The Living Foods Lifer |
newsletter of
SF LiFE A living foods community for the 21st century |
… from
the editor:
Many changes
have taken place this summer that will affect members of our group. Much time and effort
has gone into revitalizing and organizing our rental library, making it much more
accessible for borrowing books, tapes, and equipment. It was through organizing the
library we discovered that many books, especially in the Living Foods, Natural Hygiene,
and vegetarian sections are missing. Some of these books include the following titles: The Sprouting Book by Ann Wigmore; The Rainbow Diet by Gabriel Cousins; Survival into the 21st Century, and Life in the 21st Century by Victoras
Kulvinskas; The Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda Book
by Joe Alexander. We need to replace these
books, either through book donations or through group expenditures. If you have health and
food books cluttering your shelves, please think about a donation to our library. No
novels please.
The South Bay Living Foods
Community/Vibrant Living have cancelled their much publicized Living Foods Expo 2000. What
was to have taken place later this month is being rescheduled for next year. A copy of the
statement recently sent by email/internet links is being reprinted here (by permission)
for those who do not have internet access. Read the article “Expo 2000
Cancelled” on page 4.
Membership
changes are being planned as this newsletter “goes to press”. Our Sprout Council meeting, being held on September 10th
before our potluck, will formalize some changes that are currently being discussed. There
are some elements of membership that are of concern, including the following: The
newsletter and its importance for a changing membership; the library list and the
importance of library cards and deposits; input from members - active and passive
membership, and what members want. If you are interested in becoming more involved in an
active way, email your concerns to birdwing@gateway.net, or
write to the address listed on this newsletter.
For those who
went to Jamaica for the Living Foods Chef event, how about a review for the next issue of
the newsletter. Put fingers to the keyboard and write an article. Deadline is November 10th.
Send your review or questions to birdwing@gateway.net. Send it
as a text file, or send it as an MS Word attachment. A four-page maximum. No exceptions
please.
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Robin Silberman
In This Issue
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v Expo 2000 Cancelled
v Recipes from Elaine Nigro
v Internal Cleansing with
“E”s and “I”s
v What are the Effects of Raw Food
Diets on Flexibility?
v Raw
Dates v Richard Salome Biography |
What’s Coming UP
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SF LiFE Potlucks |
Other Local Groups |
Sundays
at the Mission District Police Station 650
Valencia Street at 17th street, San Francisco Parking
in the rear of the station, on 17th Street v September 10 – Richard Salome v October 5 – Tom Billings – Raw Foods and
Ayurveda v November 5 – Elliot Isenberg – Healing
and the Belief System v December 3 – Speaker to be Announced Time:
1:00 pm Cost: $2.
Members/$4. Non-members Coming
without food: $5. Extra for everyone Coming
with food: Bring raw vegetable salads, bowls of
mixed sprouts, nut patés, raw desserts, dehydrated crackers, enough for 10-15 people. All
preferably organic. For more information, call the
Sproutline Number: 415-751-2806.
SF LiFE Membership
$20.00
annual membership includes the following: v Discounts
to potlucks v Quarterly
newsletter v Library
check-out: books, audio tapes v Video
tapes with deposit v Equipment rentals with deposit Send
the following information: v Name v Address v City,
State, ZIP v Phone
Number v Email
Address v $20.00
check SF
LiFE, 662 – 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94121 For
newsletter submissions, email birdwing@gateway.net |
East Bay Living
Foods Group meets on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 6:00pm. In Sept, we will meet
on Sept 24th. The group meets in Helene Miller's home, which is a three- minute
walk from the Rockridge BART station. We have been growing and have had some GREAT food.
The speaker for Sept 24th is Robert Jacobs. The potluck starts at
Contact
www.VibrantLiving.com for more
information on this group. Refer to page 3 for more events. Santa Cruz
Living Foods Community Contact
Tricia and Steve Zenone at www.rawfoodists.com for
more information on their group. The Santa Cruz County RawFoodists host a FREE monthly
RawFood potluck the 3rd Saturday of each month. The Sacramento Living Food Community This group offers group dinners at member homes. This is not a potluck event. Cost is $10.00 to the host of the meal. Contact Mark O’Rielly at 916-415-0865 for more information about this and other Sacramento events. |
Anti-Cancer Foods
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Fruitarian Archive Website
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Note: The following information was presented on a local
news show. As Living Fooders, we can accept or reject any information that does not adhere
to Living Foods principles. Whole wheat breads can be interpreted as grain crisps; Tuna
can be dismissed _ ed. More and more research suggests a healthy diet can lower our risk
of breast cancer. But what does healthy really mean? The following is a list of the top 10
foods to eat to help prevent breast cancer, according to Dr. Elaine Magee, a dietician and
author of several books including Tell Me What To
Eat- Help Prevent Breast Cancer: |
v Carrots v Spinach v Broccoli v Orange
Juice v Garlic
and onions v Canola
Oil and olive oil v Beans v Flaxseed v Whole
wheat breads v Tuna What makes these foods so powerful? They're loaded with plant chemicals, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. While far from conclusive, research suggests they stimulate the immune system and protect cells from DNA damage. |
Membership
Renewals Have we
lost you forever? We hope not. For those members whose memberships expired in March or
June, please, please renew. |
The
events calendar
is posted on the Institute for Vibrant Living Web site at:
http://www.vibrantliving.org. Listed are
events sponsored by both the Institute for Vibrant Living/South Bay Living Food Community
and other area raw food events/classes provided by members of the community. For further
information about any of the events please contact the person whose name and contact
information is listed with the particular event. If you wish to submit events to be
included on the list, please contact KarenF@VibrantLiving.org,
650-424-9180. Events for the following month are due on the 25th of each month.
9/12: 10/1: 10/4: |
10/7: Includes ferry ride, picnic
potluck lunch. (moderately easy hike, approx. 5 miles with a lunch break) 1/6 - 1/14:Costa Rica with
Doug Graham, Cherie Soria |
EXPO 2000 Cancelled Institute
for Vibrant Living
The EXPO Team
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To
all raw fooders and friends, We
have decided not to hold the Living Food Health EXPO this year. The EXPO is the world's
largest event about raw and living food. Nevertheless, it still appeals primarily to the
living food community. One
purpose of the Institute for Vibrant Living, host of the EXPO, is to create awareness
among the general public through education and positive experiences involving living food.
Our goal is to expand our message beyond food -- to embrace and communicate to the general
public a total lifestyle approach to vibrant living and well-being. We envision an EXPO
attended by 5,000 people or more! To accomplish this, the Institute and the EXPO team
believe we need to recast the EXPO from an entirely new mold. This means ·
Holding
EXPOs on both coasts (west coast beginning fall 2001, east coast beginning spring 2002). ·
Engaging
a PR firm of national stature, to help bring our message to the media on a scale never
before achieved on a sustained basis. ·
Expanding
the number of speakers that we can accommodate -- creating opportunities for nationally
known teachers to present more than once, while also supporting emerging teachers and
leaders. ·
Integrating
other essential elements of vibrant, healthy living, such as movement, breathing, sunshine
and light, etc. ·
Adding
a new Center for Well-Being. ·
Adding
a free child care program. ·
And
many program changes. |
From
our discussions, we realize that we cannot produce this year's EXPO and have sufficient time and resources to launch an
entirely new EXPO next year. Instead, we are already working on the design of the new
EXPO. Our intention is to publish a draft document this fall that outlines the new EXPO.
We will invite suggestions from the entire community as we move forward. We are already
beginning this new journey. For the first time, we are creating a dedicated team focused
entirely on the EXPO and other vibrant living projects. We are gathering resources and
implementing computer systems and other infrastructure that can handle events of the
magnitude we envision. We are also planning the first National Vibrant Living Leadership
Conference, to be held early in 2001. The purpose of this conference is to create a public
agenda, to build a solid foundation for the living food movement. We intend to focus on
information and beliefs that we all hold in common, so that we can project a coherent,
effective message to the world. From this foundation, we envision an annual National
Living Food Day and many other programs that reach directly to the general public and the
media. Though we realize that not holding an EXPO this year may disappoint some, we deeply
believe that this decision allows us to bring the whole movement onto center stage much
more quickly than would otherwise be the case. Please direct all questions and comments to
EXPO@VibrantLiving.org.
If
you are a speaker or living food community organizer, we urge you to share this
information with your own community as quickly as possible.
We
appreciate your patience and continued support as we chart a new course. Wishing blessings
and abundance to all, Institute for Vibrant Living
The EXPO Team |
Recipes
Elaine Nigro
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AVOCADO SANDWICH
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VANILLA
ICE TREAT BLACKFOREST
CHERRY BROWNIES Elaine
is the owner and operator of Pure Joy Living Foods,
which features catering, consulting, monthly group classes, private classes, retreats,
workshops and mail order dehydrated flax crackers and The Amazing Nut Milk, Juice and
Sprout Bag as well as juicers, dehydrators and various other raw food products. I have
been sharing my gourmet food creations and information about how to become a healthier
more joyous being through adding enzyme rich, living foods to one's diet since the
beginning of 1998. Call (408)358-6092, Raw4Life@yahoo.com My next class will be in Alameda on October 1st.
People can call or email me for the menu, It'll be a fall harvest type meal. I also will
be putting on a raw food Italian dinner in Alameda on September 23rd. |
Discovering the Living Foods Lifestyle
from an Ann Wigmore perspective
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Note: This column is meant to relay information in the
form of an alternative, educational lesson. It is not meant as an instruction for
self-medical care. If you have any questions
about enemas, implants, or colonics, please talk to a qualified specialist who can lead
you through the course of procedures you most want to learn. If you have any doubts about the information
presented in this column, please refer to available personnel for information and
resources.
Throughout this
series of columns we have emphasized the importance of proper food in the Living Foods
Lifestyle program. What we have not discussed is internal cleansing and the roll it plays
in achieving a balanced digestive and metabolic interplay for the body.
The Importance of Enemas and ImplantsAlthough a
Living Foods program in and of itself will cleanse an otherwise clogged digestive system,
it will not totally eliminate decades of hardened fecal material, which adheres to
intestinal walls. Ann Wigmore, who healed herself of colon cancer, adamantly believed in
the power of pure water enemas and wheat grass juice implants (the “E”s and
“I”s of the program). She never hesitated to impress upon her students how
important it was to help clean the body of internal toxins and clogged intestines. She
took her cue from biblical times, when people used water-filled gourds to perform internal
cleansing. Dr. Ann had always assured students that “E”s and “I”s were
an integral part of the program, and used daily for initial cleansing for the 2-week
program, and daily/weekly for continual check of intestinal health, she stated that
“E”s and “I”s were of continual importance for the body. Pure water is
used to loosen hardened fecal material that clings to and clogs intestinal walls, and
wheat grass juice implants are used as a “detergent” to wash the intestinal
walls of debris. The juice is also used to heal intestinal fissures, and to be absorbed
through the intestinal walls as a nutritional addition to the Living Foods diet. For those
who have a real aversion to drinking wheat grass juice, internal wheat grass juice
implants provide the much-needed missing nutrition for the body.
Over
a prolonged period of time, the “E”s
and “I”s sessions continually improve the overall condition of the intestine. |
Note: Enemas and implants are usually performed
either first thing in the morning or the last thing at the end of the day. An empty
stomach is preferred, or at least a digestive system that is not actively digesting a
meal. Do not plan an enema directly after eating. Wait at least 3 hours after eating a
meal. How to Perform
an Enema Equipment
Needed v
A quart, liter,
or other large measurement enema bag purchased in a health-food/drug store. These bags are
made of soft plastic with long extended tubing, and a water shut-off valve attached to the
tubing. v
A catheter for
attaching at the end of the plastic tubing v
½ gallon of
luke-warm filtered water kept in a glass or plastic container. Note: never use cold water
for an enema. It will make your abdominal muscles cramp. v
2 oz. Implant
container called a baby-bulb syringe, found in the baby supply area of the store. It is
made of soft squeezable plastic. v
2-3 ozs of
fresh wheat grass juice v
Slant board, or
other surface to lie on (foam pad, towels, etc) v
Clean floor in
bathroom v
Water-soluble
lubricant (Dr. Bronner’s soap, lotion, or coconut/olive oil. Note: never insert an
object into your rectum without a lubricant. |
Instructions for the Enemav Relax
your body v Dress/undress
appropriately for your environment and comfort v Fill
enema bag with water. Don’t overfill. v Hang
the bag no higher than waist level while standing. The higher the bag, the faster the flow
of water. v Let
water flow through the tubing before inserting it in your body. This will eliminate the
air bubbles in the tubing. v Lie
in a comfortable position on your left side. v Lubricate
the tip of the tubing/catheter and your appropriate body parts. v Ease
tubing into your rectum slowly until it passes your muscle. You will feel it. v Relieve
the water stopper on the tubing and allow the water to flow into your body. Stay relaxed. v When
1/3 of the water has flowed through the tubing, slowly change your position and lie on
your back. Allow the next 1/3 of the water into your body. You can gently massage your
intestine while the water is flowing into your body. v Slowly
change your position, and lie on the right side of your body. Let the remaining water into
your body. You can continue to massage your intestines. Note: If at any time during this process your body has
an urge to void the water, shut off the flow of water from the bag, breathe through your
mouth, and relax. This feeling should go away. If
you are uncomfortable, get to the toilet and void the water. Never, ever force your body to do something it is not
comfortable in doing. Over the course of “practice makes perfect”, the amount of water, the degree of ease and comfort your body will feel, will improve. Allow your body to adapt to what you are doing. Never distract your body from the enema. If you need to relax more, light candles or incense, or darken your room. Never allow noise, children, spouses, or roommates to disrupt your session. When
you have used up the water you have prepared, or when the water runs clean from your body,
you are ready for the implant. |
Performing an Implantv Fill
the syringe with wheat grass juice. You can prepare this in advance before your enema. v Turn
on to your stomach, with your derrière in the air. Take the implant syringe and express
it into your rectum. v Raise
your derriere and let your body absorb the wheat grass juice. Your body might want to void
it. Try and allow 20 minutes for absorption. If the urge to void is too great, go to the
toilet and void the wheat grass juice. Other fecal material might be voided at this time
as well. Practicing the implant will make it easier to do. The
following points should always be remembered when performing enemas and implants: v Massaging
your intestinal tract while water is flowing through it will make for a more thorough
enema. v Never
perform an enema/implant directly after eating. You should wait at least 3 hours after
your last meal. If you prefer morning enemas, a glass of water or rejuvelac before the
enema will help with hydration. v As
an option, rejuvelac can be used after an implant for additional cleansing. Rejuvelac is
high in potassium, an element that is flushed from your intestinal tract by the enema.
Drink rejuvelac to replenish this potassium, or eat a banana or other potassium-rich food. v Remember,
there should never be any pain involved when performing an enema.
Allow your body to relax before undertaking the enema. Colonic Therapy
Colonic
therapy is a higher form of intestinal cleansing. It is usually performed by professional
colonic therapists who use equipment especially designed for individual use. Each colonic
therapy session uses a large quantity of water, and the flow is manipulated by the
equipment, so that you never have to leave the colonic table in order to evacuate
material. Colonic
therapy should not be used if you have never tried an enema on your own, or if you are not
comfortable in giving yourself an enema. Although
these two statements sound contradictory, they are not. Being comfortable with the feeling
of water flowing inside you is essential for either experience. Starting with an enema
will prepare you for the experience of a colonic, but if you are uncertain as to how to
perform the enema, a colonic therapist session is essential. |
What are the Effects of Raw Food Diets on Flexibility?Tom
Billings
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As one who
practices yoga and has experimented with a variety of vegetarian and raw food diets, I am
writing this to solicit reports on the experiences of others regarding the effects (if
any) of predominantly raw vegan diets on flexibility. v had a
regular yoga practice *before* going raw, then v switched to
a ~100% raw vegan regime, and v experienced
a sharp *decrease* in flexibility, i.e., they were stiffer
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1. You had
a regular yoga or stretching practice for at least 4 months “before* switching from a
predominantly cooked-food diet, to a ~100% raw foods diet. Here regular practice is
defined as 4 or more practice sessions a week, providing a minimum of 3.5 hours (total)
per week of stretching. P.S. As
this article may end up on some websites, and some might read this months or years after
it is posted, let me put a time limit on replies: replies will be considered if received
before the end of the year 2000. |
Raw Dates The
Date People |
Note:
The following article was originally published in The
Date Peoples’ Organic Update Autumn 1999, and is being reprinted here by
permission. _ed. |
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All Steamed up: Raw foodist beware the hydrated date |
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Many
of the dates sold in the super markets are steamed to make them more palatable. This
process is called hydration. It involves putting dry dates on racks, wetting them down,
and steam cooking the fruit for anywhere from two to six hours. Steamed dates should
always be labeled as “hydrated” but sometimes they’re not. They can be
easily recognized by their extra shiny appearance, unnatural texture and, of course,
cooked flavor. It is mostly the Deglet Noor variety that is hydrated, although in drier
years, many Medjools may be hydrated as well. The term used in the date industry for
naturally moist dates, which have not been
hydrated is “naturals”. While you will always pay a premium price for naturals,
you do get a more nutritious and a better tasting date. Hydrated dates are usually less
expensive, but also more perishable. Just after the turn of the century, when dates were
first introduced to the North American continent form the middle east, the Deglet Noor was
chosen to be the standard variety. |
Around
80% of the dates currently grown in the US are Deglet Noor. This variety was selected
because of its good flavor, heavy yield, and its dry texture, which makes them easy to
handle. For instance, Deglet Noors are usually stored in field bins 3 to 4 ft. deep, while
soft date varieties must be placed in small hand lugs not more than 4inches deep. Deglet
Noors are delicious and easy to handle, but normally they yield few naturals and most are
sold as “bread dates” or hydrated. All pitted dates are hydrated. All dry dates
pieces in oat flour are hydrated and most date products on the market are made from
hydrated dates. Since
we specialize in growing soft dates, there is no need for the hydration process since the
dates are already naturally moist. In fact, some times they need to be put in front of the
fans at room temperature to dry them down a little before they can be handled. We offer
100% raw dates and 100% raw date products. |
Power
Food Experience Carol
McKenna
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Eating
for Energy and Vitality Free
Living Food Potluck - Sept 12th Increase
your Vitality and Joy with Living Foods. Lose Weight, Increase your Energy, enhance your
Mental Clarity, Improve your Mood, and Sleep better while enjoying creamy, satisfying
dishes loaded with fat splitting, energy giving
enzymes that will work for you. Class
Schedule Week
1 Nut, Seed, Grain, Coconut mylks Classes
include a one-hour step by step demonstration, by Blessing. Let your imagination fly.
Workbook with written recipes; and discussion included. Date:
Tuesday's starting September 19th - Potluck September 12th |
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HEALTH
BIOGRAPHY Richard
Salome |
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