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Directions
Germinate the pine nuts in water for at least two hours. Drain the seeds. Put them in a mixing jar. Add a squeeze of lemon and some sea salt. (I use about half a teaspoon salt). Blend everything well. The consistency should be nice and smooth. Like a cheese spread. You can add some more water if needed.

Here you'll find over 50 more vegan and raw food and vegan recipes (all free of course).

Aug 11, 2008, Seaweed Health Benefits

Seaweed health benefits are enormous. Watch this raw food video interview with David Wolfe and discover which seaweeds are the best.

Aug 8, 2008, Best Drinking Water

Most of you that are on a raw food diet, know about the health benefit of water. But what is the best drinking water? Distilled water? Spring Water? Rain Water? A water filter? And then, not all agree. In this video we asked David Wolfe - world's no 1 raw food teacher - what he believes is best.

We also interviewed other raw food experts: Gabriel Cousens and Brian Clement. Do they agree with David? We asked them the same question. To find out what they said click here.

Jul 27, 2008, Raw Food Recipe: Yummy Vanilla Milkshake

This is another delicious, yet very quick and easy raw food recipe. And it's vegan too. My kids love this seed milk made from superfoods. This is very healthy for you.

Ingredients:

2 bananas
2 tablespoones hulled hemps seeds
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or 1/2 bean)
3 cups purified water
5 drops liquid stevia (or to taste)

Put all incredients in your blender. Blend well and enjoy.

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Jul 18, 2008, 7 Keys to Ultra Wellness

Mark Hyman. M.D. is a conventional physician who discovered a new way to cure people. He started healing himself and then thousands of other people. He's the co-author of the book Ultra Prevention and co-Medical Director of the Canyon Ranch (in Arizona and Massachusets)

Hyman is special to me because his book was the first book and the first time I linked the food we eat with health and well being.

Mark has great (free) series of videos on YouTube about 7 keys on how to retain your health. Click the video below to watch the first one.

Jul 10, 2008, Raw Food Video: Why Raw Food Diet?

Why eat a raw food diet? We asked Gabriel Cousens of the Tree of LIfe. It may not be what you think it is. Watch this video below to find out what he says.

Earlier this year, we asked Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Insitute the same questions. He had a completely different take on it. To find out why he eats raw, click here.

Jul 8, 2008, Alkaline Foods Explained

What are alkaline foods? Why are they important. What is their relation to raw foods? What's the pH scale? In this video raw chef Elaina explains.

For more information and a list of alkaline foods read here: alkaline foods.

Jul 6, 2008, Best Raw Food Diet - What To Eat

Raw food merely means that food isn't cooked above 118 degrees F. It's food preparataion. It doesn't say anything about WHAT to eat.

Some raw foodists eat raw dairy, fish and even meat. Many are vegan. Some are fruitarians (high carb), some low carb. Many live on nuts, avocados and coconut (high fat), some are low fat.

Thebestofrawfood wanted to know what the no 1 raw food teacher in the world - David Wolfe - believes is the best raw food diet. We asked him what he eats. Watch the video interview here.

Jul 4, 2008, Raw Food Diet Recipe Index

Here you'll find the raw food diet recipe index with over 50 of the best breakfast, vegan, cookie, smoothies, juice recipes and more.

Jul 2, 2008, Have a Laugh!

It's great to laugh about Big Pharma for once. Bill Maher, in his anti-pharma rant, is right on spot and funny at the same time. Here's the video.

Jul 1, 2008, Raw Food Diet and Best Salt

What's the best salt? We asked Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida. According to the biggest raw food institute in the world, the best source of sodium comes from a plant. Celery and seaweeds. This is what the body craves. All other forms of sodium - including sea salt and himalaya salt - are inorganic and hard for the body to absorb. Watch the video interview below.

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Jun 27, 2008, Raw Food Diet Pregnancy, Babies and Kids

What are the best raw foods for a raw pregnancy, raw babies and kids? What are the best superfoods and supplements? What's the best source of protein? How to let kids enjoy greens? We asked David Wolfe and made this video interview. Watch it here.

For more information on raw kids and pregnancy, click here.

Jun 23, 2008, More Raw Food Diet Testimonials

Watch this amazing raw food diet testimonial from Jeramaya, Amsterdam's first raw chef. Once he was a truck driver. Today he's one of Europe's greatest raw food chefs.

He started the first raw food cafe in the Netherlands and was discovered when he was the raw cook of the Chocolate Club in the Amsterdam. Currently he's working in a new raw vegan restaurant on the lovely island of Ibiza (Spain).

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Jun 22, 2008, Sugar Causes 61 Diseases

Gabriel Cousens:

"Sugar's a complete disaster. White sugar, brown sugar, high glucose corn syrup. It's all the same. Sugar causes 61 chronic diseases. The best diet is very simple. 1) Cut of on all sugar foods. 2) Eat nutritional dense foods. 3) Go organic and 4) Eat vegan."

Jun 22, 2008, Causes of B12 Deficiency

Causes of B12 deficiency. What are the signs. What does vitamin b12 do. Should raw foodists and vegans supplement?

Jun 19, 2008, Inspirational Quotes for Raw Vegans

On this page, you'll find many inspirational quotes for starting or maintaining the best lifestyle ever. A raw vegan lifestyle. Famous, funny and short quotes.

Jun 13, 2008, Strawberry Banana Smoothie Recipe

This morning, I drank the best strawberry banana smoothie ever! I'll reveal the recipe to you so you can enjoy it too. Here's it is:

2 wild mangos
1 banana
2 cups strawberries
2 tablespoons hemp seed
1 cup pure water

Wash, peel and precut the fruit. Then put all ingredients in the blender. Blend well.

Note: wild mangos are smaller than the regular ones. You can replace them with 1 regular mango.

Mmmmmmmmm! Enjoy!

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Jun 12, 2008, Raw Food for Athletes

Is rawfood a suitable diet for athletes? Watch this video with 43 year old Olympic hopeful Tim VanOrden to find out:

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Jun 10, 2008, Raw Food Diet Testimonials

Find out what others are saying about the best diet ever. Their raw food videos, stories, pictures, recipes. starting tips. Read, listen and watch these mind blowing raw food diet testimonials.

Jun 9, 2008, David Wolfe About the Act of Love

This is a wonderful video where David Wolfe shares insights on the power of love, agriculture, chocolate and the ever essential finding and living of our true passion.

Part I

Part II

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Jun 8, 2008, Pick Wild Strawberries

Wild strawberries are rich in vitamin A, C, and K. In minerals calcium, iron, potassium, and silicon. They are good for fever, diarrhea, dysentery, liver, kidneys, and much more.

Watch this great video from Sergei Boutenko and learn where and how to find them.

For more information on edible wild plants, click here.

Jun 1, 2008, Raw Food Weight Gain

When Brian and Anna Maria Clement were in the Netherlands last March. Annet van Dorsser and I (both founders of Rawfood Europe) had an inspiring conversation with Anna Maria.

One of the things we asked her was how to gain weight on a raw food diet. Loosing weight is easy. If that is your goal, you are at the right place here. But how to gain weight on a raw plant based diet? Anna's answer is very clear. Watch this video and start today.

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May 31, 2008, How to make raw nut milk

In this raw food video, Victoria Boutenko shows you how to make nut milk. She shows that it's very quick and easy to make and it costs only pennies.

Thanks for the great video, Victoria. I hope more of such videos will follow!

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May 30, 2008, Raw Food Travel Tips from David Wolfe (Video)

How does David Wolfe stay raw during travel? Does he bring his blender? Juicer? Raw chocolate and superfoods? Watch the raw food video here to find out!

David Wolfe:

"Yes, I do travel a lot and do not bring a blender with me most of the time. Fortunately, most people have a blender. So wherever I'm at, there's usually a blender there. But I'm not attached to it. I've done months and months on only liquid diets. Just drinking super food drinks.

It is a little burdensome when you travel a lot like I do and you have to bring that blender with you. Or always have to find someone who has a blender. I finely just let that go. It's good for cleansing and for the experience. But I just try to make it as easy on my self as possible.

I bring all my super foods with me. I either use a blender or mix my super foods with water. Sometimes, you can just take raw honey and put everything in the honey and just mix it. Make a goo and then eat that.

That's very powerful."

Get more raw food travel tips. Watch more videos or read more about David's superfoods.

May 26, 2008, Raw Food Video: Best Drinking Water

What is the best drinking water? Distilled water, spring water, alkaline water, purified water? Watch this video and hear what raw food leader Brian Clement drinks.

To find out what other raw food experts, Gabriel Coussens and David Wolfe, have to say about the health benefit of water and the best drinking water, click here.

May 23, 2008, Video: Are Cell Phones Save?

Watch this video where raw foodist Brian Clement - leader of the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida - discusses the dangers of cell phones, hybrid cars and electrical plugs.

May 22, 2008, No more Natural Cures in Canada?

Proposed law in Canada to outlaw natural cures. Government may seize bank accounts, raid home or confiscate business if you drink bottled water, eat blueberries or take vitamin C supplements.

May 16, 2008, EU Referendum Natural Cures

As of 2010 all food will be radiated, all meats & fish treated with antibiotics and hormones. Sign up for the EU Referendum for Natural Cures and protect your health freedom!

May 16, 2008, How to Make Fabulous Flax Seed Crackers

In this video raw chef Dan shows you how to make basic flax crackers. You can grind the flax to get flax meal or use the whole flax seeds. Dan uses a dehydrator for the flax crackers.

I love to dehydrate them in direct sun light. Then I find the taste and result best.

But you can also use a normal oven at 160 degrees Fahrenheit (65 degrees Celcius). Make sure you leave the oven open (for circulation). You can use a kitchen thermometer in the oven to read the temperature. This works well.

I love to eat the flax crackers with guacamole, seed pates, salsa or in salads. An excellent way to get your fiber.

Enjoy!

May 12, 2008, Raw Food Travel Tips - Top 5

Going on vacation or business trip? Here are the top 5 raw food travel tips that will help you remain raw during your stay away from home. Exclusive raw food video with travel tips from David Wolfe

May 1, 2008, Pineapple Carrot Juice

To me, pineapple juice is the best fruit juice there is. It's so increadibly creamy and good. I try to make as many combinations with this juice as I can, and try to include some healthy vegetables such as celery and cucumber. Or even lettuce. It's all good.

Try this one:

1 Pineapple
2 Stalks celery
1 Carrot

Peel the pineapple and cut the meat into large chunks. Put the pineapple, celery and carrot into the juicer and juice.

Mix well and enjoy.

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Apr 28, 2008, Raw Lemonade Recipe (with Stevia)

Make your own delicious really raw lemonade with stevia. It's healthy, alkalizing and raw. Perfect for diabetes. Very quick and easy to make:

1 quart purified water (1 liter)
Juice of 2 lemons
1/2 teaspoon of liquid stevia (or more/less to taste)

Mix all ingredients well and you're done!

Enjoy!

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Apr 27, 2008, Casein from milk more carcinogenic than DDT?

"You can simply turn on or off cancer by eating >12% animal protein" says Dr. T. Collin Campbell, PhD, project director of The China Study.

"Casein in milk is a carcinogen and there's a direct relation between the amount of animal protein you eat and likelihood of getting cancer."

"The China Study is the most comprehensive and large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease" according to the New York Times.

The study performed by celebrated Cornell Professor Dr. T. Collin Campbell is now a top 500 selling book at Amazon.com.

Read the book or watch the video below.

China Study Video

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Apr 24, 2008, Should you eat raw goat's mik, yoghurt or kefir?

"The number one cause of cancer is casein from milk" says Brian Clement leader of Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida.

In March, Brian Clement gave a raw food lecture in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Here, Brian answers the question whether or not eating raw milk or yoghurt is healthy. Below, you can watch the video and listen to what he said in his own words.

Apr 22, 2008, Best Tip Vegetable Juice Recipes

It's fun to make your own vegetable juice recipes. And it's easy to do so. Yesterday, while inventing some juice recipes with wild plants, I learned the best tip ever!

Drinking vegetable juice straight - especially some green leafy ones and herbs - can be quite strong! To make them more palatable, you can mix them with herbs, fruits or purified water.

Now, the best tip: no more than one fifth of a green juice be composed of leafy greens such as kale, nettles, dandelion, parsley. I was surprised at how great nettle juice - just nettles - tastes with 1 part nettle juice and 4 parts water. Even the non raw foodies that came by that day loved the juice! Try it!

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Apr 21, 2008, Raw Food Diet Conversion Chart

Here's a raw food conversion chart. You'll find here replacements for cooked foods including: meat, milk, cheese, bread, pasta, sugar, salt, cakes, candy, vitamins, coffee and more. There's also a fre

Apr 20, 2008, Stevia Best Sweetener

Listen to Brian Clement discussing stevia, the best sweetener.

Stevia is:

In the US and Europe, stevia wasn't allowed for sale as a sweetener. The FDA wasn't sure it was safe. Really? (You may guess the real reason.)

FDA must have changed their minds. Coca Cola has been trying to patent a specific from of stevia for use in their soda (rebiana). Now the US has allowed stevia for sale. There's even a new calory free soda drink (Zevia) on the US market.

In Europe, stevia is still not allowed for sale. However look on the internet or ask your health store, they often know where to get it.

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Apr 18, 2008, Raw Baby Food Recipe

This is my raw food baby son's favorite recipe. And, actually, I like it too. He eats this for lunch almost daily and I keep hoping that he won't finish...

Too easy and too good:

1 avocado
2 apples
1/2 cup distilled water

Pit the avocado and scoop out the meat. Peel and core the apple.

Put all ingredients in a jar and with a hand blender mix until very smooth. I add more water if necessary for a perfect consistency.

Mmmmm, yummie!

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Apr 17, 2008, Vegetable Fruit Juice - Why drink more

Drink vegetable fruit juice. Find out why it might save your life. Juice recipes and instructions. (Free for you to download)

Apr 17, 2008, Tomato Juice Recipe

Tomatoes are packed with nutrients. They have vitamin C, carotenes, lycopene and potassium. The key is to select fresh ripe tomatoes. fully red, firm and free from bruise marks. The best are heirlooms.

Opponents of raw food say that that when you eat veggies like tomatoes and carrots raw, you won't absorb carotene and lycopene as well. Juicing however, breaks the cell wand and will ensure that you'll absorb these valuable nutrients within 20 minutes. Raw.

Here's a great tomato juice recipe:

2 tomatoes
1/2 cucumber
1 stalk celery
1/4 cup fresh parsley

Put all ingredients in your juicer. Enjoy.

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Apr 16, 2008, Celery Juice

Celery is in the same vegetable family as carrots, parsley and fennel. Celery is rich in sodium and potassium. Great for alkalizing or use as electrolyte replacement drink after going to the gym.

Research found that coumarin - substance found in celery - prevents cancer and boosts the immune system. It lowers blood pressure and might relieve migraines.

Celery is an excellent base for vegetable juices. It mixes well with carrots.

Apr 14, 2008, What to eat on a raw food diet?

Does a raw food diet mean you can only eat carrots and iceberg lettuce? Watch this video of Alissa Cohen to see a selection of foods you can eat.

Apr 12, 2008, Green Smoothie Recipe with Chocolate

Here's another favorite recipe of mine. This is the best green smoothie. The raw chocolate makes this smoothie with stinging nettles truly unique. It's ridiculous tasty and very nutritious. Here's the recipe:

2 stalks stinging nettles
1 avocado
1 handfull goji berries
2 teaspoons raw chocolate powder
1 teaspoon maca
2 tablespoons hemp seed
4 drops stevia (or 1 tablespoon agave) or more to taste
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla
1 cup purified water

Blend well in high speed blender. Absolutely delicious. Enjoy!

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Apr 11, 2008, Raw Food Diet Recipe - French Fries

You've never tasted anything like this. If you want to have real fun and a healthy, yummy snack, try this raw french fries recipe. Very easy. (And you don't need a frying pan).