From RawGuru:

Thanks for your interest in the 16th issue of our raw food monthly newsletter! This month we have updated the look of the online shop and added many new raw food products just for you! Don't you hate paying for shipping?! RawGuru.Com is one of the only online raw food stores that offers Free shipping over $100.00!

We have added 3 new interviews to this months newsletter. One with Rhio, Dhrumil Purohit, & Bob McCauley. Be sure to check them out below. If you have any suggestions for the next newsletter, please email us.

The complete book of dehydrating raw foods is almost complete! If you still want to submit your recipes you still can. Deadline is the Dec. 27th. Hurry! Send an email to alex@rawguru.com.

The magic of Christmas is in the air and New Year's around the corner! Tis the season to be merry and jolly! Spread the joy and love with your family and friends through healthy and delicious raw food meals!

Wishing you all happy holidays and a happy new year!
Alex
www.rawguru.com

» New Product of the Month: Natural Cellular Defense

Natural Cellular Defense is the most important supplement you'll ever take! All Natural, supports a healthy immune system, helps remove heavy metals, toxins and other substances from the body, helps balance pH levels in the body and much more. The product is made from zeolites which are natural volcanic minerals with a unique molecular structure. Click here for more info!

»Jokes of the Month

Q) Why aren't bananas ever lonely?
A) Because they come in bunches!

Q) What do two bananas do when they meet each other?
A) A banana shake!

Q) What is King Kong's favorite food?
A) Ape-ricots!

» Fruit of the month: Goji Berries
Tibetan goji berries are a very rich source of vitamin C, having 500 times more vitamin C per ounce than oranges. They are also a superb source of vitamin A, more beta carotene than carrots. They have vitamins B1, B2, B6, and E and are becoming a famous antioxidant (Lab verified 36000 orac units). They also are a rich source of both selenium and germanium. Click here to read more!

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Raw Food Book of the Month: Green For Life by Victoria Boutenko

In search of the perfect human diet, Victoria Boutenko compares the standard American diet with the diet of wild chimpanzees. Chimpanzees share an estimated 99.4% of genes with humans, but their diet is dramatically different from ours. The most glaring difference is that chimpanzees consume significantly more green leaves than humans. Victoria developed a series of greens smoothies that enable anyone to consume the necessary amount of greens in a very palatable way.

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New Raw Food Interviews with Rhio, Dhrumil Purohit, & Bob McCauley


What are some Raw Food Staples in your current diet?

My intention is 100% raw, 100% of the time, and when I'm making the food and feeding myself, that's the way it is. But I'm practical enough to realize that sometimes I may not be getting 100%, like when I'm dining out at a raw restaurant..

Click here to read the full interview!

What are some quick tips or hints for Raw newbies?

Don't identify yourself with the diet: One of the major challenges raw newbies have is getting caught up in the identity of what it means for them to be "raw". Just like an extremely materialistic person who is looking for himself in the things that he buys, many people often look for themselves..

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What is your new book, "Achieving Great Health" about, and how was it like talking to Peter Ragnar?

I interviewed Peter 20 times and we have a 16 CD box set together of those interviews. Peter is a great friend and a great sage in his own way. He has done incredible things but what I love the most is that he insists...

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Gourmet & Simple Raw Food Recipes

Raw Popcorn by Alex Malinsky
"One of my new raw food recipes, texture and taste just like real popcorn"

2 cups cauliflower (broken up like popcorn)
1 tsp. or more Sea salt
3 shakes Dulse flakes

Combine everything together in a large bowl and let marinate for 2 hrs.

"Butter topping"

1/2 cup cashew or almond butter
2 tbs. lemon juice
1/2 cup water
1 tbs. agave nectar
Sea salt to taste

Mix this "butter topping" with the "popcorn" and lay out these pieces on teflex sheets ready to be dehydrated. Dehydrate this mixture at 115 degrees F. for at least 8 hrs. or until soft.

Note: The cauliflower will be nice and soft but still have a crunchy texture. Enjoy!

I love Kale Salad by Alex Malinsky

1/2 bunch green kale (chopped fine)
1/2 bunch dino kale (chopped fine)
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup nut butter (almond or cashew butter is best)
1 cup parsley (chopped)
1/2 cup soaked goji berries
1/2 cup sunflower sprouts
1 avocado (chopped)
1 tomato (chopped)
2 tbs. lemon juice
1 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

How to: Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and massage this mixture until soft and creamy. :-)

Mango Cranberry Salsa by Alex Malinsky

1 cup fresh mango (diced)
4 tbs. sun dried or fresh cranberries
2 tbs. red bell peppers, (diced)
2 tbs. red onion (diced)
1 jalapeno pepper (minced)
2 tbs. fresh mint (chopped)
1 tbs. lime or lemon juice
1 tbs. agave nectar or honey
1 tbs. avocado oil

How to: Mix everything together in a bowl and let marinate for 1 hour before serving.

Cranberry Goji Berry Bites by Alex Malinsky

3 cups fresh cranberries
2 cups of each (raisins, apricots, goji berries)
3/4 cup agave nectar
1 cup apple juice
1 cup almond powder (blend dry almonds into a powder)
1 cup golden flax seed meal
1 tbs. fresh ground ginger
2 tbs. orange zest
1 cup chopped almonds or raw oats
3/4 cup sunflower seeds

How to: Combine everything together. Add a little water to make it dough like. Roll out balls from this dough mixture and place on dehydrator sheets to dry. Dehydrate for 8-10 hrs. or until firm to the texture. Delicious!

Apple Raisin Cookies
By Rose Lee Calabro From her book, LIVING IN THE RAW

2 C sunflower seeds, soaked 6 - 8 hours and rinsed
2 Fuji apples
2 large bananas
1/2 C honey dates
1 t vanilla
1 t cinnamon
1 C raisins
1 C walnuts, soaked 6 - 8 hours and chopped

Process sunflower seeds, apples, bananas, and dates through a Champion Juicer using the solid plate. In a large bowl, mix dough with vanilla, cinnamon, raisins, and
walnuts. Spoon dough on a dehydrator tray with a teflex sheet, and form into small, round cookies. Dehydrate at 105° for 4 - 6 hours, turn cookies over and remove teflex sheet.
Continue dehydrating for 4 - 6 hours, or until desired moisture is obtained.

Raw Food Articles of the Month!

Raw food and a new life
by Lisa Canape

You've seen it in movies—everyone has. That is, someone has an epiphany-causing dream of a person or an occurrence or whatever it may be. They are positive the dream has larger implications, so they decide to follow it. Kevin Costner heard voices saying, "If you build it, they will come." He had a vision—a dream if you will—and although many in the film thought he was crazy, he did in fact build it. And they did indeed come.

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FOOD: Rare Deal

Where little on the menu is filling, and no dish is heated above 42 degrees. When you see dishes like celery soup and banana tahini smoothie chalked up as the specials of the day, you will know you have found the Raw Food Café. The café is an outdoor affair connected to the Rasayana Retreat, a full-service spa. Four sturdy wood tables are located in a cove-like patio. Foliage surrounds the walled-in area. Water trickles down a big clay urn; the soothing sound mixes well with the spa music playing low in the background.

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Meatless in Steer City
By M.L. Sharpe

More alive by the minute – Raw foodists claim uncooked food gives a body more energy, better skin, and a faster metabolism. Who wants to eat between 70 and 100 percent of their food uncooked? Apparently, many people do. A whole industry of restaurants, books, and retailers is developing around the movement, which vows to help you feel more energized and alert and give you healthier skin, a more slender body, detoxified cells, and a happier disposition.

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How to fight off digestive problems
by Raj Aggarwal writing for the Western Mail

It takes between 24 and 50 hours for food to pass through our body - the digestive system is a metre-long tube running from mouth to bowel. Indigestion may include bloating, wind, belching and nausea, and usually occurs after eating too much or too quickly, over-indulgence in alcohol, eating rich, spicy and oily foods, or use of aspirin-like drugs.

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Earl Chong's life-giving diet
by Avia Ustanny, Outlook Writer

JAMAICAN EARL CHONG will be 66 on his next birthday in 2006. But, according to the records of doctors both here and in Miami, he should have been dead long ago. He should have died and been buried twelve years ago.

The death certificate for this man was all but written in 1994 when he was diagnosed with cancer of the throat and then cancer of the prostate at age 53.

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Woman turns diet into successful career
By Harry Porterfield

December 1, 2005 - Karyn Calabrese has turned a personal health issue into a successful career as a unique restaurateur. She is a raw foodist and her Chicago restaurants were among the first of their kind in the country. She's a restaurateur who operates with a kitchen that doesn't have a grill, oven, microwave unit or fire. For Karyn Calabrese none of the above is necessary because her restaurant -- Karyn's Fresh Corner -- serves only raw food.

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Don't want toxins in food? Then eating could be tricky
By Sarah Solovitch, Special to The Times

Toxicologists are quick to point out that raw, natural foods — just like processed ones — are themselves complex chemical mixtures. Start analyzing them and you'll find tens of thousands of chemical compounds, not all of them good for you. "What protects us is that these chemicals are present at very, very low levels, and we have defense mechanisms in place," says Michael Pariza, a food toxicologist and microbiologist at the University of Wisconsin.

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The Appeal of Exotic Fruits
By Kimberly J. Decker

Although the United States might be a nation of trendsetters in music, movies and fashion sense, Americans are shockingly behind the curve when it comes to tastes in fruit. "The average person thinks that there are only 20 or 30 different fruits and vegetables," says Robert Schueller, assistant marketing director, Melissa's World Variety Produce, Los Angeles, who marvels that despite the thousands of produce items available, "we continue just to scratch the surface on the possibilities of different fruit varieties out there."

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Q and A with RawGuru!

Question: "I had my mercury filling removed 3 weeks ago but still test positive for heavy metals in my system. What should I do?"

Answer: The best thing to do is drink plenty of fluids, eat foods like cilantro, green juices, clay, and a product called Natural Cellular Defense is very helpful in removing heavy metals and other pollution from your body.

Question: "I tend to overeat when I eat only raw foods...am I missing something?"

Answer: Most people on the raw food diet just don't eat enough or eat only one type of meal, examples: fruits only, vegetables only. Don't forget to eat breakfast. If you don't have time in the morning, prepare food the night before. I always tell people to eat a variety of foods so you are not feeling starving. Eating a little dehydrated food can help you feel "stuffed" if that's what you miss. But don't overdo it. Try not to overeat

Question: "When is the best time to start the raw food diet for me?"

Answer: The best time is...NOW! Don't wait. You don't have to be %100 raw overnight, slowly incorporate more raw into your diet and begin to notice results. It's never too late, whether you're 95 years young or 15. Saturate yourself with raw food information, go to potlucks, make raw friends, and begin enjoying this life-giving lifestyle!

Question: "What are some of your favorite raw food recipe books?"

Answer: Some of my personal favorites include, in no particular order, Detox your World by Shazzie, Hooked on Raw by Rhio, Living on Live Food by Alissa Cohen, Raw - by Charlie Trotter and Roxanne Klein, The Complete Book of Raw Food and Raw Food Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow.

Question: "What is the best way to consume super foods like Pure Synergy, Blue Manna, E3Live, VitaMineral Green, etc?"

Answer: It's best to take any of the above super foods with plenty of water or juice. You can also add 1-2 tsp. in your morning smoothie or add a little in soups, dressings, salads or nut butter. Some people enjoy eating their super foods with an apple or a tomato. Experiment and see what works for you!

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About RawGuru:
Alex Malinsky is an award winning chef and has authored numerous articles, interviews, and newsletters on the raw and living foods lifestyle. At age 20, he is a leading expert and has been on the 100% raw food lifestyle for over 7 years. You can see his latest work in Frederic Patenaude's new book, "Instant Raw Sensations". Buy the book here!

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