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September 16, 2006   Table of Contents

Where's Jimmy? You're Invited!

Like "Where's Waldo." -- Where's Jim Carey? What is he doing?

I'm at Brenda Cobb's Living Foods Institute in Atlanta, Georgia (http://livingfoodsinstitute.com). Thanks to Brenda's kindness and generosity I'm taking her 10-day Living Foods Lifestyle program on a (free) scholarship. I am absolutely loving it!

I had some minor setbacks my first few days here in Atlanta. My (uninsured) Blazer was stolen from the hotel parking lot, along with several thousand dollars worth of (uninsured) video equipment, and my cherished mandolin. It's been a week since that happened, and nothing has been recovered. I don't have a lot of hope for the Blazer, since it's been involved in at least one hit-and-run accident. At least I'm not a suspect, since I don't have dreadlocks.

Yet despite that setback, I'm having an absolutely wonderful time in Brenda's program. I've been sooooo re-inspired in my Rawness, and I've learned a lot. Even though I've been teaching others about the raw living foods lifestyle for four years, I've learned new stuff, as well as new ways of teaching others about the lifestyle.

The graduation buffet is this Sunday. If you'd like to attend, it's free. Come on over, and meet me, Brenda, and the dedicated Living Foods Institute staff. Did I mention - it's free? 6 PM Sunday afternoon. Address and directions are at http://livingfoodsinstitute.com.

I'd REALLY love to see you here! If we haven't met, now's our chance!

Go Raw - Switch to a Raw Foods Diet

Food fads and trends come and go. But one that seems to be increasing in popularity is already thousands of years old. And that's the raw food diet, which is defined as being based on eating unprocessed, organic, whole, vegan foods, at least 75 percent of which should be uncooked. A variety of techniques are used to prepare these foods, including sprouting seeds, grains and beans; soaking nuts and dried fruits; and blending and juicing fruits and vegetables. Dehydration is also used, because it doesn't require much heat.

The growing number of adherents to what is sometimes called a “living foods diet” - which include celebrity devotees like Demi Moore, Bryan Adams and Woody Harrelson - believe that eating uncooked food prolongs youth and fights disease.

The raw diet tends to be dense with nutrients that are easily absorbed into your blood, and contains little or no saturated fat. It is low in sodium, high in potassium and fiber. These factors are important in helping to reduce the risk of certain diseases such as heart disease and some cancers.

More importantly, temperatures above about 116 degrees F (46.6 C) destroy food's natural enzymes, which facilitate digestion and keep our gut and arteries clean, thus boosting health and energy. How that happens is a bit controversial, with some scientists claiming that digestion depends on enzymes that the body generates and not on food enzymes. But fiber and antioxidants - of which fruits and vegetables are prime sources - influence that process. And the less cooked the fruit or vegetable is, the more antioxidants and fiber it retains.

We know that cooking food denatures protein, which means that its molecular structure is modified, making it unusable or less usable by our bodies. When proteins are subjected to high heat during cooking, enzyme-resistant linkages are formed between the amino acid chains. The body cannot separate these amino acids and the indigestible, coagulated protein molecules become a source of toxicity.

Swiss research from the 1930's suggests that, when cooked food is ingested, the immune system sends armies of white blood cells to the digestive tract to fight what it perceives to be a threat. Absorption of un- or partially-digested proteins into the bloodstream can cause allergic reactions and toxicity of the immune system. This immune reaction is called Leukocytosis. In a nutshell, this process throws the body into shock, acting in self-defense by pumping out its own enzymes to digest the foreign substances that were ingested.

Scientists have continued to study cooked versus raw food diets. A Finnish study published in the journal Nutrition in 1992, for example, confirmed that raw vegan diets decrease toxic products in the colon. Results suggest that a raw food uncooked extreme vegan diet causes a decrease in bacterial enzymes and certain toxic products that have been implicated in colon cancer risk.

According to research performed by Dr. Bruce Ames, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of California, Berkeley, various groups of chemicals from cooked food can cause tumors. For instance, nitrosamines are created from fish, poultry or meat cooked in gas ovens and barbecues, as nitrogen oxides within gas flames interact with fat residues; hetrocyclic amines form from heating proteins and amino acids; polycyclic hydrocarbons are created by charring meat.

Conversely, researchers have found that a diet rich in raw vegetables lowers your risk of breast cancer. Eating lots of fruit reduces your risk for colon cancer, according to a study published in 1998 in the journal Epidemiology. And including fresh fruit as part of your daily diet has been associated with fewer deaths from heart attacks and related problems, by as much as 24 percent, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal in 1996.

However, there is some research to indicate that some of the phytochemicals, such as lycopene in tomatoes and carotenoids in carrots, are more easily absorbed by the body when the vegetable has been cooked. So supplementation of those nutrients might be wise. It has also been suggested that a raw foods diet could be low in iron and calcium. But a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine found although bones were lighter on a raw diet, osteoporosis wasn't a threat. The lower bone mass that researchers discovered in raw food eaters was apparently due to their being thinner than the general population, due to their reduced caloric intake.

The study was a small one, with researchers comparing the bone health of 18 people who had been following strict raw food diets for up to 10 years with that of people who ate a more typical American diet, including refined carbohydrates, animal products and cooked foods. The groups were matched according to age, sex and socioeconomic status. To gauge bone health, the researchers looked at each person's body weight, bone weight and mineral density, markers of bone turnover, levels of vitamin D and inflammatory markers. The raw food vegetarians in the study had lower body weights and total body fat than the other volunteers. They also had lower bone mass and bone mineral density. But the people who followed raw food diets did not have any other biological markers that typically accompany osteoporosis and had normal rates of bone turnover.

Experts suggest switching slowly from a cooked to a raw diet because of the effects of detoxification that may be experienced. These can include headaches, nausea and mild depression.

One of the ways to learn how to convert to a raw foods diet, while preparing it in an engaging manner, is to take cues from the growing number of celebrity chefs who specialize in raw, vegan menus. And one of the chefs leading the movement toward gourmet raw foods is Chad Sarno, who was called "the king of uncooked and vegan cuisine" by GQ magazine.

In his book Vital Creations, Sarno writes, "Twentieth century mainstream nutritional science has intricately analyzed, dissected and removed the vitality of raw food, which is undisturbed in nature. However, now it has become our responsibility to pick up the pieces to assemble a more complete picture of food in its natural state. For all its technological brilliance, modern science is cognitively stuck in a mind-set that is woefully inadequate to the task of synthesizing nutritional wholeness in a way that many of us would like. It has done more than just leave us on our own; it has led us down a path of nutritional error, falsehood, cons piracy and fraud. The fraud revolves around one idea: the loss of the truth that our food and the soil from which it grows is a living system. When you forget that food is alive, it can easily become conventional wisdom to cook, can, salt, skin, dilute, dissect, adulterate, and/or irradiate food into an enzymatically dead substance. This depleted food is the source of almost all dietary and health problems. It has become commonplace to drown crops chemically instead of growing or feeding the soil, which is the life of the plant."

The original article from Natural Life Magazine [emphasis added], with references: http://www.life.ca/nl/111/rawfood.html.

Backslider's Corner

Backsliding but progressing is NOT about feeling guilty about slipping. Even if you weren't 100% raw this week, how much better are you feeling than when you were on the SAD?

Backsliding??? Slide back in to a Raw Living Foods Institute to be re-inspired in your rawness. It works for me - every year!

Jim's Upcoming Radio Interview

I'll be doing an internet radio interview on September 20th. If you have questions you'd like to ask of me please visit http://AskChiDiet.com and fill out the submission form. Chris Brisson, the interviewer, will be sorting your questions, and will base the interview around them. So if you have questions for me, get them in now! And mark your calendar to listen in for the live interview!

Raw Living Foods Home Study Program

Thinking about a lifestyle change? NOW is the time to do it! The kids are back in school, vacations are over, and it's going to be easier to find a bit of time for yourself again.

Surrounded, as we are, with increasing toxicity in our food and environment, eating a pure and healthy diet is more important than ever. That's why the Raw Living Foods Movement is growing so fast.

There's a lot more to being a Raw Fooder than eating fruits and veggies. Dietary variety, purity, balance, sprouting and personal detoxification are important, too. Now you can learn about the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle in the comfort and convenience of your own home. Learn how to detoxify your body, what to eat, why to eat it, and how to prepare yummy raw food meals that leave you feeling full and satisfied. The home study version of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Lifestyle includes over 45 hours of video instruction, and a comprehensive manual.

The Raw Living Foods Lifestyle has been taught by a series of visionaries in the past century. Dr. Ann Wigmore used it to cure herself of colon cancer in the 1950's, and then taught it for decades at Hippocrates Institute in Boston and Creative Health Institute in Michigan, where she taught others to heal themselves naturally.

If you can't get into a residential program, then the home study program is for you. There's so much material in the home study program - 15 lessons, 30+ videos, 350+ page handbook - that you'd have to spend at least a month at a place like Creative Health to learn as much.

The First Lesson is Free - Examine the program in your home for 30 days. Even if you don't elect to continue your subscription, the first lesson is still yours to keep.

SPECIAL BONUS

When you order the complete raw living foods lifestyle Home Study Program this week we'll also include over $100 worth of bonus materials:

Personal Raw Coaching: 30 minutes of free coaching and consultation (by telephone) with Hiawatha Cromer, "The Wise Woman of Raw Foods"
Bonus Book: "Green for Life," by Victoria Boutenko (read the Book Review)
Bonus Video: "Greens can Save Your Life," with Victoria Boutenko (2 Tapes or DVDs)
Bonus Video: "Dr. Ann Wigmore's Kitchen," with Dr. Ann and Dr. Flora van Orden III
Bonus Video: "Out of the Ordinary," with Robert Taylor, Steven Gibb and Dr. Jim Carey
Bonus Book: "Finding Health in Hodunk," by Thom Hartmann
Bonus Video: A surprise title.

For purchase information and more details, please visit chiDiet.com/lessons.htm.

What people are saying about the home study program: RawLivingFoods.typepad.com/1/feedback_home_study_program/index.html.

Body Part Replacement

This is written in response to the wonderful testimonial for the Creative Health Institute program from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cowley (http://rawlivingfoods.typepad.com/1/2006/09/feedback_bill_c.html). Consider radical medical practice in comparison with the message from this couple, who used corrective nutrition, instituting remedial reality as God and Nature intend.

Traveling through a medium-size city a few miles from CHI, I noticed a billboard on the edge of town that, with a large display, advertised BODY PART REPLACEMENT. At the speed we were traveling, this was all I read. I should go back and confirm that what I saw was an advertisement for a local physician or hospital.

Consider that good diet and lifestyle will sustain natural wellness and that excessive use of "dead" foods, nicotine and alcohol are unnatural substances for man, which is the reason for the majority of dis-ease. We are the only creatures on this planet that cook food and we should begin to realize why we have the widest range of diseases of all known life forms. Indeed, the decline of many "critters" is the result of the intrusion of an's expanding population.

Writing this, of course, is prompted by my own life experience. I was told by the medical establishment at 34 years of age that I was not to expect to live another year. The Dr. Ann Wigmore Program changed all that and I write this at the age of 80 with the primary intend of initiating interaction with those who search for and believe in Natural Wellness.

Donald O. Haughey
co-founder, Creative Health Institute
September 5, 2006

In The News

Another good reason to eat Fresh Organic
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said late Friday that an E. coli outbreak has been linked to bagged spinach products distributed by Natural Selection Foods, based in San Juan Bautista, California: http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/15/tainted.spinach.ap/index.html.

Silencing Pain with Music
Nagging, gnawing pain can grind anyone down. But now there's scientific evidence that the right kind of music can pick you up, easing discomfort and lifting your spirits. What's the "right" kind? Anything you like -- relaxing sounds, classic rock, edgier beats, whatever sounds good to your inner spirit is good for your body, too: http://www.realage.com/news_features/tip.aspx?v=1&cid=17158.

Sunlight as a Cancer Treatment
Sunlight is emerging as proven treatment for breast cancer, prostate cancer and other cancers. Natural sunlight news and the healing power of sunshine and the sun's rays - http://www.sunlightnews.com.

A ground-breaking legal precedent was established last week between organic farmers, consumers, and oil pipeline companies. OCA, following a legal initiative spearheaded by Gardens of Eagan and supported by other organic farms in Minnesota, alerted members about the state's plan to allow the construction of an oil pipeline that would have cut across several organic farms, thereby undermining or destroying the farms' hard-fought organic certification: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1972.cfm.

More colleges setting Sustainability Examples
Looking for a little good news about the future of our planet? Schools across the U.S. are back in session, and a number of colleges are moving away from business as usual toward sustainability and health. The University of Washington in Seattle is just one of many examples of how educational institutions can set an example for how to do things the right way: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1797.cfm.

Raw Vegan Motivational - Animal Cruelty - Inspiration for being a raw vegan can come from many sources. Besides the good it does for your body, consider the animals that are being destroyed for consumption: http://www.peta.org/AnimalLiberation/. (Thanks to Gerald Perry)

Vitamins in the Near Future
You've taken supplements for years. You're out of vitamins C and E. You go to your natural food store, but you can't find the kind you want on the shelf. You ask a clerk to find them for you. She says you can't get your vitamin E as mixed tocopherols (the best natural form) anymore, and asks if you like your vitamin C in the 100- or 200-milligram size. The 1,000-milligram size, you say. “Where have you been?” she asks. “Asleep since 2004? It's 2007 now! The types and sizes of vitamins you just asked for have been declared illegal by the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization!” http://www.naturalhealingtoday.com/article_004.html.

Air Fresheners may Damage Your Lungs
The chemical that gives mothballs their smell can also put you at risk for diminished lung function, heart disease, stroke, and cancer: http://www.mercola.com/2006/aug/10/air_fresheners_may_damage_your_lungs.htm.

Kids Buy Lunches with Finger Scans
(AP) The never-ending march of technology now means school children here can pay for their cafeteria sloppy joes with their fingers. Rome City Schools is switching to a scanning system that lets students use their fingerprints to access their accounts. In the past, students had to punch in their pin numbers. Some parents upset about fingerprinting their minor children: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/05/ap/strange/mainD8JULN4G0.shtml.

Side-Effects of Gastric Bypass Surgery
Intestinal surgery can result in your body becoming unable to properly absorb vitamin A. This can lead to eye problems that can start many years after the surgery. Vitamin A deficiency can result in dry eye, softening of the cornea, damage to the retina, and night blindness: http://www.mercola.com/2006/sep/9/dont_be_blindsided_later_in_life_by_gastric_bypass_side_effects.htm

High Levels of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Supermarket Meats
A preliminary survey of beef and poultry sold in U.S. supermarkets conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found relatively high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a report presented at the 101st annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in May 2001. FDA microbiologist Dr. David Wagner reported that investigators found "fairly substantial amounts of resistance to a number of drugs." For more information: http://www.organicauthority.com.

Events

The Regular Meetings and Events page is at RawLivingFoods.typepad.com/1/regular_meetings_and_events/index.html.

[Wow... When I started this service there were only 4 or 5 listings each week! Now the list is so long that by popular demand we include it only as a link - it's been running 12-15 pages. How the movement has grown! - Jim]

Raw Living Food Recipe - Mock Chicken Salad

This is really delicious stuffed in a large tomato or avocado.
Serves 4-6

Ingredients:
1/4 C sunflower seeds
1 C cashews
1 cucumber, peeled and seeded and cut into chunks
2 green onions, cut into smaller pieces
1 cup of pecans
1 celery stick, cut into chunks
1 tsp. dried dill
1/4 tsp. curry powder juice of
1/2 a lemon

Preparation:
Put all ingredients in a food processor and pulse chop until everything is chopped medium to fine.
Enjoy!

This recipe is from The Raw Table. There is a yummy looking picture of it there. http://www.therawtable.com/recipecoll/mockcs.htm

More Raw Living Foods Resources

For an organized, searchable resource on all sorts of Raw Living Foods Lifestyle information, including the newsletter articles sorted by subject, visit our new website at RawLivingFoods.typepad.com.

Archival issues of the newsletter are still available at http://chidiet.com.

Why Suffer?: How I Overcame Illness & Pain Naturally, by Dr. Ann Wigmore, ND, is available for free via download (you'll have to supply the printer and paper, or read it on your computer): RawLivingFoods.typepad.com/books/whysuffer.pdf.

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