Raw Food Blog

Nov 5, Raw Food Event with David Wolfe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:10:52 GMT

The raw food event with David Wolfe in Amsterdam on November 1, 2009 was a huge success. Over 200 people from all over Europe: Germany, Belgium, Poland and of course the Netherlands. We now know the latest and greatest about the health benefit of spring water, medicinal mushrooms and super foods. Here's a link to pictures of the event.

Oct 13, David Wolfe on Goji Berries and Health

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:24:55 GMT

I like this video with David Wolfe where he tells about the amazing qualities of goji berries on a raw food diet (or any diet). David Wolfe will be in Amsterdam Sunday, November 1 for another amazing afternoon. For info, go here

Sep 16, Raw Vegetable Diet in the Media

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:57:15 GMT

The debate about raw food is over: a raw vegetable diet works. You can see quite a lot about living foods in the media today. Go for here for heads up on the latest raw radio & TV shows.

Sep 12, Codex Alimentarius Info & Videos

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:08:12 GMT

Here you'll find videos and information about the food chemical codex (codex alimentarius)

Sep 2, Ultimate Simple Raw Food Recipes

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:12:04 GMT

This is the ultimate simple raw food recipes. Fantastic if you have no kitchen appliances available, when on the road, visiting friends or traveling. Ready in 1 minute.

Aug 27, Super Food Smoothie Recipe

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:14:05 GMT

Here's the recipe of the super food smoothie Gabrielle Brick (from WE's Extreme Diets, see below) drinks in the morning for breakfast.

Aug 23, Raw Chocolate Desert Recipe (by Gabrielle Bricks )

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:31:18 GMT

Gabrielle Bricks released her favorate chocolate desert recipe for the readers of thebestofrawfood. It's extraordinary! Try it tonight!

Aug 20, Raw Food Diet on TV

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:43:14 GMT

Gabrielle Brick, a raw foodist from New York is on WE TV's new show, Secret Lives of Women Tuesday, August 25th at 10pm. The episode is about Extreme Diets and follows Gabrielle during several days. It gives a good picture of the life of a raw foodist. I much enjoyed watching the preview and I highly recommend it. For more raw food diet in the media, click here.

Aug 17, Peach Smoothie Recipes

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:03:56 GMT

Have you ever tried these peach smoothie recipes?

Aug 14, How To Relate to Family and Friends When Eating Raw

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:34:47 GMT

If you've ever wondered how to improve your relationship with your (not raw) family and friends, watch this video from Ka Sundance (www.therawfoodfamily.com). Ka is honest, concrete and friendly when he talks about how he deals with non raw foodists. For more on raw food in social situations click here.

Aug 11, Mango Smoothie Recipe

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:19:17 GMT

New in the smoothie series: a vegan mango smoothie recipe. (Also great as icecream.) All ingredients are fresh, organic and raw.

Aug 5, Healthy Chocolate Smoothie Recipe

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:21:01 GMT

Do you feel the august heat? Treat yourself to a delicious chocolate smoothie recipe. A fabulous and healthy summer drink. (Vegan and raw.)

Aug 3, EU Referendum for Food Safety

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:32:01 GMT

As of 2010 all food will be radiated, all meats & fish treated with antibiotics and hormones. Sign up for the EU Referendum to protect food safety and natural cures. (All nationalities can sign!)

Aug 3, Blueberry Smoothie Recipe

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:50:33 GMT

It's blueberry time! Delicious, raw and vegan blueberry smoothie recipe.

Aug 3, How to Make Smoothies

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:46:09 GMT

Smoothies are essential on a raw food diet. Packed with fruits, vegetables, seeds and superfoods. Nutritious, full of fibers and ready in minutes. (And as a bonus: the blender is also cleaned in just minutes). Here is a great article about how to make smoothies for starters. For great and healthy fruit smoothie and green smoothie recipes click here.

Aug 3, Raw Food Weight Gain - Top 9

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:27:13 GMT

Selection of the best raw food weight gain tips. An overview, Recipes. Menu plan.

Jul 26, Vegetable Juice Recipes with Wild Edible Plants

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:49:33 GMT

Get here the best of all vegetable juice recipes and the secret of the juice that makes me feel sooooo good.

Jul 24, Raw Food Recipies - Spaghetti al Marinara

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:12:45 GMT

Here you'll find one of my favorite raw food recipies: Spaghetti al Marinara. Delicious, quick and easy to prepare. A real raw food classic.

Jul 23, Inspirational Quotes for Raw Vegans

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:06:12 GMT

To keep you motivated: famous, funny and short inspirational quotes about the raw food diet.

Jul 23, Why Raw Vegetable Diet

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:38:17 GMT

"A raw vegetable diet will be the diet of the future. It's just common sense" says Brian Clement in his reaction to the interview with a raw food mother who was ridiculed in the Dutch talk show DWDD.

Jul 20, Freebie Recipes: The Best Coleslaw Ever!

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:44:04 GMT

The best Thai coleslaw ever and other freebie recipes. Warning: outrageously delicious raw food recipe!!

Jul 20, How to Start a Raw Food Diet - and Stay Raw

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:00:30 GMT

Today I listend to a great radio talkshow for starters of a raw food diet. It's about a mother and daughter who are going to to a 30 day raw food challenge. They tried the diet a few years earlier, felt great on it, but couldnt persist. Allissa Cohen - a raw foodist for 22 years and author of Living on Raw Foods is on the show and gives the starters some great advise for raw food success. You can listen to the show here: raw food talkshow You'll find more raw food diet in the media here.

Jul 16, Raw Food Celebrities

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:45:00 GMT

More and more celebrities are going raw. Why did Mel Gibson follow Demi Moore and said goodbye to processed food, breads, and almost everything else in the grocery store?

Jul 14, Causes of B12 Deficiency

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:00:37 GMT

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

Jul 14, Raw Food Diet - FAQ

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:40:25 GMT

When is food raw? Why eat a raw vegetable diet? How to make smoothies? Raw vegan or not? Where to get vegan protein? Food Safety.

Jul 14, Lemon Juice Diet Recipe: Fresh Lemonade

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:08:14 GMT

This is the best summer drink. You make your own fresh lemonade within minutes. It's sweet, all natural, healthy and has zero calories. Ideal when on a raw food diet, lemon juice diet or for kids. Per

Jul 10, Fruit Smoothies Recipes

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:54:26 GMT

Here is one of my favorite fruit smoothies recipes. This is a mood, immune and health booster! And it's delicious. Here's the recipe.

Jul 1, Juicing Vegetables, Blending, Dehydrating, Sprouting

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:29:09 GMT

Juicing vegetables, blending fruit, sprouting seeds, germinating nuts, dehydrating and fermentation are all ways to prepare raw food. What are they and when and why will you use them?

Jun 27, Natural Sunscreen & Tanning Tips

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:24:11 GMT

With the summer vacation approaching, you may apreciate these excellent natural sunscreen and tanning tips from dr Mercola (www.Mercola.com)

Jun 23, Advantages of Organic Foods

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:55:24 GMT

The debate is over: a new $25 million study confirms the advantages of organic foods. Plus Top 10 Organic Foods to Eat.

Jun 23, Raw Vegetable Diet & Frugal Recipes

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:53:55 GMT

Tips for frugal recipes and saving money on an organic raw vegetable diet.

Jun 21, Great Article About Juicing Vegetables

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:30:53 GMT

This is a great article about juicing for starters. From NaturalNews.com website: Juicing. For how to juice instructions go here. For great vegetable juice recipes click here.

Jun 20, Best Oldies Love Song

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:44:06 GMT

The energy of love is truly the most powerful of all energies. Don't you want to surround yourself with loving energy all the time? Play this best oldies love song when you make your next raw food meal - your food will taste even better and you'll have even more fun preparing it. For raw food recipe inspiration click here.

Jun 14, Benefits of Elderberry

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:50:54 GMT

What are the benefits of elderberry? Where can you find it and how do you recognize the plant? Why should you know about this weed and what are great elderberry recipes?

Jun 5, Do You Need Milk?

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:13:08 GMT

Do you wonder, whether you need milk products? Do you think, that by drinking milk, you don't harm animals and the planet? Watch this video by Gabriel Cousens. Go here for more raw food videos.

Jun 1, Splendid Raw Tomato Soup Recipe

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:43:19 GMT

This simple and quick, yet delicious tomato soup is especially nice on a warm spring or summer night: Serves 4 Ingredients 2 pounds tomatoes
2 medium carrots
1 medium onion
3 dried tomatoes
4 dates
1 cup spring water
salt, pepper, cayenne pepper Directions 1. Cut the tomatoes in quarts.
2. Put all ingredients in a high speed blender.
3. Blend for about 2 min.
4. For garnishing you may add some fresh black pepper, cayenne pepper, avocado, pesto, basil leafs, pine nuts, tiny cubes of cut tomato and/or scallions.
I absolutely love this soup, especially when it's warm outside. And you make it in just a few minutes. Enjoy! For more raw food recipes, click here.

May 30, Best Cold Medicine

Sat, 30 May 2009 20:57:08 GMT

What is the best cold medicine? Susun Weed, author of Herbal Medicine the Wise Women's Way knows the answer. It's one of these books that you keep reaching out for when you want to know something about herbs. Susan is a very special women with increadible knowledge of (wild) herbs. This video is about cold colds and hot colds and what herbs are your best medicine. You can find more info about wild edible plants or raw food videos here.

May 25, More Vegetable Juice Recipes - With Dandelion and Nettles

Mon, 25 May 2009 14:01:43 GMT

There are so many vegetables growing at the moment. And they're everywhere! Every day I go outside to pick some fresh wild edible plants for my vegetable juice. Tasty, healthy and free. Here's the vegetable juice recipe I made today. Ingredients 4 Tops of wild Nettles
1 large handful of wild grasses (or wheat grass)
about 5 dandelion leafs
1 stalk of fresh mint
Tiny bit of fresh parsly
1 apple
1 small lemon, peeled
Directions Put all ingredients through your blender (I used Greenstar). Stir and drink. Mine was absolutely delicious! I hope yours is too. For more raw food recipes, click here.

May 22, Vegan Cheese Recipe

Fri, 22 May 2009 10:06:18 GMT

Here's an excellent vegan cheese recipe. It tastes just like young goat cheese. Perfect in salads, as a spread or dip. Made with pine nuts, garlic and fresh chives.

May 12, Why We Eat More Than We Actually Need

Tue, 12 May 2009 22:26:53 GMT

In the videos below Marion Nestle, professor at the NYU and author of the book What To Eat, discusses how the business of food companies has led to rampant obesity and other health issues. I like Marion's book (even thought not about raw food). She doesn't tell you what food is right or wrong but she does tell you what happens to the food before it arrives in the store. Quite interesting...

Part 1

Part 2 For more raw food videos click here.

May 8, Swine Flu Spread Not Sustained

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:56:55 GMT

Is the swine flue a real threat or is it the latest hoax to help the pharmaceutical industry through the financial crisis? Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida gives you his opinion as well as practical tips on how to protect yourself from the swine flu naturally. Click here for more info on the raw food diet.

May 4, Raw Food Kids

Mon, 04 May 2009 22:04:56 GMT

Here's a cute little video clip from the "Raw Food Family". A German family with three kids, living in England. They're 100 raw. For more information about this family you can visit their website at www.therawfoodfamily.com. For more info about raw food pregnancy and kids on this site, click here.

May 1, Home Remedies For Fruit Flies

Fri, 01 May 2009 22:08:06 GMT

Six ways to get rid of fruit flies the natural way. Tried and tested home remedies for fruit flies so you can enjoy your fruits free of bugs.

Apr 30, Spring Vegetable Juice Recipes

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:10:08 GMT

Spring is in the air. Sprouts are coming up. Fields are yellow with dandelion flowers. Time for delicious fresh vegetable juice! This recipe has ingredients you can find anywhere in the wild, in your garden or windowsill. For free. And they're super nutritious. large handful of fresh dandelion leaves
small bunch of wild grasses
2 apples (optional)
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 cucumber and/or 3 celery stalks.
Run all ingredients through your juicer. And enjoy your drink. Note: For grass you need a special juicer such as the greenstar. If you don't have one, omit the grass. Instead you can use some parsley. Get more vegetable juice recipes

Apr 25, Fruit Alphabetical List

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:18:45 GMT

It is important to eat a balanced diet. On a raw food diet this is easy. Look at this fruit alphabetical list. Such a variety of fruits.

Apr 18, Raw Food Bar Recipe

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:38:49 GMT

Here's a very quick and easy recipe for a delicious raw food bar. Great for taking along when you're on the go.
Ingredients:
1 Handful of brazil nuts
1 Handful of pitted dates
Dash of sea salt
Few drops of lemon juice
Put all ingredients in a blender and mix at low speed. (The ingredients should be finely chopped so that you still see little chunks - like a pesto - and not too smooth.)
You can make the "dough" into balls, into "bars" (make your own larabar), or you can wrap them in a sheet of nori seaweed like a sushi roll.
Enjoy! Click here for more raw food diet recipes

Apr 14, Raw Food Diet - 16 Snacks For Raw Success

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:22:15 GMT

Living on a raw food diet in a not so raw and vegan world can be challenging. When you're in a hurry, traveling, or forgot to do groceries, you can't go to a fast food chain, deli or restaurant.

Apr 4, Which Wild Plants Can You Eat?

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:02:15 GMT

Spring is in the air. New plants are coming up. You, a raw foodist, can go out to eat fresh young wild plants! Free. Delicious, Nutitrious. Click the link below to find out what wild plants you can eat, where to find them and how to eat them.

Apr 1, Raw Food Diet Testimonial from Anna Maria Clement

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:36:10 GMT

Anna Maria Clement Ph.D. L.N.C., co-director of the famous Hippocrates Health Institute (raw food retreat in Florida) tells this really nice story of why she became a raw foodist and how she started the health institute over 30 years ago. For more raw food testimonials, click the link below.

Mar 26, What Causes Cancer

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:37:37 GMT

What causes cancer and what are the latest natural cancer cures? Leonard Coldwell (Kevin Trudeau's European doctor) cured over 35,000 people from terminal diseases. He unveals his secrets here.