Food Matters DVD

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Check out my lengthy review of Food Matters on my other blog.

One scary statistic is that since our food travels 1500-2000 miles to reach us and it is already a week old when it hits stores so we are lucky if we get 40% of the original nutritional content from that food. The food is probably already being grown in unhealthy, depleted soil to begin with. Add to that the herbicides, fungicides, chemical fertilizers, GMOs, etc…all the crap that is put in our food or done to it as it grows and we have a SERIOUS problem….a perfect recipe for sickness. A recipe that is profitable. It may not have gotten its start as something malicious but the fact that it continues to go on is IMO.

I highly recommend this video documentary!

Raw Family Book Review

Over the weekend I read Raw Family again. It really is an awesome book written by the Boutenko family. It follows their story and how bad their health was. The mom was told she had heart disease and might die in only a few months. The father was told that a wheelchair was in his near future and that if he couldn’t slow his pulse down, he too would die soon. The son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes and the daughter had nightly asthma attacks. They were in pretty bad shape.

Victoria (the mom) couldn’t make any sense out of all the contradictory health advice she was getting in books and from doctors. So she started looking around when she was in public trying to spot the healthiest most vibrant people she came across and ask them what they were doing. This is how she met a woman on a raw, vegan diet and that is what spurred the whole family to go cold turkey raw, vegan. Within a couple months the family ran a marathon together and all their ailments reversed including the heart disease, arthritis, asthma, and diabetes.

The story is told in part by each family member. My favorite part is when the family hiked the Pacific Crest Trail together…it is a dream of mine too.

Raw Family  is kind of small so you can easily get it finished in single evening. I highly recommend it!

Review of the Vita-Mix 5200!

Hop on over to my other blog and read a full review of the Vita-Mix 5200 blender.

So what makes the Vita-Mix such a kick butt blender? The number one thing is that it makes healthy eating so much easier. Want a green smoothie? No problem. Not in the mood for store bought salsa…make your own with fresh ingredients in just 60 seconds. While your at it grind up some flax seeds, tomatoes, celery, a little lime, and cilantro and then spread the resulting pulp mixture onto a dehydrator tray or oven tray for homemade Mexican style crackers. Want some fresh juice? Throw the entire fruit or veggie in there skin, seeds, and all watch it get pulverized into juice. See? Healthy eating made easy.

If the Whole World Were Edible

What a wonderful world that would be…sigh. Check out these amazing all food pictures from Carl Warner and special thanks to Loving Raw for pointing them out!

Raw Food Staples You Need

So what ingredients do you need in the kitchen to make most raw food dishes? I know a list was really helpful to me so I thought I would post one here. These are your basics. A regular kitchen might have flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking poder, etc. A raw kitchen is a bit different. Other than the obvious raw fruits and veggies you may want to stock up on the following raw ingredents:

Nuts: Almonds, Cashews, Pecans, Macadamia nuts, Pine nuts, Walnuts

Seeds: Sunflower, Pumpkin, Flax, Hemp, Sesame

Sweeteners: Agave Nectar, Honey, Dried fruit (dates, raisins, coconut), Carob powder, Lucuma powder, Stevia (not raw).

Nut Butters/Oils: Almond Butter, Cacao Butteer, Coconut Butter/Oil, Tahini

Condiments: Nama Shoyu, Apple Cider Vinegar, Oilive Oil (cold or stone pressed), Sea Salt, Braggs Liquid Aminos (not raw).

Spices: Any you want really but important ones are Cayenne, Chili powder, Cinammon, Coriander, Cumin, Nutmeg, and Tumeric. Blended ones are nice too like Apple Pie Spice or Pumpkin Pie Spice.

Other: Dulse, Nori, Cacao Nibs, Dried Olives, Greens powder, Maca Root powder, Spirulina.

See my raw kitchen appliances post for info about what kitchen gadgets and gear you may need.

Enjoy!