These last 9 days have flown past at Living Light. If you are thinking about taking this course, be warned, you don’t have much free time. Its go, go, go and a lot of fun to be had. I have been learning my culinary cutting skills without cutting my fingers off, basic recipe developing which includes creating our own recipe for salad dressing and a soup, making it, taste testing it and marking each other’s recipes. We have also learned to make raw chocolate brownies and cheesecake among many other fantastic raw recipes, all to be taste tasted of course. In amongst all that, I have even taken up running down by the sea in Fort Bragg with my two newfound friends Vaughn and Jan who are supporting me all the way. It’s been a while since I have gone running but it has become a great way to start a morning. There is no slacking with Vaughn!Today we completed the Raw Food Nutrition I, two day course presented by the Raw Food Doctors, Doctor Rick and Karin Dina. So, Vaughn and myself thought it would be a great idea to list our top 10 facts we have learned over the weekend. They are:
1.Did you know based on a 3000 calorie intake Romaine lettuce has a total of 348 grams of protein compared to eggs, which has a total of 251 grams of protein? You do the maths!
2.Contrary on what maybe popular belief Green leafy vegetables are slightly higher in Omega 3 than flax seed.
3.Not milk? Top 3 sources to assumable calcium from is:
1- Chinese cabbage, 2 - Bok Choy, 3 - Kale and the shabby broccoli is not far behind! (Vaughn’s joke!).
4.The following contributes to calcium lead change from within the body is:
too much salt, caffeine, high protein intake, alcohol, white sugar and nicotine.
5.When you dehydrate foods you double its caloric contents, creating higher calories!
6.Our bodies produce more free radicals when we over eat, which damage cells.
7.Bio chemical individuality plays a huge roll in the way the body absorbs vitamins and minerals. Everyone is different!
8.The only reliable source of B12 is within a supplement. When buying your supplements, Methylcobalamin has been rated the preferred form. There is no AKA.
9.Would you believe that it has been proved that getting married increases your life span!
10.Calories from raw food are easier to digest than calories from cooked foods.
Food for thought.
Thank you Doctor Rick and Doctor Karin!
Until next time………
3 comments:
Congratulations on your first 9 days of raw eating. Awesome accomplishment.
I'm starting week 4 in the morning. This is on my own, not with a particular system. I've been reading all the recipe books at the book store and I learned of a new Vegan Raw Food Deli in town. I ordered food from them, which is really cool, you can get meals for the week or 3 days...
Best wishes, let's keep in touch.
Andrea
I haven't set up my blog yet....but it's coming. You can contact me via email: askandreapage@gmail.com.
The raw brownies sound great. The Vegan deli is Veggie Magic, if you're ever in town.
Drs. Rick and Karin are the real deal. They know what they're talking about, and I listen. It's refreshing to have their voices of reason amidst the sea of mysticism and pseudoscience that currently pervades the raw food universe.
Chuck
Hi Chuck,
I totally agree with you. They are incredibly intelligent couple and reveal many of the hidden truths and benefits of raw food verses the standard diet we are so used to. They are speaking at the EXPO in Fort Bragg on 22nd – 24th of August this year and they are in the middle of writing their new book. I can’t wait to see this book published. We should all be listening to them a lot more.
Susanna
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