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- Topic: How to Get Daily Inspiration on the Raw Diet,
Health, and Life in General
- Feature Article: How to Remember Anything, Anytime 
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Easy Raw Food Recipes

Last night instead of making a big salad for dinner I decided to create a dip and eat it with romaine lettuce leaves. It's fairly simple. There's a variation of it in my book Instant Raw Sensations, but what I made last night was even more simple. (Raw food recipes don't have to be complicated!)

I blended a few yellow tomatoes, 1 avocado, a few handful of spinach, and that's it. I decorated with cherry tomatoes and ate it with romaine lettuce leaves. Delicious...

This dip is also great with some lemon juice added to it.

If you want to see the picture of the dip, click on it.

What happens when you eat too much fat

Someone wanted to know what could be the results of eating too much fat, even on a raw food diet.

Here's a list I can think of. Remember that this fat also includes avocados, nuts, seeds, and oils.

I'm going to Bali!

I received today my plane ticket to Bali! Departure date: December 1st. I'm going for 2 months and will be continuing my work online from there, after an initial 2 weeks of vacation.

I'm so exited about this trip! Why? It is apparently the ultimate tropical paradise. When I will be there, durians will be in season, as well as jackfruit, mangoes, rambutans, and other tropical treats...

Rebounding Exercises for Health

What exercises can you do on a rainy day? Some people like to go jog in the rain, the mud and the cold. They are the brave ones. Good for them. I like to watch them from my window. But seriously, that's not my style. What do I do instead? I found a great workout I can do inside on a rainy do (or when it's too cold to go outside). It's rebounding, a way to exercise that is complete and has several health benefits.

Don't Skip a Day of Exercise!

According to an article published in one Health & Fitness sections of the About.com Site, skipping exercise for two days in a row has bad effects on health! (Click here to read the article)

It makes sense that we're meant to live an active life. Being sedentary was not the norm for human beings, even in the Western world, until just a few decades ago.

My commitment now is to exercise everyday. Okay, once in a while a day off, when I feel I need it.

I never had a session of exercise, either biking, a long walk, hiking, yoga, weight lifting, or running — that I regreted. Even though I might not have felt like doing it when I started, I never thought to myself, "Jeez, I shouldn't have gone for that bike ride" or "That was such a bad idea to take that Ashtanga yoga class!"

On the contrary, I felt much better afterwards.

It seems to be a basic human need to exercise everyday.

Since I've been doing this, my hunger is way up! Earning your meals is a concept that makes sense.

Is it any wonder that hunger is widely recognized as a sign of health? Lack of appetite is widely recognized as a sign of ill health. And the best way to cultivate true hunger (as discussed in my book the Raw Secrets -- Click here for More Information on THE RAW SECRETS) is to engage in vigorous exercise.

Acid Fruits Disturbing the Nervous System, Enamel Erosion

There’s been a little talk on one raw food bulletin board about one statement I made in a booklet I published (36 Tips for Raw-Foodists and Wannabes), about not eating too many acid fruits because they “disturb the nervous system” and erode the enamel of the teeth. Click Here to Read It

My writings in the past have been strongly influenced by Dr. Albert Mosseri, a European hygienist, who’s been my mentor for many years. He’s the one who wrote about this, so I followed him with it.

Walking More for Health

I'm going to implement a new habit in my life. Every morning after I wake up I'm going to walk at least 30 minutes. 30 minutes is good actually. I started a few days ago and really start to like this morning walk.

A coach that helped me double my business

Almost one year ago, my friend from Vancouver Adriane told me about a coaching program she was part of. It’s called the ProCoach System and was developed by Andrew-Barber Starkey, a professional coach and entrepreneur living in the Vancouver area.

When she showed me the workbooks she was using to organize her time and set priorities, I was immediately hooked! I knew this was exactly what I needed.

In response to Barbie's comment

BARBIE'S COMMENT: "I have gotten most of your material and am enjoying it immensely. Learning lots about the raw food diet. However, I am alittle confused about whether to eat nuts and dried oods., dates, figs, etc. In your recent recipe book (which is wonderful btw) I notice that you have recipes of all sorts with fats and dried fruits. WHat do you personally recommend? Were you trying to encompass a greater audience of raw fooders? You mentioned that you ate tahinni with you smoothie/salad. All said, it looks like all the raw foodder websites that I've researched all have a slightly different bent on their opinions of what the optimal raw food diet is meant to be.
ANy comments or opinions?" Sincerely, Barbie

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I believe a healthy diet can include, in addition to fruits and vegetables, reasonable amounts of nuts, seeds and avocados. In my recipe book, I include recipes that can appeal to all sorts of people, not just scrict raw-foodists. Yes, some recipes include fat and some do not follow perfect food combining. But I think what makes this book different is the fact that MOST recipes are low-fat and fairly simple. In other recipe books, MOST recipes are full of fat and poorly combined with tons of ingredients.

I believe a healthy diet should be low in fat, lower than 15% by calories. When I eat 3000 calories worth of food, I can still eat a whole avocado or 3-5 Tbs. of nut butter and be lower than 15% fat.

As for dried fruit, I do not eat it and I do not recommend it on a regular basis.