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Surviving the Holidays

As always, right after the Holidays is a great time to change behavior patterns and to begin a new life. NOW is the time to start planning for those changes.
 
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 cheap, used blender - an inexpensive dehydrator, some jars for sprouting, and a variety of raw recipes are the minimum requirements.
 
 
2. Assemble your list of suppliers. Where are you going to buy your food? Are you going be mostly organic? You'll also need to find a supply of sprouting seeds - at least some alfalfa, clover, sunflower and wheatgrass (hard red winter wheat). The wider the variety the better.
 
 
3. Read your instructions. Do you know how to sprout, and how to run a dehydrator?
 
 
4. Plan what you're going to do. If you decide you'd like to make angel-hair pasta from zucchini, for example, you might find having a spiral slicing machine handy. This might put you back to step 1.
 
 
5. Set a starting date and create your support mechanism. Having a support group is the greatest. Check meetup.com for raw groups in your area. If you don't know any rawbies in your area, find a raw chat group or two for support.

Share with them what you plan to do, and the date you're going to start. You'll find yourself more successful this way, than if you "go raw secretly." Secret quitting doesn't work.
 
While I'm constantly reminding people that we don't have to justify our lifestyle choices to anyone, sometimes we can't avoid it. This video I made about Dispelling the Raw Food Myths will help you deal with the standard objections you're going to hear: http://www.chidiet.com/blog/free-stuff/dispelling-raw-food-myths.htm
 
 
6. Don't forget that you're going to need to stay inspired as you go raw. Build a collection of books, videos, and CDs before you start so that you'll have lots of material when you go raw. This will help maintain your momentum. Otherwise you might find yourself running out of steam before you get to the top of the hill.
 
I find that videos motivate me the most. Instead of watching the news or a movie at night, I'll pop in a video on raw foods and watch it, instead. chiVideos.com is a good source for these, and if you have high-speed internet you can watch raw videos online at websites like YouTube.com/chidiet.
 
 
7. Research shows that it takes 21 days for a new behavior to become a habit; if we move to a new house and now have to turn right instead of left when we leave work, it'll be 21 days before it seems natural to turn right when head for home.
 
In dealing with addictions the transitional period is longer. Yes, cooked foods are an addiction. Thus, we need to deal with them as such.
 
Victoria Boutenko has a good book on this subject - 12 Steps to Raw Foods. Her website is RawFamily.com and the book is on Amazon.com, too. Her book covers the subject in detail, but here are her 12 Steps to Raw Food:
 
 
Step 1  - I admit that I have lost control of my addiction to cooked
              food and my eating is becoming unmanageable.

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

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

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

Step 5  - I shall stay away from temptations.

Step 6  - I shall create a support group.

Step 7  - I shall find alternative activities or hobbies.

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

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

Step 10 - I shall let my intuition help me.

Step 11 - Through clarity I will gain happiness.

Step 12 - I shall provide support to other raw fooders.
 
 
8. Part of changing your diet and lifestyle is detoxifying the body. Not as a one-time detox, but instead, we should be constantly detoxing. That's where Dr. Ann Wigmore's program comes in. She taught much more than a diet. In her books and videos she lays out the procedures for a continuous healthy detox, including the foods we eat, how we combine them, the usage of colonics or enemas, the uses of wheatgrass juice, and more.
 
The basics are laid out in her book, Why Suffer? How I Overcame Illness and Pain Naturally. While it's out-of-print, used copies can usually be found on Amazon.com for a few dollars.
 
Other great books of Dr. Ann's are Be Your Own Doctor and Rebuild Your Health, both available at Amazon.com.
 
 
9. Be aware, not discouraged. You're going to backslide at times, and it's normal. Don't feel like you've "failed" if you happen to go out for pizza or a hamburger. Instead, think about how well you've been doing, how much better you're eating than you used to, and how much better you're feeling since you started going raw.
 
 
10. Experiment, experiment, experiment.  Knowing that I have addictions to comfort foods, I found new comfort foods. For me that's fresh blueberries, raspberries, and raw vegan pizza, made with flax crust in the dehydrator. It's a recipe I've included in my book. Victoria's Step 9, above, has helped me a lot, too.
 
 
Overwhelmed? I would be, too, if it weren't for the teachings of Dr. Ann.
 
Sometimes I get off the raw path when traveling the country, visiting family and friends. But when I get home I head to the market, stock up on good raw, organic fruits and veggies, then pull out my Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program and get back to it.
 
I'm feeling better, more energetic, happier and de-stressed than I did in my old cooked-food life. MUCH better. My warning is when I felt the arthritis coming back in my knees - that's my personal sign that I'm not eating right.
 
 
Here's good news: There's a new Home Study Program. Bigger and better than ever, it's designed to lead you by the hand from raw-curious to fully raw and healthy.
 
The program even includes one-on-one consulting by phone and email with long-time Dr. Ann Wigmore Instructors, people that have been doing this MUCH longer than me, and know a lot about it.
 
This is the most complete collection and comprehensive overview of Dr. Ann's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle available, designed to get you started, keep you on track, and support you when you backslide. It includes:
 
The 300+ page 13 Step Raw Living Foods Success Guide
The 180 page Raw Living Foods Recipe Book
Grassy Roots - Back to the Roots of Healthy Eating - 14 episode Raw Food TV show on DVD
40 videos on DVD by Dr. Ann and her Institute Instructors
1 hour of free Raw Coaching  - 2 sessions of 30 minutes
Free email consulting with Dr. Flora van Orden III, Dr. Ann's long-time assistant
What's in Your Lunch Bucket? Eat Light - Be Bright, by Jan Jensen, a handbook for active working women
Delicious Raw Food Recipes, by Emily Rutherford of RawFoodRestaurantGuide.com
Menu planners, discount coupons for hands-on programs and much more

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

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

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

I'm really excited about this because, over the years, I've received hundreds of thank you letters and success stories from people who have benefited from the Raw Living Foods Home Study Program, and this is the best one I've assembled yet!
 
Here's the link: http://chiDiet.com
 
 
Sincerely Yours,
 
Jim Carey
 

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

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

 

The Dirty Truth About Allergies

People who live in overly hygienic environments appear to be increasing their risk of allergies and autoimmune disease: http://www.mercola.com/2006/jul/6/the_dirty_truth_about_allergies_you_need_to_know.htm.

 

 

Asthma and Exercise

Often thought to trigger asthma attacks, exercise actually benefits children with this condition, an overwhelming majority of studies find. In fact, researchers suggest that the decline in physical activity among US children today may be a factor in the recent rise in asthma prevalence and severity.

- "Physical Activity and Exercise in Asthma..." by Sean R. Lucas, MD, MPH, and Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills, MD, PhD, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 5/05.

How many pounds does a soft drink add to your body?

A new review of available research pinpoints exactly how much soft drinks and other sugary beverages contribute to weight gain and obesity in the

United States.

 

Just one extra can each day can add as much as 15 pounds to your weight over the course of a single year: http://www.mercola.com/2006/aug/24/how_many_pounds_does_one_extra_soft_drink_add_to_your_body.htm.

It's a Pity... But it's Becoming "The American Way"

The raw food corner of the Internet is buzzing with the news that San Francisco has outlawed putting toys in Happy Meals, and other gimmicky tricks to sell food to kids.

Personally, I think it's a pity that we pass these forms of legislation. If we'd give more attention - and funding - to educating people about their health we wouldn't need laws like this. Because, in the end, people vote with their wallets.

Ah... but if health and diet education were done with public funding, who do you think would control the public service announcements and other "education?" Right... Big Agra, Big Pharma, the Cattlemen's Association, the Dairy Council and their ilk.

So that's not going to work, either.

Legislating health and diet is like legislating morality - you'll never win.

Good health comes through personal education, not legislation. In the end, it's up to you to take control of your diet and health. Like Dr. Ann Wigmore said in her famous book, you need to "Be Your Own Doctor."

Everything you put in your mouth reflects this, whether you realize it or not.

Jim Carey

Learn More about Dr. Ann Wigmore

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

Learn more: http://wigmorediet.com/

Enjoy!

Jim

Raw Mom, Cooked Dad?

10 days dedicated to getting your man on the healthy bandwagon! Starts 10-10-10! Sign up free here:

 

When I was Director at Creative Health Institute, one of the most common questions I heard, and still hear, are "How can I be Raw when my husband refuses to eat 'rabbit food?'"

Starting on October 10th Tera Warner and a host of raw food experts will address that in a "Raw Mom, Cooked Dad Summit."

I'm participating. If you'd like to join me, here's the link: http://is.gd/fQEha

Oh... and there's no charge.

I hope to see you there!

Jim Carey

 

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Updated Raw Living Foods Course Now Available

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

I've added more video titles, two ebooks, and the entire Grassy Roots TV series to the course. It now covers everything from "Raw Curious" to Advanced Raw. There's a 300 page Handbook to Going Raw, and a recipe book with hundreds of raw and transitional recipes.

Learn more: chiDiet.com

Yours in Raw Inspiration,

Jim Carey

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

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

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

Getting Kids Involved in Healthy Eating Habits

The Smoothie Wheel of Joy - Spin the wheel and get your smoothie recipe of the day! This was created as a kid's game by Storm and Jinjee, but I find it fun and routine-breaking.

http://is.gd/dI7QZ

Increasing Risks for Newborn Infants

Increasing the Risk of Health Problems

It only makes sense when you think about it but a new study shows that early planned C-Sections are setting the baby up for all kinds of birth-related health issues. Not only that but we know that early births are problematic anyway. 

Organs have not finished growing and maturing. Health issues down the road are almost a certainty for preemies, whether planned for or not.

It seems like a high price to pay for mom's comfort and the doctor's convenience. The study appears in the New England Journal of Medicine. 

Full Story:
http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20090107/early-planned-c-sections-put-baby-at-risk 

America's Obesity Causing Birth Defects

Maternal Obesity Tagged to Birth Defects

We know that being fat is a health risk. And we also know that we are getting plumper by the minute.  The latest statistics show that about a 1/3 of adults is obese. This sad picture is expanding before our very eyes. 

According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), 3 out of every 100 babies born in the United States have some kind of major birth defect. There are more than 4,000 different known birth defects, ranging in severity from minor to serious.  And while they don't exactly know the causes of them, they are seeing evidence that being fat or fatter only adds to the risk. 

It only makes sense. Being fat is not a sign of health it is a sign of dis-ease in the body. If mom has issues guess who she will pass them on to? And don't even start me on the emotional baggage side of the ledger.

Full story:  http://www.healthnews.com/family-health/pregnancy-childbirth-parenting/analysis-links-numerous-birth-defects-maternal-obesity-2614.htm

Raw Parenting and Grandparenting

My children, ages 4 and 6, have lived a raw-vegan lifestyle from birth and have managed to stay that way, so far.

Yes, I am sure there will be phases when they want to know about all the other types of food, and that is okay.

But while they are young, I believe it is important for me to stand my ground, believing in and living what I am teaching them. This will increase the chances of them following my lead. The same goes for you.

Fortunately, children who have eaten raw from birth haven't had their natural tastes altered by cooked foods. With their non-tainted taste buds, children sincerely enjoy pure fruits and vegetables, lettuce and such over mixed dishes.

Their digestion is different, so raw children are usually more sensitive to mixes since they haven’t had a bunch of artificial flavors ingrained in their minds.

Eating raw vegan food exclusively is therefore easier for them in this regard. Here are some ideas to make it easier for you and your children as you transition into or journey through a raw-vegan lifestyle:

1. Have fun with raw food: Build funny faces. Create art pieces. It is totally different if you can look at food from another point of view. Raw food is beautiful food. It's like flowers that make you smile. Soak it up and let it allow you to feel good.
2. Let your children take part: Children love to help, so let them take part in this life-learning! My children just love to eat raw foods because they can handle it themselves! They feel “big” which is very motivating to them!
3. Don’t stress over the mess: Don't worry about how your kitchen is going to look afterwards. As parents, we often look to save time and do not want to clean everything again. However, just step back and think “fun.” Be happy to be a part of the process. When I allow myself to do this, I can literally see my children grow. How amazing! Those times don't return to us, so think about what is really important to you.
4. House cleaning can be fun, too, by the way. Children do love to get involved with it as long as they can do it together with you. Just relax and don't worry if it takes longer than usual. All you need is time and patience. Pull yourself out of the circle of trying to be perfect. Show that you want to help your children with the cleaning, like how they want to help you. It’s most amazing to me with the ideas they come up with during this time. Observe! Build life-long valuable memories by not stressing over the mess.
5. Encourage your children to create recipes: Simply provide enough of a variety of fresh, yummy fruits, etc., and let them go at it. Of course, you can stay nearby so your kitchen doesn't get chopped up in the process. Try to focus on positive communication. For instance, "Let me know if you need some help,” instead of, "Nooo, you will cut off your fingers. Nooooo, the whole hand!” Children can end up resisting and rebelling from a negative communication approach.
6. Host parties and events: Invite friends and offer loads of yummy stuff. Make fruit porcupines (they can add the spikes, or you). Make delicious ice cream with strawberry sauce, shakes, or cakes. If you can get their friends to eat it without making a deal out of it, often no one will even realize it's raw, which is all the better for your children. Your children will go with the flow and be happy to not be so different this time.
7. Take raw food to friends: Bring a big bowl of something wonderfully raw to share with everybody! Again, your children won’t want to feel left out. If everybody else eats it, the chances are your children will, too.
8. Let it be the norm: Have plenty of different types of fresh, ripe foods at home (that your children like), so they can help themselves whenever they get hungry. If you pull out lettuce and just eat it, they will, too. My children would rather eat a whole apple instead of a complicated mix. So, keep it simple. Experiment! Just do it... don't talk! Action is most important! We all learn and move forward by watching and imitating. Your job is to filter (not shelter!) what should be imitated.
9. Don’t let your children get too hungry: Prepare filling shakes before they get too hungry and then go somewhere where “other” things are served. Whey your children are full, they are more satisfied and less attracted by other food.
10. Answer their questions: That's it. No begging, etc. Just fill them up with honest information. Children want to be able to understand and tell others. Point food differences out to them, so they know for future reference.
11. Take them grocery shopping: Let them pick things they like and what’s on the list.
12. Use puppetry: Let their dolls, cars, etc. "talk" about it. Use those toys as puppets, and you will see how fun that approach is for your children and how aware they are. They will start asking you questions based on what they just heard from their dolls, etc. [Grassy Roots TV at GrassyRoots.com or RawLife.org. Look for the Gertie Geiger episodes.]
13. Make commercials: Turn off the TV since there are so many negative influences there. Just watch how creative your children become.
14. Sell their creations: Let your children make raw crackers and sell them at park days, school functions, etc.
15. Especially if your children go to school: Give them more yummy snacks (they like) then they need… just to share with their friends! Make it really normal for them… raise other kids to your level (meaning if your child doesn’t eat cooked stuff welcome other kids eating raw foods!!). They don’t need to seem “strange”… if you help them a little out.
16. If your spouse/partner doesn’t support you: You feel stuck because you want to raise your children as healthy as possible…and your partner/spouse doesn’t seem to understand?
17. Most important – take the pressure off your child! They love both of you and don’t want to hurt anybody (which they might think if they don't eat the right stuff… whatever that means for them… it is totally confusing for children).
18. Try not to fight about that matter in front of them.
19. And then… focus on the positive side. Explain your child your perspectives in a calm and objective way. You can also talk about your partner’s perspective, fears and patterns. Children understand more than we think. Keep eating and introducing raw foods in a positive way! Don’t worry about what your partner does… you take care of your connection to your child.
20. Finally, children want to be with people who are fun and they can trust! If they choose you for the trustworthy person – because you are simple true to yourself and everybody else without changing them – they feel that and know…and will follow you without many words. (That might mean some work on ourselves first ;)…)
21. Connect!!! If your connection to your child is great and deep s/he will always be able to turn to you – also when it comes to raw foods! A deep heart connection and understanding breaks inside walls down which opens doors to raw foods and make them forget about all the comments from others about being different!! They will look at it from a total different perspective.

These are just a few ideas to get you started.

For transitioning, I suggest you try to find recipes that work for your children. Don't worry too much about all the right combining, etc. That will come by the time they are ready -- when their taste buds have changed to a desire for better quality food.

Again, be sure to have lots of fruit handy since children have a better chance of connecting with flavors they enjoy. Most importantly (for all of us), the fruit should be ripe, fresh and, if possible, organic!

If you want your children to live of raw food, make it happen! Do things such as replacing processed chocolate with your own raw chocolate; they will love it!

The point is to simply be a fun example for them. Before long, they’ll be living that life with you.

I would love to hear from you and about your experiences. Let me know what helped with your family’s transition to more - or all - raw food.

Please visit my website at www.rawfunfamily.com!

Granddaughter Can't Drink Baby Formula

Dr. Jim,

I am the proud grandmother of a 1 month 2-week old baby girl named Rylee.  She is having a hard time on the baby milk she is on. She has thrush & a virus called a Roto virus which has killed her good bacteria in her intestines. The first ingredient in her baby milk is corn starch solids, which will only make it worse.  

I know you are wondering why I am sharing this with you.  But I thought you might know who to forward this email to who might have a suggestion on what we can do.

Thank you

Liz

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I passed it on to Dr. Flora:

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Breast feed, breast feed, breast feed. There's nothing more important than breast milk for a baby. You will be able to give the baby a tiny amount of wheat grass juice in a dropper, use coconut milk from the coconut, blend some papaya, make some Energy Soup. But, your breasts will be able to begin a flow again, even after this short time. There are amazing stories of 'virgin' women who have breast fed 'foreign' babies, after a period of stimulation of the nipples so just don't give up.

Peace and love be with you.

Flora

A Raw Recipe Book for Kids

Finally, you can tell your kids to monkey around in the kitchen and feel good about it!

Introducing... The First Raw Food Recipe Book for Kids!

(Easy Raw Food Recipes That Taste Great and
Are Fun to Make!)

Dear Mom,

You've had a rough day—the kind that leaves you feeling like you're the flat tire on a minivan that just won't go. You have meetings, so Dad's in charge until supper time.

You arrive home frazzled, but ready for another evening's routine of supper, tubs, scrubs and pajamas.

You enter the kitchen and take a step back because…

...the table is already set.

Standing before you are two munchkins beaming with pride. They hand you this:

While the carrots are cut a bit rough and the kitchen mess might be more than you bargained for, the beam in the eye of the ones you love most is enough to melt your multi-tasking heart.

All those gentle reminders to eat your greens paid off, Mom.

It's a picture-perfect moment, and not one you'll need to leave to dreaming for long.

To learn more - click here!

Reverse Diabetes in 30 Days

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

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

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

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

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

Yours in health and vitality,

Dr. Jim Carey

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

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

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Author Karen Ranzi writes about the passion that led her to write a book on raising healthy children on raw foods

In raising my two wonderful children, I have had to learn on my own all of the incredible, mindful, meaningful ways of bringing up children. When my first child was born, in 1987, I had no mother to help me, as my mother had died seven years earlier at the young age of 57. My mother-in-law lives in Colombia, South America, and my closest friends were single and childless. I had little information to go on except that my loving father frequently told me how important it would be for me to nurse my child. He had wanted my mother to breastfeed my sister and I when we were infants, but after two weeks of nursing me she gave up because her doctor told her it would be better and easier to bottle feed. 

Read more: http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=182&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0.

Karen's video is available at http://chidietvideos.com.

Raw Living Foods and Diabetes

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

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

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

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

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

http://tinyurl.com/revDiabetes.

Yours in health and vitality,

Dr. Jim Carey

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

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

5 minute preview video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUw9SaPLmA

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A Fun Raw Recipe Book for Kids

Finally, you can tell your kids to monkey around in the kitchen and feel good about it!

Introducing... The First Raw Food Recipe Book for Kids!

(Easy Raw Food Recipes That Taste Great and
Are Fun to Make!)

Dear Mom,

You've had a rough day—the kind that leaves you feeling like you're the flat tire on a minivan that just won't go. You have meetings, so Dad's in charge until supper time.

You arrive home frazzled, but ready for another evening's routine of supper, tubs, scrubs and pajamas.

You enter the kitchen and take a step back because…

...the table is already set.

Standing before you are two munchkins beaming with pride. They hand you this:

While the carrots are cut a bit rough and the kitchen mess might be more than you bargained for, the beam in the eye of the ones you love most is enough to melt your multi-tasking heart.

All those gentle reminders to eat your greens paid off, Mom.

It's a picture-perfect moment, and not one you'll need to leave to dreaming for long.

Read more - click here!

-- Buying anything through links on this page might generate a commission for us. Thank you!

What You Can Expect in Benefits and Results

Expected Results & Benefits Disclaimer

EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THIS PRODUCT AND IT'S POTENTIAL. EVEN THOUGH THIS INDUSTRY IS ONE OF THE FEW WHERE ONE CAN CREATE THEIR OWN BENEFITS IN TERMS OF HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE ANY CHANGES OR BENEFITS USING THE TECHNIQUES AND IDEAS IN THESE MATERIALS. EXAMPLES IN THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT TO BE INTERPRETED AS A PROMISE OR GUARANTEE OF BENEFITS. RESULTS ARE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THE PERSON USING OUR PRODUCT, IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES. WE DO NOT PURPORT THIS AS A "GET WELL OVERNIGHT," "MIRACLE CURE," OR ANY OTHER SCHEME.

ANY CLAIMS MADE OF ACTUAL BENEFITS OR EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL RESULTS CAN BE VERIFIED UPON REQUEST. YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS IN ATTAINING THE RESULTS CLAIMED IN OUR MATERIALS DEPENDS ON THE TIME YOU DEVOTE TO THE PROGRAM, IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES MENTIONED, YOUR MOTIVATION, KNOWLEDGE AND VARIOUS SKILLS. SINCE THESE FACTORS DIFFER ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUALS, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOUR SUCCESS OR BENEFITS. NOR ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THE USE OF SUCH WORDS SUCH AS “ANTICIPATE,” “ESTIMATE,” “EXPECT,” “PROJECT,” “INTEND,” “PLAN,” “BELIEVE,” AND OTHER WORDS AND TERMS OF SIMILAR MEANING IN CONNECTION WITH A DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS DOES NOT MEAN THAT SUCH BENEFITS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.

MANY FACTORS WILL BE IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING YOUR ACTUAL RESULTS AND NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE RESULTS SIMILAR TO OURS OR ANYBODY ELSE'S, IN FACT NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE ANY RESULTS FROM OUR IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES IN OUR MATERIAL.

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.

Information contained within this website is for educational purposes only. Statements have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

This information is neither medical nor dental advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease and should not in any way be used as a substitute for the advice of a physician or other licensed health care practitioner.

Dumbing Down America - Intentionally

Why are people so resistant to Raw Living Foods? It has to do with the way we've been educating in America for the last 100 years. Read "Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling," by John Taylor Gatto.

Library Journal says: "In this tenth-anniversary edition, Gatto updates his theories on how the U.S. educational system cranks out students the way Detroit cranks out Buicks. He contends that students are more programmed to conform to economic and social norms rather than really taught to think."

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0865714487/httpwwwfutuor-20/102-9535290-6658545?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2

Feedback - Gloria

Hello Steven and Jim,

I must share with you that I am very happy with the home course.

The big plus is something I would not easily achieve coming for a stay at Creative Health. Although a visit is my future plans.

My children have been watching the videos with me. All three have done wheatgrass shots. Their ages are 10, 12 and 18. I firmly believe hearing the benefits of this lifestyle from the tapes, as opposed to 'just Mom,' is vesting them into at least trying.

Thank you for making this available.

Blessings
Gloria

Teenage athletic training builds bones for a lifetime

Men who participate in athletic sports in their late teens gain stronger bones, a benefit that can persist long after they stop exercising intensively. This is because exercise has the greatest effect on bone mineral density during childhood and puberty: http://www.mercola.com/2006/aug/19/athletic_training_in_the_teen_years_builds_bones_for_a_lifetime.htm.

How can you get your child moving and active?

Stumbling Blocks to an Active Life

Almost half of kids older than 12 aren't active enough, and over a third would flunk a fitness test. Consider what might be getting in the way of keeping your child moving: http://www.realage.com/ParentingCenter/PCTip.aspx?cid=17770&v=1.

The magic of the family meal

According to a decade long study from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), teens who regularly have meals with their family are less likely to get into fights, think about suicide, smoke, drink, use drugs, and are more likely to have later initiation of sexual activity, and better academic performance than teens who do not.

Rutgers University anthropologist Robin Fox emphasizes the importance of positive intention in family meals. "It's like the American Indians. When they killed a deer, they said a prayer over it," says Fox. "That is civilization. It is an act of politeness over food. Fast food has killed this. We have reduced eating to sitting alone and shoveling it in. There is no ceremony in it."

The CASA study also showed that eating with parents is also an important factor for the nutrition and eating habits of adolescents, with research showing that family meals and parental presence at meals is associated with higher intake of fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_752.cfm

Do you have a heavy baby?

The obesity epidemic in the United States has spread even to the youngest children.

Infants are now 59 percent more likely to be overweight than they were 20 years ago, and the number of overweight infants increased by 74 percent, the researchers found.

A study of more than 120,000 children under 6 years of age showed that the prevalence of overweight children increased by more than half in the period between 1980 and 2001.

Additionally, the proportion of children at risk of becoming overweight grew by more than a quarter: http://www.mercola.com/2006/aug/26/do_you_have_a_heavy_baby.htm.

Today's the day

Today's the Day
- by Jim Carey

Great phrase, isn't it? I learned it from Mel Fisher when I was living in Key West. He's the treasure hunter that found the Spanish galleon the Atocha, and brought up several hundred million dollars worth of gold, silver and gems from the floor of the ocean. Mel started each day with "Today's the Day," and it made him a multi-multi millionaire.

After sending off last week's newsletter I sat down and tallied up all the user requests for this and that and this and that. Interesting way to fill a spreadsheet. The largest single request was to send the newsletter on weekends, when you have more time to relax and enjoy it. That was a simple request to fill - here it is. Starting today you can expect to see the Living Foods News in your mailbox early Saturday afternoon. Yep. Today's the Day.

I began working for the Raw Living Foods movement after a visit to Creative Health Institute that's changed my life. The update is that now, after 6 years, I've lost almost 80 lbs., have more energy than I did when I was 30 (I'm 58), and have a much better outlook on life, a better mental attitude, and ... well, the Wigmore Diet has changed my life and I'm loving it! That's why I run www.chiDiet.com as a volunteer - to give something back for what CHI has given me.

The Living Foods Lifestyle was developed by Dr. Ann Wigmore fifty years ago, and has been continuously refined over the last 30 years at CHI. Today's the Day? You can make it happen.

If you can't get away for two weeks, the Wigmore program is also available in a home study version. Check it out at http://chiDiet.com/. There's so much information in the home study program - 13 lessons, 38 videos - that you'd have to spend a month at Creative Health Institute to cover it all. Pay-as-you-go options, too. 

Today's the Day to begin changing YOUR life!

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

Worldwide Obesity Epidemic

This past Wed., a famous researcher spoke to the listening audience of medical doctors in the teleconference put on by PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine). He shared a map of the world where the most dark spots were people who were more than 30% overweight or obese. I was shocked to see Australia, Mexico, many parts of China, Japan, the fertile crescent area countries, in those most dark spots - thinking that they would mostly come from Russia, Northern Canada and Alaska, as well as the US.

He said in his talk and in his published reports that it was from the vegetable oils and soda pops, watching tv and the greater availability of processed foods and animal products that people are obese now. And, it was affecting the women more than men. Also, that people of African and oriental descent were having more problems with heart disease and diabetes, with less help, because the fat is stored in their livers and heart areas instead of being disbursed as it does in Nordic or cold country peoples. A photo of a woman in Egypt in front of tvs she was selling was shocking because she was so large. The worst foods he mentioned were soda and pizza.

This triggered my memory about how when people fry food in vegetable oils, or add vegetable oils (yes, even the best virgin virgin olive oils), that the oils react with the starches and the animal proteins and create a super-glue type of bond that prevents the body from sweating the oil out.

Another thing: I was given a whole lot of baby food this month to share with others: much of it was organic. The 3 brands all had vitamin C added, to even step 1 (around 6 months), and some had calcium added.

I offered it to my ESOL class mothers, and one mother tasted about 3 types before she took it and then put the bottles back. I didn't ask her why but decided to look at them myself. I tasted a little of each and immediately got a headache, which affected my brain stem, and then was affected by a cramp in my left hand which has lasted for almost a week, weakening my grip and then also a stomach ache. I then began to crave more almond cream than I normally would use, and more avocado. My body was trying to heal itself from the acid of the calcium and vitamin C destruction in my epithelial lining. WOW!

Do you suppose the colic that babies have has a lot to do with the vitamin C and the calcium they are putting in the baby food? My throat got sore (some wheatgrass juice helped that) and my ear canals felt swollen and sore (the wheat grass juice helped all of the symptoms, except the weakness in my left hand, which I think is coming from my 7th and 8th vertebra damage by the C and calcium). I know how to heal this, with some fresh pineapple juice and energy soup, but I thought you might be able to share this with some young mothers who might be at their wits end wondering why their babies are unhappy.

Breast milk is all a baby needs until the 2nd year, with some wonderful  coconut juice, papaya, avocado, etc. as supplement after the 6th month. We need to get together and complain to the companies to get those supplements out of the babies' food. I spoke at the 2nd Calcium Conference at NIH about how according to the French doctor Kirvran we didn't need any calcium to make our bones stronger, just foods with potassium, maganesium and silica, which turn into bone calcium, and even then the supplement people were lobbying the doctors to add calcium, which does nothing but plaque onto our arteries and the exterior of our bones and cause lumps and early heart attacks (women spill calcium in their blood just before having a heart attack) and arthritis. We need to save the babies inner peace.

Peace and love,
Dr. Flora

The Difference Between a Disease and a Mental Disorder

This video shows the difference between a physical disease and a psychiatric mental "disorder".

See more in my playlists at http://www.youtube.com/chidiet

Depression Test Puts Kids' Health at Risk

Depression screening may lead to drug treatment for millions of kids across the United States, with drugs that are known to cause suicide and violence. We know from experience that the best treatment for depression is a healthy diet of raw fruits and veggies, fresh air and exercise. Not drugs.

Standard American Diet poisoning our children

UCSF researcher and nationally renowned obesity expert Dr. Robert Lustig has theorized that the obesity epidemic is caused by a "poisoned" food supply that is actually altering the population's biochemistry.

The processed foods most readily available to Americans are causing them to eat more and move less. He has based his hypothesis on results culled from thousands of obesity studies: http://www.mercola.com/2006/aug/29/western_diet_promotes_toxic_foods_that_poison_your_children.htm.

Storm and Jinjee kids' weight and height charts

My new blog is on the kids' new weight and height chart comparisons - a sort-of follow up to the information in our film - and a bit about their diet with new photos:  http://www.thegardendiet.com/kidsblog.

In Joy,
Jinjee

Common Plastics May Increase Your Child's Obesity Risks

Endocrine-disrupting environmental chemicals, including some found in everyday plastics and pesticides, may influence obesity. When fetuses are exposed to these chemicals, their gene function may be altered, causing a greater risk of obesity and disease.

An individual exposed to these chemicals as a fetus could eat the same thing and exercise the same amount as someone with a normal metabolic system, but be far more likely to become obese.

Researchers examined the effects of these chemicals, including bisphenol-A, on lab mice. They caused the mice to be born with abnormally low birth weights, and then gain abnormally large amounts of weight over a short period, more than doubling their body weight in just a week.

The mice were then obese throughout their lives. Similar effects have been observed in low birth weight children.

Read more: http://pressesc.com/01171667140_plastics_obesity
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070218140845.htm

The dangers of feeding soy milk to your infant

From Dr. Mercola:

Two vegan parents have been convicted of murder and given life sentences in prison for starving their 6-week-old baby to death.

Though the parents may have thought they were doing the right thing, they were feeding their child a completely inadequate combination of soy milk and apple juice along with a small, but insufficient, amount of breast milk.

Now, soy experts are again calling for clear and proper warning labels on all soy milk products -- indicating that it should NEVER be used in place of infant formula -- following this and several other babies' hospitalizations or deaths under similar circumstances.

Soy infant formula, which currently constitutes 25 percent of the bottle-fed market, is required by law to be heavily supplemented with vitamins, minerals, amino acids and fatty acids that are not found in brands of soy milk. Though it does not pose an immediate danger to babies, as is the case with soy milk, the Israeli Health Ministry, French Food Agency, British Dietetic Associations and other government bodies have warned parents and pediatricians that it poses health risks to the developing baby and should only be used as a last resort.

WholeSoyStory.com May 11, 2007

Overweight toddlers may be at risk for adult obesity

About 60% of toddlers and preschoolers who are overweight or obese during their preschool years still weigh too much at age 12, setting them on a path toward adult obesity and its attendant health problems, a study finds.

USA Today article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-09-05-overweight-kids_x.htm.

Original Pediatrics article: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/118/3/e594.

Very little drug research on children exists to help doctors

Finding out how prescription drugs affect children isn't easy, even for pediatricians, a new study says.

That's because very little research on children and drugs is published in medical journals that help guide doctors on treatment. The result is that some prescribe the wrong dose or use drugs that could be harmful to kids: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_on_he_me/research_in_kids_3.

Delay can stop unneeded drug usage

(Reuters) - Telling parents to wait 48 hours before filling a prescription for antibiotics so they can see if their child's ear infection clears up on its own can help curb overuse of the drugs, researchers said: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/hl_nm/antibiotics_dc_1.

Why the South Beach Diet doesn't work in schools

Many organizations are attempting to help make school lunches healthier, including the Agatston Research Foundation (founded in 2004 by Dr. Arthur Agatston, the creator of the South Beach Diet).

But there is little evidence that the changes being made to the school lunch menus are actually helping obese children lose weight.

A study of more than 1,700 students over three years showed no change in the body-mass index of students whose schools had spent $20 million changing their menus, exercise programs and nutritional education.

Another study of more than 5,000 students had similar results. While there is a good deal of evidence that proper nutrition and exercise should help, the revisions made to school lunch menus seem to be having little effect.

In the case of the attempts made by the Agatston Foundation, some of the problems come from the fact that school kitchens are unequipped to prepare food in healthier ways (such as by making  sweet-potato fries that are cut fresh, rather than commercially cut and frozen), or are simply unable to obtain healthier foods for reasons of price or bureaucracy. Some children, faced with a healthier menu, simply start bringing in unhealthy food from home.

Perhaps more importantly, many of the food substitutions are simply lower-fat versions of extremely unhealthy snack foods, which add little health value to the meal.

http://www.mercola.com/2006/sep/7/why_the_south_beach_diet_doesnt_work_in_schools.htm

Child's digestive enzyme health linked to optimum adult health

Dr. Lipski writes that "Many of children's health problems such as ADD, obesity, autism, asthma, depression, and diabetes actually stem from poor food choices and faulty digestion. Much of this illness is preventable, controllable, and curable."

The ability to digest food properly to access nutrients depends on the enzymatic balance in the digestive system, which is determined in the womb, and strongly influenced by childhood diet and lifestyle.

While it was once thought that a child's bacterial and intestinal flora was balanced by the age of three, research is now showing that there is not actual balance until puberty is reached. Fresh foods are a great source of enzymes, and feeding children a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables every day is important.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/7/prweb410883.htm

[source: Veggies in Motion News]

Children with ADD being educated without drugs

Breakthroughs in Education

Children with ADD are being educated without drugs at the Hunter School, in a program based on the model created by National radio personality Thom Hartman, an alumnus of CHI and author of the book, "Finding Health In Hodunk."

The Hunter School: http://www.hunterschool.org/

Thom's website: http://thomhartmann.com/

Raising vegan children in a non-vegan world

A free newsletter, and 50% off on the book: http://www.vegfamily.com/.

Animal School - a short video

Animal School - If animals went to school - a short video on individuality: http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/wp-content/themes/179/aschool.html. [Highly recommended - Jim]

Making fruits and veggies into fun sculptures for the kids

My friend Joz just sent me this link for the kids - thanks Joz!! This is too cute not to share!! Recipes for kids made out of all fruits and vegetables, made to look like all kinds of fun stuff - race cars, houses, animals, and more.

I think this will inspire my children to explore their more artistic sides and experiment with new recipes at the same time! They'll also be happy to know that other children eat this kind of stuff too! :)  http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/nutrition/cru-cru/en/home.php

Have Fun!
Jinjee
http://www.thegardendiet.com/

Feedback - Ian Clark

Hi Jim,

I read your brief bio in the wheatgrasskits.com email today. What a great testimony and I really appreciate where are you are coming from and what you are now doing to help others. I just recently found out about the benefits of wheatgrass and have started growing the grass and sunflower sprouts at home (planting and harvesting 8 trays a day now).

We have seven children of which all are on the Wheatgrass juice and Sunflower sprouts throughout the day plus eating 99% raw living foods. The children are still moving through the final transition to completely raw food. I am drinking about 10 ounces a day of the wheatgrass juice and about 12 ounces of the sunflower sprout juice and am starting to see remarkable changes. Fortunately, I was told about using ocean solution to feed the plants and that made a huge difference with the 90 plus minerals in the grass. The Sunflower sprouts apparently absorb a bit less minerals but are still very powerful. Are you using any ocean solution for your grass also?

I have lost about 85 pounds so far and feel like I am 21 again. I expect to go through a lot more detox and cleansing in general over the next year or two. The person that showed me this beautiful way of giving the body nutrition has been doing this for the last 2 years and is an amazing example of excellent health.

Looking forward to your reply,

Kind Regards,
Ian Clark
Brampton, ON

Vitamin D sunshine still under attack

Amazingly there are still 'expert' delusional physicians in the U.S. who oppose the healthy use of sun exposure: http://www.mercola.com/2006/jul/18/vitamin_d_sunshine_advocate_still_under_attack.htm.

The BIG story

The BIG story - "What's for Lunch?" - Become an expert at reading -- and using -- the info on food labels. Lots of other dietary articles targeted to children and parents: http://www.kidsregen.org/bigStory/.

Banning recess boosts childhood obesity

Eliminating traditional childhood games because paranoid educators believe they are dangerous will worsen the obesity epidemic: http://www.mercola.com/2006/jul/11/banning_recess_boosts_childhood_obesity.htm.

More raw kids

Victoria Boutenko and Karen Ranzi are two well-known Living Foods lecturers that raised wonderful raw kids. Here's another family - raw home-schoolers: http://www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com/raw.htm. Kytka has lots of great living foods links on her page, too.

A study on the effect of a live food diet on preadolescent children

A Study on the Effect of a Live Food Diet on Preadolescent Children by Measuring Height and Weight

Preliminary Results (June 2004)
- by Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

The Tree of Life Foundation, under the direction of Gabriel Cousens, M.D., M.D. (H), is involved in a study of the effects of a live food diet on the growth patterns of pre-pubescent children as measured by height and weight.

At this stage, the preliminary data shows that the heights of 74 percent of the children are above the lowest 25th percentile and the weights of 68 percent of the children are above the lowest 25th percentile.

All children were above the lowest 10th percentile. In fact, the heights of 37% of the children are actually above the upper 75th percentile, which is above average. Over 60 percent of the children are above average for both height and weight as measured by The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

It is important to note that the height and weight of the raw food children are in these ranges without being influenced by the stimulating effects of growth hormones - to which the majority of non-vegan children are exposed.

It is interesting to note that the National Center for Health and Statistics (2001) shows the average weight for children “has doubled” while heights have remained the same. This suggests that we have a serious obesity problem in US children.

Study nixes Benadryl for putting babies to sleep

(Reuters) - An antihistamine most commonly sold as Benadryl does little to help infants sleep through the night even though parents and some doctors think it does, according to a study published on Monday: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060703/hl_nm/sleep_dc_1.

How you can help improve food in your child's school

Two Angry Moms is a documentary work-in-progress that asks the question: What happens when two "fed-up" moms try to change school lunch? http://www.mercola.com/2006/jun/20/how_you_can_help_improve_food_in_your_childs_school.htm.