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Widom Bite #6: Ricochet The Surfing Dog

by Mark Ament 20 December 2009

Today I received a very inspiring video about a young dog named Ricochet. After watching it, I knew that I had to share it with you. There’s some simple, but powerful wisdom in Ricochet’s story. In part it’s about allowing yourself to focus on what you love to do instead of what [...]

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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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Wisdom Bite #5: Drops Of Dew, Lightning, Dreams…

by Mark Ament 15 December 2009

“Think in this way of all this fleeting world: As a star at dawn, a bubble in a stream; a drop of dew, a flash of lightning in a summer cloud, a flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.” —The Diamond Sutra

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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 crackers [...]

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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 enjoyed experimenting [...]

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Wisdom Bite #4 – A Love Poem From Hafiz

by Baba M 7 December 2009

The Sun Never Says. Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth “You Owe Me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. -Hafiz, Persian Poet 14th C.

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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 [...]

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A Quick and Easy Guide to Internal Cleansing

by Mark Ament 3 December 2009

These days there is a lot of talk and more than a little bit of hype about internal cleansing and detoxification. In this article I want to clarify what internal cleansing is, identify the types of cleansing and give you an idea of where to start.
The first thing to understand about cleansing and detoxification is [...]

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I’m Sorry, I Love You — by Dr. Joe Vitale

by Mark Ament 2 December 2009

Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients – without ever seeing any of them. The psychologist would study an inmate’s chart and then look within himself to see how he created that person’s illness. As he improved himself, the patient improved.
When I first heard [...]

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Detoxing Your Environment

by Mark Ament 1 December 2009

In doing some research for an ebook I wrote recently, I was shocked to discover this statistic: since 1965 over 10 million chemical compounds have been created in labs! That’s a LOT of new chemicals that we can potentially be exposed to.
It’s true that some of them have little or no adverse affect on [...]

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