Raw Food Ebook Information

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The type of raw food ebook you decide to purchase may depend on where you are on your journey with raw foods. Shifting from a conventional style of diet to a raw food diet might seem daunting or you may have some preconceived ideas about what it means to be on a raw food diet.

A great way to get started is to make sure you have all the information on hand. A raw food ebook is a great way to start learning about raw food or adding to your current collection of recipes. If you are ready to start your journey with raw food or you want to expand your recipes then Click Here! to have a look at this highly popular raw food program and you’ll be on your way.

Why Choose a Raw Food Diet?

There can be many reasons why people choose to find out about raw foods and most certainly, a raw food ebook is a popular way to start. You may be looking to change to raw food for weight loss, for more energy, to cure an ailment, for cleansing, juicing, better health or researching for a sick friend or because someone you know talked about raw food. We shifted to a raw food diet due to food intolerance symptoms.  In my opinion, any reason is a good reason to shift to a raw food diet.

What Is It Like on a Raw Food Diet?

If you are still sitting on the fence as to whether to get a raw food ebook then you can Click Here!  to learn some great tips from someone who has loads of free information to share with you.

The raw food ebook links offered here have a variety of recipes and information, so starting on a raw food diet does not necessarily mean just boring salad; in fact it is far from it when you begin to understand about raw food. You can access many wonderful recipes through the raw food ebook just by clicking on this link. You will be amazed at the wonderful transformation of your health by taking positive steps toward a raw food diet.

How To Get Started

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Some of the best resources around can be found in the form of a raw food ebook. I recommend you choose a program you like so that you don’t procrastinate. The programs I have mentioned in this article are popular programs with real people behind them.

Once you make your raw food ebook purchase, you can then decide if you proceed slowly or jump straight in. Either way…..just do it and your body will love you for it. I know this from my own personal experience and just  so you know; I did start slowly on the raw food journey and with a healthy smoothie for breakfast. I’d love to hear about your journey so please leave a comment at the bottom of 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.

Natural honey – how is it made?

There are seven known species of the honey bee which are part of the genus apis and only members of the genus apis are considered true honey bees. A honey bee makes natural honey by collecting pollen from plants and depositing it in the nests which they make from wax, ingesting the pollen and regurgitating it until it is a desired quality. The moisture is evaporated down to approximately 17% during the process of making natural honey and the honey bees aid in this process whilst inside the nest, by fanning their wings. In the process of making natural honey, the honey bees add an enzyme called invertase, that converts sucrose into glucose and fructose, put in simple terms. The process of evaporation prevents fermentation and the enzyme that changes the composition of honey prevents bacteria and mold, etc from growing. Once the process of making natural honey is complete, the honey bees seal the comb with bee wax.

Natural honey can have various flavours and colours and these are a result of the location of the bee hive and the surrounding plants where the bees collect their pollen. Natural honey can also vary depending on whether the bees are mono-floral; collecting from only one type of plant or Poly-floral where the honey bees have access to more than one plant source.

For those of you interested in further information about natural honey and bees,  you can visit the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council or International Bee Research Association.

Natural honey – what to be aware of

Aside from the various flavours and colours of natural honey the main thing to be aware of is the process of the removal and treatment of natural honey. Honey bees themselves also need to be left with honey as they need it to survive.

It is not recommended to give natural honey to infants under 12 months. Honey naturally contains botulinum endospores and therefore infants can contract botulism due to the fact that they have an immature digestive tract. This point aside, natural honey has many health benefits that have been known for years.

If you are suffering from food intolerance symptoms that are related to salicylate, a naturally occurring chemical in honey, then you best use a pure maple syrup such as Spring Tree Pure Maple Syrup – Grade A, 32 oz or golden syrup as an alternative. You will need to use the alternatives to natural honey until you can sort out your food problems and take further steps to heal your body. After all, you don’t really want to miss out on the health benefits of natural honey for the rest of your life. For those suffering from food intolerance symptoms, you should be aware that natural honey is considered very high in salicylate content according to the Friendly Food cookbook.

Raw, natural honey; honey that has not been heat treated has a higher nutritional content than natural honey that has been heat treated. Many types of honey that are available through your grocer have been heat treated. The important thing to be aware of, is the temperature at which the natural honey has been heated. Natural honey that has been heated above 37 Degrees C starts to lose its nutritional content and the higher the temperature, the more the honey is effected and the more you should steer clear of it. Honey that is heated on a low setting still has health benefits. However, consuming raw, natural honey, is the best way to have your honey, honey

Sadly, there are people out there that are making fake honey instead of letting the bees do their wonderful work to produce natural honey. If you are in doubt about whether you have natural honey or fake honey, you can do a couple of simple tests. Take a teaspoon of honey and drop it in water. If it dissolves, then it is not natural honey. You can also try a dollop of the honey on paper towel to find out if it is natural honey. If the honey is absorbed then it is not natural. Raw honey tends to have white bubbles around the top and have specs of dust because it is pure and these particles can end up in natural honey due to the removal process.

I have one last point about what to be aware of with natural honey. Natural honey does have a tendency to absorb smells so be sure to keep it well sealed, preferably in a glass jar. The great thing about natural honey is that it does store for a long time due to its properties, so there is no need to refrigerate it.

Bee Hive Collapse Concerns and supply of natural honey

Unfortunately, not all is well in the bee world. There has been a spread of bee hive collapses, or what is called Colony Collapse Disorder and this in turn has a huge impact on the production of natural honey and also the food sources due to the lack of pollination. This is something we should most certainly be concerned about because without bees to contribute to the food chain, humans will cease to exist. You can read more by clicking here and I encourage you to make a donation at this website.

Natural honey – health benefits

The Farmacist Desk Reference has some great information about using natural honey to keep you healthy. According to the Farmacist Desk Reference, honey is good for the brain, heart and as a nerve cleanser. You can also use it for a sore throat, to apply topically and to simply put you to sleep at night. It is also good for those who want to get a better night’s sleep without the need for a midnight toilet stop.

Due to a large amount of research into the health benefits of natural honey, doctors are now coming to realise just how powerful natural honey is and the many uses for it as a healer. I am hoping that more of these natural products come full circle as we start to realise the negative impact that pharmacy drugs are having on our health. Natural honey is a wonderful alternative to sugar and is often times added to tea.

You would no doubt have heard of Manuka honey which is primarily produced in New Zealand. Manuka honey is a monofloral natural honey with a high anti-bacterial potency. It can be used for acne, reflux, burns, ringworm and it now seems for Staph infections (MRSA).

There are so many different varieties of natural honey that it will depend on your location as to the availability of flavours of natural honey. The types of plants that the bees have had access to in their area and close to their hive, will determine what you will see on your grocer shelves.

So, are you ready to experience the wonderful health benefits of natural honey? Put natural honey on toast, put it on your skin, put it on your sores, take a teaspoon a day directly or add it to your tea, to name a few. Click on the jar of natural honey on the right to make a start toward a healthier lifestyle.

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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.

Healthy Smoothie – getting started

It has taken me a little while to form the habit of making a healthy smoothie but now I make one every day so that I replace one meal a day with one healthy smoothie. You can of course have more should you desire. For those of you who suffer from food problems or food intolerance symptoms, we have provided a healthy smoothie recipe for you too, so read on. These are especially good for children and more so for children who suffer from food intolerance symptoms, as you are always looking for ways to expand the menu. If you suffer from leaky gut syndrome then I suggest you look at incorporating a smoothie with fermented products and pure apple cider vinegar as this is sure to assist your recovery and reduce your food intolerance symptoms.

My advice is to keep it simple and use whatever fruit ingredients you have on hand. You can also add parsley, celery, lettuce or other greens and I do recommend you alternate your greens for your healthy smoothie. Be creative, vary the ingredients and just try a few. For children, add more fruit and less greens until they adjust. Remember that even if it is a mostly fruit smoothie to begin with, it is still a healthy smoothie and you need to start somewhere.

You and your children will benefit from watching this video because it will encourage them to get involved. The more involved children are, the greater chance of them drinking the healthy smoothie.

It is good to have other healthy ingredients on hand as these are some of the things that make up my healthy smoothie recipes but again, no hard and fast rule. If you want to eat healthy food then this is a great way to  start without too much initial change to your meal routine.  You can even begin by just having a healthy smoothie before your meal.  If you incorporate a healthy smoothie into your diet, you will eventually find that all you want is the smoothie to replace the meal rather than both. My favorite healthy smoothie is a green smoothie and it has many health benefits so read on after the healthy smoothie recipes section.

Healthy Smoothie Recipes

Green smoothie

1 teaspoon Organic golden flaxseed oil

1 teaspoon Acai berry Freeze dried powder

1 tablespoon Raw honey or agave syrup (add more for a sweeter flavour)

1 cup raw milk or you can use some water or a combination of the two

1/2 cup Un-homogenized yoghurt

1 large Handful of baby spinach leaves or silver-beet

1 handful of blueberries or strawberries  (or mixed or other berries)

2 slices watermelon (natural body cleanser)

1 teaspoon raw apple cider vinegar.

Put it all in a Vitamix blender, blend and drink immediately. Yum!

Banana Green smoothie

1 teaspoon Organic golden flaxseed oil

1 tablespoon Raw honey or agave syrup (add more for a sweeter flavour)

1 large banana

1 cup raw milk

1/2 cup un-homogenized yoghurt

1 large Handful of baby spinach leaves or silver-beet

1 teaspoon Lecithin granules

1 teaspoon unrefined, virgin, cold pressed coconut oil

Pinch unrefined sea salt

You can also add some ice

Put it all in a Vitamix blender, blend and drink immediately. Yum!

Healthy smoothie for the food intolerant

1 cup Almond milk (or Soy Milk with no additives or raw milk if tolerated)

2 tablespoons pure 100% maple syrup (NOT maple flavoured syrup)

1 teaspoon raw apple cider vinegar

1/2 a mango flesh, peel and stone removed  (if can have fruit that is moderate in salicylates)

1 pear, peeled & cored

1 teaspoon Lecithin granules (unbleached and from Soy)

10 raw cashews (optional)

1 cup ice

Put it all in a Vitamix blender, blend and drink immediately. Yum!

Facts about your healthy smoothie ingredients and places to buy them

You can find some of the healthy smoothie ingredients used here, in the following places listed below. Where possible buy fresh and keep in mind that if you cannot find it at your local grocer then it should be at a health food store.

• Flaxseed Oil is stored in the refrigerated section of a grocer. It has a slight nutty taste and is also great to use in your salad dressings. It is not an oil you cook with. 100% unrefined, organic flaxseed oil naturally contains small quantities of lecithin, waxes, vitamin E, caretenoids and saturated fats. It is best known for containing Omega 9, Omega 6, Omega 3, stearic and palmitic and has huge health benefits.
• Acai Freeze Dried Powder can be found at health food stores. You can purchase some Acai Berry ingredients here.
• Almond milk tends to come in a UHT pack and found on the shelf at your grocer. A great alternative for those who suffer from lactose intolerance or if you suffer from food intolerance symptoms. If you are using soy milk, you should always check the pack as often sugars and additives are added to this product. Soy milk can be found in the refrigerated section or on the shelf in a UHT pack.
• Raw milk is often hard to come by, especially in Australia unless you are part of a herd share or own a cow. Check with your local health food store or organic shop.
• 100% pure maple syrup. Pure maple syrup is great for those that suffer from food intolerance symptoms because it has low naturally occurring chemicals so a great sweetener with its own health benefits and a great alternative to processed sugar which, even though is recommended for use for those who do suffer from food intolerance, is not good for your general health.
• Agave is a natural sweetener and a great one to add instead of processed sugar. Not always easy to find, you can purchase some here: Agave, Amber, Wild, 16oz (raw, certified organic)
• Unrefined, virgin, cold pressed coconut oil is the only coconut oil that is beneficial for you. You can find coconut oil herebut check to make sure it is as I state.
• Raw honey means that it has not been heat treated. You need to read the jar carefully to find this out. Found more so at a health food shop than a grocer. Shop at MotherNature.com for thousands of all-natural Health & Wellness products.
• Raw cashews should be fairly easy to come by. Even better if you can source them locally.
• Raw apple cider vinegar is one of the most amazing healing products. It is especially good for those suffering from food intolerance symptoms where leaky gut is a problem. I highly recommend Raw apple cider vinegar to anyone looking to improve their health. You can get your hands on some here.
• Lecithin granules are readily available at most supermarkets. Look for unbleached and as natural as possible.
• Unrefined sea salt, as with apple cider vinegar, should be used in our diet on a daily basis.  You can purchase some unrefined Celtic sea salt by visiting the follow link House of Nutrition Homepage or clicking on the salt picture shown.

The other ingredients listed for your healthy smoothie recipes should be easy to obtain. If not, send me an email and I’ll assist where needed.

Another important point is that children like things jazzed up and it helps to get them to try new things. So, put the healthy smoothie in a nice milk shake cup, slot a piece of fruit on the lip of the cup, add a straw and serve it up at the same time that you drink your healthy smoothie. I know someone that calls her green smoothie a Shrek drink so feel free to give it a name. Here are some suggestions. Popeye Power, Angelina Ballerina Blend, Ben 10 power puss, Miffy Magic, The Magician’s frog Potion. I am sure you can think of some more funny ones for your healthy smoothie. Keep it fun and inviting and you will have a greater chance of your children trying these fantastic, nutritious health smoothies. Bottoms up!

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.

An introduction to dehydrated food

There are many benefits to dehydrated food and I bought a food dehydrator for the purpose of introducing raw foods to my children. For those of you who suffer from food intolerance symptoms, you can use a food dehydrator for red delicious apples, golden delicious apples, mango, pear and possibly even banana, until the body has been healed and is ready to accept different types of food. Suffering from food intolerance symptoms is difficult and dehydrated food is certainly a snack you would want to add to the limited food you can consume. Using a food dehydrator is a good way to incorporate enzyme rich food into your diet provided you dry your food using a low heat setting. Not all food dehydrators are created equally and I did a lot of research before purchasing a food dehydrator. Dehydrated food is a good alternative to freeze dried food with both having different textures. Dehydrated food is also a good alternative to canned fruit or fresh fruit if you are travelling, great as a quick healthy snack to keep in the cupboard and an easy, healthy snack for toddlers or as lunchbox ideas for kids. It is handy to have dried snacks in the cupboard in case you are out of fresh produce and cannot get to the grocer, so you can easily pull the dehydrated food from the cupboard and add it to your child’s lunchbox; easy! You will also find it is easier on the budget to use a food dehydrator than purchase freeze dried foods from your local grocer.

The problem with dried fruit you buy at your grocer is that it is usually laden with sulphites, also known as sulphur dioxide or food preservatives 220 to 223. We shall cover sulphites in another post. I highly recommend you avoid sulphites where possible, especially if you are an asthma sufferer or are prone to chronic fatigue syndrome.

If you are going to make your own dehydrated food, it is a good idea to try and buy local, fresh food. It is better to buy local than organic that has been stored for weeks before put on the grocer’s shelves. Even though it takes longer, I suggest using the low heat setting on your food dehydrator for the benefit of retaining maximum nutrition in your dehydrated food.

Food Dehydrator Review

There are a few things I took into account with my research before purchasing a food dehydrator.

1. How easy it is to access one tray of food without having to pull all the other trays out in the process
2. How evenly the food is dried; which comes down to the food dehydrator shape and air flow
3. How easy the food dehydrator trays and mesh liners are to clean
4. What is an energy efficient food dehydrator?
5. Is the food dehydrator thermostat controlled so you can vary the drying temperature?
6. Does the food dehydrator have a timer?
7. Size of the food dehydrator for storage (keep in same place for use and storage)
8. Reviews from others who have purchased a food dehydrator
9. Noise level of the food dehydrator
10. Warranty information should something go wrong
11. Price comparisons
12. Where I could keep my dehydrator given that there is a constant fan sound. i.e. you don’t want it near the bedrooms even though it is not that noisy.

An Excalibur 9 tray food dehydrator was what I purchased as Excalibur dehydrators are considered to be one of the best on the market. The Excalibur 9 tray food dehydrator takes a bit of work to fill so I do think the Excalibur 5 tray food dehydrator would suffice in most cases unless you are an avid user. The benefit of an Excalibur 9 tray food dehydrator is that you can fill as many trays as you need. Keep in mind, I have 3 children and I aim to buy large qualities of fruit both to use as dehydrated food and as a fresh supply. We use the living foods heat setting for everything and the timer is good because you can monitor how many hours it takes you to dry your food. You can lift the lid at any time to remove trays if one food dries faster than others without impacting the drying process too much. This is also beneficial because you can take your dehydrated food out when it is dried to your own personal satisfaction. Dehydrated food recipe books generally give you a guide to let you know if there is still too much moisture. On the whole I find the Excalibur 9 tray food dehydrator extremely easy to use and I highly recommend it should you be looking to make your own yummy dehydrated food. Oh and don’t anticipate the dehydrated food being in the cupboard very long as the kids devour it!

Dehydrated food tips and ideas

I’ve dried mango, apple, banana, kiwi fruit, strawberries, pineapple and pear. I’ve also made some banana coconut cookies using raw coconut, and I’ve made some corn and flax seed crackers. To learn more about raw food recipes you can click on this link. There is so much more you can make in a dehydrator and I’ll be sharing some great raw food cookbooks coming up soon. If you do purchase a dehydrator recipe book like this one shown below then I always use the living food heat setting regardless of what the book says.

I’ve done the hard work for you with my research and I’m happy to hear your own comments on food dehydrators.

Apple Peeler, Corer, slicer

This little apple spiral machine shown in the picture here is such a time saver. It is easy to clean, store and use and if you have children, it is a great way to get them to join in on learning to live with raw foods. This is an apple corer, apple slicer and apple peeler. To use it, simply sit it on a bench top, wash your apple, put it on the prongs, decide if you want it peeled or not and move a slider accordingly and wind the handle to start the process. The apple is cut into a spiral (which the kids love to see) and you remove the core from the prongs once complete. I then use a kitchen knife to cut the apple in 1/2 and then arrange it on the dehydrator trays. I find you can fit about 2 & 1/2 granny smith sized apples on one dehydrator tray. I’ve included a picture of the apple peeler, corer and slicer so you can see what it looks like. You can click on the link below to purchase your own apple peeler, corer and slicer to save time and effort.

Feel free to leave your own food dehydrator review below, hints or tips in the comments section of this blog. Enjoy your dehydrated food!

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.