Exchanging Bread for Lettuce, Healing Varicose Veins, & Colon Hydrotherapy

In this Blog Post you will experience:

• Angela Stokes' CNN Weight Loss Story AFTER-PARTY.
  
• Exchanging Bread for Lettuce, Healing Varicose Veins, & Colon Hydrotherapy - Blog Post
  
• Raw Food Recipes - Chia Tapioca!, and Raw Hemp Oil Salad Dressing
  
• Rawkathon - Just Days Away!!!
  
• New products - Kelp Noodles - Just Like Spaghetti & 100% RAW!, SPROUTEIN!, & Chocolate Chia Moon Drops!
  
• More "At Cost!" Specials: Ulimana Chocolate Spreads & Nori - 50 Sheets
  
• More "Below Cost!!!" Specials: Hemp Protein 3lb, HempShake Amazon Acai, Nut Butters!!!, Hemp Oil & Coupon Code
  
• Ani Phyo is on the Travel Channel this Tuesday!!!
  
• Matt Monarch's Monthly Recommendation - Purple Mulberries
  
• Shining the Spotlight - The Raw Body Twins
  

Hello Everyone! I've been sitting still in one place for about a week now... And since I am not travelling continuously, I have more time available to send you out another Newsletter. YAY!!!

I can't get over how enjoyable the Raw Spirit Festival was for me! I recommend attending these events as the opportunities (Business, Love/Dating, Fun, Growth) are endless. They are actually creating TWO Raw Spirit Festivals a year now. The new one is in Santa Barbara in June 2009 and you can learn more about it HERE. My good friend Jeff, the "Rawtographer", took this photo of me speaking above, at this year's festie in Sedona. I recommend checking out his work HERE.

It is quite amazing the PROFOUND impact that Angela's recent CNN Weight Loss story had for the raw foods movement and I guess the planet in general. Almost all of my friends who are into eating Raw have had 'Standard American Diet'-eating friends comment to them about this CNN Story on Angela. Angela is getting a MASS of emails from people who have started to eat better after seeing the story and some even go 100% Raw.

Here is one example of someone whose life has shifted since seeing the CNN Story - she's already released 9LBS in one week:

Hello Angela:
I saw your article on CNN and received the 28 page free download. Thank You!
I've been trying this past week to do as you have done, and keep it simple. I have done pretty well.
I did have a baked treat. But, I am transitioning and giving myself a break. Trying not to be too hard on myself in the beginning because this is truly a life change for me.
I was 293 lbs. last week and am now 284 lbs. I try to walk as much as possible and I do weight training on Saturdays.
I would like to adapt this lifestyle into my life.
After I ate the baked treat I mentioned up above, I felt terrible. I had that earlier today and I still feel horrible. One good thing about trying to eat raw and stay away from the treats and baked goods, is you can truly feel how you "really" feel.
I think we get so desensitized because it is normal to feel horrible and we get used to it until it fades temporarily and we do it again.
I hope to drop a significant amount of weight and know it will take a long time.
Thank you for your example,
Cynthia

This is just ONE of the HUNDREDS of daily emails that Angela receives!

This story has also spurred a bunch of opportunities for Angela to get the 'Raw Food' word out further to the masses. We had a PR agent contact us to promote her story. They came out this week to interview her and do another professional photo shoot for the story that they are confident will get placed into many Newspapers, Magazines, and International Prints all over the world.

The thing I loved most about this PR visit was what the photographer said to Angela. She mentioned that she travels around everywhere doing photo shoots of people who have lost massive amounts of weight. When she saw Angela, she was dumbfounded how VIBRANT she looks compared to all the rest!!!! Many of these other diets entail people living off manufactured 'meal replacement' bars and shakes. Compare that to the NOURISHING lifestyle Angela leads; it makes a WORLD of difference. This photographer was inspired to say the least. She left to go eat a healthy meal. Every time someone comes to visit Angela, they seem to get inspired like this. I wonder why???

We also have some other exciting things brewing up in the wake of this media exposure, which will be announced soon! ;)

If you haven't yet seen this CNN Top Health Story of the Year, you can view the video HERE and the article that had over 2 million hits HERE.

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I always get excited about some new food product we carry and I always put them up here in the top of the Newsletter... Well...

At The Raw Spirit Festival this year, There were these two STUDS selling the most amazing Raw Pizza and some sort of Pasta. I could not believe how amazing both of these meals were. I said, "Are you sure that these noodles are 100% Raw???" They smiled and said, "YES, they are made strictly out of kelp and that is it." I couldn't believe it, so I researched these noodles when I got back from the festie. WOW!!!!, They were not joking!!! And I thought Spiralized Zucchini was the best Raw Spaghetti replacement available. Well... then I tried these Kelp Noodles. I just knew we had to get hold of them for The Raw Food World Store - they're AMAZING: made strictly from Kelp, 100% RAW!!! and INCREDIBLY inexpensive too: 2.5 Servings is only $3.95! LOL

Kelp Noodles are a sea vegetable in the form of an easy to eat raw noodle. Made of only kelp (a sea vegetable), Mineral Rich sodium salt extracted from a brown seaweed, and water, Kelp Noodles are fat-free, gluten-free, and very low in carbohydrates and calories. Their noodle form and neutral taste allow for a variety of uses including salads and Raw Pastas, while their healthful content provides a rich source of trace minerals including iodine, which kelp is well known for. Their unique texture completes the package, making Kelp Noodles a one-of-a-kind healthful and tasty alternative to pasta and rice noodles. Best of all, no cooking is required. Just rinse and add the noodles to any dish and they are ready to eat!

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We have another ~Jam Packed~ Newsletter this week! Enjoy!!!

Exchanging Bread for Lettuce, Healing Varicose Veins, & Colon Hydrotherapy - 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.

Bread was the most difficult thing for me to stop eating when I went 100% Raw. Of course, bread also happens to be one of the MOST DAMAGING FOODS TO THE HUMAN BODY. Bread contains highly processed starch molecules. The 'Starch Molecule' is not soluble in water, ether or even alcohol. Therefore, if you eat something like bread, you end up with this solid, non-soluble starch material traveling through the body. From years of eating bread, this starchy, sticky glue-like substance starts to cake onto the walls of your internal organs and other areas of the body. Fortunately, we are blessed to have some little friends to help us with this sticky situation - so-called "germs". Germs actually benefits us by breaking down this plaster-like wall on our insides and turning it into a pus-like substance. This 'pus' is excreted through all of our eliminatory channels, including the skin. If you have zits on your face, for example, you may want to consider stopping the intake of processed starches and see what kind of results you get...

I LOVE to tell people to replace their bread with lettuce!!! This may sound odd at first, yet this simple step ALONE can literally change peoples' whole health. For example, if you have a sandwich with bread and meat, just replace the bread with lettuce. Put the meat inside the salad leaves or even put it in a salad and that alone would make THE WORLD of difference in terms of digestion and overall health.

When you cut out bread, not only are you on your way to eliminating one of the most damaging food groups (Processed Starches), you are also adding lettuce to your meals, which has a mass of benefits. Have you ever heard of Kirlian photography? This involves the use of a special camera, which captures the energy of whichever article is being photographed. When you take a picture of a Fresh Raw Food Item with this type of camera, the picture is BRIGHT & GLOWING, with all kinds of beautfiul, ethereal colours and spectrums of light around the food. However, when you take a picture of cooked food, it comes out DulL & gLoOmY. The GREAT NEWS is that foods are synergistic and they balance each other out. For example, if you are exchanging lettuce for bread... instead of a meat sandwich, it could now be thought of as a "meat salad", and then the energetic compositions of the lettuce and meat will merge (MUCH more happily than the bread and meat!). In conjunction with the lettuce, the meat will be transformed into a brighter energetic composition. This change in the energetic composition of the meal you are eating will make it easier for the body to handle. (Of course, IDEALLY, one would also replace the MEAT with a plant-food, such as nut butter, avocado, a nut pate and so on - one step at a time though ;)

Due to foods being synergistic like this, I LOVE to tell people that if they eat cooked food, to have lettuce before-hand. If you were to also take some
Digestive Enzymes after this type of meal, it would make an even BIGGER difference. If someone eats steamed vegetable (which is just one slight step away from a 100% Raw Food Diet) and does this process with the lettuce beforehand and the enzymes afterwards, it's ALMOST like they didn't even eat the steamed vegetables. Well... not really... but ALMOST! I hope you get the idea...!

Sarah Wrote:

I'm fairly new to raw (4 months) and have really enjoyed the information in your newsletter. I feel really great with this new way of eating and always ate a diet that was high in fruits and vegetables and was probably quite healthy compared to the SAD diet. My question is about varicose and spider veins. I'm 33 years old and started noticing them a few years ago, much to my chagrin. Is there anything I can do in particular to ameliorate the condition and stop any more from forming? I really appreciate your time and only ask because your information has been so valuable. Thank you!

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Hi Sarah,

The best information I've found on Varicose Veins was in the book Fresh Vegetable & Fruit Juice, by Dr. Norman Walker. Most other materials on the subject say the cause of Varicose Veins is 'unknown'. Dr. Norman Walker states that Varicose Veins result from eating processed foods (especially Refined Sugars & Processed Starches), which allows inorganic calcium to build up in the body (among many other things). The body can't utilize inorganic calcium and it starts to accumulate within the body. The inorganic calcium forms deposits in the blood vessels resulting in toughening of the arteries (Varicose Veins). Additionally, excessive use of standard table salt does the same thing, as it contains inorganic elements too.

Dr. Norman Walker states that in Scotland they used to use Apple Cider Vinegar topically to help shrink varicose veins. He states that you should use it "judiciously all across the vein in the morning and in the evening" for over a month. Additionally, at the same time a person should be drinking two to three glasses of water per day with two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in each glass. Supposedly, many Scottish people had AMAZING results with this method. He said the top three vegetable juices that are ideal to help with bulging Varicose Veins are 'Carrot-Spinach' juice, 'Carrot-Spinach-Parsley-Celery' juice, 'Carrot-Beet-Cucumber' juice. Along with straight Beet Juice, I feel that these three vegetable juices would be ideal for encouraging the solubility and release traces of inorganic calcium, removing the inorganic deposits from the veins. If I, 'The Extremist', were in your shoes, I personally would throw a teaspoon of Therapeutic Enzymes into these three juices daily, to help expedite the process further. I also feel it is important to make sure you are 'keeping up' with the toxins within the body by practicing periodic colon cleansing to ensure the swift removal of these deposits as they are released. And of course... Make sure to eliminate the cause of the Varicose Veins, by eliminating Refined Sugars and Processed Starches from your diet COMPLETELY, or you may very well just be wasting your energy.

If you or anyone you know happens to get any results from following this procedure, I would LOVE to hear about your experiences.

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Eva Wrote:

Hi Matt,
I attended your talk in West Haven. Since then I read the book "Become Younger" by Dr. Walker and found it very interesting. For a few weeks I have been eating mostly raw food, no grains, no sugar, hardly any dairy products and meat, and absolutely no junk food. My problem is the following: I noticed that my digestive system is abnormal. I have loose bowel movements, sometimes even cramps and more acne than usual. What is your suggestion?
Thanks in advance! Eva

Hi Eva,
COLONIC!!!! You are detoxing. Do a colonic and watch what happens.
Great job!
Matt

Eva Later Wrote:

Hi Matt,
Thanks for your prompt reply. I had a colonic today and feel great. I just needed a little push, because I didn't have a colonic for 3 years.
I would really love to work in the field of natural health, but I am still not sure what I want to do exactly.
weeks later Eva wrote: I also just wanted to mention that I did not experience arthritis pain since my colonic.
Eva

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Beatrice Wrote:

Hi,
Thanks for that advise.
One other thing I noticed on your website the colon cleanse product which you recommend doing colonics along side it.
Do you think its possible to get rid of the plaque with just this product without doing the colonics?
I haven't tried doing enemas because I know there is also a chance of backing stuff up back into the colon if its not done correctly which I find a bit off putting.
I also do come across people who have health problems but do not have the funds to do colonics so I'm wondering if they were to do a juice fast alongside using this product it would have the same action?
Once again thank you for your advice I appreciate it
kind regards
Beatrice

Hi Beatrice,
Anything is possible. Without Colon Hydrotherapy as an option, Colosan is your best bet. However, in my opinion, it is unlikely that you will get all the mucoid plaque out that way. I recommend Bernard Jensen's 7-Day Psyllium and Bentonite Cleanse, which I have mentioned often, while doing the amount of colon cleansing recommended in his book HERE.

In my opinion, doing a Juice Fast in conjunction with Colosan is not really going to make much of a difference. There is a possibility that it can even make the situation 'worse', in the long-run. When you go on a Juice Fast, you are omitting solid food and fat from your intake and you are going to detox more on a cellular level. If someone is clogged with masses of impacted gas, refuses to cleanse the colon, and then goes on a Juice Fast, it may just add more gas and waste to the Bonfire.

There is NO OTHER method that detoxifies the body like Colon Hydrotherapy.

NONE!

You can do an infrared Sauna for 5 days straight, an hour a day, foot soaks, skin brushing, Toxin Removal Patches, Exercise, Eat Fiber Supplements Everyday and NONE of these methods will even come close to the deep cellular detoxing that cleansing the colon is capable of... NOTHING! They are all great methods, but they just don't compare when it comes to detoxing the body. Keep in mind that the colon is THE central waste station for our bodies. Trying to do your detoxing through other routes instead of cleansing the colon is like cleaning up a few crumbs on your kitchen sideboards while your trash can is stinking up the whole room with garbage. Make sense?

I knew a woman who told me that when she was younger, she was on the verge of dying and she had absolutely NO MONEY. An elderly woman gave her an enema bag and told her to use it as much as possible and that it had the potential to save her life. This young lady started doing the enemas daily, which started a massive clean out of her body. She was dumbfounded by the results. Mucus and toxins were coming out of every orifice of her body. She said that she could not believe the kind of Vaginal Discharges that exited her body. Waste was coming out of her nose and her nipples and she said that she wouldn't tell me anymore than that or I would be truly disgusted. Now, as an elderly woman herself these days, she told me she knows that enema bag saved her life. She is now a Successful Colon Therapist who can sense energy in the same way as Ann Wigmore and Dr. Fred Bisci, like I mentioned in this past Newsletter HERE.

Now... I am not saying "make cleansing the colon a way of life and do it everyday" like this woman did. If you are not 100% Raw, even just a few times a year may be plenty.

Here is an example of how just one Colonic did wonders for a friend of mine:

One woman worked for my company and had Pneumonia. She was going to go to the hospital to get antibiotics. I convinced her to get a colonic with me before she went to the hospital. After her session she met me back in the car. INSTANTANEOUSLY, right after her colonic, she started taking in really Deep Breaths... INNNN and OUTTTT... INNNN and OUTTTT... She was COMPLETELY amazed at how the Colonic relieved her.

I know that I am always saying this but here we go again... All disease is the same: it is the result of waste building up in the body and trying to exit through the weakest, least resistant part of the body. For example, acne is waste coming out of the face, with Psoriasis it is coming out of the skin, with Herpes it is trying to come out on the genitals and so on. Most people take toxic antibiotics to try to 'fight' the waste coming out and so it gets suppressed. This waste 'MONSTER' just builds up with more waste added each day and has the potential to develop into a more serious degenerative disease, such as arthritis, cancer, or any of the thousands of other ailments affecting humanity today.

It is documented that about 50 years ago, every hospital room had a colonic or enema machine. Cleansing the colon is so effective in healing the body that it was the first measure that a doctor would take in helping someone heal. Then the Big Time Pharmaceutical Companies $$$ came in and started selling their drugs. I can only imagine how they managed to eliminate the colon cleansing machines from all of the hospitals so that people wouldn't heal so fast or so often, and be enticed to pay for their drugs instead.

Courtesy of Mike Adams at NaturalNews.com



Beatrice, in terms of your concern about 'waste backing up into the colon when doing an enema', in my opinion this is utter nonsense. Now... there are Natural Hygienist Raw Food Advocates out there who would say cleansing the colon is unnatural and a very bad thing to do. Of course, I'd love for everyone to decipher with their own intuition what is right for them. I get questions all the time about whether cleansing the colon is detrimental. We can go into debate for hours on beneficial flora, colon dependency, etc. Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again: from my experience, There is NO OTHER Method that detoxifies the body like Colon Hydrotherapy. I hope that helps...

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Raw Food Recipes - Chia Tapioca Pudding!, and Raw Hemp Oil Salad Dressing

Chia Tapioca Pudding!

One of our Lovely customers and friends - Valerie - gave us the most AmAzInG Chia Tapioca Pudding recipe.

The Recipe:
1/4 Generous cup of chia seeds
Add the seeds to 1 cup almond milk. (It would work with blended banana or coconut milk)
Stir well and allow to sit in fridge for about 10 min.

Then add:
2 T raw raisins
Cinnamon to your taste
Stir well and place back in the fridge.
Stir this mixture several times and then allow it to sit overnight in fridge.
In the morning you may need to stir it well before eating.
I swirl the top with raw agave syrup and a sprinkle of cinnamon again.

NOTE TO DIABETICS FROM VALERIE: The use of chia seeds before a meal has been controlling my blood sugars! I am an insulin-dependent Diabetic. Be sure to check your blood sugars more often if you start to eat chia, as I had to adjust my insulin doses, needing less insulin without the added spikes.

Valerie also said:
"Matt, I am going to experiment with chia ground into flour and mixed into a sweet mixture and a vegetable/savory juice mixture and try to dehydrate for chips or crackers, etc. Because of the effects it has been having on my blood sugars, I want to use it several times a day."
Thanks for sharing, Valerie!

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Raw Hemp Oil Salad Dressing

John Roulac, the owner of Nutiva, hooked us up with a very special deal to get you all sizes of his Hemp Oil & Hemp Protein 3lb, both *below* our cost this month.

Additionally he passed on to us an AWESOME Raw Salad Dressing Recipe that he personally uses:
1 part hemp oil
1 part olive oil
1 part lemon juice

To make it creamy add 1 part sesame butter and 1/2 part coconut oil
Optional: add celtic sea salt, dried herbs or seaweed, shelled hempseeds,avocado and tamari
Thank you, John!

Rawkathon - Just Days Away

I have to say that I am really excited about the upcoming "Rawkathon"event.

I had such an amazing time doing this Interview. If you look below you can see some of the fun stuff that I talked about with Kevin. We were at the Raw Spirit Festival and Kevin & Annmarie took me back to the place where they were staying, to film me. Kevin said he felt it was one of the most candid and insightful interviews that he had done so far. Additionally, 15 of the top raw and living food experts on the planet will also be broadcasted for you to watch or listen to, in just a few more days!

So when you sign up for this event, you get to hear my interview (which was definitely one of the best I've done in a while, (possibly ever!)) along with 14 other amazing talks.

And... It's absolutely FREE!... It costs nothing for you to watch or listen to these interviews. All you have to do is register now at this link below:

Click Here ==> http://www.rawkathon.com/matt

Here is a summary of the Interview that I participated in:

A Candid Look Into a Raw Food Expert's Life and His Thoughts on Anastasia, Raising Children and Success

Living Foods Author and Lecturer, Matt Monarch will reveal...

What is detox and how you can know if you're cleansing.

An essential part of health and cleansing that most people don't do.

His candid and heartfelt views on having children and how to raise them.

How to bring about personal prosperity by doing something you love.

His favorite books and how they have influenced his own lifestyle.

Matt Monarch is the author of "Raw Success" and "Raw Spirit." Matt has been a raw foodist for 9 years and is founder of TheRawFoodWorld.com.

Click Here to participate==> http://www.rawkathon.com/matt

New Products at The Raw Food World

Chocolate Chia Moon Drops (100% Raw!) 4.5oz

I have been trying to get a truly Raw Chocolate Chia Product on my website for ages now. I just knew that some brilliant mind out there could create a Raw Chocolate Chia Product that would knock the socks off of YOU! So... I contacted, no other than the divine mistress-of-chocolate, Teresa at Ulimana. As usual, she blew MY socks off - and this time they can be found hanging on the American Flagpole, up on the Moon! Yes, Teresa diligently worked with me in creating the all-new, super-delicious Raw Chocolate Chia Moon Drops. She told me that they are now her favorite product that she carries! She wrote, "I've gotten sooooo much positive feedback on these that everyone who has tried them has flipped out at how good they are! Seriously!!!"

All Raw Ingredients:

Organic Dates, Organic Cashews, Organic Chia Seeds, Organic Cacao Powder, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Coconut Shreds, Organic Agave, Organic Vanilla Beans, and Celtic Sea Salt.

4.5 Ounces

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

• Kelp Noodles - (Just like Spaghetti & 100% Raw!)
  
• Sproutein - Super Protein Powder! ? made from fresh SPROUTS!
  
• Chocolate Chia Moon Drops - Ulimana
  
• Sun Warrior Protein Blend, Vanilla, Chocolate & Natural
  
• Sun Warrior Activated Barley
  
• Brazil Nut Protein Powder
  
• Grawnola
  
• Cheesey Kale Chips
  
• MSM Facial Creme - Soignee
  
• MSM Facial Wash - Soignee
  
• MSM Night Creme - Soignee
  
• MSM Botanical Shampoo 8oz - Soignee (New Size!)
  
• MSM Botanical Conditioner 8oz - Soignee (New Size!)
  
• How We All Went Raw, by Top Raw Men
  
• BIRTH AS WE KNOW IT - 3 Hour SPECIAL EDITION DVD
  

SPROUTEIN combines the nutritional benefits of sprouts, hemp, fruit & vegetable superfoods. This potent formula supplies the body with a raw source of plant protein and nutrients essential for a healthy and fit lifestyle.

Ingredients: Freshly Freeze Dried Sprout Powders (Sunflower Sprouts, Amaranth Sprouts, Millet Sprouts, Flaxseed Sprouts, Kale Sprouts, Quinoa Sprouts, Mung Bean Sprouts, Alfalfa Sprouts), Hempseed Protein Powder, Goji Berry Powder, Black Maca Root Powder, Yacon Root Powder, Lucuma Powder.

Certified Organic & Raw

Dosage: 2 scoops = Maintenance (16 servings) 4 scoops = Optimal Performance (8 servings)

Produced in a certified organic, kosher, vegan & raw facility which is strictly dairy, nut, and gluten free. Certified Raw by ApprovedRaw.com. Our label is printed on environmentally friendly EarthFirst PLA film, made from plants, a renewable resource.

Activated Barley - Sun Warrior

All Natural Ingredients:

Organic activated (pre-sprouted) barley powder
Activated Barley- here's the 'scoop':
One issue with barley is that it's extremely gelatinous. All attempts to dry it and package it for commercial distribution were unsuccessful until a company in Sweden figured out a way to use low-temperature steam (produced in a partial vacuum) to take the barley just up to the point of sprouting -- before it turns gelatinous, but after the point where all the proteins and carbohydrates have been converted, and at a temperature low enough so that no enzymes are damaged.

This turns out to be a remarkably interesting point for food. It's like the food is placed in a state of suspended animation at the point where all of the energy of the grain has been marshalled to sprout the pearl -- and not yet expended in the act of sprouting.

The result is a brand new superfood with unbelievable properties. Think of it like a bullet in a gun.

The Properties of Activated Barley

Like regular barley, it ranks incredibly low on the glycemic index.

It has all of the nutritional value of barley -- high levels of tocotrienols and beta glucans.

It contains 1,000s of active enzymes.

It is an ultra-long-chain carbohydrate that takes up to 4 hours to break down in the digestive tract -- thus providing a slow, sustained release of energy and insulin.

Because the release is so slow, it actually lowers the body's insulin response.

It provides over 400% more energy per calorie than any other food calorie known. (Despite what the USDA may tell you, not all calories are created equal.)

It produces readings of up to 320,000 on the Bovis scale.

THE ABOVE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THIS INGREDIENT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE.

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

Click here for New Items

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

In this Newsletter we are offering the Ulimana Raw Chocolate Spreads "At Cost". In a base of agave, these mixes can be added to your favorite milk (e.g. raw almond milk). Just warm up the spread gently, mix in a heaping spoonful to the milk and stir until dissolved. These spreads are also great as sauces - just dip in a nut and YUM! Even your kids will enjoy them as a healthy alternative to sugar-loaded hot chocolate.

John Roulac, the owner of Nutiva, hooked us up with a very special deal to get you all sizes of the hemp oil, HempShake, and Hemp Protein *below* our cost this month! Thank you John! We appreciate all you have brought to this world, from educating us about Composting to the benefits of Hemp and Coconut Oil!

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

"At Cost":

Raw Chocolate Agave Spreads, Goji Manna - $15.95, Normally $22.00 - with 10% coupon $14.36

Raw Chocolate Agave Spreads, Hemp Manna - $14.95, Normally $22.00 - with 10% coupon $13.46

Raw Chocolate Agave Spreads, Maca Manna - $15.95, Normally $22.00 - with 10% coupon $14.36

Flax Crackers, Italian - $4.75, Normally $6.19 - with 10% coupon $4.27

Nori - 50 Sheets - $11.95, Normally $20 - with 10% coupon $10.76

"Below Cost":

Hemp Protein 3 pounds - $13.95, Normally $25.95 - with 10% coupon $12.56

HempSHAKE Amazon Acai - $9.95, Normally $14.95 - with 10% coupon $8.96

Omega Nutrition's Nutri-Flax Protein - $6.95, Normally $11.95 - with 10% coupon $6.26

Parastroy - Parasite Program - $11.95, Normally $21.95 - with 10% coupon $10.76

Sunflower Seed Butter - $5.00, Normally $9.35 - with 10% coupon $4.50

Pumpkin Seed Butter - $5.50, Normally $10.20 - with 10% coupon $4.95

Macadamia Nut Butter - $8.50, Normally $15.30 - with 10% coupon $7.65

Hazelnut Butter - $7.50, Normally $13.60 - with 10% coupon $6.75

Pine Nut Butter - $9.50, Normally $17.00 - with 10% coupon $8.55

Brazil Nut Butter - $7.50, Normally $13.60 - with 10% coupon $6.75

Black Sesame Tahini - $6.50, Normally $11.20 - with 10% coupon $5.85

Apricot Kernal Butter - $7.50, Normally $13.60 - with 10% coupon $6.75

Pistachio Nut Butter - $10.71, Normally $15.30 - with 10% coupon $9.64

Hemp Oil 8oz - $3.55, Normally $8.99 - with 10% coupon $3.20

Hemp Oil 16oz - $4.95, Normally $14.99 - with 10% coupon $4.46

Hemp Oil 24oz - $7.15, Normally $19.99 - with 10% coupon $6.44

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


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www.TheRawFoodWorld.com

Ani Phyo is on the Travel Channel this Tuesday!!!

ECO CHEF AND RAW FOODS AUTHOR Ani Phyo will appear on the Travel Channel's Hit Show "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern".

Air Date: October 14th at 10pm & 11pm ET, Oct 15th 2am ET
Pac time airs 7pm, again at 8pm

6-minute segment of Ani showing the host how to make raw foods!

Ani Said to me, "This is the only vegan, vegetarian, raw food segment.
Let's encourage our community to email Travel Channel and Bizarre Foods, to request more vegan, veg, raw food programming!!!"

Exciting Ani! We love all the Positive Press happening for the Raw Food Movement at this time!

Thank you Ani for spreading the message!!!!

Matt Monarch's Monthly Recommendation

Our tasty new Purple Mulberries have been SO popular that we ran out of them and they went onto back order after my last newsletter! I'm excited to say we now have a WHOLE new fresh shipment of them to play with.
As you probably already know, I absolutely LOVE our White Mulberries, so I was really excited to try these purple ones. WELL, the Purple Mulberries might as well have SEXY written all over the bag!!!

The Purple Mulberries are Purple, CHEWY, Soft and WET... AND they taste ABSOLUTELY Amazing!!!

RAW SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: If you start eating the Purple Mulberries, there is a great chance that you will get addicted and find it hard to stop eating them...

You can order Purple Mulberries HERE

Shining the Spotlight - The Raw Body Twins

These Ladies are taking The Raw Food World by STORM!!! Susan and Stacey are the ULTIMATE Raw Body Makeover Coaches. As you can tell from their shining BEAUTY, they get results. After a 'lifetime of trial and error', they have succeeded in mastering their health and weight, and their ultimate goal is to train women from every country around the world to do the same. They are Certified Raw Lifestyle Coaches and Raw Nutrition Specialists through the Ekaya Institute of Living Food. They take their vision and their years of extensive knowledge, coupled with their trainings from some of the best in the business and apply it to your personal coaching.

I had the honor and privilege to meet Susan and Stacey at my speaking engagement in Kansas City last month. They are true kind-hearted individuals, with the drive and desire to learn, teach, and evolve the planet into the best place possible. These lovely Twin Sisters are Telepathically Sync'd to a "T"!!! It was so fun to witness them during my talk. Every once in a while, I would say something that resonated with the pair. Normally, just one person has a realization of some sort and taps someone else on the shoulder to give them a knowing look. However, these two ladies, at the same time, each and every time, synchronistically would turn their heads towards each other and nod!!! I thought I was in a movie or something. It was a joy to witness their beaming faces.

If you are ready to start a 'Raw Body Makeover', these ladies might be your greatest new allies. They and their Raw Body Makeover Program can help you "Look and Feel Better Than you've Ever Felt" - they make this promise to you. The whole experience of going raw can be like learning a new language; it can be exciting and intimidating all at the same time! These ladies will answer all your questions and take you through your Journey, Step by Step. You can learn more about Susan, Stacey and their Raw Body Makeover Program HERE. To watch the video to the right, click on it and scroll down to the bottom right of the web page.

Thank you Susan and Stacey for Making a Difference!!!

~Many Blessings from The Raw Food World~

Thank you for continuing to let us serve you.

We wish you and those you love, the very best of everything!

Raw Spirit Transformation

Hello Everyone! I am so excited about these DELECTABLE new Freeze Dried Exotic Fruits, that I had to put them at the VERY TOP of the Newsletter this month!!! If you LOOOOOOVE Durian, I promise that you will LOVE this new Freeze Dried Durian product.

Freeze Dried Fruits are not like a typical 'chewy' dried fruit that might get stuck in your teeth. These are like a honey-comb crunch treat that just melts in your mouth. OH MY GOD!!! Just eating them straight from the bag is a delicacy!!! The Durian Ice Cream that we created with this product was also AMAZING and is so easy to make.

We literally took only four ingredients: half the bag of the Freeze Dried Durian, 1 1/2 cups of water, 1/2 cup of lucuma powder and 1/2 cup of tahini. We blended the ingredients, froze it and later had the pleasure of discovering it was one of the best Raw Ice Creams we've ever tasted... And sooo SIMPLE!!! I am sure that you can create your own delicious Ice Cream Concoctions with various yummy ingredients such as Vanilla Powder, Goji Powder, Cinnamon and so much more! Additionally, I feel all of these Freeze Dried Fruits are the ultimate "Movie" Snack Food. There is no mess and they taste better than ANY other popcorn substitute I've ever tried ;).
Our freeze dried Durian, Mangosteen, and Jackfruit have all been tested for artificial chemicals and sprays, and happily, all have no such residues. In Thailand, where these fruits are grown, "certified organic" durians, mangosteens and jackfruits are nearly non-existent. The fruits we have selected are traditionally cultivated and quite simply the best we could possibly lay our hands on (if not better than "organic").

AND... The Mangosteen!!! The little Mangosteen seeds are left intact inside the freeze dried white flesh. You get the gorgeous honey-comb crunch from the white flesh along with these seeds that burst with fruity flavor. When you chew down on the seeds, it is almost like a chocolate chip consistency against your teeth. WOW!


One 100g package of Freeze Dried Durian will provide the equivalent amount of nutrients of 1KG of fresh durian meat or 2KG of a whole durian (with shell/seed weight included).
We even created a 3-pack set at a discounted price so that you can try them ALL! You can order these amazing Freeze Dried Exotic Fruits by clicking HERE!

Do you remember our wonderful new 'Living Foods' friend Eirikur from Iceland, who used to work with Ann Wigmore? Well, Angela and I decided to do the Icelandic scenic tourist route before we parted from Eirikur and Iceland. Above, you can see Eirikur, Angela and myself at a large crater area called Kerid, where a volcano blew up. The middle picture is us at the stunning 'Gullfoss', which is one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland. We also travelled to a few other amazing places such as the infamous 'Geysir' area (home of the 'original' geyser ;) and Solheimar, which is an ecovillage where people with learning disabilities live and work alongside other workers, producing beautiful pieces of art and growing produce. You can learn more about this place by searching for 'Solheimar' on Angela's blog HERE (Angela used to work in this ecovillage).

Later that day I was enjoying a less traditional tour of Eirikur's house and look at the framed picture that I saw on his wall above his door!!! Does this picture look familiar to you with the luscious RED strawberry and lips??? Well... If you look below, you will realise that this is the ORIGINAL, hand-painted picture for the "Hippocrates Diet and Health Program Book", by Ann Wigmore. This book was one of her earlier works. Eirikur says that the most updated information Ann published was in her book entitled "Rebuild Your Health". It is now one of my favorite 'Raw Food' books on the market. They are so popular that we actually sold out of them and they are currently really hard to get. We will be getting in hundreds more sometime soon though and I will notify you when they are in.

Eirikur was telling me that Ann Wigmore used to talk into a little tape recorder that she carried around with her, every single day. This was to document all of her latest findings, thoughts and research. He recovered boxes and boxes of these tapes after her death. He gave them to a trustworthy person for safe-keeping, many years back. We got in contact with this person and I am excited to go and meet them later this month. We haven't yet discussed details about the tapes, but we're quite confident that this person still has these VALUABLE records... WISH ME LUCK!!!! SO EXCITING!!!! We plan to do a full-on search for Ann's most up-to-date research and educational information, prior to her passing. Additionally, I have plenty more stories to relay to you and we will start throughout this Newsletter.

A few months of the year, Eirikur departs on a big ship for an entire month as the Chief Engineer. It is really good money and he has plenty of vacation throughout the rest of the year. The following is soooo Funny and CUTE! He took us to his ship to show us around. This Handy-Man extraordinaire created a sprouting and rejuvelac rack right in his work area on the ship!!! You can check it out in the picture to the right. He even brings his own wheatgrass juicer and hooks it up to this HUGE engine on the boat. I have to say, it must surely be the most POWERFUL Wheatgrass Juicer on the planet.

One Christmas he bought every one of his fellow crew members a gift. He told them all that they were not permitted to open the present themselves and that their wives had to get the present from under the Christmas tree and open it. The crew members didn't know what to say when their shocked wives pulled out an enema bag, wheatgrass seeds, sprouting equipment and so on. It is amazing how well received these gifts were though in the end, once the explanations had been made... ;) Eirikur is single-handedly changing the lives of shipping crews, with love!!!!

We have another ~Jam Packed~ Newsletter this month; I also wanted to mention that I have a new video on You Tube and you can view it down at the bottom of this newsletter, in the 'Shining the Spotlight' Section... Enjoy!!!

Solid Food is a Detoxification Regulator, 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.

When a person goes on a 100% Raw Food Diet, they go through detoxification. In fact, when someone eats any kind of 'less harmful' foods, compared to their previous diet, they will detoxify and at times not feel well. Most people seem to avoid detoxification at all costs, as they don't want to handle the withdrawal symptoms.

To stop the detoxification, we eat food. For most people, the feeling of 'hunger' does not equate to a situation of "get some nutrition into your body now or else you will not survive." Therefore, when we eat, we are not reacting to a 'life or death' situation. Rather, we have not ingested any food for a while and the body is starting to go into detox, which can feel uncomfortable and so we eat something, to stop the detox. In this sense, the sensation of 'hunger' can be thought of as the body simply going into detoxification mode. People usually feel 'hungry' many times a day, yet we can live without solid food for over a month.

Arnold Ehret states:

As soon as you refill the stomach with food, THE ELIMINATION IS STOPPED and you feel better!
(Arnold Ehret: The Mucusless Diet Healing System, Pg 156)

Similarily, when a drug addict stops taking their drug, they go through withdrawals (detoxification of that drug). The drug addict doesn't want to feel uncomfortable from this detoxification, so he takes the drug again, to feel better. Not only do the withdrawal symptoms stop, but also he gets stimulated at the SAME TIME! It is the same thing with food. When I eat 'gourmet' raw meals, it stops my deep cellular detoxification, while at the same time stimulating me. Euphoria! Now at some point later along the line, I will be off that high and down low, as my body tries to detoxify the remnants of this gourmet meal. The only way to COMPLETELY stop the detoxification of that gourmet meal, it is to eat the same amount of gourmet food again or more. If you CONSISTENTLY just ate the same amount of food and not more to stop the detoxification, over time you would not get as stimulated as you once did, because your body becomes used to that diet. Therefore, you would need to eat more food to get stimulated again. (Just in the same way as a drug addict, smoker or alcoholic, over time, comes to require more and more of their substance of choice, to feel stimulated. The body's tolerance increases.)

Can you see how the degradation of the human diet could have easily unfolded over the centuries? If we assume we started our existence as Breatharians, then right after the first piece of food we ate, we would have to detoxify it and not feel well. The only way to skip that ill feeling is by eating the same amount of food again, or even more food. Over the centuries, we have chosen to eat more and more food for excess stimulation and to stop the detoxification at the same time. As the centuries went by and manufacturing processes intensified, we evolved and adapted into eating the Standard American Diet.

So here we are, THOUSANDS of years later, and many of us now aspire to go back really close to our pristine diet... The 100% Raw Food Diet.

Welcome!!!... To the Life Long Fast!

Why do most of us NOT adhere to this 'pristine' diet??? In my opinion, it is simply because we start to go through withdrawals, and then we want to stop the harsh uncomfortable detoxification and feel ecstatic at the same time, through stimulation. In contrast, nothing better aids the process of this ongoing detoxification and journey back to our pristine diet than cleansing the colon on a periodic basis.

When I am talking about colonics, in truth, it is not really the solid waste we are trying to eliminate from our colon. For example, I had spent many weeks in NYC before I went to Iceland. In Iceland I breathed PURE fresh air, while at the same time drinking extremely clean water, straight from nature. Due to the sudden absence for me in Iceland of any city pollution/low quality water exposure, I went through masses of detoxification of all that had been accumulating in my body for the previous weeks. It wasn't solid fecal matter that was detoxifying in my system. It was noxious gases. Cleansing the colon helps efficiently remove these toxins. Another example would be a heroin addict detoxifying their drug of choice. Again, it isn't solid waste coming out of their body... it is gases and tiny particles. One final example is the air pollution that the majority of us are breathing every day. This does not become solid waste either as it's detoxified from the body. This all just shows up as gas entering our system... AND... cleansing the colon is the most powerful aid to help remove these gases...

As I have stated before in my Juicing vs. Blending article, most of us actually get surprisingly little nourishment from eating solid raw food, as the body uses a lot of energy to digest the food and few people chew foods very thoroughly. Interestingly, although cooked vegetables could be considered less optimal for the body, there have been studies conducted that show people actually getting more nourishment from steamed vegetables than Raw Vegetables in their whole solid form. Why would that be? Well, the nutrients from the cooked vegetables are simply more easily absorbed, because the cell walls have been broken down by cooking and you can 'get away' without chewing your food so much. There is of course technically more nourishment available in the Raw Vegetable, however, as 99.99% of the human species don't chew their food optimally, this nourishment doesn't get "unlocked", to be utilized by the body.

Most 100% Raw Food eaters get their optimal nourishment through vegetable juicing and drinking blended green smoothies... and I feel that solid food simply acts as a 'detoxification regulator'. Yes... we get omega fatty acids and concentrated proteins and so on from the solid food we eat... However, we need a lot less of those things than you probably think. From day to day, I eat a consistent, standard amount of food and that amount has been slowly decreasing for almost a decade now. Although I am now eating less solid food than a few years ago, I am better nourished than I have ever been before. After all my years on this detox path, there are fewer backed-up toxins and poisins in my cells and body, and therefore, I need less solid food to momentarily stop the ongoing detoxification. Solid food is simply a Detoxification Regulator.

Raw Spirit Transformation - 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.

A few years ago, I was walking through a Farmers' Market with Dr. Fred Bisci. There was a bunch of heads of cauliflower at one stand. Fred took the palm of his hand, and slowly passed it over all the cauliflower, about a foot above them. He then chose one and said, "Thank you' to the salesperson. He responded to my peculiar look by saying, "I can sense the energy of the food when I do that." I then asked him to pick me one.

I was reminded about this Fred Bisci story, when our Icelandic friend Eirikur told me another tale recently about Ann Wigmore. Generally, it's healthy for people to get some head-space from their surrounding environment every once in a while. When Ann Wigmore would feel the need to take a break from being at her centres, she would call upon Eirikur to drive her around. He told me that when they went to the Farmers' Markets, Ann Wigmore would do a very similar thing that Fred did with the cauliflowers. Ann would tell Eirikur when she sensed which fruits or vegetables were irradiated, just by slowly moving her hand over them.

Eirikur had a tough time believing her, so he would go back and purchase the fruits that she'd pointed out as irradiated and take them home. He would place these fruits on his radiator, to speed up the breaking-down process. He discovered that consistently, before the fruits went bad, they would not ripen any more, in the way that organic non-irradiated fruits would. This happened every single time he tried to test out Ann Wigmore's claims, which proved her "intuition" correct!

Hmmmm... What do Dr. Fred Bisci and Dr. Ann Wigmore have in common??? They are both Long-Term Raw Foodists who cleanse(d) their colon on a periodic basis.

When you adhere to a 100% Raw Food Diet in conjunction with periodic colon cleansing, over time your body will automatically become a more receptive, in-tune receiver to Spiritual Energy. A lot of Yogic "Gurus" request that their disciples adhere to a Raw Diet in conjunction with cleansing the colon for this very reason. The colon cleansing plays a HUGE part in being more open to receiving this Spiritual Downloading.

Before I went 100% Raw, I didn't even realize the possibility of having a 'Spiritual Path' existed. I was the typical 'party' type of guy, who happened to also be President of the Biggest Partying and Drinking Fraternity at California State University Northridge. After that, the 100% Raw Food Diet THREW ME into a spiritual path!

In my book, "Raw Spirit", I talk about how my Third Eye Chakra started to vibrate with great INTENSITY when I completed a full-on psyllium-bentonite cleanse, after being on a 100% Raw Food Diet for 6 months. Ever since then, that ViBrAtIoN has gotten stronger and stronger. At the time, I didn't do ANY spiritual practice. AUTOMATICALLY, this vibration started ALL ON ITS OWN!... and I stepped out on my spiritual path at that time. Since then, I have experienced a mass of beneficial and uplifting spiritual shifts over the years. It's PHENOMENAL! I found that this spiritual receptivity happens AUTOMATICALLY when we live this type of lifestyle!!! It is all just about coming into alignment with our true nature and potential.

Adam Wrote:

Hey Matt, I was writing to see if you wouldn't mind sharing and clarifying a little more of your opinions and knowledge about the psyllium/bentonite cleanse. I plan on tackling this cleanse in a couple of months and was curious to see if you had any ideas on how to improve upon this procedure. Obviously many excellent new products and supplements have come out since the origination of the cleanse. A few of the products that I feel might be upgraded are wheat germ capsules, calphonite, pancreatin, spring green tablets. Could these be substituted with another oil like hemp, angstrom calcium, Bisci's enzymes, and a different superfood blend? Also, do you think that one colonic a day with a enema in the evening would work as a substitute for the colemas with the colema board? Did you receive 2 colonics a day while doing this program? Maybe this cleanse needs no improvement, but I was just curious to find out what you thought since you have experience with the procedure.

Besides my health inquiry, I would like to commend you on a job well done with your two book publications and business adventures. I wish you great success and happiness in the future. I enjoyed the read and feel that you clearly revealed some of the key steps towards raw success. You have certainly laid out another piece to the puzzle of health and happiness. It would not be polite for me to not send my regards out to someone who has contributed the time and energy that you have obviously put into informing others. Expressing my thanks to all beings that contribute towards enhancing my life is new practice I intend to implement in my future from now on. Your books and services are but one facet that have added towards my growth, and so I thank you. Please respond whenever you have some free time. Thanks again and take care, Adam.

Wow!!! Thanks so much Adam. This means so much to me! I appreciate you too!

For the psyllium-bentonite cleanse, I actually removed things from it to make it 'better' rather than adding things to it. I replaced all the supplements recommended in the cleanse with a simple green vegetable juice. I did use the niacin though. I recommend hemp oil on the 4th day to cover your grounds in terms of Omega fatty acids. The hemp oil also replaces the wheat germ and cod liver oils.

After experiencing Colon Hydrotherapy with Mike Perrine last month, I am beginning to truly see the power of doing Colon Hydrotherapy with a really good therapist, compared to a larger enema bag or even a colema board. I am guessing that 90% of the people who go to Mike don't feel well after the colonic. I feel that he does such a great job and gets so deep, that a purging of either the liver, cells in general or other organs is pretty much inevitable. Don't let this ill, purging feeling fool you though, it is a really good thing overall. You are releasing old waste and will come out the other side ever-more radiant and healthy.

When I did the psyllium-bentonite cleanse, I actually only did it for five days and I did it with a professional colonic in both the morning and evening, every day of that cleanse. They discounted the price to $500 for me, in NYC. I now sense that, THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO to aid this cleanse, is to do a professional colonic like this, in the morning and evening every day of this cleanse. I feel strongly about this and I am going to be recommending it from now on for ULTIMATE results. You can do it of course with a colema board and/or enemas and get great benefit, but I just don't think it compares to the professional colonics. I have a feeling this is one of the reasons why I experienced what I did. Additionally, I feel my young age, the comparatively small amount of cleansing my 'skinny' body required, TRULY being 100% Raw for six months, and cleansing my colon with professional colonics 3 - 4 times a month during those first 6 months of being 100% Raw were also other great factors that led to me having such a powerful experience with this cleanse. My body was ready for this experience!!!

I actually wrote the protocol on my blog of this 'simplified' psyllium-bentonite cleanse HERE. (Keep in mind though that this was before I was recommending the colon hydrotherapy twice a day.)
Thanks again, Adam, for your kind words!
Matt

Kimberly Wrote:

Since I have gone 100% Raw, the excess energy becomes so intense that I have trouble sleeping at night. I feel like eating cooked food so this does not happen. Any advice on what I can do?
By the way, I love your book Raw Spirit! Your story fascinates me and I feel that it has the same effect on many others too. I think you should make a sequel going deeper into your spiritual path and personal story.
Much Love to you and Angela,
Kimberly

I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I love writing about this subject! I don't know if and when that book would actually happen, however, I will go deeper into my experience right now with you, as I answer your question. I hope that you are correct about other readers wanting to hear this information. ;)

It is challenging of course for me to know what exactly is going on in your being, but I will give you a couple of great pointers. If you are not keeping up with the endogenous poisons entering into your bloodstream from detox, this can cause discomfort when trying to sleep. However, I feel like the root of your discomfort is actually something deeper than that.

The less food you eat (even on a 100% Raw Food Diet) and the fewer toxins within your system, the more easy it is for energy to be channelled through your body. In my blog post, Moving too Fast I talked about how Alexis Carrel won the Nobel Peace Prize decades ago, for keeping a chicken heart alive in a laboratory for almost 30 years, by simply supplying the needed nutrients and clearing away waste. Not only did the cells survive, they also showed no signs of deterioration. Eirikur was telling me that Ann Wigmore practically did the same thing to her body. Almost every day she would consistently have about 5 sips of energy soup, 5 times a day and NOTHING ELSE, while chewing each of these sips over 50 times. Additionally, she did an enema a minimum of once a day. I can only IMAGINE the amount of energy that was being channeled through that woman's body. She thrived on only around 3 hours of sleep per day. She took three one-hour naps in the space of each day and she would talk about the importance of taking a nap before you reached the point of becoming extremely tired.

For me personally, I tend to eat roughly the same amounts of food consistently every day, and that does not involve any "Raw Gourmet" meals. Every once in a while, I will shake things up and play with some other extremes, ranging anywhere from overeating to systematic under-eating. When I play around with these extremes, emotional whirlwinds can be set in motion. Kimberly, I am hoping that through sharing my experiences here, you may see ways to help create a shift in what is happening for you.

Just recently, I was playing around with eating very little food. My standard consistent diet before I was eating very little food is probably a lot less than most of my readers eat. However, our standard consistent diet is the same for anyone, in the sense that this is where we each have come to as our consistent "comfortable" diet - it is the point at which we have 'balanced out'. If you eat less than that, you will be creating the space for more energy to flow through your body and you will also be simultaneously detoxifying.

So, when I was eating very little food and it was time for me to go to bed, sleep didn't come so easily to me, because I was not feeling 'drugged' by the standard amount of Raw food that I generally ate. I would have a mass more of energy when it was time to go to bed... Kind of like Ann Wigmore. Prior to that, I would fall asleep effortlessly, but not during this period... I was wide-awake with a mass of energy flowing through me. Kimberly, this may be what was happening to you... The beauty of this is the potential healing that can take place. I would lay down to sleep, not intoxicated from food, and I would turn my focus to any negative energy (emotional pain) that existed in my body. I now had the option to toss and turn from that "uncomfortable" negative energy, or to go into healing it, with awareness.

For example, I might realize that I was embarrassed by something I had said to a group of people. What I had said was not ultimately the issue. It was this negative energy ("Pain") that I was feeling and holding on to after this experience, which was the real issue. At this point I could have fretted restlessly from these uncomfortable feelings or I could choose to go through massive healing. This is where meditation comes into play. While aware and meditating, I would heal this energy of "pain" by staring (meditating) into it with unwavering focus and love (Prayer). After a certain amount of time, the healing would feel complete and that 'negative energy' would disappear. Not only would this process heal me from these unpleasant feelings, but I also feel it heals the 'negative' energy experienced around this incident by the other people involved.

To illustrate how we are all connected and how feelings can easily affect even someone right on the other side of the planet, let's continue with this example. That "negative energy" in the example above may have been generated in one of the people in the group other than myself. However, I may be feeling it. So, when I healed my part of that energy experience, I was extending healing to both myself and the other people involved in that exchange, at the same time.

In these bed-time healing rituals, I would find that once one negative energy is gone, another one may arise in my being and then I would heal that one and so on. So this healing process can go on and on. This, I feel, is a huge part of what it means when we say that your psychological and emotional issues can rise to the surface as you detox. You develop such a sharp mind and so much awareness on the 100% Raw Food diet that these things become 'unavoidable'. This awareness is more likely going to happen when you eat less food, because you are not 'intoxicated' by your typical diet. At some point after consistently eating a completely Raw Diet for some time, you will most likely find yourself feeling 'forced' to look at any negative energies in your being and either embrace and heal them or instead choose to re-intoxicate yourself with food to suppress it and yo-yo once again.

The real beauty happens when you reach a point of healing all the negative energies you can perceive within the body at any particular time. You will then just emanate love, void of any pain. Then the meditative focus and awareness switches from those previously unhealed 'negative' energies, over to all the orgasmic positive "love energies" within the body. This is when you can really become a healer to others. You will be like a Love and Light being, walking the planet sending healing to every structure that crosses your path. You will likely then start to perceive more accurately the 'negative' energies within others and you can heal them the same way you healed yourself... with awareness (Meditation) and Love (Prayer) towards that "negative" energy.

Please understand that I am not claiming to be a spiritual 'guru' or any kind of 'evolved' being. For example, just the other day I was just punching my horn while driving and screaming at somebody who cut me off and scared me to death. However, when I am in this space of eating very little food, meditation feels like it practically comes automatically, as the orgasmic energy permeates every cell of my body with extreme intensity. In that state, the BEAUTIFUL Psychedelic WORLD can be witnessed and taken in with unfathomable love, wonder and admiration. People become attracted to you as you heal the space around you with absolute LOVE. In my perception, DIET PLAYS A HUGE ROLE OUR SPIRITUAL PATH... It just happens automatically...

So... Why don't I always eat small amounts, so that I can ALWAYS experience this VIBRATIONAL WORLD with extreme INTENSITY???

Well, let me give you another example. Let's say I am walking down the street and a fruit vendor has FRESH FIGS that just came into season!!! My mouth waters, as I can just imagine the sweetness. My mind wants to buy 5 baskets of them just so I feel sure I have enough to satisfy my intense desires. Perhaps I then continue my way down the street and I pass "Pure Food and Wine" and I think of their "gourmet" 'Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Vanilla Ice Cream'!!! Oh... THE PAIN... of choosing to not eat that... Eating just feels sooo good. The stimulation, the satiation, the drunkenness, the bulk in the stomach, intoxicated. Ease of sleep. THE DRUG!!! Give it to me NOW!

You see, if my motivation for eating very little food comes from suppression of my desires (let's say, for example, that I'm eating very little food so that I feel sharp for a series of lectures), then afterwards it may feel like a "celebration" and I might find myself overeating Gourmet Restaurant dishes as a result. I then become out of balance, until I once again reach back into that space of a consistent diet.

However, I find that when eating very little food is done out of true joy, without an ounce of suppression, then it becomes really easy. My desire for 'playing' with food is non-existent in that context and I feel completely empowered and clear. It even becomes easier the longer I am eating very little food, because my body evolves to that new space... and very little physical and/or emotional desire affects this new eating trend. I have been in this state many times before and for me, it feels like the 'ultimate', as I explained above. My body and mind are in such a state of empowerment without any desire for a diversion to occur... However, for various reasons... I do let it happen at times... AND... For Me... It just takes ONE Gourmet and/or Overeating 'slip-up' to slide off into my previous habits.

I get STIMULATED while at the same time the DETOXIFICATION STOPS. To me, it is ABSOLUTE EUPHORIA!!!! It's like I used to feel when I was DRUNK on alcohol. Additionally, it just takes one incident of overeating to stretch the stomach right back open. Once that meal is out of the stomach, the shrinking of the stomach generates a false sense of hunger and our desires to eat again come very easily. Also... in that state, my 'mucus and obstruction-free clean body' can handle that excess food, because there is so much room for extra obstruction in the body after eating so well for so long. Let me explain...

When you eat a diet that is consistent, yet involves generous amounts (more than your body wants) every day, over time, mucus and obstruction build up within the body. When you reach a peak of obstruction within the body, you usually don't feel well, energy is low, and this is when I sometimes choose to start eating very little food. After eating very little food for some time, all mucus and obstruction then disappears, which leaves a 'clean energy', vibrating body. Now there is more room for 'error' and I can handle more food again for some time, before I become totally obstructed again from eating excess food.

So... here I am, my stomach stretched wide open from an indulgent eating session... feeling Euphoria from stimulation and the stopping of the detoxification... Not feeling obstructed at all from this one slip-up because my body is so clean and can handle it right now. Then... vrrooooom, the whirlwind goes in the other direction again and I'm on a path of eating more again, until soon enough that feels like too much again and I balance out once more to my previous, consistent 100% Raw Food Diet... And the cycle goes on and on... again and again...

However... my consistent diet also does slowly involve a smaller quantity of food as the years go by.

I have been saying this for years and at some point I will clearly make my boundaries and choices totally clear and truly take it all to the next level, where I will be systematically under-eating 'forever more'. Maybe it will happen when I have a child? Maybe it will happen when I am 45 years old? I feel that I am in a position where I can demonstrate the true potential of what a human body can do on the 100% Raw Food Diet and I would love to experience and share that... For now, those fresh figs and Almond Butter Ice Cream may still be calling my name ;)

Well... If you made it this far in reading this... I hope that my experience helped you out in some way.

Purely Delicious 'Raw Food' Magazine

There is such a demand for Raw Food Magazines. I have been sent many requests suggesting I take up a project like this. Well... Have you ever seen the magical NEW Raw Food magazine 'Purely Delicious'???

~I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!~
There have been about 6 issues released so far and they are all so great!!! It's made with masses of love by the sublime Anna Tipps in Texas and the Summer 2008 issue is out NOW. This issue includes an article on Raw Food Weight Loss and it features our LOVELY ANGELA and my dear friend Philip McCluskey, plus articles on 'The Truth about Protein', 'Wonderful Water', book and restaurant reviews, a nut-free summer recipe section and lots more...


The magazine is BEAUTIFULLY presented and subscriptions are a snip at just $25 for a year (for those in contintental US) or $45 for 2 years. You can check it out and order your copies HERE.

Matt Monarch's Monthly Recommendation

I am really excited about this new section in our Monthly Newsletter. People often ask me, 'Which books, DVDs or supplements should I get???' Well... I've decided that from now on, every month I am going to give you one of my TOP RECOMMENDATIONS... AND... I will explain why I recommend it.

This month's Recommendation is the book "Man's Higher Consciousness", by Hilton Hotema.
Now, I love learning about all the new "Super-Foods" and Technological Advances that arise in the Raw Foods movement. I think they all have their place and serve a GREAT purpose. However, I also don't want us to get lost in 'diversions' and perhaps forget about the key concepts that are necessary to feel great with this type of lifestyle in the long-run. You can do ok without all of the Super-Foods and Scientific Realizations, but you can't really do well without certain concepts, such as, 'It is what you leave out of your diet COMPLETELY that heals you." All those pioneers who have now passed on knew what they were talking about. They include, Arnold Ehret, Hilton Hotema, Dr. Norman Walker and Ann Wigmore.

The book Man's Higher Consciousness will help give you a deep understanding of the basic concepts of how our bodies work and the origin of Man. A lot of explanation about why we become more 'in-tune' receivers to spiritual energy when adhering to a cleaner diet is revealed in this book. It also goes a bit into Breatharianism, Centenarians, Air Quality and so much more. After you read this book, you will realize that a lot of the information I love to bring forth to you is based in a number of these principles.

You can order Man's Higher Consciousness, by Hilton Hotema HERE

The Need For More!...

In 1997 I was president of ZBT Fraternity at California State University Northridge. I had a beautiful blonde Sorority girlfriend and was considered the 'BMOC' (Big Man On Campus) by many. As many of you know I tend to go outside the norm with my outlandish ways, which can sometime result in controversy. I was always the 'chief' with my friends and lead us through various 'heart-palpitating' adventures during our early years, veering dramatically away from any standard 'rules' of society along the way. Towards the end of my presidency, an extreme flip occurred in my life...

The IFC (Intra Fraternal Council) was always on my back. Toward the end of my Presidency they finally had enough 'evidence' on me to present a case to the alumni advisors of my Fraternity. To make a long story short, with only a month left, I had to step down as President. Shortly after that, I was dumped by my girlfriend who later started living with an older, balding, out-of-shape alumni from my fraternity.

At the time I didn't see this objectively, as an espisode of drama going on in my life. I was blinded by extreme pain and lack of awareness. I missed the fact that this seemingly really harsh event in my life actually sparked a hugely beneficial subconscious search to 'find myself'. Trying to 'prove myself' to the world, I hit the working world searching for the 'hippest' job that I could get my hands on. I ended up at MTV Networks in Santa Monica. Still searching, after two years of working at MTV, I requested to transfer to the NY office. I was still subconsciously unsatisfied and had a feeling of being lost while working two more years in the NY office... AND THEN... someone handed me a book...

Yep! You guessed it! The book was 'Become Younger', by Dr. Norman Walker!

This book contained example after example of people healing from degenerative diseases and acquiring massive amounts of energy by doing three simple things...

1. Eating a 100% Raw Food Diet
2. Drinking a Variety of Vegetable Juices Daily
3. Cleansing the Colon Periodically

This was it! I knew that I'd found what I was looking for! Before I go into the rest of the story, I must say that all three of these points are CRUCIAL. I feel that if you leave *O*N*E* out, then you will not fully experience the amazing benefits mentioned below.

At this point before I went raw, I felt like I needed something more in my life. I didn't know what it was. When I discovered the 100% Raw Food Diet, I knew WHOLE-HEARTEDLY that this was what I was looking for. I didn't have any health issues, yet I knew something was going to happen if I pursued this way of life. The path shouted 'truth', coming my way… AND… Was I surprised!... Oh boy! Was I surprised!...

I started to live my life by the three core principles above. The big transformation wasn't the experience of being completely mucus free for the first time in my life, or the extreme heightening of my five senses. It was something much more profound. My 'finely tuned' intuition guided me to Gil Jacobs ('Chakra 17' Master Colon Therapist) and later to Dr. Fred Bisci.

After six months eating an 'extreme' Raw Diet, Gil sensed that there was no stopping me. He introduced the psyllium & bentonite cleanse, to finish off the cleansing of my small intestines of all mucoid plaque. I talk about this cleanse in my book Raw Spirit and in this blog HERE.

For the first time in my life I experienced what it was like to feel like an 'energy being'. A continual 'hollow-energetic-vibratory-like' pressure in my frontal sinus cavity blisses me out, as energy emanates through my heart space shivering throughout my entire body as I have unearthly experiences, over and over again. Of course, I am still searching on this life-long journey, but I feel like I have learned more about life in the last five years than the entire rest of my life. I found myself!

I'll emphasise the point again: all three of the following core principles, in my opinion, are crucial in succeeding on this type of lifestyle in the short & long-run:

1. Eating a 100% Raw Food Diet
2. Drinking a Variety of Vegetable Juices Daily
3. Cleansing the Colon Periodically

Cravings…

Who in their right mind would go 100% Raw? What is the immediate result when someone goes 100% Raw? They get diarrhea! No wonder the 100% Raw Food diet gets a lot of FLACK. When someone tries to go 100% Raw, they usually end up confused and not feeling well, with waste continually coming out of their rear-end (sometimes in liquid form). Considering all that, I wouldn't want to go 100% Raw either! However, in my case, when I went 100% Raw, I just did it. Nothing was going to stop me. Not even working at MTV Networks and having to go back and forth to the bathroom nonstop with a very toxic system. I seriously don't think I would have succeeded and stayed 100% raw, without colon hydrotherapy.

Yep... it's another post ALL about Colon Hydrotherapy... ;)

People are always asking me, how do (did) you deal with cravings, when only eating Raw Foods? Yep, my answer is... Colon Hydrotherapy. Have you ever seen a movie where they put a heroin addict in hospital and they were forced to abstain from their drug of choice? It is absolute MAYHEM, as they scream for their fix while often causing as much destruction as they can. When you eliminate all foods from your diet except natural raw foods, the effect is not AS extreme as the heroin addict example, but you certainly go through the same process of wanting that FIX. If those heroin addicts were given colon hydrotherapy, their detoxification process would be much easier. Colon Hydrotherapy just aids the body and pulls out the waste/toxins in the system. It is the same with cooked foods. Keep in mind that you will rapidly become cleaner as you detox using colon hydrotherapy and your body won't like those other foods you used to eat anymore - hence, the cravings disappear.

When I first went Raw, I kind of 'cheated' the detoxification process. Don't get me wrong, I remember detoxing and walking the streets of New York City wanting food from all the sushi bars and pizza joints I passed. However, I did have it pretty easy, compared to the stories I hear from many people who try to stay 100% raw. Everytime the detox got crazy, whenever I had zits on my face with a runny nose, whenever I had to go back and forth to the bathroom nonstop, I scheduled a colonic. I generally did this every 10 days when I first went raw. That means about 3 times a month. As soon as I didn't feel good, I would do a session and be TRANSPORTED back to CLEAN SPIRITUAL BLISS. Being internally 'clean' is, I feel, a huge part of this game. Many Yogi 'Gurus' recommend a raw diet with colon hydrotherapy, because it is one of the best ways to aid the body in physically receiving that downpour of Universal Cosmic Energy.

Periodic Colon Hydrotherapy has the ability to take the Cravings away.

Don wrote:

Hi Matt. I read in your "Raw Success" emails about the man who went raw and was having great hunger pains. You have continually stressed the importance of enemas in your newsletter. I have been doing colonics with a colema board for about a month now and one of the many benefits I have received is a very noticeable reduction in hunger. I eat much less and when I do get hungry it is not at all painful but just simply an awareness of hunger. I would highly recommend to anyone on a raw or transitional raw diet to start a practice of colonics on a regular basis. I do 2 to 3 per week. Go for it.
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Don

Great Don! You may want to get a 6 quart enema bag as it will most likely cut the process in half, time-wise.

Penni Wrote:

I also agree that colon cleansing has helped me so much with over coming compulsive eating. It sounds strange that it would, but I've noticed a change. Also, once the body is getting truly nourished on a raw and living foods diets, the hunger eventually falls away.Thanks, as always for providing such great education!
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Check Penni out at her link above. She is doing AMAZING work spreading the raw message.

We just got the final Anastasia Book that just came out in English; Book 8, Part 2: Rites of Love. Angela and I are on Book 6 right now and we are loving it!