Sexiest Vegetarian over 50 ~Mimi Kirk

Check out this lady!!! She is 70!!! Be encouraged today! You can look and feel good at 70 without meat...she has been a vegan since she was 30 yrs old...http://www.kusi.com/home/55078257.html

King Tut~international market~Durian

Today we went on a field trip to the children's museum to see the King Tutankhamun exibit. It was a wonderful day. We looked at ancient artifacts, learned more about the 18th dynasty and had a great time with some good friends while sharing a picnic lunch.

Afterwards we visited the nearby health food market and picked up a tray of wheatgrass for juicing at home & some spices, raw crackers and kombucha teas. I had a shot of wheatgrass and the kids drank a monkey's uncle (rice milk, almond butter & frozen bananas).

I connected with their naturopath, who is also a raw foodist with type 1 diabetes. She has quite a story to tell about reversing many health conditions after adopting raw food diet. She is hosting showings of , "Simply Raw"~ a documentary about reversing diabetes with a raw food diet. You can check out the link on the sidebar.
I do not know any other raw foodist locally so this was an encouragement for me to make that connection. The store she where she works has started having support group meetings for people making the change to a raw food diet. This store is about an hour away so I haven't been able to attend the meetings yet. I do recommend finding some form of support either a group setting, on line or person to person. This will help you to stay on track.

After our trip to the health food market we went on to the international food market for some young green coconuts. Not only did we find the coconuts but we spotted "Durian", which I have heard is the King of raw food fruits.....so we are standing in the and there is a man from Thailand in front of me and he asks "You like that?" and I tell him I'm gonna find out and he says, "You either love it or you hate it".....he also informed me that back in his homeland when someone cuts one open you must take it outside and never bring it in the house. So that is what we did.

Our first impressions were not too bad as the knife when into the flesh. Then as we were rolling it around in our mouths....mmmmmm....kinda sulfur like, onion-y, sweet, weird, dirty socks....visually one of us remarked...looks like raw chicken meat, maybe soft scramble egg texture.. "Do you like it?"....we'll I don't like it, but I don't hate it, but I won't be buying it again.
Wikipedia has some interesting desciptions that I won't post here, but you can look them up to learn more about this interesting fruit.

16oz green lemonade
strawberries & blueberries

lunch
bed of mixed greens & strawberries, blueberries, a couple grapes and 1/2 red bell pepper

shot of wheatgrass

can't forget the taste of durian

bed of mixed greens & corn salad and about 3 raw crackers

small bowl of smoothie I froze from yesterday...ice cream now...added a few pecans

just walking all over the museum today...

Busy Day

I've had a busy day cleaning house again....

a.m
32 oz of green lemonade

late morning~bowl of strawberries & blueberries

ealry afternoon~
bed of romaine lettuce, homemade salsa, raw corn salad topped with a few tortilla strips (salsa & corn salad recipes are on a previous post)

mid~afternoon
Chocolate/Strawberries/Banana/Coconut Smoothie1 1/2 c. cold water
2 T. powdered cacao
4-5 frozen bananas
2 big handfuls of frozen strawberries
chunk of creamed coconut
1 t. vanilla
big squirt of liquid stevia
Blend in Vita~Mix. This was enough for 3 of us and plenty left over to freeze for ice cream another day...I will probably add some chopped almonds to the ice cream after it softens

Evening meal~


bed of mixed greens topped with beet salad and a sprinkle of raw sunflower seeds

snack~small handful of almonds

Green Lemonade
each new batch is always different~this one is sooo good!
4 bunches of celery
5 lemons
1 bunch of beet tops
1 cucumber
1 finger of ginger
6 squirts of liquid stevia


ALMOND CHEESE~thanks to Sergi & Valya Boutenko for this recipe...I made slight alterations.

In the food processor
2 c. almond pulp~leftover from making almond milk
1t. dried dill
2 T. heaping dried onions
1/2 lemon squeezed
1/3 c. extra virgin olive oil
salt to taste

1/2 green bell pepper & 1/2 red bell pepper chopped fine( I added this last after processing all the other ingred)

process and place in bowl...sometimes I will drizzle a little(very little) olive oil on top if I haven't put quite enough in...all of my measurements are approximate, because I usually don't measure

I had a taste of this with a red pepper...





I took the dog for a 30 min walk in the sunshine today! This evening I jumped on my rebounder/mini trampoline for 30 mins

It's Been a Fruity Day for a little Detox action

I've been staying up way too late!! My body is starting to let me know this. Therefore I am going to make this a short post...sometime soon I'll write about proper sleep and how this affects everything.
It has been a fruity day~ I needed the detox after all of that raw milk cheese I repented from...

a.m.
16 oz green lemonade

early afternoon~
bowl of strawberries, blueberries and some kale leaves

late afternoon~
my daughter and I stopped at the grocery store and picked up a fruit tray~
cherries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, pineapple
it also had melons on it but I do not mix melons with anything so I opted out...

I went for a 5K walk/run with my daughter.

recharged with some more green lemonade

evening~
detox tea!! I love it, it can really help an upset stomach for me.

I am having a few bits of some ice cream I made the other day~
ingredients~banana, strawberries & maybe some coconut milk ( I cannot tell but I usually add it)

time for some zzzzzzzzzzzzzz's

Corn Salad & benefits of Rebounding

For those of you that are new to my blog I am posting what I consume each day. Some people have expressed interest and this will help me to see my own progress. I will also be posting my recipes. :)

1 1/2 pints of watermelon juice

bowl of pineapple and strawberries

16 oz green lemonade

late afternoon

bowl of romaine topped with corn salad and about 3 corn chips crushed on top

evening~
bowl of strawberries & blueberries
later~
bowl of homemade salsa & chips

25 mins on the rebounder (mini trampoline) check out this video for the benefits of rebounding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0th5xUMSz0

45 mins cardio/weights

CORN SALAD

6 small ears of corn cut from cob

2 bell peppers (one red, one green)

1 bunch of cilantro

1/2 lime juiced

1/2 lemon juiced

Himalayan salt

Jalapeno's to taste

FRESH SALSA
2 Red tomatoes~diced
2 yellow heirloom tomatoes~diced
2 garlic cloves~pressed
1/2 bunch of cilantro~chopped
1/2 lemon~juiced
salt to taste

42 Ways the Body Responds to Rebounding
By Dr. Morton Walker and Albert E. Carter

The study of the human body is fairly interesting. The moment it becomes no less than amazing is when we understand what happens as the body is placed under the demands of movement and resistance we call exercise. Rebounding is an effective exercise that reduces your body fat; firms your arms, legs, thighs, abdomen, and hips; increases your agility; strengthens your muscles overall; provides an aerobic effect for your cardiopulmonary systems; rejuvenates your body when it's tired, and generally puts you in a state of mental and physical wellness. In fact, there are at least 41 fascinating ways the body responds to regular rebounding, detailed below:

1.Rebounding provides an increased G-force (gravitational load), which strengthens the musculoskeletal systems.
2.Rebounding protects the joints from the chronic fatigue and impact delivered by exercising on hard surfaces.
3.Rebounding helps manage body composition and improves muscle-to-fat ratio. Rebounding diminishes body fat , improves muscle tone, improves the efficiency with which the body burns carbohydrate, and lowers pulse rate and blood pressure.
4.Rebounding aids lymphatic circulation by stimulating the millions of one-way valves in the lymphatic system. Your lymphatic system acts as your body's internal vacuum cleaner.
5.Rebounding circulates more oxygen to the tissues- and where the is oxygen there cannot be disease.
6.Rebounding establishes a better equilibrium between the oxygen required by the tissues and the oxygen made available.
7.Rebounding increases capacity for respiration.
8.Rebounding tends to reduce the height to which the arterial pressures rise during exertion.
9.Rebounding lessens the time during which blood pressure remains abnormal after severe activity.
10.Rebounding assists in the rehabilitation of a heart problem.
11.Rebounding increases the functional activity of the red bone marrow in the production of red blood cells.
12.Rebounding improves resting metabolic rate so that more calories are burned for hours after exercise.
13. Rebounding helps fluid move easily within the body, thus helping muscle performance and lightening the load required of the heart.
14. Rebounding decreases the volume of blood pooling in the veins of the cardiovascular system preventing chronic edema.
15. Rebounding improves circulation. It encourages collateral circulation (the formation of new branch blood vessels that distribute blood to the heart) by increasing the capillary count in the muscles and decreasing the distance between the capillaries and the target cells.
16.Rebounding strengthens the heart and other muscles in the body so that they work more efficiently.
17.Rebounding allows the resting heart to beat less often. Each beat becomes more powerful and sends out a greater surge of blood around the body to nourish its 60 trillion cells.
18.Rebounding lowers circulating cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
19.Rebounding lowers low-density lipoprotein (bad) in the blood and increases high-density lipoprotein (good) holding off the incidence of coronary artery disease.
20.Rebounding promotes tissue repair.
21.Rebounding for longer than 20 minutes at a moderate intensity increases the mitochondria count within the muscle cells, essential for endurance.
22.Rebounding adds to the alkaline reserve of the body, which may be of significance in an emergency requiring prolonged effort.
23. Rebounding improves coordination between the propreoceptors in the joints, the transmission of nerve impulses to and from the brain, transmission of nerve impulses and responsiveness of the muscle fibers.
24.Rebounding improves the brain’s responsiveness to the vestibular apparatus within the inner ear, thus improving balance.
25.Rebounding offers relief from neck and back pains, headaches, and other pain caused by lack of exercise.
26.Rebounding enhances digestion and elimination processes.
27.Rebounding allows for deeper and easier relaxation and sleep.
28.Rebounding results in better mental performance, with keener learning processes.
29.Rebounding curtails fatigue and menstrual discomfort for women.
30.Rebounding minimizes the number of colds, allergies, digestive disturbances, and abdominal problems.
31.Rebounding tends to slow down atrophy in the aging process: Rebounding can actually reverse, prevent or diminish the hardening of the arteries. By conquering this ultimate pathology, you will keep your mind alert, skin smooth, skeleton flexible, libido intact, kidneys functioning, blood circulating, liver detoxifying, enzyme systems alive, hold memory intact, and avoid all systems of the aging process.
32. Rebounding is an effective modality by which the user gains a sense of control and an improved self image.
33. Rebounding supplies a reserve of bodily strength and physical efficiency.
34. Rebounding helps the body attain peak cell function through chemical function.
35. Rebounding expands the capacity for fuel storage, resulting in extra endurance.
36. Rebounding stimulates metabolism. Rebounding provides for a better absorption.
37. Rebounding promotes body growth. Growth of the long bones is especially stimulated by rebounding due to the stimulating effect of the pituitary gland, which produces growth hormone.
38.Rebounding increases the capacity for respiration. Breathing is controlled by changes in the volume of the chest cavity brought about mainly by muscular movements of the diaphragm, Repeated rebounding exercise accomplishes more muscle movements of the diaphragm with the consequent chest expansion.
39. Rebounding boosts red blood cells. Rebounding increases the functional activity of the red bone marrow in the production of red blood cells. The red blood cells carry oxygen and nutrients to the tissues of the body and also help remove carbon dioxide from them.
40. Rebounding helps fight fatigue. Rebounding tones the glandular system to increase the output of the thyroid gland, the pituitary gland and the adrenals-which all help to restore energy.
41. Rebounding exercises every part of your body.
42. Rebounding is enjoyable!
People who rebound find they are able to work longer, sleep better, and feel less tense and nervous. The effect is not just psychological, because the action of bouncing up and down against gravity, without trauma to the musculoskeletal system, is one of the most beneficial aerobic exercises ever developed.

Too much cheese, Toxic colon and RawDawg Rory's Rawpuchinno

I am gonna touch on a subject that may make you a little uncomfortable.
Too much cheese makes slow transit time. Cheese has a protein called caesin. This protein is what they use to make some types of glue. Glue in your colon...hmmmmmmmm...sounds sticky to me. Needless to say this will slow down the digestive process. For someone with IBS this is not a good thing. This is not a good thing for anyone. When you slow down the process you have putrification going on. This leads to distress in the gastrointesinal system. Also this can lead to a toxic colon. When these toxins recirculate back into the bloodstream we can have all kinds of possible issues going on. Today my symptom was that I couldn't hardly stay awake after my morning fruit today. This is a minor symptom...you should goggle what else goes along with having a toxic bowel for any length of time..for example:
A toxic colon can...
Be the cause of headaches
Weaken and stress your heart.
Cause skin blemishes, paleness, psoriasis, liver spots and wrinkles.
Irritate the lungs and cause bad breath.
Affect the brain, disturb mental functions and cause senility.
Cause pain and stiffness in the joints and contribute to arthritis.
Cause muscle weakness and fatigue.
Rob you of your youth, ruin your wellness and cause premature aging.

Yes, I have been going to the bathroom everyday. You can be eliminating everyday and still not fully evacuate. It is best to have a one day turn around in your elimation process. Test yourself. Eat some beets and watch to see how long it takes to eliminate. You will know when you have because they are RED. This is how I check myself.

Too much cheese for me. It is time to go back to my old RAW VEGAN ways. I repent!! I repent away from cheese and back towards better health!! Here I come.

morning:1 quart of watermelon juice

bowl of pineapple, banana, strawberry, blueberries with sesame seeds

16oz of green lemonade

afternoon~ modified version of Rawdawg Rory's (http://rawdawgrory.com/ look in his recipe videos)
Rawpuchinno~
1 1/2 c. water, 1 frozen banana,
1 heaping T almond butter, 1 sample packet of mushroom coffee ( I picked up at the health food store) 1 T cacao powder, cup of ice. This rocked my socks off, too much of a punch. Rawdawg used Dandy Blend..I am still waiting for my order from Amazon via snail mail. This is a healthy coffee substitute..no caffeine and I may try carob next time too.

32 oz green lemonade

handful of red globe grapes
1 spear of pineapple

Beet Salad & Tabouli

Today is a cleaning day for me~cleaning my house...organization and cleanliness bring a sense of calmness to my inner being....I also need to make some salads & juice today so I can be prepared for the next couple of days...I made some green lemonade, watermelon juice, beet salad &  tabouli.

I drank about 44oz of watermelon juice this a.m.

Bowl of pineapple, strawberries, banana with sesame seeds

afternoon~

32 oz green lemonade

evening meal~
romaine lettuce topped with Beet salad and tabouli, sprinkled with sunflower seeds
Chia cacao pudding~soaked chia seeds, cacao, agave & vanilla

These are the good things I prepared today:

BEET SALAD

1 bunch of beets peeled and shredded
4 or 5 garlic cloves, pressed
1/4 c. lime juice
1/4 c. olive oil
ground cloves to taste
salt to taste

Mix, chill to let flavors mainate.

TABOULI

1 bunch of parsely chopped
1 bunch of green onions or chives
1 small cucumber chopped
4 roma tomatoes chopped
1/4 c lime juice
1/4 c. olive oil
cumin to taste
salt to tast

Green Lemonade

4 bunches of celery
6 lemons
8 large rainbow chard leaves
2 small cucumbers
1 finger of ginger
7 squirts of liquid stevia

Every time I make this recipe it is a little differnet depending on what items I have on hand.

Today I did a 45 min. cardio & weight intervals

Faux Tapioca & The China Study

I am feeling so good eating High Raw! No PAIN, no bloating, no sleepy spells even if I haven't gotten a full night's sleep. No more missing out on life or spending time with my loved ones.

What is more important? Feeding my appetite for food that doesn't really nourish my body or feeding my cells with enzymes that create life and allow me to live life to it's fullest. I am choosing life.

Living foods produce life!

Today's cellular feeding~

16 oz of watermelon juice
32 oz of green lemonade

bowl of~pineapple, banana, blueberries, sesame seeds and coconut

Chipotle~Salad, romaine, grilled veggies, pico de gallo, med. salsa, corn salsa, guacamole & a handful of chips (chips were not raw and are not full of life giving enzymes~this is where my humanity comes into play)

FAUX TAPIOCA~CHIA PUDDING


soaked chia seeds
creamed coconut 100% coconut
coconut flakes unsweetened
vanilla
a little raw blue agave
a few drops of liquid Stevia

I had a movie night with my hubby and got a bit hungry, so I ate
a red bell pepper stuffed with raw milk cheese and garlic .
I would really like to get away from dairy again, but when it is in the house I have a difficult time saying no. My mind calls me to it, but my cells want freedom from it. The only consolation I have right now is that it is raw.
I recommend reading "The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell...his scientific studies show that the protein in dairy (casein) turns the cancer switch on and when you eliminate it, it is turned off. Lot's of good information about how nutrition affects the disease process. This is heavy reading but well worth the effort.