Natural Tooth Whitener?!

I had to share this comment from Debbie!

Hey Matt
Wanted you to know that your web article on the secret of raw food success led me to my first colonic and I cannot thank you enough!!!!
Thanks for all you do for the raw community!
rawk on
debbie
http://debbiedoesraw.blogspot.com/

Sam Wrote:

Hi Matt,
I love your blogs!! Keep up the good work!!
I just finished reading your 'Raw Spirit' book which I loved and I have a question regarding the tooth whitening supplement called Active H. Does this really work?? because I have never heard of it and it seems to good to be true!! What kind of a supplement is it?? Is it a pill?? a paste?? Where can I get it??
Thanks for any info on this.
Respectfully,
Sam Cook

I always get this question and I am excited to answer it here in the blog. Here is the excerpt about Active H in my book 'Raw Spirit':

While guzzling delicious vegetable juices and spooning green food supplements, your teeth can easily start to look yellowish and stained. I remember looking in the mirror one day thinking my teeth had rotted; they were such an awful color. Horrified, I assumed my teeth were leaching minerals from the inside out. I refused to go anywhere and couldn't bear to smile. Desperate, I called Dr. Bisci. He explained that my teeth were likely just stained and told me to go to the dentist and get a cleaning; or brush thoroughly with a Sonicare toothbrush while sprinkling on the bristles the supplement Active H. Active H is negatively charged hydrogen ions and is probably the most powerful antioxidant in the United States. Two hours of brushing produced some seriously white teeth. Since then, I learned to rinse my mouth out with water every time I drink a vegetable juice and that helps keep the staining to a minimum. Occasionally, I’ll need to use Active H for another teeth whitening treatment.

Yikes! I remember that week vividly. I was soooo depressed! However, my teeth were Soooooo white after using the Active H, it was MIRACULOUS! Keep in mind that the stains I had came strictly from green food powders, which at that time I was taking masses of. I can't guarantee that it is going to work for any type of tooth stain. Some people have really yellow teeth - maybe from smoking, for example. However, if your teeth are stained from green foods and veggie juices, I can guarantee it will work. I would try it regardless. It's a great supplement to take anyways. It is a bottle of little capsules that contain powder. You just empty the powder out onto your toothpaste, which you've already spread on your tooth brush. When I did it for the first time, I sat there for over an hour just brushing away. My teeth were so WHITE, my friend couldn't believe it. If you do try it, I'd recommend you get a sonicare electric tooth brush and try brushing for a LONG time. Let me know the results. You can get the Active H, HERE.

Kelsey Wrote:

I'm a raw food teen (19) and I'm new to it but I've healed about a dozen major health problems. I was a cooked vegan before. Anyways I met this good looking guy at Starbucks (I go there for tea) and we are hitting it off. I haven't talked to him on a personal level though. If we go out how do I break it to him that I eat raw food without him running away? When do I tell him and where and how? I'm really nervous and have been up for hours at night tossing around about it. I know that’s sad haha. PLEASE help.
love, K.

Oh Kelsey... I don't think that's 'sad'. The social ramifications when living a lifestyle that less than 1% of the human population follows can be quite difficult. I didn't realize how harsh it was on me until one day at a lecture, I was talking about the social issues I experienced with my family and friends. As I did this, a tear started to run down my face.

Forget the short-term; let's look at the long-term here. Let's say you actually end up being with him for three months. If anyone here is going to have an issue about the relationship, I bet it is you. I can see it now. I can see you sitting at a nice dinner with him as you watch him scarf down Gluten-Filled Pasta topped with STRAIGHT MELTED BUTTER and a slab of a dead carcass to go with it. To finish it off he decides to eat a sugar-laced cake to wash it all down. Oh... and don't forget that goodnight kiss.

Oh man... I think I may have been a bit harsh here. If anyone wants to give Kelsey some advice, email it to me and I'll pass it on to her.

I would be true to yourself and I guarantee that you will meet a man worthy of your Raw Beauty. Being Raw is a bonus, it's HOT! I can count numerous men who have switched over to being Raw, SPARKED by a woman. In the past, women I dated who were not Raw, switched over. They wanted to experience shifts like soft skin, a sweet smell and a stronger vibration for themselves.

Don't get discouraged and start eating in a way that is not true to you. I remember a story of a woman who didn't smoke but all her friends did. The smoke hurt her lungs soooo badly that she couldn't be around her friends anymore. She decided to take up smoking so she could be with her friends. She became very addicted and got cancer. Many people don't stay Raw for the same reason. They want to eat with their friends, so they start eating like their peers, at expense to their own well-being.

Sharon Wrote:

Matt, thank you for the very informative post today. Really appreciate what you share on all your posts,actually! I was wondering this: I tried Colosan about 3 weeks ago (after noticing it posted on your blog!) and think it is a very good product. After just using it for only one week the skin on my face really improved alot! My question is - how do you recommend using Colosan. After viewing that colon video on your site (wow!) I feel even more sensitive about colon health (and water quality!) ... should I use it in a regular - even daily - way?...(I was thinking about using it per the instructions on the bottle next week for a week).Hope you have the chance to respond.Kindest regards,Sharon

Yes, do it like the bottle says. I would do it for as long as they say to do it. Let me know the results. Then I can share them with my mom and hopefully she'll take it. Doing colon hydrotherapy WHILE doing the Colosan will give you the ultimate skin beautifying results. WHOA!!!!

Inside the colon!

"There is no ailment, sickness, or disease that will not respond to treatment quicker and more effectively than it will after the administration of a series of colonic irrigations."
Dr. Norman Walker

Here is a great video about the colon. Be careful. I almost vomited during this video as they show video imaging of the inside of peoples' colons. However, if you can handle it, then it is certainly educational. The video is available HERE.

The first couple of colons are quite clean. Keep in mind that before putting the camera inside the colon, they completely cleaned it out first, as part of the preparation proces. Additionally, this video does not include information about the gas pressure in the colon or the "Hidden Mess" lurking in their small intestines. It is easy for anyone to clean the colon out, however, the nasty mess inside the small intestines is quite difficult to access. I finally accomplished this, personally, after doing the psyllium-bentonite cleanse, when my third eye opened. That psyllium-bentonite cleanse targets the small intestines. The GREAT thing about the Colosan product is that it VERY GENTLY works on the small intestines with oxygen, to release all that old junk.

When you do colon hydrotherapy, you can't get into the small intestines. However, when you cleanse the colon you definitely provide a greater opportunity for waste in the small intestines to dump into the colon. The most important thing about colon hydrotherapy is that it eliminates gas. That gas pressure is what constipates our cells from detoxing on a cellular level. You can sometimes feel this gas pressure in your head and other areas of the body. Most people get MASSIVE relief after doing a colonic. If you have improved your diet in any way consistently for a reasonable amount of time, then it's a GREAT idea to do a colonic and there is a GREAT chance that you too will experience a massive amount of RELIEF!

I have spoken about my mom many times and I have neglected to tell you about how lucky I am to have been brought up by my Daddy! Wow! When I was growing up, I heard on various occasions, my friends and others telling me they wished that they could have a dad like mine. My dad always played these SILLY STUPID games with us with a HUGE smile. The funny thing is, he still plays these SILLY STUPID games with us now, with that same smile! I feel more comfortable around my father than almost ANYONE else. I can literally tell him anything without the fear of judgement. He won't like me any less, no matter WHAT it is! He is happy with any choices that I make in my life!

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of my Dad on the net to share with you. However, my dad is an accountant. He worked for the IRS for 30 years and knows ALL the ins and outs. If you are looking for someone to do your taxes, my dad is the MAN! He prepares income tax returns and he also represents people who owe taxes. You can check out his website at:

http://www.monarchtaxconsultants.com/, and his office number is: 949-553-1123.

We just got back from an event in Christchurch, NZ. I have been away from big cities for many months now. It was very interesting and kind of sad to me, that I felt a feeling of comfort when I saw the first BIG Shopping center. It must have been the HUGE building similar to Target and Walmart that seemed comforting to me. Oh boy! I guess that is what I grew up with and what I was used to. CRAZY!

Forward Steps!!!

In the 1917 Journal of American Medicine, Dr. Kellogg reported that in the treatment of gastrointestinal disease in over 40,000 cases, he had used surgery in only twenty cases. The rest were helped as through cleansing the bowels, diet and exercise.

Andrea Wrote:

Matt- my question is about tea. I am proud to say I
have completed my second week of what I would say is a
95% raw diet! I know that most raw foodists do not
drink tea, but will drinking a cup of tea in the
morning reduce the good I am doing by juicing 2x a
day? I live in Seattle, and am finding it hard to let
go of that warm drink - especially when there is so
much information regarding the health benefits of
green tea. What could you tell me about the effects
of caffeine on a raw foodist?

Many thanks for your inspiration,
Andrea

Hi Andrea,
If what you crave is a warm drink, why not drink herbal teas without caffeine? Regardless, all you have done is made improvements (Forward Steps!!!). You haven't stepped backwards. You are on the right track. If you continue to consistently live like this, at some point you will most likely give up the caffeine. Good job on the improvements!!!
Matt

If you make forward steps, that is an IMPROVEMENT. ANY PERMANENT step forward that a person makes will cause a reciprical improvement in their health.

Coconut oil Raises Cholesterol???!

I am NOW a RawMan & Green-Girl JUNKY!!! WOW! I LOVE IT!!! You must watch this video!

The short animated film "The Adventures of Rawman and Green-Girl" which was produced by Ron Gilmore and shown at the 2008 Raw Lifestyle Film Festival can now be seen on You Tube. Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lzWVk2eKmA. The film features the voices of Tonya Kay as Green-Girl and Steve Prussack of Raw Vegan Radio as the Chief. Ron Gilmore's website for this epic feature is here: http://www.rawmanandgreengirl.com/

Xell wrote:

I have a question for you: What do you think or Virgin Coconut Oil? I have been reading the Miracle of Coconut Oil, and while I have been using it for several years, I am now playing with his suggested therapeutic dose of 3.5 Tablespoons a day (am NOT following his recipes, however)...what do you think of all this? I have to admit I have seen some pretty interesting results (I swear I am getting rid of parasites) and wanted to know your thoughts.
Thank you for everything!
Xell

Ok, well...remember that I am more sensitive than 'the average Joe'... If I didn't vomit after eating 3.5 Tablespoons of coconut oil in one day, I would definitely wake up unhappy the next day with a HUGE headache and runny nose. Even smaller amounts of coconut oil don't feel optimal to me.

The affects of coconut oil depends on who you are. If I were to eat some animal protein, that would result in a disaster. However, someone on an intermediate healthy cooked food diet might eat it at any time and be fine.

The Number one benefit that MOST people derive from coconut oil is the fact that they are eliminating other HARMFUL fats from their diet and putting in coconut oil instead, which is practically harmless to them. Think of the millions of people who have eliminated nasty trans-fats and replaced them with coconut oil. THAT IS A HUGE DIETARY IMPROVEMENT. It's not the coconut oil that healed them, it is eliminating the trans-fatty acids, which are detrimental to the body that healed them. ANOTHER beautiful thing about the coconut oil is that you can cook with it and the properties stay stable to high temps, so that it doesn't become more damaging to the body. This is indeed a 'coconut miracle' to 90% of the human population.

I am 95% sure that RawMan & Green-Girl don't put coconut oil in THEIR Green Smoothies. There is an on-going debate on the internet whether coconut oil raises the blood cholesterol levels. If I were to take a blood test now, and then eat 1 tablespoon of coconut oil every single day and tested my blood again after a month, I have no doubt that my blood cholesterol would be through the roof. However, someone on the standard American diet who replaces trans-fats with coconut oil would likely have the EXTREME opposite effect, with their cholesterol shooting downwards. The effects on a 100% Raw Food eater would be even different from someone on an intermediate healthy cooked food diet. It may not even effect someone's cholesterol on a healthy intermediate diet at all.

Also, keep in mind, that coconut oil is really concentrated and if RawMan and Green-Girl are actively fighting the dark forces on an on-going basis, then I have a pretty strong feeling that they are staying away from large amounts of coconut oil. My diet consists of mainly whole foods and the most concentrated fats I eat are small amounts of avocado, nuts and seeds. I do eat coconut oil every once in a while when I go to a raw restaurant... and... I do pay for it the next day. Also, keep in mind; if you have a raw food eater who eats lots of concentrated fats on a daily basis, then the coconut oil won't affect them as much either. However, if they are TRULY 100% Raw, their body will rapidly become cleaner and at some point demand less.

I LOVE using coconut oil on my skin, in my hair, and for massage though. It's GREAT topically!
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Melina wrote:

After reading this blog and the couple one's previous to them I am starting to question my overnight plunge into 100% raw. Should I have made a slower transition? Before I went raw, I never had a lifestyle that included refined sugars or largely processed foods. I am 17 and my family has always stayed on what you call an intermediate diet. However, I deeply want to attain a balanced raw lifestyle and the purity that you get from this lifestyle. However, I do not juice or take supplements, do colonics, enemas, or the other things that seem necessary to live a balanced raw lifestyle. I cannot afford them right now. Should I go back to a more transitional diet until I can achieve these things? How did you do it before knowing all that you know now?
P.S. I have been 100% raw for about 2 straight weeks now, with the intention of doing it for 30 days, but must admit that I am getting the feeling that I might yo-yo in a little while.

Wow Melina! You are very fortunate to have been brought up like that. I am assuming that you are actually pretty balanced on this 100% Raw Food diet, compared to most others who go 100% Raw. Most people go 100% Raw because they have a degenerative disease and they NEED to do it, OR ELSE. If you are balanced out with good eating habits (not snacking in between meals, overeating, etc.) and having a few bowel movements each day, then you are 'ahead of the game', if compared to most others. I would recommend getting a 4 quart enema bag to use in place of the colonics, when you feel it is needed. You can use this at home whenever you like, for the one time purchase of the bag. You can get away without the enzymes and other supplements. However, I would try to drink green juice every day. Instead of veggie juice, wheatgrass will also work (which you could grow very cheaply yourself), or a green food powder will work too, or a blended green smoothie will work, or E3 live is another great option. You can even switch those different ideas up if you like. I would try for two a day. The monthly cost on these items above isn’t too bad. And... if you personally email me, I will get you everything "at cost" to help you get started, bringing your total spent down to not much at all.

I personally started doing vegetable juices and periodic colon cleansing from day one of being 100% Raw. I was learning through Dr. Norman Walker’s books.
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Oliver Wrote:

Lately i was reading your article about "the missing Link in the rawfood diet" and your blog and it made me wonder about: If we detox all of our lives and we depend on periodic Colonics is there time to enjoy the superior health we are supposed to reach? It sounds like we would be on a nonstop detox trip. :) Just thoughts ..
All the best
Oliver

EVERYONE is on a non-stop detoxification trip. It is an ongoing process in the human life cycle - we all go into detox every single night, for example, when we stop eating and rest. If they are doing it optimally, Raw Food Eaters have the added benefit of not running into arthritis, getting zits, headaches and so much more! The SAD eater is continually detoxing the same stuff they put in their body, day in and day out. Their bodies generally break down early in life because they don't give themselves a chance to eliminate all the backed-up waste, which they keep adding to every single day. When you go 100% Raw, you start to detox ALL the stuff you have been putting in for your entire life... and YES... it needs to be dealt with. There is no doubt, Oliver, that there are "up's and down's" to this ongoing detoxification process. As you reach higher levels of 'cleanliness', your body's efficiency increases. Your brain functions better, you become more beautiful and your body becomes more in-tune to the universal cosmic energy. On the other hand, it takes years to understand your body and your new diet and much confusion arises, but in my opinion, and I believe most likely RawMan & Green-Girl's opinions too, it is well worth it. ;)

Yo-Yo-ing Back & Forth

One reason why I like to tell people to adhere to an intermediate diet instead of a 100% Raw Food Diet is because when you go 100% Raw, your body isn't used to that empty stomach feeling and peoples' deeper issues rise to the surface. People are used to that warm, satiating feeling from their food choices, they can't handle the sudden absence of that, and they tend to end up yo-yo-ing back and forth from a cooked food diet to a 100% Raw Food Diet. Each time you go 100% raw for a lengthy amount of time, you become cleaner and cleaner and cooked/processed food becomes more damaging to you each time. I would like to share with you the classic example of someone with a degenerative disease, who decided to take the extreme 100% Raw Food route, then ended up wobbling between choices...

Wyn gave me permission to share the following message he recently sent me:

Matt,
I'd like to setup a conversation with Fred. I had a prostate scan recently and the prostate cancer that looked like it may be back 18 months ago is back. I agreed - not without some trepidation - to do another biopsy. Last one was at discovery, eight years ago.

Basic results are that the tumor hasn't gotten any more aggressive.
It's grown about 25% in the last 18 months. And there's a small area now on the other side of the prostate. It has also gotten less dense.
He said that the current image would have probably been missed by some others reading the scan, since it was so close in density to the surrounding tissue. 18 months ago it was definitely a dark grey on the scan.

What I've done since the initial report 18 months ago...
My oncologist has a number of patients on Macrobiotic diet whose tumors are stable or shrinking. None on raw.
So, I decided to do Macrobiotics. Did it for six months and was craving fresh food. Switched to 100% raw - mostly of the gourmet recipe genre for six months. Then was not having a good time with all the spices and fats. Then went onto a version of the 80-10-10 diet.
Did juices, smoothies, fruit, salads, etc. Tried to keep the fat calories to between 10-15%.

During the last year I haven't done much exercise. More sedentary than any other time in my life.

For the last 2 years I've also been in the most stress of anytime in my life. Driven my financial problems. And as it does, stress takes over other areas of life...

Well, since the recent scan and biopsy, I've been juicing. Wheatgrass, herbs, leafy green veggies, celery, carrots. About a gallon a day.
Some days I also suck juice from a half dozen oranges from a local tree. I'm now in week three.

Eight years ago when I was diagnosed, I did juice for a few weeks then LOTS of juice and sprouts for about 18 months. The scan after that time said the tumor was no longer active. So, I've gone back to that protocol. But I want more information and I thought of you and Fred.

Of course everyone I talk to has a favorite suggestion. When I While talking with Chakra today I remembered thinking about Fred. She concurred that you and he would be good to consult with.

So, here I am, asking for a conversation.

Thanks
wyn

Here's what I wrote back:

Hi Wyn,
The following information 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 am so sorry to hear that about the tumor.

Wow! I learned a lot after reading this. You really inspired me to direct less of my energy towards stresses (financial, business, etc.) That's a tough one! And I am inspired.

Before I get into what I think, I want to suggest that the BEST thing to do would be to make an appointment with Dr. Fred Bisci at 718-979-7950. He'll tell you exactly what to do to get better.

Shortly, I will tell you what I would do if I found myself in your situation. First off, have you only been consuming 1 gallon of juice a day and no solid foods, or in addition to solids? (he later told me yes, only juices.)

I am about to give my view on everything below. This is my belief and I understand that, so please understand that I am just talking MY truth here.

The goal would be to look at the long-term here and not just the short term - which is more like getting rid of this tumor and thinking "now I am ok". I feel the key thing to look at is detoxification. It seems that you are yo-yoing with your diet in different directions: to gourmet raw, 80-10-10 (high fruit & Clean), juice fasting, back to gourmet raw, etc... The more things that you leave out of your diet, the more you are going to detoxify and the quicker you are going to heal, if you keep up with the endogenous poisons being excreted out on a cellular level. However, the real issue is that when someone improves their diet to the point where they're eating very little (juice fasting) for a long amount of time to heal, their body literally transforms. It is not the same anymore. Now, after juicing like that, you become more sensitive and all those other "not so ideal foods" are more damaging to you. Now that you are so clean, going back to macrobiotics can result in an issue. Gourmet raw may even tax your body more, but it would be ok every once in a while, as your body has about a 20% margin for error. If it was me, I wouldn't go soooo extreme, to where I take my diet to even a cleaner space than I think you are in now (long-term juice fasting), because when you are done, there will be less margin for error with your food choices. If it was me, I would find a balanced, CONSISTENT, 'clean' diet, that you want to end up at and enjoy for the rest of your life, and STAY there, without deviation and that is it. Every time you go into this clean diet and juicing space, you become even more cleaner each time and your body has less margin for error each time afterwards.

It's great that you are juicing and doing sprouts. The nourishment is great, as it gives your body the vitality to heal more. Detoxification is the process of getting all the junk out, including the tumor. I don't know your colon cleansing habits but let's talk about that next.

When you eat 'pure' like this, less waste is produced by the foods you eat, enabling your body to detox more on a cellular level. Endogenous poisons will detox from your cells, which is part of the "healing from disease" process. Cleansing the colon keeps up with these endogenous cellular poisons that are coming out of your system. If you don't cleanse the colon, there is a possibility that all this waste may stay in and can make your situation worse. In my opinion, this waste in your system is largely what causes the disease.

Since you are 'pure' now, your body adapts to what you are doing, and now it can only comfortably handle less waste. It takes "less waste" now to cause and perpetuate this disease than the "more waste" it took before, because you have adapted and are much cleaner. This is why I recommend just choosing a balanced, CONSISTENT, healthy diet to enjoy for the rest of your life and periodically cleanse the colon.

In my opinion, a high fruit diet is not good for your situation. In my opinion, fruit creates more of this waste in the system, through fermentation. Arnold Ehret says that fruit sugar evaporates waste matter in the body into gas. Eating excessive fruit can add to the waste that is causing disease.

Next: Therapeutic Enzymes. I know that you have read my therapeutic enzyme article. It's on my website and in raw success. Taking masses of those has the potential to dissolve cancerous tumors. The following is what I would do if I was personally in your shoes... and... Remember, I am an EXTREMIST...

- I would find a balanced 100% raw Food Diet that I feel good about, eating 2 or 3 meals a day, without snacking in between. These meals would be the same in kinds and quantities of foods. And I would live on that type of CONSISTENT diet for the rest of my life.

- I would drink vegetable juice on an empty stomach a few times a day while cleansing my colon a couple of times a week with a 4 or 6 quart enema bag, until that tumor left. Once the tumor was gone, I may go down to 2 veggie juices a day and cleansing the colon a MINIMUM of once per month.

- I would take a heaping teaspoon of therapeutic enzymes on an empty stomach, 3 - 4 times a day, until the tumor was gone and after that I would take a teaspoon twice a day on an empty stomach, until the day that I die.

- I would work on my stress and exercise levels.

- And... Call Fred. He is a healthcare professional and I am not ;). He'll probably even tell you other supplements to take and maybe some other things. Let me know exactly what he says so I can learn more too :).
Matt

And... Lastly... Wyn's INTERPRETATION of what Fred said when he spoke with him:

Matt
I talked with Fred yesterday...

He said the main thing is to choose the cleanest diet that I can maintain for the rest of my life.
His experience is that going back and forth -- yo-yoing -- is one primary cause of tumors returning.

He said that I basically know what to do... do what I did 8 years ago.
Juicing then lots of juice and sprouts with an overall balanced raw diet.
Include the foods I need to be sure I am going to stick to it!
Don't do deprivation.
(This is a tendency of mine. To think that if I deny myself, I'll get
better...)

His other suggestions were enzymes and probiotics.
Sun and air.
Exercise.
Barefoot beach walks.
No eating after sundown or between meals.
Colonics when needed - whenever I feel weak or tired or heavily cleansing - a minimum of one a month ongoingly.

I'm going to take Fred and your advise and do some colonics. I'm not a big "believer" in them, but I'm willing to be open about it...
Fred said that he used to think that they were invasive also, but over the last 30 years of working with people and seeing the difference in the results, he knows it makes a difference. I'm going to take that empirical evidence as more important than my philosophical evidence.

He said I didn't need to use him as a consultant at this point. Do what we talked about for six months, get the next prostate scan and see what the bodies has done. If improvement, keep on. If no improvement, get back with him and reassess.

Thanks SO much Matt.
I'll keep you posted.
wyn

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My good friend Glen was recently filmed at the new cafe he opened in West Haven! You can check it out here:

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Enzyme-Rich Foods???

What is the key benefit of eating a 100% Raw Food Diet? Every book out there seems to suggest that the MAIN reason Raw Food is so good for the body is because it is replete with enzymes and that cooking foods destroys the enzymes, when you heat things above 118 degrees.

Did you know that within one hour after you pick a head of lettuce out of the ground, more than half the enzymes are gone? Now imagine that same organic lettuce being stored, shipped in a truck, stored again and placed on the store shelves. How many enzymes do you think would be left in that?

The number one benefit for us of eating a 100% Raw Food Diet is: you are eliminating all the processed foods that are DAMAGING to the body. For people eating a 'Standard American Diet', you can literally heal and get better just by eating dead rats and eliminating everything else from your diet. You would heal because you have eliminated refined sugar and processed starches from your diet.

Eating enzyme-rich raw foods is not the main reason why people heal and regenerate their bodies. They heal because they are leaving out all the damaging foods. Now don't get me wrong… these enzymes and Raw foods are GREAT and they do nourish the body, especially if you are consuming them as vegetable juices. When you cook food it changes in its molecular composition, which in turn makes foods more damaging to the body. You can eat enzyme-rich raw foods until you are blue in the face though, and you are not going to heal unless you also eliminate these processed foods from your intake.

People are always asking me if things like Agave Nectar or Nama Shoyu are ok to eat. I know that I have been talking extreme these last few blog posts about Breatharianism and Spirituality and I was going to take a breather from all that... but one more thing... Try to look at it as if NO FOOD is IDEAL for the body. ALL food is an obstruction of some kind. It's all relative and it's all about finding what is LEAST obstructive. In other words, which foods are the LEAST damaging to the body. Here is an excerpt from Raw Success:

Obstruction-Free
Did you know that the human body is a Perfectionist? The body's dream come true would be for us to live in a pristine environment on water alone, breathing in the heavenly fragrance of pure clean air. I am not going to explain in detail the theory about how and why Breatharianism is possible; that's another book in itself. (While I have not experienced this myself, there are reports of numerous humans on this planet who live and thrive on air, water and sunshine ONLY.) In truth, everything else is obstructive to the body to one degree or another. An obstruction is anything that hinders one’s progress towards optimal health. In other words, if we are not Breatharians living off pure pristine water and air, then we are putting obstructive elements in our system.

The real question is:
Which foods are least obstructive?
Raw Foods

Another way of saying 'least obstructive' is 'least damaging'. Raw Food can be considered an obstructive element to our body, but it is much, much less damaging than cooked food. When we eat this nutrient-rich Raw Food, made of mostly water, there are fewer obstructive elements entering our system than if we were to consume large portions of dense dead food made with ingredients we can't pronounce. Similarly, someone eating an Intermediate Diet, which eliminates refined sugars and processed starches is putting fewer obstructive elements into their body compared to someone on the Standard American Diet.

The Reward
Eating less obstructive food frees up the body’s energy to detoxify itself of anything anti-life that may be stored in its cells and tissues.

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Rob Wrote:

"I am now day 5 on raw food myself and find myself crying a lot. I was wondering about your transition period and whether it was as emotionally challenging as I am experiencing.

Also... what about macrobolitics? did you ever look into that? did you try it? I ask because I have a macro person in my life trying to convince me raw is unhealthy and cooked grains and beans and seaweed is the TRUE health solution. At the end of the day... If I can find a diet 'lifestyle' that can replace my pot addiction...be it RAW 'or' ?MACROBIOTIC' I would be thrilled. Thank you again for your powerful message and presence. Thank you in advance for your answers and guidance. Love & Light. Rob"

Remember, it is all about what you leave out of your diet. The more you leave out, the more you are going to cleanse. Macrobiotics is one of those diets that I always talk about. They succeed because they leave out the refined sugar and processed starches completely without any exception. The reason why I believe people tend to think macrobiotics (and many other diets for that matter) is 'better' than being raw is because if they try to go raw, they don't feel well from the detox and they get WAY out of balance. You are experiencing this yourself with emotional detox. The detoxification does not stop on a 100% Raw Food Diet. Of course, it slows down after you go through the initial major healing crises, but this is an ongoing thing. It is a detox diet.

The macrobiotics diet is a great diet and you may want to do that if you don't feel emotionally stable and balanced on a 100% Raw Food Diet.

You think the Marijuana Addiction is hard to cut??? Go 100% Raw and try to cut your cooked food addiction and you tell me which is easier. That will give you guys something to ponder...
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Anonymous wrote:

"Hey Matt!I absolutely love your blog. My mind is swirling with new information. One thing that interests me is your strong belief in juicing. I have been experimenting with a raw food diet and feel that on my 100% raw food days I feel 1000 times better than on the days I eat steamed vegetables or ezekial bread. However, I do not juice or own a juicer (I can't afford one). Without juicing, is a 100% raw food diet doing me more harm than good?"

Of course you feel better after eliminating cooked food. Eliminating processed/cooked foods is the key element in healing. The issue here potentially lays down the line. I can give you example after example of people who run into marginal deficiencies in the long-run on a 100% Raw Food Diet. The reason why people do so well on a Raw Diet in the beginning is because they are eliminating all of these standard processed foods that damage the body. But as the years go by, they run into problems if they don't get readily absorbable nutrients, preferably through juicing. A cooked food diet is also deficient. Look at our ailment-filled society today! If you CAN'T JUICE, then I would suggest at least drinking wheatgrass or E3 Live every day. Those are like potent chlorophyll juices in themselves. I would also take a green food powder supplement, do blended green smoothies and maybe just buy a fresh juice every once in a while at a health food store. Personally, my budget ALWAYS goes to my health first and I would make it happen - health is our greatest wealth.

I am excited and happy to say that I finished the Juicing vs. Blending article that many people seem to be waiting for. I think you're going to enjoy it - it's coming April 1st. If you are not part of my main newsletter list yet, you can sign up at http://www.rawspirit.org/.

And... The Logo Contest ends on March 26th at midnight Pacific Time. Exciting!!!

Spiritual Bang for your Buck!

One of my most popular sayings is, "When you improve your diet by eating fewer kinds and quantities of foods, your body becomes a more in-tune receptive machine to the spiritual energy." This is something you actually feel; it is physical.

When I say this, many retort that there is a lot more to do with spiritual existence than just diet, which is of course true... yet, I feel that there is not enough emphasis placed on the power of food to help us feel connected. By no means do I feel or claim that I am a 'spiritual guru'. Nonetheless, from my personal experience and the testimonials of many others, if you adhere to a balanced 100% Raw Food Diet, your body will become more vibratory, flowing with that universal cosmic energy. Of course you have to also keep up with the endogenous poisons that will be continually purging from your cells, to really feel the effects. In the Blood Gas Theory article, under the, 'The Science and Spiritual Energy' section, I discuss how the less obstruction you have in the body on a cellular level AND in the bloodstream, the higher you vibrate and with more intensity. Colon hydrotherapy can aid in this process tremendously.

Many Eastern spiritual 'gurus' of the past recommend a raw diet and colon cleansing for this purpose. If you tell a 'mainstream' American that you eat a 100% Raw Food Diet, they look at you as if there is something wrong with you. However, if you tell an 'average' person in India, it seems they'd be much more likely to understand and appreciate the value of your choices.

I am not going to get into details, but I have been experimenting... I have been toying around with eating VERY LITTLE this week. The energy fields in my body have been vibrating with pulsating LIVELINESS. Love energy overcomes my body which is just given right back to the universe. It is Sensory Bliss! When I eat like this, my third eye and body vibrate with such immense force that prayer and meditation practically happen effortlessly. My body also automatically starts to BREATHE DEEPER. I notice while I am laying in bed that my body is actually spontaneously taking deeper breaths and pulling energy from the air. Breathing this pure air while eating like this awakens parts of my lungs that haven't been used in a while. Since the air is so pure out here, it accelerates the detoxification process. It is amazing what these bodies are capable of, if we just provide the right environment for them. I feel that if one lives this type of lifestyle, by eating VERY LITTLE (even less than the typical balanced Raw Food Diet) and breathing pure air, then we can awaken dormant abilities, such as telepathic communication, energy visualization and much more. Just from being on the 100% Raw Food Diet that I have been on and doing the appropriate cleansing, I have personally awakened these types of facilities. However, I feel so much more is possible by eating even less. Conversely, my book Raw Success states that we have to be careful if we decide to permanently commit to eating very little.

Just to be clear, I don't plan to be eating less than my current balanced Raw Diet.

You have to be careful when you do things like this. HARSH and CONCENTRATED old toxins (Gases) from the past will detox out of your cells. Many people think the detox ends after you are 100% Raw for a given amount of time. As I state in the 'Missing Link on the 100% Raw Food Diet' article HERE, when you go on a 100% Raw Food Diet, it is like going on a life-long fast and you are going to detox until the day you die. In truth, when you get up there in age like Dr. Fred Bisci at 80 years old, with 50 years being 100% Raw behind you, that's when you've got to be REALLY careful. This is when the toxins that are leaving during the detox are the MOST CONCENTRATED and dangerous. He is probably detoxing waste from his ancestors.

Many people who have done fasting in their time will vouch for this massive energy that vibrates through them and also the concentrated toxins that leave the body. Especially after a fast you have to be careful. The body is filled with toxins and you have to know what to do to balance back to normal.

Rip wrote:

Do you know a good way to improve the soil that i grow wheatgrass in or maybe good stuff to add to the water? i heard a cup of sea water for every 20 cups of regular water, but i don’t live by the ocean. I'm doing an experiment and i heard that wheatgrass has everything but calories and i want to try to sustain my body off of wheatgrass, a single raw food that's the highest in calories, this breathing technique that's similar to the yoga breath of fire, and joy. so my question is what has the most calories, avacado?

Seawater is excellent but you have to be careful that the waters you get the sea water from are pure. You can purchase concentrated sea water if you like for this. OceanGrown's OceanSolution at this link is tested for toxins and they suggest to use it for growing vegetation. I personally use this stuff in my water and veggie juices. The company says not to drink it straight. I only use a drop or two, just as Norman Walker suggests. He states that the ocean is replete in all of the minerals. This helps provide the rest of the minerals we need, which the vegetable kingdom can't easily offer (especially these days with depleted top soil issues). Additionally, ocean water is electrically charged, so it will improve the structure of the water.

It sounds like you are trying to live off as little as possible. I would probably choose Hemp seeds. An avocado sounds like a good high calorie food to choose because they are readily available and inexpensive. On the other hand, you are lacking the carbs here. Small amounts of Durian can work as it is a carb AND fat. The Durian will give you more energy than the hemp seeds or avocado due to the carbs. If you were open to soaking a few dried figs and blending hemp seeds with that; the hemp seeds, figs and wheatgrass would give you EVERYTHING that you need. Carbs, fat, greens and nutrients. I would probably add a green food to this fig/hemp mixture too. That in itself would be a complete food and you could literally live off that. Additionally, I would do other shots of different greens as well as wheatgrass every day, to get more nutrients. I would maybe even do just a small bit of all the vegetables in the veggie kingdom. I would also add a drop or two of that ocean water to all my drinks, to get minerals not available in the veggie kingdom.

Keep in mind that each person is completely different. There are so many factors such as age, weight, how 'clean' one is at a cellular level and what type of diet they eat. We can literally live off very little. The less you consume, the closer you will be to that fasting state and the more you will detoxify.

Our lovely Angela got 'tagged' in her blog post HERE.

She passed it on to me and now I get to mention 5 things about myself that you already don't know.

1. I was President of ZBT Fraternity in college
2. I worked as an Intern on the Keened Ivory Wayan's Show, Love Connection, Smith Barney and Fundraiser (Mutual Fund Company)
3. I used to LOVE playing Laser Tag with my friends! And Basketball too!
4. My oldest brother is Mentally Challenged (He has the personality of a three year old and he is about 41 years old)
5. I am the prepubescent kid in the middle of this picture with my pledge brothers in the Fraternity. This is around the time when I started to heavily eat meat and work out. On some days I was eating 6 Double-Double Hamburgers from 'IN-N-OUT', in ONE DAY! The hormones from those burgers threw me into puberty. Many years later, I started getting a lot of zits and I knew it was related to the food I ate. I then started cutting out most fast foods.

And now I get to Tag 5 other Bloggers!

Xell Calderer - http://internalhygiene.blogspot.com/ - Great Colon Therapist in Connecticut!

Kelly Ordway - www.rawinmontana.blogspot.com

Aleesha Stephenson - http://aleeshasrawlife.blogspot.com/

Angel Rodriguez - http://gloriouslyraw.blogspot.com/

Suki Zoe - http://qito.wordpress.com/ - Great Colon Therapist in the UK!

Figs are now in season in New Zealand and I am going to different trees daily!!! LOVING IT!