
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Simply Raw...

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Keep the mind, body, and spirit healthy and happy, and fight cancer...
Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. =2 0 A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified ed water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
f. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.
g . Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
h . Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Florescence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals,20EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
i . Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
j . Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy 20 is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Green-up with Inhabitat!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Vegan/Raw Dessert class at Organic Village

Tasty treats without the meat...

Who’s that lady?
Raw food chef Ani Phyo. The 42-year-old was voted “sexiest raw food chef” in 2008 and 2009 and has also authored “Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen” and “Ani’s Raw Food Desserts.”
The scoop:
“I like to emphasize to people that they don’t have to be extreme,” says Phyo. “You can add fruits and vegetables and more fresh, whole foods to any diet. Plus, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds are all packed with antioxidants to combat free-radical damage and slow the signs of aging.”
Favorite recipe:
Pad Thai with kelp noodles*. “Kelp noodles are made from a sea vegetable that’s packed with minerals. High in iodine, they help regulate our thyroid to balance metabolism.”
On-the-go tip:
“I take sheets of Nori with me, which can add flavor to a salad or plump up in water for a snack,” says Phyo.
*Click here for pad thai with kelp noodles recipe.

Who’s that lady?
Vegan chef Terry Romero. The 37-year-old Queens resident co-hosted the vegan cooking show “Post Punk Kitchen” and is a columnist for VegNews. She also co-authored “Veganomicon,” “Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World” and “Vegan Cookies Invade your Cookie Jar.”
The scoop:
“Viva Vegan,” Romero’s first solo cookbook, audaciously ventures meat-and-cheese-lessly into the heart of Latin American cooking—and brings you 200 vibrant recipes that don’t skimp on taste or authenticity.
Her philosophy:
“So many elements of Latin American cooking are naturally vegan,” says Romero. “You have beans, rice and an abundance of fresh vegetables, like corn, chili peppers and squash, and there’s so many fruits. You can get the whole spirit, texture and flavors of Latin food very easily without the meat.”
Favorite recipe:
The creamy corn-filled empanada*. “It’s really great, especially now with all the summer corn coming in,” says Romero.
On-the-go tip:
“At Latin American restaurants, find out if they use lard in their beans, and see if they use chicken broth in the rice,” advises Romero.
*Click here for creamy corn-filled empanada recipe.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Otarian!

Last year I participated in a food focus group for a not yet opened, sustainable, healthy, fast food restaurant chain; the food was good and the concept was appealing. Fast forward a year or so... Otarian, a vegetarian restaurant chain, is now open. With two locations in New York and two in London, they are the first ever low carbon restaurant chain and almost everything in each location is made from recycled materials. They pride themselves on using as few resources as possible and strive for social sustainability as well.

