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The End of Aging?

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Will some people today live to 1,000? --The Times

 

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Sumara's Raw Food Recipes  
 

Pumpkin Cake

 

This is an adaptation of Matt Rogers and Tiziana Tamborra's pumpkin cake from "Sweet Gratitude." I like my desserts a little sweeter and richer.

  BUTTERNUT SQUASH MIXTURE
  24 ounces pitted medjool dates
  3 cups butternut squash, shredded
  ¾ cup agave nectar
  ¼ cup coconut milk
  2 tablespoons fresh ginger juice
  1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  1 teaspoon nutmeg
  ½ teaspoon clove
  4 scoops powdered stevia

Place dates in food processor and process completely broken down; then add rest of ingredients in and continue processing until smooth and creamy

  PUMPKIN CAKE
  Butternut squash mixture
  1 cup coconut oil
  1 tablespoon powdered vanilla
  1 teaspoon Celtic sea salt
  8 cups almond flour

Place first four ingredients in a mixer bowl and start mixing at low speed first, then high until you have a creamy and very smooth consistency. Turn off the mixer and add the nut flour. Begin mixing at low speed and continue for about 5 minutes or until all ingredients are well incorporated. Increase speed to medium or high and continue mixing 5-15 minutes. The cake batter should be soft in consistency and rather light to the touch. As cake is mixing, begin frosting.


  FROSTING
  2½ cups soaked cashews
  1 cup almond milk
  ¾ cup agave syrup
  ¼ cup lemon juice
  1 tablespoon vanilla powder
  3 tablespoons lecithin
  1 cup coconut oil
  4 scoops powdered stevia

Add to blender or food processor all ingredients except the coconut oil and lecithin. Blend well until smooth and creamy (3-5 min). Add the lecithin and melted coconut oil and blend until well incorporated.

Divide cake batter into two equal portions. Lightly grease a 9-inch spring-form pan with a little coconut oil. Place one portion of the batter on the bottom of the pan. Spread in an even, flat layer. Keep the remaining cake portion out at room temperature until ready to use.

Pour about 2½ cups of liquid frosting onto first cake layer. This will be the middle layer of frosting in the finished cake. Place cake pan in freezer. Set until frosting is firm (1-2 hours). Pour remaining frosting in a container, and set in freezer until firm (1-2 hours). Move to fridge once set.

Remove cake pan from freezer. Take the remaining portion of cake batter and spread evenly on top of middle layer frosting. Set cake in freezer 20-30 minutes.

Remove cake from freezer. Insert a non-serrated paring knife along the inside edge of the spring-form pan before releasing the sides. Be careful not to cut into the cake.

Frost the cake to your liking.

 

**For more recipes go to our new Raw Foods Recipes site. 



The Dirty Little Secret of the Raw Food Movement

Raw Food Blog

 

 

Yes, it’s true. The raw food movement has a dirty, nasty little secret.

It’s this: Many people go raw, only to encounter NEW health challenges, sometimes much worse than what made them go raw in the first place.

Over the years I’ve received numerous letters about this. One woman even described her journey from SAD (Standard American Diet), to Raw, to insulin-dependent Diabetic.

Surprised? I was. So much so that Dr. Flora van Orden III – PhD in Nutrition, and a 40-year raw fooder – Dr. Flora and I spent time consulting with each of them, over the years.

In every case we found the same fundamental cause. The person in question suffered from a dietary deficiency. That is, while they were eating healthy, nutritious food, they weren’t eating a balanced diet.

That is, they weren’t getting all of the different nutrients that their bodies need.

The insulin-dependent diabetic, for example – she admitted that her raw food diet consisted almost entirely of fruits, and the overload of sugar did her in. She sees this now, and her request is that we make people aware of potential traps like this one.

Statistically, after one year most vegans are only eating seven different foods.

That’s not enough for the body to get all the different things it needs – the typical list is 112 different vitamins and minerals, all available from plant-based foods.

So, how DO you get enough protein? How about vitamins, especially B-12? Carbohydrates? Some fat in your diet is important, but what’s the right source? Where do you get Omega 3 if you don’t eat fish?..

 

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Study: Pollyanna Will Outlive Everyone

by  Lauren Cox, ABC News

 

 

If a chipper person in your life is annoying you, maybe you should brace yourself for that person outliving you in the long haul, according to findings of a new study.

A study of 100,000 women presented at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting Thursday found a strong correlation between optimism and a person's risk for cancer-related death, heart disease and early death.

Researchers surveyed the personality traits of middle-age women in 1994 as part of the Women's Health Initiative study run by the National Institutes of Health.

Eight years later, researchers found that the self-reported optimistic women were less likely to have died for any reason and had a 30 percent lower death rate from heart disease.

Meanwhile, women scoring high on the hostile scales had a higher general death rate and a 23 percent greater risk of dying from a cancer-related condition by the end of the study...

 

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Conscious Eating is on the Up

The Fresh Network Blog

 

 

Last week's Sunday Times contained a very positive piece about eating vegan. The article touches on the health and eco benefits of animal-free cuisine, as well as its growing popularity: it reports that the conscious eating market is predicted to grow by 19% in the next five years. Eating raw is also mentioned in a positive light in this quote from a trend forecaster with the US agency Culture of Future:

“Eating vegan and raw is the quickest way to health, and it has really hit mass stride in Hollywood with stars who are more concerned with glowing health than going green. It gives the body what it wants: a rest from heavy and slow digestion and a chance to release and rebuild."

However, the main slant of the article is that veganism doesn't have to be a full-time thing. While we don't agree with everything in this article we think it makes some great points. Obviously, if you are a passionate ethical vegan, going part time isn't an option for you. But isn't it great news for humanity, the planet and all the creatures that inhabit it that so many people are starting to embrace vegan meals and plans like "vegan until dinner?.."

 

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