Friday, September 10, 2010

Nutrition

Superfood Focus: Peruvian Maca and Fertility

Thumbnail image for Superfood Focus: Peruvian Maca and Fertility by Mark Ament 16 December 2009

We live in a world undreamed of by our ancestors.  We can travel thousands of miles in just hours.  We can be constantly connected with loved one and friends.  We have amazing creature comforts.  And, in terms of food, we can eat foods from all over the world.   As conventional agriculture continues to deplete [...]

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Recipe For Raw Food Flax Crackers

Thumbnail image for Recipe For Raw Food Flax Crackers by Mark Ament 11 December 2009

One of the benefits of eating raw food flax seed crackers, besides the fact that they taste great, is that they are high in fiber. Flax seeds contain 28 grams of dietary fiber per 100 gram serving. Dietary fiber is important for strong and regular bowel motion. Here’s my favorite recipe for raw food flax [...]

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If I Could Only Take One Superfood Supplement It Would Be…

Thumbnail image for If I Could Only Take One Superfood Supplement It Would Be… by Mark Ament 9 December 2009

Over the past 10 years, I’ve tried a wide variety of superfood supplements.  Here’s a quick list off the top of my head: Acai berries, Alfalfa, Aloe vera juice, Barley grass,  Blue-green algae, Cacao beans, Camu Camu berries, Chlorella, Coconut oil, Flax seeds and oil, Garlic, Goji berries, Hemp seeds, Honey, Maca, Mangosteen, Sea vegetables, Spirulina, Wheat grass I’ve [...]

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The Most Toxic ‘Food’ You Can Eat

Thumbnail image for The Most Toxic ‘Food’ You Can Eat by Mark Ament 4 December 2009

A subscriber to this newsletter recently asked me to write about some of the health hazards of refined sugar.    I’m very happy to do that.   Because if you only make one improvement to your diet this year, I hope it is to replace refined sugar with raw food sweeteners. If you do, I can guarantee [...]

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The Environmental Benefits of the Raw Vegan Lifestyle

Thumbnail image for The Environmental Benefits of the Raw Vegan Lifestyle by Mark Ament 29 November 2009

Eating a diet based on raw vegetarian food is one of the simplest, most direct and most influential ways that each of us can improve our own health and support to the health of the earth. Over the past 10 years I’ve met thousands of people who have transformed their health and even saved their [...]

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Recipe: Mark’s Super Cleansing Lemonade

Thumbnail image for Recipe: Mark’s Super Cleansing Lemonade by Mark Ament 27 November 2009

Until my late 20s I chronic difficulties with mucus. I was often clearing my throat, had strong allergies to dust and certain weeds, easily caught colds and regularly had a runny nose. This situation improved a lot shortly after I started eating a diet based on 95% raw vegetarian foods. What I discovered from being [...]

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The Healing Power Of Young Coconuts

Thumbnail image for The Healing Power Of Young Coconuts by Mark Ament 26 November 2009

Many years ago when I was first getting into the raw vegan lifestyle, I went to an extraordinary raw food festival in Oregon.  It was in a beautiful outdoor setting, next to a lake, and very appropriate for nature loving raw food enthusiasts. Under the canopy of shade trees, I enjoyed listening to several top [...]

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Raw Food For Diabetes

Thumbnail image for Raw Food For Diabetes by Mark Ament 20 November 2009

Last Saturday, November 14th was World Diabetes Day.   Many of you probably know someone who has adult onset diabetes.  The World Diabetes Foundation estimates that 6% of the world population (230 million people) currently suffer from diabetes.  And the trend is for that number to jump to 400 million in the next 20 years. [...]

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Raw Garlic’s Many Health Benefits

Thumbnail image for Raw Garlic’s Many Health Benefits by Mark Ament 19 November 2009

Garlic (Allium sativum L.)  is part of the lily family and it’s medicinal use dates back to 4000 BCE.  It grows well in nearly every climate, so it is known throughout the world.   Hippocrates, the founder of western medicine, used garlic in some cancer treatments.   In ancient Egypt garlic was valued as a general health [...]

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Raw Food Recipe: Truly Raw Chocolate Bar

Thumbnail image for Raw Food Recipe: Truly Raw Chocolate Bar by Mark Ament 18 November 2009

Chocolate!   It’s estimated that the average American eats 4.5 kilos per year and the average Swiss 9.5! I personally was never a big fan of chocolate, at least until I started experiencing pure raw cacao.   I think the reason is that “normal” chocolate has literally been cooked to death.  To make a typical chocolate bar, [...]

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