SuperRawLife Issue 1 Fall 2010

Issue #1 Fall 2010

“How I lost 72 lbs in 75 days!”

“T he Food Psychologis t”

“Orgasm of the Taste Buds”

Surprising Cures for PMS!

Risking Everything...

“Blood Fare”J.A. Steel, the award winning female writer and director

Transforming your lifestyle and body the natural way! | superrawlife.com

CONTENTSA Healthy Blend

Rawdawg Rory

Raw Transformation

Live Life to the Fullest!

Risking Everything

The Miracle Morning

Ultimate Raw

Surprising Cures For PMS

Me Raw... You Cooked...

Orgasm of the Taste Buds

The Food Psychologist

The Power Behind the Pillow Cases

Walking in Beauty, Living a Holistic Life

Blood Fare

Editor -n- ChefMichele Marie Jeppson

Art DirectorJesse Cruz Salas

Story ContributionTess Masters

Rory Reiss

Beverly Dunford

Koya Webb

Mila Ilina

Hal Elrod

Kristen Suzanne

Lola Berry

Emma Couttie MacDougall

Brian James Lucas

Dr. Christy Fergusson PhD

Star Khechara

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by Tess MastersAKA The Blender GirlPhotography by Jenelle Raysonwww.healthyblenderrecipes.com

A Healthy Blend

“Food Should be something that not only satiates, but nourishes us on a cellular level with nutrients that are readily available and therefore absorbed on every other level” - Tess Masters

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Maple Pecan Pie SmoothieMuch like my apple pie smoothie and pumpkin pie smoothie – this scrumptious vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy free, egg-free smoothie really does taste like a delectable “maple pecan pie in a glass”. For those of you with nut aller-gies – my profound apologies, there is just no nutty equivalent! We use 2 tablespoons of maple syrup to keep the sugar content down. I found this was just enough to bring out the natural sweetness in the bananas and take the edge off the pecans. (Feel free to sweeten the deal). The pecan milk adds that hint of a nutty pastry flavour and the cinnamon and vanilla perfect the blend.

This smoothie does every creamy bite of mum’s pecan pie justice and hits the “B spot” for

those of us not inclined to bake. This smoothie is absolutely scrumptious. It is like a refreshing summer chilled dessert in a glass.

• 1 cup raw pecans soaked for 2 hours or more• 2 cups filtered water• 2 frozen bananas• 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup• 2 tsp natural vanilla extract• 1/2 tsp cinnamon• pinch Celtic sea salt

Throw all the ingredients into your blender and puree until smooth and creamy.Pour into two 8-ounce glasses and be grateful you didn’t have to bake. YUM!

love a great date – and today I am not refer-ring to the “romantic dinner and a movie” variety. Although, that is always a good

idea! This shake would be the equivalent of speed dating. Quickly throw everything togeth-er and in five minutes you decide if you want to come back for more. It might just be the love you have been waiting for!

Fresh-pitted dates would have to be one of the great culinary pleasures of life. Dates are the oldest, and certainly the sweetest fruit with the highest concentration of fruit sugars. They are so decadent and fabulous. There are literally hundreds of varieties of dates in the world. Typi-cally the Medjool variety is on offer – as they yield a large sweet crop. They are absolutely fabulous as an indulgent snack or to sweeten shakes, smoothies, muffins, and cakes.

Throw these in the blender with some ba-nanas, almond milk and coconut water and you have a sweet date that will leave you waiting for

Raw Vegan Coconut Date Shake

• 1 cup homemade raw almond milk• 1 cup coconut water• 6 – 8 pitted dates• 2 frozen very ripe bananas• 1 tsp natural vanilla extract• pinch of Celtic sea salt

Throw everything in the blender and puree until smooth and creamy.

the next encounter. Almond milk gets an invite and I have chosen to add coconut water for an added zing. Coconut water seems to be the lat-est fad drink of choice at the moment, and with good reason; it’s natures wonder energy drink.

It’s high in protein, B Vitamins and Ascorbic acid; loaded with electrolytes, vitamins and min-erals like magnesium and potassium. It is low in calories, is fat free and low in cholesterol. I always recommend making home-made almond milk and cracking open coconuts.

If you don’t have the time or inclination – there are some great packaged almond milks and pure coconut waters at the health food store that make this really quick and easy. You can substitute cashew milk if you want a richer butterier shake and you could always add a spoonful of coconut butter and lecithin to make it creamier. Trust me – make a date with this shake – you won’t be disappointed. It is abso-lutely delicious!

Stop! Don’t miss out on making this quick easy rawlicious dessert! It is a winner on every level. It can literally be made in under 5 minutes; chilled and devoured in under half an hour and requires absolutely no skill what soever. Just blend and chow! This phenomenal recipe epitomizes the “blend and live” philosophy. Best of all – tthere is nothing bad in it! WOO HOO! We love to hear that! It is very allergy-friendly for most people – not containing any of the big four – no nuts, dairy, egg or wheat. Just pure Yum Yum Yum!

I have not met anyone who doesn’t love this simple dessert. Vegans, Omnivores, Toxic Treat Tamers, Cream Dreamers and Whole Foods Skeptics all agree – this blend is scrumptious! I served this at one of Dr Carter’s lunch and lectures, and got a unanimous vote of approval – that being all but one empty bowl. I will say some people are not quite as partial to the extreme tart flavour as I am.

This can be easily tempered with a little more sweetener. If your taste is a little more conservative, just sweeten the deal in order to find your perfect blend. You know my partiality to the blend and taste approach – just keep adding, and blending until you get it “ just right”.

I will say I have made all kinds of variations of this – with just lemon juice, just lime juice, I have left out the rind when I didn’t have the “zest for zest” and I have to say this recipe is fail safe! You can’t mess this one up!

Raw Vegan Key Lime Mousse

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I will say though, that the combination of lemon and lime, with the rind lends a depth of flavour that is hard to match.

I first became smitten (or should I say bitten) with key lime mousse in the Florida Everglades, in a little fishing shack off the river. The mosquitos were eating me alive – I imagined them the size of cockroaches as they successfully gnawed through my jeans!

While they were biting through my jeans, I was biting my tongue, trying to prevent myself from ordering yet another and another and another.

This latest raw vegan incantation has a little less bite to the hips, but no less bite on the

lips. Trust me – let the tart in you sing and you won’t be sorry. I finally understand the true meaning of “sublime”. Kris – This one’s for you!

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I used vegan mayonnaise as the base for the dressing instead of traditional mayonnaise. In order to make this recipe egg free I added in some extra apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and agave. I have listed the quantities I like. Adopt the blend and taste approach in order to find your perfect blend. You might like it with a bit more of a kick and want to add in more vinegar, lemon juice and sweetener. If you are allergic to nuts, you could use soy bacon bits to

jazz up this salad instead of blanched almonds. This adds in a splash of colour. If it is just an allergy to almonds, cashews work really well too. Traditional mayonnaise or soy mayonnaise can be substituted for the cashew mayonnaise I have used. Obviously, it would yield a dressing of a slightly different personality. Just play around with the vinegar quantities and it will still taste delicious.

Basic Raw Vegan Mayonnaise

• 1 cup organic raw cashews soaked for 2 hours• 1/4 cup cold pressed extra virgin olive oil• 1/4 cup raw cauliflower• 1/2 cup filtered water• 3 Tbsp lemon juice or more to taste• 1 tsp mustard• 1 tsp agave nectar• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar• Tiny 1/2 pinch of Celtic sea salt or more to taste

Put the cashews and cauliflower in a food processor and add the water until combined well.Slowly add the oil in one steady stream and process until thick and creamy.Place the rest of the ingredients into the blender to taste and process until smooth.Add in more salt, mustard or lemon juice to taste until you create your perfect blend.

**Please note – you will need a high-speed blender such as a VitaMix or BlendTec in order to achieve a really creamy consistency.

I share it with you today, as a delicious way to serve up raw broccoli. I don’t know about you, but as much as I love raw food, I have always struggled to embrace raw broccoli. The secret to this salad is chopping the broccoli into really small bite size pieces. That way you can grab the perfect bite with every lift of the fork – with a well coated piece of broccoli, celery, and seeds that creates a crunchy tangy taste sensation.

As this recipe stands, it is a fantastic raw, vegan, dairy free, egg free, gluten free salad that keeps me in love with broccoli. It is dressed to impress and absolutely delicious. Chop up the broccoli, celery and spring onions into small bite size pieces. Pulse the almonds in the food processor or cut into slithers. Throw the dress-ing ingredients into your blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Toss through half of the dressing and then add gradually until dressed for your success! YUM!

• 6 cups organic broccoli• 2 cups scallions/spring onions• 2 cups celery• 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds soaked and dehydrated• 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds soaked and dehydrated• 1 cup organic blanched almonds chopped up into slithers

Dressing• 1 cup raw vegan mayonnaise• 2 1/2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar• 1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt• 2 1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice• 2 1/2 Tbsp agave nectar

Raw Vegan Broccoli Salad

Super Raw Life

awdawg Rory began his journey with raw and living foods almost four years ago. After expe-riencing many incredible benefits, he’s made it his mission to share with others how easy it can

be to improve your life by adding more fresh eats to your menu! Rory has since become a certified Living Foods Chef and works to educate others on raw food preparation and transitioning to a high (or all!) raw lifestyle through consultation, in-home food prep classes, demos at various venues, his website www.rawdawgrory.com, and online recipe videos through various sites such as www.raw-foodrehab.com. Rory has also authored two e books, ‘Gettin’ Raw with Rawdawg Rory’ which is a comprehensive primer on starting a raw foods lifestyle and a compilation of over 100 of his favorite recipes that cover breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks and (of course) desserts! Speaking of des-serts Rory’s other book, ‘Sweet Support’ is a mini e book focused on 4 dessert recipes that use whole foods as sweeteners! It is chock full of step-by-step photos as well! Both books can be found at www.rawdawgrory.com along with a bunch of recipes, blog posts and healthy living ideas!

Rawdawg Roryby Rory Reisswww.rawdawgrory.com

“enjoying life to the fullest by re-thinking our most important connection to the world around us and within us…our food!” - Rawdawg Rory

Banana Ice Cream Split Sundae!

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Yeah, you can have ice cream sundaes raw style and you won’t believe how much this simple recipe resembles the real deal!

Banana Ice Cream3 perfectly ripened frozen bananas (per flavor) This is the key, you want to make sure the bananas have a good amount of those lovely brown “sugar spots” before you freeze them. To flavor each batch, add in the followingChocolate – 1-3 tablespoons of cacao powderVanilla – 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla extract (or ¼ teaspoon of powder)Strawberry – 1/2 cup of fresh or frozen strawberries

Slice the frozen bananas into 1-2 inch chunks and fire up your food processor on it’s highest setting. Gradually drop the banana chunks into it’s chute while the machine is running to ensure even grinding (and to avoid unhappy food processor syndrome!). Once the bananas have reached an ice cream’ish consistency, it’s done. Pop each batch into an air tight container in the freezer as it’s done and let’s get the fudge sauce goin’!

Chocolate Fudge Sauce• 1/2 cup of dates soaked for 20 minutes in 3/4 cup of water• 1-3 Tablespoons of cacao powder• 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla extract (or 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla bean seeds or powder) Pinch of sea salt

Toss the dates and soak water in your blender and blend until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and blend again until well combined. This stuff is not only a tasty topping for your sundae, but is also an awesome dip for fruit! Now to assemble your sundae ~ Slice a nice ripe banana in half lengthwise and lay onto a serving dish, pile on a scoop of each flavor of banana ice cream and drizzle with chocolate sauce! For extra bonus points, top off with some fresh sweet cherries!

This a in’t Tuna Sa la d?

This is one of my all time favorite green smoothies and made my transition to raw living super duper easy!

Ingredients 4 big handfuls of baby spinach (or any green you fancy, baby spinach is a good mild “warm-up” green for those getting started with green smoothies)• 1 cup of water• 1 peeled and seeded orange (I prefer mineolas, but any orange will work)• 1 cup of frozen pineapple chunks• 2+ 1/2 frozen bananas, broken into 1-2 inch chunks• 3 Tablespoons of unrefined coconut oil (gives it that pina coloda flavor!)• 1 heaping tablespoon of honey or two pitted dates.

Blend everything until nice and smooth. This smoothie has an awesome tropical flavor and has some added health bonuses for the newbie green smoothie lover. The acids in the orange increase the digestibility of the greens and the coconut oil aids in the absorption of the amino acids and phytonutrients of all the ingredients!

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If you like (or liked) tuna fish, then you’re going to love this fish-free alternative! You’re going to need the following tasty ingredients –

• 2 cups of sunflower seeds that have been soaked for 1 hour• 1 cup of almonds soaked for one to 4 hours and then rinsed to reduce bitterness and enzyme inhibitors• The juice of 1/2 a lemon • 1/4 cup of water• 1+1/2 teaspoons of sea salt

Pop everything into your food processor and grind until the nuts and seeds are coarsely chopped. Now toss in the following flavorings –

• 1 Tablespoon of parsley flakes • 1 Tablespoon of dulse flakes (dulse can be found at many health food stores and in grocery stores that carry seaweed products, you can substitute kelp granules or minced nori sheets)• 1+1/2 teaspoons of onion granules (or powder, but I love onion granules mellower flavor)• 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper• 1 teaspoon of celery seeds (magic ingredient! It has such an amazing flavor)• 1 teaspoon of dill (dried or fresh leaves)

Process again until seasonings are evenly mixed (you may have to stop the processor occasionally to scrape down the sides to make sure everything is getting to know the processor’s blades very well!). When it has the consistency of tuna salad it’s done!

You can give it even more tuna salad flair by hand mixing in some minced white onion and finely minced celery. Adds a whole lotta flavor and texture! This stuff is perfect for topping off salads, rolling into sheets of nori for a raw vegan sushi, or my favorite way to serve wrapping in de-stemmed collard leaves along with sliced red onion, tomato, and a generous sprinkle of black pepper!

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by: Michele Marie Jeppsonphoto by: Michele Marie Jeppsonwww.superrawlife.com

RawTransformation

ave you ever been so lost that you just need to get away? I know it’s not healthy to feel that way but what is to follow will

explain how I got lost in order to find myself. What started out as a break to get away and just have time to clear my thoughts turned into a major life changing transformation for me. I started the 21 day cleanse with the attitude I could try it out and commit myself for the 21 days. What else did I have to lose, right? I was gaining three weeks in Idaho with my mom and boys and in the process I would get to relax with bodywork and soaking in the hot springs. I told myself I would do everything her cleanse outlined for the 21 days. It was not a lifetime commitment or change, just trying something new out. Within the first several days I started to get really sick. I had a cough, lost my voice, got diarrhea and my body and head ached. I just felt down right miserable. It was my body’s way of releasing all of the toxins that had accumulated over the years. After day ten I sat down to eat another raw salad with the infamous olive oil and herbs salad dressing. Just the thought of tasting it again made me want to throw up. How could I continue eating the same taste day in and day out for 21 days? I picked at my plate and took a couple of bites. I looked over at my mom and told her I am done; I cannot do this anymore! Can’t we get creative and come up with some other ideas for meals? If we could just change the texture and taste to emulate something else, I could trick my mind into liking the taste. I brought up the idea for lettuce wraps and raw guacamole. Why not, it was just assimilat-ing the food in a different manner. So we tried it, they were heavenly. Oh, I still remember our reaction to the taste as if it were yesterday. Mm-mmm, so divine it almost melted in my mouth. I came to the realization that sticking to eating this way would be a lot more manageable with meals like this.

I started to research and found the term Raw Vegan and Living Foodist. There were thousands of recipes on-line available. Just the thought of these raw food recipes started to ex-cite me and make my mouth water. You really can make meals all raw to emulate almost any recipe. I even found one for Raw Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies. Around day fifteen I woke up feeling re-freshed and alive. I felt so healthy and good. My body had spent the last couple of weeks detoxifying and was now able to function at a higher optimal capacity. I was happy, laughing and full of energy. Still to this day it is hard to explain the way I feel when eating completely raw. It is like experiencing something I had never experienced, feeling something I had never felt before. Through research I realized the benefit of the living enzymes verses when the food is heated above 118 degrees. Internally I felt so alive and my system appreciated it. To me, my body was working hundreds of times less to process the food and in return it thanked me with the way I felt!

At my heaviest, I weighed over 300 pounds. It took me years to realize I gained weight as a subconscious protection mode. What once protected me now bounded me! When I resolved things emotionally I was finally able to break past the plateau and free myself from myself! - Michele Marie Jeppson

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Over the course of 21 days I lost 23.5 pounds. I decided to proceed with the raw lifestyle and steps I learned during the 21 day cleanse. In return I lost 72 pounds in 75 days and found myself again. Not that I was ever completely lost but for years I had built a protection wall and way of comfort through food. What once protected was now binding and inhibiting me. I was able to completely let go and in the process find myself and set myself back on track to a happy healthy lifestyle!

- Michele Marie Jeppson

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Live Life to the Fullest!by Koya WebbPhoto: Mike Byerly, Jennifer Parsons and Don Hannahwww.koyawebb.com

Koya Webb’s mantra is to “Live Life to the Fullest” she is a successful holis-tic lifestyle, raw food, and fitness coach. She shares some of her healthy living tips with us here:

Meal Plan:

• Upon Rising: Water with a teaspon of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar• Breakfast: Smoothie, Shake or Fruit• Lunch: Big Salad• Dinner: Big Salad Veggie Bowl, or One of my Entrees! Yum!• Snacks: 1 to 2 bananas, apples, oranges, pears, cucumbers,

celery, peaches, mangos, papayas, or plums

“Healthy Living Tips”

Koya Webb- Holistic Life Coach, Raw Food Author, and Fitness SpecialistLife to the FullestFitness, Food, and FunKoya’s Kuisine

Visit my website: www.koyawebb.com

Subscribe to my weekly newsletter for total body fit-ness and body sculpting, raw vegan recipes and nutri-tion tips, holistic living and active lifestyle adventures!

I like to do total body interval training because it speeds up your metabolism and you get a cardio and resistance workout at the same time!

Total Body Pump (use no weight or 5 pound dumbbells) video on my website.

• Lunge Left• Lunge Right• Bicep Curl• Tricep Press• Shoulder Press• Push Up and remain in Plank Position• Left Row• Right Row• Left Side Oblique• Right Side Oblique

My Favorite:

Fitness:


Go somewhere or do something you’ve never done before like going for a hike! Hiking is an inexpensive way to workout and spend time with friends and family! Hiking can be vigorous or mild depending on preference and can allow time to connect with nature or bond groups of people. Hiking can also help improve a person’s mental health by raising the levels of serotonin in the body, which will help improve the overall Mood and outlook on life.

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y family and I emigrated from the for-mer Soviet Union when I was a young

girl. As my parents struggled to make a living in a new country, my father started bringing leftover pizzas home from his delivery job. On weekends I remember exploring endless varieties of packaged foods at the supermarket. You can only imagine how intrigued I was, as grocery superstores did not exist where I grew up. Like many, we were drawn in by the convenience of cheap T.V. dinners.

It wasn’t long before I started to develop ad-dictive tendencies toward processed foods. And sure enough, by my teens I found myself fre-quently binge eating and yo yo dieting. In my mid-twenties I began transitioning to a vegetarian diet, and even though I knew better, I ended up turning into a junk-food vegetarian. I had become a full blown compulsive emotional eater. Food became the one thing that could calm my anxiety. I justified my eating habits thinking, “I’m no longer eating meat, surely I’m

healthier than the average person, right?” But I started gaining weight and eventually found myself in and out of depression. I was overweight, in a relationship I was not happy in, climbing the corporate ladder in a job I de-spised. I felt trapped.

I had reached a low in my life where even my closest friends found it difficult to deal with my constant and draining negativity. So I contin-ued to mask my pain with the comfort of food, resenting the compulsive behavior. It felt as though food was at the center of everything that was wrong in my life. If only I could release this addiction, I’d no longer feel tempted and ma-nipulated by food. I would slim down and feel comfortable in my own skin. I would have the confidence to pursue the life I had always envi-sioned. I blamed this compulsion for not having achieved any of these things.

The final straw was when I looked up my Body Mass Index (BMI) and realized that at

by Mila Ilinaradiant living with raw cuisinewww.raw-radiance.com

5’2” and 170 pound, I was in the first stages of obesity. I immediately signed up with the L.A. Weight Loss program but I strongly resisted their eating plan, as I felt it was unhealthy.I was faced with the realization I desperately needed a new start with a focus on health, not just another weight-loss program. Food repre-sented something destructive in my life, and I needed to change that relationship. I had to associate food with something positive and heal-ing. More importantly, I knew if I didn’t change the direction of my life, I would end up settling for a life I didn’t want. I needed to feel there was meaning in my life again.

But I first needed to define for myself what that would be. I had to reevaluate every aspect of my life. Who was I living for anyway? Was I trying to please my family, live up to the expec-tations of my peers, or fit some ideal that our culture values? As far as I could tell, the ideals I was trying to live up to were only suffocating me. My life was headed down the wrong path fast. I had to create my own set of values to live by. I needed a strong belief that would carry me through on a path to fulfillment. I defined how I wanted my ideal diet and lifestyle to look like, and what real health meant to me. It was at that point I realized I wanted to pursue healthy liv-ing.

I felt liberated knowing I could finally start living my life on my own terms, for my happi-ness. As soon as I made that decision, life began giving me signs of guidance. I was already fa-miliar with raw foods when I decided to attend a lecture by Brigitte Mars. During her lecture she mentioned a book by Victoria Boutenko, author of Green for Life. I picked up the book as it was being passed around. To my surprise, I instantly recognized Victoria’s picture on the back cover.Victoria Boutenko is also a first generation Russian immigrant. Years ago when Victoria’s family lived in Colorado she was acquainted with my mother. She gave a lecture on raw foods for a few of my mom’s friends in our home.

I was only in my early teens but I remember her lecture quite well. This was long before “raw foods” was a commonly used term.

What’s interesting is that 14 years later life would bring me back to Victoria’s message – coincidence? I think not! Shortly after reading her book, I found out about the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute specializing in raw vegan cuisine. By this point, I could no longer ignore the obvious. I had to follow the guid-ance.

So what do you do when you’re faced with a crisis and you desperately need a new begin-ning? You risk everything for the chance at happiness, for the chance at something real. So I did the unthinkable. I called off the relation-ship, quit my 9-year career, cashed out my 401k, packed up everything into storage, and took off to pursue my passion for healthy living. I completed the Gourmet Raw Food Chef & Instructor certification at the Living Light Cu-linary Arts Institute, and since my return from completing the program I have lost 35 lbs on a high raw food diet.

Eating a clean, natural diet has connected me back to my body. I learned to tune in and feel when something is out of balance. Food has taken on a whole new meaning for me. It is no longer something I desperately need to calm fear and anxiety, but rather something that brings healing and nourishment to my body. It allowed me the opportunity to release stored emotion, helping me overcome compulsive emotional eat-ing. But I keep in mind it’s an on going journey. I try to stay flexible as I continue to evolve and fine tune my diet and lifestyle...

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Arugula Salad & Sweet Mango Vinaigrette

(serves 2)Recipe from the SpaFusion Cleanse Program (recipe ebook & weight-loss guide)

• 2 cups arugula • ¼ cups onion slices• 1 Tbsp hemp seeds

Dressing

• ½ mango• ½ orange, juiced• 1 tsp minced onion• 1 tsp olive oil• Pinch Himalayan salt• Squirt lemon juice

Arrange the salad ingredients on two large plates.

Blend dressing ingredients in a mini-blender and pour over the salad.

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Tropical Pineapple - Mango Pudding

(serves 2-4)Recipe from the SpaFusion Cleanse Program (recipe ebook & weight-loss guide)

• ½ cup cashews (soak 1hr)• ½ cup diced pineapple• ½ mango• Juice of ½ lemon• 1 Tbsp raw honey• 1 tsp coconut oil• Pinch Himalayan salt

Blend all ingredients until smooth and creamy


I have learned to let go and not get down at times when I’m not at my best behavior. I give myself love and understanding every step of the way. Issues around eating, whether expressed through binging or starving, are a form of pun-ishment and self-sabotage. As I continue to love and accept myself, I find I no longer have self destructive tendencies.

I hope to inspire others with the message that there’s a better way to live. You don’t have to settle for poor health, depression, or obesity. And you absolutely can overcome destructive eating behaviors.

(Serves 4 - 6)Recipe from the Raw Radiance blog (www.raw-radiance.com)

• 2 ripe bananas• 1 young Thai coconut (water only)• 1/2 cup cashews (soak 2 hrs)• 1/4 cup melted coconut oil • 1/4 cup raw honey• 1 tsp vanilla extract• 1/4 tsp Himalayan salt

Rinse and drain soaked cashews.

Crack open a young Thai coconut, pour the coconut water into a blender.

Add all remaining ingredients and blend until smooth and creamy.

Transfer into an ice cream maker, following the manufacturer’s instructions.

Raw Coconut-Banana Ice Cream

(Yields 15 - 20) Recipe from the Raw Chocolate & Wine recipe ebook!

• 1/2 cup melted cacao butter• 1/2 cup raw cacao powder• 3 Tbsp raw honey*• 1 Tbsp raw coconut oil• 1 Tbsp orange juice• 1/4 tsp orange zest• Pinch Himalayan salt

Sift dry ingredients into a glass bowl and set aside.

Melt cacao butter to a warm liquid. Add coconut oil along with raw honey, allowing all three to melt together.

Pour the warm liquid into the bowl of dry ingredients while stirring the mixture. Add orange juice and zest and continue to whisk until well incorporated.

Immediately pour the chocolate mixture into flexible candy molds, and place in the freezer for a minimum of 2 hours.

*I like to use the Really Raw Honey brand in this recipe www.reallyrawhoney.com

Orange-Zest Chocolates

After all, we have a choice, the choice to live vibrantly healthy! Life opens up the most won-derful opportunities when we finally open our hearts, stay true to ourselves, and begin to live with integrity. Following my passion for healthy living has given me a new appreciation for life, and for the healing power of nature. Embracing change is a beautiful gift. As I surrendered my fear, I found a simple universal truth – that only the perfection and magnificence of nature can bring perfection and magnificence into our lives.

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“One of the Saddest things in life is to get to the end and look back in regret-knowing that you could have been, done, and had so much more, and realizing it’s too late”- “Yo Pal” Hal Elrod, bestselling author

The Miracle Morningby “Yo Pal” Hal Elrodwww.MiracleMorning.com

After being hit head on by a drunk driver and found dead at the scene at age 20, Hal Elrod has overcome and accomplished more, before the age of 30, than most people do in a lifetime. Already an award winning motivational keynote speaker, international life & business coach, national champion sales manager, hall of fame business achiever, ultra-marathon runner, radio disc jockey (known as “Yo Pal Hal”), and best-selling author of the book: Taking Life Head On! and the soon to be released book: The Miracle Morning, Hal has dedicated his life to empowering others to be better than they’ve

ever been before so they can accomplish more than they ever thought possible. Hal lives with his wife and their daughter in Temecula, CA.

Get Hal’s FREE videos and audios, or contact him, on his website at www.YoPalHal.com

Discover The Miracle Morning® at www.MiracleMorning.com Try The Miracle Morning® Smoothie at www.Smoothie.MiracleMorning.com


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At 28, I was a mess. Seemingly overnight, my income was cut in half, I accumulated over $50,000 of credit card debt, my wife and I lost our first home, and I felt lost and hopeless. I couldn’t sleep, I stopped exercising, and I be-came horribly depressed. Physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, and every other way you could think of—I’d hit rock bottom.

My Turning PointTo keep a long story short, a series of events led me to the conclusion that if I wanted my life to improve, I had to first improve myself. If I wanted success in my outer world, I had to first change my inner world. I knew the solution to all of my problems was I had to commit to making personal development a priority in my daily life. But the question was: When? My big-gest challenge was finding time. I already felt so busy and overwhelmed just trying to pay the bills and survive my life, that the idea of find-ing extra time for personal development seemed almost impossible.

The Miracle MorningSo, I took the most life-changing personal de-velopment practices I had learned over the years (but never implemented), and created a routine in the morning to start every day off feeling inspired, empowered, and energized. I combined all of the best personal develop-ment practices I had learned over the years (but never consistently implemented) in a routine I began calling The Miracle Morning. Over time I developed the “Life S.A.V.E.R.S.” model for personal development. The Life S.A.V.E.R.S. are the tools that are guaranteed to save you from missing out of your BEST life. It worked!

veryday, you and I face life’s great chal-lenge, which causes most people to fail. It

is the challenge of choosing to either live to our full potential and create the life that we truly want—or to succumb to our excuses and settle for the pain of mediocrity and regret.

The possibility of mediocrity exists for all of us, because being mediocre simply means being the same as you were. It’s not about being better than someone else; it is a result of not making a conscious choice to be better than YOU have been up until this point. Whereas being extraor-dinary means making the conscious and ac-tive choice to grow, to improve, and to develop yourself into the person you need to be that is capable of attracting, creating, and sustaining the life you truly want.

It is the choice to be more, to do more, and to give more. The reality is that if you don’t change, your life won’t change. If you don’t get better, your life won’t get better. And if you

don’t consistently invest time into your self-im-provement, your life will not improve. Yet, most of us wake up everyday, and we pretty much stay the same.

Your Level 10 LifeIf we’re measuring success on a scale of 1-10, we can all agree we want “Level 10” success in every area of our life. From our health to our fi-nances, our relationships to our career, we want life to be as good as it can possibly be. What most people don’t realize though, is that in order to achieve Level 10 success in every area of life, we must first develop ourselves to be a Level 10 person who is capable of attracting, creating, and sustaining the levels of success we want, in every area of our life. I learned this lesson the hard way.

My Lowest PointAt 27, I was on top of the world with a bestsell-ing book, an international speaking career, and a thriving life coaching business.

Thanks to The Miracle Morning, my life turned around so quickly and dramatically, that it was nothing short of a miracle. As a result of the clarity, motivation, focus, and personal devel-opment I gained from The Miracle Morning, it didn’t take long at all for my life (and my income) to be back where I wanted them to be, and continue improving. In an effort to pay-it-forward, I even created an Audio & Video pro-gram to teach The Miracle Morning to others (available FREE at www.MiracleMorning.com).

If you are ready to stop settling for less than what you really want in YOUR life—to tran-scend your past limitations so you can achieve Level 10 success in every area—do the one thing that will make the biggest difference: Give yourself the gift of beginning each day with personal development so you can become the person you need to be that will easily attract, create, and sustain the success you truly want, and deserve.

Ultimate Raw...Ultimate Raw

Kristen Suzanne, owner of KristensRaw.com, is an accomplished raw vegan chef, author, and teacher with a passion for helping people get started and succeed with the raw food diet. As a former competitive bodybuilder, she’s been studying nutrition, fitness, and food preparation for fifteen years. Kristen is the author of eleven raw vegan recipe and lifestyle books (with her newest title Kristen Suzanne’s EASY Raw Vegan Transition Recipes available October 2010). She also maintains her popular blog (http://KristensRaw.com/blog). She’s a frequent guest on television and radio shows such as Good Morning Arizona, Sonoran Evening Live, and Culinary Confessions, and has been featured several times inVegNews Magazine.

by Kristen Suzannewww.KristensRaw.com

emp foods, now widely available in health food stores across the country, are taking thenatural foods world

by storm! A true “superfood,” hemp is high in protein, has excellent ratios of all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids, tastes absolutely delicious, and is amazingly helpful to the environment due to its fast growth and lack of need for herbicides or pesticides.

Hemp is not your typical granola fare — it’s a subtle and delicious dream come true for foodies and connoisseurs of everything exotic and unique! These recipes range from quick snacks for the kids, to boldly sexy n’ sassy, and just like all of my recipes, they’re amazingly EASY.

In my totally unique, one-of-a-kind book, you’ll find some of the most amazing recipes I’ve ever developed, all using hemp seeds, hemp oil, or hemp protein powder.

It’s been a LOT of work and I’m so proud and happy to finally have all of my ebooks available in print. It is officially DANCE TIME!!!

As I promised earlier on Facebook, I’m featuring one of the recipes from the book (both the book/ebook have been updated with new recipes added!). Let me tell you, this recipe is so good! I mean, like, really really awesomely delicious. I’ve made it for lots of different people (non-Raw and Raw) and they all love it... I’m talking “lick-the-bowl-please-give-me-more” loving it. It’s perfect for showing off at the next party you attend or host. And, of course, it’s full of nutrition... hemp seeds (complete protein, essential fatty acids), red bell pepper and garlic (antioxidants, vitamins, minerals), and more. So, without further ado... here it is.

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Yield approximately 1 1/2 cups

• 1/3 cup water• 1 clove garlic• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice• 1 red bell pepper, seeded, rough chopped (approximately 1 cup)• 1 cup hemp seeds• 2 1/2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes• 1 tablespoon chili powder*• 2 teaspoons tamari, wheat-free• 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan crystal salt• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper• 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder

Blend all of the ingredients in a blender until smooth and creamy. This can be stored in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.

*My favorite is by Simply Organic

Serving suggestions:· Use this for dipping fresh veggies or corn chips (Raw or not - it’s up to you!)· For those eating cooked vegan foods, this is an awesome sauce on top of veggie burgers· This also makes a delicious Raw vegan dressing on a hearty salad with ro-maine lettuce, chopped tomatoes, and cucumbers. You could even sprinkle on some Raw vegan taco meat and Fun Corn Chips for a tortilla type salad.

I just created a most delicious soup! I named it Kristen Suzanne’s Harvest Soup because the colors and flavors subtly remind me of a fall harvest. It’s an easy and delicious Raw food recipe ( just like all the recipes in my Raw food recipe ebooks). With Raw being this easy and delicious, who needs cooked food?

Those are two glass-mason jars full of the soup, in the background of the picture. Having plenty of Raw food on hand is one of the keys to success with living the Raw food lifestyle; so, I always make plenty extra when I prepare Raw recipes. This way I always have something “ready to eat” for the next couple of days. I can drink it straight out of the jar, easily take it with me when I’m running errands, or snack on it late at night when I’m watching a movie.

Kristen Suzanne’s Harvest SoupYield 6 cups

• 1 cup water• 1 large zucchini, chopped• 2 medium tomatoes, quartered• 3 stalks celery, chopped• 2 cups carrot, chopped• 2 dates, pitted• 1 clove garlic• 2 tsp Himalayan crystal salt• 1 tablespoon onion powder• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper• 1/2 cup flax oil

Blend all of the ingredients, except for the flax oil, on high speed in your blender until really creamy (approximately one minute - I prefer this soup a tad warm and very creamy). Then, while the blender is running on low speed, add the flax oil. Continue blending, at a higher speed, for another minute or less. This will make it slightly warm. Enjoy!

Variations:Substitute olive oil for the flax oil• Add 1/2 teaspoon coriander• Add 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

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CHEEZY HEMP NACHO SAUCE

With the weather starting to chill and the produce department changing to seasonal produce for fall (pumpkins, cranberries, apples, etc), the holiday mood is upon us - hooray! In fact, I’ve already made my holiday gift list and I’m ready to shop. I love this time of year; I can’t help but do things to get a jump start.

Here is the perfect holiday cookie to help get you in the mood. With every delicious bite you’ll think... Holidays! If you’re looking for a heart healthy, can’t eat just one, EASY, and super satiating cookie recipe that will literally take you only minutes to make, then look no more. This is a terrific dessert recipe to take as a dish to pass at holiday dinners and parties. And, it’s one of those great raw food recipes that you can make well in advance of the holidays and store in your freezer. Oh, and one more thing... everyone who makes these (and eats these) LOVES these. Enjoy :)

Pecan Spice Delight Cookies Recipe by Kristen Suzanne of KristensRaw.com

Yield 3 cups cookie batter

• 1 1/2 cups pecans (soaked and dehydrated if possible) • 1/2 cup unsweetened, shredded dried coconut • 1 tablespoon (or more!) lucuma powder *• pinch Himalayan crystal salt • 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1/2 cup raisins • 10 dates, pitted

Process all of the ingredients, except for the raisins and dates, in a food processor, fitted with the “S” blade, until coarsely ground. Add the raisins and dates and continue processing until the mixture begins to stick together when pressed between your fingers. Roll and form into desired shapes and sizes.

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irritability and that overall “stressed out” feeling. It’s found in dark leafy greens, raw nuts/seeds, whole grains and even dark chocolate!

Vitex: This is a herb also called chaste tree, this is one of the most popular natural remedies when it comes to treating PMS. It’s said to help balance our moods, decreasing irritability, depression, headaches and breast tenderness. Take it as a herbal supplement, liquid tincture form or capsule.

Coffee: they say if you cut the coffee a week before your period the symptoms won’t be as bad. Cutting coffee is hard, so just try cutting down for that lead-up week or try swapping to dandelion tea.

Yarrow Tea: its meant to be the beez-kneez when it comes to treating cramps. It’s available at health stores and all you do to prepare it is put a teaspoon in of the herb in a cup of hot water, works a treat!Cramp Bark Tea:Also said to work wonders on treating cramps!Chamomile tea: One of my favo’s; it relaxes smooth muscle in the body, thus helping to treat spasms, a great way to treat intense period pain. Plus it has a calming effect on the nervous system so you don’t need to stress out as much around “that time of the month.”Lemon Balm: best taken in tea for is a great emotional de-stressor and it too helps to reduce muscle cramps which come along with PMS.Other top-tips:Lavender: This plant is a natural anti-depressant, so to get super relaxed try rubbing a few drops of lavender essential oil into your temples. Or if you have trouble sleeping with depression or anxiety associated with PMS try putting a few drops on your pillow to promote a relaxed and restful sleep!Wheat bag: a hot wheat bag is another great way to treat period pain. Putting a few drops of chamomile oil onto the heat pack is a great idea, as its calming and helps to reduce pain topically!Other alternative therapies like acupuncture are great, as they treat the PMS as potential energy

blockages and they help to stimulate energy flow, thus depressing pain and getting the body back to a state of homeostasis or balance.Exercise: although its not ideal to do strenuous exercise on the first day of your cycles (first day of bleeding), in the lead up to getting your period it’s a great idea to do exercise as this stimulates blood flow promoting a nice flow, as opposed to stagnation and heavy painful periods.

Another theory is that the worse your PMS is the more toxins in your body. So try doing a liver detox. Easy as; start the day with lemon juice in warm water, swap coffee for dandelion tea (which also supports the liver), pull back on alcohol, sugar and caffeine. Up the water and whole foods and you’ll notice your PMS will calm down!Lola Berry’s book “Inspiring Ingredients” complete with over 30 recipes is out now, www.lolaberry.com for more.


Surprising Cures for PMS!by Lola BerryPhoto: Mel Tjoengwww.lolaberry.com

PMS = Premenstrual syndrome and refers to symptoms females feel during their menstrual cycle. These can be physical, physiological and emotional.

The great news is there are some super effective natural options out there to help! Our aim is to not necessarily take painkillers but get that body back into balance!Boys, this is also valuable information for you… if you know the secret tips and tricks you’ll get massive brownie points!!Best foods to eat:B6 - Nuts & Seeds, Cabbage, Cauliflower & Broccoli: All contain Vitamin B6 which helps with mood swings, anxiety, depression and those bizarre crying fits! You can get B6 in a multi B supplement form. Snack on a nut and seed mix at work you’ll be getting your vitamin B6!

Vitamin E – Rosehip Oil, wheat germ, sunflower seeds: This is believed to help with breast tenderness as well as helping to balance our moods. Food sources include: wheat germ, sunflower seeds, rosehip oil and almonds.

Evening Primrose Oil: This contains an omega 6 fatty acid which helps to decrease pain and inflammation in the body and has been used for yonks. Best taken in capsule or supplement form. Tip: always have oil supplements with food. This is much easier on the body when it comes to digesting!

Calcium: a study found that women who experience PMS have lower levels of calcium. Calcium can be found in high amounts in kale, broccoli, almonds, and full cream dairy options.Magnesium: This is our muscle relaxant so will help to treat cramps! It will also help to treat anxiety,

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by Emma Couttie MacDougallwww.merawyoucooked.com

n the three years since I discovered raw food, I’ve been engaged twice and arranged two weddings. Confused? You will be. You

see, when I went raw in September 2007 I had no idea just how much my life was going to transform. Whilst there was plenty of informa-tion out there about how it might happen, I guess in my own naivety I told myself that my entire life was unlikely to be changed just by what I put on my plate... How wrong can you be?

The way I got in to raw was primarily through food intolerances and reading a book called The Clear Skin Diet by Karen Jessett. I read with interest a paragraph that talked about the power of raw foods and how these alkalise and detoxify the body. I read with sheer disbe-lief that some people only eat raw food! Carrots and apples I pondered, NO WAY! After a few weeks I returned to the book and this time I was curious. From that point on I threw myself in to every raw article, video, book, and forum I could find, eager to find out more about this very peculiar way of life.

At the time I decided to give the raw food diet a go, I was 11 months away from the wedding I’d been planning for the last few months. My partner and I had been together for three years by that point and enjoyed a happy relationship. When it came to food, we shared the prepara-tion and cooking and regularly enjoyed going out to restaurants. We were both a long way from being vegan and I’m sure my other half viewed this new ‘raw food diet’ as nothing more than the latest one of my fads.

After a few weeks however it was clear that this new fad was lasting a little longer than he’d hoped. I was fully embracing this new way of eating, completely vegan with some cooked here and there while I was transitioning. We were now making food separately and spending very little time together eating and sharing meals. I was finding it too difficult to be in the kitchen while he was cooking or sit beside him as he dug

in to pizza. The valuable bonding time at the end of the working day was now seemingly lost as I grappled with my new way of eating.

What happened next however nobody could’ve foresaw. As my intake of raw food increased, my thoughts and behaviour seemed to change. I felt differently about things, I felt like I was experiencing life for the first time, as if my eyes were suddenly opened. My energy was through the roof. I no longer wanted to sit and watch TV for hours as I had before or go to bed early. Even my personality was changing, it was as if I was emerging as a new person and this was very scary, for both of us!

My partner’s reaction was to fight against the change, understandably so. Neither he nor I could properly fathom what was happening or what was going to happen to our relationship as a result. We spent less and less time together as I immersed myself with new books, informa-tion and people that shared my passion for raw food and health. He wasn’t interested in the information I was learning and seemed bored if I wanted to talk about it. His diet got worse as he started to rely on ready made convenience foods, having lost his passion for cooking and sharing meals together. We regularly argued and seemed to have very little in common any more. It was a mess!

A few months passed and in February 2008 we decided to postpone the wedding. There was a huge sense of relief on both sides as we strug-gled with the reality that we were now two very different people. A few weeks later the relation-ship was over. I was in shock. How could every-thing have changed so dramatically in the space of a few months from just changing what I ate?

What I discovered and have subsequently written about in my book Me Raw: You Cooked, is that there can be a massive impact on the relationship when one person decides to change an aspect of their lifestyle, particularly when that aspect is food choice.

Me Raw: You Cooked is the first book of its kind, written for raw foodists and their non-raw partners providing valuable insight in to a raw-cooked relationship. - Emma Couttie MacDougall

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Here are some of my tips for overcom-ing the main obstacles in a raw-cooked relationship:

• Check out online raw recipe forums to find raw versions of your partner’s favourite recipes e.g. raw pizza or burgers• Prepare decadent raw desserts that will satisfy even the pickiest of eaters • Have plenty of healthy snacks or raw treats available • Prepare a lovely salad to accompany your partner’s cooked evening meal • Leave raw food around the kitchen • Find a restaurant that will satisfy both your eating choices • Ask your partner if they’d agree to one raw meal per week/month. If so, involve them in the choice • Don’t get annoyed if your partner doesn’t like the raw food you’ve prepared or bought for them• Prepare mini raw dishes to accompany cooked dishes so that your partner has a variety to choose from


On reflection of what happened in our re-lationship during that difficult time, I’ve been able to see very clearly the major mistakes we made and share these in my book in an attempt to help other couples going through similar problems. While researching for the book I was able to draw not only on our experience but also from numerous discussion threads on raw food forums. It would seem this is a prevalent issue in the raw food community but there aren’t that many resources available or advice to help get through the challenges that arise.

At the outset the book was intended only for raw foodists however I soon realised that this isn’t a one-sided issue. That’s why I devoted an entire section for the ‘cooked’ partner, to give advice and guidance on what to expect and how to handle it. Of course, I couldn’t write that section by myself and that’s why my husband helped me write it.

You see, there’s a happy ending to the story. After a year apart and with the space to figure out where things had gone wrong, we discovered that even though we had changed we still loved each other and wanted to make things work. So, in September of 2009, over one year after our original wedding date, Rod proposed to me again in New York. We celebrated with a trip to Pure Food & Wine, New York’s top raw restau-rant! In January 2010 we were married. We even had a raw wedding cake!

It is possible to be raw and cooked in a re-lationship and not suffer as long as you under-stand how to make it work and the potential pitfalls. Ultimately, my advice to couples is to be aware that this will have an impact but it doesn’t have to mean the end of the relationship! Remember, your relationship is more important then what’s on the dinner plate!

• Don’t make your partner feel judged about what they choose to eat • Be gentle and accepting of your partner’s food choices • Don’t bore your partner by talking raw all the time. Have a few days off from the computer or raw books to make sure you have quality time together• Speak to your partner about the situations or foods that you feel jeopardize your ability to stay happily raw• If the price of your raw diet becomes an issue look in to alternative ways of reducing the cost such as paying for items in bulk with other raw foodists• Give praise and encouragement to your partner when he or she eats healthily• Make sure you access other raw people to

share your enthusiasm with and give your partner some peace! If you can, see if your new raw friends have cooked partners that might want to meet up!

by Brian James LucasPhoto by: Silvia Sprosswww.beonliving.com/BeLive and www.belivelight.com

“Spreading love and consciousness through gourmet raw living vegan cuisine and much more!” - Chef BeLive

Orgasm of the Taste Buds

Chef BeLive is incredibly innovative and inspirationally intuitive. His love, compassion and generosity of spirit shine through everything he does, and he genuinely enjoys connecting with people. He shares special experiences with others, not only by introducing his amazing cuisine to them, but also through his friendly and exuberant personality. You can get a copy of “Orgasm of the Taste Buds”, a teaser version of his upcoming first full-length book which will be released shortly. You can order the e-book with its’ 30 tantalizing recipes today at http://www.rawguru.com/store/raw-food/orgasm-of-the-taste-buds-raw-food-book.htmlt

Chef BeLive is reachable at: [email protected] and through the following websites: www.beonliving.com/BeLive and www.belivelight.com


rian James Lucas aka Chef BeLive was executive chef and co-owner of Organica: the Living Cuisine, in San

Francisco, California. Originally created by Juliano, Organica was unique in that it was one of the first gourmet raw living restaurants in the world and was 100% Raw, 100% Vegan and 100% Organic, Wild and Biodynamic. Learning from Chef Juliano in 1997, Chef BeLive is one of the pioneers of the gourmet raw living cuisine movement that began in the 90’s, and the restaurant was an expression of that movement. As a private chef, his clients include celebrities, politicians and athletes.

Chef BeLive specializes in creating superb-tasting raw living cuisine. He considers himself a “transitional” gourmet raw living chef, helping make peoples’ first raw living food experience equal to their favorite cooked meals. Encouraging and supporting people in pursuing a healthier diet and way of life through flavorful raw living cuisine, his great tasting food can help ease the transition to the raw lifestyle. With his unique style and use of flavors, everyone should have the pleasure of experiencing his culinary creations. His recipe for Mom’s Stuffed Bells is featured in Carol Alt’s best-selling raw food book The Raw 50.

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IN BLENDER UNTIL SMOOTH• ¼ cup dinosaur kale• ¼ cup dandelion greens or spinach• 1 hass avocado• 8 cup fresh pineapple• 1 ½ cup water (structured, spring or filtered)• ½ cup agave, raw honey or maple syrup (optional)

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Mushroom Burger(6 burgers)

HOMOGENIZE in Green Star or Champion Juicer• 2 cup soaked or semi sprouted sunflower seeds• 1 ½ cup soaked walnuts• 1 cup shitake mushrooms• ½ cup parsleyIf using Champion juicer add a little Water (structured, spring or filtered) as you homogenize to prevent from heating.

MIX IN BOWL Homogenized ingredients• 1/3 cup green onions• 2 ¼ tsp salt (Himalayan, Celtic or sea)

1. Form them into burger shape and place in dehydrator at 102 degrees for 5 hours2. Then flip and dehydrate 5 more hours.3. Eat plain, add to salad or eat in burger/sandwich with chosen condiments

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IN BLENDER UNTIL CREAMY• 1 ½ cup of celery• ½ cup red onion• ½ cup Italian or regular parsley• 1 hass avocado• ½ cup TRULY raw cashews (soak for 4 hrs, rinse before using)• 2 cup water (structured, spring or filtered)• ½ tsp dry basil• ½ tsp dry fennel• 1 tsp salt (Himalayan, Celtic or sea)Blend until creamy consistency. You can also blend until it warms up for a soothing warm style soup.

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The Food Psychologist

Dr Christy Fergusson PhD also known as “The Food Psychologist” is a Chartered Health Psychologist, Nutritional Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist & NLP Practitioner who specialises in helping individuals find a natural solutions to their health problems. She has a BA Honours degree, MSc and PhD in Psychology, a BSc Honours in Nutritional Therapy and a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy. Being highly qualified in a number of health fields means that she offer a complete mind body approach to health not available elsewhere. To book a one to one consultation with Christy or find out more about her work please visit her website at www.thefoodpsychologist.com or contact her directly on 07702189078. Eat Yourself Gorgeous, Healthy & Happy with The Food Psychologist.

by Dr. Christy Fergusson PhD

Photo by: Sharon Caseywww.thefoodpsychologist.comwww.sharoncaseyphotography.com

Dr Christy Fergusson PhD also known as ‘The Food Psychologist’ explains how imbalances in your biochemistry can leave you feeling depressed and anxious.

Do you often feel depressed? Are you struggling with low self-esteem? Are you obsessive or controlling? Are you a perfectionist? Are your angry feelings getting in your way? Do you feel edgy, irritable and impatient? Do you often feel shy, anxious, panicked or fearful?

ome of us have felt this way for so long we have simply accepted that it is just ‘the

way we are’. However, did you know that these feelings are often a result of an imbalance in our biochemistry? More specifically they are caused by a deficiency in the neurotransmittor serotonin.

Serotonin is the feel good chemical, which makes us experience sensations of happiness, contentment and relaxation. It is synthesized in the body from tryptophan, an amino acid (protein building block), found in foods such as turkey, cheese, beef, brown rice, nuts, fish, milk, eggs, fruit, and vegetables. Tryptophan first converts into a substance called 5-HTP, which converts directly into serotonin. A deficiency in this crucial feel good chemical can have far reaching consequences on both our physical and psychological health. However, by correcting our diet and using supplements with the right nutrients, we can balance our biochemistry and feel calm, content and happy.

Why have you become serotonin deficient? There are a number of factors, which may have caused you to become deficient in serotonin;

Diet One reason for this deficiency may be that you are not consuming enough pro-serotonin foods, such as protein and essential fatty acids. Alternatively, you may be consuming anti-serotonin foods such as caffeinated drinks, coffee, diet drinks or foods, which inhibit your natural production of this feel good neurotransmittor.

Tryptophan (the precursor to serotonin), comes from high protein foods but it is diminishing from our food supply. Foods containing tryptophan include turkey, beef,

pork, dairy, chicken and eggs. However, compared to the other 21 amino acids in these foods, tryptophan content is miniscule. This is exacerbated by the fact that animals are now fed on low tryptophan grains such as corn. Furthermore, we have also increased our consumption of low-tryptophan grain based carbohydrates.

Skipping meals and eating meals without protein is guaranteed to reduce your serotonin. In addition you need a good supply of vitamins and minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, vitamin D and B vitamins, to ensure neurotransmittors such as serotonin are made consistently.

Stressed & Depressed We now live busy lives and are often faced with day to day stressors, which can sap our brains of serotonin supplies while trying to keep us calm. Take time to relax and learn more effective stress management techniques, so you stop depleting your body.

Is it in your genes? A deficiency in serotonin function can also be inherited. The good news is, even if you have inherited a tendency to be angry, depressed, sleepless etc you can still change this through nutritional intervention.

Let a little light in…. Serotonin is one of the body’s chemicals, which is stimulated by light. Nowadays, more and more people are recognising that they suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a condition where people feel tired and depressed. This is because, as the angle of the sun drops, our serotonin levels drop with it. Therefore during the winter there is often not enough bright light to signal your brain to make serotonin, leaving you feeling depressed.


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Get moving. Many of people underestimate the brain enhancing effect of physical activity. When we exercise, we need serotonin to repair our muscles. During this time, all the amino acids in our bloodstream are delivered quickly to our muscles - all except tryptophan. So as the other aminos are diverted tryptophan can quickly travel through the blood brain barrier and convert to 5-HTP and then serotonin.

Exercise also increases your intake of oxygen, which is crucial for the formation of serotonin.So exercising outdoors three times a week, when the sun is at its peak, would do wonders for your serotonin levels.

Physical clues of a serotonin deficiencyOur Gut Brain… Ever wondered why you find yourself running to the toilet when you feel anxious or nervous? The reason is, that our gut and brain are more interlinked than many people realise. Despite serotonin having such a powerful impact on our mood, 90% of this neurotransmittor is not found in the brain but in our gut. This is why most people who are depressed and anxious also have digestive problems. As they raise their serotonin levels, they often find their digestive tension, such as constipation, can disappear along with their mental constriction.

Not for the faint hearted Like your digestive tract, your heart is also serotonin dependent and low serotonin moods such as anger and fear can be related to heart disease.

Serotonin for Sound Sleeping Do you spend more time in bed worrying and obsessing than actually sleeping? Perhaps you find yourself waking up during the night or very early in the morning? These are all indicators that you may be serotonin deficient.

Serotonin the key for pain relief As well as making us happy and content, serotonin also has a powerful relaxing effect on our muscles, by stimulating our natural painkiller - endorphins. Addressing a serotonin deficiency can therefore be crucial for those living with pain conditions such as Fibromyalgia and TMJ (teeth grinding and painful tension in the jaw).

Food Cravings Do you have afternoon and evening cravings for serotonin boosters such as carbohydrates, cereal, alcohol and other artificial boosters?

The reason is, these can have a serotonin boosting affect on our bodies. When we consume these, our body is placed under stress. They wreak havoc on our blood sugar levels and our body quickly produces insulin to remove the excess glucose from our bloodstream. During this process insulin also removes most of the amino acids, except tryptophan, which can then go straight to our brain without being crowded out by the other aminos.

This is why milky food such as a bowl of cereal or hot chocolate are favourite night time fixes, as they all contain tryptophan and sugar, allowing our body to get an instant serotonin fix.

When we eat these foods we therefore get a short burst of serotonin. This makes us feel happy and relaxed for a short spell, then our blood sugar levels drop and/or we return to our low-serotonin state, leaving us craving more sugar and refined carbohydrates. This becomes a vicious cycle increasing, our risk of Type II Diabetes, not to mention leaving us with excess weight as our body stores the excess glucose as fat!

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car accident in 1999 left me with pain. Because of this, I was unable to sleep well

enough to experience REM (Rapid Eye Move-ment) sleep. As a result, my body began to dis-play symptoms of sleep depravation; my health was deteriorating in every way.

In my attempt to heal, I read many self help books including: You Can Heal Your Life, The Hearts Code, The Power of Intention, Power Vs. Force, The Hidden Messages In Water, Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer, and The Secret. From these and others, I learned the importance of positive affirmations and began to incor-porate them into my daily life. Still nothing changed and I began to wonder why my health was not improving. I realized I was saying the words, but in my heart I didn’t “feel” what I was saying. It was difficult for me to “feel” some-thing that I simply didn’t know what it “felt” like to “feel”. Because I couldn’t “feel” the words, I was unable to heal.

Masaru Emoto’s research on the vibrational power of words and how they affect the qual-ity of water really stirred something inside of me. As I thought about all of this, it dawned on me that since our bodies by weight are over 70 percent water, and our brains by molecule count are 99 percent water, then written WORDS could improve the condition of my body too!

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Make Your Own Personal Power Pillowcases

• 1 color (fabric) standard / queen size pillow case: 1 yard of material and thread to match

• 3 colors (fabric) standard / queen size pillow-case: (1) 28 inches of material. (2) 5 inches of material (3) 12 inches of material. Note: If the material has a horizontal design you will need • 1 ¼ yards of material if you want the design to run horizontally across your bed.

• 1 color (fabric) size pillowcase made out of just one color you will need: 1 ½ yards of material and thread to match.

• 3 colors (fabric) king size pillowcase made out of three colors you will need: 1 ¼ yards of material and thread to match (2) 5 inches of material (3) 12 inches of material

Note: Yardage is for one pillowcase so if you want a matching pair you will need to double the amount of material to be purchased.

After you have your pillowcases sewn, em-broider the words on each side. On one side of

the pillowcase put the phrases: I love you. I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you.

On the other side of the pillowcase put words that empower you. Here is a list of suggested personal power words: Abundance, Adventure, Awareness, Balance, Beautiful, Beauty, Believe, Charity, Clarity, Communication, Compassion, Courage, Cre-ativity, Delight, Dream, Education, Efficiency, Enthusiasm, Expectancy, Faith, Flexibility, For-giveness, Freedom, Grace, Gratitude, Harmony, Healing, Honesty, Hope, Humor, Inspiration, Integrity, Joy, Light, Love, Loveable, Patience, Peace, Purification, Purpose, Release, Respect, Responsibility, Simplicity, Spontaneity, Synthe-sis, Tolerance, Transformation, Trust, Truth, Understanding, Unity, Willingness, Wisdom, and Worthy.

Feel free to check out www.strengthfromwithin.biz for more information on Personal Power Pillowcases.


As I pondered it further, I realized I could add the element of color therapy by using the colors of the different chakra centers of my body. I could use colors together with words that were appropriate for balancing out each of the seven chakras; then I would get lots of positive self-healing therapy in each sleep session.

By October of 2007 I had my set completed and began sleeping on a different color each night with different words. Within a few weeks, I noticed I was dreaming again. To me this was a miracle! By December I realized every morn-ing woke up remembering I’d been dreaming, and I have been dreaming every night since! Each morning when I awake, I am so excited I slept so well I just have to say out loud: “thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU for such a good nights rest!” When you experience a goods nights rest I highly recommend you give thanks too. For there is a positive power that comes through an “attitude of gratitude”.

Each night I fall asleep more quickly with just a few slow deep breathes. I wake less often in the night and I sleep more soundly. My body is now able to experience the healing powers of REM sleep. I have less pain; my body is balancing itself out so that I experience less anxiety and depression and I now have more energy!

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I LOVE to inspire, empower & coach women to become vibrantly beautiful and gorgeously healthy.-Star Khecharta

Star Khechara is the author of The Holistic Beauty Book and a practising Beauty Naturopath specialising in rejuvenation and raw organic skincare. Her website www.starkhechara.com features free recipes for healthy beautiful skin and offers training courses in holistic skincare formulation.

started my holistic journey early on in life as I was lucky to have been born to a non-con-forming mother who used to take us away

each summer to a rustic retreat by a nature reserve beach to enjoy several weeks of barefoot walking, wild swimming, no-electricity, story-telling and communal chores. I still remember those holidays fondly and it made me realise that living a natural healthy life is not only good for us, in the traditional sense, but also really fun too, an adventure!

Often we’re fed images by the media that somehow caring for the environment and eating healthily is weird, or a mental illness or a boring ascetic way to survive (cue images of eat-ing beige gruel in unheated houses while picking the rough bits off a hairy jumper and waxing lyrical about compost toilets and the benefits of hemp wellington boots!)

During my childhood summer holidays, while on retreat, I would meet all kinds of interest-ing characters; boat people, hippies, gardeners, crafters, herbal experts and spiritual types; I learnt to sketch, make baskets, meditate, pick up jellyfish, sing round campfires, macramé, pick wild mint and to also be part of a community who ate, slept and worked side by side. I ate a lot of homemade bread, marrow and marmite and learned to like cold showers, candlelight and the sound of crickets.It always felt as though I lived a magical life at this special place and even peeling potatoes felt like fun when sitting outside in the sun on old cushions chatting to fellow ‘peelers.

Then I turned 14 and I was far too ‘cool’ to do the homespun life; I wanted the latest train-ers, to fancy a boy and to have a Walkman. Luckily I snapped out of this by the time I was 19 and once again picked the holistic path to find the life I wanted.

I started becoming aware of all the toxicity around me, in my air, my water, my thoughts, my skincare, my diet and in the friendship choices I made. I realised that it was all connect-ed and it was up to me to detoxify each aspect of my life to become the truly joyful, happy per-son I wanted to be. Isn’t that what we all want, right?

It dawned on me that every-thing we do in life has only 2 out-comes or impacts, it either builds up health or destroys it. Nothing, it seems, is ever neutral. And by health I am not just talking about diet and fitness but about the entire holistic nature of your life, environ-ment and even

planet. The words health, whole, heal and ho-listic are all related; to be healthy is to function at the highest level in every aspect of your life – mind, body and spirit. And to have a healthy home, fulfilling job (life path), love connection and enjoy emotional balance.

For me the process started with beauty and skincare, I began making my own earth-friendly and skin-friendly products, which would actu-ally nourish my skin without containing any harmful chemicals. I made potion after potion for myself, for friends and for family. I studied a course in Aromatherapy that taught me so much

about how plants contain these amazing natu-ral properties and have the power to heal body, mind and spirit. Our sense of smell is closely linked to emotion and these natural essences are nature’s psychologists.

Around that time I found a book about raw food and thought wow! Isn’t it funny how some-times the most bizarrely ‘out there’ idea is actu-ally really simple and logical when you finally take notice of it? I decided to study nutrition fully and became my own health expert.

I really believe that we are all the experts of our own bodies and that by becoming autono-mous self-reliant beings we are allowing our-selves to really be. Living holistically is all about self-reliance, growing our own food, making our own skincare, being our own doctors, building eco-homes and communities, teaching and shar-ing skills so that others may become self-reliant healthy human beings as well.

In my eclectic eco-life I have experimented with different ways of living, I have lived in a tipi halfway up a Spanish mountain, a self-cus-tomised organically designed caravan, a solar-powered ex-bus and a wooden cabin by a river with no heating (brrrr!). I have enjoyed washing in waterfalls, using solar showers and elegant compost toilets, making fires, snoozing in ham-mocks, chopping wood, gathering wild food and fetching spring water. It is in these small and seemingly insignificant (and often moaned about) chores that life blossoms. As the famous Zen proverb says, “before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment chop wood, carry water”

Enlightenment is right here, right now and each moment contains a choice, which can bring you closer to yourself or away. A holistic life is a journey, a process not a race to an imaginary finish. We are only human and not yet perfect, enjoy the little things in life and look for the miracles, see the beauty and honour your divine self. But most of all have loads of fun – life is an adventure!


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Tunis Productions Announces ”Blood Fare” as a Sustainable Film Project

SALT LAKE CITY, UT. – On August 30, 2010, J.A. Steel, the award winning female writer and director, announced her fourth feature “Blood Fare” will follow best practices for sus-tainable “green” filmmaking.

BLOOD FAREPhotos by Michele Marie Jeppson

© Tunis Productions, Inc. 2010

“Blood Fare” (http://bloodfare.warriorentertainment.com) is a Civil War ghost story with a modern twist, with film-ing in Utah, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia. The feature stars Gil Gerard, interna-tionally recognized for his lead role as Captain William ‘Buck’ Rogers in the science fiction movie and television series “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”.

Micheline Birkhead was brought on board to the Tunis Productions “Blood Fare” team, as the Eco/Sustainable Production Executive.

Birkhead is managing director of Clearpath Strategies, and brings over 15 years of experi-ence in Strategic Planning, Program Manage-ment, Business Development, Operations, and Marketing. She earned an MBA from Pepper-dine University; and is a member of the Inter-national Society of Sustainability Professionals, The Association of Environmental Profession-als, and The Project Management Institute. Birkhead is a champion for projects like “Blood Fare”, that embrace innovation, environmental initiatives, sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); and she is currently an Adjunct Professor and Advisory Board member for Sustainability Programs at California State University Fullerton.

Birkhead will consult on and monitor all aspects of pre-production, production and post-production, utilizing the CSRware (http://www.csrware.com) sustainability management soft-ware; and ensure “Blood Fare” meets certifica-tion requirements as a green, eco-friendly and sustainable film production.

Chris Hanson, one of the most recognized special effects artisits in Holywood used soluble fake blood and eco-cleaner for blood removal. He demonstrated his work in “Hellboy”, “Un-derworld”, “Men in Black”, “Men in Black 2”, “The Green Mile”, “The X-Files” and many other productions.

Blood Fare’s Data Manager David Moffit stated; “Much like a great cinematographer, being ecological is a large part just being con-science of ones surroundings. However, the world is larger than what is in front of the lens, and often film crews are accredited as not being . . . all that gentle on locations: burnt ceilings from lights, holes in walls from swinging C-Stands, etc. While on the grounds of a recon-structed fort where a portion of Blood Fare was shot I, along with the rest of the cast and crew, was conscience of the beautiful grounds and sought to reconstruct the image of filmmakers. By using biodegradable, and reusable products as much as possible, in addition to sorting and recycling all our trash, we left the grounds as good as we found them. Now I can’t say I’ll nev-er put another hole in a wall, I can say I’ll try to not make need for another hole in a landfill.”

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BLOOD FARE ECO-INITIATIVES:

* Production of Blood Fare was a “Certified Green Event” as supported by Green Star Inc www.greenstarinc.org. Green Star® is a non-profit organization that encourages businesses to practice waste reduction, energy conservation and pollution prevention through education, technical assistance, and an award-winning voluntary “green business” certification program.

REDUCE:• ENERGY - Minimal use of power required

for this film production, thus little attention to energy management required. We used rechargeable batteries wherever possible. Chose video, audio and lighting equipment with the lowest energy consumption. Switched off all equipment when not in use. Promotion of solar power via product placement of Voltaic Solar packs. Voltaic Systems makes products that produce and store their own power to run your electronics anywhere. http://www.voltaicsystems.com/

• WATER: Use of plastic (BPA-free) water bottles. Each cast / crew were given their own water bottle for the shoot. University of Utah offered students and us filtered

water fill-up station. While on set at Fort Buenaventura, we used one gallon jug water bottles as opposed to 8 oz individual bottles. Cast / crew used their re-fillable bottles and the plastic jugs were recycled.

• PAPER: Printing of scripts was minimized. * Shredded/recycled old scripts (see Recycle). Avoided printing documents unless essential - use laptops, PDAs and smart phones

• Bought in bulk to reduce waste in packaging and transport

REUSE:• LIGHTING GELS - reused for multiple

productions.

• Shot on digital instead of tape

• CLOTHING / PROPS - Instead of purchasing new clothing items for the shoot, many of the clothing items and props for the film were purchased from the local Savers Thrift Store

RECYCLE:• Clothing / Props - Savers: Clothes and props

used in the film were returned to the local Savers Thrift store. Every time you choose to donate your unwanted clothing or household items instead of discarding them in the trash you participate in “The Savers Cycle”. www.savers.com

• Provided plenty of recycling bins and arranged regular recycling collections. All Plastic, Aluminum and Paper were collected and disposed at a recycle center as opposed to going to landfill.

• Envelopes for SAG cheques - see pic of JA with envelopes

FOOD / MISC: • Meal at Uof U - 5’ Sub... from UofU -

focused on offering locally sourced foods/ingredients. *see pic attached

• Had raw vegan options to reduce meat consumption

• Bought local produce and supplies

• Water-Soluble Fake Blood and eco-cleaner for blood removal.

TRANSPORTATION & OTHER:o carpooling - CARPOOLING - Exec team and crew carpooled to set locations. May offset carbon from air travel with carbon offsets purchased from TerraPass. Majority of cast and crew were local to Utah in order to reduce the transportation carbon footprint impact.

o Used local hotels rather than international chains to ensure money stays in the community & limited transportation requirements.

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Thank you Bob Melanson, who made a personal and professional committment to be GREEN: “MADE THE SWITCH!!!

“It was an initially large financial jump for me, but totally worth it. Having Micheline Birkhead as our cast & crew’s Eco Advisor got me thinking of just thow much waste a decent sized group can come up with at the end of a long day. Judging... by the size of the trashbags I saw Micheline carrying out in the designated waste spot, I’d say... even when constantly & consiencely keeping in mind our individual waste footprints... we still had a considerate amount left to deal with at the end of each day. I would also say that a large part of the actual weight of the waste was from my dead batteries.

The cost of this rechargeable battery & power distribution system was $1161.12. But it just made sense for me to invest in this switch. Instead of buying bricks of batteries for every sound-mixing gig (and the more important waste that proceeds... approx 16 batteries every 4 hours) I have a Lithium-Ion NP-1 rechargeable battery kit with 2 batteries and a charger. The batteries fully charge in about 4 hours. Each battery will power this rig for 15 hours of use vs. having to go thru 60 batteries in that same 15 hour period. The BDS v3 Battery Distribution System can power up to 5 different devices.

Anyways, I’m glad that I made the switch.Those trash bags at the end of the days will be a lot lighter because of it!”

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“I love anything Green! I’m involved with an Eco-friendly Women’s travel organization; SWEET It makes me sick to my stomach to think people don’t understand what is happen-ing to our planet. Not realizing that this is our reality, we must take care of it! I wish every city were like San Francisco, which makes it a law to recycle and to use compost!”

Natalie Garcia, Reporterwww.Discoversweet.com

CAST & CREW

“I dispose all of my solvents properly”

Chris Hanson, Special Makeup Effects Supervisor

“I try to bring reusable bags to grocery stores, make

“To keep it green, I actually throw all my card-board and paper in a recycle can! I figure I should do my part, and walk the walk! From a health stand point I try to stay away from foods that are pro-cessed as much as possible! I feel I’ve avoided a lot of illnesses during flu season because of that!”

Zach Mathews, Actor

“A tip I have to help conserve water is to not let the water run while brushing your teeth. It’s really easy, but even the little changes always help!!

I eat vegetables and fruits from my family’s garden that contain no pesticides. And, our animals need to be protected. I am always kind to any animal I come across, and help donate to causes that help protect and preserve our animal kingdom.”

Savannah Ostler, Actor

“…my art being done on the computer would be a tad more friendly than not. I almost never draw on paper and I email my work to clients. So I guess with not mailing physical work I contribute to pollution less.”

Shayne Trözdol, Storyboard Artist

“Recycle stuff, it’s everybody’s planet. And tell the soccer mom’s to stop driving Hummers.”

Adrian West, Actor

“I’m thinking that we as Americans do not use the en-vironment very well and we need to be better educat-ed on how. I believe that the state of Oregon knows how very well and we can learn a lot from them. Per-sonally myself, I eat a lot of raw foods and drink green smoothies (spinach, kale and fresh fruit). Because of this I am off my blood pressure and cholesterol meds. I feel strongly that we are not only unfriendly to the environment we are also unfriendly to our own bodies only because we really aren’t educated enough. We have a lot of ills that can be remedied just by not eat-ing all the packaged stuff that is marketed to us day in and day out. Raw foods rock!”

Cathleen Mason, Actor

“I have been in the energy saving business for over 15 years with the National Weatherization Assistance Program. I retrofit homes to be more energy effi-cient… a little more caulk here and a little more tape there…even to the regular mundane jobs it applies. You would be surprised what small things make such a big difference…” A.L.

Tip: In today’s housing economy with the competitive market it gives you as a seller the leg up if your home is Energy Star Gold and as a buyer investing in a home that is energy star efficient will conserve energy and save you money. Everblue Training Institute is an organization, which trains builders to high-energy efficient standards. People demand more in efficient homes and the code is not cutting it anymore.

Antonio Lexerot, ActorEverblue Training Institute Building Earths Sustainable Workforce!1(888)204-8735everblueenergy.com

“Recently I moved away from my small hometown to a bigger city, and one of my goals out here is to make a new friend every day. I try to interact with strangers and find something intriguing about each and every one of them.”

Jocelyn Berlage, Actor

“I’m on the board of Earth Jam Productions; a local Utah non-profit organization that puts on an annual spring festival for the community to provide a plat-form for local artists, vendors and non-profit groups. Another thing I do is teaching my boys the impor-tance of leaving the earth better then when they found it. One of my favorite things to do with my 5-year-old son Octavian is to go on “Treasure Walks”. We take two sacks; one for recycle/garbage and the other for treasures he likes to keep. Great way to get out get exercise and clean up at the same time.

Michele Marie Jeppson, Still Photographer

“As far as doing my part...well, at home I try to refill my water bottle during the day instead of just grab-bing another one (I have a Brita in the fridge). Profes-sionally, I usually bring a water container (such as what we used on Blood Fare). I also have a compost heap in my back yard, so I tend to throw all my organics into that instead of the trash. Sometimes I throw things across our fence (we have a field behind us) to feed any critters that might wander that way. I’ve been trying to grow veggies in buckets on my back porch (not much success) so I think next year I’m going to have to break down and rotor tiller a patch of yard. I do grow mint and basil in buckets.”

Sonja Jones, First Assistant Director

“It may take a few extra minutes to recycle when it comes to throwing things away, but well worth the payoff to keep this beautiful planet the work of art that it is!”

Brandi Lynn Anderson, Actor


“I have a water bottle that I take everywhere and fill up at gas stations, water fountains wherever. So I don’t have to use any cups or throwaway bottles. When printing off scripts I use whatever scratch paper I have first. Instead of cranking up the heat when it’s cold I’ll don a blanket or coat.”

Brenden Whitney, Actor

“For me I’ve found myself, recently, in eco-friendly sit-uations in regards to the wave of professionals trying to make a difference on sets in Utah and in Hollywood. I was working for a friend of mine, Debbie Durkin, last month who hosted an eco-friendly celebrity lounge in Beverly Hills as a part of the Emmy Awards in a house that was an “eco friendly” house including solar pan-els, energy efficient rooms that shut off when you leave them, things like that. This job was amazing to see A list celebrities and top companies coming together to spread the word that “green sets” are becoming more popular. J.A. Steele and her production team realized this is an important wave and jumped on board mak-ing Blood Fare my first green set I’ve worked on. What I can do to make a difference is simply report about how this is happening and people are starting to pay attention to Universe.”

Mario DeAngelis, First Assistant Camerahttp://www.saltyhorrorfilmfestival.com/

“It was nice to work on a movie full of blood and guts and recycling. Because, hey, an actor can get up and walk away, but a piece of trash will just stay there and rot.” David Moffitt, Data Manager on Blood Fare

“I thought it was quite impressive that the entire cast & crew took part in the eco-initiatives on the Blood Fare set! The recycle containers were clearly marked, making it easy:) I live in Bountiful, where we have a recycle container along with our trash containers and most of my families trash goes in the recycle bin. If we all put forth a little effort, we can make a BIG difference!”

April Knight, Actor

sure all of my lights are off when not needed, put on a sweater or curl up in a blanket instead of turning on the heat, and I try to walk instead of using my car. These are just a few things I can do everyday. Also, I think its important to support socially responsible brands.”

Sarah Devere, Production Coordinator

“Over here in Germany we have a system that takes care of the recycling of all kind of wrapping since 1990. Even before things like paper was collected separately in this area. We separate e.g. bio, glass, paper, plastic, all kind of metals, cork, batteries, old technical devices (e.g. fridges, stoves, electric irons), old electronic devices (e.g. hifi, computers), and so on. We have a diesel car, which needs about 6-7 liters per 100km. On the roof of our house we have solar collectors to support the heating of water for domestic use. Windows and walls are getting better and better isolated to reduce the loss of heat in winter. We don’t use regular light bulbs anymore but ones with a low energy use.”

Christian K. Koch, Co-Producer

“One of the things I do personally to be a bit “greener” is ride my motorcycle when I can instead of driving my truck. Also, when go-ing out to clubs with friends we carpool. I also recycle aluminum, glass and some plastic.”

J.A. Steel, Director

About: J.A. Steel: Steel is a director, producer, actor, videogra-pher, editor, fight choreographer and stunt person, in addition to writer and composer ... and even a distributor ... a unique woman in Hollywood. “Blood Fare” is Steel’s fourth feature film. Her action horror shocker “Denizen”, her action supernatural thriller “Salva-tion”, and her action feature “The Third Society” reflect in many ways Steel’s real life hobbies of Muay Thai kickboxing, cave diving, motorcycle riding, firearms and edged weapons. All three movies are available on Amazon.com. Steel lives in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, but prefers the peace of Utah and mountain scenery for her screen writing.


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