mentioned just a few of the different ways you can keep your body and mind in top shape. It is just a matter of getting out there and trying out some new forms of exercise and seeing what works for you.

If you haven't done so already I highly recommend that you create a weekly exercise plan and then stick to it. Do it whether you feel like it or not. Many people are stopped from achieving their goals in life by allowing momentary feelings to dictate whether they take action or not.  The key to success is to let your goal or preferred outcome drive you  – this way momentary feelings of inertia will rarely be able to stop you from getting out of bed, moving your body and achieving your dreams in life.

One last word about exercise: while most people do not do enough some people overdo it. The key is finding balance so if you are doing intense workouts make sure you allow enough rest and recovery times between sessions. If you are not sure about this, consult a trainer and in the words of a famous sports shoe brand, “just do it!” you won’t regret it.

      by Anand Wells, Live Food Education

Would you like to live to a ripe old age free from the chronic and degenerative diseases and suffering that most of our population endure before dying of unnatural causes?

Would you like to achieve your goals and realise your full potential while enjoying full health?

While there are no guarantees in life, you can stack the odds in your favour to achieve your preferred health outcomes which in turn will help you realise any other goals and dreams which are close to your heart.  Put another way, everything we experience in life we first experience through our bodies. If our body is sick or under par our whole experience of life is affected.

The main challenge we face in achieving glowing health is discovering which approach works best for us. There are so many conflicting theories and so many health experts all pointing in different directions. It can be utterly confusing; do we go low fat, high carb or high carb, low fat, vegetarian, vegan, raw, cooked, Ayuvedic, Weston Price, Traditional Chinese or Macrobiotic?

I believe the key is to firstly educate yourself. Do your research and find an approach that resonates with you.  Secondly, once you have made an informed decision to try a particular diet/lifestyle, do it for a minimum of 3 months so you can discover the truth in your own experience.  Results speak much louder than theories.

Here is my personal account of following a predominantly plant-based raw food diet for eight years. I also share some of the theories that may explain why so many people are either recovering from or avoiding chronic and degenerative diseases on a predominantly raw food diet. I don’t ask you to believe a word of what I say. If it rings true, you may like to do your own research, try it out and see if it works for you too.

At the age of 41 I met a man who made the outrageous claim up to 97% of all disease is lifestyle related and therefore self-inflicted.  

He also said that our bodies are self-healing mechanisms: keep out harmful toxins and give them what they truly need and they will thrive. He now had my attention despite my scepticism. I believed that degenerative diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease were inevitable as a vast majority of our population (including myself) would eventually succumb to them. I thought that health and disease had more to do with genetics and luck than lifestyle choices.  The health paradigm I had held for a lifetime was being seriously challenged.

I wanted to know the truth for myself so with the help of my new friend and mentor I began to make some major changes in my diet. Overnight I stopped eating processed and industrially grown foods and began eating an organic plant-based diet, high in raw food.  No more products containing refined sugar or flour. No more grains or animal products. No more canned, pasteurised, antibioticised and chemically sprayed dead food. It was quite a leap and within just week I had become very ill. My friend said don’t worry, your body is intelligent. He said I was experiencing a severe cleansing reaction. The clean, alkalising nutritious food and juices I was consuming assisted my body to literally flush out years of stored toxins and restore homeostasis (balance).  Instead of suppressing the symptoms with antibiotics and painkillers I let the fever, aching and mucous rip through me.  This was an initiation by fire! Eventually the storm passed and I came out the other side feeling like a new person.

Over the next few months of eating a clean, plant-based, predominantly raw food diet I noticed my energy levels dramatically improved, the aches and pains that I assumed were part and parcel of turning 40 disappeared and I felt the happiest and lightest I had felt in years. Despite having had Hepatitis C for more than 20 years my liver function tests began to improve and returned to normal levels within two years. Last but not least, the colds and sinus infections I experienced at least once a year disappeared for good.  In many ways it appeared that I was reversing the aging process. At the age of 50 I now feel younger and more vibrant than any time in my life since childhood.

Since changing to a predominantly organic raw plant-based diet I have encountered hundreds of other people who have reversed a wide range of health conditions simply through diet and lifestyle. Obesity, diabetes, cancer, cardio vascular disease, chronic fatigue, PMT, skin conditions, depression, autoimmune diseases and allergies have all been reversed through this approach. Why is it then that billions of dollars are spent every year fighting cancer and other diseases when the solution is right under our noses, or should I say on our plates? The way I see it economics rules here on earth. There is not much money to be made growing and selling fresh organic fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sea vegetables. Secondly the highly profitable pharmaceutical and processed food industries stand to lose a fortune if we all discover how to become vibrantly healthy through diet and lifestyle.

So why raw food?

In my view that we haven’t been able to outsmart nature when it comes to creating food and good health. Nature is amazingly intelligent and has designed food to suit our bodies. Of the 1.6 million known species on earth we are the only ones who cook or heavily process food. In nature animals rarely suffer from the chronic degenerative diseases that we (and our domesticated animal) suffer from. Could our food have something to do with this?

Whole living plant foods are packed with phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals and enzymes that are vital to our health. Many of these nutrients as well as proteins, fats and fibre are either damaged, denatured, removed or totally destroyed when we process food leaving a vastly inferior imitation or counterfeit food. When we become ill from eating such a highly processed diet rather than look at our food choices we have been taught to go to the doctor who has been taught to administer pharmaceutical drugs and surgical procedures. In fact to even suggest that most disease can be prevented and treated through diet and natural methods is often considered quackery by the mainstream medical establishment.

This resistance to new ideas my mainstream science is not something new. In 1747 a British Doctor James Lind discovered that fresh fruit would prevent and cure scurvy, a disease that killed many thousands of sailors every year. However, it wasn’t until the early 1800s that Lind’s discovery gained acceptance with the mainstream medical establishment and the government of the day. Meanwhile, for nearly another 100 years, thousands more sailors died every year from scurvy. Eventually Lind’s discovery was adopted and citrus fruit was included onboard ships and the incidence of scurvy was dramatically reduced. I sincerely hope that modern-day medicine does not take 100 years to discover the power of living food nutrition.

It is my firm belief that as medicine evolves the physician of the future will treat patients naturally with nutrition using drugs and surgery only as a last resort.

Nutrient Loss

In 400 B.C.  Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine", said to his students, "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food“ It seems that Hippocrates intuitively new something that modern medicine is only just beginning to grasp.

Nutritional science is still very much in its infancy and we are only just beginning to see how much we don’t know. Until the early 20th Century it was commonly believed that food was only needed to provide us with calories or fuel. We now know that there are seven major classes of nutrients:  carbohydrates, fats, protein, fibre, minerals, vitamins and water and since the 1990s another class of nutrients called phytochemicals (which include antioxidants) have been identified.

These nutrient classes can be categorized as either macronutrients (needed in relatively large amounts) or micronutrients (needed in smaller quantities). The macronutrients are carbohydrates, fats, fibre, proteins, and water. The micronutrients are minerals, vitamins and phytochemicals .

Scientists are only just beginning to understand how these food nutrients, particularly vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals work together synergistically to keep us healthy and free from disease.

Amazingly researchers now estimate there are 30,000 to 50,000 phytochemicals of which we have only isolated around 1,000 and studied less than 100. We now know that many of these phytochemicals help plants to protect themselves from disease, pests, bacteria, viruses, radiation, and oxidation and by eating plants we also benefit from these miraculous compounds.

Phytochemicals it seems play a major role in protecting our cells, membranes, skin, organs and immune system from the hazards of modern living including manmade chemicals and air pollution, as well as bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, microbes, mutagens, free radicals and carcinogens.

So what happens to our foods’ macro and micronutrients when we cook it?

Proteins coagulate at high temperatures denaturing their molecular structure. A good example of this can be seen every time you cook an egg, the whites which are transparent and runny before heating become white and firm once cooked.  The Max Planck Institute for Nutritional research in Germany concluded that when protein is cooked only 50% remains bioavailable because digestive enzymes cannot readily break down coagulated protein molecules once they fuse together. The unusable portion of protein is more or less a toxin that the body must then eliminate.

When heated complex carbohydrate sugar molecules are caramelised or fused together. Carbohydrate-rich products that have been subjected to heating and the “browning reaction” - when flavours colours and textures are formed they generally contain acrylamide. At high doses, acrylamide has been found to cause cancer in some laboratory animals.  Acrylamide is formed in thousands of different products.  Among the foods that develop acrylamide during cooking are coffee, chocolate, almonds, french fries, potato chips, cereal, crackers, bread, and even some fruits and vegetables.

Overly heated fats and oils generate numerous carcinogens including acrolein, nitrosamines, hydrocarbons, and benzopyrene (one of the most potent cancer-causing agents known)

Natural fibres break down and cellulose is completely changed from its natural condition: it loses its ability to sweep the alimentary canal clean. Just look at a carrot before and after cooking. Uncooked it is hard and crunchy cooked the fibre is damaged and it becomes soft and bendable. 

Lastly on average 78% of vitamins and minerals are destroyed through cooking.  For example up to 75% of vitamin C is lost, 50% of B vitamins, 35% of Alpha and beta-carotene and vitamin A. While minerals are less susceptible to heat than vitamins still 20% to 70% of minerals are lost though cooking.  While we don’t know the exact effect cooking has on the many delicate phytochemicals, it is suspected that close to 100% are damaged or destroyed by heat.

Leukocytosis is a term used to describe an increase in the number of white blood cells. It is an indication that the body is under attack and the white blood cells or leukocytes are sent in to defend the body from foreign invaders.

Leukocytosis  is commonly caused by infections, inflammation, allergy’s and malignancy. Rudolph Virchow, the father of cellular pathology discovered that leukocytes became elevated in all his subjects after eating. This elevation of leukocytes after eating became known as digestive leukocytosis and was considered a normal response.

In 1930 at the Swiss Institute of clinical chemistry Paul Kouchakoff furthered Virchow’s research and discovered that digestive leukocytosis only occurred when the food had been cooked, canned, cured or salted. Kouchakoff tested a great variety of foodstuffs including water, salt, vegetables, cereals, nuts, honey, raw eggs, raw milk, raw fish, raw meat, butter, sour milk, etc. None of these, if fresh, unrefined, and not overheated, caused any reaction, and were seen as by the body friendly foods not to be fought. These same natural foods, altered only by heating, caused a rise in the white blood count (leukocytosis), an expected reaction when dangerous foreign invaders invade the body. But the worst offenders heated or not, were the processed foods -- those foods that had been extracted, purified, stabilized, enriched, homogenized, sterilized, or otherwise changed from their natural state. The level of leukocytosis which occurred from eating these foods was at a similar level to the leukocytosis which occurs from food poisoning.

Imagine how much stronger your immune system could be for fighting off a serious pathogen or even a virus like the flu if it didn’t have to deal with cooked food three to four times a day. If you still like to eat cooked food the good news is that Kouchakoff also discovered that when cooked food was eaten with around 50% raw food digestive leukocytosis did not occur.

Many researchers and raw food pioneers claim that one of the major benefits of living foods is due to the fact that the foods enzymes are left intact.

Much of the research done on enzymes comes from research pioneer Dr Edward Howell. Howell says that “Enzymes are substances which make life possible.  They are needed for every chemical reaction in that occurs in our body. Without enzymes, no activity at all would take place. Neither vitamins nor minerals nor hormones can do any work -- without enzymes. Think of it this way: Enzymes are the "labour force" that builds your body just like construction workers are the labour force that builds your house. You may have all the necessary building materials and lumber, but to build a house you need workers, which represent the vital life element.

Similarly, you may have all the nutrients -- vitamins, proteins, minerals, etc., for your body, but you still need the enzymes -- the life element -- to keep the body alive and well. “

Enzymes are both complex protein molecules and bioenergy reservoirs. They go beyond being just simple chemical catalysts and have vital life force that initiates biochemical interactions.  Although this has not been proven or fully understood by science there seems to be an inextricable link between enzyme activity and the life force of an organism. The major difference between a living organism and a dead organism is only the living organism has the ability to produce active enzymes. Somehow our very life force is linked to these amazing molecules.

There are three main types of enzymes:

1. Metabolic enzymes, are catalysts which are involved in all chemical reactions in our bodies. In fact there is virtually no task our body performs in which these enzymes are not involved in some way.
2. Digestive enzymes breakdown the foods that we eat.
3. Food enzymes are abundant in raw foods and are usually involved in activating the digestion of the particular food being consumed.

Howell says “All uncooked foods contain an abundance of food enzymes which correspond to the nutritional highlights of food. For example, dairy foods, oils, seeds and nuts, which are relatively high in fat content, also contain relatively higher concentrations of the enzyme lipase which aids in the digestion of their fats. Carbohydrates, such as grains, contain a higher concentration of amylase [digests carbohydrates] and lesser amounts of lipase and protease [digests protein]”.

Metabolic and digestive enzymes are manufactured by our bodies while the enzymes present in raw foods come from plants as well as raw animal products including milk, eggs and meat.

(raw food also contains some metabolic enzymes)

When food is heated above 48 degrees Celsius or 118 degrees Fahrenheit many of its naturally occurring enzymes are destroyed within 30 minutes. This is only a warm temperature, so clearly when we cook, bake, fry boil our food we are destroying nearly all of the enzymes in a very short period of time. In fact according to Dr Howell’s research, boiling food for just 3 minutes will results in 100% loss of enzymes. 

Dr Howell says that each individual is born with an “enzyme potential” or “enzyme bank account”

“This limited supply of activity factors or life force must last us a lifetime. It's just as if you inherited a certain amount of money. If the movement is all one way -- all spending and no income -- you will run out of money.

Likewise, the faster you use up your supply of enzyme activity, the quicker you will run out. Experiments at various universities have shown that, regardless of the species, the faster the metabolic rate the shorter the lifespan.

Other things being equal, you live as long as your body has enzyme activity factors to make enzymes from. When it gets to the point that you can't make certain enzymes, then your life ends.”

I have outlined just some of the theories which may explain why so many people get well and stay well on a predominantly plant-based raw food diet. The problem with scientific theories is you will often find that someone will eventually disprove or discredit them. I recently heard of a well-known primatologist who is convinced that cooked food is far superior to raw food when it comes to humans. He has even written a book about it. The traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayuvedic systems of health also prescribe diets high in cooked food.

At the end of the day the proof will be in the pudding (or the salad). Nothing beats direct personal experience, which is why I shared my story at the beginning of this article.

If what I have said in seems to make sense you may like to begin your own experiment with living foods. For most people I would recommend that you start gradually. Begin by replacing harmful factory farmed, processed foods with organic whole foods, cooked and/or raw. If you still consume animal protein make it a condiment instead of the centrepiece of your meal. By doing this alone most people will experience a significant improvement in their health.

To take your health still further, begin to increase your intake of living foods, especially leafy greens that are the food group which meet human nutritional needs most completely. Wild Chimpanzees who share 99.4% of our DNA are resistant to aids, cancer and heart disease. They don’t eat processed or cooked foods and do eat a huge 40% of their diet as leafy greens and blossoms. In comparison the average Australian eats only 3% of their diet as leafy greens.

If you would like to get started with living foods but don’t know how to begin we have created a free online program called the Green Smoothie Challenge (www.greensmoothiechallenge.com). It is a easy and fast way to include more living foods in your diet. All you need is a blender and fresh ingredients. Over 30,000 people from more than 44 countries people have participated in this educational 14 day program which shows you how to make delicious smoothies using fresh fruit, water and nutrient-dense leafy green vegetables. Many participants have reported that during the program they had significant improvements in health and many also lost their attraction to unhealthy foods and became more attracted to whole living foods.

Once you have experienced the power of green smoothies you may like to learn about how to prepare more advanced gourmet raw food recipes. There are endless possibilities: pizza, cakes, breads, pasta, soups and many more all made with delicious whole living foods. By learning a few new techniques, a whole new world of culinary delights and radiant health is made available to you.

You can educate yourself and learn creative new ways to prepare healthy delicious meals by taking the Live Food Challenge HERE

So the truth is out: healthy food doesn’t have to mean boring or tasteless food. The real question is, what are you willing to do to prevent chronic and degenerative disease, realise your full potential and enjoy life to the maximum?