What is The FDR?

Don Tolman and The FDR

The FDR or Farmacist Desk Reference as the books are also known, are not your ordinary books on food and healing. It seems that it may not be that easy to find out about them either unless you have been researching how to heal using food, looking for a cure for cancer, know about raw food or heard of Don Tolman who is the wholefood healer and author of the FDR.

I found out about the FDR through my own family’s food problems and more specifically for the sake of my son who needed to heal from leaky gut syndrome. Even though the food intolerance symptoms had lessened due to the effort I had made to improve our health, I was not satisfied that what we were doing was the best for our bodies.

After further research, I finally discovered the amazing Don Tolman and the FDR. The FDR  is an heirloom and well worth the investment. I personally cherish the FDR. I’ll be writing more on Don Tolman later as his personal story is fascinating.

About The FDR

When I consider the amount of money I had spent on consultants to identify our food problems from our food intolerance symptoms as well as the supplements we purchased to try and heal our food intolerance, the FDR is a bargain in comparison. You can just pull the FDR from your bookshelf as and when you need. No need for appointments, no need for prescriptions; simply read it as necessary and apply the knowledge.

The FDR is an Encyclopedia of Whole Food Medicine packed with so much information on food and healing that I am still to read the FDR in its entirety.

The FDR has two volumes. Volume one of the FDR contains, what Don Tolman refers to as ‘golden nuggets’. This volume of the FDR talks about food and health in general. It gives you some background information, an insight into the medical industry, pharmaceuticals and why these are dangerous for all of us, and much more. There is information on feeding your emotions, water fasting, dreams, Gaea, Celtic Tree Astrology, White Stone Carillon, the brain and much more.

Volume two of the FDR lists foods, dis-ease, symptoms and solutions as well as some information on words and letters. This is the larger of the two volumes and the volume I consult most regularly.

You may find as I did, that I was interested to read the FDR just to learn more about food and health even when not using it for medicinal purposes.

How to Use The FDR

The FDR is alphabetically indexed and there is a table of contents to guide you through the book. The only thing I find challenging at times is finding what I need based on the way the FDR is indexed. Sometimes you need to hunt around a little in the books but I actually enjoy this as I pick up information on food as I go and it adds to my knowledge. How the books are structured is possibly in line with Don Tolman’s approach related to the imagination and training the brain.

For example, you can alphabetically look up the word cherries and find what they are good for healing. You can also look up such symptoms as dermatitis and find a solution. It really is up to you to apply the teachings.

If you use your brain to retain the information using Don Tolman’s concepts then you will find it much easier to navigate your way through the FDR. I understand the power of his approach and have sampled the capabilities through his course ‘Boot camp for Brains‘. I am yet to fully apply his information to the extent I would like to in my own life and that of my children’s.

I personally use the FDR on a regular basis. I use to to look up what to do when our body is displaying symptoms of illness, learn more about food and healing and to teach my children about the doctrine of the signatures of food.

Don Tolman’s FDR does more than focus on food, he also provides valuable information on the body and education. The FDR encourages a holistic way of life which I just love and it is revolutionary in its approach.

Is The FDR for you?

Personally, I believe The FDR is for everyone. Whether you suffer from food intolerance symptoms or consider yourself healthy, I still believe you will derive huge benefits from owning The FDR. There are a number of other resources available to you if you want to improve your health and the best way to get started is through eating more raw food.

Don Tolman has saved lives through his approach and if you want to learn more about him then visit this link. He is an international renowned speaker, contributor in some of the largest cancer centres around the world and he has years of knowledge and experience. He changed my life and as a result, that of my children.

If you want to help someone you know and get them started then you can always give them a gift card which is available here.

I’d love to hear from you and what you have learned from getting your copy of The FDR or if you have seen Don Tolman live. Let others know your own personal review of The FDR by commenting below.

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Green Smoothie Revolution – the Boutenko family

If you know anything about raw food or the raw food family then you have probably heard of the Boutenko family. Victoria Boutenko wrote the book green smoothie revolution that I bought here. The Boutenkos have helped people the world over to improve their health through their knowledge, books and products such as the Vibrant Health with Delicious Green Smoothies .

Green Smoothie Revolution – Book Review

I came across Green Smoothie Revolution after taking a journey with food due to my own food problems or food intolerance symptoms. I was keen to lose weight, deal with stress and move forward during a time of personal growth.

There are many things I personally like about Green Smoothie Revolution.

• Firstly the book cover of Green Smoothie Revolution is appealing to the eye and thus you feel happy to open it up and take a look inside on a regular basis
• Green Smoothie Revolution is well set out with a nice amount of text on each page so is uncluttered and easy to read
• Has 200 recipes that are cross referenced in smoothie name, individual fruit name, vegetable name and in some cases, smoothie names listed under ailments. So, at a quick look up in the back of the book, you are sure to find something that appeals or is appropriate
• There is more information in the Green Smoothie Revolution than just healthy smoothie recipes
• One down side is that Green Smoothie Revolution does not contain many pictures and those that it does have, are only black and white
• The ingredients recommended in the recipes vary from easy to find, to names that you may need to look up depending on the country in which you reside. That means, if you checked your fruit bowl, you could easily put something together when in need
• There is some great information in the Green Smoothie Revolution which is an added bonus to having just a recipe book

Overall, I highly recommend the Green Smoothie Revolution as a book that should be in everyone’s bookshelf; even if you are not a raw foodie.

Green Smoothie Revolution – book Contents

Just to give you some idea what you can expect to see inside the Green Smoothie Revolution, take a look at the book’s contents:

Part One – Unleashing The Healing Power of Greens

1. The Miracle of Greens
2. Greens, the Key Ingredient in Human Nutrition
3. The First Green Smoothie
4. The Importance of Rotating Greens in Your Smoothies
5. Blending versus Juicing
6. A Green Smoothie Q&A
7. Green Smoothies for Our Children
8. Green Smoothies for Our Pets
9. Food Combining for Optimal Green Smoothie Consumption
10. Guidelines for Optimal Green Smoothie Consumption

Part Two – Green Smoothie Recipes

Valuable Tips and Tricks for Smoothie Preparation

Green Smoothies for Beginners

Super green Smoothies

Savory Green Smoothies and Soups

Green Smoothies for Adventurous Souls

Green Puddings

Green Smoothies for Children

Green Smoothies for Pets

Green Smoothies for Body Care

AFTERWORD The Worldwide Green Smoothie Revolution

APPENDIX 1 Amazing Weight Loss: A Case Study

APPENDIX 2 Clent Manich: Living on Green Smoothies

APPENDIX 3 How the Raw Family Went Raw

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Conclusion & Additional Resources

You can see that the Green Smoothie Revolution has much to offer. A change in your routine by incorporating these into your diet will have a dramatic impact on your health and you’ll even find you a decrease in appetite as your body gets more of the nutrients it needs.

There are many other resources that can assist you in your raw journey and I have listed some below. Or, you can get your copy now by clicking on this link of Green Smoothie Revolution: The Radical Leap Towards Natural Health

The Raw Diet manual can be downloaded directly so you can get started straight away and it comes with an 8 week 100% Money Back Guarantee

Click here to learn more about the Eating For Energy Program Some initial free information is available at this link.

Click to start your raw food recipe library using these downloadable eBooks.

Click on this link to find out more about easy raw food preparation

Click here for information on going raw for weight loss

I’d love to hear your story or your own review of the Green Smoothie Revolution so please leave your comment below this article.

Disclaimer:

I’m no medical expert and information contained on this blog is written through my own experience with the aim of furthering your education on health. It is your responsibility as to how you use this information and I cannot be held liable for any misinterpretation or misuse of the information provided.

Food Inc. Movie – Making a Start

So you have taken an interest in what goes on your plate. I congratulate you for taking the time to research the Food Inc. movie and doing more than just going to the supermarket in a hungry state and filling your trolley .

You do realize that it is not good to go shopping just before meal time or when you are hungry don’t you? Or you will end up in the confectionery and ice-cream aisle for the entire shopping experience. Oh, and I don’t think they are hiring official grape taste-testers either!

I also recommend you ring the supermarket prior to your visit to ensure they are playing music you like whilst you browse the aisles.

I feel that you will benefit greatly and even change what you eat after watching the Food Inc. movie. If you suffer from food intolerance symptoms or food problems then the Food Inc. movie might also encourage you to change what you eat or at least look at further resources to find out more about your food intolerance symptoms.

Food Inc. Movie – a Little About It

The Food Inc. movie, from a regional perspective,  is mainly about what takes place in the USA, but it should be enough to make us all look at our food and ask where it has been. Of course, you might not get a response directly from your plate so it might be worth just asking this question quietly in your head ok?

Topics covered include how foods and animals are becoming engineered, how animals are being fed foods outside of their regular diet, the impact of subsidies, government and large companies on food production, supply and demand, the cost of production and the price of food and its impact on the health of the nation including food selection based on socio-economic conditions.

The Food Inc. movie also covers a story by a food advocate who’s son died as a result of food poisoning.

Yes, some of the content of the Food Inc. movie may make your stomach turn and I recommend you watch it well after you have eaten your last meal. However, give some thought to the workers in the Food Inc. movie who are subjected to how animals are slaughtered and illness passed on from preparing carcasses, on a daily basis. These workers are subjected to certain conditions and limitations based on their background and circumstances.

Food Inc. Movie – Reviewed

The Food Inc. movie provides,  my opinion, a comprehensive enough understanding of the history of food, changes in the way food is produced, controlled, marketed and sold to the consumer. That’s YOU by the way so stop doing neck stretching exercises from left to right and get a mirror out. One of the points that hit home for me based on watching the Food Inc. movie was that, we as consumers can impact change through what we demand. If you stop buying it, you are making a statement. Then, if enough of us stop buying foods that are not good for us then we can impact change.

This is a documentary style movie that flows well and is easy to follow and understand.

Then there is the story of young child called Kevin who died from food poisoning and as a result, the family pushed for a change to law. You can find out more about Kevin’s law through this facebook page.

I was a little puzzled when I saw the size of the lady who’s son died as a result of food poisoning and also one of the leaders of the teenage food counseling groups depicted in the Food Inc. movie. I would be interested to know what these people eat after the fact.

Even after watching the Food Inc. movie, it is good to research further to make sure that you are satisfied with the information presented.

Food Inc. Movie – resources

During the Food Inc. movie there were interviews with authors of such books as Fast Food Nation (pictured on right)  and The Omnivore’s Dilemma (pictured on left). At this point I have not had a chance to read either of these books after watching the Food Inc. Movie. You can buy them by clicking here. Alternatively, if you have already read either or both of them then I’d love to hear your opinion and you can do this by commenting at the end of this article.

If you would like to make a difference then you can click on this link to find out more about the rally to stop GM foods and lack of food labeling in relation to GM foods. Monsanto who are mentioned in the Food Inc. movie are also mentioned in this Facebook group.

Food Inc. Movie Preview

Watch a preview of the Food Inc. movie below.

For those of my readers in Australia who want to see strict laws surrounding GM foods, you can sign a petition by clicking on this link. Remember, we can impact change with our actions.

You can purchase the Food Inc. movie here and make sure you bookmark my blog page to leave a comment. I’d love to hear what you think of the Food Inc. movie.

Whatever you choose to do, I recommend you eat lots of carrots (organic of course); because they are good for your sight and read the labels on the food you buy. I’d like to reiterate that it is us that either encourages food producers to keep to their existing processes or change what they do so we are provided with healthier choices.

Disclaimer:

I’m no medical expert and information contained on this blog is written through my own experience with the aim of furthering your education on health. It is your responsibility as to how you use this information and I cannot be held liable for any misinterpretation or misuse of the information provided.

The Failsafe Cookbook – why use it

The Failsafe Cookbook by Sue Dengate, is specifically designed for those suffering from food intolerance symptoms or allergies. For those who have food problems but do not know what the cause is, I highly recommend you purchase The Failsafe Cookbook and conduct a food elimination diet.

So, what does “failsafe” mean? It is a bit of an oxymoron really but Sue Dengate has used it as the title of The Failsafe Cookbook as an acronym to mean; free of additives, and low in salicylates, amines and flavour enhancers. In dictionary terms, you can read it here.

The Failsafe Cookbook will provide you with a combination of information related to food intolerance symptoms and recipes. I have often been asked the difference between The Failsafe Cookbook and Fed Up which were both written by Sue Dengate. My response would be to say that Fed Up is more information based with a few recipes and The Failsafe Cookbook is more recipe based with less information.

The Failsafe Cookbook – the review

We used The Failsafe Cookbook daily and to be honest, I don’t know how we would have gotten through our food elimination diet and food problems without it. Read on for the run down.

1. The Failsafe cookbook is a soft cover so you need to be a bit more careful in the handling and you WILL handle it a lot. Click on cookbook holder to buy one of your choice. This will help protect your cookbooks whilst cooking.
2. The Failsafe Cookbook has some great information on food intolerance, food additives and how Sue Dengate did her food elimination diet.
3. Most of the recipes are doable with little error, if any at all.
4. There is a handy additives list on the last page of the The Failsafe cookbook that you can cut out and put in your purse. This food additives list is not as thorough as the one contained in Additive Alert by Julie Eady. The additives list in Additive Alert is cardboard in comparison to The Failsafe Cookbook where the wallet list is only paper.
5. The recipes in The Failsafe Cookbook are easy to prepare and very family friendly.
6. On the down side, there are no glossy pictures in The Failsafe Cookbook so you have to create a visual in your head of how the recipe should look as an end result.
7. As a result of my research into food, I understand that processed sugar is very bad for your body. Those who are suffering from food intolerance symptoms or food problems are recommended not to have unrefined sugars as they are higher in naturally occurring chemicals. There are quite a few recipes in this book that contain processed sugar as an ingredient because it is considered more tolerable. My suggestion is that you use golden syrup or Spring Tree Pure Maple Syrup – Grade A, 32 oz as a substitute where possible.
8. There is a great index at the back of The Failsafe cookbook referenced via food intolerance symptoms. For example,  you can look up Tantrums and you will have an explaination and a possible cause.
9. The Failsafe cookbook has recipes for breakfast, lunches, snacks, main meals (including vegetarian meals), something sweet, food for special occasions, some alternatives for gluten free cooking including dips, sauces, etc.
10. The down side of The Failsafe cookbook, in my opinion, is that it still allows things like gelatine and white sugar in recipes.
11. The Failsafe cookbook  is focused on staying on a restricted diet indefinitely. I believe we need to use The Failsafe cookbook to aid us until while we work out, from our food intolerance symptoms, where we have a problem. Foods that we can tolerate should be consumed until we can heal the body but our body needs nutrients from all raw foods and our aim should be to eat from the tree of life freely.

The Failsafe Cookbook – contents

The Failsafe Cookbook contains over 305 pages of information and recipes. From inside the book:

The Failsafe Cookbook Contents:

• Page 1 – Are you Affected by Food Chemicals?
• Page 5 – What Every Parent Should Know About Food Intolerance
• Page 15 – Avoid these additives
• Page 17 – How we did our elimination diet
• Page 23 – A rating scale
• Page 25 – The 13 Commandments
• Page 26 – The Fridge List
• Page 27 – Failsafe substitutes
• Page 28 – Weights and Measures
• Page 31 – Breakfasts
• Page 39 – Lunches and snacks
  • Page 40 – Lunches
  • Page 49 – School lunches
  • Page 52 – Snacks
  • Page 59 – Finger food for babies and toddlers
  • Page 60 – Drinks
  • Page 66 – Icypoles and icecups
• Page 69 – Main Meals
  • Page 69 – Soups and Stews
  • Page 73 – Meat
  • Page 90 – Chicken
  • Page 99 – Seafood
  • Page 102 – Vegetables and vegetarian meals
  • Page 118 – Salads
  • Page 121 – Eggs
  • Page 124 – Pizza and Pasta
• Page 132 – Something Sweet
  • Page 132 – Desserts
  • Page 158 – Muesli bars, muffins, cakes, biscuits and slices
  • Page 173 – Sweet treats

  Page 183 – Others

  • Page 183 – Fats and oils
  • Page 185 – Spreads
  • Page 188 – Dips
  • Page 190 – Sauces
  • Page 194 – Odds and ends
• Page 199 – Food for Special Occasions
  • Page 199 – Birthday parties
  • Page 202 – Christmas cakes and puddings
  • Page 204 – Easter
  • Page 204 – Salicylate and amine recipes
  • Page 209 – Eating out
  • Page 211 – Failsafe weight loss
  • Page 214 – Travelling, camping and hiking
  • Page 218 – Failsafe gardening
  • Page 221 – Medications and remedies
  • Page 224 – What about nutrition?
• Page 228 – Gluten-free Cooking
• Page 247 – Shopping List
• Page 255 – Checklist of Common Mistakes
• Page 262 – Frequently Asked Questions
• Page 269 – Symptoms of Food Intolerance
• Page 297 – Support and Further Information
• Page 299 – Notes and References
• Page 305 – Index
• Pate 315 – Nasty Additives Wallet List

The Failsafe Cookbook – where to get your copy

On the whole, I believe The Failsafe Cookbook has  been a life saver during those times when we had food problems. If you use The Failsafe Cookbook in conjunction with Friendly Food, you will have ample resources during those difficult times when you are suffering from food intolerance symptoms or food problems. You can purchase your copy by clicking on the picture of The Failsafe Cookbook at the top of this post or by clicking here.

I would love to hear  your comments or feedback after using The Failsafe Cookbook so please, buy your own copy today and tell us what you think.

Disclaimer:

I’m no medical expert and information contained on this blog is written through my own experience. Please consult an appropriate professional about your situation.

Friendly Food – food for life Cook book – why use it

Friendly Food – part of the Food for Life series published by Murdoch Books, was written by the allergy experts at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Allergy Unit in Sydney Australia. The people behind the Friendly Food cook book are Dr Anne Swain, Dr Velencia Soutter and Dr Robert Loblay. Friendly Food was first published in 1991 and the latest edition is 2006 (Green cover shown here available to purchase).

Friendly Food is very popular in Australia and certain parts of the world, with those who suffer from food intolerance symptoms, food allergies symptoms, gluten intolerance and various other food reactions.

When we were conducting our food elimination diet to find out what our food intolerance symptoms were linked to, we used Friendly Food. I had an earlier version of Friendly Food (purple cover) and while I found this earlier publication of Friendly Food to be worthwhile, the 2006 edition is much more appealing. So, I actually have an old copy and the latest edition on my book shelf and I still use them today even though we do not have the food intolerance or leaky gut  issues we had eight months ago.

Friendly Food – the review

In my opinion, Friendly Food is a must have book for those who have food intolerance symptoms or various food reactions. Listed below are the good, the bad and the reasons I like using Friendly Food and why I highly recommend it overall:

1. Aesthetically appealing; the pictures contained in Friendly Food are professional, clean, appealing and tempt you to try the recipes contained there in. While there is not a picture for every meal, you will still feel encouraged to experiment with the recipes in the book simply because everything about the book is luscious. I would class the photography in line with a Donna Hay or Marie Claire cookbooks.
2. There is a section at the front that talks about understanding food intolerance, naturally occurring chemicals, food additives, food intolerance symptoms, allergies, coeliac disease and general information. A great introduction to the book.
3. Critical to this book is a selection of charts that list food and the level of naturally occurring chemicals in each. For example, Friendly Food provides a food chemical chart for vegetables and shows a rating of naturally occurring chemicals in common vegetables. To explain further, Friendly Food may list Green Peas on the chart and show a symbol of “G” and “S” next to it thereby telling us that green peas have naturally occurring glutamate (MSG) and Salicylates  in the column marked “moderate”. The benefit of this is that you can vary your diet based on the charts. Hence, you may have green peas in your meal once a week and use vegetables listed in the “low’ column for naturally occurring chemicals for the remainder of the week.  This all depends on what the results are after you conduct your food elimination diet.
4. There are ample recipes to choose from and if you use this book in conjunction with The Failsafe Cookbook (Updated Edition)
   and  additive alert as we did, you will find meal times less stressful. While Additive Alert is not a recipe book, it contains a much more comprehensive list of food additives to avoid than Friendly Food.
5. The recipes are easy to prepare and the key is in having the ingredients handy to use this recipe book successfully.
6. Friendly Food also has a section on environmental sensitivities.
7. There were a select few recipes in Friendly Food that I found either did not work or did  not appeal to me.  The Buckwheat pancakes turned out like cardboard pancakes and neither the kids or myself liked them. You need to make sure you don’t overcook the golden syrup slice. The potato souffle was temperamental; but then, aren’t all souffles a bit like that? The sugar glazed potatoes did want to stick to the pan and the crumpets were great but watch they don’t burn on the bottom. There were a few other little things with the Friendly Food recipes but on the whole, I would not be without this book.
8. One down sides of any change in diet based on food intolerance symptoms or food reactions in general is that you do need to access ingredients that are not always found easily. So, you need to start to stock different products in your pantry to successfully change your health by changing what you eat.
9. There is a brilliant index at the back of Friendly Food organized into recipe categories such as “dairy free”, “nut free”, “egg/dairy/gluten/nut free” to name a few. It is also ordered into “low chemical”, “moderate chemical” for example so you can select recipes based on the level of naturally occurring chemicals in food. This allows you to plan a week’s menu around the levels of naturally occurring chemicals in foods.
10. The recipes themselves tell you the chemical rating and whether the recipe is nut or gluten free for example so you don’t need to turn to the index at the rear of Friendly Food to double check. Very handy for when you want to select a meal quickly.
11. The outer cover of Friendly Food is a cross between soft and hard cover. It is a flexible cardboard front with a lovely smooth, low gloss cover.
12. The size of Friendly Food is appropriate so easy to grab and flick through. Size is 19cm  / 7.5 inches wide when closed, 23.5cm / 9.25 inches high and 2cm / .85 inches thick.

Based on my review above, you can see that Friendly Food cookbook is a valuable resource to have in your kitchen. It will also help you understand your own food problems a little better and assist you in your dietary changes until you can heal your body.

Friendly Food – Contents

Friendly Food contains over 245 pages of information and recipes. From inside the book:

Friendly Food Contents:

• 6 – food allergies and intolerances
• 26 – breakfast
• 48 – light bites
• 82 – mains
• 120 – sides
• 138 – breads and pizzas
• 150 – tea time
• 184 – after dinner
• 214 – kids
• 234 – basics
• 240 – useful information
• 245 recipe lists

Friendly Food – where to get your copy

The picture of Friendly Food at the start of this post is also a link. Otherwise you can  click here to buy your copy now.

Please leave your own feedback on recipes from Friendly Food in the comments section so others may read and learn or offer their own advice.

Disclaimer:

I’m no medical expert and information contained on this blog is written through my own experience. Please consult an appropriate professional about your situation.