From RawGuru:

Here it is: the 17th issue of your raw food monthly newsletter filled with nothing more than love; and because we're so in love we want to provide our loyal readers with nothing more than pure love. Check out the latest interviews with other raw gurus like Victoria Boutenko and Angela Stokes. Enhance your senses with our sweet raw food recipes below. We hope you find yourself love struck with our great Valentine's Day Sale! Also, don't miss out on the only offer every other raw food store doesn't have: FREE shipping over $100.00! Plus, we now accept PayPal payments!

Also, be sure to check out our new and complete site on Natural Cellular Defense. You can browse through testimonials and other facts on this revolutionary product! Click here to view the site.

Remember the Complete Book of Dehydrating Raw Foods? It's final! We are all done with the book, now we just have to publish it. Be on the look out. This book will be available through hard copy and as an e-book. I am infinitely grateful to all your submitted recipes! You're all filled with wonderful wild and raw ideas! Choosing a winner was tough, but we have chosen a recipe. The winner will be announced in a future newsletter (look out for your name!) This is certainly going to be a rawsome book!

I am absolutely blooming with love! I'll be sharing this Valentine's Day with the Wild Fuji Apple of my eyes! Have the best Raw-Love Day ever!

-Alex Malinsky

»Raw Food Comic of the Month

Q: What did the raspberry say to the blueberry?
A: "I love you berry, berry much!"

Q: What is the fruitiest lesson?
A: History, because it's full of dates!

Q: Why did the banana go to the doctor?
A: Because it wasn't peeling very well!

» Fruit of the month: Edible Flowers
Edible flowers have been used in the culinary arts for flavor and garnish for hundreds of years. Early reports indicate that the Romans used flowers in cooking, as did the Chinese, Middle Eastern and Indian cultures. Many edible flowers are high in vitamin C and/or vitamin A, along with other essential nutrients. Use them as garnishes and in salads.

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Raw Food Book of the Month - RawReform: How to go Raw for Weight Loss

Combining practical tips on going raw with proven self-help techniques, RawReform: How to go Raw for Weight Loss is packed with concise and easy to follow guidance, including: what to eat, how much and when, how to handle binges and cravings, motivating tasks to help you get started and more! If you are overweight or obese and looking for a natural way to lose weight and regain your health, this e-book will show you how to begin on the healthiest and quickest path available: a raw food lifestyle. You must buy this book! It's only $10!

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New Raw Food Interviews with Victoria Bountenko and Angela Stokes


What is your new book, "Green For Life" about?

In this book I compared the human diet with the diet of chimpanzees, because they are genetically the closest living creatures to humans. About 40% of the volume of chimpanzees' diet is greens. In my book Green for Life, I research why most humans don't like the taste of greens. My family was not an exception...

Click here to read the full interview!

What are some quick tips or hints for raw newbies?

Be very kind to yourself during the early stages of transition – this is a big change for most people and you will benefit enormously from getting plenty of rest and also seeking support from others who are on a similar path. You are not alone and you do not have to do this on your own – read literature, visit web forums, find or start raw pot-luck gatherings, attend events...

Click here to read the full interview!

Gourmet & Simple Raw Food Recipes

Kalechi by Alex Malinsky

1 bunch dino or green kale (chopped)
3 carrots (cut into 1 inch strips)
2 cucumbers (cut into 1 inch strips)
3 heads broccoli (chopped)
2 bunches scallions (cut into 1 inch sections)
1/2 bunch cilantro (chopped fine)
1 apple (dice into cubes)
2 Small oranges (fine dice)
1 Lemon (fine dice)

Add the above ingredients into large bowl.

1 tbs. apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
3 tbs. raw sesame seed oil or avocado oil
2-3 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. crushed red pepper or cayenne pepper
3 gloves crushed garlic
2 tbs. sesame seeds

Combine above ingredients and add to the veggie mixture above. Massage until well combined. Store in a glass or ceramic jar with a lid in the fridge for 3-4 days before serving. Enjoy!

Green Smoothie by Victoria Boutenko

One package of raspberries (6 oz.)
Two ripe bananas
Half a bunch of Italian parsley
Several spinach leaves
Two cups of water

Blend well.

‘POWER BREAKFAST’ RECIPE by Angela Stokes

1 banana, thinly sliced
1 apple, cut into small chunks
Small handful of soaked sunflower seeds
Small handful of soaked pumpkin seeds
S small handful of soaked sultanas
1 tbsp maca powder
1 tbsp hemp protein powder
1 tbsp carob powder
½ tbsp yacon syrup/agave/honey
½ tbsp hemp oil
Small handful of goji berries
A a little almond milk to blend

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, adding in fresh almond milk to desired consistency. ENJOY.

Basic Winter Green Smoothie from Instant Raw Sensations by frederic Patenaude

1 apple
1 pear
2 bananas
1 and 1/2 cups kale
1 stalk celery
Water

Dice the fruit or cut in big chunks. Blend all ingredients together with about half a cup (up to 1 full cup) of water.

Sticky Hazelnut Clusters from Naked Chocolate by David Wolfe & Shazzie
Makes about 16 balls

8 dates, soaked and stoned
1/2 cup of baby figs (dried)
2 cups of hazelnuts
2 tablespoons of agave nectar
1/2 cup of chocolate powder (crushed cacao beans/nibs)
Pinch of Celtic sea salt

Put the hazels into a food processor and process until broken, not powdery. Put them into a mixing bowl. Put all the remaining ingredients into the food processor and process until the mixture starts to form a ball. Take small sections of the mixture and roll into balls. You can eat them as they are, or put them into a dehydrator for about 4 hours to solidify.

Prince Pondicherry's Cherry Cake from Naked Chocolate by David Wolfe & Shazzie

Base:
1 level teaspoon dried orange zest
3 cups of baby figs (dried)
1 cup of almonds (soaked in water for 1 hour)
1 cup of almonds (dry)
¼ teaspoon of ginger powder
¼ teaspoon of grated nutmeg
1 cup of dried cherries
2 cups of fresh cherries
1/2 cup of poppy seeds

Jam:
2 cups of cherries, stoned
1 level teaspoon of chocolate powder (crushed cacao beans/nibs)
6 prunes (dried), stoned

Cream:
3 cups of cashews (dry)
Juice of 1-2 oranges
1 tablespoon of water
1 vanilla pod

To make the base:
Blend everything together in a food processor until it forms a ball. You might have to do this in two lots as it's quite big. Line a lose-bottomed cake tin with cling film and put half the mixture into the tin, then flatten it out. Turn this out onto a plate. Put the remaining mixture in the tin, and flatten it out, leaving it until you've completed the next step.

To make the jam:
Blend all the ingredients with a hand blender. Add more prunes if not solid enough.

To make the cream:
Cut the vanilla pod into tiny pieces. Blend all the ingredients together using a hand blender. You could start the mixture off in a food processor, and then use a blender once the cashews have broken down.

To complete the cake:
Spread half the jam onto the cake base. Spread half the cream onto the cake base. Turn out the other half of cake and place it on top of the cake. Spread the rest of the jam on the top of the cake. Spread the rest of the cream on top of the jam. Decorate with cherries and a deep red rose.

Raw Food Articles of the Month!

Pros and cons of eating uncooked vegetables

ISLAMABAD, January 24 (Online): A new study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine suggests that vegetarians who don`t cook their food have abnormally low bone mass but have other biological markers indicating their bones, although light in weight, may be healthy.

The team led by Luigi Fontana studied 18 strict raw food vegans ages of 33 to 85 who ate a diet that not only lacked animal products but also included only raw foods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, sprouted grains and legumes, dressed with olive oil. They had been on this diet for an average of 3.6 years.

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The 'Chocolate Pope's' Love Affair... With Cacao
Bring you closer to God, help you lose weight, give you more energy—
is there anything cacao can't do? By Alana B. Elias Kornfeld

David Wolfe recalls eating his first fresh cacao bean--the natural form of chocolate--while visiting friends in Hawaii many years ago.

"My friend said, 'Have you eaten one of these?' And as soon as I crunched into it, the cacao god downloaded me the truth about cacao beans in a millisecond," he said.

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Followers of living food diet claim raw energy
By HEATHER ALLEN

The aroma greeting visitors to this Gulf Gate home is somewhat ... different.

Instead of conjuring up memories of Mom's home cooking, the smell is, well, organic. There are no flowers on display, just grass. Wheatgrass to be exact.

Welcome to the home of Patty Foley.

Her lifestyle is somewhat rare in a society that is flooded by savvy marketing ploys promising a quick fix to instant health. She subscribes to a vegetarian diet, called the "living foods diet." Only raw, living foods are consumed.

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Importance of Fruits in Diet by Kevin Pederson

Fruits, fresh or dried have been natural staple diet of human being since ancient times. Replete with minerals, vitamins, enzymes, they are easily digestible. Fruits are not only good source as food, they are serve as medicine and treat ailments.

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What is The Raw Food Diet and Will It Work For You?
By Arnel Ricafranca

A relatively new food trend has appeared on the diet landscape. It's known as the raw food approach, and from California to Connecticut, the trend appears to be gaining strength. The centerpiece of the diet is uncooked, highly nutritious foods. The idea behind the diet is that a number of foods lose nutritional value when they are cooked.

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Q and A with RawGuru!

Question: "I am a raw teen still working on transitioning and I feel like a cleanse or fast would really help me out but my parents are conserned it might interfere with my health and development as a young adult. Do you have any ideas for how long I should go, and specifically what is most affective for someone in my stage. Water, juice, a combo?"

Answer: "The best way to fast is on juices and water. Begin by fasting once a week for the first 2-3 weeks and then you can cleanse more if you like. I would not recommend fasting for long periods of time. Once every week is plenty for teens. Eating raw and living foods is also a wonderful cleanse"

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Question: "I am interested in purchasing a high quality blender, for making the famous new Green Smoothies, as well as blending dry nuts, seeds, and grains, and blending, cracker recipes, and MAYBE even some ENERGY SOUP. Will you give your opinion~experience~wisdom on the ones you offer for sale?"

Answer: "I have been currently trying out the Total Blender and recommend it to everyone! It is by far the best blender I have used. It is faster, creams nuts/seeds better, does not get as hot as fast as the Vitamix and it even looks nicer. Click here for my detailed comparison chart about the Vitamix and the Total Blender."

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Question: " I have a long history in Hypoglycemia and am wondering whether I am in the condition to do so. Over the years, I have discovered that there are things I should not eat, such as Bananas, Potato, and other high-suger contain produces, not to mention rice and bread. Do you mind giving me some guidances on this? Also, any recommendations on blenders or juicers?"

Answer: "I would suggest you read Rainbow Green Life Food Cuisine by Dr. Gabriel
Cousens. This book will point you into the right direction. I would recommend you eat a high veggies, moderate nuts and seeds, and low fruit raw diet. The best blender in my opinion is the Total Blender. A really good juicer is the Solostar II juicer or the Samson 6n1 juicer."

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Question: "I'm transitioning to raw and had a few questions. Number one is about the amount of nuts consumed. From other sources I'm finding it's rather limited but would like the real recommended amount. Also, what is the deal with soaking? Must it be done for eating them plain? Last but not least how in the world do you get enough calcium. I only get like 30% a day. What raw foods have a high amount?"

Answer: "I would say about 1/3 to 1/2 cup per day is normal. Soaking is good if you will be making a nut milk or consuming a lot of nuts in one sitting. Soaking will make the nuts more digestible. If you are only to eat a handful of nuts/seeds, it is not necessary to soak. You can get plenty of absorbable calcium from dark green leafy veggies, nuts and seeds, sprouts, black sesame seeds, green juices, dried fruits."

» Do you have questions about the raw food lifestyle? Email RawGuru here.

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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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