Monday, 16 March 2009

Raw Food - links

The first time I came across the raw food approach to diet was when I accidentally found The Hallelujah Diet. That prompted me to search raw food on Google, from which I discovered a huge following for this approach and an enormous amount of people blogging daily to say how great they feel, and how they have been transformed physically and mentally, many recovering completely from serious and debilitating disease. Most of these people have no other incentive than to inspire others and share their many quite incredible stories.

If you decide to go raw there’s quite a bit to learn, though it’s not difficult – just don’t eat anything cooked.

It's really inspiring to keep up with the raw food blogs, websites and to watch raw recipe videos - it helps you remember why you are doing it, and it's very encouraging to read about and see the effect raw food has in transforming people’s lives. Most of all, having read about the extraordinary experiences of others, when you experience a similar transformation in how you feel yourself, you do feel quite amazed.

My suggestion is that at first you just try eating nothing but raw food for 2 or 3 days, and notice how clear headed and energetic you feel. Then eat something like a cake and notice how that feeling instantly disappears.

Raw Food Transformations
http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/pictures/beforeafters_main.html - very inspiring!
http://www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/raw-food-before-and-after-photos.html - very inspiring!
http://www.rawreform.com/content/view/16/30/ - Angela Stokes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk4sw_rYucg - Angela Stokes on CNN. This news item caused a lot of sudden interest in Raw Food in America.
http://discoverraw.typepad.com/discoverraw/before-after-photos.html -Jo Thomas – she is English, and lost lots of weight
http://www.thegardendiet.com/jinjee.html
http://www.thebestofrawfood.com/raw-food-diet-testimonials.html lots of video testimonials
http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/pictures/befafter_britaniefaith.html
http://www.rawhealing.com/myrawstory.html
http://www.rawschool.com/photos.htm
http://www.rawglow.com/mystory.htm
http://www.rawveganfitness.com/how-raw-foods-gave-me-my-groove-back-t20.html
http://www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/raw-food-before-and-after-photos.html
http://www.rawgosia.com/enter.html
http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/testimonials/index.html
http://www.jonathankearsey.com/ 30 days of raw food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM1_wM_u2mk&eurl=http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?hl=en&q=worlds%20heaviest%20manuel&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv - The world's heaviest man lost half his weight. Not on a raw food, but he cut out all that stuff that makes you fat, and replaced it with sufficient protein and veg for each meal. Obvious really - pie, bread, pizza, pasta, cheese, and chips make you fat, so don’t eat them.
http://texasliver.typepad.com/dr_joe_galatis_blog/2009/03/carbohydrates-and-diet-chuck-garcia-guest-column.html - advice about refined carbohydrates


Raw Food People
http://www.therawfoodcoach.com/start_here.php Karen Knowler - she is a good person to start with as she explains everything from the beginning. She has lots of good demonstrations on you tube. She healed herself with green smoothies when she had cervical dysplasia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFm9_6BTCHM&feature=related - Karen Knowler on youtube – green smoothie demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DOWprJi7C8 - Karen Knowler - flax crackers recipe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUpdijuGA -Jason Vale on juicing, and how Jordan slimmed down with juicing to do to be in shape for her fitness video. (Funny really – it was the juices, not the exercises that got her in shape!)
http://www.jillpettijohn.com/life.html - Why we need to eat foods that are alive
http://www.therawbombshell.com/index.html
http://chidiet.com/books/whysuffer.pdf - Ann Wigmore – a lady who made many early discoveries and is very respected for her research
http://www.jennanorwood.com/ - Superchargeme – a raw food experiment
http://www.jonathankearsey.com/ - 30 days of raw food on video
http://rawkinradio.com/ - Interviews with some of the best known raw food people
http://www.seekeronline.org/journals/y2005/nov05.html - Victoria Boutenko - smoothie recipes and information. She has a well known book called Green for Life
http://www.naturalnews.com/022401.html -Victoria Boutenkos family story
http://realfoodtulsa.blogspot.com/ - Penni Shelton – read her blog from the beginning, when she starts her raw journey.
http://www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/2008/04/pressing-the-re.html - Penni Shelton interview
http://www.greensmoothiegirl.com/ - Robyn - very good information, she really knows her stuff.
http://www.rawschool.com/basics.htm - Nora Lenz - Very good information http://www.rawschool.com/photos.htm - Nora Lenz
http://www.rawschool.com/story.htm - Nora Lenz
http://chidiet.com/Shazzie_com%20%20The%20raw%20food%20diet%20%20Raw%20Transformation%20%20Nora.htm - Nora Lenz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z24Jy7YnzA4 - DR Robert Young PH, and alkaline foods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3xOU2tLl7g - Marcus Rothkranz
http://www.markusrothkranz.com/health_tips.html
http://discoverraw.typepad.com/discoverraw/before-after-photos.html Jo Thomas
http://rawfoodrightnow.blogspot.com/2007/07/ultimate-list-of-raw-food-blogs.html - Lots of blogs
http://www.livingfoods.co.uk/ - go on a workshop, or train for a raw qualification – in Ludlow


Juicing – information recipes and demonstrations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUpdijuGA Jason Vale on juicing, and how Jordan slimmed down with juicing to do to be in shape for her fitness video. (Funny really – it was the juices, not the exercises that got her in shape!)
http://www.juicefeasting.com/JuiceFeastingIntro/GettingJuicyMakingBeautifulJuices/tabid/195/Default.aspx - juicing without a juice machine, cheap and easy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UdSLp3CCfg&feature=channel_page the easy cheapest and least wasteful way to make juice

What happens to you when you eat a raw food diet
http://www.greensmoothiegirl.com/blog/?p=207


Raw Food recipes and demonstrations
http://www.rawchefdan.com/raw_chef_dan/freevideos.html
http://www.aniphyo.com/ Lots of lovely recipes
http://thesunnyrawkitchen.blogspot.com/ Lots of lovely recipes
http://www.therawchef.com/recipes.html Lots of lovely recipes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFm9_6BTCHM&feature=related - Karen Knowler on youtube
http://rawgoddessheathy.blogspot.com/ - lovely cakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DOWprJi7C8 - flax crackers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUpdijuGA - Jason Vale on juicing
http://www.juicefeasting.com/JuiceFeastingIntro/GettingJuicyMakingBeautifulJuices/tabid/195/Default.aspx - juicing
http://www.seekeronline.org/journals/y2005/nov05.html - Victoria Boutenko smoothie recipes and information
http://goneraw.com/node
http://rawmazing.com/ - really lovely photography of her recipes
http://www.rawfoodchef.com/culinaryArts/freeRawFoodsVideos.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UdSLp3CCfg&feature=channel_page - the easy cheapest and least wasteful way to make juice
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/zucchini-ribbons-with-raw-tomato-marinara - make sure you get nice courgettes - this is really nice


Raw Food Books
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Life-Victoria-Boutenko/dp/0970481969/ref=pd_sim_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1214982639&sr=1-8
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Natures-First-Law-Food-Diet/dp/0965353303
http://www.amazon.co.uk/RawEnergyBibleGoodnessCombining/dp/0091816122/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214982639&sr=1-8
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raw-Uncook-Book-Juliano/dp/0060392622/ref=pd_sim_b_13
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anis-Raw-Food-Kitchen-Delectable/dp/1600940005/ref=pd_sim_b_5
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everyday-Raw-Matthew-Kenney/dp/1423602072/ref=pd_sim_b_16

Diabetes and insulin resistance
http://www.amazon.co.uk/There-Cure-Diabetes-21-day-Program/dp/1556436912/ref=pd_sim_b_6
http://www.detoxyourworld.com/acatalog/simply_raw_dvd.html - DVD about programme that reverses type II diabetes
http://www.rawfor30days.com/

Cancer
http://fresh-network.typepad.com/fresh_network_blog/2009/03/the-truth-about-cancer.html
http://www.all-creatures.org/cb/a-hallelujah.html
http://www.gerson.org/g_therapy/default.asp
http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/budwig_protocol.html


Raw Food Supplies
http://www.wheatgrass-uk.com/index.html
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/script/home.html
http://www.fresh-network.com/
http://www.aconbury.co.uk/

Other information
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4389837.stm - BBC report about whether a raw food diet is healthy
http://www.momsraw.com/2009/02/acid-waste-can-triggers-alcohol.html - understanding cravings for the wrong foods
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-3214100593069532942&q=&hl=en about craving and addictions

http://thesearchbox.blogspot.com/ raw food does not only easily make you lose weight, you also feel 100% better, and most significantly of all - it reverses the typical western diseases – cancer diabetes heart disease allergies asthma pcos pmt ............

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/well-seasoned-how-salt-can-actually-be-good-for-you-771775.html about salt