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My Amazing Pregnancy & Birth Experience by Andrea Nison

Many people have asked me when my wife is going to write about her birth experience. After five weeks she finally had a chance to sit down and write. Enjoy.

Many people have contacted me recently, curious to know how I managed my pregnancy eating a raw food diet. After many requests from my husband to write something, I finally found the time to put my experience into words. I’m very excited to share this information, and hopefully I will be able to write more in the future.

I was very blessed to spend the two years prior to becoming pregnant working at Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida. This allowed me to prepare my body and enrich it with the nourishment needed for a healthy pregnancy. After having a miscarriage in August 2007, I decided that I needed to cleanse and detoxify my body as much as possible before I became pregnant again. I spent the next year focusing on cleansing and I really felt it helped me prepare for a healthy pregnancy. I spent 5 weeks doing the Ejuva intestinal cleanse, and really felt the benefits after that was complete. I also cleansed by using enemas and colonics. Colonics are not recommended while pregnant, so I thought I should take advantage of the time that I could do them.

While working at HHI, I drank green juices three times a day, and ate a delicious, raw salad for lunch everyday. The green juices were made using cucumbers, sunflower & pea sprouts, and celery. The salads consisted of numerous sprouts, greens, vegetables, and seaweeds. The Hippocrates Diet is very pure, and they do not use any sweeteners or fruits on their salad bar. Although I tried to maintain a mostly raw diet, I was not 100% raw the entire pregnancy. I ate cooked millet and quinoa in the mornings, and occasionally ate cooked vegetable soups and other vegan foods. I personally do not feel the need to be 100% raw, and find that I am much happier and healthier when I allow myself the freedom to have some items cooked.

When I reached about the 7th - 8th week of pregnancy, the hormones started to kick in, and I found myself unable to eat the salads and drink the green juices that I was so accustomed to eating every day. Looking at the salads and even smelling them made me feel so sick and uneasy. I didn’t have “morning sickness” per say, but I definitely felt nauseated, and the only foods that appealed to me were bland, unseasoned foods, and definitely no salads! I satisfied my hunger by eating sprouted Ezekial Bread, lightly toasted, and other cooked vegan foods that I ate prior to becoming more raw. I felt like I was regressing a little with my diet, and the foods that appealed to me were the vegan comfort foods I used to eat. No matter what foods I ate, I made sure to take a few digestive enzymes before each meal. I tried not to be too hard on myself at this point, and ate plenty of fruits and other fresh foods that were appetizing.

After the 12th week, I started feeling amazing, and once again, I started to eat the salads and drink the green juices. I actually started to crave them! I looked forward to a delicious, green salad everyday for lunch. I supplemented my diet with pre-natal vitamins, vitamin B-12, pro-biotics, and E-3 Live. My husband, Paul, made me delicious almond or hemp milks in the mornings. He added maca, chia seeds, green powder and camu powder to the milks and they were delicious. I also did my best not to eat too late at night because I knew I needed to sleep well throughout the night, and late-night eating prevents me from attaining a good night’s sleep. I also did not feel the urge to overeat and I didn’t have any weird cravings. It seems that my body was receiving everything it needed.

Before I became pregnant, I took an aerobics class a few days a week. After week 12, I felt that I needed exercises that were less strenuous, so I incorporated stretches in the morning and walks in the evening with Paul. I really felt great throughout my entire pregnancy. I didn’t have any swelling or other complications and continued working until 2 weeks before the “due date.”

One day after the expectant date, our daughter Noa Raquel was born, weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 ½ inches long. We delivered her at home with the help of an amazing midwife. Noa was born completely awake and alert. It was an amazing experience and I feel so blessed that we did not have any complications and everything was as natural as possible. Our midwife commented to me that I couldn’t have grown a more healthy baby. I feel that my diet and lifestyle were the significant factors in my health and our baby’s health, and I’m so thankful that I had the knowledge and resources to eat mostly raw, organic foods.

I continued with my pre-natal regimen after the birth, and my recovery time was very quick. I was feeling like myself within a few days. I know that giving my body the nutrients and exercise it needed attributed to my amazing pregnancy and birth experience. The human body is remarkable, and it will thrive when provided with the opportunity to do what it is supposed to do, without any hindrances.

New Live Interview this Thursday

I will be interviewed live this Thursday February 26th at 11a.m. eastern time.

To hear the interview click here

I will be speaking about my upcoming books "The Daylight Diet" and "Eating According to The Scriptures"

There is also an excellent interview with Dr. Fred Bisci on the same page. He was interviewed last week.

Obesity linked to brain dysfunction

Overeating and drug abuse share similiar neurobiological patterns, Montreal study suggests
Charlie Fidelman, Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL - Anyone who has ever devoured a jumbo bag of chips, box of cookies or plate of cake until the last crumb was gone knows the urge to eat and eat and eat some more.
But now compulsive overeaters can take comfort in a study that considers their habit on par with drug abuse.
It's not flagging will power.

Appearing in the science publication Neuron, Fulton's work with obese mice suggests that compulsive overeating and drug abuse share similar neurobiological mechanisms.

"There's something going on that's hard to control," Universite de Montreal neuroscientist Stephanie Fulton says.
Appearing in the science publication Neuron, Fulton's work with obese mice suggests that compulsive overeating and drug abuse share similar neurobiological mechanisms. Her findings are expected to lead to a new understanding of obesity -- a health problem that scientists consider a worldwide epidemic.

Whether it's food or cocaine, amphetamines or alcohol, the craving is a complex behaviour that's known to be influenced by various cues from the environment, as well as internal ones. "Even though we're full, even though all the signals are there, the fact is that our habits override our metabolic needs," Fulton says.

Hormones known to regulate feeding also regulate neuron activity in a key site in the brain that is responsible for drug addiction, Fulton says."I've always been interested in how the pleasurable aspect of anything can really affect your choices," says Fulton, who did this research as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School.

Pleasurable experiences induce molecular changes in the brain that are akin to learning, Fulton says. "There's a lot of evidence to suggest that it's like a learning signal. And that's the physiological definition of a habit." Or an addiction.But the good news is that most habits can be reversed and new habits can be learned.

Fulton's next step is to look at "the cascade of signalling" in the front and midbrain where dopamine neurons are clustered. The neurons are activated by a brain chemical or neurotransmitter called dopamine when rewarding experiences occur.
Scientists have long suspected that obese people have abnormal dopamine activity in the brain. But where the impairment lies is still a mystery.

The same reward pathway is linked to the hormone leptin, which plays an important fat-burning role in humans and rodents. Secreted by fat cells, leptin controls hunger and metabolism.Fulton was the first to demonstrate the leptin connection in obese mice. Mice with a leptin deficiency tend to move less, but eat about twice as much as thin rodents. Her study into reward and motivation suggests that the dopamine and leptin pathways overlap.

It would be simplistic to say that obesity is caused by an addiction to food, Fulton says. "But the signal that comes from fat stores directly affects the same pathways where drugs have their effect."

Q & A: When it comes to healthy eating, this is what really matters!

Someone emailed me this question on my blog and I really wanted explain the answer so everyone understand where I am coming from. I don't expect everyone to agree and I understand because I once made many mistakes also about the raw diet.

Question:

Hey Paul!

Great blog! Can you post on your blog what you eat in a typical day, or recommend in a typical day? I'd like to prove to others that your diet/Hippocrates/Bisci Diet is better than Graham's 80-10-10 diet with all that sugar, but I don't know what the EXACT breakdown of particular foods are. It would be neat to be able to quote particular percentages of nutrients.

Answer

Thank you for your email. In the future, I will post what a typical day of eating looks like for me. I am hesitant about doing this because there will be certain people who will want to compare what I eat to what they eat, but that is not logical. Some people, especially the 80/10/10 people, have no idea what they are doing or saying. According to them, if I eat nothing all day but 4 ozs of almonds, they will claim my diet is 99% fat. It doesn’t make sense. It’s like eating chocolate. Thinking it’s healthy to eat tons of bananas a day is also really out there. We are humans, not apes. When it comes to healthy eating, this is what really matters:

A. Are you getting the nutrients your body needs?

B. Are you digesting the food you are eating in a timely manner?

C. Health will begin to return to the body when you leave out from your diet the processed foods that are causing the issues.

I feel blessed to know I’ve been part of the raw food diet revolution. The movement started long before I was even born, but my first book “The Raw Life” has brought many people to make the decision to go raw. Almost 10 years have passed since I published “The Raw Life,” and the raw food movement continues to grow. More people are writing books about eating raw, people are sharing their stories on the Internet and restaurants continue to add more raw food options to their menu. Still, people contact me thanking me for “The Raw Life,” letting me know how much it influenced them to go raw. It is very encouraging to know a book I wrote has helped changed so many people’s lives, and I believe it saved a few as well.

As good as it all seems, the raw movement is not all it could be. Something scary has happened over the years. I’ve seen a big problem developing since I got involved, and it continues to get worse. There is division, confusion and disagreement about what raw way to eat is truly healthy, and which way is not healthy. I learned the split decisions are nothing new. Health writers have been in disagreement about what remedies are truly good and which ones are dangerous trends that will hopefully pass. But to me, the raw food diet was supposed to be different. It seemed so simple. When I first learned about it, it was hard to believe people could ever have different views about the raw food diet. I soon found out I was wrong.

For me, the absolute difference came when I read that there was a group of people living together in Hawaii who were all raw foodist. After more study, I found out they were eating animal meat raw. Now I have heard of raw sushi and even heard of some other fish being eaten raw, but that’s not what these people were doing. They were literally killing land animals and eating them. I found out it wasn’t only being done in Hawaii. There was a group in France doing the same thing. I knew eating food uncooked was great, but this just seemed to be taking it too far.

It’s a good thing the idea of eating raw animals has never really caught on. That was the beginning of my discovery that there will be many more differences to come in the raw movement.

When I first got involved in teaching about the raw food diet, my message was very simple: just eat raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, as much as you want, anytime you want. As long as it’s raw, you will be fine. That was a long time ago and I’ve learned so much over the years. I now have a very different outlook on what I once promoted. Someone suggested that I’m not a good teacher because I change my message too often. People started to ask me when was I going to stop changing my mind about the best way to eat a raw diet. My answer then is the same answer I give today. I will change when I am perfect! I don’t claim to be perfect today or in the future, so I guess I’m going to keep changing.

However, I am sure I keep changing for the better. I have discovered some key components to health and eating that many of the health teachers today are missing. I have found out that we need to focus on the quality of the food, and raw, ripe, fresh and organic is the highest quality. I have also found it’s not only the food we eat, but how and when we eat it that completes the health puzzle.

Still today, within the raw movement, people are disagreeing more than ever about what the ideal way to eat a raw food diet is and I feel very confident saying they are all missing an important key element. Not only do I feel confident, I know people will never achieve the highest level of health eating a raw food diet the way many of the teachers are suggesting.

I do have a concern that what some of them teach can become harmful by making an idol out of their “raw way” of eating as opposed to someone else’s. Even more concerning is making an idol out of the people teaching the message.

Where has all this division left us? Some people eating a raw food diet are achieving great results, but the majority of people eating a raw food diet after a few years become worse than when they started. Many of their conditions worsen, they become addicted to a concept, and they are left more confused than ever.

When I learned about health from the Hippocrates Health Institute and other classic health writers, they preached fresh fruits and vegetables. They would laugh at the idea that anyone would suggest things like chocolate and other processed foods found in a box or can as a health food.

Let’s get to the real issue: overeating! Eating too often and at the wrong times is not healthy. The body can handle most junk foods and processed foods if eaten in very small amounts. But in larger amounts, it can be deadly. The worse the food, the less the body can handle it. If you are consuming high-quality food, but eating too much, and at the wrong times, damage is still taking place. You may not notice it right away. Stressing the body organs in any way adds to sickness and disease. I am not promoting eating junk foods, but alerting people to the fact that overeating is the real issue we need to overcome!

Raw Food Author and Nutritionist Dr. Fred Bisci has been eating two, medium-size meals a day for more than 40 years and thriving. Fred explains why the concept of eating many meals throughout the day is mistakenly believed to be best, but it is not. He states the three errors people make.

One being the virtue of maintaining blood sugar levels by snacking which is only (somewhat) valid if your diet is high in carbohydrates and creates insulin spikes followed by low blood sugar levels, in which case it is advisable to raise them again. But Dr. Bisci says, why correct a “wrong” with a “wrong”? The healthy choice is to turn the first “wrong” into a “right” and establish an eating lifestyle that maintains blood sugar levels between meals.

Second, snacking leads to food fermenting in the digestive tract, because the previous snack, still only partially digested, impedes the progress of the food following it.

Third, and most harmful, eating too often prevents the body from going through a detoxification process, which it must do on a daily basis if a person is to live a long and healthy life. By eating too many meals a day, you never give your stomach a chance to empty out, and so your body is unable to detoxify and keep you clean on a cellular level.

Dr. Bisci just wrote an excellent book that tells a person what to do to get well. It works for everyone because of these three things:

1-Health will begin to return to the body when you leave out from your diet processed foods that cause the issues to begin with
2-Don’t overeat. Fred doesn’t each much food and is in great shape. When the food we eat is fresh, we do not have to eat much to get what we need.
3-DO NOT EAT AT NIGHT TIME!

Dr. Bisci does not have any rules people must follow or numbers of how much a person needs. According to Fred, there are so many variables to consider, so saying every person needs to do everything one way or else is a mistake. You have to look at each person on an individual basis.

I agree 100% with Dr. Bisci. I am just now finishing a book “The Daylight Diet” that talks about the three things Fred mentions above, along with many more great things I’ve learned from health teachers of the past that teach a similar message. Stay tuned for more information about when “The Daylight Diet” will become available.

Free Simulcast interview about my new book This Friday

This friday l will reveal why I'm not Coming to dinner anymore!

If you currently eat a raw food diet or have been thinking about it, or you are looking to improve your health, you need to see the information I have discovered. It will help you so much. I've been eating a raw food diet for more than 14 years, and I have seen the mistakes that people make. I also have some new information no one is talking about in the raw food movement that I will reveal in my new book "The Daylight Diet." Be the first to hear all this information RIGHT NOW, even before the book is available!!!

PAUL NISON SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER...
LIVE SIMULCAST THIS FRIDAY, FEB 20th AT 1 P.M.
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Message from Paul,

Hello, I've been working on a new book now for more than two years called "The No Dinner Diet." I have decided to change the title of the book to "The Daylight Diet." I'm so excited to share this information with all my readers. I am so thrilled to announce that my friends who are doing a 90-day detox have asked me to share my information about my future book.

I'm sorry I was not able to give you more notice, but you can hear me this Friday, Feb 20th at 1 PM

EVENT: Paul Nison is NOT Coming to Dinner!
DATE & TIME: Friday, February 20th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern
FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast — it’s your choice)
TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW…

In order to attend, all you have to do is click on the link above at the appropriate time (1:00pm EST on Friday, February 20th).

IF YOU CANNOT MAKE THE CALL, Don't Worry!
The call will be recorded and you can come back and listen to it at your convenience. Just click that link above when you’re ready, and the recording will be there waiting for you!

In this teleseminar, I'm going to be revealing some of the things I've put in his upcoming book, "The Daylight Diet." Here’s a sampling of the things you’ll learn more about on this call:

Overeating: What triggers it and why we should avoid it.
Late night eating: If you have ever been a late night binger, you MUST listen to this call!
The importance of sleep and digestion!
Why regularity in eating is vital to creating a healthy rhythm in your body.
How many meals should we eat a day?
What are the ideal times to eat? To sleep?
What is a late night eating disorder?
How can you recognize the feeling of TRUE hunger?

This call is going to be a HUGE help to many people who are late night nibblers and bingers. I really hope you’ll join us for this call on Friday, and if you’re not already signed up for the FREE or high-support version of the 90-day detox, well, then you can do that by clicking RIGHT HERE!


A 90 Day Detox - Don't Be So Obsessed

LISTEN TO THIS INTERVIEW AND FIND OUT WHY PAUL NISON IS NOT COMING TO DINNER!

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It's Not Just What You Eat That Makes You Healthy, It's How You LIVE!

I'm fed up with telling people everything they should be afraid of in their environment. If it's not polluted air, water or electromagnetic rays from cellphones, it's toxic food, drug companies and trashy political headlines. I'm sick of talking about the dangers of cooked food or gluten or dairy.

It's time for a Detox! Detox the stress, the obsession, the guilt and the roller coaster! Detox the sleep deprivation and unsettling schedules! Detox the late night binge and couch potato lack of motivation! Detox critical behavior and arguments about food.

We Can Talk About Raw Food,
Green Juice, and Diets But If We Do Not Live
Joy-Filled, Honest Lives in Community With Others
Who Share Our Goals,
We Will NEVER Be Truly Healthy.

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Don't Be Like Mike. Stop overeating!

I just found out that later in life Michelangelo's David started eating 30 bananas a day and consuming raw chocolate.



At first he felt great and refused to believe he was overeating. Later after the damage was done he changed his mind.



Don't be like Mike!!!

An Amazing Artist Blessed Me

Last winter, I was giving a lecture in Arizona and a gifted artist, Elena Eros, who has been to several of my lectures in the past, presented me with one of the most amazing gifts I have ever received. This painting that Elena painted was the perfect picture to bless our home. I was so excited to bring it home to my wife and show her. Andrea also fell in love with the painting.

The top of the painting reads "Yahweh Rophe" which translates "The Lord who Heals."

Here is more information from Elena's site about the piece:

ABOUT THE PIECE: The Lord Who Heals
Acrylic 2008

This painting is a gift to famous nutritionist and Bible Teacher Paul Nison. He teaches about health. The best physical food for us is RAW vegetables and fruits (Gen 1:29).

The best spiritual food for us: God from the Bible—Yahweh Rophe, to whom we should go directly, through the Bible, studying the Word in its original language. Being inspired by this thought I painted this picture very quickly, spontaneously and emotionally: people should stretch themselves towards Jesus. They should jump, run and fly to Him, trying to touch His healing power. It's very challenging to write in Hebrew: from right to left; but there is significance to it.

I use acrylic, when I paint in Churches or need my paintings to dry fast. This challenging media keeps you alert, concentrated and humble—it doesn't allow you to make too many mistakes. You should pray before you start.

About the Artist
Elena Eros was born in Moscow, Russia, where she studied art under renowned Russian artists in Moscow State Textile University, Faculty of Applied Art. She was awarded an "Outstanding Student Scholarship", enabling her to continue her education in Hungarian University of Applied Art. After her graduation, Elena was invited to teach in Textile University.

Elena worked as a Fashion Designer, Illustrator, Portraitist in Residence, background painter for animated cartoons and lecturer. Elena moved to the USA in 2005 and won an International Drawing Competition for American Artist Magazine in 2005.

Elena is faithful to the nature of her subjects an accordance with her classical education, at the same time her experience in applied art is allowing her to interpret and stylize. Her works are in private collections in Russia, Hungary, England and the USA. Elena's Website is www.elenagallery.com

Gluttony in the Raw Food World

I must really be going crazy. Last week, I wrote an article about why eating chocolate or 30 bananas a day is not healthy. People doing those crazy things agreed that I was right about one and wrong about the other. I had people contact me, saying I was right about chocolate but wrong about the fruit. Than I had others say I was wrong about the chocolate, but right about the fruit. I even had one person write me saying that they enjoy a lot of chocolate covered bananas each day. It’s really getting out of hand.

Everyone thinks they have the answer. I just read an article by one raw food author who stated he is mad at the raw food movement because he believes eating a lot of fruit everyday is the only way to be successful while eating a raw diet and many of the other teachers who have had success are wrong. He once wrote a book called “Raw Secrets.” The only secret in the raw movement is there are very few people even eating all raw, even if they say they are. But that’s fine, because as I stated in my last article, we don’t have to be 100% raw to be healthy. Of all the raw food teachers I respect the most, Brian Clement gets my vote because he eats 80% raw food and does not hide the fact. He does not have issues telling people he is not 100% raw. Brian knows you don’t need to be 100% raw to be healthy.

Back to the madness. How in the world can someone sit at a table and stick 30 bananas down in their mouth and not believe it’s overeating? It’s insane some of the things people are saying. They are so worried not to eat fat that they have to eat tons of fruit just to waste away. Maybe they need to understand some fats are healthy, in fact, a certain amount is needed. It is proven, if you don’t get enough good essential fatty acids, it can affect your thinking. Obviously it’s happening here.

Someone asked me how many bananas I thought was enough and not considered overeating. I made the error by responding to the glutton, suggesting there is no reason a person would need to eat four bananas in one sitting, ever! Unless of course they were stuck in a desert for two weeks with no food, or perhaps deceived to believe by a few raw food writers that it is sane to overindulge in massive amounts of food. It doesn’t matter what the food is when it comes to gluttony, too much is too much.

How much is too much? Any amount that is more than you need is too much! We don’t need a lot once we are healthy! If you
need to eat 30 bananas to get your nutrients, here’s a brainstorm: Maybe you are not eating enough fat or protein? Or maybe you are just not healthy?

Being fit and being healthy is not the same thing. I know some pretty fit people that ended up being the best looking people in the cemetery. I could visit any gym in the world and find good looking fit people who eat a terrible diet. Excessive exercising to justify over eating is not a wise idea.


Maybe we should change the name of the raw food movement to the excess movement. There is no need to eat 30 bananas in one sitting, no need to drink 15 vegetable juices a day, no need to fast for 100 days on just juice and no need to consume tons of chocolate. Go ahead and call me crazy for trying to warn people that overeating is un-healthy. I am trying to help people understand less is more. Maybe I am the crazy one, but what do you expect when I see people foolishly consume tons of raw junk food and wonder why the raw diet isn’t working for them. Or people eating tons of fruit well into the night and than claim they don’t have an eating disorder.

"How to Live One Hundred Years"

The more I eat a "No Dinner Diet" the less I eat and better I feel. Early this morning I was working on my book "The No Dinner Diet" that will be out this summer. I am writing a chapter about overeating and how we can be healthier with less food. I'm researching and writing about a man who lived to 102 years old in the 1500's. The key to his great age was eating less.

LUIGI CORNARO (1464-1566) LIVED 102 YEARS

One of the greatest inspirations for my dietary discipline is Luigi Cornaro. Since he was a nobleman, he was able to get away with eating rich food until age thirty-five, but then grew ill. His doctor (in the sixteenth century many doctors taught health practices) advised him to modify his diet toward consuming minimal amounts of the easiest to digest foods and wine. He came to the realization that no one could know his body better than he did and agreed it was time to take responsibility for his own health. Unlike those around him, he stopped overeating, and was able to clearly observe the long-term health problems they were causing by stuffing themselves.

Luigi had begun to live what he called the "temperate, moderate or simple life. In addition to having written political satires and plays, he called the book he wrote in 1558, Trattato de la vita sobria. “Trattato de la vita sobria” in Italian means “Treatise on the Simple Life” (simple in the sense of moderate or frugal). He reduced his food intake, cutting it down to twelve ounces a day of solid foods, divided into two meals with fourteen ounces of light wine, also divided into two servings. Within a few months on his new and essential diet, Luigi’s health remarkably improved. Shortly after his new life of wisdom, clarity and health, he married, had a daughter and eventually eleven healthy grandchildren, the joy of his advanced years.

Luigi believed in consuming the best quality and most easily digestible foods in small amounts. This is exactly what The "No Dinner Diet" reveals. He enjoyed excellent health on this regimen from ages forty to eighty-five. He sometimes ate a little meat (all cattle were free range and grass fed in those days) only eaten in very small portions on special occasions, certainly not every day; nor every week; he would eat one egg yolk, vegetable soup, coarse, unrefined bread, salads, small quantities of locally grown fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables and slightly fermented wine. It’s important to understand that in those days, wine was not bottled as it is today but was kept in barrels; and since it was drunk in the same year the grapes were harvested, it contained only a fraction of today’s high alcohol percentages. Neither fish nor chicken agreed with Luigi, so he avoided them altogether.

Very happy and satisfied with the way he was eating at age eighty-five, his “well-meaning” relatives began to implore him to eat more. Finally, to stop their incessant badgering and to appease them, he increased the amount of his food from twelve to fourteen ounces. He also augmented the quantity of his drink from fourteen to sixteen ounces. Within twelve days he developed a high fever.

At this point, he knew exactly what had caused him to become ill and went back to the smaller amounts he had been used to when he was healthy. After three days of the smaller quantities of food and drink, his health returned. At age ninety-five, Luigi Cornaro had all his faculties more in tact than ever; his judgment, memory and joyful spirit were undiminished, and he continued on the smaller quantities of food and drink. He was very active all the way up to his death at 102. His health never diminished over the years as it does in for the majority today. He had all his senses, no memory loss, even his eyesight and hearing had grown keener with the years. In his nineties, he studied singing and horseback riding and to the end of his days led an active life. To the last moment, he continued his exhortations that all partake of the joys of small meals as a perfect guarantee of physical, mental and emotional happiness.

It’s important to note that all food was of higher quality in mid-sixteenth century Europe than today’s more commercial fare. It was entirely organic, and there were no packaged foods, no processed foods, and no supplements. None of the plants native to the Americas (coffee, cacao, tobacco, cane sugar, corn, peanuts, potatoes, tomatoes, etc.) had yet been imported, and it wasn’t until the nineteenth century that wealthy Europeans had become largely addicted to the first four. Imagine a world without sugar, coffee, chocolate, tobacco, bananas or other force-ripened tropical fruits, without potatoes, tomatoes, or corn! There were no distilled beverages, no sodas, no processed candies, no white flour or white rice. Medications were all natural herbal remedies; there were no petroleum products, no plastics, no factory farming, etc. The world was still truly green, not commercially and environmentally challenged.

The dangers of overeating

“Food is the greatest producer of disease, and that its proper regulation, as to quality and quantity, is the greatest preventative measure, as well as curative measure, which we know. Why does the athlete always have to go into training for so long a period of time, and take so much exercise in his preparation of any contest requiring endurance? It is simply because his body is in such a condition that this is required, in order to get rid of a lot of useless material which should never have been introduced in the first place. We constantly overeat, and then have to take enforced exercise in order to burn up, and get rid of, this excess of food material! If we did not eat so much in the first place, all this would not be necessary. We should prevent the accumulation of this excess of mal-assimilated food material, and then the toxic or poisonous products which result because of its presence would be avoided.”

–from Death Deferred by Dr. Hereward Carrington

Healthy Eating and the Economy –My Raw Life Stimulus Plan

I’ve been hearing so much in the news lately about the President’s new stimulus plan, but I think he is missing a very important point. If people where healthier, they would save a lot of money, or as he puts it, have a lot more money to spend.

I don’t think a spending plan is wise, especially at this point. But when you are sick, tired and weak, you have no choice but to spend. You spend money on drugs for your illness, and more drugs to deal with the side effects of your original drugs. When you are too tired to make a salad and you have to eat out, you are spending more money than you should, and when you have no strength to carry a watermelon from your car to your house, it’s time to do something different.

So what is the answer?
After brainstorming for a whole minute, I came up with a plan. How about we invest in our ….GOOD HEALTH… so we don’t need to rely on government to keep us broke and sick? Hmmm… there’s an idea no one in Washington is talking about proposing, but I am!

But how do we eat healthy if it costs so much? Isn’t eating a raw food diet a lot of money? It could be, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are some of my ideas and I welcome everyone’s suggestions.

This is not a place to give your diet opinions, just ideas on how to save money while eating healthy or eating a raw food diet. Many of us "healthy people" already know these tips, but your tips may help someone new to eating this way who is discouraged by the price of healthy foods.

The most common complaint I hear from people embarking on the raw food journey is that is costs too much to eat this way. Now, because of the state of the economy, it is more challenging to maintain the raw food lifestyle.

People I have met have always been under the impression it is very costly to eat a healthy diet. After taking a look at some of the prices on the menu of raw food restaurants that are appearing all over the country, people are looking at gourmet raw foods as more of a luxury and not a necessity.

I have been on a raw food diet for many years. There were times I had a lot of money to spend, however other times finances were not as available, so I had to figure out a way to eat healthy and afford the cost. I have found that I enjoy being frugal with the money I spend on my food bill because it saves me money, and I find it is also much healthier to eat a more simple diet.

Throughout the years I’ve been on a raw food diet, I was on both sides of the spectrum. When I first went on a raw food diet more than 14 years ago, I ate a lot! And what I ate wasn’t cheap. I was so excited about this new way of eating I found my self at raw food restaurants every night, and during the day I would spend a good amount of money in search of exotic fruits and other expensive snacks.

Now I have found a way to eat a raw food diet and it isn’t so expensive. If you don’t want to eat a 100% raw food diet, it can be even cheaper. Of course if you are going to eat 30 bananas a day, especially if they are organic, or tons of raw junk foods (packaged snacks), or in raw food restaurants everyday, the bill will add up quickly. But there is no need to do that. You can follow my tips in this article and achieve all your needs without going into debt to do it.

Not only have I found these tips to be a great way to save money, but also it is the healthiest way to eat a raw food diet. Dr. Fred Bisci taught me the healthier we are and the better we eat, the less food we will need to meet our needs. When the food is higher quality, everything we need is in there in abundance. Eating more than we need ultimately will harm us. So here are my tips:

-Eat less:
The more food we eat, the more money we spend on food

-Have a food budget and use cash
At the beginning of the month, decide how much money you need to buy your food for the entire month. If you have the cash on hand, put it all in an envelope and only use that money for your food. It may take several months to budget the right amount each month, but if you find you can survive on a certain amount in one month, there is no reason why you should need more for the other months.

Physically seeing how much money you have will help you make wise choices about your budget. When you pay cash for your food, you feel by inclined not to pay a high amount for an item. You must do your best to stick to the budget if you want this to work. If you are looking to buy an item over the Internet, use your debit card instead of your credit card. Your debit card is the next best thing to cash when it comes to saving money, simply because if you don’t have it, you can’t spend it. If you do purchase food over the Internet with your debit card, take the money out of your envelope first to make sure you have enough.

-Compare prices
many of the raw food websites sell similar items, but sometimes there is a big difference in the cost or the shipping charges may vary with each site. Some sites give specials, like if you order a certain amount, you get free shipping. Compare before you buy and if you find a good deal on a site one day, that doesn’t mean that site will always have the best prices. So each time you want an item, look around before making your purchase. Many sites will also match or beat prices of other sites if you bring it to their attention. One of the major reasons I started a raw web store www.rawlife.com is to help people purchase items at the lowest cost.

I remember years ago I asked one of the biggest raw food web promoters why they charged so much for each item. I understand money needs to be made and everyone should get paid for their hard work, but there is a difference between making a profit and taking advantage of people. He saw things different than me, so I had no choice but to create a web store that will give people better choices at lower costs. If I can, I will beat any price from any other site on the Internet. And if I can’t, I’m happy to tell a person they have found the best price somewhere else.

Not only web stores, but health food stores also have similar items at different prices. I get organic produce at a mainstream grocery food much cheaper than I do at health food stores. So shop around, and when you find the best deal take it. Check with Costco and Wal-Mart. They carry organic foods and even non-organic items that are okay, like avocados, and they are usually cheaper.

-Coupons and monthly specials
Many websites and stores offer coupons and monthly specials. Sign-up for free e-newsletters that email these specials in their newsletters. For super markets, become preferred customers. For no cost, many stores will give a card that you can use to receive discounts at check-out.

-Bulk foods
There are certain items like nuts and seeds that will last longer and you can purchase larger amounts at a cheaper price. Costco stores have nuts and seeds in five pound bags pretty cheap, and ordering bulk online is always cheaper than non-bulk. But don't buy bulk just to save money. If you don’t need it, you are really wasting money. Also, if you have never tried something and are not sure if you will like it, see if you can get a sample first or just order a small amount and make sure you like it before ordering it in bulk. Always check any bulk order to make sure none of the items have expiration dates before buying them.

-Co-op
Many cities have small co-op stores. Some co-ops are very large. A co-op is like a buying club where each member is an owner pays membership fees. These fees pay for items to be purchased in bulk at cheaper costs, and then divided amongst the members. For example, if you need 3 cumbers, but it’s cheaper to buy a box of 20, you can join a co-op where they find a bunch of people who need only a small amount, but they can buy bulk and get the cheaper price. If you cannot find a coop near you, you can start one. You don’t need a storefront to do it. I’ve met many people run a food co-op out of their own house. They get the orders and money from people and then place the bulk order. Not only do you make money on bulk, but taking out the middleman and ordering right from the company also provides a discount.

-Shop at farmers markets
Farmers markets are excellent to shop for the same reason. You take out the middleman, so the cost of everything is not only cheaper, but usually fresher and higher quality. A great tip is to shop toward the closing times of the market. Usually farmers will greatly reduce the price to get rid of the remaining stock before closing and going home.

-Make a shopping list
Going to the store or shopping on-line without a list will contribute to going over your budget. People impulse buy these days more than ever before and the marketers know it. They will make their products seem essential, and if you do not have your guard up you will end up buying a lot more then you needed.

-Keep meals simple
As for the meals you eat, keep them simple. I have a video on www.youtube.com about different salad dressings and simple things you can make every day buy using what you have around the kitchen. The more complicated your meal, the more money you will spend on the ingredients.

-Plan your meals
I used to tell people just eat when you are hungry, but I have learned not only is this bad advice because people usually always feel they are hungry and overeat, but not planning your meals for the day and eating on impulse will make you go over budget very quickly. Many people eat with their eyes. They usually don't feel hungry until they see an appetizing snack or piece of fruit. Impulse eating is never a wise idea. Figure out what you are going to eat the day before or at least in the morning for the day. Do your best to avoid food other than what you picked out before hand!
It also helps if you can plan the times you will eat your meals. The better the schedule you make and the closer you stick to it, the better off you will be.

-Don’t fall into theories
There are a lot of theories out there that make people spend a lot more money on food than they really need to. For example, some people suggest you need to eat certain things or else. Raw Chocolate is a good example. Marketers will call it a super-food and claim you cannot be healthy without this amazing, powerful food, when the food is not needed and sometimes harmful.

It may seem appealing to hear all the great wonderful claims, but you have to ask yourself "How did people survive before these foods came on the market?"
I use chocolate as an example because it’s the most common one preached today and there are others like special drinks in bottles, berry juices, etc. Some of these products may have some health benefits to them, but they are certainly not needed to be healthy. In other words, if you are spending money on these items for their health claims, you are wasting your money.

If you are buying these items as a treat or maybe to enhance your health, that is a different story. But do not get involved in claims that you need these items to be healthy. I’ve done much research on many of these items and most of the claims being made are garbage.

Another theory is that we must eat a certain amount of food or calories each day. This theory is flawed because each person needs a certain amount of nutrients and calories. I each much less not than I did 10 years ago. Back then, I could stuff a lot food in my month with no issues. Now I would get sick. I see a lot of people buy enormous amounts of fruits and I think that person must have a big family to feed. After talking to the person, I find out it is just for them because they heard they need to eat a certain amount of food to be healthy. In essence, this is just an excuse to overeat and will surely lead to over spending. So do not listen to the theories and keep it simple.

-Utilize all food; don’t throw away
When you eat a diet of fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds ,most of the food is edible. Do not waste any of it. When I make almond milk or other nut milks, I usually save the pulp and add it to other recipes. I’ll also make crackers or some other raw food dish with leftover fruits and veggies. I estimate I save a good amount of money each week by not throwing food away that I used to.

-Eat only 2 or 3 meals a day
No matter who you are or what you do, there is no reason why you need to eat more than 3 times a day. Two meals would be even better. Too many people eat too often. Eating 2 or 3 meals a day will keep the cost down and keep your body clean and efficient.

-No snacking
When we snack, we may not think it is a big deal. Eating between meals is not healthy, and also can become quite expensive, especially when the snacks are expensive raw food snacks. A raw food candy bar may just cost $3.50, but two bars are $7.00. It adds up quickly and before you know it, your snacks have added up to several hundred dollars each month. Raw cookies, ice creams, and shakes between meals should be avoided if you want to keep cost down and heath up.

-No Dinner Diet
In my new book, "The No-Dinner Diet," I suggest people avoid eating at nighttime or when it is dark outside. Studies reveal we eat more food at these times and marketers know it. Our desire to say no seems to go away after the sun goes down. People go out and seem to spend more money on entertainment and food during nighttime hours and big bucks are wasted during this time.

-Wild foods
We cannot buy or even plant the highest quality foods, but we can get them for free. Common plants and weeds found in people’s yards or local parks are mostly edible and they are the healthiest foods for our body. Before exploring wild foods, it’s important to research which ones are non-edible because they can be poisonous. However, only a small percentage is poisonous. There are hundreds of fascinating, delicious, wild vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and herbs growing in our neighborhoods, backyards, parks, and forest that we overlook and disregard.
Many edible weeds are not difficult to identify and are easy to recognize once introduced to them. They are easy to collect and enjoy, with no harm to the environment. Many are fine eaten raw, some are better cooked and many can be dried and stored.

-Sprouted Food
Sprouted foods are so nutritious and other than free while herbs, the most cost effective food you can get. Sprouted food is any type of seed, nut, grain, or bean that has been soaked in water, exposed to air and indirect sunlight, and when rinsed daily, has started to form a new plant, beginning with a sprout. Some examples include wheatgrass, sunflower sprouts, sprouted almond sprouts and even bean sprouts. Sprouts are 10 to 30 times more nutritious than the best vegetables either edible or juiced. They are the most nutritious of all land-based foods.

-Pot-lucks
If you are looking to enjoy an occasional, raw food gourmet meal, instead of spending a lot of money at raw food restaurants, find local raw food pot-lucks. You can find pot-lucks in every city on this site www.meetup.com. Raw food pot lucks are excellent ways to enjoy healthy food at the lowest cost. All you have to do is bring a meal for 4 or 5 people and you will get a chance to taste an excellent variety of raw food recipes made by different people.

-Don’t eat out
One of the best ways to save money is not to eat out. Going to restaurants is the biggest expense of eating a raw food diet. If you are looking to enjoy that environment when you do go out to eat, eat a meal before hand and just get a salad at the restaurant. I do not suggest getting dessert because raw food desserts and usually very expensive for what you are getting. If you really want to save money while eating a raw food diet, never go to a raw food restaurant hungry

-Fast one day a week
Brian Clement of The Hippocrates Health Institute has been fasting one day a week for more than 20 years and suggests it is excellent for health. Fasting on a few vegetables juices or even just water for one day a week is an excellent way to conserve energy, cleanse the body, and heal from disease while saving money on food. If you do decide to fast one day a week, do not overeat the next day. If you can’t help yourself, instead of fasting one day a week, just have a single meal that day. If you do fast, you can either go 36 hours without food, or to make it easier, just go 24 hours so you do not go a day without eating. For example, if you fast from breakfast to breakfast you are still eating every day. That’s a 24 hour fast. A 36-hour fast is going one full day and night with no food. Either way you are saving money.

-Walk or bike instead of driving
An obvious way to save money is to walk or bike as transportation instead of taking the car. With the rising prices of gas, a bike is an excellent investment.

-Appliances: shop eBay, Craig’s list
You do not need to have every raw food appliance and gadget to eat a raw food diet. A knife and cutting board are all you really need. A cheap blender will also be a helpful to make wonderful raw food dressings for inexpensive salads. Everything else is not required. However, if you want to get the top-notch appliances, look for them used on eBay or Craig’s list.

-Don’t use a credit card; use cash
If you don’t have the money to buy something, don’t use a credit card to get it. You will end up paying a lot more in the future because of the interest you have to pay. Chances are, if you don’t have the money now, you won’t have it later, so if you can do without, wait until you have the cash. And do not take a cash advance either. If you must use a credit card because you have the cash but just not on you, use a debit card instead.

One of the most stressful situations we can be in is to have a lot of debt. If you are using a credit card to buy your food, your food will most likely cost more than you can afford, or you are overeating. Purchases over the Internet should be made with a debit card. If you are serious about getting out of debt and reducing stress I highly suggest you listen to Dave Ramsey. He suggests beans and rice as a cheap food while getting out of debt so I’ll have to talk to him about that one and let him know beans are rice are not the healthiest examples of cheap food. But his advice on getting out of debit is excellent.

-Free info on-line and at the library
Take advantage of the resources out there before spending money on the same info you can get for free.

-Beware of supplement pushers (blood work)
Blood tests should reveal what nutrients you need, not somebody trying to sell you a product that you may not need. Then you can devise a diet and supplement schedule that you will fully utilize, not letting anything go to waste.

These are just some helpful tips on how to save money while eating a raw food diet. It can be very expensive but doesn’t have to. I would love to hear your suggestions.

My daughter Noa Raquel and me

I am a blessed daddy.

The Dangers of too much sugar part 2

The Dangers of too much sugar part 1

There is nothing wrong with eating a little fruit but anyone who thinks eating too much fruit is a good idea I highly suggest this video so you can see the science to show why it is not a good idea.

Issues with the 80/10/10 diet

Put down the raw chocolate and stop eating 30 bananas a day. Read this!

It seems there are many people eating a raw food diet who are very confused about what is healthy and not healthy. Many raw fooders eat tons of chocolate and others over eat on fruit. There is even a website group that suggest people eat 30 bananas a day. I want to help clear up the confusion. Below is an article that I highly suggest anyone interested in eating a raw food diet, or any diet for the matter read. I’ve been eating according to these guidelines now for over 14 years. My health is in excellent shape and my endurance and strength for hard work and sports in better than anyone I know who is my age. I work out in the gym, and on occasion have taken 100-mile bike rides just to see how far I can go. There is no lack of anything on this diet.

It does concern me that there are people who have been eating a raw food diet, some not even one year suggesting this guidelines are wrong and people should be overeating on fruit and eating processed foods like chocolate. Take note if you are on or considering eating an 80/10/10 diet suggested by Doug Graham or a diet of processed junk food suggested by David Wolfe they are dangerous in the long run! I know it’s fun at first to eat that way but this is not a game. Your health is on the line.

If you do not agree with my personal beliefs that’s fine, people can have different opinions and some people have to find out for themselves what works and what doesn’t, but when you have the top leaders in the raw food movement with over 411 years of this lifestyle to back out their findings you must wake up.

Brian Clement, Gabriel Cousens, or Dr. Fred Bisci all admit eating too much fruit and raw chocolate are harmful for the body. It is foolish to claim they are wrong and you know better than they do if you have only been eating a raw food diet a few years and they have the experience and science to back up these claims.

INTERNATIONAL LIVING FOOD SUMMIT
Vibrant Health Through Plant-Based Nutrition

This historic summit was held at the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach Florida on January 14, 2006. The summit convened to unify the leadership in the Living Food Movement, establishing scientifically based common standards for optimum health.
Leaders from eight countries (with a combined total of 411 years following this lifestyle) agreed on the following standards:
(Compiled and Organized by Jameth Sheridan, N.D.)

The Optimum Diet for Health/Longevity:
• Vegan (no animal products of any kind, cooked or raw)
• Organic
• Whole Foods
• High in nutrition such as vitamins, antioxidants and phytonutrients
• Highly mineralized
• Contains a significant quantity of chlorophyll-rich green foods
• Contains adequate complete protein from plant sources
• Contains a large proportion of high-water content foods
• Provides excellent hydration
• Includes raw vegetable juices
• Contains all essential fatty acids, including Omega 3 fatty acids from
naturally occurring plant sources
• Is at least 80% raw (the remaining to be Vegan, whole food, and organic)
• Has moderate, yet adequate caloric intake
• Contains only low to moderate sugar and exclusively from whole food sources (fruitarianism is strongly discouraged)
• Is nutritionally optimal for both detoxification and rebuilding

We also agree that:
• Supplementation with Vitamin B-12 is advised.
• The addition of enzyme active superfoods and whole food supplements is also advised.
• This way of eating can be further optimized by tailoring it based on individual needs (within the principles stated).
• Benefits derived by following these principles are proportional to how well they are followed.
• We will remain open-minded, and this information will be updated and expanded upon, if necessary, as new research becomes available.
• Diet is a critical piece of a healthy lifestyle, yet not the entire picture. A full spectrum, health supportive lifestyle is encouraged. This includes physical exercise, exposure to sunshine, as well as psychological health. Avoiding environmental toxins and toxic products is essential. Paramount is pure water (for consumption and bathing), the use of natural fiber clothing, and non-toxic personal care products. Also consider healthy options in home furnishings/building materials and related items.

All leaders agree that the main objective of eating in the above mentioned fashion is to promote health, and equally to prevent and minimize disease.

The following leaders support these principles:
(listed in alphabetical order)
Solveig Almqvist – Secretary of the Enzyme Swedish Living Foods association - Sweden
Tommy Axelsson – Secretary of the Enzyme Swedish Living Foods association - Sweden
Fred Bisci, PhD – USA
Tamera Campbell – Vision - USA
Rajaa Chbani – Pharmacie L’Unite - Morocco
Gabriel Cousens, MD, MD(H) – Diplomat American Board of Holistic Medicine - USA
Brenda Cobb – Living Foods Institute - USA
Anna Maria Clement, CN, NMD, PhD – Hippocrates Health Institute - USA
Brian Clement, CN, NMD, PhD – Hippocrates Health Institute - USA
Carole Dougoud – Institute Haute Vitalite - Switzerland
Kare Engstrom – Dietician - Sweden
Viktoras Kulvinskas – “Grandfather” of the Living Foods Movement - USA
Marie Christine Lhermitte – Chemin du mas Magnuel - France
George Malkmus – Hallelujah Acres - USA
Rhonda Malkmus – Hallelujah Acres - USA
Paul Nison – The Raw Life - USA
Claudine Richard – Naturopath - France
Michael Saiber – Vision - USA
Jameth Sheridan, ND – HealthForce Nutritionals - USA
Diana Store – Raw Superfoods – UK/The Netherlands
Jill Swyers – Living Foods For Health – UK/Portugal
Walter J. Urban, PhD – USA - Costa Rica