FOOD TO FREEDOM

Why do I eat raw and living foods?

Because when I eat raw and living food, I feel alive.

In fact my blog today could very well be summed up with this single sentence.

To go raw freed me from being a slave, a slave to refined foods. The more I ate anything sweetened with refined white sugar, the more I wanted of it. There was no way for me to stop. It was never enough. The more I ate white bread ... ahhhh, the baguette so dear to my French heart... and the more I wanted of it. Etc. The vicious circle. I was a living dead who lived to eat.

Not only raw food freed me but it gave me so much more than that!

Let's move your body!

Since January, I work and work and... work. Sounds familiar? I have a crazy schedule. I work full time and after my regular office hours, I also work hard to launch my business on line, work on my site and my different projects. I spend my time sitting in front of a computer.

Result: my metabolism slowed down, muscle pain of various kinds emerged, fatigue, sluggishness... in my body AND (horror!) in my mind!

Help is on the way: a gift for you!

I told you a few days ago that to get out of compulsive overeating, the first condition is to stop dieting. But I know what you’re thinking now. "If I don’t diet, what do I eat?" You feel panicked. Benchmarks disappear. No more guardrails. "I cannot, if I don’t diet, I’ll eat everything in sight”.

You won’t eat everything in sight if you have good support. To be and feel encouraged at all times is essential.

Dieting and bingeing hold hands... for ever and ever

I recently blogged it is crucial to stop dieting to get out of compulsive overeating. I know how sensitive this issue is for many of you; therefore I will regularly come back to it. When I look at magazines, the number of diets that promise success in controlling weight appalls me. As a compulsive overeater, you can find yourself trying anything out of despair because you don’t know where to turn to, because dieting gives you a feeling of "control", because you absolutely MUST do something to lose weight.

Dieting and bingeing are one. They go hand in hand along the path of madness. It is a love and hate relationship that cannot stop unless dieting is abandoned forever.

The Green Smoothie Challenge and Rawcovery projects

Put into place by Anand and Runi, raw food teachers, educators and speakers in Australia, the green smoothie challenge invites you to add green smoothies into your diet. The Rawcovery project hopes to gather over 1,000 recovery stories from people who recovered from illnesses or addictions through a raw food diet. Please click on the links below to visit their websites. It's great!

"The Green Smoothie Challenge and Rawcovery community projects websites are now live! In case you haven't already heard these 2 projects are free not-for-profit, community projects run entirely by volunteers. While each project is unique they both have the same goal. To touch, inspire and educate individuals, communities and nations about the power of living foods (and the dangers of processed foods) in a big way! We will send you a separate email to share with you  some exciting opportunities being offered through both these programs".

An eye opener!

FoodMatters An eye-opening documentary everyone needs to see!

FoodMatters is the creation of two Australian nutritionists turned filmmakers
who discovered that what we are being told to eat by governments, food companies and mass media marketing is actually doing us considerable harm.

In a mission to uncover the truth they have tracked down several of the world's leaders in nutrition and natural healing (including David Wolfe) from around the globe in order to provide you with the most up to date information on nutrition and natural healing.

The focus of the film is in helping us rethink the belief systems fed to us by our modern medical and health care establishments. Our teachers point out that not every problem requires costly, major medical attention and reveal many alternative therapies that can be more effective, more economical, less harmful and less invasive. 

The movie is due to launch this June 2008. Please send the link http://foodmatters.tv/ to your friends, family and colleagues. It is the power of conscious community which is changing the world. You can view the trailer here.

Raw Dee-li-cious Lasagnas!

Another recipe! It was sooo good that I can not resist the pleasure to share it with you. It is very important, I would say even vital, crucial, indispensable to love what you eat. Do not force yourself to eat something you do not like because you’ve heard or read it's good for your health! I repeat: love what you eat!

These lasagna are prepared with zucchinis, to replace the traditional pasta, tomato sauce, fresh spinach and a mock "cheese" made with nuts. It is a recipe from Gabriel Cousens, from his book "Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine" which inspired me. I have modified it to  my own taste. Everybody agrees: it was delicious!

Are you on a diet?

To stop bingeing, stop dieting!

Stop dreaming that with a diet, you’ll stop bingeing. I am talking about the diet you just started because spring or autumn is here and/or you look with envy at all these skinny women in the mags. Or is it because you are going to your brother’s or cousin’s wedding next month and you need to loose a few pounds to look your best?

You wanna binge? Read this first!

Are you in the midst of a fight with your cravings? you want to binge so bad you think you're going crazy? Stop right there! Just stop. If you are standing up, sit down. If you are sitting down, straighten your back.

Close your eyes for two minutes. Take a big breath, let it out. Another one. Another one. Breathe several times.

Get up. Put your sneakers on. Don't think. Just do it. 

Cucumber Tahini Dip

The combination of the two is perfect. It is very satisfying with crackers or thin rice cakes. Add a green salad with this and you have here a delicious meal.

1 lge cucumber (or 2 small)
1/2 cup tahini 
1/2 a lemon juice
1 garlic clove (or more if you like a more garlicy taste)
Himalayan salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Cumin to taste

Preparation:
Scoop the cucumber seeds out.
Mix everything in food processor till smooth.

Tip: try with Indian spices and a little bit of cayenne pepper.