New Years Eve Blog Post

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!

I love you all!!!!

Kevin Gianni, Annmarie Gianni, Angela and me, all hung out and had a New Years Party. Kevin taped it and it was so much fun. I'll get that link to you soon.

Yesterdays TV Show didn't upload in time, but it is up online now. You can view it at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRib0YA2hTU

Tomorrow we'll continue The Raw Food World TV Show Programming.

Happy New Year!!!

The Raw Food World TV Show 12-30, How to eat Raw Food When Travelling...

Hey Everyone!!! This TV Show is my adventure on my way to pick up the Giannis from the Airport. Lots of fun stuff going on here.

I am going to bed right now and I am hoping that the movie uploads while I am sleeping. The Internet connection in Mexico isn't the best here, and therefore, sometimes it jams in the middle of the upload. If clicking on the video doesn't work for you this morning, I will have it uploaded tomorrow morning Pacific Standard Time.


JUST DO IT!!!

Anyone can start their own business. Julie is living proof. LOVE IT!!!

I am so excited for our New Year TV Show Special. We'll have Angela, the Giannis and me. We'll see you tomorrow at The Raw Food World TV Show.

The Raw Food World TV Show 12-29, Should Matt Monarch Cut his Hair???

We decided to take a trip to Sanoviv, the health institute in Mexico. Please join us on this exciting ride!!!

So... The Question of the days is... Should Matt Monarch Cut his hair??? You can answer in the poll below.

Should Matt Monarch cut his hair?

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The Raw Food World TV Show 12-28, Introducing... Wrap Up Sunday!!!

The EXCITEMENT has not diminished in the SLIGHTEST in regards to our new 'The Raw Food World' TV Show.

I have an EXCITING announcement to make...

We have a new weekly episode now, which is called 'Wrap Up Sunday'. What we will be doing every Sunday on 'Wrap Up Sunday', is summarizing and highlighting all the fun stuff that has taken place over the week on 'The Raw Food World' TV Show. We will also be answering to popular pressing questions that were asked throughout the week. Sunday will be a great day to catch up on what's going on at 'The Raw Food World' TV Show. Please view below our FIRST 'Wrap Up Sunday' Episode...

Here is the information below that I promised you on the "How To Succeed on an 'Intermediate Whole Food Healthy Cooked Diet'...

Since we featured my mom on our new TV Show, people have been impressed with how amazing she looks at her age. There has been a HUGE DEMAND for the details of How To Succeed on an 'Intermediate Whole Food Healthy Cooked Diet', just like my mom is experiencing.

As I've stated many times before, no-one needs to be 100% Raw to be healthy. I know of many people who are THRIVING on an 'Intermediate Diet' like this.

In response to this demand for more info, on Thursday, January 8th at 6pm Pacific Standard Time, I am going to be holding a Teleconference on "How to Succeed with an 'Intermediate Whole Food Healthy Cooked Diet'". Simply said... I am going to tell you what the 'Intermediate Diet' is and give you Step-by-Step details on how to succeed with this type of lifestyle. By the end of this Teleconference Call, my aim is that you will feel COMPLETELY EMPOWERED about how to improve your Dietary Lifestyle. I will speak for 1 - 2 Hours, and then I will stay on the call for as long as it takes (up until Midnight ;) Pacific Standard Time), to answer ALL of your questions.

The cost of this unique Teleconference Call is $22 and you can sign up by clicking HERE.

After you reserve your place on this Teleconference, we will send you the information on how to access the call, a few days before the event.

To reserve your space on this empowering Teleconference with Matt Monarch, click HERE.

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Yikes!!! I got trapped myself in that one about explaining where I learned the Little Mermaid song :-O...

Thank you again for writing to my brother about all the Spiritual Aspects of the Raw Food Diet. I believe it got him thinking a bit. I am sure that we will have both my Mom and my Brother back on the show sometime soon.

I promised in my video that I would leave you Yum Ball Recipe and a video of us making Yum Pot's. I am sure that in this upcoming week that we will also be bringing you some NEW Yum Pot recipes. Click HERE to see the Yum Pot recipe and click HERE to see the Yum Ball Video and Recipe.

For any of you interested in www.TissueGirls.com... Please respond with your best offer... ;-)

Angela wanted me to share her favorite Idea that was posted for www.TissueGirls.com...

Valerie Wrote:

I am an avid antique and vintage collector. I have an extensive collection of antique and collectible art and original prints. The Gibson Girls Tissue girls were the nostalgic faces of the little pastel prints of those cute little cherub faces from the Northern Tissue Company. They are often called simply, "The Tissue Girls" (circa 1950's) http://www.gibson-girls.com/tissue-girls.html Oddly, dreams can be wacky and I always LISTEN to my dreams..another conversation of spirituality for another time. Just between you both and myself, I would have bought the tissuegirls.com as well had I dreamed of them. It will be interesting as it all unfolds:) Valerie

Thanks for sharing Valerie!!!

Our New Puppy Layda is looking so much better this evening. We gave her much LOVE, SUN, and warmth all day long. She is THRIVING!

The Questions of the Day is...

What would YOU like to see as a Future Episode on 'The Raw Food World' TV Show?
We'll see you tomorrow... At the Raw Food World!

The Raw Food World TV Show 12-27, Coconut Feast with Angela Stokes

Hang out with Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes as Angela makes the ULTIMATE Coconut Chocolate Milk Concoction...

Oh!!!... We forgot the Question or Action of the Day...

Does anyone have any Natural Hair Care Tips for keeping hair undreaded???

And... Lastly... To get that RICH Silky FINE Carob Powder From Italy, click HERE.

The Raw Food World TV Show 12-26, www.TissueGirls.com???

Join Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes as they talk about Boxing Day, www.TissueGirls.com, and they show, What they got for Christmas this year. You will learn which toothbrush is the best for cleaning your teeth, awesome new Vibram FiveFinger shoes and much more...



The Question of the Day is...

What on Earth!... are we going to do with our New URL www.TissueGirls.com???

The Raw Food World TV Show, A Christmas 'Tail' ;)

Come join Angela and I on Christmas Day as we open presents and tell a Lovely 'Tail' on how we have acquired one dog and two puppies...


So... The question of the day is...

Do you have any questions about feeding dogs Raw?... Especially puppies? :)

Episode 12-24, Broken Link Fixed...

That link to that last 12-24 episode didn't work. Sorry about that!!! We fixed it an you can watch yesterdays episode by clicking the video below:

Episode 12-24, Angela Stokes Debut & an Interview with Matt Monarch's Cousen, Jamie Stalick

Ohhhhh!!!! So EXCITING!!!! Angela Stokes is on the show, LIVE... IN PERSON!!! For those of you that are subscribed to my YouTube Channel. I created a new one called The Raw Food World and you can resubscribe HERE.

Angela and I have both had Ear Candling done in the past and we both noticed some shifts happen when we did it. My cousin is an audiologist and gives the science on why it is virtually impossible to get any benefit whatsoever from Ear Candling. In the video she explains the science behind it. Although, it sounds very convincing, I know what I saw Angela go through and what I went through. After watching this video, we would LOVE to hear your comments in regards to this.


Although, my baby cousin thinks that I am ABSOLUTELY NUTS, she is still so BEAUTIFUL and ADORABLE. Sorry guys, she's spoken for ;) She thinks I am CRAZY!!! I bet more than half of my family members would say THE EXACT SAME THING... It's not easy dealing with the Social Challenges when going 100% Raw... Is it? Well!!!... It doesn't stop me!

Ok, my friends... On another note, who's correct? Angela or I. Does Christmas Eve start in the morning on December 24th or in the evening???

And... LAST but not LEAST... Angela's Raw Food Christmas Video is a MUST Watch. You can do so by clicking the video below...

Episode 12-22, My Mom on the Intermediate Diet - Up's & Down's

The Raw Food World Episode 12-22, is sooo much FUN! I had a nice talk with my mom on how she has been succeeding on a wholefood intermediate diet. She does so well with her diet! She has eliminated Refined Sugar and Processed Starches completely, except she eats a salad dressing with just a bit of sugar in it sometimes in very small quantities. It's all about Permanent Forward Steps!!!



The Chocolate Truffles that my mom was ABSOLUTELY CRAZY for are the Ulimana Truffles available HERE... They are about 6 items down the page.

We are going to be posting videos all the time now... EXCITING!!! I highly recommend that you join the Inner-Circle with our special Raw Emotions Offer. I will most likely be posting videos daily here. However, we will also be adding many more Videos in this exclusive online community that won't be available to the public. Angela has been filming a green smoothie challenge with our wonderful Landlord in Mexico. Once this 'Green Smoothing Challenge' video is complete, we will be posting it up in the Inner Circle. As you saw in the previous blog post, there is so much more then just these extra videos. To sign up at the discounted rate with all the free goodies, click HERE.

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I was having some issues with my blog here and one of my posts from a few days ago didn't quite make it through. You can view the 'Enemas Everyday?!?!? Experiment Conducted' post HERE.

I had a few people that were interested in conducting this type of experiment. If you do something like this, you will become very clean very fast. Please do keep in mind that if you do this for a great period of time, you may not be able to go back to eating the way you used to eat without adverse consequences. Inevitably, you will need less food because the body becomes extremely efficient. Just as it says in that post, people get extremely confused and don't understand what is going on.

I will see you SOON on our NEXT BLOG POST!!!

The Raw Food World TV Show Debut!!!

In this Newsletter you can find:

• $7.77 Raw Emotions Offer - Link Fixed & ONLY 2 Days Left
  
• *New* FREE TV show with Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes
  
• 20% HOLIDAY Coupon Code - on ANY SIZE ORDER!! [ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT!!!]
  
• New Products - Evie's Kitchen, by Shazzie!, Coconut Flour & LifeForce Bars & Bread, & More
  
• "Below Cost" Specials: Hemp Oil 8oz, Cacao Nibs, Raw Chocolate Brownies
  
• At Cost!" Specials: Teryaki Kale Chips!!! (the Cheesey Kale Chips SOLD OUT), Carob Powder, & Dark Mesquite
  
• Matt Monarch's Monthly Recommendation - Arnold Ehret's Books
  

Whoa!!! We had SOOOO many people sign up for the 'Raw Emotions' Offer with the free '30-Day Inner Circle' Trial offer and then the link stopped working... YIKES!!! I got MASSES of emails enquiring about the broken link. Well... The Link is ALL fixed now and you can go sign up now.

I can understand why this broken link stirred up such a RuCkUs with the masses of emails pouring in my inbox. When I first embarked on my Raw Food journey, I was so blessed to have Dr. Fred Bisci there as a mentor for me to show me the 'in's and out's' on how to succeed on my Raw Food Journey. Well... This special offer not only provides that type of support with Angela's invaluable 'Raw Emotions' eBook & Audio Download, but you also get more ongoing support (like Dr. Bisci gave me) through the 'Inner Circle' Program.

In this exclusive offer, for ONLY $7.77, you get:

The "Raw Emotions" eBook (Normally $24.95!!!)

A "Raw Emotions" Audio Download with Angela Stokes -
This will be the First Ever Interview Angela has given on Raw Food & Emotions

Free 30-Day Membership to our *NEW* "Inner Circle" Subscription Service

Click HERE to take advantage of this very special offer!

*NEW* Inner Circle Subscription Service

Finally!!!... This is what you have been waiting for...

I am very excited to announce that Kevin & Annmarie Gianni, Angela and I have teamed up to bring you the Inner Circle Community Subscription Service. After your free 30-Day intial trial, it is a "No Brainer" to stay on board for $9.97 a month, even if only because just by being part of this service, you get an ONGOING 12% Discount coupon at our Raw Food Superstore, at www.TheRawFoodWorld.com. That will pay for itself... And some!!!

This INCREDIBLE service ALSO includes:

Weekly Q & A with Health Experts Angela Stokes, Matt Monarch, Mike Adams, Kevin Gianni and more!

Access to special videos (including many of Angela and I) not available to the general public.

An active forum and community of over 1000 members already, who can help support you and answer your questions!

Ongoing 12% Discount to 'The Raw Food World' Website

Weekly Q and A Chats with Kevin and Annmarie Gianni

Access to the downloads and transcripts of all the previous and future Inner Circle calls with health leaders like Victoria Boutenko, Dr. Doug Graham, Dr. Jonny Bowden, Mike Adams, David Wolfe, Sally Fallon and others!

And so much more... Daily we are adding more and more Value to the "Inner Circle"!

Hurry! This "Raw Emotions" $7.77 offer is only Available for the next 3 days!!!

Click HERE to take advantage of this very special offer!

The Raw Food World TV Show, Featuring Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes

Get UP, CLOSE, and PERSONAL with Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes! Over the years we have been getting hundreds of emails requesting us to CREATE MORE VIDEOS!!!! Well... Our good friend Kevin Gianni of 'The Renegade Health Show' gave me a MASS of INSPIRATION to create our new TV Show... The Raw Food World.

I am Sooo EXCITED and PROUD to Present... The Raw Food World TV Show!!!



We plan to post many videos per week. It's going to be FUN, EXCITING, and... NEW... Come aboard... We're expecting you... ;)

You will not only get UP, CLOSE, and PERSONAL with Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes, but there is so much more... We will be interviewing hundreds of people that cross our way, including our family members and friends. We will review our COOLEST and yummiest new products, give Raw Tips, Recipes and so much more.

To check out our debut pilot show of The Raw Food World, you can click on the video above or Click Here. You can also sign up to automatically recieve our latest TV Episodes straight to your email by joining the blog for free.

Also... Click HERE to join the Inner-Circle Program with Kevin, Annmarie, Angela and I for even more support and FUN!

20% HOLIDAY Coupon Code - on ANY SIZE ORDER!!!

Never, have I seen more orders placed at www.TheRawFoodWorld.com, like this past week since we put the 20% HOLIDAY discount code out.

Only 7 Days Left to take advantage of this 20% HOLIDAY coupon code!!!

Just type in the coupon code - HOLIDAY - to receive 20% off any size order, excluding all appliances until December 31st.

The mark-up on all appliances is minimal and we would actually lose money if this coupon code was used for purchasing appliances. Unfortunately, we will have to refund any orders that contain appliances. However, that being said, if you want to get a rebounder, a slicer, or a Breville Juice Fountain, I will let the coupon code slide for those, as the mark-up is slightly higher on these products.

So please enjoy 20% off all your foods, books, superfoods. 'at-cost' specials, and any of our other non-appliance products.

Happy Holidays and a huge Thank You for your continued support!!!

New Products at The Raw Food World

Shazzie's NEW BOOK Evie's Kitchen, is FINALLY HERE!!! We are the EXCLUSIVE US distributors of this book and I can't get over how GORGOUS this book is. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! Shazzie... WE LOVE YOU!!!

"Evie's Kitchen: Raising an ecstatic child offers an abundance of recipes for raw food, "recipes to love your child to life". But Evie's Kitchen is much more than a recipe book. It is a book that gives voice to nature's wisdom on a wide range of subjects, including natural birthing (ecstatic birthing), breastfeeding (ecstatic feeding), attachment parenting (ecstatic parenting), co-sleeping (you get the idea), natural immunity, natural detox, natural first-aid, even the de-institutionalization of education. Yes, it’s true, and we've always known it: schools are institutional daycare." -- Jock Doubleday, writer and natural man

Eagerly awaited by grown ups all over the world. Finally, an easy yet comprehensive guide to raising a child on raw food -- successfully

You'll love it!!!

Here are all the latest new additions to The Raw Food World Store:

• Evie's Kitchen
  
• Coconut Flour
  
• MSM Powder
  
• LifeForce - Goji Lemon Bar
  
• LifeForce - Chocolate Mint Bar
  
• LifeForce - Chocolate Orange Bar
  
• LifeForce - Chocolate Vanilla Bar
  
• LifeForce - Raw Bread SUN-FLAX FOCACCIA
  
• LifeForce - Raw Bread SUN-FLAX RYE
  
• The Pleasure Trap DVD
  
  AND... Many More New Products COMING SOON!!!
  

LoveForce (Previously LifeForce) Product Line (AMAZING Bars & Raw Breads)

Aaron Suttschenko is the MASTERMIND behind the LoveForce products. When I first became 100% Raw, I worked with Aaron on the phone quite often as he bought some of our products for his first business venture. His LATEST Business venture is a GREAT SUCCESS!!! Here is a message from Aaron himself:

Love Force Raw Foods exists to offer you with an alternative to the everyday selection of snack and energy foods. We like to think of our energy bars as desserts that provide real whole food nutrition. We are proud to offer Natural Organic Raw Vegan Foods in the form of Love Force Energy Bars and Love Force Raw Breads.

Enjoy!!!

All our New Items can be found at the link below:

Click here for New Items

Enemas Everyday?!?!? Experiment Conducted

Greetings from Matt Monarch

In this Holiday Newsletter you can find:

• Ann Wigmore Announcement!!!
  
• Angela Stokes Announcement!!!
  
• 20% HOLIDAY Coupon Code - on ANY SIZE ORDER!!!
  
• Enemas Every Day?!?!? Experiment Conducted - Article/Blog Post
  
• New Products - Silky RICH Fine Carob Powder from Italy!!!, Cashew Cheese Sticks, Black & Pink Himalayan Crystal Salts, Organic Dried Pomegranate Seeds, More Lydia's Organics Products, Cocopura Coconut Creme *Vanilla*, and so much more!!!
  
• "Below Cost" Specials: Hemp Oil 8oz, Cacao Nibs, Raw Chocolate Brownies
  
• At Cost!" Specials: Cheesey & Teryaki Kale Chips!!!, Carob Powder, & Dark Mesquite
  
• FINALLY!!! A new Audio Download with Dr. Fred Bisci...
  
• Matt Monarch's Monthly Recommendation - Arnold Ehret's Books
  
• Shining the Spotlight - YOU choose!
  

Whoa!!! All right Guys and Gals... I don't even know where to start, I have so many EXCITING and WONDERFUL things to share!!!

Real quickly... You have GOT to try our new Silky-Fine Carob Powder from Italy! I cannot get over how RICH it is!!! It is the best chocolate replacement and BEST-tasting Carob Powder I have ever tried! SO RICH & CHOCOLATEY!!!

OK... ~Deep Breath~... HERE WE GO...

ANNOUNCEMENT 1!: Remember a few months back I mentioned I was going on an adventure where there was the possibility of uncovering an ENTIRE BOX of personal tapes of Ann Wigmore talking??? Well... The tapes are indeed in existence, and I am VERY likely going to get them in my hands next month.

I talked to the person who has them and there are hours and hours of tapes in a BIG BOX! The 'guardian' of the tapes has listened to many of them, but there are so many that she hasn't heard them all quite yet. Ann Wigmore used to carry around a tape recorder that she would frequently talk into, producing boxes of these tapes. I was told that there are recordings of meetings with congress, interviews with Ann Wigmore, and countless hours of Ann simply talking away into these tapes. This person who has these tapes was very close to Ann. She would take notes with her and sat with her every single day. I am so excited about the potential from accessing these old tapes. I intend to meet with 'the tape guardian' in January sometime and we are going to discuss our options.

Wish me luck and we will see how it pans out! I have a VERY GOOD feeling about this...

ANNOUNCEMENT 2!: The next stage of Angela's fiance' visa application has been APPROVED and she is going to be doing her Visa Interview within about a month, in the UK. This is so GREAT... AND... EXCITING!!!

Please send your LOVE & Blessings as we finish this process off. It seems she could be back on US soil within 1 - 3 months. At some point soon after she is in the US, we will get married and we will also be doing a Raw Food Lecture Tour across the USA!!! We will hit up almost every state. Prepare yourselves!!!

We have TONS of new EXCITING products added to our website this month. And...

Please Enjoy the ~Jam Packed~ Holiday Newsletter this week!

Enemas Everyday?!?!? Experiment Conducted - Blog Post, by Matt Monarch

The information below is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness. It is valuable to seek the advice of an alternative health care professional before making any changes. I would love for you to make an appointment with Dr. Fred Bisci at 718-979-7950, for the most accurate information possible.

Sharon Wrote:

Matt-
How often do you recommend an enema? Once a week? Once a month?
I know someone who is doing it every day. It seems that would cause your bowels to not work properly on their own.
I use a 2 quart from the pharmacy.
I think the goal is to keep the colon as cleansed as possible in between or without colonics.
I am a cancer survivor and trying for maintenance.
I was asking for a friend who I am concerned about. She uses an enema every day.
Thanks, Sharon S

Thanks for your question, Shron. I feel the optimal frequency of cleansing the colon with enemas depends upon what a person wants to accomplish. I know of Cancer Survivors who did enemas every single day and they healed. These people generally continue to take enemas frequently afterwards. I also know of people on the 100% Raw Food Diet who are successful with just one colonic per month.

I have been told by many reliable sources, that Ann Wigmore did enemas 2 - 3 times EVERY DAY. I have also been told by these same sources that Ann on MOST days would eat just five sips of energy soup, five times daily. She would chew each sip well over 50 times. Lastly, I heard that she only slept about 3 hours a day. She took 1-hour naps, three times a day. That is all she needed, to be the MOST energetic elderly woman on the planet!

At first, I made many assumptions about what Ann Wigmore was physically going through from doing enemas every single day like this. However, these assumptions didn't feel like enough for me, as my curiousity was peaking to an EXTREME. SO... I did an experiment on myself...

Keep in mind, that I am a pretty 'clean' and 'pure' guy as it is (cellular-ly speaking). If I eat at a Raw Food Restaurant, for example, I get a runny nose for a day or so, as my usual intake is very simple.

The Experiment: For two months, I did an enema with a 6-quart enema bag every single day. For the first month, I systematically under-ate, plus only ate whole raw foods, such as whole fruits, nuts and seeds. The most amount of fat that I would eat in that first month was just a 1/4 of an avocado and about a tablespoon of Nut Butter every single day. I only ate two very small meals a day for this first month.

The second month I ate much more 'Raw Gourmet', which included packaged dehydrated raw foods, spices, raw ice cream (high in fat), etc. I ate two larger meals each day.

So, what were the results...?

For the first month... WOW!!!, what an experience.

While doing the enemas every day, once a day, it felt extremely easy to eat small amounts of food. I experienced virtually no cravings, as I just kept pulling the waste out of my body on a daily basis. My sinus cavity felt virtually clean of any obstruction (mucus) whatsoever. My awareness was Soooo SHARP that meditation came to me automatically and effortlessly. It was absolute utter bliss to choose to be conscious and aware and not resort to food for 'escape' in tenser moments. Just like in the past, I again started to have 'out of this world' spiritual experiences. Additionally, I would wake up ALIVE and ALERT... ready to JUMP out of bed. I had more energy than I knew what to do with. I exercised frequently due to the ease of it. My body was so free of obstruction, running was effortless. I felt like I could go forever. My recovery time for my body was extremely fast. I felt that the amount of regeneration I went through each night was accelerated 10-fold. My injuries and joints just felt free of any obstruction and my body felt fluid as can be. Breathing deeply automatically started to happen on its own. It seemed like by eating very little food with very little obstruction, there was more space in my body to breathe and my body just LOVED it. The feeling of LOVE effortlessly permeated through my body and being. As I conversed with others, not only did I feel more in-tune and present with the conversation, but I was also aware of everything else going on around us, and in 'awe' of life in general, all AT THE SAME TIME . I continually thought to myself, why on Earth would I want to eat more than I am eating right now, ever?

I sense that I kind of tapped the surface to what Ann Wigmore was experiencing when she ate 5 sips of energy soup five times a day and did 2-3 enemas a day.

Then!... Came the second half of the experiment, where I went from systematically under-eating whole foods to eating gourmet and larger meals...

The second month of the experiment felt quite unpleasant for me at times. My body continually tried to cleanse the 'Gourmet Ingredients' out of my body as fast as it could (e.g. spices, nama shoyu, agave). For the entire month I was clogged with mucus; I had a constant runny nose and excess gas for most of the day. The enema would relieve me to a great extent every evening. However, since I was repeatedly creating this cleansing pathway for my body by doing enemas every evening, my body would then take full advantage of that, during my sleep, through the nightly cleansing processes. I would wake up obstructed with a massive amount of mucus. I found it more difficult to get out of bed each morning. I sensed that my awareness had faded a bit and I felt more insecure, on many levels. I soon became 'addicted' to the packaged dehydrated foods that contained spices and I found myself hankering for more. I felt 'out of control' with my life in many ways, including my food intake and drive to conduct business, plus my confidence was down. My breathing became more shallow. I exercised less frequently as my body needed much more time to recover. However, when I did exercise, I did have a good amount of energy. Not as much as the first month, but it was adequate.

I'll provide my interpretation of this experiment in a moment, but first I want to ask Sharon... Does your friend seem to be living out smthg closer to the first month of this experiment (Systematically Under-eating), the second month (eating in excess), or somewhere in-between? Keep in mind that we cannot of course make other peoples' choices for them; if it were me, I would possibly make a suggestion to your friend one time (if you feel concerned about the pattern she is playing out) and then let them be. I feel that if someone is living out the second scenario while doing daily enemas, then this can be considered an eating disorder. We'll call it Enema-bulimism ;). I feel that it is not a good practice to do enemas frequently in order to continually clean up eating 'mistakes'. If I were to have continued living this second scenario for the rest my life, I can see how this process of eating poorly (for me) would have a damaging effect on my body. I sensed myself beginning to age at an accelerated rate in the second month, compared to when I was eating extremely well in the first stage of the experiment.

If someone is doing enemas every day and eating processed damaging foods, such as refined sugars and processed starches on a regular daily basis, I feel that could be a really big issue, as it may age them prematurely and lead to disease. I have met people who do this consistently. These types of people are generally morbidly obese. Due to the frequent colon cleansing, the body is working EXTRA HARD to become cleaner, throwing out more waste into the colon every time it is emptied. This cleaner body then needs a lot less food than it is being given, especially due to the repeated colon cleansing, so the excess food is just deposited as fat throughout the body.

In Conclusion...

From this experiment, I saw that doing enemas like this every day will push a person further and faster into 'cleaner' territory so quickly that the body demands the diet to be improved. In fact, Dr. Ann Wigmore pushed her body all the way to eating just about 5 sips of energy soup, five times a day. I feel that if someone is going to practice consistent colon cleansing for a great period of time, whether it is once a day, two times a week or once a week, they would do best to simultaneously move their food choices to their 'ideal emotional-free, consistent diet' for the long-term. I feel there can be major consequences if you don't follow through with these aspirations in the long-run, once your body had become considerably cleaner.

I was told that Ann Wigmore created the '125 Years Old Club'... and she was absolutely SURE that she was going to surpass that age. Living the way she did, I have no doubt in my mind that she would have made it to that age and beyond, had she not passed in a fire, as she did.

I feel that the notion of enema 'dependency' leading to dysfunctional bowels is a falsehood. After conducting this 2-month experiment, there was no shift in the frequency that I had bowel movements. However, I can see how there can definitely be a misconception about this, leading some people to discuss 'enema dependency'. I'd like to refer to some concepts in Arnold Ehret's books Rational Fasting and Mucusless Diet Healing System before we look more at why this misconception exists.

In my opinion, Arnold Ehret is the Ultimate Pioneering Father of Fasting. Besides Dr. Fred Bisci, I feel that no other man has had the experience Arnold Ehret did with fasting himself and thousands of his patients. He laid the groundwork for the 'Next Generation' of experimenters. When Arnold Ehret would do a long-term fast, he would generally break it with fruit. (WARNING: Breaking a fast this way is not recommended for people who are not extremely 'clean' cellular-ly, like he was.) Soon after eating this meal, he would have a powerful bowel movement. After this bowel movement, he would have TONS of energy and could jump into action, performing extraordinary physical strength and endurance feats. When a person is getting just enough food to maintain like this, their digestive system (including their bowels) works with extreme efficiency. The body has MASSES of vitality, takes all the nourishment it can from the food, and immediately rejects and eliminates the waste from the body.

In Ehret's books, he talked about the 'Superior Fast', which I believe he was doing himself. This is pretty much doing long-term fasts, one after another, all the time. I feel that thousands of years ago, when there was pristine air circulating the planet with nourishing pollen from plant-life, the way we lived then was something similar to this this 'Superior Fast' concept. We required very little food... if any.

When we adopt a 100% Raw Food Lifestyle, our bodies start to trek back to that day and age when we ate and needed very little food. Sometimes when I eat just once a day and there is less toxicity in my body, I start to enjoy that hungry feeling. I fall in love with it. I feel that we were meant to be fasters. If a person does regular enemas in conjunction with a 100% Raw Food Lifestyle for long periods of time, reaching a point of needing very little food happens EXTREMELY FAST! Although I wasn't doing enemas every single day before and after this experiment - which makes it a little harder to compare - if I listened to my body wholeheartedly, I would probably be eating one meal every other day, due to how 'clean' I am. I feel that my digestive system would work with absolute efficiency eating at that rate. It is very similar to the above concept of breaking a fast and the bowels working soon after... When a person is getting just enough food to maintain like this, their digestive system (including their bowels) work with tremendous efficiency. The body has MASSES of vitality, takes all the nourishment it can from the food, and immediately rejects and eliminates the waste from the body.

In my opinion, 'enema dependency' confusion is simply this... When someone does enemas every single day and then stops, they are not prepared and do not completely understand that their body needs very little food, and the excess food they're eating results in excess gas in the body. They can't bear the difference in the way they feel from doing enemas every day to not doing them at all. If they were to allow the waste to build up inside their body, like the majority of the human population, they would become more toxic, and I guarantee that they would be having bowel movements 1 - 3 times a day again, other circumstances notwithstanding. They could also choose to eat just enough food to maintain and their bowels would work extremely well. Or they can do something in between...

On a final note, I have met people with health issues who now refuse to cleanse the colon, because they feel that they were once dependent on them. They feel that they regained their intestinal strength once they stopped colon cleansing and they are unwilling to do colon hydrotherapy ever again. Meanwhile, they are ill and I can sense the high level of toxicity within their body. I believe that what these people experienced wasn't a 'regain of peristalsis'; I feel they simply lived the first scenario above. They let the waste build up in their intestines once again and adjusted to the feeling of excess gas within the body from eating more food than the body actually needed at that time.

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Matt Monarch's Monthly Recommendation - Arnold Ehret's Books

There are very few books by Raw Food Pioneer Authors that I would heartily recommend. However, I feel Arnold Ehret's books "Mucusless Diet Healing System" and "Rational Fasting" are a MUST!!!

Along with Dr. Norman Walker's books, these were the very first books that I read when I went 100% Raw. I was dumbfounded by every last sentence. These books are only $5 each and I recommend them in combination with Hilton Hotema's books to get a much deeper understanding of what is going on during detox. Although Ehret doesn't talk about the term 'Breatharianism' in his books, he does talk about the "Superior Fast" that he experimented with. If you study these books, along with Hotema's and mine, I feel you can really start to put the pieces of the puzzle together... I feel that Arnold Ehret focused on mucus instead of the Gases as the toxicity embedded deep on a cellular level. When you fast, the gases are released on a cellular level at an accelerated rate. I sense that these gases can irritate the internal membranes of the body and it creates mucus to protect itself. This is, however, just an assumption and I intend to ask Dr. Fred Bisci for his thoughts on that...

If you read these books, along with Hilton Hotema's book "Man's Higher Consciousness", you may truly access a deeper understanding of what is going on with our bodies.

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Hello Everyone!!! WHEW...what a trip the last few weeks have been!!! I am writing this to you from the airport in Tijuana, Mexico. The police officer who is 10 feet away from me has a machine gun strapped to his body and he has his hands on the handle, looking ready to go at any second. I do feel very safe. I have heard that it is like this in many places in Israel too, where police officers are strapped with guns and people feel extremely safe. It is currently about 8pm and Angela arrives here in about 3 hours.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

Over the last couple of weeks I have been doing a lot of hands-on work in our Shipping Department. I really LOVE it! I've turned it all up a notch, hired more people and all orders are shipping out within 12 hours now.

So... Why Mexico? As many of you know, we are in the process of getting a Fiancee Visa for Angela, for the US. The process is quite lengthy and we are waiting for this Visa to go through before Angela can come back into the States. The Mexican border is only a couple of hours from where I am based in California. I'll be driving back and forth weekly as I take care of business for now.

We have a lot of plans for the near future and I will be updating you soon!

For now, please enjoy another ~Jam Packed~ newsletter this week!

Can Overeating Raw Foods be a Good Thing??? - Article, by Matt Monarch

The information below is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness. It is valuable to seek the advice of an alternative health care professional before making any changes. I would love for you to make an appointment with Dr. Fred Bisci at 718-979-7950, for the most accurate information possible.

Many Raw Foodists like to reproduce raw versions of harmful processed foods that they used to eat and are perhaps still emotionally attached to. For example, some popular items in many Raw Food Restaurants and Raw Food Recipe Books are Raw Lasagne and Raw Ice Cream. We eat "imitation" Raw Ice Cream to help us stop eating ice cream that contains refined sugar and other harmful ingredients. Yet, if you make this switch while simultaneously eating 100% Raw, the 'comfort' experience of emotional fulfilment is definitely not the same as it often seems to be for 'SAD' eaters. I'd love to share some thoughts about why that might be...

Let's say that a 1/2 pint of processed ice cream with refined sugar used to satisfy you. When you attempt to be a 100% Raw Foodist and you eat the same 1/2 pint quantity of Raw Ice Cream, generally it won't satisfy your emotions and hunger like the other processed ice cream. You will most likely crave and hanker for more. Therefore, the Raw Foodist tends to overeat Raw Foods, in their attempts to satisfy their feelings of "hunger" and cravings.

So... Which one is more damaging to the body overall? Overeating Raw Food or eating the processed foods, such as refined sugar and processed starches?

From my personal experience and my observations of other 100% Raw Foodists, I feel that in the beginning of the Raw Food journey it is less damaging for the body to overeat on Raw Foods than eat the processed foods. The quantities of food that I ate when I first went 100% Raw were massive. I didn't eat all throughout the day, but when I did eat, my meals were ABSOLUTELY HUGE, which sometimes included one large head of Romaine Lettuce, 10 medium-large Heirloom tomatoes, three LARGE avocadoes, 2 oz of dulse, HANDFULS of bean sprouts, and other vegetables.

Despite eating meals like this EVERY DAY for OVER 5 YEARS, I still rapidly regenerated and seemed to become younger and younger. After about six to seven years, my body reached a point where this process of becoming younger ended and I started to noticeably 'age' on the 100% Raw Food Diet. In my opinion, this is the optimal time to learn to systematically under-eat, to slow down the aging process. Keep in mind that I was about 24 years old and already a slim guy when I started the 100% Raw Food Diet. Therefore, there is a great chance that this 'becoming younger' process of six to seven years would be extended for someone who is heavier, or older, or has more work to do on his or her body. I go deeper into this concept in my book Raw Success.

Here is a related excerpt from my first book, Raw Spirit:

When you first convert, it can be a little bit crazy. I remember meeting an older overweight man who had just turned Raw a few months prior. He was leaving everything out of his diet except raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. At one point during the gathering I was at, he confessed to our group that he eats a jar of almond butter every day, gets knocked out from all the fat and protein, and then falls asleep. In spite of his almond butter habit, this man was losing massive amounts of weight and healing his body. I was thrilled to hear the advice given to him: "You are doing great! Keep up the good work. Who cares if you eat a jar of almond butter a day and fall asleep? Eventually that impulse will be gone. For now, eat all the almond butter you want."

Another option to avoid all of these concerns is to maybe eat a really healthy 'Intermediate Diet', which includes cooked WHOLE FOODS, such as brown rice, steamed vegetables or quinoa. This way of eating will help you to feel more satiated, put the brakes on rapid detoxification, and potentially handle cravings and hunger more smoothly, compared to a 100% Raw Food Lifestyle. Many people who choose an 'Intermediate' pathway find that it helps them to overeat less, compared to when they are following a 100% Raw Food Lifestyle.

Please note that this article isn't intended as a message that 'overeating raw food is ok'. Overeating on ANY kind of food is a burden for the body. I simply love to share experiences and insights - both my own and those of others. There are of course also examples of people who have transitioned to a 100% Raw Food Diet slowly and avoided the process of overeating, as well as examples of people who eat 'Intermediate Diets' and find themselves diving into binges. We all have our own unique paths and stories. I hope that you are feeling great right now, whichever way your path may be unfolding and that perhaps this article has provided you a fresh perspective on your own choices.

The Life-Long Fast, Probiotic Therapy, Taking Enzymes at 2 - 3 AM - Blog Post, by Matt Monarch

The information below is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness. It is valuable to seek the advice of an alternative health care professional before making any changes. I would love for you to make an appointment with Dr. Fred Bisci at 718-979-7950, for the most accurate information possible.

Some of the concepts that I share seem, at times, to be a little challenging for people to grasp. To try to make things clearer, I love finding examples that support what I believe to be truths. For example, I know that the Human Spontaneous Combustion videos I showed you in a past Newsletter helped validate/clarify the Blood Gas Theory for many of you. Well... Angela was recently sent the link to another video that supports the concept that adopting a 100% Raw Food Lifestyle is like going on a life-long fast, meaning that 'forever-more' you will cleanse deep old cellular waste, along with other current toxins entering your system.

In this video to the right, the researchers took 10 humans and tested them for well over 400 toxic chemicals within their bodies. There are thousands of different chemicals that the scientists could have tested for, but they didn't have enough funds to test for more than about 400 chemicals. 10 out of 10 of these people tested POSITIVE for well over 300 harmful chemicals, which included toxins from tail pipes of cars, toxins from household products, and over 212 Industrial Chemicals and Pesticides that were BANNED OVER 30 YEARS AGO!!!!!! The craziest part of this experiment is the identity of those 10 humans who were tested. They were all newborn babies!!! They took the blood straight from the umbilical cord at birth.

I highly recommend watching this video HERE.

Can you imagine, if newborn babies are being born with that many toxins in their bodies (and those were just the toxins they tested for), how many toxins might be found in the average ADULT? It took generations and generations to in-toxify the planet and humans to the level we have. In my opinion, when someone goes 100% Raw, it's like beginning the process of bringing the body back to the day and age where the planet was 'pristine' and processed foods were non-existent. This process is not just a "HOP, SKIP, and a JUMP..." With a 100% Raw Food Lifestyle, not only is your body going to be continually cleansing and throwing off the current man-made chemicals (pollution) you are exposed to, but at the same time you will be cleansing out deep old cellular waste from this life-time and from the life-times of your ancestors. Let's be totally clear here: this cleansing process is going to persist for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.

And... As I have talked about many times before, I feel the rewards are worth it EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

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S.S. Wrote:

Matt,
I went raw 8 months ago! Yea! But now I feel drugged all the time.
I'm a 50 year young female. I have food allergies, Candida, & a hyperactive immune system! Yuck! I do not do well with supplements; I react to everything I try to take. I have an in-home infrared sauna, which I take 4 times a week.
An enema everyday, coffee enema once a week, & an in home colonic every once in awhile. Exercise 5 days a week. I can't eat fruit or grains {feeds yeast}.
I juice my greens everyday, eats veggies, bean sprouts, veggie sprouts, nuts and seeds. If this were happening to you, what might you do to over come these problems?
Thank you for your time & knowledge!
S.S.

Hi S.S., firstly, I would like to point out what I feel is going on here. You are 50 years young and you JUST went 100% Raw. You have a lot of cleansing work to do. Not only did you go 100% Raw, but you are practically doing THE MOST POWERFUL COMBINATION of cleansing that ANY human can do.

I'd like to share a story. One of my best friends from 2nd grade had a small case of Psoriasis, when we were younger. We stayed close all the way through college and beyond. After years of eating fast food, partying and drinking alcohol in college and beyond, my friend unfortuntely got in a serious car accident. He had a choice right after that to take the holistic, healthy route to recovery or the Western medical/Big-Pharma 'route-to-demise'. I fought and fought and fought to encourage him into the healthy holistic route. I was going to offer him everything while he was unemployed (even all expenses paid, food and board).

I was a young Raw Foodist and I told Dr. Fred Bisci my plan to give my friend colonics a couple of times a week and get him to take an Infrared Sauna many times a week too. Fred said, "Matt...you may want to take it slower than that. He is going to think you are killing him at that speed." Fred explained to me that cleansing the body this much (especially cleansing the colon in combination with the infrared sauna) would clear a pathway for rapid detox. It's like popping a balloon: the air pours out from the inside of the balloon. However, in this case, the body is like the balloon and the air inside of the balloon would be old, toxic built-up waste.

S.S.... From the cleansing you've been doing, it's like you punctured a massive hole in your "balloon". You created a pathway for waste to rapidly pour out of your body and this is, I believe, why you feel drugged all the time. I also think this is a good thing ;) I just want to make sure you understand what is going on here and feel good about your choices. You can always slow down the detox process by doing these cleansing techniques less or eating some cooked whole-foods, rather than being 100% raw. You say you don't feel well now, but I sense that if you slowed things down and stopped the intense detox, you would then later remember how good you actually do feel now in comparison and come back to these current patterns that you are living out. Again, you are 50 years young and you surely have a lot of work to do. Welcome to the Life-Long Fast! You will very likely have more ups than downs on this journey, but please just take the time to really understand what is going on here. In the last Newsletter I mentioned that the good times often seem to FLY BY and the rough times can seem to d-r-a-g out - please don't be too hasty to focus on the rougher times of detox.

I don't really want to offer you any more cleansing guidance, because I feel that you are moving fast enough. However, if I were in your shoes, I would practice Probiotic Therapy. This is the perfect time to do it, as you have eliminated sugar from your diet and it will be ideal to help counteract that "Candida". I highly recommend doing Probiotic Therapy with, Freddie's Blend Probiotics, as I feel you will get the best results with this super-strong formula.

Enzyme and Probiotic Therapy can get quite expensive depending on how much you take. There have been times where it was recommended for someone to take up to 5 Tablespoons of Therapeutic Enzymes a day, for example, in order to help the body reverse serious degenerative diseases. Other times, only 1/2 teaspoon might be recommended. I don't like to make recommendations of quantities for people, as I prefer to see them decide intuitively for themselves. As I've often mentioned, I am an 'extremist' and personally I can see myself experimenting with Probiotic Therapy in the future and cutting down my natural sugar intake, while at the same time taking multiple tablespoons of Freddie's Blend Probiotics each day.

Lastly, S.S., you have a lot of toxins running through your bloodstream on a continual basis. The mixture of these toxins with almost any of the foods that you are talking about can create a 'combustion' effect, which can result in a person feeling like they can't intake anything into their body without some type of uncomfortable reaction. In order to minimise this discomfort, I would recommend you maintain eating very simple, low–glycemic whole foods and avoid high-glycemic, sugary foods as much as possible. Remember that fruits are the cleansers of the body and their effect can at times seem "aggressive". As Arnold Ehret states in his books, sugars dissolve solid waste in the body into gaseous waste, just adding to the outpouring of waste and toxins. I'd encourage you to continue focusing on eating mostly greens, nuts, seeds, fats, sprouts, seaweeds and other simple foods.

On a side note, unfortunately, my friend didn't take me up on my offer to help with his healing. His psoriasis turned into Psoriatic Arthritis, which is similar to a form of Rheumatoid Arthritis. The psoriasis went inwards in his body and it is actually now "eating away" at his body. For years now he has been on HEAVY drugs that are usually used to treat cancer. Of course, years into taking these heavy drugs, he still runs into health issues, so the doctors keep upping the dosage , to the point where he recently has agreed to start taking a shot into his stomach. He has been trying to avoid that shot for some time. Now that he's started taking the shots, it gives him a false SURGE of energy to make him feel really good. He now takes this shot weekly. I shudder to think of the impact of this on his adrenals alone.

I am usually not so blunt with people but I told my friend that he is surely going to end up as a cripple if he continues to take this route. Interestingly, he believes in the healing benefits of a Raw Food lifestyle or even an intermediate diet and he also agrees that he will likely end up as a cripple. However, he still chooses to eat fast food and take these drugs. Well, I'll toast to that, as he is making a conscious choice - and I send both him and you S.S., all best wishes for your health.

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It was great to be with my family at Thanksgiving! It was a very nourishing time for me. One of my brothers is almost 38 years old and he regularly eats refined sugar and processed starches. He does, however, stay away from greasy and fried foods. My Aunt Dotty lived to be well over 100 years old and she always said her secret was staying away from fried foods. I believe she also ate a whole food diet and small meals.

My brother seems to be a happy guy and I've always left him alone in regards to his diet. I have always told him that further down the line, in about ten years from now, I have a feeling that he will improve his diet, at just the perfect time for him. When we were at Thanksgiving, the topic of taking pharmaceutical prescription drugs came up. In disgust, my brother said "I am not on any of those drugs. I try my hardest not to take them, even when I have a headache."

I was relieved to hear that - and then this is what suddenly POPPED out of my mouth:

"As soon as you feel you are "forced" to take a pill consistently, THIS IS THE TIME TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFESTYLE , permanently!"

I hope this didn't come across as an order! I care about my family and want to see my brother thrive, rather than ever taking prescription drugs. I hope he remembers this, if and when that time comes - let's see how it goes...

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Beth Wrote:

Hey Matt, am very happy with the systemic enzymes, that i got from you, & now a question about them...would U take them/is it advisable/safe to - take them as a last thing in a day..? i mean, would they in such case have more time to heal us (through the night) orrrr....what do U think...........so far i've been able to manage to take them mostly once a day, seldom 2, as i am veeeeeeeeeery skinny (without exaggeration) & after each meal, after waiting for the food to go down, i usually don't want to take enzymes, & then wait again, before having my next meal, as my digestion is slow, & that would make me end up with 2 meals a day, probably, & , being so skinny, i don't want to get even skinnier.... please let me know, LOVE & BLESSINGS, Beth

One of the best times to take enzymes is on an empty stomach in the middle of the night (2 - 3am). If you were to wake up to urinate in the middle of the night, for example, and take some enzymes, that would be ideal, as this is when we are in our deepest state of cleansing and the enzymes will aid the process. However, this may assist in the cleansing process so much that for now you may lose more weight. Yes, in general, at night is a great time to take them; the main thing to focus on is taking them on an empty stomach. The morning is usually good for this too.

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Mary Wrote:

Hi Matt,
I think I have a Urinary Tract Infection.. =( I feel I have to pee all the time, and when I do it's just a few drops and it burns!!! Now I actually have blood coming out too..!
All I can find on the internet is to take antibiotics.. =/
What can I do?? This is the worst feeling ever!
Thank you..!
Mary

Get a colonic!!!! A series in fact. And if you are eating any refined sugar and processed starches... STOP. It may take some time to heal. But keep cleansing the colon while removing processed foods and you should be fine in no time.

Mary Wrote Back:

Matt...
it's completely GONE! =) it took 1,5 day. From urine with blood and burning pain, to absolutely feeling great! Lol..!
I did an enema with the 4 quart bag twice, and I fasted on fresh cranberry juice & green juice with garlic & supergreens for 1,5 day.
I've been 100% raw for 6 months now.. ;)
THANK YOU!!!! =)

The power of cleansing the colon is not to be taken lightly, my friends. It is extremely POWERFUL!!!

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Philosophers Notes - Free Offer!

Angela wrote about this AMAZING free offer in her blog recently and I decided to reproduce her words here, so that my readers can dive into this offer too. Enjoy!

OOOooOOoooo LA LA...I have a VERY exciting opportunity for you yumsters today...

How about a FREE subscription to PhilosophersNotes.com? WOW, yummy...and not just for you - for ANYONE you'd care to share this with...now THAT'S a pretty generous offer :)

Brian Johnson, the creator of PhilosophersNotes.com has obviously donned the largest 'philanthropist' hat he could find and in his revelry, decided to GIVE AWAY at least 1,000,000 free subscriptions to PhilosophersNotes.com by the end of 2008. FUN :)

Personally, I'm very excited to see the impact this will have on the world, as I know for MYSELF that the PN.com download-able files have been SUCH a gift these last months in terms of inspiration and motivation.

If you're not familiar with the site yet (I've mentioned it a few times before) - basically, Brian reads 'self-development' books and then makes 'mini-CliffsNotes' for them, to share on the site in both PDF format and as MP3s that you can download and listen to. Think titles like 'The Power of Intention', 'A New Earth' and 'The Four-Hour Work Week' - all those books that you might have been intending to read (plus others that might have slipped by you ;) and never QUITE got round to it... Now you can listen to a 20 minute summary, or read through a PDF file and get ALL the key 'Big Ideas' of that book quickly and directly (then maybe go and get the WHOLE book to enjoy afterwards, if you liked the sound of it ;)

I've been taking a lot of bus journeys recently and have got into the habit of downloading a few files from PN.com onto my iPod before I go out, then I listen to them on the way. I LOVE it :) My favourite piece of guidance that I picked up from the recordings recently was from the audio file on the book 'The Other 90%' (which I'd never heard of before). The idea was this: periodically, ask yourself if the point that you are at right NOW is nearer to your optimal vision for your life than the point you were at 30 minutes ago. In the last 30 minutes, what have you done to help yourself get nearer your ideal? (Or, what have you procrastinated? ;) I find this REALLY motivating. If I find myself drifting in my work day now, I just ask myself these Qs and it really helps ME feel more motivated to get back on with things ;)

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New Products at The Raw Food World

We have LOTS of new products coming in this month that I am excited to share about soon. I'll keep you posted on them all. One lovely lady emailed me requesting we carry the Wild Bar and Jake's Unbaked Goji Bar on our site. I took her up on her offer and I am AMAZED how popular they have been in such a short period of time. I tried the Jake's Unbaked Goji Bar and it is indeed SOOOOOO good. It's like a macaroon, yet in a bar and with a harder texture. I have never tasted any raw product with this type of DELICIOUS, scrumptious texture before.

Jake's Unbaked Goji Bar!!!

Lovingly hand-made, these raw, organic food bars are made with authentic Goji Berries, known for their 'fountain of youth' powers. A most delicious and convenient way to enjoy Goji Berries.

Raw Organic Ingredients: Almonds, Coconut, Figs, Goji Berries, Real Raw Agave Nectar, Sea Salt, Cinnamon.

WildBar - Mayan Spice & Mint Flavors

WILDBAR Ingredients: Every single ingredient in every WILDBAR (both Mountain Mint and Mayan Spice flavors) is raw, certified organic, vegan, Kosher, low glycemic and, of course, delicious. The result rivals the finest supplements. We think of it as Superfood Nutrition in a Great-Tasting Bar.

Mountain Mint

Ingredients: Organic Dark Blue Agave Nectar, Organic Macadamia Nuts, Organic Cacao Powder, Organic Cacao Butter, Organic Cacao Nibs, Organic Mesquite, Organic Hemp Seed, Crystal Manna (Organic Wild Blue-Green Algae), Organic Maca, Organic Poppy Seed, Blue Manna (Organic Wild Blue-Green Algae Extract), Organic Vanilla Bean Powder, Pink Himalayan Salt Crystals, Organic Essential Oil of Peppermint

Mayan Spice

Ingredients: Organic Dark Blue Agave Nectar, Organic Macadamia Nuts, Organic Cacao Powder, Organic Cacao Butter, Organic Cacao Nibs, Organic Mesquite, Organic Hemp Seed, Crystal Manna (Organic Wild Blue-Green Algae), Organic Maca, Organic Poppy Seed, Blue Manna (Organic Wild Blue-Green Algae Extract), Organic Cinnamon, Organic Vanilla Bean Powder, Organic Orange Rind Powder, Pink Himalayan Salt Crystals, Organic Cayenne Pepper.

Here are all the latest new additions to The Raw Food World Store:

• Jake's Unbaked Goji Bar - WOW!
  
• WildBar - Mayan Spice
  
• WildBar - Mountain Mint
  
• Raw Living, by Kate Wood
  
• Our Precious Pets, by Ann Wigmore
  
• Vanccines DVD, by Sherri Tenpenny
  
• Organic Hemp Protein 50%, 3 pounds - Nutiva
  
• Organic Hemp Protein + Fiber 30 oz Enviro Pack - Nutiva
  
  AND... Many More New Products COMING SOON!!!
  

'Raw Living', NEW Recipe Book by Kate Wood

'Raw Living' delivers more than 150 outstanding recipes and shows how raw foods offer a simple and sustainable way of eating that can be incorporated into everyone's current diet and lifestyle. An extensive introductory section covers all aspects of the raw lifestyle. From tips on feeding a family on raw to how to improve one's love life with raw foods to complementary holistic techniques that help ensure long-term health and vitality, author Kate Wood shares the wisdom and insights gleaned from her fifteen years of experience with raw foods. All the recipes are easy to prepare and deliciously enticing. Recipes include red pepper ketchup, Thai pumpkin soup, sweet potato satay, beet root burgers, Lebanese cauliflower crackers, gorgeous Goji pudding, banana cream pie, and chocolate brownies. This book is a wonderful addition to the kitchen of all those interested in raw foods, from beginners to experts.

'Our Precious Pets', by Ann Wigmore IS BACK!!!

Our Precious Pets
by Ann Wigmore

The best "pet-care book" ever written. This book contains Dr. Ann Wigmore's amazing guidance on alternative pet care and her collection of startling, yet true animal stories.

Contents include: Care of Pets * Pets Can Help You Get Healthier * Listening To Your Pet * What To Do When Your Pet Is Sick * Pure Food Law For Animals * Feeding Your Pets * Recipes For Dogs & Cats.

All our New Items can be found at the link below:

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"At Cost" and “Below Cost” Specials & Coupon Code!

If you like Mesquite Powder, you are going to LOVE this Dark Argentinean Mesquite Powder! It is one of my favorite-tasting products. We have also added Cacao Nibs, Carob Powder and the Ulimana Brownies as the 'At-Cost' Specials this month. I was just acting a bit cheeky and ate some of the Raw Chocolate Chia Moon Drops for the FIRST TIME... OMG... The chia seeds somehow seem to give it a macaroon taste, which is to live for. The Chia Moon Drops are the richest and sweetest Raw Chocolate Item I have ever tasted. They are AMAZING! The Ulimana Brownies are GREAT too but we've decided to actually discontinue these items (replacing them with the moon drops), so we are blowing out our latest fresh batch of the brownies: order soon while supplies last.

These specials are available until December 31st... Enjoy!

"Below Cost":

Raw Chocolate Brownies - With Cacao Nibs - $7.75, Normally $14.00 - with 10% coupon $6.98

Raw Chocolate Brownies - With Walnuts - $7.75, Normally $14.00 - with 10% coupon $6.98

Raw Chocolate Brownies - With Mulberries - $7.75, Normally $14.00 - with 10% coupon $6.98

Raw Cacao Nibs - $9.95, Normally $17.99 - with 10% coupon $8.96

"At Cost":

Dark Argentinean Mesquite Powder 16oz - $11.85, Normally $16.95 - with 10% coupon $10.67

Truly Raw Carob Powder 16oz - $5.55, Normally $7.95 - with 10% coupon $4.99

To take advantage of these offers, click the link below, or type - MesQT - in the search field at the top right hand corner of www.TheRawFoodWorld.com.

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Additionally, you can redeem this coupon at www.TheRawFoodWorld.com by typing in - Mesquite10 - in the coupon number section to get an additional 10% off your order. This coupon will be good through December 31st and can be redeemed at:
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Matt Monarch's Monthly Recommendation - Arnold Ehret's Books

There are very few books by Raw Food Pioneer Authors that I would heartily recommend. However, I feel Arnold Ehret's books "Mucusless Diet Healing System" and "Rational Fasting" are a MUST!!!

Along with Dr. Norman Walker's books, these were the very first books that I read when I went 100% Raw. I was dumbfounded by every last sentence. These books are only $5 each and I recommend them in combination with Hilton Hotema's books to get a much deeper understanding of what is going on during detox. Although Ehret doesn't talk about the term 'Breatharianism' in his books, he does talk about the "Superior Fast" that he experimented with. If you study these books, along with Hotema's and mine, I feel you can really start to put the pieces of the puzzle together... I feel that Arnold Ehret focused on mucus instead of the Gases as the toxicity embedded deep on a cellular level. When you fast, the gases are released on a cellular level at an accelerated rate. I sense that these gases can irritate the internal membranes of the body and it creates mucus to protect itself. This is, however, just an assumption and I intend to ask Dr. Fred Bisci for his thoughts on that...

If you read these books, along with Hilton Hotema's book "Man's Higher Consciousness", you may truly access a deeper understanding of what is going on with our bodies.

You can order Arnold Ehret's Books HERE.

Shining the Spotlight - Anthony - The Raw Model!


Anthony, the Raw Model is ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE... Not only is he a Remarkably Good-Looking Raw Man, but he's really got it ALL TOGETHER. When I met him recently for the first time, he seemed SO CLEAR, conscious and AWARE. It's like he is from a movie... He has a perpetual smile and just emanates goodness through his every action. Anthony has worked with companies such as Hugo Boss, Target, Macy's, Tommy Hilfiger, JcPenney, Kohls, Acura, and Paul Mitchell. Though he enjoys modelling, his true passion is spreading ideas and awareness about green and simple living, and the raw foods lifestyle.

Again... ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE..

Sorry Ladies... I do believe that this amazing Raw Model is spoken for. Anthony is very SHARP and he lives his life following his truth, while at the same time putting a massive amount of his care and attention towards the well-being of our planet and mankind. He and his woman are living the DREAM. He is now building a self-sustainable home and organic garden/orchard in Minnesota, where he is growing over 200 kinds of fruits and vegetables, and loves to spend time in nature, hiking, camping, and wild food foraging. This way of life has such a POSITIVE, HUGE IMPACT on the entire planet. Angela and I have SO much respect for Anthony.

Anthony... We'll be there soon too, living the "with the land" life!!!

I highly recommend clicking on the 'Permaculture' Link at Anthony's website, www.RawModel.com. There is so much information on how to create your OWN permaculture oasis. You can even look at Anthony's design for his land and view his list of AMAZING permaculture resources.

Anthony Anderson created rawmodel.com in 2007 to document his journey from eating cooked to raw foods. Motivated initially by the desire to lean up and lose a little weight for his modelling career, he happened upon a book about raw foods and decided to try it for 2 weeks. Aside from seeing physical changes almost immediately, he also experienced profound bursts of energy, happiness, and mental clarity. He became convinced through his own trial, errors, and further research that eating raw/living foods is the way human beings should eat and live. He has gone through the ups and downs of raw foods and hopes to share his experiences in order to make it easier for others who are just beginning their own journey.

Anthony once stated that it was a lot of hard work to get his ROCKED body to where it is today. However, once he got his body where he wanted it, it was really simple to keep it, through maintenance exercising, which requires a lot less work.

Besides www.RawModel.com, you can find Anthony online as a regular contributor to welikeitraw.com and watch many of his cool videos on youtube.com/rawmodel.

Anthony says that his ultimate goal is to recreate paradise on Earth by spreading the idea of organic living and self-sustainabilty, and to help others realize their full potential.

Thank you Anthony for Making a Difference!!!

~Many Blessings from The Raw Food World~

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