Raw Living Foods Lifestyle - chiDiet.net

Detoxing and Internal Cleansing

Life and maturing sure are interesting, aren't they? So many times we take our friends for granted, then when we think to check on them we're amazed at how much they've changed.

 

This is especially true of young people. In passing through South Carolina recently I stopped in to see some old friends.

 

When I asked about their young daughter (whom I remember as being 10 years old), I heard all about her wedding, her husband and their new baby. "Little Amy" is now 22.

 

Because we keep in touch by email and phone, and because Amy was at summer camp when they visited me in Georgia and Hawaii, I'd missed Amy growing up and never realized it.

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I see the same thing happening in the Raw Foods Movement.

 

It was just over a year ago that Tera Warner started her website The Raw Divas. At the time I did a podcast with her as part of a kickoff. We've stayed in touch, mostly by being on each others' mailing lists.

 

Then today I was moved to visit her website for the first time in ages. I don't know why, I just was.

 

 

My, has Tera grown up! Not only does her website have a beautiful design, but she has so MANY programs geared to going and living raw.

 

I think it's especially neat that her advice is geared to women. Wonderful!

 

My favorite item on Tera's website is her 7 Day Detox Program. Look under "Fr*e Stuff."

 

Again, that's TheRawDivas.com. If you stop by to visit Tera be sure to tell her I said, "Hi!"

 

 

Working with you to grow your health,

 

Jim Carey

 

P.S. I love it when Tera says that Dr. Ann Wigmore was "The Original Raw Diva!"

P.P.S. "BE the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi

The Dirty Little Secret of the Raw Food Movement

Yes, it's true. The raw food movement has a dirty, nasty little secret.

 

It's this: Many people go raw, only to encounter NEW health challenges, sometimes much worse than what made them go raw in the first place.

 

Over the years I've received numerous letters about this. One woman even described her journey from SAD (Standard American Diet), to Raw, to insulin-dependent Diabetic.

 

Surprised? I was. So much so that Dr. Flora van Orden III - PhD in Nutrition, and a 40-year raw fooder - Dr. Flora and I spent time consulting with each of them, over the years.

 

In every case we found the same fundamental cause. The person in question suffered from a dietary deficiency. That is, while they were eating healthy, nutritious food, they weren't eating a balanced diet.

 

That is, they weren't getting all of the different nutrients that their bodies need.

 

The insulin-dependent diabetic, for example - she admitted that her raw food diet consisted almost entirely of fruits, and the overload of sugar did her in. She sees this now, and her request is that we make people aware of potential traps like this one.

 

Statistically, after one year most vegans are only eating seven different foods.

 

That's not enough for the body to get all the different things it needs - the typical list is 112 different vitamins and minerals, all available from plant-based foods.

 

So, how DO you get enough protein? How about vitamins, especially B-12? Carbohydrates? Some fat in your diet is important, but what's the right source? Where do you get Omega 3 if you don't eat fish?

 

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This is where Dr. Ann Wigmore's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle Program comes in.

 

Dr. Ann Wigmore has been called "The Queen of Green,"  "The Original Raw Diva" and many other compliments, along with earning numerous degrees and awards (click here to read them).

Dr. Ann developed her "Raw Living Foods Lifestyle" back in the 1950's after being told by her doctors that nothing could be done for her colon cancer.

Through study, research and experimentation she healed her cancer, then went on to teach thousands of others around the world how the body can heal itself with the proper nourishment.

 

Dr. Ann found that certain foods - foods most people overlook - are essential to a balanced, healthy diet.

 

Dr. Ann taught that it's not about "superfoods," it's not about supplements, it's about balanced, living nutrition.

 

By the 1960's she had become a world-recognized expert in the field of raw food, had earned numerous degrees, and her advice was sought all over the world.

 

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Sadly, all great programs lose some of their momentum after the founder passes.

 

Dr. Ann perished fighting a fire in her apartment in 1993. Eighty-four years old, she was found in the hallway with a bucket of water beside her, and another bucket in the bathtub, with the water running. Smoke from the fire had overcome her.

Dr. Ann did leave us her Lifestyle Training Programs. You can learn about the various hands-on programs at AnnWigmore.com - Learn More. I've been to a number of them and have seen people undergo amazing transformations.

 

My first exposure to Dr. Ann's program was at Creative Health Institute in Michigan, and it did wonders for me. I've been a member of the Board of Trustees of their non-profit Trust for many years. My favorite is the Living Foods Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. Brenda Cobb and staff do a wonderful job of imparting a true Wigmore program. From what I've seen and heard, they all do a great job.

 

Dr. Ann's program works. It really works. It works because it focuses on the proper types and varieties of plant-based foods in order to give the body full, proper nutrition.

 

For those who can't afford two or three weeks and several thousand dollars for a hands-on program, we developed the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program five years ago, and it, too, has benefited thousands, all over the world.

 

We have hundreds and hundreds of testimonial letters. You can read and see some of them at the following links (be sure to click on Previous or Next at the bottom of the pages):

See chiDiet.com/blog/category/success-stories

and chiDiet.net (see the "Feedback" pages)

and AnnWigmore.com (see the "Testimonials" pages)

 

Look around these websites and you'll find many more positive success statements. We have such a big collection of them than I don't have anyplace to publish all of them.

 

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However, even the Home Study Program isn't inexpensive. The current economic climate has pushed me into coming up with something new and even more affordable.

 

Here's what I've refined Dr. Ann's program into - The Dr. Ann Wigmore Collection - a collection of 10 DVDs of the basics of Dr. Ann's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle.

 

While the Dr. Ann Wigmore Collection is only a good overview of her program, it contains enough to get you started on the right track.  

 

Seven of the DVDs give you hours of rare footage of Dr. Ann teaching her program, and cover a lot of detail, especially about the right foods to eat, and why.

 

The other three fill in the gaps that Dr. Ann's videos didn't cover, and are taught by veteran instructors from Creative Health Institute, which was co-founded by Dr. Ann and has been teaching her program since 1976. 

 

In addition, these two instructors have agreed to be available to you for personalized coaching by phone or email.

 

I can think of no better way to get on the right track with a new Raw Living Foods Lifestyle than to view - and re-view this information.

 

This Collection is going to throw a lot of what you think you know about food - even raw foods - out the window.

 

Remember - this is tried, true, proven information that has withstood the test of time - and protects you from the dirty little secret of the raw food movement.

 

 

Here's the link: chiDiet.com/aw.htm

 

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Working with you to grow your health,

 

Jim Carey

 

 

 

 

P.S. "If you ignore your health, it will go away." - Unknown

 

 

Here's that link again: chiDiet.com/aw.htm

Going Raw the Smart Way

Dr. Ann Wigmore was the original Raw Diva and her program has withstood the test of time. For over 40 years it has helped tens of thousands to heal and live healthier, happier lives.

 

It was the foundation - the beginning - of the raw food movement worldwide.

 

With the help of Beth Overgaauw and Channel 6 Television Kentucky I've re-taped and upgraded the presentation of Dr. Ann's program.

 

We created a fantastic 14-episode series about the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods® Lifestyle.

 

 

 

If you want to transition to a new and positive lifestyle, and take control of your health, you need this.

 

 

 

This program is of particular interest because it covers all of the major points of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle - the most complete detoxification and rejuvenation program there is.

 

 

 

Even if you know nothing about diet, nutrition or raw foods, this show takes you by the hand and guides you down a successful path.

 

This show informs, it doesn't alarm or scare you.

 

I understand that food is emotional and has to taste good. Part of every episode is spent in the kitchen making easy, yummy meals.

 

I show why good health is physical, mental, emotional and spiritual, and when you remove stress from your body - by changing just a few of the foods you eat - your body will heal itself.

 

I guide you with menu plans, shopping suggestions and tips to deflect critics.

 

 

 

This is Health and Wellness 2.0 - with Dr. Ann Wigmore's program I teach you how to be happy, healthy and live longer with independence in the coming years. 

 

 

 

The future is Star Trek, not The Terminator!

 

If you if you want answers to questions, if you want to share the raw food message with others, if you want to avoid debates, you need this.

 

I need this.

 

We all need this.

 

To learn more and see excerpts from the show visit http://GrassyRoots.com.

 

 

If you can't afford to get sick then you need this program!

 

 

Working to keep you raw-inspired,

 

Jim Carey

 

 

 

P.S. "The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison."
- Dr. Ann Wigmore, N.D. 

 

P.P.S. Again, that link is http://GrassyRoots.com

10 Steps to Going and Staying Raw

As always, when the kids go back to school it's a great time to change behavior patterns and to begin new lives.
 
Whether you're looking at the raw diet because of your health challenges, or because you're looking to take your healthy diet to a new level, this is the time of the year to start!
 
Studies have shown that it's best to change multiple behavior patterns at the same time. In other words, if you decide to quit smoking, get more exercise, and begin a raw foods lifestyle - all at the same time - you'll be more successful than if you try to accomplish them individually or sequentially.
 
 
However - "the secret to success is having a plan."
 
 
It's not enough just to say to yourself, "I'm going raw." That will work for a while - a few days, perhaps a few weeks - but unless you have tons of willpower, very shortly you'll find yourself going back to your old habit patterns and comfort foods.
 
That's why a plan is important. Let's consider a plan for going raw:
 
 
10 Steps to Going and Staying Raw 
 
1. Assemble the tools you need. A blender - any blender - an expensive dehydrator, some jars for sprouting, and a variety of raw recipes are the minimum requirements.
 
 
2. Assemble your list of suppliers. Where are you going to buy your food? Are you going be mostly organic? You'll also need to find a supply of sprouting seeds - at least some alfalfa, clover, sunflower and wheatgrass (hard red winter wheat). The wider the variety the better.
 
 
3. Read your instructions. Do you know how to sprout, and how to run a dehydrator?
 
 
4. Plan what you're going to do. If you decide you'd like to make angel-hair pasta from zucchini, for example, you might find having a spiral slicing machine handy. This might put you back to step 1.
 
 
5. Set a starting date and create your support mechanism. Having a support group is the greatest. Check meetup.com for raw groups in your area. If you don't know any rawbies in your area, find a raw chat group or two for support. A professional Raw Coach is idea, if available.
 
Share with them what you plan to do, and the date you're going to start. You'll find yourself more successful this way, than if you "go raw secretly." Secret quitting doesn't work.
 
While I'm constantly reminding people that we don't have to justify our lifestyle choices to anyone, sometimes we can't avoid it. This video I made about Dispelling the Raw Food Myths will help you deal with the standard objections you're going to hear: http://www.chidiet.com/blog/free-stuff/dispelling-raw-food-myths.htm
 
 
6. Don't forget that you're going to need to stay inspired as you go raw. Build a collection of books, videos, and CDs before you start so that you'll have lots of material when you go raw. This will help maintain your momentum. Otherwise you might find yourself running out of steam before you get to the top of the hill.
 
I find that videos motivate me the most. Instead of watching the news or a movie at night, I'll pop in a video on raw foods and watch it, instead. chiDietVideos.com is a good source for these, and if you have high-speed internet you can watch raw videos online at websites like RawDoctors.com and YouTube.com/chidiet.
 
 
7. Research shows that it takes 21 days for a new behavior to become a habit; if we move to a new house and now have to turn right instead of left when we leave work, it'll be 21 days before it seems natural to turn right when head for home.
 
In dealing with addictions the transitional period is longer. Yes, cooked foods are an addiction. Thus, we need to deal with them as such.
 
Victoria Boutenko has a good book on this subject - 12 Steps to Raw Foods. Her website is RawFamily.com and the book is on Amazon.com, too. Her book covers the subject in detail, but here are her 12 Steps to Raw Food:
 
 
Step 1  - I admit that I have lost control of my addiction to cooked
              food and my eating is becoming unmanageable.

Step 2  - I believe that live vegan food is the most natural diet for a
               human being.

Step 3  - I shall gain necessary skills, learn basic raw recipes and
               obtain equipment to prepare live food.

Step 4  - I shall live in harmony with people who eat cooked food.

Step 5  - I shall stay away from temptations.

Step 6  - I shall create a support group.

Step 7  - I shall find alternative activities or hobbies.

Step 8  - I shall let my higher self lead my life.

Step 9  - I shall make a searching and fearless inventory of the real
               reasons for seeking comfort and pleasure from cooked
               foods.

Step 10 - I shall let my intuition help me.

Step 11 - Through clarity I will gain happiness.

Step 12 - I shall provide support to other raw fooders.
 
 
8. Part of changing your diet and lifestyle is detoxifying the body. Not as a one-time detox, but instead, we should be constantly detoxing. That's where Dr. Ann Wigmore's program comes in. She taught much more than a diet. In her books and videos she lays out the procedures for a continuous healthy detox, including the foods we eat, how we combine them, the usage of colonics or enemas, the uses of wheatgrass juice, and more.
 
The basics are laid out in her book, Why Suffer? How I Overcame Illness and Pain Naturally, which you can download for free at http://chidiet.com/books/whysuffer.pdf. If the book won't open for you, you might need a free copy of Acrobat Reader from adobe.com.
 
Other great books of Dr. Ann's are Be Your Own Doctor and Rebuild Your Health, both available at Amazon.com. They're also available as audio books on CD at http://chidietvideos.com/index.php/cds.html
 
 
9. Be aware, not discouraged. You're going to backslide at times, and it's normal. Don't feel like you've "failed" if you happen to go out for pizza or a hamburger. Instead, think about how well you've been doing, how much better you're eating than you used to, and how much better you're feeling since you started going raw.
 
 
10. Experiment, experiment, experiment.  Knowing that I have addictions to comfort foods, I found new comfort foods. For me that's fresh blueberries, raspberries, and raw vegan pizza, made with flax crust in the dehydrator. It's a recipe I've included in my book. Victoria's Step 9, above, has helped me a lot, too.
 
 
Overwhelmed? I would be, too, if it weren't for the teachings of Dr. Ann.
 
Sometimes I get off the raw path when traveling the country, visiting family and friends. But when I get home I head to the market, stock up on good raw, organic fruits and veggies, then pull out my Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program and get back to it.
 
I'm feeling better, more energetic, happier and de-stressed than I did in my old cooked-food life. MUCH better. My warning is when I felt the arthritis coming back in my knees - that's my personal sign that I'm not eating right.
 
 
Here's good news: There's a new Home Study Program, version 4.2. Bigger and better than ever, it's designed to lead you by the hand from raw-curious to fully raw and healthy.
 
The best part is that it's modular now. You don't need to invest a huge amount of money to get started. Start slowly, and as you grow into this you can expand your collection of books, videos and CDs.
 
The program even includes one-on-one consulting by phone and email with long-time Dr. Ann Wigmore Instructors, people that have been doing this MUCH longer than me, and know a lot about it.
 
This is the most complete collection and comprehensive overview of Dr. Ann's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle available, designed to get you started, keep you on track, and support you when you backslide. It includes:
 
The 300+ page 13 Step Raw Living Foods Success Guide
The 180 page Raw Living Foods Recipe Book
40 videos on DVD by Dr. Ann and her Institute Instructors
2 audio books on CD
1 hour of free Raw Coaching  - 2 sessions of 30 minutes
Free email consulting with Dr. Flora van Orden III, Dr. Ann's long-time assistant
Membership to RawDoctors.com
What's in Your Lunch Bucket? Eat Light - Be Bright, by Jan Jensen, a handbook for active working women
Delicious Raw Food Recipes, by Emily Rutherford of RawFoodRestaurantGuide.com
Menu planners, discount coupons for hands-on programs and much more

I do this to help others attain a healthier lifestyle, and can find no better way to start people on the path to healthy living than this program.

While I totally support and encourage people to take a hands-on program at a Dr. Ann Institute, the Home Study Program is much more detailed.

You'd have to spend months at a hands-on program to absorb this much information. Plus, you have it at home for continual reference and inspiration.

 
Dr. Steve Monkiewicz, ND, and I talk about the new program on Real Health radio show, which you can listen to at http://rawdoctors.com/index.php/real-health.html (show #66).
 
I'm really excited about this because, over the years, I've received hundreds of thank you letters and success stories from people who have benefited from the Raw Living Foods Home Study Program, and this is the best one I've assembled yet!
 
Here's the link: http://chiDiet.com
 
 
Sincerely Yours,
 
Jim Carey
 

PS: Even if you're not 100% raw, how much better are you doing today than when you were on the SAD?

PPS: "[Because of their diets] nine men in ten are suicides." - Ben Franklin

My Networking Accounts:
http://jcarey.net (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.)

Great Raw Websites:
http://goraw.net

Learning to Truly Live

I get many, many emails from people who went raw for a while, and then got into other health challenges. One woman, for example, ended up as an insulin-dependent diabetic. Why? Upon questioning, I found that she was actually eating a fruitarian diet, and all of that excess sugar caused her new health challenges.

That's why it's so important to educate yourself about what truly is a raw living foods lifestyle. The Ann Wigmore Institutes around the world do a good job of that, as does the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program.

The Home Study Program is available again, and it's got more material in it than ever before: chiDiet.com.

Jim

Why Suffer?: How I Overcame Illness & Pain Naturally, by Dr. Ann Wigmore

Why Suffer?: How I Overcame Illness & Pain Naturally, by Dr. Ann Wigmore, DD, ND, is available for free via download.

An Inspiring Classic. This is her autobiography about growing up with her homeopath Grandmother in Lithuania, healing herself of gangrene as a teenager, and discovering wheatgrass juice and raw living foods as the treatment for her cancer, after the doctors gave up on her. This was the basis of the findings and and teachings that became the Wigmore Diet Program of Dr. Ann, used by thousands to reverse dis-ease, detoxify & rejuvenate. Paperback, 182 pages.

To download for free (471k): http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/books/whysuffer.pdf

Another download site: http://chidiet.com/books/whysuffer.pdf

For background information about Dr. Ann: http://annwigmore.com

Inspiring Raw Food Movies

I've just finished marking down all of the Raw Living Food and Ann Wigmore videos over at http://chiDietVideos.com.

Victoria Boutenko, Paul Nison, Hiawatha Cromer, Mary Jane Moore, Don Haughey, Joyce Olivetto, Karen Ranzi - there are lots of experienced, knowledgeable, long-time raw fooders on DVD and CD are just waiting to inspire you.

Again, that link is http://chiDietVideos.com.

Thanks

Jim Carey

You are what you eat -- why you can't get healthy

Do me a favor before you read the next paragraph - go to your cupboards and refrigerator, and take a look at how many packaged food items you have in your kitchen. While you are there pull out a desert item (i.e. ice cream), a boxed item (i.e. breakfast cereal) and any other item you have that is flavored (i.e. salad dressing) and take a look at the labels. After reading the ingredients list, ask yourself:

   1. How many words am I unable to pronounce?

   2. Which of these ingredients have I never heard of and/or have no idea what it is?

Go take a look at those labels and, when you come back to finish this article, I will tell you why you may be having such a hard time flattening your abs, and why, even if they are flat, you may feel so dull every day!

For the rest of the story: http://www.paulchek.com/articles/list.aspx?art_id=230&auth_id=1.
- contributed by Helen Terry

Reverse Diabetes in 30 Days

Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days is an independent documentary film that chronicles six Americans with 'incurable' diabetes switching their diet and getting off insulin.

The film follows each participant's remarkable journey and captures the medical, physical, and emotional transformations brought on by this radical diet and lifestyle change.

We witness moments of struggle, support, and hope as what is revealed, with startling clarity, is that diet can reverse disease and change lives.

Additional wisdom is provided by Morgan Spurlock, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Robbins, Rev. Michael Beckwith, and Doctors Fred Bisci, Joel Furman, and Gabriel Cousens.

We've been awaiting this film for months; it's finally been released. Learn more, and get your copy here:
http://tinyurl.com/revDiabetes.

Yours in health and vitality,

Dr. Jim Carey

P.S. "Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food." - Hippocrates.

P.P.S. Here's another good video about reversing Diabetes and other health challenges with raw, living foods: http://tinyurl.com/chiFood.

Benefits of the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle

We have numerous testimonials from students who credit the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle with their recovery from:

• Arthritis
• Diabetes
• Breast cancer
• Cancer of the larynx
• Cervical cancer
• Malignancies, including uterine cancer
• Colitis
• Leukemia
• Hepatitis
• Gangrene
• Heavy metal poisoning
• Tuberculosis
• Peritonitis
• Pyorrhea
• Hemorrhoids
• Asthma
• Sinus infections
• Burns
• Cuts
• Menstrual irregularities
• PMS
• Constipation
• Headache
• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Halitosis
• Acute anemia
• Vericose veins
• Metastatic malignant melanoma

PLEASE NOTE: that we offer no cures - we treat and heal no one. We simply share information, developed by Dr. Ann Wigmore, about how a Raw Living Foods Diet and Lifestyle can benefit everyone, and how the body often cures itself with a proper diet.

Things the Program Can Do for You:

• Weight Loss
• Alleviate pain
• Prevent disease
• Combat disease
• Increase energy
• Cleanse the body
• Improve digestion
• Recharge your immune system

Visit chiDiet.com for more information.

Here's a directory of Wigmore Educational Resources (all links open in a new window or tab):
AnnWigmore.com - The story of Dr. Ann Wigmore, and a listing of Wigmore Institutes
Dr. Ann Wigmore's Degrees and Awards - probably not a complete list
GrassyRoots.com - The 14-episode TV series I did about raw foods and the Dr. Ann Wigmore Lifestyle
chiDiet.com - The Home Study version of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle
RawLife.org - I put all of the videos from Grassy Roots TV and the Wigmore Lifestyle Home Study Program online
chiDiet.com/hs3.htm - The Dr. Ann Wigmore DVD video collection
GoRaw.net - Other raw websites I'm involved with or respect

Raw Testimonials and Stories:
http://rawlife.org/category/facts
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/testimonials-1.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/raw-testimonials-2.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/raw-testimonials-3.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/more-testimonials.html
http://chidiet.com/blog/category/success-stories
http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/feedback_home_study_program/ - See the various "Feedback" categories on this site

Wow. I didn't see this one coming!

If you were one of the many who ordered my new DVD series over the weekend, I want to thank you!
 
By now you're well into enjoying your bonus items. We've worked all weekend to try to keep up with the orders, but I have to admit we've fallen behind.
 
So please, be understanding if your order comes a day or two later than expected. I knew people would like the series Beth and I did; I never expected it to be this popular!
 
If you're not familiar with what I'm referring to, here's the original post that triggered our avalanche of orders:
http://grassyroots.com/index.php/the-news/217-comprehensive-raw-living-foods-program.html

Jim Carey
GrassyRoots.com

What Dr. Ann Wigmore's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle Did, and Does, For Me

by Dr. James Carey, PhD (applied microcomputer technologies)

For 23 years I lived in Key West, Florida, and built several computer companies. In '97 I sold off the business, apartments, office building, house, and most of the stuff I'd accumulated. By January '99 I was 48 years old, free and financially liquid.

I took a year or so off and toured the United States, traveled 60,000 miles, first with an Airstream trailer, and later with a Bluebird motorcoach.

I also spent the time overcoming my addiction to cigarettes, something I'd been dependent upon since I was 14 years old.

By Spring of 2000 I was rested, collected, and tobacco-free. I'd relocated to rural Georgia, adopted a dog, and started building a house with my own hands. I also weighed 260 lbs. I'd been watching my weight creep up over the years, from my college weight of 165 to around 220 by '99.

I considered myself healthy because at 45 I could still shinny up a 30 ft. sailboat mast and repair the masthead while holding on with my legs. But a year of sitting behind the steering wheel substituting junk food and rich meals for the cigarettes I was trying to give up really put the weight on me. Now I was almost 50 and single-handedly building a house.

I considered myself to be in good shape, I was active and pain-free, but I sure was getting big.

Jim at 260 lbs.

Jim at 170 lbs.

So... January, 2001. New Year's Resolution - go on a diet. I read about health and nutrition, then put myself on a 1700 calorie-a-day vegetarian diet. I walked at least three miles a day, five times a week.

In four months I lost 20 lbs., bringing my weight down to 240. I kept counting calories in my little notebook, I kept walking 15 miles or more a week, and by Summer - still 240 lbs.! 

I could not lose any more weight. Frustrating. If I went off my diet for a weekend in Savannah I'd gain 5 lbs. in two days, then take a week - or more - to get rid of it.

Back to the Internet for more research. I read about people who had been on one diet or another, but after initial improvements their health deteriorated and they were facing new health challenges because of the inadequacies of the dietary regime they'd adopted.

The deeper I dug, the more one program stood out. The Raw Living Foods lifestyle, taught by Dr. Ann Wigmore. It was old knowledge going back thousands of years, and she was the most famous of modern advocates. What impressed me most were:

1) Testimonies by people that have lived the lifestyle for 20, 30 and 40 years, and are thriving on it.

2) What does the founder look like today, or what did they die of? Dr. Ann died of smoke inhalation while fighting a fire, at 84. She was fit and healthy.

3) Other raw fooders have died as a result of sports accidents in their 80's and 90's, not of disease or medications. All maintained an active lifestyle up until their passing over.

4) Dr. Wigmore's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle combines raw living food, internal cleansing, body detoxification and plant-based supplementation. All of the elements of good health rolled into one.

5) There are hands-on training centers where one can go and experience the program for an extended period of time, and not just try to sort it out from books or weekend seminars.

6) Most hands-on centers are reasonably priced - I've paid as much for one night at a nice hotel for what they charge for a week's stay.

7) Dr. Ann Wigmore's program is educational, not "do this blindly because I say so." At the training centers they teach why the body isn't healthy, and what you can do about it. As an engineer and scientist, I appreciate this.

The more I looked at it, the more the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle stood out as being the program that would work for me - or for anyone!

Synchronicity also came into play. An old friend. When I mentioned Dr. Ann Wigmore's Raw Living Foods program she told me that she'd studied with Dr. Ann at Hippocrates Institute in Boston, and credited the lifestyle with changing her life.

August of '01 found me at Creative Health Institute, near Union City, Michigan. On a trip to visit family I stopped in for a three-day visit. I was so impressed with the personal experiences of the graduating students that I went back to Georgia, closed up the farm, and returned to Michigan to attend the two-week program. I still weighed 240 lbs.

In my first two weeks at Creative Health I lost 20 lbs. I never went hungry, I never missed a meal, I never counted a calorie. Indeed, I usually had seconds.

At the end of the first month I was down to 210 lbs. When I headed back for Georgia for Christmas I weighed 200 lbs. I'd lost 40 lbs. without even working at it!

Why did the program work so dramatically for me?

I was toxic. Not only did the organic, unprocessed food that Creative Health served reduce and eliminate the toxins in my body, Dr. Ann's program helped my body eliminate toxins that I'd been accumulating all of my life.

By eating processed foods, I'd been putting toxins into my body faster than my body could remove them. I learned that my body was storing these toxins in fat cells in order to protect me. Once I eliminated the toxins I was ingesting, my body was able to process the backlogged accumulation and dispose of it.

I also learned that I had a large amount of impacted fecal matter. Most people do. Enemas cleared out this backlog.

From '01 to '05 I spent three to six months of the year at Creative Health, helping out as a volunteer as I helped myself get healthier. I weigh 170 lbs. now.

The other reason I kept returning to Creative Health was the good feelings I felt when I saw others overcome their health challenges. I've seen people heal diabetes, obesity, arthritis, colitis, after-effects of chemotherapy, breast cancer, hepatitis, heavy metal poisoning, asthma, wounds that wouldn't heal, PMS, migraine headaches... all forms of health challenges.

I've seen people stop smoking, painlessly, in just a few days. They didn't even notice that they'd quit. Wish I knew that back in '99.

I've watched people perk up, heal, and get happy. Like Chantel from Zimbabwe. She came to Creative Health with rheumatoid arthritis, which she'd had since she was 16. She was 26. Upon graduation from the two-week program Chantel said, "I stopped taking my medication after I was here three days. I've not had any pain in more than a week."

With tears streaming down her cheeks, she added, "This is the best I have felt since I was 15 years old."

Some time later Chantel sent me an email: "While I am only 75% raw after these two years, I am not taking medication, and my pain has not returned. I am happy to tell you that I am now married and three months pregnant. Your program made this possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you."

What do raw living foods do for me?

Helped me lose over 70 lbs.,

Gave me an energy level that's like being 25 again (I even took up skydiving - at 52!).

Instead of sleeping 8-10 hours a night, I wake totally refreshed after only 4-6 hours of sleep.

My bowels are regular and move easily.

I'm happier - all the time. I have a more positive outlook on life. People say I "glow," and I smile all the time.

My taste buds have changed, and my cravings for snacks, sweets and caffeine have disappeared.

Most of all, I find my life more satisfying and rewarding than it's ever been before.

I try to help Creative Health in their mission. I've installed computers and a network, rewrote the website, taught classes, mowed the lawn, started a newsletter, served as Program Director, done public speaking, fixed toilets, painted, produced videos, answered the phones, stuffed envelopes, and told my story on TV and radio

When I was answering the phone at Creative Health I repeatedly heard people say, either:

1) I have the time to attend, but just can't afford it, or

2) Affording it is no problem, but there's no way I can take two weeks off.

For those reasons I created the Home Study Program. From a file cabinet with over three decades of research studies and student materials, and two decades worth of videotape, I spent my winters assembling the most comprehensive overview of the program I could.

I now administer the Raw Living Foods Home Study Program in order to help those who:

1) Can't afford to attend a center,

2) Want to have a comprehensive overview of the program to take home with them, or

3) Need training materials to help them share their wonderful transformation with others.

I'm finding it a great way to spend my retirement, and the second half of my life!

Jim Carey
Midville, Georgia
December, 2007

My Raw Diva Buddies

Life and maturing sure are interesting, aren't they? So many times we take our friends for granted, then when we think to check on them we're amazed at how much they've changed.

 

This is especially true of young people. In passing through South Carolina recently I stopped in to see some old friends.

 

When I asked about their young daughter (whom I remember as being 10 years old), I heard all about her wedding, her husband and their new baby. "Little Amy" is now 22.

 

Because we keep in touch by email and phone, and because Amy was at summer camp when they visited me in Georgia and Hawaii, I'd missed Amy growing up and never realized it.

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I see the same thing happening in the Raw Foods Movement.

 

It was just over a year ago that Tera Warner started her website The Raw Divas. At the time I did a podcast with her as part of a kickoff. We've stayed in touch, mostly by being on each others' mailing lists.

 

Then today I was moved to visit her website for the first time in ages. I don't know why, I just was.

 

 

My, has Tera grown up! Not only does her website have a beautiful design, but she has so MANY programs geared to going and living raw.

 

I think it's especially neat that her advice is geared to women. Wonderful!

 

My favorite item on Tera's website is her 7 Day Detox Program. Look under "Fr*e Stuff."

 

Again, that's TheRawDivas.com. If you stop by to visit Tera be sure to tell her I said, "Hi!"

 

 

Working with you to grow your health,

 

Jim Carey

 

P.S. I love it when Tera says that Dr. Ann Wigmore was "The Original Raw Diva!"

P.P.S. "BE the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi

Learning with Video - University of Lisbon Report

The potential for education of the motion picture was early recognized by many. Significant technological advances and the new tendencies for media convergence and integration are transforming video into a dominant medium, suggesting new ways to support learning activities.

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the effective use of video in education: http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/tech-reports/01-16.pdf.

10 Dr. Ann Wigmore Videos

I put together a 10 DVD set of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods lifestyle for a very, very special price. Almost a giveaway.

http://chidiet.com/hs3.htm

Enjoy!

Jim

The living foods lifestyle, home study version

The Dr. Ann Wigmore Living Foods dietary education program is also available in a home study version. In the series of 15 training lessons, each one consisting of a lesson plan, class notes, videotapes and books, you’ll learn all about the Wigmore Program, internal cleansing and food preparation. Authors and presenters include Dr. Ann Wigmore, Dr. Lorraine Day, Victoria Boutenko, Paul Nison, Mary Moore, Hiawatha Cromer, Don Haughey and others. For more information see www.chiDiet.com.  Best of all, you’ll have the information available for reference for years to come!

“The most exciting thing in the Living Foods Movement since Dr. Ann Wigmore.” – Don Haughey

“Wonderful packaging. Fast delivery.” – Molly Ruffino

“I’m really enjoying the information, and look forward to each month’s lesson.” – Darlene Shule

“Great service.” – Brenda Dunne

“Worth devoting my life to.” – Jim Carey

“Wonderful. Incredible.” – Larry Meggs

“Long Overdue.” – Sara Thompson

Updated Raw Living Foods Course Now Available

By popular demand, the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Course keeps growing and growing.

I've adde more video titles, two ebooks, and the entire Grassy Roots TV series to the course. It now covers everything from "Raw Curious" to Advanced Raw.

But the updates and upgrades were getting confusing.

SOOOoooooo, I've split the program into modules. This makes it easier for you to keep your library of training materials current, and also allows you to customize your raw education by choosing only those modules you need, or are interested in.

Learn more: chiDiet.com

Yours in Raw Inspiration,

Jim Carey

"Eat to live - not live to eat." - Ben Franklin

"Because of their diets nine men in ten are suicides." - Ben Franklin

(Ben was a pretty smart guy, wasn't he?)

OK, You Win... It's back! Sometimes I get too high-tech...

Last year I decided to "Go Green" with the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods® Lifestyle Study Program. So I set up an entirely new website, RawLife.org.

I converted all of the books and DVDs to digital, online delivery content. It was quite a project; there's about 60 hours of video, several online manuals and Dr. Ann Wigmore audio books.

The content is measured in Terabytes (TB). One TB = 1,000 gigabytes, or several times the size of an average hard disk drive.

It was so big, in fact, that I had to buy a hosting service to have enough storage, not to mention the bandwidth required to deliver that much video to hundreds of people simultaneously. So last year I bought a premium hosting service on the Internet Backbone as part of this project (translation: it's fast).

By August 2009 RawLife.org was up and running. It was instantly popular - real popular. What people appreciate the most is how well-organized it is, and how easy it is to find the exact material you're looking for with the search feature. Check it out at RawLife.org.

It was so popular, in fact, that I thought we could discontinue the physical DVDs, CDs and books of the traditional Home Study Program. So when we ran out last month, I didn't reorder.

THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE!

I'd misjudged what you folks want. I know you're a high-tech audience. I've done surveys of the newsletter readers and Home Study Students, and I know your market demographics. The vast majority of you have no problem downloading and viewing streaming video.

What you don't want to do, however, is replace your DVDs and TVs with a computer screen.

Boy, did I get the calls and emails. Yes, you're right - it IS easier and more convenient to pop a DVD into the player in any room of the house, and to jump to a particular place in the video when you've seen it before.

Now, mark my words, in a couple more years your computer is going to replace your TV for entertainment and news.

But you guys are right - that day isn't here yet.

So I've reordered the Home Study Program on DVD. As a "green compromise" I've put all of the handbooks, manuals and recipe books on CD so they're easily transferred to your iPod, Kindle or whatever, and you can quickly search for the specific item you're looking for.

Thus, the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods® Lifestyle Home Study Program is available on DVD again. Buy it all at once and you'll have something like 47 DVDs and over a dozen CDs in your instant raw living foods library. That's six months to two years of educational and motivational material, and a great way to share with others or teach raw living food classes.

I've also split it up into segments so that you can acquire it over time, and I've added monthly payment options, too.

You'll find it where it's been for the last seven years, at chiDiet.com. 

If you have any questions please contact me.

Thanks!

Yours in Great Health,
Dr. Jim Carey (PhD, computers, not medicine)
editor@chiDiet.com

P.S. If you haven't visited the chiDiet.com website in a year or so, please do. I'm constantly upgrading, expanding and improving the Home Study Program!

P.P.S. Sign up for my newsletter at chiDiet.com this month and you'll receive a free copy of Dr. Ann Wigmore's famous inspirational autobiography, Why Suffer? How I Overcame Illness and Pain Naturally.

The Hippocrates Diet and Health Program by Dr. Ann Wigmore

Book Review: The Hippocrates Diet and Health Program
by Dr. Ann Wigmore
"This Book May Save Your Life!” 

One of our most common problems is in understanding what to eat and when. This book COMPLETELY describes the types of food and why and how to eat them. Cancer, depression and autoimmune disease (to name only a few) like rheumatoid arthritis are the end result of chronic exposure to environmental toxins like solvents and pesticides AND chronic nutritional deficiencies from eating fast food and junk food.

“This is the most important book you can buy to teach you how simple it is to regain your health AND prevent chronic illness like cancer. This book forms the basis of how we should eat AND understand the life-saving principle of intestinal and liver detoxification. Read, learn, and live a healthy life!” - Reviewed by Dr. Craig Jones.

“Enzymes! Enzymes! Enzymes! This is one of the few books out there which teaches you how to take charge of your health in a very simple approach.... Basically it's all about enzymes which metabolize your food and which are needed for every function in your body. Without enzymes there would be no life in your body. Where do you find these enzymes? They are available by eating fresh organic fruits, vegetables, sprouts and nuts/seeds. After 20 years of trying different approaches to become healthier, this is the most significant one I've taken. It really makes a difference.” - An Amazon.com reviewer.

To order:      

See more like this at RawLife.org

Here's a directory of Wigmore Educational Resources (all links open in a new window or tab):
AnnWigmore.com - The story of Dr. Ann Wigmore, and a listing of Wigmore Institutes
Dr. Ann Wigmore's Degrees and Awards - probably not a complete list
GrassyRoots.com - The 14-episode TV series I did about raw foods and the Dr. Ann Wigmore Lifestyle
chiDiet.com - The Home Study version of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle
RawLife.org - I put all of the videos from Grassy Roots TV and the Wigmore Lifestyle Home Study Program online
chiDiet.com/hs3.htm - The Dr. Ann Wigmore DVD video collection
chiDietVideos.com - A large collection of Raw Living Foods DVDs, tapes, CDs and books
GoRaw.net - Other raw websites I'm involved with or respect

Raw Testimonials and Stories:
http://rawlife.org/category/facts
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/testimonials-1.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/raw-testimonials-2.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/raw-testimonials-3.html
http://annwigmore.com/index.php/more-testimonials.html
http://chidiet.com/blog/category/success-stories
http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/feedback_home_study_program/ - See the various "Feedback" categories on this site

Six Copies Left

The online digital version of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program is working great over at http://RawLife.org.

Because of this, I'm not going to restock once we run out of DVDs and books for the traditional Home Study Program. I'm down to the last six copies, and then we're going completely digital!

If you want the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program on DVD and CD, you better act quick: http://chidiet.com/hs.php. I only have six copies left.

Don't worry: the newsletter, websites, groups, personal coaching and news feeds aren't changing. Everything you depend on us for will still be here, we're just getting out of the "bricks, mortar, paper and plastic" business.

We're Going Green!

Yours in Abundant Wellness,

Jim Carey

PS: Again, that link is http://chidiet.com/hs.php

Updated Home Study Program

By popular demand, the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Course keeps growing and growing.

I've added another two video titles, two ebooks, and the entire Grassy Roots TV series to the course. It now covers everything from "Raw Curious" to Advanced Raw.

But the updates and upgrades were getting confusing.

SOOOoooooo, I've split the program into modules. This makes it easier for you to keep your library of training materials current, and also allows you to customize your raw education by choosing only those modules you need, or are interested in.

Coming soon! Certification!

Learn more: chiDiet.com

Yours in Raw Inspiration,

Jim Carey

"Eat to live - not live to eat." - Ben Franklin

"[Because of their diets] nine men in ten are suicides." - Ben Franklin

(Ben was a pretty smart guy, wasn't he?)

The Secret Ingredient of Optimal Health

"The Secret Ingredient"

Learn More: http://rawdoctors.com/index.php/store/secret-ingredient-collection.html

Overcoming Heart Disease

Over 500,000 people die from Heart Disease in America each year and billions of dollars are spent on expensive & invasive surgery, keeping those with Heart Disease alive. However, according to more and more experts, there are safer, cheaper and more effective ways to treat Heart Disease.

Our friends at Food Matters had such an overwhelming response to their popular DVD Food Matters they were asked to produce a targeted learning program especially about Heart Disease.

The Food Matters Heart Disease Learning Program is an extension of the documentary film Food Matters and it features never-seen-before footage focusing specifically on Heart Disease issues.

In a collection of interviews with leading Nutritionists, Naturopaths, Scientists, MDs and Medical Journalists you'll discover the secrets to treating and preventing Heart Disease naturally, without drugs or surgery.

You'll also discover the importance of nutrition and natural therapies for reversing High Cholesterol and Heart Disease without the need for drugs or surgery.

"There is much truth in the saying 'you are what you eat'. It is no surprise then that one of the most common factors linking people with heart disease is poor dietary and lifestyle habits.

"This typically includes a diet which is high in processed food, bad fats, sugars and 'fast food,' and which is deficient in whole fresh foods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and legumes."

-- James Colquhoun & Laurentine ten Bosch, Producer Directors, Food Matters

Now is a good time to learn about:

• Which foods, therapies and vitamin & mineral supplements are effective in the treatment of heart disease
• The true causes of heart disease and how you can build your body's own defenses naturally to live a long, healthy and abundant life
• How to avoid pain, suffering and unnecessary expenses by addressing the root cause of your heart disease
• Why you've never been told about these options before, and why most doctors don't advocate these safe and effective modalities
• How to most effectively detoxify the body and rebuild the nutrients safely helping you to lose unwanted pounds

The "Food Matters Heart Disease Learning Program" gives you:

• Over 6 Hours of Instantly Accessible crystal-clear Video lessons
• Interviews with 9 of the world's leaders in nutrition and natural healing for Heart Disease
• You Receive Unlimited Access to all of the videos which you can pause, stop, start and listen to as many times as you wish
• A Comprehensive 22 page Workbook which follows along with each of the video lessons
• An Extensive Listing of doctors and clinics specializing in Nutritional Medicine from around the world
• An In-Depth Listing of Recommended Websites, Books and DVDs

To instantly make the change to a long-term and healthy alternative to heart disease medication, click here: http://tinyurl.com/chiFood

Yours in health and vitality,

Dr. Jim Carey

P.S. "Be raw when possible, organic when practical, and pray over the rest." - unknown

P.P.S. It's not too late to sign up for the RAW MOM SUMMIT on raw parenting: http://tinyurl.com/chiMoms

Feedback and Comments on the home study program

To see what people have to say about the chiDiet.com Raw Living Foods Home Study program, visit http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/feedback_home_study_program/index.html.

Program Review - Living Foods Institute

Last Sunday concluded my 10-day session at Brenda Cobb's Living Foods Institute, and it was wonderful!

Her school is in the heart of Atlanta. It's one of the few Raw Institutes that doesn't have a residential component. Students are expected to find their own housing; I stayed at a downtown hotel, which allowed me to see the sights in Atlanta.

Each day started in the kitchen with Yajna as our instructor. With 17 fellow students I learned to prepare living food recipes, right after our morning shot of wheatgrass juice. Each day started with us preparing Energy Soup (green smoothies), which we'd have as our breakfast, and we then went on to prepare our luncheon dishes. Each days' menu became fancier. We learned to prepare veggie kraut, crackers, almond milk, nut cheese, guacamole, salsa, cookies, veggie burgers and hummis (my favorite).

On the first day we were given a 200-page handbook that outlined the program and thoroughly covered the Dr. Ann Wigmore Living Foods lifestyle. As editor of the Raw Living Foods Home Study Program I was quite impressed with Brenda's textbook. Good job.

After our yummy lunches we had an afternoon of classes. Brenda and Jane answered questions that we had from reading the handbook, shared their personal testimonies, and lectured on Essential Oils, herbal medicine, emotional healing and many other aspects of health. We were constantly reminded, in a non-denominational way, that healing is Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual.

A number of outside experts also lectured in the afternoons. We learned about Massage Therapy and kinesology from a Chiropractor, a dentist did a presentation about the proper removal of mercury fillings, and Dr. Gail demonstrated our control over our personal energy fields.

Throughout the day there were a variety of on-site treatment modalities available, including colonics, reflexology, energy therapy, footbaths and chi machine treatments, which we all took advantage of.

Even though I've been teaching others about the Raw Living Foods lifestyle for almost five years, I learned a lot from Brenda and her staff. I especially learned a lot about food preparation. I discovered that most raw food dishes only take a few minutes to make, and that I can make up my meals for three or four days in a few hours. For a bachelor like me, that's great! Before attending the program I was just about living on energy soup; healthy, but monotonous.

Few programs give you hands-on time in the kitchen; Brenda's staff stuffs you into a hair net and plastic gloves, and you go at it. It was a very, very valuable experience for me, and I'm now well on my way to becoming a Raw Gourmet Chef.

Cost? Don't worry about the cost. Brenda will let anyone attend the program, and pay only what they can afford. In my case I paid only for my hotel room, and Brenda gave me a full scholarship to the program. My meals I ate at the Institute. Like so many in the raw foods movement, Brenda does this from her heart, to share with others the lifestyle that saved her life from cancer in '99.

Oh, yes. The police recovered my stolen Blazer and I picked it up just in time for my trip back to the farm last Sunday. Oh, it's in rough shape, having been in two accidents while it was gone, but my small tool box was still in the truck, with just the tools I needed to fix it up enough to get home. More important, my cherished mandolin was still in the truck. Funny, but the loss of the mandolin struck me harder than losing the truck. I learned a good lesson about being attached to material things.

Yep, my trip to Atlanta was quite an adventure, and I came back home RAWfully Inspired! Thank you, Brenda, and please give my love and gratitude to your warm, wonderful staff.

-- Jim Carey

Brenda Cobb's Living Foods Institute: http://livingfoodsinstitute.com/

T. Colin Campbell of The China Study speaks in Florida

Last night, In Central Florida, we were honored by hearing from Dr. T. Colin Campbell, for the second time in the past few days, and this time in person, not just on the PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) interactive teleseminar for doctors. (see PCRM@PCRM.com for further information) The National Health Association's annual conference was being held and they deserve a big hand for allowing people like me, who are so busy that normally they can't get away for an hour, to attend free. There was an overflow audience. Many friends were there and many of them are Natural Hygienists. I hope you all hook into Raw Vegan Radio to hear Vik Kulvinskas' hour long interview about his take on the latter movement's dietary habits and the impending Sedona meeting of the Raw Spirit group. Computers have made the comparison of everyone's choices an instant subject of intellectual and wise discussion!

Dr. Campbell was animated and armed with very effective slides which told the tale, and impressed the audience with his thoroughly scientific proof that dairy turned on tumors/cancer and a plant-based diet turned them off, and on, and off, etc. It was amazing to watch the lines go up and down on the charts, depending on whether or not casein (the enemy in dairy products, the dangerous protein that causes our bodies [especially women] to initiate an immune system response and ultimate exhaustion). The story is simply put, that it's not the fat we have to worry so much about (although more than 2 ounces at a time is really stressing out your liver because it has to start storing it since it can't handle more than that at one time), but the dairy protein casein. So, even in skim milk usage, the cancer will still turn on, because even though the extrusion process breaks the fat cells down into smaller blobs, the protein casein is still in it and it will still lead us to the debilitating (correct spelling please, if necessary) diseases of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.

I was with the father of a friend of mine who loaned me her car because mine is out of commision (I need $1,500 to get it fixed and this is not a good time to come up with that kind of spare change!) and he needed to go so I missed the question and answer time and hope that was also taped so that I can hear it later. Please help this geniuis raw food doctor (who started out on a cattle farm, went to college to learn how to get more protein into the animals we were eating and who now has made a 180 degree turnaround, as he is now a raw vegan) assert himself with the government. He needs our support so that his careful studies and results can be pivotal in changing the disease care system we now have to a true health care system. Buy his book "The China Study" and prepare yourself to join him in this battle for our children's and grandchildren's well being and health.

The graphs and charts of the clusters of nordic countries like Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, down to England and then the U.S. show why we are so sick. The amount of dairy we use is horrendous. The cluster at the opposite end of the chart, starting with zero cancers in southeast asia (except for the people who eat raw fish, by the way) who are in real troubles now there), show how great a plant based diet is.

He is right on the verge of becoming a radical for health and he needs our support to confront the AMA and the federal government over this. We need to break down the FDA  (the Food and Drug Administration) into two separate parts, The Food Administration and the Drug Administration, because both are not able to be put in the same boat together. Please seek him out at Cornell University and give him your support. He has the material to force people who make the laws to wake up and make a difference in our health.

- Flora

[Dr. Campbell's famous book is The China Study.]

drflora@rawdoctors.com

Back to the Roots of Healthy Eating - My New TV Show

My new TV show will be airing at 8pm Eastern Time (GMT -5) on Channel 6 TV in Central Kentucky, starting Wednesday, February 11th. It'll also be available by streaming video on the internet (more info at GrassyRootsTV.com).

Here's one of the promo clips the station did. (Yes, I'm excited! I have a 13 week contract.)

I'd really appreciate your comments!

Wigmore Centers in India

Hello Jim,

I am in India for a while and was wondering are there any centers in India?

Thank you Arthur Collins

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Here’s what I’ve been able to find out.

Dear James,

I do not know where she spent time, however I do have a number of her old manuscripts and books. One book: From Fat to Fit was published in India. the information I have from this publication is: Printed in India by Bro. Leo at St. Francis I.T.I., Borivli West, Bombay 400 092.

Here is the dedication from the book that has a number of names that may be tracked down: To my dear friend, Dr. Paul Dudley White, who appreciated the importance of a healthy body, mind and spirit. He spent his life opening doors for the people of the world, so that they could learn to take responsibility for their bodies through natural foods.

He was one of the first medical doctors to bring acupuncture techniques from China to the United States. His total open-mindedness and willingness to look at alternative and new ideas made him a most valuable contributor to our country. He made it possible for me to introduce the Hippocrates therapy program to many medical laymen.

We spent many enjoyable hours together giving health seminars; he sharing physical exercises and I sharing foods and nutrition with the participants.

Acknowledgements I want to give loving thanks for the help and support extended to me in preparing this book to the staff of the Hippocrates Health Institute and to Jaellayna Lasky and Heyzu for their contributions.

Blessings.

Mary Moore

Creative Health Institute Trustee
Cassville, MO 65625-8127 417-847-4134

Scholarships to Living Foods Lifestyle program available

Hi Jim,

Hope you are doing great!  Things are going fantastic here!  I just received a rather large donation and I have several scholarships to pay 1/2 the tuition for my Nov. 2-11 and my Jan. 4-13 class.  If you know of anyone who would like to come to the course but who needs scholarship help, please let me know.

These scholarships may be used in 2008, but must be awarded by December 31st, 2007.

Much Love and Many Blessings,
Brenda Cobb
Living Foods Institute
404-607-1816 direct line
404-625-1956 cell
www.livingfoodsinstitute.com

Genesis Healing Center for sale

Dear Jim,

This is Brenda Lee from Tennessee with Genesis Healing Center and I am selling my property and business. I was wondering if you might help me by letting others know. It is a great location on 7 acres surrounded by 600  acres. It is approximately 12,000 sq.ft. and has 9 bedrooms and 9 full bathrooms plus a spa bathroom with a Jacuzzi,  colonic station and bidet. Genesis has a separate guest side with 4 bedrooms/4 baths and a private living room and sun porch for your guest. It also has a 2400 sq ft resource room where you can have health lectures. There is top of the line exercise equipment and a pool table. We have a yoga/meditation/ prayer room that will hold about 15 people. I just put in a beautiful salt water pool and am still in the process of landscaping. I have a huge organic garden too.  You can check out my web-site at; www.genesishealingcenter.net

Thank you so much for your help.

Brenda Lee
615-217-7814
615-414-4600 cell

Gourmet Raw Vegan training in Atlanta

[Renata Dorner is Assistant to Dr. James Carey of chiDiet.com.

Last weekend, July 14th-15th, Renata and I went to Atlanta for a seminar on gourmet raw vegan foods. Gideon and Jackie Graff were kind enough to open their house to us, and we stayed as their guests and attended their two-day seminar.

Not only did we have a wonderful time, but we learned a lot. I've been living the minimalist raw living foods lifestyle - throw a bunch of sprouts and greens in the blender and call it a meal.
Jackie and Gideon showed me how easy it would be to prepare something more appetizing for guests - truly inspiring.

I could say a lot more kind things about the Graffs, but Renata was moved to write the following article and she's expressed my feelings completely - James.]

Oh WOW, What a Weekend it Was.

Jackie and Gideon Graff, the Sprout people from Atlanta (www.sproutrawfood.org) hosted a two-day seminar: How to Prepare Raw Gourmet Food. It was like Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas combined. What a feast it was!

We started out with an almond-carob-banana shake for breakfast which tasted decadent. The grande finale was lasagna and zucchini spaghetti with marinara sauce so delicious you will forsake the wheat version in no time. And every dish in between was superb, just the right spicing, texture and presentation.

I learned so many tricks and hints which make raw food preparation even easier than it already is. Jackie and Gideon prepared many, many different gourmet dishes which are readily duplicatable. The trick is to use prime quality ingredients.

A bit of splurging now and then is necessary once one has been on the healing path for a while and the body has regained strength and health. Remember when we were on the cooked food trip? How often did we go out and not think twice about spending our well-earned money on a meal which was not worth it and was actually detrimental to our health? So, some pine nuts here and there, some macadamia nuts instead of sunflower seeds give our palate enticing tastes and help us to stay on the raw food path.

Sometimes I simply need a bit more than greens, a little indulgence, a festive meal, something extravagant, exciting. That's what Jackie and Gideon taught us with lots of patience, explanations and detailed demonstration. No question - there were lots of questions - no question remained unanswered. With skill, laughter and sincere dedication the Graffs shared freely their many years of raw wisdom.

We were a wonderful mixed group, novices and veteran raw foodists. We swapped stories. One story was extraordinary: “From 22 to 2” - size 22, that is - the story of a young lady's weight loss when she switched from SAD to Raw. I hope James will get the whole story sooner or later, keep your eyes open. It demonstrates such an outstanding example how food choice and preparation influence our health and well-being.

Please visit chiDiet.com/graff for more pictures.

Thank you, Jackie and Gideon.

Renata Dorner
July, 2007

Brenda Cobb speaks at raw reunion

I had a wonderful, wonderful time last weekend. As regular readers will remember, last September I attended the 10-day program at the Living Foods Institute and had a wonderful, inspiring time.

Last weekend Cynthia Allf and some of the other students from my class put together a reunion at Cynthia's place on Amelia Island - near Jacksonville, Florida. Not only was it great to see the friends I'd made in Atlanta, but it was inspiring to see how well they've done Living the Lifestyle. Debbie Charles, in particular, was a new woman, she's lost so much weight! I'm hoping she'll write up her testimony and send us some photos.

Visits to the spa were great - at least for the women - and even I totally enjoyed our morning yoga on the beach.

The highlight of the weekend was a group shopping trip to the Organic Market (visualize herding cats), and a community food prep session for Saturday night's dinner. Wendy Sharon brought a complete series of recipes - from appetizers to dessert - and we had a truly Raw Gourmet Feast.

And then - to top off a wonderful day - we drove over to Amelia Island Resort where Brenda Cobb was speaking that evening. The scheduling that made this happen was totally synchronistic. We found Brenda very inspiring, or re-inspiring, and most of us got to share our testimonies about how Living Foods have changed our lives.

Sunday night promised to be interesting, too. Our group was to meet with the Raw Vegan group from St. Augustine, and go to a raw restaurant with them. Unfortunately, my schedule prevented me from making it to that event, though I'm sure it was rawsome.

Yep, I had a great weekend. Thanks to all of you who made it possible!

- James Carey