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      by Michelle Ovens, Naturopath

Now that 2013 has well and truly settled in, I find now the perfect time to start a full body cleanse, detox and reboot. Some of you may be new to detoxing and, as a Naturopath, I suggest you start out slowly. Start with a simple program like Ejuva Body Cleanse or a very light juice cleanse of 1 day where you have a vegetable juice (often mixed with non pulpy fruit like mango, papaya, banana and avocado) every 2-3 hours. Always incorporate the freshest, purest alkalised and ionised water to help flush toxins from the body.

Another valuable aspect of any cleanse is lymphatic massages. Either getting a professional massage or learning to do your own lymphatic massage at home.

Here is a comprehensive list of some of the most powerful detoxifying foods and nutrients you can incorporate into your lifestyle.

Detoxifying Foods

1. Green Foods

• blue green algae
• barley grass (as powder or young shoots)
• wheat grass (as powder or young shoots)
• kale
• spinach
• spirulina
• rocket
• dandelion leaves
• and more (Ed. see Raw Power's Ultimate Green Blend for a mix of nine of the most powerful green powders)

Chlorophyll rids the body of harmful environmental toxins from smog and pollution, heavy metals, herbicides, cleaning products and pesticides.

Chlorophyll is amazing for aiding the liver in detoxification.

2. Citrus Fruit

Oranges, Lemons & Limes

Citrus fruit aids the body in flushing out toxins while jump starting the digestive tract with enzymatic processes. Lemon juice aids the liver in it cleansing processes.

Vitamin C is one of the best detox vitamins as it transforms toxins into digestible materials

3. Garlic

Garlic is one of the best detoxing foods! It helps stimulate the liver into producing detoxification enzymes that help filter toxic residues from the digestive system

4. Broccoli Sprouts

Broccoli sprouts contain the vital ingredient sulfurophane. Sulfurophane enhances cellular defences that regulate genes coding for more than 200 cytoprotective enzymes and other compounds.

It is the most potent known natural compound to enhance cellular defences (in part by induction of the key Phase 2 [liver] detoxification enzyme, Quinone reductase, a significant detoxifiyer of carcinogens. Sulfurophane also activates the gene which codes for metallothionein; which is essential for detoxifying heavy metals including mercury.

Sulfurophane has far greater cellular effect than curcumin (tumeric), resveratrol and tea catechins (green tea), resulting in reduction in neuronal inflammation as it crosses the blood-brain barrier having huge clinical implications in acute and chronic neurological and psychological conditions.

Sulfurophane’s epigenetic effects on both DNA itself and its histone backbone enhances its actions.

Broccoli sprout powder is a significant part of my clinic as I do DNA profiling. I use it for a number of conditions, most especially Autism Spectrum Conditions and those with liver issues.

I often suggest my clients either purchase a good quality sprouter and make their own broccoli sprouts (needing to consume between 2-3 cups of sprouts per day) or purchase EnduraCell broccoli sprout powder.

Obviously with a sprouter, you can grow a wide variety of life giving sprouts such as lentil sprouts, wild rice sprouts, mung bean sprouts, radish sprouts, sunflower sprouts and more. Always use certified organic seeds

5. Ejuva Cleanse

One of my most FAVOURITE products! It is 100% RAW, 100% VEGAN, 100% Gluten free with over 90 either 100% organic or wild crafted herbs and ingredients.

Ejuva goes to great lengths to collect their herbs to avoid the radiated, gasses or steamed herbs often passed (& legally labelled) under the organic name. 

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. And, offers specific herbs for balancing your hormonal or Endocrine system.

EJUVA uses no fillers, binders, excipients or heat in their proprietary processing methods; We do not even lubricate our tableting machine. Even Vegetarian Capsules are not pure enough for EJUVA's strict standards as they are made with polymers (plastics). We had to severely alter a standard tableting machine to accommodate our needs.

The Ejuva Body Cleanse Program is formulated specifically for the detoxification of the Alimentary canal (from your throat to your rectum), your blood, your organs, your lymphatic system and your tissue cells, while improving elimination and general well being. Since every human being has unique health requirements, the program has been designed to be taken in 4 stages, each lasting approximately one week.

The key benefit of completing phases 1-4 in sequential order is to help eliminate toxins gradually and safely without placing too much stress upon the liver and kidneys which reduces cleansing reactions. This phasing technique also helps your body acclimatise to herbs.

You choose which level is most appropriate for your cleansing needs. In each phase, Ejuva herbs and shakes are ingested. These 4 stages can be structured to suit your schedule and easily modified to fit your needs. 

Ejuva is both the most gentle, or the the most intense herbal cleanse on the planet. Meaning, every body has different needs. So, with that in mind Ejuva was formulated so it can be adjusted to fit your body's exact needs. We recommend that one starts with a certain dosage of our herbs and 90% of our users stay there. But, if one feels they are experiencing too much result from our cleanse one can easily cut back the recommended dosage. Likewise, if one feels they need more then the suggested dosage they can substantially increase their dosage to promote a much more intense cleanse  

Phase 1 - This is the initial phase and most mild of the phases, it prepares the body for deep cleansing. First time cleansers, toxic individuals, meat eaters, those with chronic diseases or physical problems start here. Even at this stage, old fecal and mucoid matter are expelled from the body. The herbs and shake are consumed once a day and three meals may be eaten per day. 

Phase 2 - During this phase only two meals may be eaten per day, and the herb and shake consumption is increased to twice per day. 

Phase 3 - One meal may be eaten per day and juicing is allowed, the herbs are consumed 3 times per day, allowing for deep cleansing. Many people elect to end their cleanse here. 

Phase 4 - This is the most potent phase of the Ejuva Body Cleansing program. No solid food is eaten during this phase, this phase is a juice fast consisting of fresh fruit and vegetable juices. The body cannot digest solid foodstuff and cleanse. The human body will always choose digestion over cleansing. However, while juicing not only does your body receive more nutrients than when eating solid foodstuff, your body digests juice in a manner that is called Osmosis which absorbs all the nutrients straight into the blood stream without using the normal channels of digestion. Juice fasting will allow your body to cleanse 24/7. The herbs and shake are consumed 4 times per day during this phase. This phase allows for maximum cleansing and detoxification and most report feeling their best while on this phase.

There are many different ways a person can do cleanses. You may chose to go on a juice cleanse, a fruit and vegie cleanse, an Ejuva cleanse, a broth cleanse or some harsher cleanses (that professionally I don’t recommend) such as the distilled water cleanse or oxygen therapy cleanse.

Whichever you decide to choose, please keep in mind, you cannot just go straight back into eating if you have been cleansing for longer than 4 days. You must adjust your body to the increase in food mass. The longer the cleanse, the more delicate the introduction of food needs to be.

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.

by Anand Wells, Live Food Education

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.

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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.

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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".

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XMAS RECIPE

YULE LOG

Equipment:

• Food processor

Ingredients:

• 2 cups almonds
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup sultanas
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup pepitas
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds
• 1/3 cup cacao powder
• 2 1/2 cups pitted and soaked dates
• 1/2 cup white chocolate
  • 1/2 cup cacao butter [December special]
  • 1/2 cup agave
  • 1/2 cup ground cashews
  • 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.
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup chocolate recipe no. 3
  • 1/2 cup cacao butter
    
  • 1/2 cup cacao powder
    
  • 1/4 cup agave
    
  • 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 
• Set in the fridge
• Decorate and cut into thin slices to serve

Enjoy with your loved ones!

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by Omid Jaffari, Botanical Cuisine

The weather is getting warmer finally and isn't it time to indulge in some yummy, healthy icecream?



Serves about 4

Equipment:

• Semak Vitacrush or Powermill Blender
• Icecream Maker

1. Place all the ingredients, except for the cardomom pods, in the Blender and blend until smooth.
2. 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.
3. Turn it on and let it churn for about 15 minutes.
4. 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. 

by Anand Wells, Live Food Education

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.

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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.