I don’t mean to harp on this point but it seems that many folks just aren’t getting the picture here. The ONLY thing that can “cure” disease is HEALTH. Truly healthy people DO NOT get sick. Does this sound TOO simple? Do you want it to be complicated? So becoming healthy is how we cure disease yea? Of course, but creating health requires a multi-faceted approach in which no aspect of lifestyle can be left unattended. Surely subscribing to a “healthy” diet would be a necessity in creating overall health, however, without sleep, daily exercise, sufficient sunlight, etc. even the healthiest diet will NOT result in overall health. This being considered “Sleep cures disease” would be just as fair (and just as incomplete) a statement as Raw Food Cures Disease.

More to the point lets examine the validity of Raw Food Diet as a “healthy” diet. What constitutes a healthy diet? The more appropriate question would be “what does NOT constitute a healthy diet?”. Being that most degenerative diseases are diseases of excess we should first look at what needs to be eliminated from our diets to make it a healthy one. Even most nutrient “deficiencies” are caused by poor eating choices and overeating in general. By and large, deficiencies are not from eating insufficient nutrients, they come out of ignorance of the natural physiological functions of our body. Yet we are convinced that all we need is MORE CONSUMPTION to cure what ails us. “Eating less food cures disease” is, again, just as true as “Raw Food Cures Disease” but again,quite incomplete. (more…)

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Freedom and Vibrant Health Through Nature

With Matthew Warner

What does freedom mean to you? To me freedom is independence of anything outside the domain of one’s self.  In a spiritual or an emotional sense this would mean that everything we need to satisfy our desires must be sought from within. In a more gross physical sense, the domain of one’s self would extend to the entirety of the physical body and include the elements of the earth and all other beings with which we share our existence. This is the domain that I will refer to as “Nature”. Nature provides us with air, water, food, sunlight, love, affection, touch, along with all the tools and intuitive knowledge we need to enjoy the pinnacle of healthful joy. Anything created outside of this “Nature”, often through manipulation and manufacturing, creates a void between ourselves and our inherent opportunity for total freedom and sustainability. When there is an apparent necessity for something outside of nature, i.e. medicine, supplements, refined micronutrients, drugs, alcohol, stimulants, etc., it is merely an indication that the principles of nature are being ignored in some other aspect(s) of one’s lifestyle. Our bodies are fully capable of every task necessary for vibrant health provided we maintain enough awareness to remove all obstacles that arise due to the self destructive lifestyles that have become convention.

Learn how to remove all of these obstacles and more importantly how to avoid allowing new obstacles to crowd your path to total freedom. We will explore and discuss practical lifestyle aspects from an anatomical, physiological, biological, mental, emotional, ecological, and philosophical/spiritual perspective. Of course not everyone is ready, willing, and/or able to make such a total reform, but gaining an understanding of this perspective is sure to provide a beneficial shift to some part or parts of your lifestyle and outlook.

Our philosophies tend to be geared toward an honor and reverence for nature because we can intuitively identify with the power and peace found in the miraculous natural world. The more you align your actions with that philosophy the more of that power and peace becomes accessible to us as individuals. When we are able to fully embrace a truly natural lifestyle we may find that all of our greatest desires are fulfilled without any boxed, packaged, bottled, electrified, digital, or destructive outside influences. We are able to joyfully experience and appreciate all that already is and break our attachment to fleeting material distractions. Optimum health and infinite joy is the natural state of being. Open your mind to the possibilities of a return to nature and the natural state of Freedom. (more…)

What is a Cleanse/Detox Diet? It seems to be a euphemism of sorts. A more direct way to phrase such a diet would be to refer to it as a temporary cessation of poison consumption.  Our bodies are naturally designed and equipped to break down and eliminate toxins on a regular basis. The fact that these faculties exist does not mean that we are designed to purposely consume toxic and poisonous substances. These methods are in place to handle the toxic debris that are a byproduct of everyday metabolic function. In every moment our body is cleaning up after itself and it has all the right tools for the job. There is nothing that can be consumed or supplemented that will make this process any more efficient or effective. The key is simply too reduce the amount of toxins consumed to as little as possible in order to lighten the load of the bodies eliminative faculties. Furthermore, it is not only the digestion of toxins that impedes the perpetual detoxification process. Digestion itself is a strain on the bodies energy supply and as a metabolic process inevitably produces byproducts to a degree that is proportionate to the complexity of the foods eaten. Therefore, the practice of cleansing or detoxification through the ingestion of ANY substance is completely illogical. Foods, Herbs, tonics, and tinctures that are used for this purpose are simply a counterproductive manipulation of the bodies eliminative facilities.  The evidence to support these theories is made abundantly clear in the process of Fasting. When we stop eating altogether for a set period of time we are not only avoiding the consumption of toxic substances, but we are also allowing our bodies to take a break from the potentially taxing process of digestion and distributing that energy to the rest of our bodies systems, especially the eliminative organs. During this period of time your body is given the opportunity to leave the frontline unguarded and attend to some serious deep cleaning in areas that have been otherwise neglected due to lack of energy. (more…)

As a person who rides their bike everywhere they go I am often asked many questions about cycling. The most common and frequent questions are regarding some form of safety issues. Chief among them would be “Why don’t you wear a helmet?”. In fact I often get strange looks from other cyclists on the road who seem to be agitated with my apparent disregard for personal safety. What is my answer? Usually my reply is a big smile and a simple shrug; perhaps an incoherent muttering of sorts as I sidestep the question and change the subject. This is because my truthful feelings on the matter have proven quite volatile and alienating when revealed to the average person. However to the open minded individuals who consider my philosophy within the context of my whole manner of living would realize that it actually makes a great deal of sense, for me. So here goes… (more…)

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As many  of you know I began my business to promote wellness and self empowerment through a raw food diet. I myself found the raw food diet to be the healthiest, most natural, and most ecologically sound diet available. This realization came through an understanding of the laws of nature and their application to the human body. Upon adopting this diet for myself I found the results to be extraordinary and transformative. Not only did I transform my body inside and out, I was also able to emotionally detach myself from harmful substances and habits that I had carried my whole life. The entire process garnered an entirely new perspective on life and on my place in this world.

My introduction to raw food was the premise of unaltered natural plant foods. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds that were in their raw state, the state that they were created and therefore meant to be consumed. This ideology was my true inspiration and the basis of my passion, however the substance of this idea was, in the beginning, dictated by  the “Raw Food Community”. The “Raw Food Community” is also built on the foundation that  we should be eating fresh plant foods in their natural unaltered, unprocessed, raw state.

The synchronicity of our fundamental beliefs combined with my general lack of knowledge regarding this new way of eating led me to rely on this community to guide me into my new transition. This guidance took the form of a range of raw food cook books,  videos of raw food lectures, and informational texts written by raw food leaders. My initial raw diet was composed in very large part by massive quantities of nuts and seeds, oils, salts, spices, and raw chocolate. My rapid rise to new heights of health and joy far outweighed my sneaking suspicion that this so called raw diet was straying from the fundamental reasons that I chose this way of life.

Even when I started to question some of these products being billed as raw foods, the explanations coming from the information czars of the raw community were very convincing. Not because they had a strong footing in human health science and chemistry, but because they were incredibly appealing explanations that were delivered in a very charismatic manner.

The most effective means for the propagation of this information is the collective sentiment of disdain and distrust for the medical community and the medical model in general. After all that very belief is the reason that most people are seeking a new form of healthcare such as raw food nutrition. This belief has been exploited , whether consciously or unconsciously, to discredit not just the practices of medical doctors, but the very science that is the foundation of any reasonable human health philosophy.

It wasn’t until my own health reached an uncomfortable plateau that I really began to question the science behind these raw food theories, products and practices. How can this many nuts be healthy? How can they be raw if they are able to sit in store bins for months? How can oil be considered unaltered if it is 100% fat? How could an agave leaf produce this kind of syrup without being refined?

These were the questions that I was ignoring for so long, but now I was compelled to find out the truth. (more…)

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