"Vitality and beauty are gifts from nature
for those who live according to its laws."
Leondardo DeVince

Fundamental components of the Live Food Diet Program:

My observation with thousands of people over 
the last six years is that a live food diet comprised of the following four points- given in order of importance - is the most effective in delivering needed nutrition to the body:

---large volumes of uncontaminated water every day (at least two quarts for 100 lb adults and a gallon for folks twice this size); 

---a raw, organic whole food powder concentrate consisting of ingredients from at least a dozen different plant sources (alfalfa, barley grass, rose hips, etc.), and consumed in large amounts daily; 

--- fresh raw fruits and vegetables along with soaked/sprouted grains, seeds, beans and nuts; moderate use of raw, organic nut butters; regular use of a truly raw, unprocessed, unadulterated organically grown Olive Oil; 

--- daily supplementation with an EFA (Essential Fatty Acids)
 blend, including Flax Oil, Borage Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, 
Sesame Oil, Sunflower Oil.

The four points above, as well as the rest of this article, are thick brush strokes. All of this data should be finely honed in light of further research and trial and error by the individual to learn what best suits their particular situation. 

If, as each and every week goes by, you find you are becoming 
more and more healthy, then you are surely on the right path. 
This is what you should look for and expect when earnestly 
changing over to a live food lifestyle - improvements every week.

If this is not the case, or you find your health has deteriorated, 
contact us and we will be glad to help you find out how to make
effective gains. Desirable results from natural methods are there for all to find and utilize. This is true no matter how many times the Earth has gone around the Sun since you were born, 
or how difficult your health challenges may seem.

COOKED FOOD MISINFORMATION

In the last three decades, better than a dozen best selling titles 
have been purchased and used by the public as nutritional guides. None have proven to be "the way" over the long haul for everyone to use in achieving optimum health and freedom from disease. Most are quite negative in effect, if earnestly used to help heal someone of an injury or disease. Variations of the " Wackins' New Beverly Zone Diet", if you will. A few (though not quite aspopular), are genuinely helpful, such as the works of Marilyn & Harvey Diamond, Gary Null and Jack Tips. 

Some will say that such a publication on diet can never be 
written because nutritional changes and exercise simply will not work on everyone. It's much more complicated than that. Besides, if eating lots of "bunny food" all the time leaves you feeling hungry, or just doesn't seem attractive to you, its probably because you are genetically prone for the way you have been eating all your life. And so it goes - one opinion versus the next opinion. Yet, some of us still want to know the answers to such questions as: Do my food choices really make a difference in my health condition and likelihood of getting sick? And if so, what food choices are certain to improve my health and help to heal me of diseases. What foods definitely cause my health to decline and worsen my state of illness?

WHAT ROUTINELY WORKS IS CURIOUSLY OVERLOOKED

Down through history, natural healers would effectively use 
nutrition as a means to help people with their health and sickness. In the 19th Century, Kellogg and Thompson each healed thousands of people and neither one relied on refined sugar, flours, processed food, heavily cooked food, meat, dairy or poultry in their treatments. This past century, more well known names such as Hoxsey, John Christopher, Bernard Jensen, Max Gerson, Norman Walker, Henry Bieler and Joel Robbins, to name a few, all helped heal tens thousands of people with natural means and none saw success using predominantly refined foods, processed foods, cooked foods, 
meat, dairy or poultry. 

Many did use fresh squeezed juices in their cures and all relied heavily on the consumption of fresh, raw fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, grains and beans by their patients. As matter of fact, I've never even heard a rumor of a natural healer who attempted to cure others using barbecue short ribs, donuts, french fries, hamburgers, pizza, bean burritos, spaghetti, cheese, coffee, and soft drinks. Yet, some or all of these types of food are regularly eaten by nearly all of us on a regular basis, whether we are sick or seemingly healthy. And we feed our children these same foods at their insistence. The natural consequence is premature death for nearly all by around the age of 75. What's worse is the dreadful state of health experienced for many years prior to this untimely end. 

WHAT'S TO BE DONE?

OK, so the Standard American Diet is one that should be modified. What's the alternative and how is the change made considering that I'm not thrilled by the prospect of carrot juice and raw broccoli flower buds in place of my yummy cheeses, meatloaf and donuts?

Practically all folks in the westernized societies are thoroughly 
attached to cooked and processed/refined foods so this is not a very easy lifestyle change to make. Some form of gradient step program must be utilized in order to discover the value of raw food for one's self and its superior benefits. 

If your diet is basically the same over the last six months to a 
year and it is enjoyable to you, then this diet can be thought to be within your zone of comfort. A useful tip here is to estimate the ratio of other foods usually eaten to raw foods. This ratio is done in terms of weight rather than volume or size. This ratio can now be considered to be within one's comfort zone. For instance, your average ratio may be 70% other food to 30% raw foods. To see improvement in your digestion, energy level, feeling of well being, Acid/Alkaline Balance, etc., you would need to increase the ratio of other foods to raw from 70/30 to 50/50 or even 40 % other foods to 60% raw. This could take a few months to accomplish by some, but they would see gradual gains each week along the way. Then you can move along to increase the ratio to 20% other to 80% raw foods or even 10/90. At this point your are close in on going fully raw without it being too drastic a change. 

ANOTHER APPROACH

Converting over to a raw/living food diet too quickly can cause your body de-toxify, which may cause flu-like symptoms, or most surely, bedevil with cravings all day long. The following schedule can make the changemuch easier. 

First month - no sugar, deserts, canned or bottled beverages, pastries, etc. Take 4 to 6 tablespoons (32 to 48 capsules) of Vital Nutrition Plus each day.

Second month - same as first except also eliminate all processed and refinedfoods such as pasta, breads, canned stuff, snacks in bags and boxes, etc. This means that you should only be eating lightly cooked veggies, and grains and beans; meat and dairy; and as much raw/living fruits, vegetables,soaked/sprouted seeds, nuts and grains as you can incorporate. Take 4 to 6 tablespoons (32 to 48 capsules) of Vital Nutrition Plus each day.

Third month - continue avoiding items listed in first two months and now limit eating all forms of meat, fish and dairy to three times a week - or every other day. Take 4 to 6 tablespoons (32 to 48 capsules) of Vital Nutrition Plus each day.

Fourth month - drop eating all forms of meat, fish and dairy so that now your diet consists of lightly cooked veggies, grains, beans and lots of fresh organic raw fruit, veggies, soaked/sprouted grains and beans. Take 4 to 6 tablespoons (32 to 48 capsules) of Vital Nutrition Plus each day.

Fifth month - one cooked meal of veggies, grains-beans a day and the rest of the day raw/living foods.  Take 4 to 6 tablespoons (32 to 48 capsules) of Vital Nutrition Plus each day.

Sixth month - One cooked veggie-grain-bean meal a day for only 2 to 4 days of the week.  Take 4 to 6 tablespoons (32 to 48 capsules) of Vital Nutrition Plus each day.

The next month forego all of the cooked meals.
 

QUICK BOOST FOR HEALING

When a health crisis is in the picture, one would need to move 
quickly to a 15/85 ratio of cooked veggies, grains & beans to raw foods in order to see the body respond to the nutritional benefits faster than the rate of deterioration from the illness. No processed foods, refined foods, dairy or meat and only the lightest amounts cooked foods/whole raw foods should be 
consumed. An even better idea is to turn entirely to fresh squeezed, home-made juices along (two quarts or more a day) with a heaping tablespoon of Vital Nutrition Plus concentrate in every pint of juice for the next 3 to 7 days. And the best idea of all is to water fast for 1 to 3 days in order to give your body the most amount of energy possible in order to detox and restore health.

MAKING IT WORK LONG TERM

Trying to put in these improvements in ratio from devitalized 
foods to raw foods requires more than a discipline to eat whole fruits and salads for your meals. To sustain such a lifestyle indefinitely, you will have to become educated in the preparation of raw food recipes that are just as interesting and satisfying to eat as the "other foods". Discovering a large number of recipes that you thoroughly enjoy eating will be crucial in your efforts to incorporate raw food as the mainstay of your diet. To this end, we have included in this article web sites you can go to for recipes and other valuable information; and books that will also help you tremendously in your desire to create a live food lifestyle.

The following materials on our site will help you transition 
into the realm of largely raw foods, 

Dr. Robbins - the Nutrition Doctor 
http://www.healthfree.com/nutrition/robbins/index.html 

Digestion vs Indigestion
http://www.healthfree.com/health/newsletter/news5_6e.htm

Juicing Tips 
http://www.healthfree.com/health/rescue/7daykidney.htm#juice 

Health Freedom's Salad Recipe
http://www.healthfree.com/special/hfrsalad.htm
 

A tremendous boost in one's efforts to rely more on live 
food in the diet is to use an organic concentration of  whole food called Vital Nutrition Plus. Consuming at least 4 heaping tablespoons of this supplement every day (or 32 capsules), ensures you are getting adequate protein and other nutrients, such as vitamin B-12. For more details about this terrific nutritional resource, click on the following links - 
 

Herbs for Nutrition - Vital Nutrition Plus 
http://www.healthfree.com/health/herbs/vitalnutri.htm 

The Truth About Supplementation - Vital Nutrition Plus 
http://www.healthfree.com/health/healing/vitalnutri1.htm 

If you are interested in going totally raw, the crucial task
is to find out how to make delicious raw food meals, and collect severaldozen recipes that fit this bill for you and your family. This is vital in order to make the full changeover. The usual period of time it takes to make this transition is 90 straight days. If you can line things up to stay on a strict raw food regimen for 90 consecutive days, you will find it is now more real to continue to eat raw, rather than cooked/processed food. 
Incidently, the old favorite cooked food meals make you feel somewhat (or a lot), sickened within hours afterward. A sideways proof of the more healthful value of raw/live foods.

BRRR - RAW FOOD IS TOO "NOT WARM" 
TO EAT IN WINTER

Solution: You can warm up some of the raw food without
cooking it. For instance, take mung bean sprouts: You can heat up some water far short of boiling it; pour it over the sprouts, let it sitfor 15 seconds or so, then pop the sprouts and water into a strainer or colander and presto, you have warmed up food that has not been cooked. You can also do this with soaked grains, seeds, nuts and beans.

Uncooked soup: Warm up some water to about 140 - 160 degrees. Cut up fresh celery, carrots, onions, mushrooms, jicama, garlic, peas,  etc., put into a large bowl, add a pinch of Celtic Sea Salt and other seasonings. Take the warmed up water off the stove and pour some over the veggies in the bowl. Quickly the temperature of the mixture will equal out to one 
below 130 degrees and again you have warm food without having cooked it to death.

Books:

12 STEPS TO RAW FOODS: 
How to End Your Addiction to Cooked Food: Victoria Boutenko  (Health Freedom Resources) A great source of practical wisdom for navigating a far less troubled course toward a live food lifestyle.

RAW: The UNcook Book - Juliano

THE RAW GOURMET - Nomi Shannon

DINING IN THE RAW - Rita Romano

HOOKED ON RAW - Rhio

THE UNCOOK BOOK - Elizabeth & Dr. Elton Baker

LIVING FOODS FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH - Brian R. Clement

RECIPES FOR LIFE - Rhonda J. Malkmus (Available from us)
This last publication is an early "transition book" containing 
many recipes which still have some portions of cooked veggies, 
grains and processed foods).
 

Every single person we have heard from who has 
changed majorly toward a raw food/juicing plan as above for ten consecutive days or more - including drinking lots of water and using Vital Nutrition Plus every day -  has seen their energy levels go up, their digestive systems function better and their feeling of well being improve (not to mention some remarkable benefits in terms of illnesses). 

 This is all just a matter of simple cause and effect, folks. 
When an effective cause is applied in the correct way, the expected desirable effects will always occur. Try it, and then you will know it to be true for you, as well. 

We very much enjoy seeing this happen for so many around 
the world who have given it a go.
 

Best Regards,

Ron Radstrom

Health Freedom Resources
 

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