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June 18, 2012
Does This Really Work?
You have to love Pinterest discoveries. So apparently if you boil your water prior to freezing it, your ice cubes will come out crystal clear. Nice for parties I suppose. And I’m somewhat partial.. but not sure if it even matters to most.
Has anyone tried this?Do you think its worth trying?
Never Accept That Failure Is Possible
“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”
~ Napoleon Hill ~
“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
~ Napoleon Hill ~
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
~Winston Churchill~
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
~Winston Churchill~
“Success is often ac...
June 13, 2012
Five Reasons Why The Raw Food Movement Is Gaining Momentum
While people are trying more unique diets than ever before, many are advocating scrapping dieting techniques altogether. Raw foodists suggest that when you consume pure food you no longer have to suffer during your meal times. Over the past few decades our food supply has become increasingly processed, and obesity has unsurprisingly skyrocketed.The raw lifestyle is about going back to the pureness of past generations and keeping most foods cooked under a temperature of 120 Fahrenheit, if even...
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Marie Sarantakis
Essentially Raw author, Marie Sarantakis, feels that it is crucial that people start learning the effect food has on their bodies. “We live in a world where sea-salt covered pretzels and diet soda are considered healthy,” she has said. Miss Sarantakis feels that everyone should have access to the basic information requisite of living a healthy and happy life. The number of processed foods in this country have skyrocketed, and so has obesity. Check out this healthy eating guide...
June 2, 2012
Five Lessons We Should Take From The Greeks
Maybe Greece’s economic policy isn’t to be desired, but those Greeks might just be onto something when it comes to quality of life. Sure money is tight, things are uncertain, and discontent abounds, but anxiety and loneliness, on an individual basis, is no where near comparable levels to that of the United States. No matter how rough times are for those Greeks still soak up their vacations with the family, take a break in the middle of the day, and make the most out of their coffee socials. M...
May 30, 2012
Adrikos Academy Now Teaches Raw Foods Course
Adrikos Academy located in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin is now offering online wellness courses to interested students worldwide. Adrikos Academy began as a small network of healers performing chakra balancing sessions to a local clientele. The founders soon realized that the demand for their work was spreading at an unprecedented rate. “What we found was that there were so many good people that were stuck in a rut, depressed, unmotivated, or struggling to overcome addiction. They needed guidance an...
May 28, 2012
Are You Slowly Sipping Your Way To Obesity?
Most of us unknowingly exceed our daily recommended calorie intake in our beverages alone. Coffee and soda contain a huge amount of calories with little to no nutritional value. It is actually rather simple to consume the daily suggested number of calories one sip at a time slowly throughout the day. To put this into perspective a healthy adult female should be consuming around 1200 – 2000 calories per day and a male around 1800 – 2500 (not taking into account specific variations in activity...
You May Want To Re-Think That PBJ
Those of us on the raw diet may be somewhat concerned about our protein intake, but do we really want to get it through insects? Besides, kinda ruins that whole vegan thing many of us go for.
Peanut butter is one of the most unsanitary foods you can purchase from your local grocery store.
“Peanut butter, by federal safety standards, may have up to 210 or more insect fragments per 700 grams, an average-size jar of peanut butter.
But wait, that’s just the insect part.
That same average jar of peanu...
Like The Blog? You’ll Love The Book.
The Standard American Diet is defined by it’s acronym, SAD. In a world where sea-salt covered pretzels and a diet soda are considered healthy alternatives, Marie Sarantakis provides an accessible introductory guide to pure and healthy eating. Marie’s approach is simple and realistic. We need to integrate more raw fresh fruits and vegetables into our diets on a daily basis. This no nonsense guide will answer your basic questions, teach you the fundamental benefits of pure food, and provide you...
International Map of Genetically Modified Crops
Now you know why very few countries opt for produce grown in the United States.
