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Sumara's
Raw Foods Recipes |
Pomegranate Salad
2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp. olive oil
½ tsp. Dijon mustard
2 medium bunches arugula, rinsed well and thick stems removed
2 firm but ripe pears, halved, cored and each cut into 6 wedges
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
½ cup crumbled mock feta
cheese
1/3 cup pecans, roughly chopped
½ cup pomegranate seeds (from
1 medium pomegranate)
18 rinsed and dried leaves of Boston, Bibb, or green-leaf
lettuce
Mock Feta Cheese
2 cups presoaked cashews
Juice of
½ lemon
1 large cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon Celtic salt
1 teaspoon oregano
To make the "feta cheese,"
process the cashews through a Champion Juicer using the solid screen and mix
in the other ingredients. Divide into three parts and spread evenly on
each pizza
crust.
Whisk together
lime juice, oil and mustard in a small bowl.
Place arugula and pears in a salad bowl. Toss with just enough
dressing to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Sprinkle with "feta" and pecans, and pomegranate seeds, and serve.
For a festive presentation, line salad plates with lettuce leaves
and mound a serving of the salad in the center of each.
Serves 6
**For
more recipes go to
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Raw Food Diet – Eat
Yourself Healthy
by
Sara Schell, NY Wellness Guide
Eating raw foods is natural. Our bodies thrive
on all that is fresh and vital. A raw food diet (or increasing the amount of
raw food that you eat) is bound to bring a feeling of increased wellbeing.
Raw food diets are based on unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, preferably
organic, such as a variety of fresh fruits and vegies, nuts, seeds, grains,
dried fruit, fresh juices and purified water.
Why Raw Foods?
Basically a vegetarian diet, the raw food diet promotes eating and drinking
‘living’ foods. Living foods and juices contain the maximum amount of fibre
found in raw produce, fibre that can be lost in processing. Such foods are
easily metabolised and tend to be lower in calories than the average diet.
Heating food above 116°F destroys enzymes in food that aid in digestion and in
absorption of food, diminishing its nutritional value...
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here for the rest of the
story.
What's Best? Soy Milk,
Cow's Milk, Raw Milk or Fermented Milk (Kefir)
by Mike Adams, News Target
One of the most common questions I'm asked
concerns my recommendations for milk or milk alternatives. My answer on this
question has evolved over the years, so today, I'll share my latest
preferences for milk and milk-like beverages.
Thumbs down: Soy milk
A few years ago, I recommended soy milk as a natural alternative to cow's
milk. But since then, far better alternatives have emerged (see below). Also,
more information has appeared regarding the environmental impact of soybean
farming (the Amazon rainforest is being devastated by clear cutting to create
soybean agricultural lands) as well as the frightening fact that most soybeans
grown today are genetically modified (GMO) varieties.
On top of this, most popular soy milk brands (I won't name names, but these
are likely the ones in your grocery store) have been bought out by big,
profit-seeking food and beverage corporations, and as a result, they've been
sugared up and made nutritionally inferior. Check the ingredients on "plain"
soy milk the next time you're at the store: It's loaded with sugar!...
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here for the rest of the
article.
The Power Of Fruits -
Anti-Aging Health Foods
by Terri Grace, NY Wellness Guide
Are you concerned about the physical well being
of your body? Are you feeling sluggish and run down? Does your stomach feel
bloated and uncomfortable? Do you carry extra weight in your stomach area? Is
your skin aging more quickly than you feel it should? Are you beginning to
have health problems that are effecting the quality of your life? Do you feel
that you are getting the adequate vitamins and minerals from your diet?
We are told our bodies need five helpings of fruits per day. This is difficult
but essential to our over all health. Fruits contain dietary fiber that helps
our digestive tract. It is important to keep our digestive tract clear and
moving. If we do not, a build up occurs and can cause disease. Nutrients can
not be absorbed into our body as easily if there is build up. It is possible
to hold up to 50 pounds of fecal matter in our intestine, making us sluggish,
adding extra weight and adding extra inches to our mid section.
Some of the benefits of fruits are as follows:...
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here
for the rest of the story.
New Research Reveals the Hard
Truth About Soft Drinks
Seventh Generation
According to the Center for Science in the
Public Interest, American soft drink manufacturers produce enough soda each
year to provide over 52 gallons to every man, woman, and child in the country.
Though we generally avoid the stuff, that’s a lot of people drinking a lot of
pop, a “food” that has been linked to obesity and diabetes. Now new evidence
is linking a common additive in soda and other foods to even harsher health
effects and adding a note of urgency to the rising tide of scientific opinion
that says synthetic food additives in general are anything but good to eat.
The additive in question is sodium benzoate, a common preservative derived
from benzoic acid that’s found in sodas, barbecue sauce, commercial fruit
pies, margarine, pickled products, preserves, salad dressing, relishes,
condiments, and other acidic foods.
Previous research (see The Non-Toxic Times May 2006) has established that in
soft drinks, sodium benzoate can combine with any vitamin C that’s present or
added to create benzene, a serious carcinogen...
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here for the rest of the
story.
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