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12/19/03

LIVE, where raw is the law
Toronto Star, Canada
Roxanne's isn't the first raw food restaurant. There are at least 40 raw
restaurants in North America, including two in Canada. ...
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PRESENTING some cold facts about the raw-food diet
(this author is skeptical about the enzyme factor, saying it is a myth. He is wrong. We explain this in our eBooks. Even if he was correct, one can not refute the experience of thousands of people who are experiencing healing and vitality on this diet. Thank God for the Internet and its ability to let the truth get out there straight from real people rather than the press)
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA
... everywhere. Fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds make up the bulk of
the raw-food diet, and nothing can be cooked above 188 degrees. ...
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SPROUT Raw Foods of Atlanta Announces Expansion into New York
PrimeZone (press release)
ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Sprout Raw Foods, Inc. of Atlanta
announced today that its wholesale food business, Sprout ...
<http://www.primezone.com/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=49830>

MARIONI earns certificate
Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA
... 1999 and combines a raw nutritional science lecture with hands-on food
preparation called "Forget Cooking" - a four-hour class that includes
a gourmet raw food ...
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BOOKS abound for cooks on your list
(Note: Storm and Jinjee contributed to this book....)
The Saratogian, NY
... you're tired of standing in front of the stove from Thanksgiving to
New Year's Eve, this book offers the perfect solution in 'The Complete
Book of Raw Food' ...
<http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1169&dept_id=17776&newsid=10673636&PAG=461&rfi=9>

A recipe for success
(An anti-raw-food diet article, saying that cooking removes toxins, that people don't do well on long-term raw diets, - the usual anti-raw-propaganda. I guess we'll be seeing more of this type of article as the raw diet becomes more popular. I'm glad I live with a long-term raw-vegan who is living proof that this author knows not whereof he speaks! I challenge the author to email me a photo of himself in a swim suit. Here is a nude shot of Storm, 54, raw-vegan for 30 years: http://www.thegardendiet.com/anti-aging/intheraw.html)
Independent, UK
... Wrangham studies chimpanzees and, as he stared into the embers, he
felt a pang of pity for his subjects, sleeping out in the cold and eating
only raw food. ...
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=473893>

COOK Books for Xmas
Go Erie, PA
... flavors. Prepared with basic techniques such as juicing, dehydrating,
and slicing &Mac247; raw food has all of its nutritional value intact. ...
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WE can keep eating those green onions
(editor's note: what the article doesn't mention is that commercial produce is now often grown with human sewage for fertilizer, so this kind of thing is going to be on the rise. You can avoid problems by eating organic fruits and vegetables only!)
Salem Farm and Dairy, OH
... of the outbreak was identified as green onions (scallions) and, as
a result, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned consumers
not to eat uncooked ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10674465&BRD=1996&PAG=461&dept_id=459492&rfi=6>

CANADIAN study links poor diet to cancer
(editor's summary: eat your fruits and vegetables!)
Xinhua, China
OTTAWA, Dec. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- As many as 2.5 million Canadians could be
at risk of developing cancer because they do not eat enough ...
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-12/18/content_1236749.htm>

GOING nuts can help your diet
(unfortunately they don't distinguish between raw and cooked nuts, which are completely different things!)
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS
... Scientific evidence suggests but does not prove that eating 1.5 ounces
per day of most nuts as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol
may reduce ...
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/7517722.htm>

American Kids watching more TV leading to eating more junk food in cycle leading to obesity
http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/parenting/12/08/television.vegetables.reut/index.
html

SKIP the low carb diet in favor of healthier eating
Daily Post Athenian, TN
When an Internet search for „low carb diets‰ renders 399,000 results ranging
from Atkins Diet and Carbohydrate Addict&Mac226;s Diet to South Beach Diet and
The ...
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