posted April 13, 2009 10:36 AM         

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a5CxtudpZE

posted April 13, 2009 10:45 AM         

http://www.markusrothkranz.com/raw_health_plan.html

STEP ONE: Don't put anything in your mouth until you read this

THERE IS NO MAGIC PILL THAT WILL HEAL YOU. Drugs will hide the symptoms and ultimately weaken you even more and you will get sick again and again. So stay away from the drugstore and unless you break a bone, avoid those guys in white lab coats.

2. GET RID OF THE BAD

Even if you eat right and exercise, your body is toxic. Plastic containers, carpeting, paint, cars, upholstery, computers etc give off fumes. I'm not saying to live without them- but you need to keep flushing your body clean regularly. Years of bad living with junk food, sugar, milk, cheese, pizza, bread, cereal,steak, chicken etc have clogged up your liver, arteries,heart, brain and fat cells and digestive system. All that bad stuff gets stored in your cells (including repressed thoughts, anger etc) and your body slowly starts to wear down, inviting sickness, aging and eventually death. Time to clean it out! When your pots and pans get food crusted on them (like the inside of your intestines) what do you do? You soak them in water right? Water is the universal solvent. We are three quarters water. Water is our friend.

SO...

Let's get right to it. The first thing to do if you are sick is CLEAN OUT YOUR BODY. I don't beat around the bush. Go to the drugstore and buy a rubber enema bag and a gallon of distilled water. All bad stuff in our body gets sent down to the garbage department and if your sick - "it aint workin right!". I know I know "YUK". Do you want to get better or not ? I've seen people get rid of migranes within minutes and colds within hours with a few bucks of water and a rubber hose. How fast you get better depends on how messed up you are. Do at least one enema a day while you are sick. If this is new to you,here are instructions. If you really want to heal, get a series of colonics and do a liver cleanse with herbs etc.

Be aware that while you are detoxing, you might get worse before you get better because all that bad stuff is being brought to the surface. You might smell really bad, get headaches, runny nose, feel sick and sore, get congested, spew phlegm, etc. DON'T RUN FOR THE COUGH MEDICINE OR DRUGS ! Just stick it out. Some people get better immediately, some spew pea soup like the Exorcist. Depends on how messed up your body is. If you're just trying to get rid of a cold or flu, this short term cleanse isn't a big deal, but if you are serious and want to totally start over with a clean new lifestyle, this is the hardest, least understood but most important part. If you are serious about long term cleansing, click here.

2A- GET RID OF ALL THE OTHER BAD STUFF IN YOUR LIFE
Your body cannot heal if your mind and spirit is messed up. Get rid of bad relationships, people that make you feel bad, that job you hate, and things holding you in the past. Get rid of anger, sadness and frustration- take a deep breath, roll up your sleeves and deal with it ! Do it in a positive way. Give your enemy a going away gift, tell them that one thing you always liked about them. Leave positive, not negative. Love heals. Make up and move on. There is always something better waiting.

3. PUT ONLY GOOD STUFF BACK IN

Surround yourself with people and things that make you feel good. As for food- start from scratch- a whole new clean way of living. If you are sick- only consume fresh juices made right there on the spot. NOT store-bought. Juices lose their enzymes within 10 minutes. Get a juicer and run whatever you can get through it- carrots, celery, spinach, parsley, asparagus,cilantro, beets- you name it. While you're sick, consume ONLY juices and lots of water- no food. After a few days, eat only food the way it's found in nature- raw. If you're in a hurry, just throw it all in a Vitamix (blender). Use only non-toxic soap, shampoo, makeup, toothpaste and cleansers.

Keep this up and watch yourself becoming a new person. Of course people who have been filling their bodies with bad food and toxins for 40 years are going to have a lot more crap to get rid of than younger, healthier people. It's NEVER too late. If you are still breathing, then it's not too late. My father got aggressive prostate cancer in his mid 70's and totally got rid of it in two months by doing 4 enemas a day and consuming nothing but fresh organic vegie and fruit juices. (no solid food) and some herbs. He got exercise, fresh air, sunlight and flushed his body so clean, it could function again. I am SO proud of him! Yay Pops! It's NEVER to late to have a new life. I've heard miraculous stories of people on their deathbed being revived by merely getting proper nutrition again. People who have been given weeks to live got rid of their disease by completely changing their lifestyle. Your body knows what to do. It can heal itself if you give it a chance. But it needs good A+ materials to work with.

Everything you eat and drink should come from a garden, tree, bush or the grocery produce section. Juice it, blend it or eat it but don't cook it. I have some recipe samples below.

WATER

Drink lots of water. try for a gallon a day. This does not include juices, sodas, coffee or any other liquid. I mean pure water. By the way- STOP SODAS!!! You might as well be downing battery acid. Don't get me started on that stuff. MS has been directly linked to soda consumption. Here are some nasty facts about Cola. All I drink is water, juice and a bit of green tea. That's it. Your body is 3/4 water and if it doesn't have enough, it can't function right and you get sick. Try not to use water that comes in plastic bottles. The plastic leeches into the water. Use distilled. You will get your minerals from the organic vegetables. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. It is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short term memory, trouble with basic math and difficulty focussing on the computer screen. Many times acid indigestion is from not having enough water, since the stomach needs water to produce acid. (a car battery is mainly water). 8-10 glasses a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers and it also decreases colon cancer by 45%, breast cancer by 79% and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

SUNLIGHT

You need it. It is NOT bad for you. It directly affects mood, bone health and overall healing. People in Africa who live their entire lives in sunlight don't get skin cancer !

People who get skin cancer do 3 things-
1. They are unhealthy, eat bad and are toxic
2. they go outside and BURN their skin in a rush attempt to tan
3. They use sunscreen, which is highly toxic and soaks into your body. If you can't eat it, don't put it on your skin.

Your body needs sunlight in order to produce vitamin D. People who don't get sunlight get bone problems. Bones start to slowly soften after just days of not getting sunlight. Eventually you get all kinds of osteo and dental problems, weakness, muscle cramps, restlessness at night etc etc. Why do you think you get depressed more in the winter or when it's gloomy outside? YOU NEED SUNLIGHT ! more info on sunlight and health

VERY IMPORTANT GET RID OF PARASITES! VERY IMPORTANT

This is a very serious subject, and not to be taken lightly. EVERYBODY has them and if left untreated, they will number in the millions and basically turn your organs into swiss cheese. You NEED to do a parasite cleanse every year. Here is more info on parasites, what they look like and what they do to you, . I have developed my own powerful parasite killer called PARASITE-FREE .. Here is the link.

WHAT TO EAT (recipes etc)

First of all- make sure it's organic. If you sprayed a can of Raid on an apple, would you eat it? Well if you bought conventional fruit and vegetables, then that's exactly what you're doing. What do you think those crop dusting planes are spraying? fragrant bath oils ? Come on! Stop poisoning yourself. Same goes for meat.

WHAT ABOUT MEAT

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need it. But if you must eat flesh, then at least make sure it's organic. Conventionally factory-raised animals never see sunlight, get no movement, are pumped up with steroids and hormones so they will grow as fast as possible so they can be slaughtered and because they are sick they are pumped full of antibiotics. Over 80 percent of all commercial chickens have cancer when they are killed....and you love chicken right? Think about that. Better still, just lay off the meat. You don't want to get me started on cholesterol, heart disease, constipation, colon cancer and all kinds of other nasty meat-related issues. There is no cholesterol in plant food. Only animals can create it. As for protein- if you don't think there is any in plant foods, consider this- the largest animals on the planet with the biggest bodies and muscles are all vegetarians.( Elephants, Whales) Gorillas are very close to humans in build but much stronger. As for eating meat raw, unless your body is very clean, oxidized and alkaline (which it probably isn't), then that's a great way to get parasites which by the way do not just stay in your intestines- they eat their way through, get into your bloodstream and lay eggs all over your body and feast on your organs. For those of you who think eating meat is natural for man... have you ever gone out and killed an animal, watched it die, then cut it up and eaten it ? How natural does that feel? I'll take mangos and blueberries any day over that kind of karmic guilt.

posted April 13, 2009 10:46 AM         

Again- A good basic rule is - Everything you eat and drink should come from a garden, tree, bush or the grocery produce section. Juice it, blend it or eat it but don't cook it. The cool part about this lifestyle is that a lot of it is literally "grab and go" which is perfect for today's modern hectic lifestyle. Since you don't have to cook anything, not only are you saving time preparing your food, but there are no messy pots with hard stuff stuck to the bottom to soak in the sink. basically all I use personally is a heavy duty blender (VitaMix) and a juicer like the leQuip. That's pretty much it. I just throw whatever I want in the VitaMix, which has a super powerful heavy duty motor and it liquifies everything. I drink it and off I go. The VitaMix is pretty cool. If you run it on high for a minute or two, it heats the food just warm enough without killing the enzymes and I have warm soup. Or I can put frozen bananas and fruit in there and make ice cream. I make my chocolate in there. I make my smoothies with it. Just throw whatever you want in that bugger and let er rip.

A typical breakfast drink:
1 or 2 peeled whole valencia oranges (yes seeds and everything)
1 washed organic apple (seeds make it a bit bitter so maybe no seeds)
-whatever else is lying around
-some red leaf lettuce and a handful of grass
-some golden flax seed and Milk Thistle seeds ground up in a little grinder
green superfood, and Udo's 3 6 9 Oil Blend,
some seaweed
- some water

zzzzzzip - instant breakfast ! much better for you than eggs and toast.
If I'm in a hurry, my later meals can be variations of this. I just change ingredients ZIP- instalunch, instasnack, instadinner etc.

If you feel tired after you eat normal food, that means it's not good for you and your body is overwhelmed trying to deal with it. When you eat raw food, your energy never dies... you just go go go all day long.

The other thing you notice when you eat raw foods (after your body is clean)is that it doesn't take much to be full and on your way. How many times have you pigged out on Pasta and kept eating and kept eating even though you knew you were full, but you were still hungry and that sugar in the sauce kept you hooked for more. Then you sat there afterwords looking like a bowling ball and groaning, falling half asleep. Sound familiar?

Well not with raw foods.

Nature's First Law has these awesome olives that come in a jar with garlic, habanero pepper, oregano and celtic sea salt. They are recommended by Stephen Arlin as a great source of protein. Whatever. They taste awesome and I often pig out on half a jar at a time and that's my meal. Off I go.

RAW CHOCOLATE

I make an awesome raw chocolate(click for recipe) Normal chocolate is cooked, bad for you and makes you fat. Raw chocolate is good for you and makes you thin. You can live off the stuff. I simply mix the ingredients and put it in the freezer and then break off pieces all day long. Mmmmm ! Want to get a girl to fall at your feet, just make this stuff. She'll be all yours! As a matter of fact, I'm going to get some right now- just a minute...

...ok. I'm back. you know when you get a taste in your mouth and you just gotta have it? This chocolate is ADDICTIVE ! Man!

Another easy meal I do is I chop open a coconut (the white Thai kind, not the brown hairy kind).. I put the liquid and scooped-out meat into the VitaMix along with a bunch of raw cashews and some curry and Celtic sea salt and let er rip. It's so rich I'm not hungry for the rest of the day.

Anyway- you get the idea. I get some great recipe /eating ideas from Stephen Arlin's book "RAW POWER". He's a bodybuilder proving you don't need to eat meat for muscles.

The cool thing about raw food is it doesn't matter if you are trying to lose weight or gain weight. You don't have to worry about protein, carbs and fat. Your body will take what it needs. You can exist off very little food if it's raw. If you're building muscle your body will be hungry more and therefore you will eat more. It's that simple.

FATS

There are good fats and bad fats. The bad ones are pretty much everywhere in the modern diet. Name any food a typical American eats and chances are it's loaded with bad saturated fats. Gee I wonder why obesity, heart disease and cancer is rampant.

OK, and then there are good fats. Good fats help get rid of bad fats. You need good fats. These are found in nuts, avocados, coconut etc. You cannot get fat from these good fats. When your body has enough, it will not want any more and you will not be hungry anymore. Life couldn't be simpler.

As a matter of fact, for those of you protein whiners, it's FATS you really need to become strong and healthy more than protein. Other than water, your body is mainly made of fats. The cell membranes of your body are made of mainly fats and if you don't have enough good fats, the cell membranes can't function properly - oxygen and food can't get in and out of your cells, leading to disease, aging and the big X.

"BUT DON'T ALL THOSE (NATURAL) FATS MAKE YOU FAT? "

I eat coconut, avocados,nuts and chocolate all day long and don't get fat. I also take 5 tablespoons of Udo's 3-6-9 Essential Fatty acid oil daily. When the picture on the right was taken, that's pretty much all I was living off for months. I also hadn't been to the gym in quite a while since I was working around the clock on a computer job. I was pigging out on chocolate laced with coconut oil and nut butter. For lunch I'd cut open a fresh coconut, drain and scoop out the contents into a blender with an avocado and a handful of romaine and some spices. Then I'd pig out on raw energy bars made with nuts. With all those fats, you'd think I'd be a whale. But look for yourself. That's a MYTH! As a matter of fact, when I wasn't weightlifting at the gym, I LOST 20 POUNDS while eating like that. Remember- the difference between GOOD fats and BAD fats is night and day. Good fats get rid of bad fats. Many are now finding that fats are more important than protein because 47% of your cell membranes are fats! When you don't have enough, the membranes break down and you age. You need them more than you think. Good fats are your friend, Do not fear the good fats. Go for it!

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SALT and Condiments

Your body needs sodium, but standard table salt (pure NaCL) isn't good for you. The body needs a balanced intake of minerals. During your transition, use Celtic Sea Salt which is harvested from the sea and has all kinds of minerals your body needs balanced the way it's found in nature. After a while on a raw food diet, you will get all you need from what you eat without having too add any. Too much sodium of any kind leads to stomach cancer, hypertension etc, so just get it from celery etc.

As for condiments, beware. The secret of most condiments is the addictive combination of sugar and vinegar. You'll find this combo in almost all sauces you are addicted to- ketchup, mustard, relish, mayo, teriyaki, etc etc. The sugar/vinegar combo is instant fuel for YEAST. Are you tired a lot? Think you have Candida? Yes breads are a yeast staple but the sugar/vinegar combo is gasoline for the yeast fire. Do you know how they grow virus cultures in a lab? In sugar water! Nothing grows a virus or bacteria faster than sugar. White distilled vinegar not only makes your body highly acidic but also kills red blood cells.

To spice up your food- use real spices- raw peppers, onion, fresh garlic, whatever floats your boat.

SLEEP

Next to food, this is oneof the most abused and taken for granted necessities. If your battery doesn't recharge properly you will wear down, get sick and age. You cannot simply just sleep in late to make up for it. It doesn't work that way. Your body has natural rythms that are in tune with the Earth, sunlight etc. If you don't play along, you will not be on the Earth that long. We're supposed to have about 8 hours. Our body releases healing hormones between 10 pm and 2 am, and we have to be asleep for them to work. Healthy people on average sleep from 10pm to 6 am.

EXERCISE

Your body was made to move. Use it or lose it! Your muscles start to atrophy after just one hour of inactivity. Movement and exercise is the only way to move body wastes out of your lymph nodes which are all over your body. Couch potatoes are toxic. Exercise oxygenates your body and tissues. Disease, parasites and viruses cannot live in a clean body rich with oxygen. You need to BREATHE. Exercise also keeps your bones strong. You've got one body. Use it or lose it. Eyesight problems? Same thing. Eyes are muscles. You're probably not getting enough oxygen to your eyes (lack of exercise) and you probably spend most of your day in artificial light staring at a computer screen, paperwork, books and then go home and watch TV. Your eyes are made to look at the distance, and since you are not using those muscles you are losing your eyesight. Wearing glasses makes it worse. Do eye exercises and get your eyeseight back!

ATTITUDE

This should actually be at the very top. Your mind controls your body. All the good food in the world will do you no good if you are filled with anger, self-pity, frustration or fear because that will wear you down and hold you back. Watch what you say because your subconsious will make it a reality. Your choice of attitude attracts either positive and negative things into your life. Your choice. Ever have those days where everything went wrong ? Guess who attracted that ? I'll bet you said "What next?" Well life showed you didn't it? Next time expect only good! It is said those that live the longest have the best attitude. They worry little, laugh a lot and love everyone. They don't focus and dwell on on problems, issues and fears- they simply do the right healthy things that promote well being. Don't hold a grudge. Let things go. Relax. It's also good to have a sense of purpose...and I'm not talking about making money. One of the best things that makes us feel good and gives us a sense of purpose is helping others. It helps you go to sleep at night with a smile on your face and jump out of bed in the morning with something to do.

Do good things and life will do good for you.

Enjoy life. It's all you have.

posted April 13, 2009 09:30 PM         

Also...I saw nothing wrong with the guy at 27 and he looks like a normal 46 year old with a dye job now and not frowning.
So he is not making a case for himself by his pictures. He looks 20 years older to me.
Not young looking as he thinks.

Sorry....too much sun is bad for those who do not tan.
And black/African folks do indeed get skin cancer! http://www.skinandaging.com/article/2547

The only thing I can agree with is that attitude, outlook, and optimism do help.

And organic does not mean safe. Additionally it is very expensive.
And with good fruits and veggies running betwixt $4 and $16 a pound....few can afford it. Going organic..even more expensive.

I am all for eating and living healthy but there is alot of hype being spread and exaggeration and promises of easy fixes for just about everything.

posted August 01, 2009 11:52 AM         

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We have just grown up in a culture that is so backwards and disconnected from nature that something like this appears extreme to us.

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I recently ordered a juicer to make it easier to get diverse veggies into my kid ;-))
He'll eat broccoli, corn and green beans and that's about it -- although he recently discovered that he actually liked the taste of swiss chard :-D

And those timid people who see you as manic?? Say your piece (inform if they ask) and move on -- you've added another brick into the foundation of New (Old) Perception about food just by living what you believe.....

Want another area of exploration, Stephen?? ;-))
I'm reading a book right now by "Mr. Oxygen" -- Ed McCabe -- called "Flood Your Body With Oxygen -- Therapy for Our Polluted World".....

Desirous to clean out your body of accumulated mucoid plaque in your gut, and flush out dormant viruses?? Try Living Clay -- I've been drinking it daily for several months now and I'm feeling great!!
http://www.livingclayco.com/livingclay1.html

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Fruits, vegetables not as nutritious as 50 years ago

By LANCE GAY
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE

In spite of what Mother taught you about the benefits of eating broccoli, data collected by the U.S. government show that the nutritional content of America's vegetables and fruits has declined during the past 50 years -- in some cases dramatically.

Donald Davis, a biochemist at the University of Texas, said that of 13 major nutrients in fruits and vegetables tracked by the Agriculture Department from 1950 to 1999, six showed noticeable declines -- protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin and vitamin C. The declines ranged from 6 percent for protein, 15 percent for iron, 20 percent for vitamin C, and 38 percent for riboflavin.

"It's an amazing thing," said Davis, adding that the decline in nutrient content has not been widely noticed.

He said an agriculture scientist appears to have been the first to pick up the disappearance of nutrients in 1981 in a paper comparing the data on nutrients on garden crops grown in the United States with those grown in England.

Davis, who discussed his findings at a recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in St. Louis, suspects the trend in agriculture toward encouraging crops that grow the fastest and biggest is a reason for the decline. The past five decades have been marked by the "Green Revolution," which has seen a marked increase in U.S. production and yields as farmers have turned to the fastest-growing and greatest-producing plants.

The tradeoff is that the faster-growing plants aren't able to acquire the nutrients that their slower-growing cousins can, either by synthesis or from the soil. He said there also are differences in the amounts of nutrients lost in differing varieties of wheat and broccoli.

Davis said he doesn't want his study to encourage people to stop eating vegetables on the grounds they lack nutrients.

"That's completely wrong," he said, contending his study shows that people need to eat more vegetables and fruits, not less. "Vegetables are extraordinarily rich in nutrients and beneficial phytochemicals. They are still there, and vegetables and fruits are our best sources for these."

Al Bushway, a food-science professor at the University of Maine and an expert with the Institute of Food Technologists, said the decline of nutrients in vegetables and fruits could be made up through other foods Americans eat.

"For vegans only using plant sources for food, this could be an issue," he said. But he said most Americans would pick up adequate quantities of calcium they need by drinking milk.

Bushway said that fruits and vegetables are still crucial to providing nutrients people need. "They are an important part of the diet -- extremely important," he said.

The Agriculture Department data that Davis used doesn't include all of the nutrients scientists today can identify in fruits and vegetables.

posted August 01, 2009 02:25 PM         

however there are MANY people who cannot afford juicers and vegetable processors, or organics. and others who cannot digest raw foods as well as you! and there are many people thriving on diets that would kill others.

more to the point, there are way more ways to skin a cat than anyone can come up with.
i was just trying to say that what is good for the goose is not ALWAYS good for the gander. there are enzymes that do a better job of clearing the gut than enemas, but some people are not suited to those either...

i agree with lexx that the man looks like a healthy 40 something, not miraculously young at all. nothing wrong with that. some 40 year olds look 60!

so to recap, there are a lot of good suggestions here and go for it if you want but don't take it as gospel. i have a 97-year old friend in england who eats a pretty basic english diet, meat and two veg (and the range of veg is pretty limited too); healthy and independent, still working, still driving, not wearing glasses, all her own teeth, etc. her secret? she has always done the work she loves (an artist) sees an acupuncturist, and has been practicing visualizing what she wants for 70 years...

posted August 01, 2009 09:30 PM         

Think of Suze Orman, this is what I would sound like in person. lol

Can't afford a juicer? Sell your oven or your microwave.

Can't digest raw foods? Blend them until your body re-learns how to and gets use to the new digestive process,it learns from the food itself. Take enzymes to begin. This is true.

Can't digest food you were biologically designed to eat? This is the worst myth on the planet. Your body regenerates from cooked food damage and re-learns to do what it is suppose to do.

Live long ~ but have the energy for each day you live too! FEEL GOOD ALL THE TIME.

posted August 01, 2009 10:22 PM         

I like what he has to say. Makes perfect sense.

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so i still think that your attitude is the single most important part of the whole recipe. i have known healthy people with all kinds of diets!

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I agree kat.

posted August 01, 2009 11:35 PM         

i look about the same age as the guy in this picture - given the right light and angle!lol - and i am a good deal older than him. my nearly-70 year old sister doesn't look much older than him either, and she had hep c for 30 years, went through chemo to get rid of it...and eats a lot of what i would call crap!

there is no reason not to try this. my reasons are multiple but i will give only one more here:

i spent years looking for THE healthy way to eat, live, etc. i remember one period where i really cleaned out my system and was feeling great. went down the pub and had A FEW SIPS of guinness with my friends. the next day i was as sick as if someone had shot me up with heroin.

now you might say -"proof! guinness is poison!" and you would technically be right! but me, i like my choices. i don't want to be stuck in ANY path/rut/routine! so i have carved my own path it meanders all over the place and takes in a lot of different approaches.

the lady i was named after was 98 when she broke a hip and got strapped into a wheelchair (not really, but she hated the thing! and felt trapped)... having stowed away to come here from ireland during the famine at the age of 10, survived the new york of "gangs of new york", raised a lot of kids, run a farm and then raised half her kids' kids, she was a tough and healthy old bird right up until they tied her down. she lived ONE YEAR after that.

my moral? what you love will keep you alive and healthy. feeling helpless, out of control of your life, resentful, pressured...add your own adjs...will kill you no matter how healthy you are.

so i agree with this guy in general i just don't think it's the only way, or the WHOLE way.

i COMPLETELY agree that 120 is not over-optimistic. in fact i think it's a bit miserly. promised my daughter i would be here till at least 150.

posted August 02, 2009 01:30 AM         

Katatonic ~ I know your intentions, and I agree with what you said. I just had a beer. I know some raw foodist will point fingers at me ~ and say you are not a purist. Well poo to them!

I just do what feels AMAZING, psychedellic (sometimes), blissful, with purpose for me and I don't jam it down others. I just want some people to join the ride..and let me know what they feel.

Raw eating is Stephanie's diet, her body temple. It is what I do. I THRIVE on this diet, I feel my best on this diet, I have no problems on this diet. I feel ALIVE, and I am stronger.

posted August 02, 2009 06:33 AM         

Glad you got a giggle.

I know that amazing, psychedellic, blissful feeling, though dont get it much from food. I find it a nuisance we have to eat at all and mostly use food to try and ground myself. Eating all raw would just serve to send me into a state of hypermania. haha

posted August 02, 2009 01:49 PM         

i appreciate what you're saying sunchild. i was simply objecting to the salespitch and the inference that this is the only way to be healthy...

i eat most of those things myself, use coconut oil in my massage work. however i had a period of several years when my hormones were seriously messed up and believe it or not every time i ate avocado i would suffer THREE DAYS of bent-in-half belly aches...later discovered it was an ovulation cycle problem. i am bringing them back into my diet now after about 20 years!

i don't eat raw chocolate but i do eat organic chocolate (with MILK, heresy) and thrive on dairy!! funnily enough i went off alcohol without thinking about it years ago, my body told me to!!

posted August 09, 2009 11:38 AM         

Thanks for the info.
Makes sense, sounds good.
Congrats on the modship!

katatonic,

You make a very good point. The food we eat is just one of many avenues to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. The combination of elements necessary for a healthy and happy life is not set in stone, and may be different for everyone. The most we might say is that, if you are eating healthily, it puts less of a strain on the other areas of your life; just as, if the other areas of your life are unhealthy, more stress must be put on your diet, in order to compensate. We can slack on diet, we can slack on meditation, we can slack on charity, we can slack on erudition, we can slack on relationships, etc. -- but, sooner or later, one way or another, we will have to pick up the slack.

SunChild,

Amen to everything you said!

T,

I think we can all agree that Markus looks pretty smug in the "after" photo. Not everybody can handle power gracefully. At least, thats my plutonian take on the matter. As for his style (dye-job, glamour shots, etc.), well, I guess thats in the eye of the beholder, and it sounds as if you and I are beholding pretty much the same thing, lol. But, then, his look may be just what the doctor ordered in Las Vegas, or wherever he teaches. I've no doubt that he is helping a lot of people to lead healthier, happier, if perhaps more smug, lives, lol.