 First, in order to pack on the muscle, your body must maintain a positive nitrogen balance. In other words, you must keep your body anabolic. This requires adequate protein stores and high testosterone levels which promote lean muscle mass and inhibit aromatase, the enzyme that converts testosterone into estrogen. This is why I consume chrysin (which comes from passion flower) as an example. I also consume ginseng, which increases nitric oxide synthesis and vasodilation. However, in order to really pack on the muscle, your resistance exercises must dig deep enough to activate the fast-oxidative glycolytic fibers which generate the greatest strength and muscle building effects. |
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 I eat a lot of cacao (probably too much, lol) - my favorite is raw chocolate mixed with goji berries, Cashews, dried figs, mulberries, and almonds. I eat a big salad for dinner with greens, celery, wakame, cucumber, tomato, avocado, nori, spirulina, miso, and apple cider vinegar. Dessert is a daily affair too - whatever my latest creation happens to be! I also really love simple banana ice cream and eat that a lot, topped with chocolate sauce, raw granola, Cacao Nibs, or whatever I’m in the mood for. |
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 I have three main staples: greens (including sprouts), spirulina, and green juice. Fresh greens and sprouts are a daily staple for me: I have a big salad for lunch and sometimes even for breakfast. I feel they're the basis of a balanced raw food diet. Green juice is another staple which I drink every day. I usually have a non-glycemic juice made from cucumbers, celery, greens, and lemon either in the morning or in the evening, depending how I feel that day.
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 In the summertime we eat differently than in the wintertime. We are 100% vegan, and we do eat cooked foods in the fall/winter at about 30% and in the summertime, we are mostly all raw. Because we live in a cold climate, we have found more balance in eating a bit of cooked foods in these colder climates such as cooked soup, grains in our salads, etc.,. |
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 Now I don’t need the transition food so much. I am 100% raw 95% of the time. But I feel better when I AM 100% raw; the food cravings go away and I don’t even think about food. Cooked food is addictive; raw food isn’t. Your stomach doesn’t even growl when you go without eating on a raw food diet! Cooking the food changes the molecules and makes it addictive just like fermenting the food and making it into alcohol does.
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 I am the founder of The One Lifestyle LLC. I created The ONE Chocolate bar (tm) that is available now, with the intention of sharing the benefits of raw chocolate & superfoods! There are many who desire GREAT tasting food that is HEALTHY! Each batch is made by hand with all organic, vegan & raw superfoods, the low glycemic sweetener Agave, and pure loving intention!!! Already it has had the honor of being coined, "The only chocolate bar you'll ever need!" It is an honor and I truly LOVE what I do... so all of that magic is infused into the essence of every bar!
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 I'm an athlete and I'm not into the low-fat thing at all! Okay, I do notice when I've eaten too many dry nuts - they feel acidic, like after drinking wine. So I make my nut consumption specialized. But avocados? Every day. Sometimes several. They digest like the seed-bearing tree-born fruit they are, rather than a heavy fat, and especially important to me, they balance hormones. I mean, who couldn't use a little hormonal balancing, really? Fuerte and Reed, depending on which is most in season, are my prize favorites. When I land, after a long travel, I choose to eat root vegetables.
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 I was a long time olive oil Marketer, involved with such brands as Filippo Berio and Italica Olive Oils, when I was offered the opportunity to head up the USA division for Olivado. When I looked at the product line, and researched the amazing culinary and health components of avocado oil I was stunned. It seemed like this, the healthiest, most delicious and versatile edible oil, was almost unknown and not commercially available in America! I took it as my personal mission to launch this product line, and introduce it to the American Marketplace. |
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 I always give myself a little leeway so that I don’t get too mental about the diet, or too constricting. I want to be able to have an occasional cooked food indulgence if my Sacred Heart is calling for it. I was close to 100% raw for 5 to 6 years in the 1990’s, but eventually, because of several factors, I decided to become a little bit more relaxed around my strictness with it.
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