Last night I went into London to hear Brian and Anna Maria Clement from The Hippocrates Institute in Florida talk on raw foods. I heard him speak last time he was in London and loved him from the minute he opened his mouth. He has a very frank way and doesn’t beat around the bush. His dry sense of humour, honesty and directness are incredibly refreshing. And Anna Maria has a sweet and gentle approach.
Although last night’s lecture was informative it wasn’t anything I hadn’t heard already. Having said that, I must admit last time I heard him speak I was much greener in the area of raw foods and was still soaking in a lot of new information. I did pick up on a few gems. Here they are for you.
1) “Being healthy is not difficult. It is frightening.” How true is that? We are continually opening the doors to unknown realms when we give ourselves permission to live fully and healthily. My question to you then is - What is stopping you from experiencing the greatest heights of your well-being?
2) There is a new book coming out that should take care of a lot of the controversy in the raw food arena. It is a compilation book with some of the top raw food leaders. And by leaders I don’t mean the raw food cheerleaders, but the real athletes. The ones with scientific knowledge and background that have worked with thousands of people discovering the facts about eating in this manner. Go to www.rawfoodworks.org for more info.
3) When we blend our food we loose 80 – 92% of the nutrients. This is caused by the speed of the blades whipping through the food causing massive oxidization. Moral of the story is juicing reigns superior to blending. However, this isn’t to say we can’t still enjoy smoothies or blended concoctions, but rather that having your food intake mainly be from juices and unadulterated raw foods is optimum for our bodies.
In other news I have finally managed to download my pictures from NYC. I don’t have as many raw food photos as I thought, but I will put together a blog in the near future about our experiences. Also coming are blogs about my colonic session and the removal of the mercury from my teeth.
So in the meantime happy juicing (green ones of course!) and while you are slurping away take a peek at my Gift Experience Menu. I am sure there is something there that will take your fancy.
