“Maximizing Health, Energy, and Culinary Delight with the Raw Foods Diet”

Having just received this book, I’ve not had a chance to make any of the 200 recipes but they’ve got me drooling!!!! 

This book is PACKED with LOTS of helpful information as well as great-sounding recipes. 

For instance, in the first chapter, “What is Raw, What is Not?”, she begins by talking about “The Detriments of Meat … and Cooking”.  O.k., well, that doesn’t really answer the question yet it’s still very good information. I was looking for the questions people often ask about products such as Nama Shoyu, Bragg’s, etc.

Chapter two does answer the question “Why Go Raw?” In this chapter she gives gives the usual information about weight management both losing AND gaining (which many authors ignore), the function of enzymes; achieving true health, detox and more.

She’s also got FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) where five very commonly asked questions are answered.

What really got me hooked on this book just from a quick perusal is her Raw Foods Encyclopedia where she lists LOTS of fruits and vegetables grains, nuts and seeds, their nature and properties, how to store, what to look for when purchasing and more. Not something I’ve seen in any of the 50+ other books I’ve got.

The reason I contacted Brigitte is to do an interview with her on Rawkin Radio because I saw her in a dvd called Raw for Life and she was talking about foraging wild plants. She’s got a small section in the book about “Wild Things” and how to gather, various ones and their uses. I’m hoping we get to chat more about this during our interview on Rawkin Radio coming soon.

Throughout the book Brigitte has what she calls Raw Facts which gives little tips or truths about various topics. 

For those who are hesitant to try seaweeds, there’s a whole chapter on them; there are pages on  green Super Foods, edible flowers, a section on oils and seasonings. I love the part on the seasonings as she gives the flavor and the benefits. At the end of the seasoning section, she’s got recipes for 5 different blends.

There’s so much in this book, I don’t have time to go through them all thoroughly but there is “The Raw Kitchen”, a section on sprouting, LOTS of recipes as I’ve said, dealing with eating out and with family and friends, a small section on Ayurveda, acidity vs alkalinity.

In the Appendix she’s got a section on Nutrients and Source Foods, a Glossary, a huge bibliography, resources and restaurants throughout the U.S., Canada, England, Jamaica, Spain and Thailand, which of course were open during the writing of the book. 

Highly recommend it. Get it now!

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This week I interviewed this delightful author, speaker and motivator, Kimberlie Dykeman on Celebrating Your Potential. Usually I receive the latest book, dvd, etc. before I do an interview. This time, the book came after which is why I’m reviewing it here. 

It’s an easy read meaning there’s not a lot of pages at only 131. It’s a more difficult read in that I sit and ponder a lot of what she says and how it pertains to me. For example on chapter 14, pg.22: “Make today the day that you plunge (I like the word “plunge”) into uncharted territory. Purposefully cross paths with some of the sharpest strangers you will ever meet in your life. Throw a proverbial curve ball at your comfort zones and associate yourself with people from whom you can continuously learn about life on a daily basis. Scroll your picture show as ever changing and ever expanding.”

This is a book I recommend. Carry it with you and when you have a few minutes, read a chapter. Some are only a paragraph; some, two pages. As people tell me when I send out my Weekly Revvellations, each one carries a little nugget or jolt to catch you unawares and possibly that word or that sentence will have a profound impact on your life.

Kimberlie has a gift with words. Enjoy them.

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As I’m reading the usual bad news in the latest AARP Bulletin about Sick Care (o.k, they call it “health” care but you’ve got to be sick in order to take advantage of it) I’m truly amazed at the advice given including:

Nowhere does it say ~ Stop expecting others to do what you can do for yourself ~ Change your lifestyle and become healthy! It’s your health! Your life! Your body!

The American Cancer Society, with all it’s billions of dollars will never find a cure for cancer as long as humans keep creating it! The American Heart Association will never find a cure for heart disease as long as humans keep creating it! Consider this ~ IF the AMA and ACS go out of business, what happens to our economy? THOUSANDS of people will be out of work, lose their homes, etc. THOUSANDS of people who are living off the laziness of others. Yes, you read that right. People have told me straight out that IF someone else made the food for them they’d eat it. MANY have told me they don’t have time! My question is, if you don’t have time to make a simple smoothie that takes less than 15 minutes a day including clean-up, how are you going to have the time to go to doctors? How are you going to have time to recover from the treatments? When will you find the time to have surgery? How will you take care of loved ones when you are ill? Who will take care of you?

Changing you lifestyle and eating healthy is waaaaay less expensive than paying off hospital bills. 

This is YOUR life and YOUR life is your responsibility! 

There is no CURE for what WE are doing to ourselves other than to stop doing it!!! Drugs do not cure! Radiation treats symptom. Surgery removes symptoms! Get to the cause! Illness is almost 95 percent lifestyle caused. WE are the cause, we are also the cure!

I’ve started a mastermind group where you can learn how to take back YOUR health starting from where you are now. Contact me for more information. 

This special includes the newly released second soft-cover edition of my book “Smoothies and Smoozies for Life” and Mike Anderson’s 110 minute dvd “Eating Plus”.

This book, “Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices; What’s Missing in Your Body?” by N.W. Walker, D.Sc. is one of the first I’d ever gotten back around 1979 or so. Although the original copyright says 1970, I purchased it right after it’s revision in 1978. Dr. Walker’s book is as good now, as it was then.

In this book, one of the first things he talks about that many of us are missing is enzymes. He states: “The basic key to the efficacy of nourishing your body is the life which is present in your food and of those intangible elements, know as enzymes.”

Looking at this book again and reading what’s been written since, I’m pretty sure many of the raw food advocates today are familiar with Dr. Walker and the work he did.

He answers the question: “Why not eat the whole vegetable and fruit instead of extracting the juice and discarding the fibers?” His response is: “…. solid food requires many hours of digestive activity before its nourishment is finally available to the cells and tissues of the body. While the fibers in solid food have virtually no nourishing value, they do act as an intestinal broom during the peristaltic activity of the intestines, hence the need to eat raw foods in addition to drinking juices. However, the removal of the fibers in the extraction of the juices, enables juices to be very quickly digested and assimilated, sometimes in a matter of minutes, with a minimum of effort and exertion on the part of the digestive system.”

The Table of Contents includes:
What’s missing?
Cooked foods
First carrot juice
Juices not concentrated foods
How much juice can be taken safely
Protection against pesticides

Vegetable Juices – Uses and Benefits

He also talks about Colds, Endocrine Glands, Vinegar, Milk, Natural childbirth; Do juices help bones? Parents and children; things to bear in mind, To Detoxicate and Vegetable and Fruit Juices – Their Therapeutic Uses

He’s also got a list of Formulas (combinations for various illnesses) and a special Vegetable Value Chart and Fruit Value Chart.

If you need specific recipes, this book is not for you. If you want a book loaded with great, timeless information and combinations of vegetables to assist you in coming to optimum health, check this book out. It’s priceless.

Injoy,

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