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Seven common mistakes that occur on raw foods

Seven Common Mistakes that Occur on Raw Foods
- by Victoria Boutenko of www.RawFamily.com
- We're getting lots of email about the subject this article addresses. Originally published May 28th, 2005 in chiDiet.com/news/.

1. Many raw fooders do not eat enough greens. Solution: Regularly consume energy soup or green smoothies to guarantee the proper amount of greens.

2. Many raw fooders do not consume enough fiber, soluble and insoluble. Solution: Drink more smoothies or energy soups instead of juices.

3. People on a raw food diet often consume too many fats. When they try to imitate cooked dishes they substitute starches with nuts. Solution: Use nut pulp left over from making nut mylks, use more seeds and less nuts, and use more fruit and vegetable pulp from juices in your mixtures, to minimize the consumption of nuts.

4. Raw fooders commonly try to become too perfect too fast. They don't give their bodies a chance to adjust to such a radical dietary change. Solution: Gradually adjust and purify your own individual diet to help you ease into the healthiest diet for you.

5. When people change their diets they usually decide the other components that make up health are no longer important, such as sunbathing, exercising, proper rest, fresh air, etc. Solution: Practice a well-rounded, healthy lifestyle.

6. People on the raw living foods diet often over-indulge in some particular foods and neglect the variety of other fruits and vegetables. Solution: Eat foods in reasonable quantities.

7. The biggest mistake raw fooders make is that they listen to the raw food authorities and don't trust the invaluable messages their own bodies communicate. Solution: Keep a diary of your daily food consumption and how it affects your well-being. (See "Keeping a Food Diary" at chiDiet.com/news/01102005.htm.)

These notes are from Victoria's lecture at Creative Health Institute last spring. For videotape of the event visit chidiet.com/tapes.htm#v47.

[Editor's note: Item #6 is the most common problem I hear about. Most raw fooders, especially newbies, don't eat enough variety, and either get bored with the diet, or physically out of balance. Variety, variety, variety. There's not a leafy green in the produce department that I don't eat at least a bit of during the week. - Jim Carey.]

Why humans were meant to be raw living food eaters

The Human Body Compared With Carnivores

Human - All teeth are flattened, especially the back molars. Dullest canine teeth of all primates.
Carnivore - Teeth are long, sharp and pointed. No flat molar teeth. Very sharp canine teeth.

Human - Intestines are at least 12 times as long as the trunk of the body and an integral part of the most sophisticated juice extractor in the world: the human digestive system.
Carnivore - Intestines are 3 times as long as the trunk of the body. Their design facilitates rapid expulsion of fleshy matter.

Human - Bowel walls are puckered, convoluted and full of deep pouches for the reconstitution of waste matter.
Carnivore - Bowels are smooth and short for quick expulsion of waste matter.

Human - Saliva is alkaline. It contains ptyalin, an enzyme specifically designed to break down starchy carbohydrates.
Carnivore - Saliva is acidic. Carnivores have industrial strength digestive juices in comparison to human digestive juices.

What every raw fooder should know about nuts

“What every Raw Fooder Should Know about Nuts,” by Thomas E. Billing: http://rawfoods.com/articles/nuts.html

Where do raw vegans get their protein?

I’m sure all vegetarians, vegans and raw vegans hear the question, "but where do you get your protein?" more than any other. Victoria Boutenko describes it very well in her award winning book Green For Life.

1. Professor T. Colin Campbell shows in his book, The China Study , that the U.S. RDA for protein is greatly overestimated.

2. If we maintain a variety of greens in our diet, we will cover all essential aminos in abundance.

3. One pound of kale has even more protein than is recommended by the USDA per day.

4. The lack of research on the nutritional content of greens has led to a great confusion among the majority of people, including many professionals.

5. Dr. Joel Fuhrman wrote in his book Eat to Live, "Even physicians and dietitians... are surprised to learn that... when you eat large quantities of green vegetables, you receive a considerable amount of protein."

6. When we eat animal protein we have to break down these complex protein chains that have been built to the specification of a cow or a pig and rebuild them in the chains that we require for our own body. This is like getting a second hand dress and trying to tear it apart and remake it the way we want it. Or like using someone else’s protein molecules, literally. Plant proteins found in fruits, vegetables, and especially in greens, on the other hand, are in the form of individual amino acids which our body can use to build the perfect protein chains for our unique DNA. It is like using brand new materials to make our dress. Doesn’t that just make perfect sense!

Lit up by Green,
Jinjee
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com

Raw food movement sprouting nationwide

Lunch crush is coming and the deli crew is busy making burgers, lime tarts and pizza dough. Things are really cooking — at least figuratively.

In fact, none of the food being prepared at In The Raw will touch a flame or a griddle. None of it will encounter a temperature higher than a sweltering summer day. All of it, from the vegan cakes to vegan burgers, is served raw: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5868567.

[While this article calls Raw Living Foods a "fad," it's not. It's a lifestyle choice that's been around for at least 300 years. - Jim]

What are the benefits of eating raw?

What are the Benefits of Eating Raw?

Do you want to achieve optimal health? The best way to do that  is to eat a high enzyme diet consisting of raw fruits and vegetables, sprouted seeds, nuts, grains and some seaweed.

Eating predominantly cooked food puts a tremendous strain on your body. To understand why this is true, you need to  understand the role enzymes play. Enzymes are in the cells of  every living plant and animal. It is enzyme activity that  accomplishes all biological work from blinking an eye, to  lifting a finger, to having a thought.

When you eat, you need enzymes to help digest the food. If the food you eat is raw-whether it is a rutabaga, a carrot, a lettuce leaf or a banana-all the enzymes you need are right there in the food itself, ready to go to work for you.

If the food is cooked beyond 104 F, however, these naturally occurring enzymes are killed by heat, and your body must manufacture its own digestive enzymes to do the job.

Is this a problem? Raw fooders believe it is. The father of the food enzyme concept, Dr. Edward Howell, explained that when your body is busy digesting food, it is unable to divert the necessary energy to make the type of enzymes needed to do other tasks. There is a tug-of-war between the demands of your digestive system for a constant supply of digestive enzymes and the needs of your body for the metabolic enzymes vital for cleansing, healing, and building. Without an adequate supply
of metabolic enzymes, over time, you suffer.

What does this suffering look like?:

· Disease
· Indigestion
· Constipation
· Age spots
· Fatigue
· Lethargy
· Wrinkles
· Bad skin
· Declining eyesight
· Poor memory
· Mood swings
· Irritability
· Allergies
· Brain fog
· Candida
· Hypoglycemia
· Tumors and Cysts
· Irritable Bowel Syndrome
· Sinusitis
· Fibromyalgia
· Depression

This decline in health is usually attributed solely to 'aging'. But it is really the result of two facts: Over time, your body loses its ability to manufacture enzymes (young adults have thirty times the enzymes of the elderly); and, when you eat food that is cooked, it forces your body to manufacture enzymes for digestion, instead of enzymes that could be used for healing. Ultimately, when you don't have enough enzymes to carry the basic needs of life, you die.

Anne Kaspar
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Demonstrating that the human body is designed to eat veggies

Human Constitution Compared With Carnivores'
from www.chiDiet.com, Lesson 10: http://www.chidiet.com/

All teeth are flattened, especially the back molars. Dullest canine teeth of all primates.	Teeth are long, sharp and pointed. No flat molar teeth. Sharp canine teeth.
Intestines are at least 12 times as long as the trunk of the body and an integral part of the most sophisticated juice extractor in the world: the human digestive system.	Intestines are 3 times as long as the trunk of the body. Their design facilitates rapid expulsion of fleshy matter.
Bowel walls are puckered, convoluted and full of deep pouches for the reconstitution of waste matter.	Bowels are smooth and short for quick expulsion of waste matter.
Saliva is alkaline. It contains ptyalin, an enzyme specifically designed to break down starchy carbohydrates.	Saliva is acidic.
	Carnivores have industrial strength digestive juices in comparison to human digestive juices.

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

You, too, can welcome 'living' foods to your table

What does it mean to eat raw? Nothing more than living like our foraging ancestors, Roxanne Klein says.

Before the days of fire, which kills proteins and vitamins, Homo sapiens grazed on an endless variety of raw, or "living," foods. This vegetable-heavy diet is still common to most animals, which incidentally tend not to develop diseases such as cancer and diabetes: http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-10-23-roxanne-sidebar_x.htm.

Supersize Me!

Here's what living on McDonald's food for 30 days did to one man: http://www.supersizeme.com/.

This is the video that started the world-wide fast-food revolt.

Raw Recipe Resources

Raw Recipe Resources....

Free Raw Recipes Online - http://rawfoods.com/recipes/
Free Raw Recipe Videos Online - http://gliving.tv/shows/category/greenchefs/
Raw Recipe Books - http://www.rawveganbooks.com
The Raw Gourmet DVDs - http://www.rawgourmet.com/
The Garden Diet recipes - http://www.TheGardenDiet.com/abouttgd.html
The Raw Vegan Kitchen videos - http://www.rawveganchannel.com/kitchen.html

In Joy!
Jinjee http://www.TheGardenDiet.com

"Chew on This" - Video

30 reasons to go vegetarian, with a video: http://www.goveg.com/feat/chewonthis/.

Things to be aware of in the raw food arena - part B

By Nomi Shannon, author of The Raw Gourmet
Reprinted with permission of the author.
www.rawgourmet.com

2. Be Aware of useless "certification". On a related theme, I am noticing every Tom Dick and Harry of raw food information (and misinformation) is now getting into the concept of offering "certification". Well, who is certifying you? What are their credentials? One such "certification" is adding up to close to $6,000.00 (for about three weeks). For that kind of money you can take the 9-week program at Hippocrates Health Institute which has been around for a long time and has a good history and track record.

Certification from someone who has a recognizable name and has been around for some time; with something that says something about their area of expertise such as a book, or someone who has been teaching for a long time might be worth your while, but don't waste your time and money on a "three week wonder".

3. Be Aware of people who tell you what to do.

There is no one pill, no one herb, or collections of pills, supplements, herbs, foods that are right for all people. When you are being told take this for that problem, eat this, drink that then suspect the person is either on an ego trip or looking to make money for themselves, or both. If there were one right way for us all life would be so simple, wouldn't it?

If there were one right way to eat then I would be a very rich lady indeed. Do not ask your neighbor or me what they eat hoping to emulate and be just like them. What works for your neighbor or me may not work for you.

4. Be Aware, you need to do your own research.

Sorry. You are a unique person. You have strengths and weaknesses, and they are different than your neighbor, your sister, your cousin or your raw food guru. I am talking about physically here, but it is true about all aspects of YOU. There is really no expert that can tell you about you. Wouldn't it be so easy to just follow one way that you hear about from one person? If that worked, there would be far fewer "gurus" out there.

You need to understand what it takes to keep you the healthy vibrant person you want to be. Of course generalities like exercise, clean air, clean food, right livelihood, relationship all factor into what makes you you. But the fact is, you need to experiment, research, read, learn, try until you find the right specific combination that works for you. For example, this week a friend made a smoothie out of nut milk, nuts, bananas, plus three other kinds of fruit. That would be digestive and caloric disaster for me. My smoothies are made out of fruit juice diluted with water, and 2-3 fruits. We are very different from one another and what works for one does not work for the next person.

Stop looking for "the answer" from outside of yourself, it is a futile quest. Stop thinking that this one person, or book (or pill) is the one right answer for you. Do not be lazy about looking after your own health. No one can care as much about you, or know as much about you as you do!!

5. Be Aware that some people treat Raw Foodism as a religion. Avoid them.

I hope that you understand this without a big long explanation.

6. Be Aware that there is more to life than the food you eat.

I hope you understand this without another big long explanation.

NEXT WEEK: "Choosing Happiness"
By Nomi Shannon, author of The Raw Gourmet

With permission of the author, excerpted from an article in  the April 15, 2003 issue of The Raw Gourmet newsletter, by Nomi Shannon. Check out the FREE 7 part email course that Nomi offers at her site,  called The Raw Truth, each of the 7 brief "classes" includes a free recipe.
www.rawgourmet.com
rawgourmet@aol.com

Creative Health Institute wishes to express their sincere thanks to Ms. Shannon for allowing us to reprint this article.

Things to be aware of in the raw food arena - part A

Things to Be Aware of in the Raw Food Arena - Part "A"

By Nomi Shannon, author of The Raw Gourmet
Reprinted with permission of the author.
www.rawgourmet.com

1. Be Aware of "Three Week Wonders"

Definition of a three week wonder: someone who has taken a three week class in raw food (or anything) and is now dispensing information, classes, written a book etc based on those three weeks.  So much misinformation is being passed around by these well meaning but inexperienced people who pass themselves off as experts with limited knowledge and little if any real life
experience.

For example, a few weeks ago I heard  an explanation of why we soak nuts and seeds. It seems according to this "teacher" that the part you soak off is what keeps animals from eating them. (Real reason: with soaking you are washing off the growth inhibitors - which in quantity are toxic to us - that keep the nut or seed from sprouting out of season if a few drops of rain fall on it-soaking and sprouting also change the nut or seed to a more digestible food as the fats are being broken down into fatty acids, the proteins into amino acids.)

Another less amusing example is a three week wonder becoming so enthusiastic about the wonderful results achieved from going raw (this may have been a bit more than three weeks, but not much experience, just a lot of enthusiasm); that they created educational materials and programs that many people purchased only to - after a few years - totally reverse their stand on raw food, now claiming that raw food is harmful. What is wrong with this picture? First of all, they went into "business" with just a tiny amount of experience. They did not expand the variety of foods they ate, but ate the same things day after day, and when they began to feel ill from lack of variety, perhaps developing deficiencies, rather than take a good look at
what they were eating, they blamed "raw food".

No food can make you healthy. Not carrot juice. Not green juice. Not wheat grass. Not algae. What contributes to your good health is giving your body the chance to cleanse and heal itself. Raw Food can no sooner "make you sick" than fresh air can. One needs to exercise some common sense. You always need a large variety of foods to be healthy. Think of the rainbow and eat foods of each color. Don't forget protein, don't forget fat. Don't forget carbohydrates. Don't listen to any one person about anything, including me.

Whenever you hear a story (being widely passed around on the internet) about sick vegan babies, sick infants of vegan moms, deficiencies on a raw diet, etc. Ask yourself: What exactly were they eating? That part of the story never gets told.

There are many people who have been all raw or high raw for well over ten years, including myself, Brian Clement, Anna Maria Gahns Clement, Doug Graham, Viktoras Kulvinskas, Reverend George Malkmus and Cherie Soria.

There are other "three week wonders" who have propelled themselves into thriving raw food related businesses and, while they do a lot of good, in their limited knowledge and experience also perpetuate misinformation that could turn out to be harmful. For example one raw food proponent indicates that daily enemas are part of their ongoing daily routine. Enemas are useful, perhaps even lifesaving, while on the cleanse phase of a raw food program and for serious long-term programs such as the Gerson Therapy, which is closely monitored. But it is never a good idea to use enemas as part of a daily routine once the cleanse phase is over. Lack of education and experience is starting to manifest itself all over the raw food movement. The very leaders you may be looking up to perhaps belong in this category. Know where you information is coming from and don't put all your faith in just one source.

My last example today of a "three week wonder" (I am being selective, there are many more examples of misinformation coming from supposed 'experts' in the field.) is a recent self-published food preparation book that tells the reader to dehydrate at 98 degrees. This is erroneous and potentially harmful advice. Dehydrating at too low a temperature leaves the food open to developing mold. If you use common sense, you will realize that food does not become the temperature an oven is set at. Roasting a turkey (this is an example to illustrate my meaning only, hold off on the critical emails to me please) at 350 degrees never results in the turkey being 350 degrees.

Likewise the dehydrator. You want to dehydrate at the highest temperature possible while keeping the food itself below 115 or 110 degrees. When I dehydrate flax seed crackers, which are cold and very wet at first, I start the machine at 120 or 125, and as the crackers become dryer and I can feel that they are getting warm to the touch (don't forget how hot a 103 degree jacuzzi feels), then I turn it down.

Dehydrators work differently in different climates. You can expect your food to be done sooner in dry hot Arizona than you can in cool damp England.  Please do not make the mistake of creating moldy food just because some "expert" who wrote a book tells you to set your dehydrator at 98.

NEXT WEEK: Examining "Certifications"

By Nomi Shannon, author of The Raw Gourmet
With permission of the author, excerpted from an article in  the April 15, 2003 issue of The Raw Gourmet newsletter, by Nomi Shannon. Check out the FREE 7 part email course that Nomi offers at her site,  called The Raw Truth, each of the 7 brief "classes" includes a free recipe.
www.rawgourmet.com
rawgourmet@aol.com

Creative Health Institute wishes to express their sincere thanks to Ms. Shannon for allowing us to reprint this article.

Our bodies have problems with processing animal protein

For an excellent overview on the problems our bodies have with processing animal protein, and some transitional ideas on how to move from the standard American diet to a Vegan one, I highly recommend the video, “A Diet for All Reasons,” by Dr. Michael Klaper, MD. Of course, Dr. Lorraine Day is still our favorite. <g>

What I appreciated about Dr. Klaper’s video is that he sums up the reasons for the entire veg*n movement in 50 minutes. For me, it’s been a good reminder of why I’m striving to be 100% raw Vegan.   

10 advantages of eating raw

A good article by Susan Jorg; http://rawfoods.com/articles/tenadvantages.html.

Raw food nutrition Q&A

Q & A
By Nomi Shannon, author of The Raw Gourmet
Reprinted with permission of the author.
http://www.rawgourmet.com/

Question: How will I get enough protein on a raw food diet?
A: This is usually the first question that people ask. Most of us have been raised with the notion that a lot of protein is good for us. The meat and dairy industries depend on that attitude. But, ponder this for a moment: What is the most perfect food for a human being when it needs it most, as a newborn infant? You guessed it- it is mother’s milk. There is no other time in the life of a person when growth will be so dramatic. The infant will triple or quadruple in size in its first year and needs more protein to grow on than at any other time in its entire life span. And just how much protein is in mothers milk? The answer may surprise you. The amount of protein in mothers milk is 2.5 to 3.5 per cent.* Compare that to the amount of protein in cow milk at  30 per cent*. A baby cow needs to gain hundreds of pounds of mass in its first year, while its relatively small brain does not need to grow very much, quite obviously different than the needs of a human baby.

If the amazing growth in the first year of life is beautifully served by the amount of protein in mothers milk, why would any human being ever need more? The answer is, he/she does not need more protein than that. One of the biggest mistakes in a SAD (Standard American Diet) is the consumption of too much protein. One of the saddest and most dramatic effects of a high protein diet is a negative calcium balance leading to osteoporosis. Habitual consumption of high protein forces the calcium in the body to act as a buffer to the high acid state created in the digestion of protein. The current medical advice to consume more and more calcium in the form of milk products, oyster shell calcium and over the counter digestive aids such as Tums can not reverse the calcium loss in the bones due to excess protein consumption. Excess protein robs our bones of the very substance they need to maintain their strength. Osteoporosis is not a disease due to calcium deficiency; it is due to a lifelong consumption of too much protein.

As for a raw food diet, all the leafy greens and sprouts contain protein. If you are eating lots of fresh raw leafy greens and sprouts, along with a moderate amount of nuts and seeds, there is no reason to be concerned about your protein intake.

For those who continue to be concerned or who have higher protein needs, such as athletes, raw sunflower seeds and raw tahini (sesame seed butter) in particular, are very digestible sources of protein and they are very economical compared to other nuts and seeds. Shakes and dressings made with a tahini base are excellent for people with weak digestion, the ill, the elderly and children. Tahini is not only a good protein source, but it is also high in calcium, contains good fat and it is alkalizing.

* Note: different texts offer different percentage numbers, these numbers are derived from lectures at Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida.

Q. I am bothered by constant food cravings, and experience a lot of setbacks - will I ever get over this?
A. The first day you notice that you are craving a large green salad or a great juicy apple or a bowl of sprouted pate with sprouts on top will be a great day indeed. Then you will know that you have rounded a corner in your health regime, and that you now have a body that you can begin to listen to.

Being able to “listen to your body” is often preceded by a period of cleansing. If you have been subsisting on a diet of McDonalds, pizza, soda and sweets, The Quick Fix is what your body will crave. If you are addicted to sugar, it is not just a mental addiction. Your pancreas is screaming for you to feed it the sugar that it has become used to having. What should you do? The best thing may be to eat the highest and best food that will respond to that craving. Far better than a candy bar or an ice cream would be a piece of fruit or two. If you do the best that you can in each instance, including forgiving yourself if you step back to your old ways for a moment, then move on again in the right direction, you will gradually reduce or eliminate unwanted cravings. The amount of time this takes depends on many things such as: how long you had been eating a poor diet, did you transition to raw slowly or quickly, did you begin with a water or juice fast to get a head start, etc.

Another way to quell cravings is to eat a good healthy meal as soon as you begin to lust for pizza or fries. In the early stages of being a raw foodist, hunger often brings on cravings. Often, once you have eaten and are satisfied, the craving itself will just go away, or at least you will find it easier to resist. This means that it is important to always have some good healthy food on hand. It is guaranteed that you will get into trouble if there are no fresh fruits and veggies in the house or office and you are hearing a litany of cheesecake, cheesecake in your head. It is too easy to give in to cravings when you have no way to fill up with healthy food. Plan ahead - bring a bag to work with you each day with a variety of fruits and veggies - try red peppers, apples, baby carrots, celery, fennel, zucchini, orange, pear. Be imaginative. Try new things.

Other ways to help you stay centered in your food choices are to meet regularly with other raw fooders and to encourage restaurants you frequent in your area to provide wonderful salads and other raw foods. When a person has feelings of alienation or loneliness it is difficult to combat unhealthy cravings. Remind yourself that the value of life and socialization is not just about food. Creating an environment for yourself that includes other raw fooders without excluding the other people in your life, often the ones that you love the most, is a delicate balance of strength and tolerance.

Cleansing, whether with a water or juice fast or more gradually through eating more and more raw food, is what will change the very tissues and cells of your body to be tuned into seeking the foods that are good for you. Ancient toxins that have been stored in your body are brought to the surface during a fast and as they exit the body via the blood stream can trigger old cravings.

Each cleanse experience is different. Perhaps in your case you may get a headache that you would have eaten sugar to avoid in the past. Now you know that a healing is taking place and you need only to wait it out and it will go away. Actually giving in and eating sugar will set you back in your process.

The day will come that you will far more often crave for the healthy foods than for the foods you wish to avoid. And as time goes on you will learn to trust your body more and more. You are on a journey and are working towards the freedom of wonderful health: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual; we all are.

Reprinted with permission of the author, Nomi Shannon. Check out the FREE 7 part email course that Nomi offers at her site, called The Raw Truth, each of the 7 brief "classes" includes a free recipe.

http://www.rawgourmet.com/
rawgourmet@aol.com

Creative Health Institute  wishes to express their sincere thanks to Ms. Shannon for allowing us to reprint this article.

Raw living foods primer

Why raw foods? What is Raw Vegan all about? This primer should answer all of the basic questions: http://rawfoods.com/faq.html.

10 Dr. Ann Videos for $88????

Get a head start. I just put together a 10 DVD set of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods lifestyle for a very, very special price. Almost a giveaway. This is a "first opportunity" before the sale starts next week.

 

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Enjoy!

Jim

Dr. Ann Wigmore – Degrees and Awards

Dr. Ann Wigmore – Degrees and Awards

Certificate of Appreciation, presented by the Atlantic Nutritional Association for “Distinguished Service to Mankind Through Nutrition Education, 1981

Woman of the Decade Award (1970-1980) for “Service to the World in the Field of Cancer and Other Degenerative Diseases,” presented by the Humanitarian International Association, 1980

Cancer Victory Award, presented by the Arlin J. Brown Information Center “in appreciation for saving lives…” 1979

Made Lady Ann Wigmore in the Order of Chivalry by the Kingdom of the Netherlands for “distinguished achievement and noble deeds” in recognition of her outstanding work in the field of health and human ecology, 1978

Citation Award from the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for “exemplary development of food self-sufficiency through the wise use of natural resources,” 1975

Legum Doctoris – Collegium et Seminarium Scanti David, Lampeter, Wales, 1972

Citation du Mérite - Auteur de livres sur la Santé et Docteur de Vie scientifique - Académie du Mérite scientifique, Paris, France, 1972

Diploma in Homeopathic Medicine – Anglo-American Institute of Drugless Therapy, London, England, 1964

Diploma of Naturopathy – Anglo-American Institute of Drugless Therapy, London, England, 1962

Permanent Member of British Guild of Drugless Practitioners, London, England, 1962

Doctor de Humanitas – Collegium et Seminarium Burton, Great Britain, 1962

Doctor of Naturopathic Philosophy – The Naturopathic Forest University, Diyatalawa, Ceylon, 1962

Fellow of Naturopathic Forest University - University of Diyatalawa, Ceylon, 1962

Doctor of Philosophy – Berlin Memorial University of Virginia, 1962

Médecin Naturopathe - Professeur d'Hygiène et de Médecine naturelles - Faculté Libre de France, Ecole des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France, 1960

Doctor of Metaphysics – The College of Divine Metaphysics, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1959

Doctor of Psychology – The College of Divine Metaphysics, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1959

Doctor of Divinity – The College of Divine Metaphysics, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1959
 

How to decode fruit and vegetable stickers

These stickers can tell you a lot about the food you are buying.

A label with four digits indicates conventionally grown food.
Labels with five digits starting with an 8 indicate that the food is genetically modified.
Labels with five digits starting with a  9 indicate that the food is organically grown.

Living foods defined, by Dr. Ann Wigmore

Living Foods Defined
by Ann Wigmore

The Living Foods Lifestyle is based on one essential principle - Life!  Life comes from life. The life of our body is the totality of the lives of our individual cells.  Lively cells make a lively body.  Healthy cells make a healthy body.

How do we cultivate healthy cells?  The principle can be summarized by the "Life and Death Equation", namely: Better Health" equals "Life In" plus "Death Out". In other words: Better Health is the result of putting more Life (Living Nourishment) Into the body and taking Death (Toxic Sludge) Out of the body.

What does it mean to put Life Into the body?  This means that we provide Living Nourishment to our cells.  What is Living Nourishment?   Simply speaking, it is readily digestible food that hasn't been killed (cooked).  Thus we advocate good food served and eaten raw - like crisp colorful salads and fresh ripe fruits and their juices.  Sound appetizing?  Yumm.
Then how about raw chickens and raw pigs - complete with feathers, hair, bones, and blood?  Probably not so appetizing.  (Unappetizing for us, perhaps, but not for true animals of prey - true carnivores - with fangs and claws and industrial-strength digestive juices.   For such predators these prey would constitute Live Nourishment!)

But what about dairy - milk: "nature's most perfect food"?  Well, if it's pasteurized (read: cooked, dead) even a calf can't survive on it.  But even in the live, uncooked state - cow's milk and mother's milk are quite different - in fact - they are about as different from each other as calves are from infants!  Obviously, one is ideal for baby cows and the other is ideal for baby humans.

"Yes", you might say, "but does every food I eat have to be ideal for me?"  Valid question... Straight answer:  "Well, no, not really."  But, then again, remember that every choice we make has its consequences.  Now, certainly it is true that most of us can eat almost anything that we like - and not experience any seriously harmful effects (at least up to age fifty or so).  But, on the other hand - if we knew that making certain diet modifications could enable us to live healthy and youthful lives - free from drugs and surgery - well into our eighties, nineties, and beyond - wouldn't it be worth considering such modifications?

The Living Foods program advocates a variety of fruits, vegetables, and sprouted seeds - processed in various specific ways - blended, fermented, dehydrated, or juiced - but not cooked.  Furthermore, we recommend the use of wheatgrass juice (the juice extracted from wheat in its grass form) as one of the most potent forms of cleansing nourishment on the planet.  All animals instinctively seek out the healing power of grasses - even domestic pets!

What does it mean to get Death Out of the body?  This means that we seek to make our bodies pollution-free. Any dead and/or toxic substances in the body should be detected, neutralized, and eliminated - pronto.  This requires that the body's organs of purification be operating at peak efficiency - in particular, the circulatory, lymphatic, and immune systems, the lungs, sweat glands, liver, kidneys, and... last but not least, the colon.

"Ugh, do we have to talk about the colon?"  Fairly common question. Unflinching answer:  "You betcha." In fact, of all the organs in the body, perhaps the most important is the colon.  Let's face it.  When the colon slows down, we get polluted and sick, and none of our other organs, especially the brain, can work very well.  If the colon stops working completely - or God forbid, ruptures - we get dead - very quickly.  Think of it as analogous to the sewer pipe from your house.  When that clogs up - even partially - you know that you have a serious problem.  Right?? Right.

So that's why we advocate colon cleansing - enemas - colonic irrigations.  Fun? No.  Effective in alleviating health problems? Definitely.  Now, granted, we never want to become dependent on enemas (there is no substitute for adequate dietary fiber) but when the job needs to be done, we say "Do it."

One more thing - almost nobody thinks that his or her colon is clogged.  Actually, there are various degrees of being clogged.  Consider this:  If my health is less than perfect, and/or I've been eating mostly cooked (read: clogging) food all my life, it's a pretty good bet that my colon has seen better days and my health and quality of life might really improve if I did some internal housecleaning.  Anyway, what have I got to lose?  (And wouldn't I be better off if I lost all of it?!)

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The story of Dr. Ann Wigmore: www.annwigmore.com

Facts about fruit and vegetable eating

About Fruits and Vegetables

“Ask your doctor about Fruits and Vegetables. They might be right for you.”

Information about Fruits and Vegetables

HOW TO USE: Fruits and Vegetables are taken orally when hunger is present. Take Fruits and Vegetables only as directed, preferable in their raw, natural, uncooked state, three to six times daily as needed. Fruits and Vegetables work along with breathing, sunshine, exercise, rest, sleep, play, laughter and other factors to achieve vibrant health and a youthful sense of well-being.

SIDE EFFECTS: Regular defecation, expectoration of old wastes, faster healing, loss of excess body fat, increased energy, libido, muscle flexibility, sense of youthfulness and well-being, clearer eyes and eyesight, improved thinking ability and skin, more lustrous hair, joyful living and increased sex-appeal.

PRECAUTIONS: One should have a complete medical history and exam to determine if Fruits and Vegetables are right for you. Contraindications include: fruitophobia and vegephobia. There are many medications that are known to negate the efficacy of Fruits and Vegetables, so be sure to tell your doctor about all medications you are taking including those you can get without a prescription. Avoid alcohol intake, as it may aggravate side effects of Fruits and Vegetables. To avoid sprains and other injuries when rising to jump and dance around from a seated or lying position, get up slowly. The elderly may be more sensitive to the side effects of Fruits and Vegetables; therefore, caution is advised in this group.

DRUG INTERACTIONS: Before eating Fruits and Vegetables consult your doctor about all nonprescription and prescription medication you may use, especially any nitrate medications (e.g., nitroglycerin, isosorbide dinitrate), nitroprusside (any "nitric oxide donor" medicines), cimetidine, erythromycin, azole antifungals (e.g., itraconazole, ketoconazole), mibefradil, rifamycins (e.g., rifampin) or steroids.

STORAGE: Store Fruits and Vegetables at room temperature between 59 and 86 degrees F or in paper bags in your refrigerator for longer keeping. Keep Fruits and Vegetables within the reach of children.

Facts About About Fruit and Vegetable Eating

Fruits and Vegetables have been eaten by most cultures before and since the dawn of history. If grown in fertile, re-mineralized soil, they amply furnish every nutrient required by man for optimum health. Worldwide, the increased consumption of Fruits for breakfast and lunch, followed by Vegetable salads with a portion of avocado, seeds or nuts for dinner, has instigated outbreaks of a new condition known to medical science as “health.”

Ask your doctor today about Fruits and Vegetables. They might be right for you.

-- Special thanks to Steven Gibb for sharing this valuable and colorful information with us. <g>

Raw Living Foods information and resources

We should regularly remind ourselves of why we're aspiring to a plant-based diet. Here's a list of articles that you can use to reinforce your own aspirations, as well as share with others.

Trendy "raw food" diets, recently made popular by celebrities who seemingly eat nothing but celery and sprouts, stemmed from places like Creative Health Institute: www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060227/NEWS01/602270313/1002.

Living Foods Defined, by Dr. Ann Wigmore: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter07292003.htm.

Google has a number of free inspiring videos about being Vegan: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=vegan&page=1&lv=0&so=0.

Unexpected Benefits of Being Raw, by Jim Carey:
http://chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20060429.htm#whatraw
chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter07152003.htm

Ten Advantages of Eating Raw, by Susan Jorg: rawfoods.com/articles/tenadvantages.html.

Raw Vegan vs. Raw Living Foods vs. the Dr. Ann Wigmore Diet - The Differences: chiDiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20060225.htm

Raw and Living Foods - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): rawfoods.com/faq.html.

The Benefits of Raw Foods, by Paul Nison: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter04292003.txt.
Other articles: chiDiet.com/benefits-of-living-foods-links.html.

(Scotland) The Value of Eating Fresh Sprouts: news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=655172005.

Scientific Studies of Diet and Nutrition, by Dr. T. Colin Campbell, MD, PhD. Excerpts from The China Study:
chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050730.htm
chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050806.htm
chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050813.htm
chidiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050820.htm
On Google video, a lecture by Dr. Campbell about meat and dairy causing cancer: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1308977765978236346&q=vegan&time=390000.

Things to be Aware of in the Raw Food Arena, by Nomi Shannon:
Part A: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter05272003.txt
Part B: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter06032003.txt
Part C: chiDiet.com/news/CHInewsletter06102003.txt

Vegetarian Resources: creativehealth.us/links/links27.htm.

Living Foods Resources: creativehealth.us/links/links4.htm and chiDiet.com/raw-living-foods-links.html.

Living Foods Recipes: creativehealth.us/links/links5.htm.

Meat in our Midst; Voices of Vegetarians, Messages from Meat-eaters: www.chronogram.com/issue/2005/06/wholeliving/.

Coping techniques to stay on living foods, by Victoria Boutenko: AnnWigmore.com/news/RawFamilyOctober2005.htm.

Why resolutions fail, and what to do about it: chiDiet.com/news/LivingFoodsNews20050618.htm.

86 things that help people stay Raw: curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=67&i=247.

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.

Ten advantages of eating raw

by Susan Jorg, Estacada, OR

The human race learned long ago that cooking meat before eating it would protect them from certain diseases. Since then, this practice of cooking has grown to include all types of foods and is now considered an art. Very few meals are eaten which include raw elements, except for the leafy green salad.

One advantage of eating raw is that it brings Nature’s intentions into focus. When I speak of eating raw I am referring to fruit, nuts, and vegetables, which taste good to the majority of humankind in their basic simplicity - direct from tree, bush or vine.

I realize it isn’t easy to simply abandon thousands of years of tradition and revert back to 100% raw food. Margaret Mead once said, “It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.” So, to the point, there are 10 advantages to a diet of fresh, whole raw fruits, vegetables, and nuts, which may lead you to find a greater place for them in your diet.

1. Raw foods are better quality; therefore you eat less to satisfy your nutritional needs. The heat of cooking depletes vitamins, damages proteins and fats, and destroys enzymes which benefit digestion. As your percentage of raw foods increases you feel satisfied and have more energy on smaller meals because raw food has the best balance of water, nutrients, and fiber to meet your body’s needs.

2. Raw foods have more flavor than cooked foods so there is no need to add salt, sugar, spices, or other condiments that can irritate your digestion system or over-stimulate other organs.

3. Raw foods take very little preparation, so you spend less time in the kitchen. Even a child of 5 or 6 can prepare most of the items for breakfast, lunch or dinner. This gives children a sense of self-esteem and independence, not to mention the break it gives Mom and Dad.

4. When you are eating raw there’s little chance of burns, unless you’re in the middle of a forest fire or out in the sun too long. Just think - No burns to tongues, the roof of your mouth, or fingers, and many fewer house fires!

5. Cleaning up after a raw meal is a snap. No baked-on oils or crusty messes. And any inedible parts go directly to the compost pile.

6. Eating a diet of raw foods can reverse or stop the advance of many chronic diseases, including heart disease and cancer. Remember, cooking creates free radicals, which are the major cause of cancer. When you lower the number of free radicals your cells are bombarded with, you lower your risk of cancer.

7. A raw food diet can protect you from acute diseases such as colds, flu, measles, etc. Raw foods maintain a healthy body and a healthy body will not become diseased.

8. As long as you combine raw food properly, according to the rules of Natural Hygiene, you will soon reach a level where you no longer suffer from heartburn, gas, indigestion or constipation.

9. It is environmentally sound. With humanity on a diet of raw foods the food industry would close up shop and take up organic gardening. This would save us enormous amounts of natural resources used to produce power for these industries. Think of how many trees and oil reserves could be saved without the need for the paper and plastics used in packaging our processed foods. There would also be less carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when all the cooking stopped, and more oxygen produced from all the new orchards and gardens, thus helping to reverse the Greenhouse Effect.

10. Eating raw saves you money on food, vitamins, pots and pans, appliances, doctor bills, drugs, and health insurance.

So don’t waste your food, yourself, and our planet by cooking what you eat. Fruits, nuts, and vegetables which are whole, fresh and raw are brimming with life and have the ability to transmit their life force directly to you.

See www.chiDiet.com for a full, step-by-step instructional program.

Learning to Live with a New Diet and Lifestyle

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

Hunger vs. addiction cravings

This letter was in answer to a person who was feeling insatiably hungry shortly after going raw.

Yes, I went through times when I was insanely hungry and nothing raw seemed to be able to satisfy it no matter how much I ate. Looking back now I think that it probably wasn't actual hunger but an addiction withdrawal craving for the sensations that eating cooked food specifically brings. But it feels just like hunger, because that's what we've been used to identifying it as.

I also had times where I felt like I didn't need to eat at all and I never felt hungry. I think that is when my body finally was truly nourished.

Now I am very seldom hungry and when I am I get satisfied very quickly with raw foods.

In Health,
Jinjee
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com

Growing pains when going raw

Getting healthier can include growing pains. Detox, growth, healing, lifestyle adjustments, and any number of other changes can occur when you embark on a serious journey to become whole. Change can be difficult and growing pains can ensue.

Sometimes the changes may be painful physically or emotionally. Often it is a journey of wonder and joy, but this is still real life, there will still be ups and downs. I’m coming to accept the tough times in the cycle because they increase my appreciation of life when I get back to a positive flow!

I’ve just come out of a difficult phase of working too much and stressing. But after all the struggle to be in a better frame of mind I’ve emerged with a joy, a passion, a clarity, an energy, and a greater appreciation for life than ever!

In Joy,
Jinjee
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com

Food in its natural state has a crystalline structure

Food in its natural raw state has a crystalline structure which carries order and information into the body and brain. The nutrients are in a form that the body can fully recognize, understand and use.

- From Why Eat Raw by Holly and Rob in The Funky Raw Magazine, UK, http://www.funkyraw.com.

What is the basic cause of disease?

Dr. Ann Wigmore taught that toxemia and deficiency are the root causes of all disease.

Deficiency that means that our bodies are undernourished and are not receiving the proper types and amount of food the body needs. The digestive tract is being overloaded and allergies have developed. Dr. Ann Wigmore believed that about eighty per cent of the population has deficiency disorders because of the body’s inability to digest food. This is why she developed methods for blending, sprouting, and fermenting. Living Food is supremely efficient nourishment that returns the body to health and productive self-healing.

Toxemia is a term used to describe poisons that are stored in the body. Toxins are formed from eating impure or unnatural, processed and chemicalized foods. Dr. Ann taught that the body can release these stored poisons by feeding it with Living Food in easy-to-digest form. Once the body eliminates stored poisons that have accumulated in the bloodstream the cells are able to receive nourishment, thus enabling the immune system to strengthen and rebuild.

The Wigmore diet defined

The Wigmore Diet
as defined in the Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, by Patricia Skinner

Definition

The Wigmore diet is named for its creator, Ann Wigmore. She devised a nutritional system called the Living Foods Program, based on a combination of wheatgrass juice, live sprouts, and fresh raw foods. It is thought that this dietary regimen, which is sometimes called raw nutrition , detoxifies and rebuilds the body. Persons following the Wigmore diet also avoid using denatured processed commercial foods or anything containing chemicals, especially pesticides. Although the Wigmore diet is essentially a vegetarian diet, its distinctive feature is its emphasis on eating foods in their uncooked state.

Origins

The Wigmore diet was developed during the 1960s by Ann Wigmore, a woman who was born in Eastern Europe in 1909 and emigrated to the United States after World War I. She credited her grandmother with teaching her natural healing methods. She did not, however, use this folk wisdom immediately but returned to it after years of ill health that included colitis, headaches, and arthritis. When she finally learned that she had cancer , she returned to her grandmother's healing methods in order to regain her health.

After testing the results of a diet based on sprouts and wheatgrass juice in her own life, she wanted others to benefit from what she had learned. Ann Wigmore founded the Hippocrates Health Institute in Boston in 1963, which still teaches her methods of self-healing through a live-foods diet. Although Ann Wigmore died in a fire in 1993, her diet still attracts new followers. In recent years the Hippocrates Institute has opened branches in southern California and Florida.
Benefits

The Wigmore diet is based on the assumption that the high levels of living enzymes in fresh raw foods, particularly wheatgrass juice and fresh sprouts, provide the body with substances needed to detoxify and regenerate it. In addition to increased vitality and a strengthened immune system, the Wigmore regimen is thought to help individuals overcome some serious diseases, including arthritis, digestive tract problems, allergies and even cancer.

Description

Perhaps the essence of what she taught could best be described by Ann Wigmore herself: "Live foods nutrition is super nutrition because it recognizes and appreciates the differences between raw and cooked foods and between natural and synthetic nutrients. In the conventional nutrition-school curriculum there is little room for a discussion of either the value of enzymes and life forces in foods, or the merits of live (raw) versus cooked foods. Yet the difference, when translated into health terms, is the difference between being vitally healthy and alive, and just breathing."

The Wigmore diet classifies foods into four major groups: living foods, which include sprout mixtures, sunflower and buckwheat baby greens, living sauerkraut, and the fresh juices of wheatgrass and barley; raw foods, which include fresh organic vegetables and ripe fruit, spices, herbs, and raw nuts; whole cooked foods, which include steamed or boiled vegetables, cooked whole grains, and baked root vegetables; and processed fast foods, which include all forms of "junk foods." People following the Wigmore diet believe that most human diseases are caused when a person's diet contains mostly foods in the last two groups.

- See chiDiet.com for more information.

What is the basic cause of addictions?

The reason so many people have addictions is that their bodies have not received proper nourishment. Nutritional deficiency is a very serious condition. If the person's body is undernourished, energies are depleted, resulting in physical and emotional imbalances. When the nourishment of Living Food is supplied in easily digestible form the body, mind and emotions become balanced and whole again. It has been proven over and over again that when the body receives ample and balanced nourishment there is no desire for stimulants.

In 400 BC Hippocrates said, "Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food." Thomas Edison, inventor and visionary, said, "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame and diet, and the causes of disease."

Until 1900 food therapy was widely practiced as a way of healing the sick and keeping the healthy well. The advent of the Henry Ford tractor in 1905 changed the face of American farming; the prairies erupted with mountains of corn, soybeans and oats, which were fed to cows, chickens and pigs, which thus became a plentiful staple of the diet, instead of being special-occasion dishes. Americans went from a low-fat, high-fiber, plant-based diet to one centered on high-fat, low-fiber, animal based foods. Even the new 2005 USDA dietary guidelines encourage people to increase their intake of plant-based foods.

The first heart attack was described in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1908. In fact, if you'll look at a medical book of the 1860's you won't find anything on hardening of the arteries. If the condition existed it was rare and unrecognized; now it's one of our most prevalent conditions.

OK, but how do you eat a plant-based diet, get enough protein, vitamins, minerals and all of the other proper nutrients, and still make it delicious and enjoyable?

That's what the Raw Living Foods Lifstyle program at www.chiDiet.com is all about. Applied Health Education.

Dead food vs. living foods

Can we be dead wrong about our theories on food? Our society is looking for the solution to our weight and health problems. You’re looking for a way to live healthily and to have the body of your dreams, are you not?

Before you look for treasure in a forest it is a good idea to make sure that you are in the right forest! Otherwise, the search is futile. And do you know what? We’ve been looking in the wrong forest!  We are struggling and punishing ourselves with torturous diets and we are experiencing more weight problems and ever-increasing disease.

Have you ever seen an obese wild animal? I bet the answer is no. The only animals that become obese are human beings and domesticated animals (due to human influence). And this has become a common problem only after the 1950s. Why is that? We will soon see.

Out of the tens of thousands of species of animals, birds, plants, marine life, etc. we are the only species that has degenerative disease as a primary cause of death. We are also the only species that experience obesity problems.

We are the only species with doctors, scientists, medical experts, and so on. At any one time 65% of women in the U.S. are on a diet. Obesity affects almost 60% of Americans. We have more diets, diet books, and diet foods than ever before. So why is obesity becoming more prevalent? If these diets worked, the problem would be diminishing, not increasing. The reason lies in the nature, not the quantity, of the foods we eat, compared to the nature of the foods pre-1950.

Perhaps the best illustration of this is the Pottenger cat study, an amazing yet simple experiment conducted over a 10 year period. It has since been repeated using different test subjects, all with the same results.  This study demonstrates clearly that the consumption of the types of foods encouraged by Western diets leads to long-term degeneration of body parts, obesity due to toxicity, disease, problems with fertility, and much more.

The Pottenger's Cats study was done by Dr. Francis Pottenger between 1932 and 1942 using 900 cats. The study was conducted with Dr. Alvin Foord who was a professor of pathology at the University of Southern California. It was done under very specific scientific conditions with very accurate record keeping, observation, and statistical analysis. In fact, the 900 cats had complete medical histories done before the experiment began.

The cats were divided into two groups. There was a control group that was given a raw food diet composed of raw meat, milk, and cod liver oil. Then there was a group given a diet that was composed of cooked meat and milk plus cod liver oil. The following is what happened over several generations of cats.

The control group that was given a raw diet remained healthy and gave birth to healthy kittens in the first generation. The cats that were given cooked food also gave birth to healthy kittens in the first generation. In the second generation the cats started to have noticeable differences. The group of cats that were eating cooked food could not produce a fourth generation of cats. In other words, there were no fourth generation cats available to study. All cats of the third generation that had grown up on the cooked food diet could not give birth to healthy offspring. Some did not give birth at all, and others gave birth to kittens that lived for less than six months. Now remember that in both groups the food quantity was kept the same. The only difference was that one group was given cooked foods and the other was not. The most observable effect (and the most amazing one) happened to the fourth generation of kittens. The cats that were eating raw foods had kittens that were normal and healthy!!

The cats were then returned to the normal raw food diet and taken off the cooked foods diet to see what would happen. It took about four generations of cats eating a normal healthy raw food diet for the first kittens to be born that were absolutely normal.  Four generations to undo the damage of a cooked food diet!

We’re not sure how many generations it would take for the human species to render complete chaos like the cats, but we can already see signs of it. Each new human generation has even more complications and health issues, at younger ages, than the previous generation. We now see children getting diseases that previously were seen only in old people.

Let’s go back to the cats. What the scientists found was that different parts of the cats’ bodily systems took different amounts of time to return to normal. Some systems took one generation; some took two generations and so on. But generally, it took about four generations for everything to return to normal.

A similar experiment was conducted using rats. Another study was done using pigs. And once again they had health problems and deformed offspring. All animals degenerated due to cooked foods being introduced into their diets. Degeneration of the body, the mind and the emotions due to the introduction of a large percentage of processed and cooked foods.

Since the 1950s we have been following some very incorrect and unnatural guidelines regarding our diet and its link to health and proper weight. Ever since then we have become the only species on earth to have obesity problems and to die of degenerative diseases. Paradoxically, we are also the only species that counts calories and is perpetually on a diet. Why is that so? And why did it only start in the 1950s? Recently answers have become available. The truth is progressively being exposed and the truth is: We need more and more raw, unprocessed foods and less cooked and processed food.

Have you ever asked yourself, “What if everything I know about food is wrong?”

What would that mean to your life?

Excerpted from an article written by David Cameron, www.ImagesOfOne.com - Used with permission.

Is it raw or not? A listing of healthy and harmful raw foods

“Is it Raw or Not?” A list of raw foods that are health-building and health-harming, by John Kohler: http://rawfoods.com/articles/rawornot.html

Claim that veggie diets unhealthy dismissed as "rubbish" - Sir Paul McCartney

A leading US nutritionist claimed that vegetarian and vegan parents are damaging their children's health by denying them meat. UK experts immediately contested the findings, and Sir Paul McCartney told the BBC that the claims were "rubbish". http://www.rense.com/general63/srub.htm. (3/15/2005)

"I suspect these things are engineered by livestock people who have seen sales fall off," Sir Paul said.

What is the raw living foods lifestyle?

Living Food is food provided by nature, organically grown and in its original uncooked state. It provides the body with the life-giving, easy-to-digest nourishment which is needed to strengthen the immune system. Seeds, grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables in their natural, uncooked state are the Living Food which is used for rebuilding health - physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

The Raw Living Foods Lifestyle is a total approach to life. Dr. Ann taught this way of life for over thirty years. At Creative Health Institute, individuals who are willing to change their lifestyle come to learn simple and inexpensive ways to grow their own Living Food indoors.

Easy-to-Digest Nourishment is the key factor to restoring and strengthening a weakened immune system. Food prepared in easy-to-digest form allows the cells to absorb fully the life-force energy produced by enzymes. The methods developed by Dr. Ann include blending, fermenting, sprouting, and growing greens indoors organically.

Dr. Ann observed thousands of people overcome all the illnesses which are plaguing our world today, simply by following the Living Food Lifestyle. Living Food provides energy and has the ability to provide may other benefits.

To learn more visit http://chidiet.com

The Challenge of Losing Weight - Why It's So Hard

-    What you eat matters more than how much you eat, and why.
By Dr. James Carey, Ph.D. (computers)

Eight years ago, at age 50, I weighed 260 lbs at 5’9” tall. I decided to lose the excess weight. After a lot of research I went on a 1,500 calorie-a-day vegetarian diet, counted every calorie I ate, walked three to five miles a day, and at the end of 18 months I’d lost 20 lbs.

I was happy with myself, but I dreaded another 4-6 years on this boring “rabbit diet,” as I called it, if I was ever to get back to my ideal weight of 165 lbs.

At the end of that year my sister – already familiar with this - talked me into going to a hands-on Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle training program. This program teaches that we should eat only organic, vegan, raw living foods. In other words, no animal products whatsoever, and only items grown organically, without chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. In addition, it recommends lots of fresh sprouts and other foods that, if planted in the ground, would grow (that’s why they’re called “living”).

Oh… and nothing is cooked.

Interesting, I thought, but I’m a tough guy that can live off the land if I need to, and I can tough anything out if it’ll make me stronger (or better looking).

So I went to Creative Health Institute in Union City, Michigan, USA. At the end of my first two weeks I’d lost 20 lbs. At the end the month I’d lost 30 lbs. All this without missing a meal, without counting a calorie, and eating all I wanted. The best part was, the food was delicious, filling and satisfying.

How could this be?

There were several reasons, but, first and foremost, I was toxic. Every time we eat non-organic, processed food full of chemicals and artificial preservatives we’re ingesting toxins.

Now the body is a marvelous, self-healing, self-cleaning machine. So we put a load of toxins into our body at breakfast, and the body goes to work processing and expelling them.

In the middle of this bodily, life-saving chore we eat a lunch consisting of more processed foods and toxins. Now the body is overloaded and can’t process the toxins out as fast as we’re putting them in.

So the body wraps fat molecules around the molecules of toxin and parks it somewhere for temporary safekeeping.  Over time these fat molecules accumulate until we find ourselves overweight, even obese.

That’s what had happened to me. When I went on the vegetarian diet I was still eating foods raised with pesticides, fungicides and herbicides – all toxins. Plus, I was still eating a lot of foods high in animal fats, like cheese and milk.

Me at 260 lbs., December, 2000

When I went on Dr. Ann’s regime of raw, organic, living foods I greatly reduced the toxins I was putting into my body. Sure, I was still ingesting some toxins – even the air we breathe, anywhere on the planet, has a certain amount of toxins. But the quantity of toxins I was ingesting was so much lower that it significantly changed my life.

Our bodies never rest, never take a day off, never decide to be lazy for a day. When my body said, “Oh, look, no toxins to process in this meal,” it then went looking for the toxins it had been storing – safely – in my body fat.

Me at 170 lbs., August 2006, thanks to Dr. Ann's detox lifestyle

My body took those fat-stored toxins, ripped off the fat molecules, discharged them, processed the toxins, and discharged them, too.

Voila, thirty pounds of fat gone in thirty days, without missing a meal or going hungry. All because of what I ate, not how much I ate.

In coming articles I’ll talk about digestive enzymes and stress, how and why they’re important to our health, and how the raw living foods vegan lifestyle interrelates with them.

Yours in Natural Good Health,

Jim Carey
Midville, Georgia, USA

Dr. Jim Carey, PhD, DD, has been a raw living foods advocate for six years, ever since the Dr. Ann Wigmore program changed his life. You can learn more about Dr. Wigmore, N.D., and Dr. Carey at AnnWigmore.com, RawDoctors.com, chiDiet.com, chiDietVideos.com and chiDiet.net. Dr. Carey is currently doing an American television series about the raw vegan lifestyle. Episodes of his show can be seen at GrassyRoots.com. Dr. Carey resides in rural Georgia, USA, where he loves to eat wild edibles, and travels extensively sharing the message of the raw living foods lifestyle. He can be contacted via email at jcarey@chiDiet.com.

P.S.: Saturday, February 14th (Valentine's Day)

is the last day to get your copy of the

Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle

Home Study Program from chiDiet.com because

the staff and I are going on vacation to thaw.

It's bigger, better, and has more bonuses and

gifts than ever!

P.P.S.: My new TV show is premiering on

Wednesday, Feb 11th. See outtakes and

learn more at GrassyRootsTV.com. It WILL

be podcast!

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I appreciate your comments!

Jim

Eating Raw and Feeling Full

by Jim Carey

During my radio interview with Kerry Pharr last November he mentioned going Raw for three days, and then gave up because he was always hungry. I have a solution for that:

A) To make a raw dish that is delicious and satisfying it is necessary to have all five of these flavors in your recipe:

1. Sweet/Pungent (Onion)
2. Sour
3. Salty
4. Spicy
5. Bitter

The ratios will change with the type of dish you are creating. The key to creating great Raw Recipes is learning to balance the five flavors. With time and practice creating Raw Gourmet food will be second nature to you. Here is a great resource for raw recipes: chiDiet.net.

• Excess sour is balanced by sweet. 
• Overly bitter is balanced sour.
• Fats tone down spices, and mellow too much sweetness. 
• Salt brings out flavors. 

A breakdown of the five tastes:

1. Sweet:  banana, dates, mangos, apples, raw honey, stevia extract
2. Sour:  lemon juice, lime juice, raw apple cider vinegar, grapefruit juice.
3. Salty:  Celtic sea salt, Nama shoyu, kelp, dulse, miso, celery.
4. Spicy:  hot pepper, garlic, cayenne pepper. 
5. Bitter:  kale, lettuce, culinary herbs.

B) Quantity. We're used to having small bowls of salad with our meals (at best). When you're a rawbie, what might look like a salad for four is now dinner for one. For active guys in particular, don't hesitate to eat an entire salad bowl for lunch, or a blender or more of green smoothie for breakfast. Supper should be a small meal.

C) Eating on a schedule. Get you body used to eating on time. I eat at 7:30 am, 12:30 pm and 5:30 pm. Within a few days your body will begine producing digestive juices on schedule, digesting your foods more completely, and leaving you alone between meals.

D) Listen to your body, and eat only what it needs. If you're coming off the SAD, this might mean training your body as to what it needs vs. what it wants.

- with thanks to Victoria Boutenko for the "5 Tastes" insights.

Five false assumptions about natural living

5 False Assumptions About Natural Living... From the Raw Food Movement
by Frederic Patenaude

Let's look at what's going on in the raw food movement.

As long as it’s raw it’s okay

When I first got into raw foods almost 9 years ago, the general advice was: “eat as much of anything as you’d like. As long as it’s raw it’s okay.”

That led me and others to some abuse especially in the fat department.

The fact that a food is raw doesn’t mean it’s necessarily healthy, just like a “natural” food isn’t necessarily a healthy food.

In my experience, the “raw foods” that people generally tend to go overboard with are: dried fruits, nuts, oils, avocados, seeds, and dehydrated foods in general.

The foods that should be emphasized in the diet are the obvious but often forgotten fruits and vegetables.

The less you eat the better off you’ll be

Although this one is less common, there’s definitely a tendency in the raw food movement to recommend extreme frugal eating. The idea is that since the food is“alive,” it’s not necessary to eat as much or even eat foods with calories.

This advice leads a lot of people to go on repeated fasts, cycles of restricted diets followed by binges, and generally fail to thrive on a diet that simply doesn’t give enough energy and nutrients.

Although some caloric-restriction is good and caloric requirements may be a smaller on a raw food diet, the basic principles of nutrition still apply and therefore it’s necessary to learn to eat enough fruits and vegetables in the right balance to provide us with enough calories and nutrients.

Fruit is dangerous

10 Steps to Going and Staying Raw

As always, the New Year is a great time to change behavior patterns and to begin new lives. If you're reading this it's because you're already raw, at least partially, or you're raw-curious.

 

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.

Seven common mistakes that occur on raw foods

1. Many raw fooders do not eat enough greens. Solution: Regularly consume energy soup or green smoothies to guarantee the proper amount of greens.

2. Many raw fooders do not consume enough fiber, soluble and insoluble. Solution: Drink more smoothies or energy soups instead of juices.

3. People on a raw food diet often consume too many fats. When they try to imitate cooked dishes they substitute starches with nuts. Solution: Use nut pulp left over from making nut mylks, use more seeds and less nuts, and use more fruit and vegetable pulp from juices in your mixtures, to minimize the consumption of nuts.

4. Raw fooders commonly try to become too perfect too fast. They don't give their bodies a chance to adjust to such a radical dietary change. Solution: Gradually adjust and purify your own individual diet to help you ease into the healthiest diet for you.

5. When people change their diets they usually decide the other components that make up health are no longer important, such as sunbathing, exercising, proper rest, fresh air, etc. Solution: Practice a well-rounded healthy lifestyle.

6. People on the raw foods diet often over-indulge in some particular foods and neglect the variety of other fruits and vegetables. Solution: Eat foods in reasonable quantities.

7. The biggest mistake raw fooders make is that they listen to the raw food authorities and don't trust the invaluable messages their own bodies communicate. Solution: Keep a diary of your daily food consumption and how it affects your well-being.

- by Victoria Boutenko. See chiDiet.com/tapes.htm for videos of Victoria's lectures.

The B-12 issue for raw vegans

The B-12 Issue for Raw Vegans
from Steven Gibb, former Program Director, Creative Health Institute

The reason that we don't assimilate B-12 in the gut is because, when we're inoculated, our intrinsic factor in our gut breaks down. Those are the cells in the stomach that absorb nutrients from the food.

The way to correct that is to eat lightly fermented foods for one year. So... it's either Rejuvelac and/or lightly fermented cabbage.

The second thing that we've discovered is that the dark leafy greens we thought had B-Complexes in them, especially the B-12s, we've now found that they're B-12 Analogs, and B-12 Analogs interfere with the B-12 in our body, which is stored in the liver and other organs. B-12 Analogs attach to the receptor sites, not allowing the B-12 to get into our system. Again, fermented foods (a spoonful or so with every meal) fix this and get the gut going again.

So anyone who's been inoculated doesn't assimilate B-12, and this isn't just vegetarians.

Read more about this at http://chidiet.com/news/B12.htm.

Factory reconditioned Vitamix 5000s

The Vitamix is greatly superior to using a blender for preparing raw and living foods. I don't know how long the sale with last, but Vitamix is selling their top-of-the-line machine at a nice discount. Includes factory warranty: http://www.vitamix.com/household/products/super5000/reconchoice.html.

- thanks to Jan Jenson, the WELLthy Coach.

Assorted articles on the raw living foods lifestyle

A nice collection of articles from Creative Health Institute on the whys, hows and wherefores of the raw living food lifestyle: http://chidiet.com/articles/.

Back to the basics

Much of the email I receive each week reflects the basic questions that raw fooders ask when they first go raw. Since I've been editing this newsletter for a number of years, I sometimes forget how fast this movement is growing, and how many "newbies" there are out there.

So for those of you who are new to this, and as a refresher for those of us who are "old hands," I've put together a summary of the basic issues. Please continue to share this information with your friends and family.

"One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man." - Socrates

What are Living Foods and why should we eat them?:
http://annwigmore.com/news/CHInewsletter07292003.htm
http://rawfoods.com/faq.html
http://annwigmore.com/news/CHInewsletter04292003.txt

How will I get enough protein on a raw living foods diet?: http://annwigmore.com/news/CHInewsletter08052003.htm

"Are You Eating Too Much Fruit?," by Paul Nison: http://annwigmore.com/news/CHInewsletter07152003.htm

The Benefits of Wheatgrass:
http://www.creativehealth.us/news/benefitsofwheatgrass.html
http://chidiet.com/books.htm#Billye
http://chidiet.com/tapes.htm#v13

A nutritional analysis of Wheatgrass Juice: http://annwigmore.com/news/CHInewsletter08192003.htm

"Things to Be Aware of in the Raw Foods Arena," by Noni Shannon, in 3 parts:
http://annwigmore.com/news/CHInewsletter05272003.txt
http://annwigmore.com/news/CHInewsletter06032003.txt
http://annwigmore.com/news/CHInewsletter06102003.txt

The economics of real food

Real Food is whole, organically grown, locally grown (preferably by yourself), and harvested when ripe. If planted, it would sprout and grow. That's a Real, Living Food.

Eating real, living, whole foods is not expensive. Being sick all the time is expensive!

If you think the price of avocados or mangos is high, walk over to the meat aisle and look at the price of steak. How much money did you formerly spend on Starbucks? Or Crispy Creme? Or McDonald's?

Juicing vs. Blending

Hi again Jim,

Thank you for the wonderful newsletter.
I was wondering if you could answer this question for me:  why is it more desirable to eat a greens juice than eating it in salad form?  Is it because we eat more if it is juiced?

Also, is a juicer much better than "doing" those greens in a food processor? Why?

Funnily enough, I cannot find the answer to those questions on the Internet or in the literature I have so I was wondering if you would be kind enough to tell me about it.

Thank you so very much and please keep up that good work!
Pat (in Quebec City)
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Partially because we eat more, but mostly we blend because nobody chews adequately anymore. 100 years ago we taught kids to chew every bite 35-50 times, until it was liquid in your mouth. Look at the jaw size of the Presidents on old portraits! Nowadays dentists are not only removing wisdom teeth, but on teens today they’re also removing the next 4, also. We’ve become a continent of people that gulp soft food.

The body can’t pull the nutrients out of greens if they’re not fully chewed. So we blend as a form of “pre-digestion.” Victoria Boutenko covers this in depth in her video “Greens can Save Your Life.” (www.chidiet.com/tapes.htm#v64).

She also discusses juicing vs. blending. Basically, why throw all that good food and fiber in the compost pile when your body can assimilate nutrients out of it?

I hope this helps.
Jim Carey

Transitioning to a raw living foods lifestyle

The purpose of the transition diet - moving away from eating meat, processed foods, sugar, white flour products, etc. -- to a total living foods diet of vegetables, fruit, sprouts, fermented nuts and seeds -- is to allow the body to gradually cleanse away accumulated waste materials until the whole diet is one of living foods. While on the transition diet you should attempt to incorporate as many green/sprout salads and fruit meals as you comfortably can. This will speed up detoxification, plus allow the body and mind to adjust to this new diet.

THE FIRST PHASE in the transition diet is to eliminate drugs and other chemicals, meat, tobacco, alcohol, white sugar, white flour, salt, coffee and all processed "foods." This may be a radical change for some people, as these "foods" have become deeply ingrained habits and dependencies.

One way to approach this change is to "decrease and substitute". For example, if you eat meat every day, decrease it to two or three times a week and substitute fish and fowl in its place. If you drink or smoke each day, cut it to every other day, then every third or fourth day. Substitute deep breathing exercises. You aren't giving anything up - you are really choosing something better.

In the meantime, use as many live foods as possible to substitute for the refined and processed foods. Use raw honey, raisins and dates instead of sugar; whole grains instead of white flour; fresh fruits and vegetables instead of canned, frozen or packaged food. You'll notice a taste change, and in a short time your taste buds and mind will automatically choose nutritious foods.

THE SECOND PHASE in transition is the elimination of mucus-forming foods such as dairy products - milk, butter, cheese, eggs, yogurt, etc. Begin to substitute seed milk cheese and seed yogurt. While in this phase, try partial fasting on juices or energy soup one day a week, or more, to expedite toxin elimination.

THE THIRD PHASE in transition is the elimination of all cooked foods from the diet. The ultimate diet is that of fresh raw fruits and vegetables, sprouts and fermented nuts and seeds. This transition may take months for some, perhaps only weeks or days for you. It's your decision.

Some additional transitional diet data:

1)	Have three juice meals a day to nourish the body. Include a salad with each drink.
2)	Clean out the colon with enemas and wheatgrass implants once or twice a day.
3)	If you cook or steam vegetables, cook as little as possible, on the lowest heat possible, to retain the maximum amount of nutrients.
4)	Eat the living foods before the cooked foods.
5)	Try not to drink liquids for an hour after mealtimes.
6)	Chew your food very, very well.
7)	Record your results with the date and time of day, how you feel (body, mind, emotions), what you ate, activity taking place, environment, stress factors, etc.

It's all right to work slowly with changes in your diet. As you remove various foods from your diet, substitute a living food such as nut and seed milks, seed cheeses, plenty of green leafy vegetables and dehydrated goodies. Practice each change for a month, and then try another.

- Stick to basic living foods until you feel free of what ails you.
- Record and observe how you are feeling.
- It could take 2 to 6 months, perhaps even longer.

Climbing the transitional ladder to ideal health

- excerpt from Lesson 2 of http://www.chidiet.com/lessons.htm

IT IS WELL TO RECOGNIZE that changing dietary habits requires a growth process, and that this growth process may be facilitated by an understanding of different foods and their effect upon the body. The following list of food groups is designed to give you a perspective into food, their relationship to one another and to different stages of growth toward a simple health program.

Be patient with yourself, and as you desire better health habits, learn to substitute natural foods for those old addictions. Begin at the bottom of the page and find the group containing most of the foods you consume. Visualize the growth pattern you would like to follow, choosing foods in other groups, progressing toward the top of the page and IDEAL HEALTH.

The top two categories being ideal, the third may also be included for a high-quality maintenance diet. Remember: LOVE yourself!

IDEAL HEALTH PRODUCED BY SIMPLE LIVING FOODS: Sprouts, indoor greens, fresh organic fruits and vegetables, cleansing with wheatgrass, Rejuvelac and fasting - tuning into your own body! This is a high-consciousness diet, promoting non-violence in thought and action.

CONCENTRATED QUALITY NUTRITION (used along with the cleansing foods above for desired effects): Dried fruits, nuts, Essene breads, sprouted legumes and sprouted grains, fermented foods, seed and nut milks, concentrated fruits and vegetables, virgin olive oil, sesame oil, and seaweeds.

"VEGAN" VEGETARIAN: Includes cooked foods, is nutritionally sound, and contains no animal products. It includes steamed or baked vegetables and fruits with some raw vegetables and fruits (for enzymes), whole grain breads and other cooked grains, nut butters, honey, maple syrup, cold-pressed oils, and beans. Any cooking done over gentle heat, baked, stir-fried, steamed or crock pot. No microwaved foods.

VEGETARIAN TRANSITION FROM MEAT: This includes high-quality dairy products such as raw goat or cow's milk, soft unpasteurized cheeses, raw milk cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, soy dairy products, some meat substitutes made from nut, soy or grain products. Also, included are whole grains, beans, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. In this step, effort should be made to replace all refined and processed foods with whole, organic natural foods.

TRANSITION FROM RED MEAT AND CHEMICALIZED FOODS: No more refined foods! Fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans are a new world to explore. Educate yourself to understand the truth regarding your body and the way it works WITH your food to digest, assimilate, and eliminate waste material accumulated in the body. Study nutritional food values and their production methods. Choose foods for yourself and your family that are high in vitamins, minerals, and enzymes and low in added processing, chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides. Your first step is to eliminate red meat (pork and beef) from your diet and gradually drop another type of heavy food substance such as dairy, eggs, poultry, shellfish, etc., from your diet each month or so, working your way up the transitional ladder to the optimal way of eating.

Caution: These items, if maintained in the diet, will be hazardous to your health: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, junk food, fast food, processed food, cigarettes, additives, fried foods, carbonated beverages, and OVEREATING.