The Superbeing System

Can the Miracle Man Help You?

2007-04-04T16:14:00.000-04:00

The Mircale Man is truly an inspirational person.

You can read all about his incredible story here.

http://roger-haeske.blogspot.com/2007/03/miracle-man-shames-most-of-us-by.html

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

The Original Ecover

2006-09-11T18:40:00.000-04:00

Was talking to people on my HowToGoRaw.com forum and showing them this new ebook cover. But they couldn't see some of the lettering. I explained that I didn't upload the original document because it's filesize was too large.

But I'm going to do it here with just the front cover or a 2D version. Look at this image and the one below. To make graphics more practical for people with dialup modems the quality of the image has to be compromised a bit.

New Bonus For The Lightning Speed Fitness Program

2006-09-11T02:12:00.000-04:00

I've put together a detailed FAQ for bodyweight fitness. It will soon be available for current and new customers of the Lightning Speed Fitness Program.

Most Important Movie You Can See

2006-09-09T03:30:00.000-04:00

Hi Folks,

I've seen this movie in the theaters several times. Now it's online and free.

Let me know what you think.

America Freedom To Fascism
By Aaron Russo

http://www.truthstream.org/?p=212

Roger

What foods cause depression?

2006-09-08T02:34:00.000-04:00

Do you know what I did to heal 6.5 years of depression in one day?

Below is a question I that comes up often from people new to a raw food diet. In my response, you'll see the easy change I made to overcome the worst years of my life.

Question: What portion of the diet do you recommend should be raw to start seeing some of these benefits?

Answer: This is a great question. I benefited immensely by about a 50% raw food diet. By just eating that way, I overcame 6.5 years of depression and panic attacks in just one day.

Yes in one day. My life dramatically improved by going 50% raw. All I did was have only raw fruits for breakfast and a smoothie and a salad the rest of the day. In between, I often ate cooked food, so that is why it was only 50% raw. Dinners were mostly cooked as well.

Later on I discovered the higher percentage of my diet that was raw, the happier and healthier I felt and the more benefits I experienced. Overcoming depression is a major benefit. But all the best and multiple benefits of going raw can only be achieved by going completely raw.

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** So the answer to my subject line: What foods cause depression?

In my case, cooked foods. This is true of many other raw foodists I've met and worked with. They generally feel so much happier and life is easier to handle by going raw.

Don't you think that is the best reason for going raw? Everyone wants to be happy and you'll be happiest if you give up cooked food addiction.

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However, I also think the question asked comes from a misunderstanding that most people have. It's a backward sense of thinking because most people have been eating in a very unhealthy way their whole lives. The whole concept of eating for most people is based on traditional but extremely unhealthy ideas.

Even most health nuts eat a very toxic and carcinogenic diet. Yet they believe they are eating healthy. They may be compared to the Standard Western Diet, but compared to a 100% raw food diet, they are really suffering.

There are no safe cooked foods. This opinion is based on scientific research, my results, the results of my raw food coaching clients and friends. There is no healthy diet unless it is all raw.

However, there certainly are degrees of healthy. There are even some partially cooked diets that I believe are healthier than a very high fat, raw food diet.

** How Much Smoking Is Safe?

It's similar to asking how much can you smoke before you get cancer. The right answer is to simply not smoke at all and never get addicted to smoking in the first place.

If you're not addicted, then you won't even think of smoking or ever want to do it if you value your health. The exact same thing applies to cooked foods.

Eating cooked food is at least as unhealthy as smoking and I believe it is actually far more dangerous than smoking. Eating cooked and processed foods causes many more diseases than smoking ever will.

Here's a quote from waisays.com. When she says prepared food, she means cooked and processed foods.

"Cigarette smoke contains physically addictive beta-carbolines, and so does prepared food. And extra addictive substances are added to cigarettes, as well as to food products too; when you quit smoking, the loss of addictive substances from cigarettes is compensated by consuming more prepared food, making you gain weight.

Cigarette smoke contains mutagenic heterocyclic amines, and so does prepared food.

Cigarettes can be lethal, but prepared food is even more lethal, because it is absorbed in greater quantities."

I don't agree with all her conclusions or diet recommendations, but you'll be able to see why eating cooked food is at least as dangerous as smoking. The article on her site explains this in much more detail.

Our natural diet is always going to be 100% raw. We can get some great benefits even without going 100% raw, but I just can't recommend anything less than 100% because you'd be cheating yourself out of the life you deserve to live.

The only way to overcome your addiction to cooked food is to eat only raw food. As long as you continue to eat cooked food, you'll continue to be addicted to it.

It's like alcoholics are told, you can't just have one more drink. One drink can quickly lead to full blown alcoholism. The same thing applies to eating cooked food and trust me it works just like a drug.

So my suggestion is to gradually increase the percentage of raw fruits and vegetables in your diet. With the goal of some day never eating cooked food again.

My raw food coaching and support website http://HowToGoRaw.com helps people to quickly and easily overcome their cooked food addiction. It's much easier when you know the psychological and dietary secrets to raw food success.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

No One Would Die Of Cancer If The FDA & AMA Didn't Exist

2006-08-28T00:48:00.000-04:00

Hi Folks,

I have a fantastic read for you. Go to this link:

http://health.benabraham.com/html/fountain_of_youth_-_nature_s_h.html

Then if you find that interesting, I consider you get the whole book. I'm not making a dime off of this. I just think this is very important information for people to know.

You can't trust the medical establishment to take care of you in the United States. They are in the stone ages and are purposely killing people for profits and maybe even other reasons.

Please go to this link, it could change your life. It could also save your life and that of close friends and family members. Do you realize there is something you can take after a stroke that reduces stroke damage to almost nothing? There's so much to learn.

http://health.benabraham.com/html/fountain_of_youth_-_nature_s_h.html

Roger

Beethoven and Superman to the Rescue

2006-04-14T18:42:00.000-04:00

"How to Beat Your Personal Bests, with the Help of Beethoven and Superman"

Do you want to be inspired every day of your life? Do you want to experience the greatest joy ever and breakthrough to peak performance levels in everything you do?

I've got a quick and easy technique that will make it easy for you to set personal fitness, life and business bests.

Here's what I've been doing. Just before I start my Lightning Speed Fitness Program Workout http://LightningSpeedFitness.com, I put on the theme song to Superman the Movie. This was the first movie with Christopher Reeve.

A few years ago I watched Superman again. That is when I gained an appreciation of the Superman music.

When it got to the point in the movie where Clark Kent went to the North Pole and created his Fortress of Solitude, it was one of the most amazing emotional experiences I've had. More precisely, it was when he left his Fortress of Solitude, after many years of training, by his father.

Up until this time, he didn't know how to fly. He had all sorts of superpowers but he still didn't fly. But then the music changed, it lowered and then built to a stunning crescendo. His training was over and he flew out of his Fortress of Solitude, with his Superman uniform (for the first time) as a powerful Superbeing with a mission to save and protect the Earth.

There was something incredibly serious and magical about that moment. Clark had transformed from an uncertain teenager to Superman with the training he received at his fortress.

Every time I hear this music now, I can instantly recreate that same emotional feeling. Just writing about this was so powerful that I started crying tears of joy.

When I first really listened to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, I also cried tears of joy. I was completely floored and couldn't believe how good that music was. At the time, I didn't even listen to classical music.

Then hearing it live in concert was emotionally breathtaking. When I hear it, I think Beethoven was somehow talking about God and accurately describing God through his music. It's incredibly powerful and almost always moves me to tears.

I'm sure you already know what music motivates you. So go ahead and use it. This past week I set three personal bests in my workouts when I used the Superman theme.

I'm actually stronger, by far, when I listen to this music. Even if I just listen to it in my head. Anything along these themes creates powerful energy for me. I also love the Star Wars theme song. Notice these are all classical pieces.

Sometimes it's just seeing a great movie. But it's always some kind of movie that resonates most with my spiritual mission in life. I remember about ten years ago coming home after seeing such a movie and I went out to do a heavy hands workout. I totally blew away my previous best time by 50 seconds. It was incredible.

I was on the most incredible high. In fact, I'm on this high as I write to you. No need for drugs when you eat raw and know how to inspire yourself.

When you're so inspired, it seems to take you almost out of your physical body and you don't feel as much pain. It's easier to break through plateaus.

The other thing that is great, that it really motivates you to work. When I get inspired and I start working on a project, I don't even want to sleep. I'd prefer working all night long until I get it done.

This feeling is more powerful than any amount of money could ever buy you.

The great news is that anyone can feel this power and use it to succeed in life. It doesn't matter where you are or how much money you have. Because everyone has been blessed by being born a divine being. Your very existence means you've inherited God's blessings and power.

No, you are not God, but you have unlimited potential and are a divine atom in the body of God. You have unlimited room for spiritual expansion and expression.

The only thing I know of that can hold you back, are your own beliefs and attitudes and if you are experiencing depression. For 6.5 years I wasn't able to have experiences like this. My spiritual awareness was severely closed off. I was in a constant state of emotional pain and fear.

Only eating raw saved the day. Now I can easily tune into the Force and have great day after great day.

If you want to experience the same, then I invite you to join How To Go Raw.com. Because not only will I coach you in succeeding at a raw food diet, you also get full access to my Lightning Speed Fitness Program included.

http://HowToGoRaw.com/success.html

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

P.S. Which Common, No-Equipment Exercise, Can Give You Explosive Speed, Marathon Endurance And Sculpted Muscular Legs, That You Can Do While Watching TV?

http://www.howtogoraw.com/fitness.html for more info.

Woman Conquers Candida & Defeats Depression

2006-04-10T16:10:00.000-04:00

*** Superbeing Secrets ***
Raw Food, Fitness & Self-Mastery

"Woman Defeats Depression, Candida, Chronic Fatigue and Adrenal Fatigue With The Perfect Health Program"

I have two things I want to share with you today. First, I realize that up to 40% of my Superbeing Secrets Subscribers have not been receiving my newsletters. So I've put up the last four issues for you to read at my blog.

http://superbeingsystem.blogspot.com/

I'm also experimenting with a new mailing system to deliver the newsletter to you. Now everyone will get the chance to read the dynamic life and health changing information I share with you on a weekly basis.

This system has many cool features that will be useful to not only me, but you as well. You'll even be able to see an archive of all the past issues and much more.

Next, I want to say thank you and congratulations to all the people who have ordered The Perfect Health Program and the bonus three-month subscription to HowToGoRaw.com through my special offer.

Below I'm including the inspiring story of Sandra Dwan. Her health improved dramatically within just a few days of following The Perfect Health Program. Sandra is also a member of How To Go Raw.com.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/PerfectHealth.html

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From: Sandra Dwan

"The Information in This Program is Priceless"

Hi Roger~

I just wanted you to know I did the Perfect Health Program with Frederic and Dr. Graham last summer when it was live. I can't tell you how much it changed my life.

I was 100% raw most of the time but suffering from adrenal fatigue, chronic fatigue, chronic candida and all the depression that goes along with those things. I couldn't figure out what was going wrong.

I was searching for health when all along it was staring me in the face. I thought maybe I was cleansing too fast or that maybe I needed to cleanse more.

I had some great fantastic days then followed by horrible days where I was moody and just plain exhausted. I couldn't exercise. I didn't want to even see the sun.

I sat and read books upon books looking for something that would improve my state of being. This is when the Perfect Health Program crossed my path.

Normally I never would have spent even close to the amount of money it cost to participate. BUT I was desperate and so I found the money. Man, was it the best money I ever spent in my life :o)

Within days all my health problems disappeared! The information in the program is priceless. It changed my life, my health and my happiness!

Many of the things Dr. Graham spoke of were very new to me. Others were basic knowledge but I needed to hear it from his mouth over and over. It has been 9 months since I took the program and I still hear his voice in my head encouraging me to make the right choices throughout my day.

It is an amazing program. I am so glad you are offering this program. Everyone needs to hear his message!

Sandra Dwan

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After I received Sandra's unsolicited testimonial I asked her to give me even more detail. I wanted to know what kind of raw food diet she was eating, that was giving her these terrible health problems. Here is what she told me.

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I never dreamed I would spend that much money on a program. But I hope everyone will consider it regardless of the price because it is worth every penny. It has saved me a lot of money in the long run~probably, money I might have spent on supplements or cleanses trying to feel better.

I was doing a lot of things wrong at the time. I was not eating enough fruit (hesitant because of the candida). I was not getting enough greens (I focused more on vegetables, eating many I did not even care for), I was eating too much fat (consuming at least 1 avocado per day which I don't like, oil and nuts ~which I am allergic to, way too much salt, nama shoyu, bragg's liquid aminos, etc.).

I am a tall, skinny girl and felt I needed the "healthy" fat. When I initially changed my diet (before raw) I lost some weight. This is a little scary for those who don't GET it! I knew I was on the right path in spite of those who thought I was anorexic and needed to see a psych.

And then of course battling the chronic fatigue, adrenal fatigue and depression didn't help. What I needed was a good coach NOT a psych. Because of the adrenal fatigue it was easy for me to stay up really late and then drag all day. I was not sleeping properly. Because of the fatigue and depression I didn't go out much, therefore very little sunshine.

I would go from the bed to the kitchen and make my morning smoothie or avocado applesauce which generally had some nuts in it. Then back to the couch to read some health book. That is where I stayed most of the day. My first son was 2 and I was pregnant with my second. So I got very little exercise.

I learned about the Tibetian rites somewhere during my pregnancy and started slow on those but rarely got the 21 reps in. I also did a pregnancy yoga tape on my good days. I never paid any attention to food combining but didn't eat a lot of dehydrated foods because I didn't have a dehydrator.

My key to success is now low-fat, get sleep, get sunshine, get exercise, eat tons of greens (which is a huge deal to me~even being 100% raw low fat vegan isn't enough~I need LOTS of greens) Greens change my mood and feeling of well-being within a half hour after eating. Apples seem to balance me as well.

I have some kind of issues with sluggish lymph flow and eating increased fat instantly almost paralyzes me. I get nodules on the back of my neck in my lymph nodes. I get true muscle fatigue.

Just climbing the stairs hurts. My muscles feel like I had ran a marathon the day before. Exercise and skin brushing help get things moving again even though when this happens all I want to do is lay around. I have to fight it!

Anyway I learned the importance of all these things from Dr. Graham's Perfect Health Program. I learned the cure for my ongoing battle I had with candida. I even run a yahoo group and have for a couple years on candida. I really changed my belief system of how the body works~ natural hygiene type beliefs now.

I have thrown out all my supplements (enzymes, probiotics, etc). I had read numerous raw books but nothing impacted me the way Dr. Graham's lectures did. It was perfect timing for me. I needed to hear what he had to say!

By the way~ I love your interview with Rozalin Gruben from How To Go Raw.com. I have it in my iTunes and listen to it often. So.... as bad as this all sounds, it was a drastic improvement to my life before raw.

Otherwise I might not have stuck with it. My pregnancy also was much much better than the first. And the birth was amazing. So I was doing some things right. I just didn't see the whole picture.

I think the BIGGEST gift I got from Dr. Graham's program was the peace that I now knew how to live. I didn't need to buy every book that came along and stay up all night reading it from cover to cover searching for that one thing that would make a difference.

I had received the information I needed. God knew I was ready for it and gave it to me at the right place and the right time. His ways are perfect and He has healed me by showing me the steps I needed to take, one at a time when I could do it~no sooner, no later.

Sandy

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Isn't Sandy's transformation amazing? What an inspiring story. If you want to improve your life like Sandy did, then I urge you to take a look at The Perfect Health Program.

Here's all you have to do to get the program and my special gift to you. I'm giving away this special gift because I want you experience the results that Sandy and many others, including myself have experienced from the wisdom of Dr. Graham.

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This coaching will be in the way of a free three-month membership at my raw food coaching and education website, How To Go Raw.com. You can find out more about it and what you'll be getting, by visiting this link.

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*** Please Act Quickly - There Is A Deadline ***

There's one final thing. I want you to take action on this offer quickly. If you dilly-dally you may forget and never take action. Therefore, I will remove this special offer when the first 50 people take advantage of it or at the end of April, whichever comes first.

It's time to take action and step into a new life. Use this link to start your new life and become the best you. You'll unleash the Superbeing within by eating an Optimal Raw Food Diet and following the other healthy lifestyle practices you'll learn from Dr. Graham.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/PerfectHealth.html

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

Science Proves Cooked Food Carcinogenic

2006-04-08T16:23:00.000-04:00

I think some people really don't yet believe
that cooked food is dangerous to their health.
They want scientific proof. Actually, there's
loads of scientific proof, if you want to find
it. Most nutritionists simply ignore the
evidence, because they believe cooking to be a
normal and healthy process. But lets not confuse
normal with healthy.

Today I'm going to share with you some notes I
took from Dr. Graham's Perfect Health Program CD
number one. You are going to learn exactly how
cooking damages, deranges and destroys nutrients
and creates carcinogens and toxins.

These notes are from track 20 out of 24 of the
first CD called, "A Diet That Works." This
information packed CD alone, is 74 minutes long
and there are 11 other CD's in the system. I wish
I had this program when I first went raw in 1996,
I wouldn't have failed so many times at going raw.

I'm offering a special bonus to you if you get
this program through this link:

http://www.howtogoraw.com/PerfectHealth.html

You can read more about it at the bottom of this
issue of Superbeing Secrets.

** How Cooking Destroys Nutrients and Therefore
Your Health **

(I'm going to give you snippets of information.
It's not going to read exactly like an article.
Just a collection of quotes from Dr. Douglas
Graham. Plus I add some information as well.)

* Nutrients are lost, damaged, deranged or
destroyed by the cooking process.

* Here's an argument I hear all the time. Some
foods can only be consumed if they are cooked:

Dr. Graham's reply: This is nature's explanation
about the types of foods we shouldn't be eating.
If we have to cook a food in order to be able to
eat it, then it's not a food intended for human
consumption in the first place. We've survived
99.9% of human history without eating cooked foods.

(My Note: Dr. Graham had a detailed explanation
earlier in the CD of how long humans have been
eating cooked food versus raw food.)

* What happens to proteins when they are cooked?

Dr. Graham: Proteins are denatured by the
heating process. Heating creates enzyme resistant
bonds in the protein molecule. This means that
protein damaged by cooking can't be completely
broken down into its smaller constituent parts or
amino acids.

(Roger's comments: The human body can't use
protein anyway. It can only use the building
blocks of protein or amino acids. All proteins
must first be broken down into amino acids before
they can be used.)

These bigger pieces of protein are recognized as
attackers to the human body. This is why you see
a white blood cell explosion after the
consumption of cooked food. All whole foods
contain protein and therefore this response
happens. This is called by scientists, the white
tide.

Most mainstream nutritionists consider this
white tide to be normal. However, most blood
parameters vary by only 5 to 10% maximum. For
instance, blood calcium levels range between 9
and 11 that is plus or minus only 10%.

But white blood cell counts go anywhere from 3
million to 18 million and that is considered
normal and healthy. That is a 600% difference.

Normal is called healthy because it is what
everybody does or gets. But Dr. Graham believes a
low white blood cell count is healthy. (He
doesn't mean severely low white blood cell counts
as some very sick people experience.)

* What happens to fat when you heat it?

Dr. Graham: Heating fats to a high temperature
creates acrylamide which is a known carcinogen.

(Roger's comments: Some extra background
information I gathered for you: Here's some info
from the US FDA about acrylamide. Note that
French Fries and potato chips are cooked in oil.
So you could put acrylamide into the
carbohydrates and fats category.

" In April 2002, researchers in Sweden
discovered that cooking at high temperatures
could create acrylamide in many types of foods,
particularly starchy foods such as french fries,
potato chips, bread, rice, and processed cereals.

Scientists know that acrylamide causes cancer in
laboratory rats. They also know that contact with
large quantities of acrylamide can cause nerve
damage in humans. But no one knows whether the
tiny amounts of acrylamide in cooked foods can
cause cancer or have any other harmful effects
when ingested by people. "As soon as we heard
about this problem, we took action and laid out a
solid plan to learn more about acrylamide and to
reduce exposure to it," says Terry Troxell,
Ph.D., director of the FDA's Office of Plant and
Dairy Foods and Beverages.")

Fats normally have single or double bonds on the
molecular level. Heating fats creates
indigestible triple bonds. These heated fats
produce an extreme adverse impact in our ability
to uptake, transports and utilize oxygen and
sugar.

The higher you heat a food, the worse the damage
is.

* What happens to carbohydrates when they are
cooked?

Dr. Graham: Caramelization which is a known
carcinogen. For instance, when you make toast,
that is caramelization. The blacker it gets, the
more carcinogenic it becomes.

(My Notes: Caramelization produces six different
levels of chemical reactions in the sugar
molecule. When you cook you are actually
practicing chemistry. In a typical soup, millions
of new molecules are created in the cooking
process. This is called a Maillard Reaction.
Boiling a potato creates 420 new molecules in the
potato that did not exist before it was cooked.)

Caramelization also makes sugars much more
readily available. This increases their glycemic
index or how quickly and how high the food raises
your blood sugar levels. Eating these kinds of
foods can cause dangerous spikes in your blood
sugar levels.

You don't want to have large spikes in your
blood sugar; it is very difficult on the body.
Fruit sugars however give a quick but mild rise
in blood sugar.

* How much can a food be heated before it starts
getting damaged?

Dr. Graham: How much can you heat your hand?
Whatever your hand can take is approximately how
much your food can be heated before it becomes
damaged.

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I hope you enjoyed this information from Dr.
Graham. I know I sure did.

*** Get Three Months Of Raw Food Coaching ***

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they will change your life. This is truly
breakthrough information in my opinion.

Tomorrow I'll be sending you the story of one of
my How To Go Raw.com members who's health
completely turned around after listening to the
Perfect Health Program. She was doing the raw
food diet all wrong and it was ruining her
health. It's a fascinating story you won't want
to miss.

Dr. Graham has worked with world-class Olympic
and professional athletes, celebrities and movie
stars and helped them all to go 100% raw.

Therefore, if you order the Perfect Health
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This coaching will be in the way of a free three-
month membership at my raw food coaching and
education website, How To Go Raw.com. You can
find out more about it and what you'll be
getting, by visiting this link.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/success.html

*** Please Act Quickly - There Is A Deadline ***

There's one final thing. I want you to take
action on this offer quickly. If you dilly-dally
you may forget and never take action. Therefore,
I will remove this special offer when the first
50 people take advantage of it or at the end of
April, whichever comes first.

It's time to take action and step into a new
life. Use this link to start your new life and
become the best you. You'll unleash the
Superbeing within by eating an Optimal Raw Food
Diet and following the other healthy lifestyle
practices you'll learn from Dr. Graham.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/PerfectHealth.html

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

P.S. How To Go Raw.com also has an extensive
recipe section and all members get Frédéric
Patenaude's quick and easy raw recipe book,
"Instant Raw Sensations." Most of the recipes can
be made in under ten minutes. Going raw is easy
if you love what you eat.

For more info
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I Was Crying And Alone

2006-04-08T13:42:00.000-04:00

Today I'm going to share with you an extremely
personal story. I tell it because maybe in some
way, my story can help you or someone you know.

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I was crying with tears streaming down my face
and begging God to help me. I was so incredibly
alone, none of my friends were able to help me. I
tried talking to them but nothing relieved my
pain and terror.

In fact, I almost didn't feel like a member of
the human race anymore. I just wasn't able to
deal with people without feeling fear or having
to hold back from bursting out crying.

I couldn't look my friends or coworkers in the
eyes because I didn't want to reveal all of the
pain inside. My condition was so crippling it
blocked most normal social interactions. When I
closed my eyes to visualize, I saw darkness
instead of the glowing light I used to see.

Life was a living hell. I barely scraped by
financially. I was constantly worried about
getting fired and did get fired twice and barely
hung on to my other numerous jobs. I often had
panic attacks at work. In fact, I was frequently
terrified to go to work, but I had to force
myself to go, just to barely scrape by.

*** I Discovered My Miracle Cure ***

Then in 1996, after six and a half years of hell
due to depression and panic attacks, I discovered
my miracle cure. Within one day, I was out of
hell forever. All I did was read one book that
held the secret.

That book taught me that fruit was our ideal
food and the importance of eating raw foods. That
book saved me, but it didn't finish the job. For
one reason or another, I was never able to stay
100% raw for more than two or three months at a
time.

Eating 50% raw foods was enough to keep me out
of depression. Eating 75% raw made me feel much
happier, but every time I went to eating 100%
raw, it was like being in a state of eternal
bliss. I went from hell to heaven just by
changing the foods I ate.

It took me five years of experimentation,
repeated failure, reading all sorts of raw food
books, and attending lectures by all the
prominent raw food educators around the world
before I discovered how to go 100% raw and stay
that way. After failing at going 100% raw more
than five times, I had given up hope. I was
convinced that my so-called body type was not
able to go 100% raw.

When I went to the first lecture by Dr. Douglas
Graham that warm August evening, in a cramped
health food store, located in an apartment in New
York City, I knew I finally had my answer. I was
so incredibly excited, it was a eureka experience.

After the lecture ended, I thanked Dr. Graham
with a tear in my eye and told him that I would
finally be able to go 100% raw because of the
breakthrough information he taught me that warm
August night.

Why do I tell you this story? Because I want you
to experience the blissful happiness, radiant
health and peak performance that an Optimal Raw
Food Diet brings.

Once you go raw, almost every major area of your
life starts improving dramatically. You meet old
friends and they are shocked at your new youthful
glow and say you look ten years younger. The
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This is just a small taste of what happens to
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health, happiness and fitness.

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I want to do everything in my power so that you
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To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
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P.S. Tomorrow I'm going to email you some notes
I took from one of the CD's of the Perfect Health
Program. You'll learn the science behind why
cooking damages, deranges and destroys the food
you eat and therefore your health, as taught by
Dr. Graham.

Mother Gains Courage... Stays Raw

2006-04-08T13:38:00.000-04:00

"Nutritionist And Personal Trainer Believes Low
Fat Raw To Be The Best"

Once you've started eating more raw fruits and
vegetables, you'll probably feel the urge to 'go
to the next level.'

Or you might be wondering, how to stay raw while
your family, friends and society tempt you with
cooked food on a daily basis. Is there a way to
easily go raw and never even want to eat cooked
foods again?

Well in fact, there is and you can find it at
http://HowToGoRaw.com/success.html. How To Go Raw
is your secret to super healing, creating your
perfect body and feeling happier and more
energetic than a healthy seven year old.

Below I've included an instructive story from
one of my members at
http://HowToGoRaw.com/success.html. She's has
degrees in nutrition, dietetics and physiology
and yet even she needed support to help her to
succeed with staying raw.

You see, going raw is not just about
understanding how to eat a raw food diet
correctly. It's also about knowing how to stand
up for your own needs. I've seen so many people
sacrifice their own health and welfare because of
false notions about serving others.

We have to get rid of some false beliefs so that
we can achieve radiant health and happiness on a
raw food diet and for just about anything else in
life.

Again, I go back to the 'freedom principles'
I've mentioned to you in past issues. At least
50% of the people I coach initially fail because
they've been enslaved by false and limiting ideas.

I'd say that 75% of people in general don't
understand the 'freedom principles' as espoused
by Harry Browne and others.

If you want to succeed in anything, you have to
be a leader and be independent of the so-called
'good judgment' of others. You have to make
decisions that are in your best interest. Because
you will only serve others best if you are happy.

Ok then, below is Sandra's story. Please read it
carefully as she includes some tips that can help
you to make going raw much easier. She's also
left an audio recording for you at this page.
She's the second testimonial down the page.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/testimonials.html

*~*~*~*~*~*
I am fairly new to Roger's Forum but I have
noticed a huge difference in my commitment to raw
since I've joined. I don't know anyone else that
is raw, so finding a support buddy is nearly
impossible.

I have been learning about the benefits of raw
foods for 2 years. I know they have changed my
life and health dramatically.

I have degrees in nutrition, dietetics and
physiology so I know the science behind eating
this way. I have studied many different raw diets
and experimented on my own to see how they
effected my health.

It has been a journey and I keep moving forward.
Roger's low fat vegan raw is the one that works
hands down.

My downfall has been not making that 100% raw
commitment. My family is not raw and of course a
lot of happiness and emotions are connected with
what I now know as food addictions. I have been
100% raw off and on but always come off to please
others, get trapped in the addiction and then it
takes me a long time to crawl out of the hole
I've dug.

Roger's email "Is your family your excuse to
stay sick?" really hit home! I need to post this
up on my wall!!!!

Having Roger's feedback often gets me to look at
things from a different perspective. I may not
even see something as an issue but with his
comments it gives me new information, allows me
to really listen closer to my body, and guides me
to a new level of health.

I have a lot of knowledge. I have been a
personal trainer myself for many years. It takes
more than that to succeed. Knowing is just the
beginning. Putting it into action and having it
work for you is a completely different thing.

Someday's I spend so much time and effort
helping others that I don't take care of myself.
When I am in a weakened state, I make weak
choices. When I let this continue, I find I am
not much help to anyone. It took me a long time
to realize that I, myself need help. I need
guidance. I need an outside perspective. This is
what I have gotten from How To Go Raw!

The health benefits come automatically when
making right decisions. Learning what decisions
are right and acquiring the courage to make them
is key. Some of my problems with being 100% raw
seem fairly simple now that I can look back on
them.

Not having enough raw food in the house was one.
Now I order in cases. This is new to me and was a
challenge in the courage department. But I've
conquered it and it is easy now. I have a
wonderful supply of raw foods surrounding me.
This is what I want!

This was a decision I did not make until joining
How To Go Raw. Just reading others posts and
Roger's replies, I gained a lot of insight on
what I needed to be doing to succeed. I now have
fallen in love with being raw.

There is no other way to describe it. When
you're in love, you don't care what other people
do. You don't need to struggle to find the
courage. It just comes naturally. When you
embrace raw, all else seems to fall away. The
support forum has helped me see this, feel this
and whenever I need a boost it is there for the
asking!

Sandra Dwan

Here again is the link to listen to her brief
audio recording which is different than the above
story.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/testimonials.html

*~*~*~*~*~*

I hope you enjoyed and learned something from
Sandra's story.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

P.S. If you want to raise your health,
happiness, fitness and freedom to the next level,
then come on over to my premier raw food coaching
and support website. Do you want to struggle
needlessly for years or achieve radiant health NOW?

http://HowToGoRaw.com/success.html

Is Family Your Excuse To Stay Sick?

2006-04-08T13:35:00.000-04:00

A few days ago one of our members at HowToGoRaw.com was reading
through some older posts at our member's only, raw food coaching
and support forum. She commented about one particular post that
she said really helped her.

Looking back at those posts, I realize there is a lot of great
information in there and I thought I'd share it with you. The
original post was from November 3, 2004.

At the time Raspberry, was new to our group. She was having a
hard time going 100% raw for several reasons including family
pressures.

The great news is that she has been 100% raw for quite a while
now. (Just a few minor set backs.) She's also lost 60 pounds and
feels great. At the end of this email, I'll post her testimonial
so you can see some of the ways she's benefited from her
membership at http://www.howtogoraw.com/success.html.

I've also added some other fantastic, new testimonials at
HowToGoRaw.com. One of them is an audio testimonial. Go now to
listen: http://www.howtogoraw.com/success.html

Her sister joined as well and also has had excellent health and
weight loss results. I'm including the forum posts below. I'll
put an RH: at the beginning of my replies to Raspberry.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Raspberry:

My family just is not ready to switch to raw. I have a really
hard time cooking for the fam and not eating it sometimes.
Would it be a good idea to switch them to vegetarian and then to

vegan and then to raw? Any suggestions on how to slowly pull
them in?

Raspberry

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
RH: That's a difficult decision. But people do better at
something when they want to do it for their own reasons.

It's best for you to stick with raw and be a shining example of
health. Don't be preachy, just let family members see your good
results and then maybe some of them will want to join you.

In the meantime, do whatever you have to do to stay raw and be
happy with it. You really shouldn't feel forced to cook food for
people. You can just refuse to cook food for anyone. But if they
want a raw concoction that you make then you can make it for them.

Yes it is a big change for them and yes you might feel silly of
you then stop eating raw. But your husband and kids will have to
learn flexibility. Isn't that just the way life goes. People
need to learn to deal with change.

If you don't put your own health interests first, you'll have a
very hard time succeeding at a raw diet. This is a reason why
many people fail to succeed at going raw.

Of course, there are people who cook for others and can stay
raw. But it's simply easier at first to not have to do that.

If I haven't suggested it yet, then please consider reading,
"How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World," by Harry Browne. You
might be able to find it in the library.

Roger

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Raspberry:

"yes you might feel silly of you then stop eating raw"

WHAT???

"You can just refuse to cook food for anyone"

Not to be argumentative Roger, but how could I refuse to cook
for my children? They are too young to cook for themselves. As
for my husband, he works hard all day and is not ready to cook
for the kids after a full day's work just to support this new
life style.

Besides, you said, do not force raw on the husband or kids. If
I refused to make cooked food and make only raw nummies, I am in
effect forcing them raw. Conflicting advice here.

It is hard to stay raw in this position. It is something I
really want, therefore I doggedly pursue it.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A couple of notes on her comments: My advice was not
conflicting, it just seemed that way to her from her position.
It would have in no way forced her family to go raw. It was
simply a suggestion that her family needed to adapt so that she
could reach her own health goals. If her husband and her family
truly loved her they would indeed adapt. {They have by the way.
They really support her now and are going vegetarian and eating
lots of raw foods.}

What if she died, would that mean her family would starve to
death? Of course not, they would adapt. Her husband could either
cook, get take out, make T.V dinners, cup of soup, or hire a
babysitter to prepare the food while he was out working. I also
think that some of her children were old enough to learn how to
prepare their own food. My brother was making his own meals at 9
years old.

It turns out her sister was living with her at the time and she
ended up doing the cooking. She was also eating raw, but cooking
food didn't bother her at all. So that helped out Raspberry at
the time.

The problem here is that people are not willing to look out for
their own interests. They feel trapped by prearranged family and
societal rules and agreements. But there is a way out if you are
creative and really want your goal enough. Luckily Raspberry
found a way that worked for her.

Plus now she can do so much more for her family. She used to
need to use a motorized wheel chair to get around. Now she can
walk freely because she doesn't have to carry around 60 extra
pounds of weight.

Your health is extremely important and it should generally come
before the needs of other people. You can only serve those
people the best anyway, if you are healthy.

This is why I recommended to her she read that book, "How I
Found Freedom In An Unfree World." Many health seekers could
benefit from reading that book. It's a classic and must read for
really anyone who wants to live life to the fullest and not be
enslaved by rules of society that benefit the society but not
the individual.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Back to my reply to Raspberry.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
RH:

Hi Raspberry,

Do you see how your health is being influenced by the desires
of others?

In order for you to succeed at going raw, you have to put your
health interests above the interests of other people in your
family like your husband and kids.

This is what so many people don't understand and they end up
not going raw because of it. If you read that book "How I Found
Freedom," I mentioned in the last post, you would completely
understand my previous response to you.

Firstly I said, "yes you might feel silly of you then stop
eating raw." This happens to most new raw foodists, they start
eating raw and then they stop and then they start. And so they
feel they shouldn't make their family go through all of their
whims. But if you were truly looking out for your health first,
then you would do whatever you needed to do to stay raw.

Now this doesn't mean that your husband and children won't eat.
But it means that you wouldn't cook any food for them
whatsoever. You could prepare raw food for them, but you would
simply refuse to cook because you know it is so damaging for
your health and for theirs. But mainly because cooking makes it
difficult for you to stay raw.

Excuse me for being blunt here. I'm not saying this to be
antagonistic but to make a point. Did your husband marry you
because you were a cook? When you make a change in your life,
the people in your life will also be forced into changes. That
is life.

Can't you find some other way around the cooking situation?
Can't some of the older kids do the cooking if you don't want
to? They can learn how to do it. I did it for myself when I was
in 8th grade. I also did my laundry and food shopping. My father
wanted us to be independent at an early age.

So again, you can prepare all sorts of raw food dishes for
them, because doing so would not tempt you to eat cooked food.
If they don't want to eat your raw food preparations, they
should try to find another way to get their cooked food. Maybe
make TV dinners or learn how to cook.

And yes, you can certainly refuse to cook for your children and
I believe you should. That's like saying, how can I refuse to
serve my children cigarettes? Maybe in the past you didn't know
that smoking cigarettes was bad for your health, but now there
are big warning labels on all cigarettes. So when you discover
something is unhealthy, would you continue giving it to your
family?

While I was growing up, we stopped eating white bread and
certain cereals because my parents discovered how bad they were
for our health. It's no different than giving up cooked food.

What if the government came out today and put warning labels on
cooked food that said "Cooking your food is as dangerous and
possibly much more dangerous to your health than smoking
cigarettes?" Would you then still feel comfortable cooking food
for your family?

By giving in to their desires, you are also giving them
something that is killing them and ruining their lives. However,
I believe in free will, so let these family members make their
own food choices and adapt. They can change and it is good for
them to learn to change. The change being that you won't cook
for them anymore.

But if this still doesn't work out, then you'll have to learn
to discipline yourself not to eat the cooked food you prepare
for them. A friend of mine had to give up her career in
restaurants when she went raw. She absolutely loves to cook, and
she can even cook food and not really eat it. But she doesn't
want to be a part of contributing to the sickness of cooked
food. She decided to change careers because of her diet.

What I'm really teaching you here are freedom principles. Many
people are not aware of these principles and some people are
simply not strong enough to live in freedom.

Please try to find that book, it's essential in helping you
succeed at going raw. Plus it can totally transform and improve
your life. I give it my highest recommendation.

Roger

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

** Here's Rasberry's great testimonial **

I am a raw foodist. I love how that sounds. I started raw after
hearing about it from a friend last August. This same friend
recommended HowToGoRaw.com, so I checked it out.

I signed up right away and started posting in the forum. There
were many times in the beginning of my raw journey that I

struggled. I went to the site and always found help.

There were days when I was cranky and depressed. (You know you
are a raw foodist when your children ask you if you ate cooked
just because you are a little cranky) Days where I wondered if
being raw was worth it. It was a struggle for me because I had
to give up everything that was comfortable to me.

The hardest food for me to stop eating was cheese. If you had
asked me before I would have said chocolate, but it was cheese.
I needed a cheese substitute and found it. (You know you are a
raw foodist when you grind up nuts and call it cheese)

I received the support I needed. I found a couple of on-line
friendships that I value. Raw Food is a miracle for me. I feel
better than I have ever remembered. I have confidence in this
program that I've had in no other; confidence that I am doing
the healthiest thing for my body, and confidence that I can
continue to lose weight until all of it is gone.

I have lost 60 pounds. I no longer use a motorized wheelchair.
The pain in my knees has disappeared. All the numbers doctors
are concerned with have come down and into normal range ie BP
101 over 68. Above all else, I feel wonderful both emotionally
and physically. Raw really works.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I hope you enjoyed and benefited from these posts located at
the HowToGoRaw.com forum.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

P.S. Are you having trouble sticking to a raw food diet? Do you
want to do it with less struggle and make sure that you are
getting all the nutrients you need? The key to being successful
with a raw food diet getting expert support. I wasn't able to
succeed with a raw diet until I got my own raw food coach.

Go to http://www.howtogoraw.com/success.html and join our Raw
Food Diet Success Society. Radiant health, happiness and your
perfect body are awaiting you and you'll be guided and supported
every step of the way.

The Raw Dish is Reborn

2006-03-27T18:26:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that "The Raw Dish" will be starting up again in a new and improved format. It was a great monthly magazine of raw food events and articles in the New York City area. My friend Stephen Parker is the publisher.

I believe he's going to be expanding the format and publishing up to date information about raw food events all around the world.

He's got some great posts on his blog already. Check it out at:

The Raw Dish

Roger

Is Raw Chocolate Healthy Or Even Raw?

2005-12-31T17:42:00.000-05:00

Dear Friend,

First of all I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year. I look forward to sharing lots of powerful new information with you in 2006.

Have you been convinced that raw cacao is some kind of superfood or food of the gods? Below I'm going to share with you a number of resources that thoroughly discuss this issue. That way you can better make up your own mind.

I have tried raw chocolate or cacao nibs. From the first one I ate, I immediately felt a sense of stimulation. Stimulants like caffeine, drugs and even vitamin supplements are not things that promote health.

If you are being stimulated, your body is at the same time being enervated. A stimulant is simply a toxin to your body. The reason you feel the extra energy is because your body goes into a heightened elimination mode. You're body requires extra energy to eliminate this toxin and it releases reserve sugar into your bloodstream to provide it with the extra energy to eliminate the toxin.

** You Don't Get Energy from Caffeine and Stimulants, You Actually Lose Energy **

With caffeine for instance, the body is able to completely rid itself of the caffeine within two hours of ingesting it. All the extra energy you feel is literally robbing you of minerals, nutrients and energy so that you're body can eliminate this very toxic substance as quickly as it can.

This is the problem with so many claims to the health benefits of certain foods. These superfoods, may have some valuable nutrients in them, but their overall effect on your health might be more negative than positive. You always have to look to the overall effect of a food on your health, not just to a few nutrients in the food.

In my research of the nutrients in chocolate, there is no valuable nutrient in it, that isn't easily available in a variety fruits and vegetables. Remember, raw fruits and vegetables are the real superfoods for humans.

You can confirm this for yourself by using this great nutritional website:

http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html

You can put in any nutrient and it will tell you which foods are highest in that nutrient. Plus so much more.

*** Is Raw Chocolate Even Raw? ***

This is an interesting topic that has been highly debated. There are some experts who claim there is no way to make cacao taste like chocolate unless it is heated to cooking temperatures. This even goes for those so-called raw cacao companies that ferment their cacao beans. Supposedly they still have to heat the beans in order for them to taste any good at all.

I've read about this from several sources. Here's a post by Dr. Douglas Graham about this topic.

*~*~*~*~*~*

From: Dr. Doug Graham (DrGraham.vegsource.com)

Subject: Chocolate

Date: June 7, 2005 at 3:49 am PST

In Reply to: Naked Chocolate posted by Jamie Clark on June 5, 2005 at 5:35 pm:

Briefly, ever so briefly,

First, there is no raw chocolate being sold, anywhere. In order to taste like chocolate, cacao beans must be heated. I have lived in the tropics and have tried to bring out the chocolate taste in other ways, it simply cannot be done. There is no such thing as raw chocolate.

Even the chocolate that is fermented so said to be raw is eventually heated, and high enough to be cooked.

I am sure you know that heating the proteins in chocolate denatures them and causes them to become carcinogenic. I assume you are aware that heating the carbohydrates caramelizes them, adversely affecting their GI rating and also creating carcinogens. It made worldwide headlines three years ago that heating fats, even the fats in chocolate, results in the production of carcinogens, so that is no news to you, I am sure. It also results in the production of enzyme resistant protein bonds that are a causative agent in conditions ranging from arthritis to allergies, leaky gut, and many others. The double bonds of the fats in chocolate become triple bonds under the influence of heat making them physiologically nonviable for humans and adversely impacting upon our cholesterol levels.

As far as the components of chocolate, essentially it is a cocktail of toxic chemicals and drugs.

Cacao beans contain:

methylxanthines such as the stimulant drugs known as caffeine, theobromine, and theophyllin, all of which are known to produce permanent degenerative alterations in cellular protoplasm.

More tannin than tea.

Oxalic acid

Cannabinoids

Aflatoxins

There is not the time to go into the toxic impact of each of this drugs, but if you want such information I can supply it via a consultation. I am sure you can do a search on these substances to find their debilitating effects on human health.

So, chocolate is not raw, is defintely not health food, and cannot be considered a superfood. There is nothing about marketing chocolate that can be considered a positive except for the possible bottom line profits that it may offer.

Hope this helps,

Dr D

Here's the direct link to his post:

http://www.vegsource.com/talk/raw/messages/15852.html

This is a very informative post:

http://www.vegsource.com/talk/raw/messages/15839.html

For the whole discussion, you can continue reading here:

http://www.vegsource.com/talk/raw/messages/15830.html

From Another Forum:

http://snipurl.com/l6nq

Plus if you'll discover proof that a major raw food author plagiarized his first book.

*~*~*~*~*~*

*** Is Raw Chocolate Healthy? ***

Raw Cacao: another stimulant disguised as a healthy food

by Frédéric Patenaude

Many of my readers have been asking me what I think of the whole raw cacao craze. For those who don't know, raw cacao beans are now sold by different raw-food companies as the latest "superfood." Cacao beans are traditionally roasted and used to make chocolate. Now, raw-foodists have found a raw version of the beloved bean and are apparently using it for its magical properties.

First, let me start by explaining what my own personal use of cacao is. I've known for a long time that cacao is a stimulant. Not as strong as coffee, but its stimulating "qualities" are easy to spot when your body is not used to eating such foods. Because of this, I often used carob powder in my recipes. Carob powder is made from a fruit and has a taste that reminds of chocolate. It is naturally sweet. Instead of being a stimulant, carob is a mineral rich food and has a calming effect. So, like most raw-foodists, I used carob powder in my recipes. But, then one day, I decided to use cacao powder. I figured: if I'm going to make something that tastes like chocolate, why not use the real thing? I've noticed that cacao has a stimulating effect, but since I was using it occasionally (i.e. less than once a month) and just for fun in some recipes, I was not too bothered by that little indiscretion. However, I never considered it to be a health food.

Now, cacao beans are sold to us at an exorbitant price under the assumption that it's one of the best things we could ever eat. I couldn't disagree more.

First of all, cacao beans are not really food. If you found them in nature, you wouldn't eat the seeds. You would eat the fruit, which is apparently delicious, and throw away the seeds. Even if you wanted to eat the seeds, they would not taste like chocolate. In order for the cacao seeds to taste like chocolate and become the cacao beans that we know, they have to be fermented first. They are fairly bitter, indicating the presence of a poison. And when I say a "poison," I'm not making this up. Just do a little research and you'll discover that cacao contains many chemicals with a stimulating effects, such as theobromine and caffeine.

Frederic Patenaude has a free weekly e-newsletter filled with unique nutrition tips, informative articles and exclusive interviews for you.

A popular article on raw cacao beans claims that cacao "increase(s) your focus and alertness and contains nutrients to keep you happy."

My answer to that is the same as has been said and is being said about coffee. The fact is that what people actually confuse with "alertness" is actually an adrenal response to the stress that the body has to deal with when eliminating the toxins found in cacao beans. What you get is NOT energy. What you experience as energy is actually your body working hard to establish balance (homeostasis) again! It's like whipping a horse. Eventually, it will fall down.

Here's an excerpt from Neal Barnard's book, "Breaking the Food Seduction":

"Researchers at the University of Michigan brought out the truth about chocolate. In a research study, they gave 26 volunteers a drug called 'noxalone.' They then offered them a tray filled with Snicker's Bars, M&Ms, chocolate chip cookies, and Oreos. Normally, these snacks would have quickly disappeared. But, the drug knocked out the desire for chocolate. A candy bar was not much more exciting than a crust of dry bread.

“Noxalone is an opiate blocker. That is, it stops heroin, morphine, and other narcotics from affecting the brain. And, it blocks the effects of chocolate, too. This research study showed that chocolate's appeal does not come from its creamy texture or deep brown color. Chocolate stimulates the same part of the brain that morphine acts on. For all intents and purposes, chocolate is a drug - not necessarily a bad one and not a terribly strong one, but strong enough, nonetheless, to keep us coming back for more."

Many people would argue that when cacao is not cooked, these chemicals do not have the same effect on the body. But yet, those same people who say that actually admit to eating cacao beans for their stimulating effect! Many people have reported not being able to fall asleep if they eat cacao beans late at night and that they are still looking for the "best" time of the day to eat them. Others tell me that when they eat cacao beans, they get so much energy, but then have a "down" later on. Does that remind you of something?

If you like the taste, you could use some cacao once in a while in a recipe. But don't fool yourself into thinking that there's somehow something really good about this. Personally, I would consider using cacao when making a special desert for a special occasion. I don't recommend eating cacao otherwise. I don't find anything special in it. I don't buy the whole raw cacao craze and I don't think it is worth the price that is charged for it.

Remember: A rose by any other name is ... just as thorny. Have fun! ;-)

Frédéric Patenaude has written several great books on the raw food diet and is the publisher of a great weekly ezine called "Pure Health and Nutrition." To learn more about what Frédéric has to offer, please visit his website with the link below.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/RawSensations.html

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I hope you've found this information helpful to you. I'm sorry if I burst your bubble about so-called raw chocolate or cacao. You can still eat it (I'd only do it occasionally if at all.) but at least now you know what you are getting yourself into.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

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Is Juicing Worth The Effort?

2005-12-03T14:17:00.000-05:00

By Roger Haeske

For many years now, juicing has been promoted as a miracle cure and a way to get super nutrition, above and beyond what you could get from whole foods. In this article, I'm going to analyze this theory and give you my findings.

** Why Juice?

People juice because they feel they aren't getting enough vital nutrients in their diets. The theory is that by juicing, you remove the fiber and therefore your body can easily absorb much higher levels of nutrients directly into the bloodstream.

This may indeed be true. But there are some problems with doing this. If you juice foods that are high in sugar content like fruits and carrots, by removing the fiber, you will get a high spike in your blood sugar levels.

Habitual juicing of sweet fruits and carrots is definitely not a healthy thing to do, regardless of the fact if some nutrients become more absorbable. These super high spikes in blood sugar are not healthy. You always have to look at the overall effect of eating a food on your health, not just how many nutrients a food has.

Many times these so-called super foods also have high levels of toxins in them which make the result of eating them, less than ideal for your health. Garlic is a perfect example of that. In addition, garlic isn't really a food but a condiment.

That is a whole long story that I won't get into here, but I do discuss it in my 31-Day Course to Raw Food Diet Success which you can get here if you didn't already get sign up for it.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/31daycourse1.htm

Many experts agree with me that juicing sweet foods isn't the wisest thing to do, but they promote juicing dark leafy greens instead. The good news is if you do this you won't get a high spike in blood sugar levels and you may indeed absorb more of certain kinds of nutrients.

But this can cause several problems as well. Your nutrient levels will become imbalanced. Just as getting too few nutrients is bad for you, so is getting too many.

When you have excess nutrients in your bloodstream, your body has to get rid of them or store them in your fat cells. This causes the body extra work and therefore, you're body has less energy and time to heal and repair itself.

Our bodies have a limited capacity for nutrients. There is only so much it can absorb. anything above that amount becomes an overload and is actually toxic. This actually happened to me when I used to take this super powerful supplement. I started getting pains in my side. As soon as I stopped taking the supplement the pains went away.

There's also another serious flaw in the whole juicing theory. What is removed during juicing is also a vital nutrient. Fiber is removed during the juicing process and as we all know fiber is an important nutrient, which helps in the digestion process.

Another interesting point about fiber is that the most nutritious part of a food is often in the fiber. Many of the nutrients in food are actually found in the fiber. An example of this is an orange. The albedo or the white skin of an orange is loaded with phytonutrients. That healthy fiber is removed in the juicing process.

In my opinion, juicing makes a food less nutritious, not more nutritious. I personally know some people who started getting constipation when they started juicing. It's no wonder since they are removing the fiber from the food.

A raw food diet is great because it's very high in fiber, why remove that fiber by juicing?

** My Results With Juicing:

The most juicing I ever did was before I ever went on a 100% raw food diet. I can tell you that extensive juicing did little if anything to improve my health. I was as depressed and miserable as ever.

But going raw made quick and dramatic improvements in many areas of my health. There is no comparison. There is so much more to health than just vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

** What You Don't Eat, Is More Important Than What You Do Eat:

One of the most important aspects of going 100% raw is what you don't eat. Because when you stop eating toxic: cooked, processed and chemical laden foods, you lower your intake of toxins dramatically.

This is actually much more important than the nutrients you take in. Because most people have enough nutrients and in many cases they have an overload of nutrients.

Everyone wants to believe they can take a magic pill or juice and their health will all of a sudden become better. But their nutrient levels are probably alright to begin with. On a health scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, for most people, nutrients only count as a 1 to 3 in importance to their overall health.

But lowering your toxic load by eating raw, is at least an 8-10 in importance for most people. So if you could sell a supplement that could truly lower your toxic load then that indeed would be the magic pill.

But there is no such supplement, although many supplements manufacturers try to make that claim. The only way to ideal health is to eat a 100% raw food diet, which also happens to be made up of the true superfoods for humans, raw fruits and vegetables.

The other big problem with juicing is how time consuming and expensive it is. You have to buy so much extra food to turn it into a decent amount of juice. You have to use about 8 to 12 carrots for a large glass of juice.

What I hated the most was all the preparation and clean up time. Making juices took a long time because all the foods had to be cleaned and cut into small pieces. Then the cleanup took another 15 minutes or more. It's a true waste of time and money and you get an inferior product as a result.

** A Powerful Alternative To Juicing:

I like to blend my foods with a high-powered blender like the Vita-Mix 5000. The great thing about using the Vita-Mix is that you can make whole food juices. That way all the nutrients are in the food including the fiber. It's a whole food.

It's the ultimate kitchen tool for the raw foodist. So many of us use a Vita-Mix many times a day to quickly make delicious meals. There are several reasons I can think of why owning a Vita-Mix will help you to succeed at going raw. For one thing it makes eating raw even more delicious.

Let's say you want to eat breakfast. Maybe you're bored of just eating mono meals of bananas and other fruits. You can quickly and easily make delicious raw smoothies. (Note you can do this with a regular blender as well, but preparation time and clean up time is a bit longer with a regular blender.)

A favorite of smoothie of mine is wild blueberry / banana. It tastes unbelievably good when you use really ripe bananas with just the right amount of wild blueberries. Regular blueberries also taste pretty good, but the wild ones taste even better to me and their antioxidant levels are much higher.

What about making a strawberry / banana smoothie? It tastes great as well and is a surprisingly compatible food combination. Normally it's not recommended to eat acid fruits and sweet fruits together.

So a Vita-Mix can help you to add variety and improve the flavors of your raw foods. It helps you to stay raw because you can make so many great tasting raw food recipes with it.

But it also does something else. It helps you to eat more food. For some of you that is a problem, when you go raw you just don’t eat enough calories, you're not used to stretching out your stomach and so you can get really skinny and lack energy.

By making smoothies you'll find it easier to eat more bananas than without smoothies. Therefore, it can help you to get enough calories during the day. For some reason it's just easier to eat more when the bananas are in the form of a smoothie.

This is a good trick for people who become underweight on a raw diet.

Another great thing about the Vita-Mix is the ability to make big blended salads. There are four big advantages with making blended salads.

1. You don’t have to make a salad dressing. The whole salad becomes like a thick or thin soup depending on how you make it.

2. It again allows you to get down more greens. I sometimes eat more than a large head of romaine in a day, plus lots of tomatoes, cucumber and celery with the use of my Vita-Mix. It has a large 64 oz container so that I can make a big blended salad in one shot. Normal blenders I'd have to make two blended salads instead of one because they have much smaller containers. Plus they are much slower and I can't put in harder ingredients like carrots.

3. It saves time as well. Eating a large regular salad takes me at least 45 minutes to eat because I chew my salads thoroughly. The Vita-Mix has done all of my chewing for me. Now I just need to eat a mouthful and swish it around in my mouth a few seconds to let my salivary juices flow and help in the digestion process.

I can eat this big blended salad in ten minutes.

4. The final benefit is similar to what juicing claims to do. There are some people in the Natural Hygiene movement who believe that by making blended salads we can actually absorb more nutrients from the salads.

I don't know if that is true or not, but I know I can definitely eat more greens because of making blended salads and this will of course increase my nutrient absorption.

In my blended salads, I also add carrots. This something a regular blender can't do because it doesn't have enough power. Just one carrot and you've got a full day's supply of vitamin A. Plus carrots are a great thickener and flavor enhancer. You can use them to make low-fat raw pâtés.

If you want to make raw pâtés, you need a high-powered blender like the Vita-Mix. A regular blender doesn't generate enough power to make these pâtés. You can also grind flax seed or any seeds into a fine powder or flower.

For a summer treat, you can make the most delicious, low fat, raw ice creams. This is a powerful tool for the aspiring raw foodist. I highly recommend you get one for yourself. It makes raw eating more fun than ever.

If you are interested in getting your own Vita-Mix with a 7-year warranty (which you can't get if you buy it from eBay), then please visit this page. I've added some super bonuses if you order from my link.

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To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

Why You Must Be Fit To Be Healthy

2005-11-23T15:34:00.000-05:00

It's very close to Thanksgiving here in the United States, a holiday
where overeating is expected. We also have Christmas and the many other
holidays coming up. During this holiday time, people tend to neglect
their bodies by overeating and forgetting to exercise.

In this article, I'm going to give you some powerful reasons to start
exercising and continue it on a regular basis for the rest of your life.

First, I'll start of with a quote from Dr. Douglas Graham who is one of
the top raw food speakers and authorities in the world and also a world
class sports nutritionist. I wrote this in yesterday's article but I
think it's a great way to get your attention and get started.

* Why It's Impossible To Be Healthy Without Being Fit

"The other part of your question was why so much attention to fitness
and that is because human beings are supposed to be fit. It's a natural
state of being for us to be fit and it's the one of the legs upon which
health is created. It is not possible and I will explain why in great
depth, but it is absolutely physiologically impossible for an unfit
person to be healthy."

"It is also impossible for an unfit person to be well nourished no
matter what diet theyre on. Even if theyre on the best diet in the
world, an unfit person cannot be well nourished and well explain that
in depth because that usually rocks people pretty deeply to their core."

This quote is taken from Dr. Graham's interview with Frédéric Patenaude.
To get the whole interview please use this link:

http://www.HowToGoRaw.com/PerfectHealth.html

* Study: Exercise Can Add 3.5 Years to Your Life

I just read this article last night. There were actually two studies
that showed that regular and vigorous exercise can extend your life.
Here's a short quote from the article.

"Life expectancy at age 50 for the medium activity group was 1.5 years
longer than for the low activity group. The high activity group lived
3.5 years longer.

The extra years were lived mostly free from heart disease."

This study suggests that the more you exercise the longer you'll live.
Regular exercise had a powerful effect on reducing heart disease.

* Exercise Makes You Smarter

Last year I read a study which showed that if you exercise regularly in
your older years, you won't lose your mental or thinking ability.

The study was done over 10 years on 290 European men between the ages of
70 and 90. What they found was astonishing in my opinion.

The men who continued their normal exercise routines for the period of
the trial lost no mental abilities at all. Loss of mental function was
3.6 times greater for men with the lowest levels of activity compared to
those who were the most active.

"The researchers found that the reduction in mental ability, as measured
by a standardized test, was 2.6 times greater in the men who reduced
their activity by an hour or more a day compared to those who maintained
their activity level."

* Vigorous Exercise Alkalizes the Body

Did you know that you can make your body more alkaline by doing vigorous
exercise that makes you breathe deeply?

This is an amazing benefit of my Lightning Speed Fitness Program. It
will get you huffing and puffing and therefore alkalizing your body. I
can noticeably feel the difference in how good I feel when I regularly
do Lightning Aerobics which is included when you get the Lightning Speed
Fitness Program.

In order to get this alkalizing affect, you have to exercise in the
right way. Because if you do it wrong, you will actually make your body
too acidic. But if you follow the Lightning Speed Aerobics Program
you'll not only alkalize your body but you'll also notice dramatically
increased energy levels.

My Lightning Speed Aerobics Program can be found in the Member's Only
forum.

If you'd like to see how fun and easy vigorous exercise can be, then I
suggest you get The Lightning Speed Fitness Program at this link:

http://www.HowToGoRaw.com/fitness.html

* Exercise Helps With Detoxification

Our lymph system is like our human garbage disposal system. This is the
system that helps to remove all the toxins in your body.

The lymph system is a protector and a defense mechanism against
infection, viruses, bacteria, fungi and disease. It is comprised of
fluid, vessels, ducts and various other organs and structures. It clears
toxins, wastes, excess fluids, and infection from all tissues of the
body through proper flow and drainage provided this essential system is
functioning at its peak.

Every cell in your body is surrounded by lymph fluid. You have four
times more lymph fluid in your body than blood.

Here is an interesting fact; the lymph system does not have a pump.
Lymph fluid can only be pumped by deep breathing and exercise. This is a
clue that exercising was supposed to be a natural part of our design.
This again is why it is so important to exercise. You can never have
ideal health if you don't exercise regularly.

A book that goes into great detail about the lymph system and how to
naturally cure cancer is "The Fit For Life Solution," by Harvey Diamond.
If you have cancer or any disease or illness, then this book is
something you should definitely read. For more information on the book,
please visit this link:

http://www.HowToGoRaw.com/FitForLifeSolution.html

Or maybe you just want to be fully educated in how your body runs and
heals itself. I think you'll be astonished at how the medical system
misunderstands the lymph system and is always trying to remove so-called
cancerous lymph nodes. Removing lymph nodes is removing a vital part of
the body's detoxification system, this doesn't result in increased
health.

* All Humans 10,000 Years Ago Exercised Vigorously Every Day

Before the advent of agriculture or farming, humans were nomadic. They
had to travel long distances on a daily basis to get their foods. Here
are some interesting points made by Nutritional Anthropologist Geoff
Bond, in his book, "Natural Eating."

Early humans lived in groups of 35 to 50 people and had a territory of
about 200 miles which they ferociously defended. This group would camp
in one place for a few days then move on and make another camp 10 to 20
miles away.

Not only that but women, children and older men would walk an travel an
average of five miles per day while foraging for food. But men went out
on hunting for small game and would be collecting edible matter on an
opportunistic basis. They traveled between 9 and 12 miles per day on
their expeditions with periods of running or jogging.

I don't think humans could have been overweight and out of shape in
those days. The quality of the food was much better, even if they cooked
some of it and of course they exercised like crazy.

It is estimated that the average female adult energy expenditure was 600
calories per day compared to the 230 calories for today's sedentary
female office worker. Adult men on the other hand burned an extra 1,000
calories per day. Compare this with the modern male office worker
expenditure of 306 calories.

So you can see that from the earliest times humans always exercised
vigorously just in order to survive. Movement and activity was natural
for them and they were actually much healthier and longer-lived than
when humans switched to farming and living in one place.

I hope this information gives you even more motivation to exercise. I
know it has motivated me. I think I'll go do some Lightning Aerobics
right now.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

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Acing The 100% Raw Food Diet

2005-11-11T17:59:00.000-05:00

Acing the 100% Raw Food Diet

This is my recent article as it appeared in Living Nutrition Magazine's latest issue, Volume 17, 2005. To get your copy of this 88 page issue and get a subscription please use the link below.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/LivingNutritionMag.html

This issue is jam packed with great information including 17 great recipes with pictures. There's also a great interview with Dr. T. Colin Campbell the author of "The China Study." Is he a raw foodist?

You'll also find a super catalog raw food books, kitchen tools and appliances at his main site.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/LivingNutritionMag.html

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Here is my original title to my article, but David Klein changed it.

"How I Went from Failure to Success on the 100% Raw Food Diet"

This is what he changed it to:

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"Acing the 100% Raw Food Diet"

Tennis Instructor Beats Depression and Anxiety and Forges a New Career in Radiant Health Coaching.

by Roger Haeske

As a Radiant Health Coach, I've had some requests to share about my initial failures at going 100% raw. This might help you, as you may have made similar mistakes and you can learn from my mistakes. I’ll also share the many ways the raw diet has improved my life. Starting in 1995, I attempted to go 100% raw for extended periods of time and failed at least five times. One problem or another always managed to get me off eating 100% raw. I started to believe that I would not be able to succeed at 100% raw.

The very first time I tried it, I read two books on the raw food diet. It was Arnold Ehret’s books called The Mucusless Diet, and Rational Fasting. I felt pretty good but after 3 days, I realized that I was giving up way too much. Where was the flavor? All I was basically eating where fruits and some vegetables. I didn't know anything about recipes. I ate very little in the way of nuts, seeds or avocados.

It was too big of a jump for me to make mentally at that time. The tastes were bland to me and so I couldn't imagine eating like this long term. This wasn't what I wanted for my life, so I stopped. The cost for super health SEEMED much too high. I was in my mid twenties and wanted to enjoy life. (Little did I know at the time that eating cooked food was causing my depression. My life is at least twice as enjoyable now even though I no longer eat my favorite cooked foods.)

The next time I tried going raw, I’d read more books. I read Fit for Life and Fit for Life 2 and then I looked for something in Natural Hygiene that emphasized going 100% raw. It seemed natural that 100% raw would be the best way to go. I got The Basic Health Library of three big 8.5 x 11 inch sized books, put out by T.C. Fry. So I learned all about Natural Hygiene, fasting and the other elements of radiant health.

I went 100% raw in the wintertime. I felt many benefits. I felt happiness in every cell in my body. My gums tightened up and I noticed I wasn’t getting any more infections. I had other benefits as well. Eventually I ran into some problems. First of all, I became very thin. This worried me. I didn't want to look that thin. (Now what I think is normal weight has changed. I've also learned to put on muscle so I don't look scrawny.) Then I was cold all the time. I was also hungry all the time. Eventually I realized that I didn't have as much energy as I used to have.

So I started eating dried fruit. Somehow this gave me a little more energy. But I never had as much energy as in my cooked days. Then I got flu symptoms. I decided to heal by fasting but I ate a small quantity of fruit. Therefore, I got even skinnier. This “FLU” just wouldn't go away. It lasted for 6 weeks. I got very skinny, but I refused to eat cooked food as I thought of it as being poison.

I started getting cramping in my feet and other weird symptoms. Had I known a few things I could have stopped that flu much sooner. Muscle cramping I later found out is a symptom of being either overly acidic or overly alkaline.

I was eating mostly oranges at that time with very little in the way of anything else. I ate small salads sporadically and not much else in the way of fruits. It wasn’t an optimal raw food diet and therefore I had to stop, as my health was in poor shape.

Going back to more cooked foods (I still ate at least 50% raw) gave me my energy back and I put on weight, but of course there were other poor health problems associated with cooked food. If I ate too much in the way of grains I’d start developing arthritis in my ankle’s and knees. I also wasn’t as happy as on the raw diet and the other benefits that I had while 100% raw, went away. But at the time I’d rather have those problems than the problems I faced on doing the raw diet but incorrectly.

Eventually I learned about eating raw and soaked oat groats by reading Gabriel Cousen’s book, “Conscious Eating.” I blended them with bananas. I also added lots of spirulina. Sometimes I would blend sunflower seeds with banana. So I tried again to go 100% raw. I did fine for about 2.5 months. Then I had a vacation coming up. I knew I wouldn't be able to handle travel and sticking 100% raw. The reason for this was because I needed my blender for just about every meal. This didn't seem practical that I should need a blender for every meal.

So I gave up eating 100% raw during my trip. Also blending oat groats with bananas was always producing loose stools for me. I eventually developed these red rashes on my face near my nose. I got those because of eating so much spirulina. I ate loads of spirulina for at least two years. It also gave me orange hands as if I were drinking a lot of carrot juice. This happened because of the high levels of beta carotene in spirulina.

Those red spots are gone now. It took about a year of going 100% raw and no spirulina. I learned that spirulina wasn't good because it had B12 analogues that could block the absorption of real B12 in my body.

*** My Raw Food Turning Point ***

Eventually I attended some talks by Dr. Douglas Graham that corrected all of my misinformation. Keep in mind that I had attended lectures by most of the world’s top raw foodists before this. They all came to NY City to lecture. But I still couldn't figure out how to do it. I even attended lectures a year before by Dr. Graham. I was open to new ideas; I just wasn't able to put them into practice for the long term.

The stuff that Dr. Graham covered at these two lectures corrected all of my false ideas about the raw diet. Without him, I would never have made it to 100% raw. The key thing I learned was that I wasn't eating enough fruit. That is why I was weak. Yet I thought I was eating a lot of fruit. But when I analyzed the calorie content in what I was eating, I realized I wasn't eating enough. Calories are important; don’t let any raw food elitist try to tell you otherwise. If calories weren’t important, then why bother eating anything at all?

Here's a great book to get you started with the teachings of my friend Dr. Douglas Graham.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/DrGrahamNutrition.html

A week after those lectures I drove with my friend and 100% raw foodist Joel Brody to Canada for a week. The night before I had my last Thai Food meal and I planned to go 100% raw for two months and see if I could do it. Having Joel on the trip was incredibly helpful. He brought lots of organic fruit and vegetables. I imbibed how to successfully do the diet in his presence.

A great point he said was that if I was craving cooked food I should just eat more raw food. That took care of the cravings pretty well. I soon realized that at least 50% of the entertainment value of my vacations were going out to all the restaurants. This was especially true as we were taking a tour of downtown Toronto and going through Chinatown. I was constantly thinking of all the restaurants I'd like to be eating in. This really made my cravings go up. I was constantly hungry for cooked food.

Joel told me that in the first year of going raw he really ate a lot. Now he eats much less and he gained back the weight he lost so he doesn't look skinny. I had to eat a lot of food since I was just starting to go 100% raw.

Later in the trip, I learned to focus my mind on all the benefits of the raw diet. I stopped myself from thinking that I could never eat in a cooked food restaurant again. I also told myself that I could eat cooked food again after two months, if I really wanted to. These psychological tricks allowed me to overcome my initial cravings.

Focusing on the health benefits and not thinking about what I was missing, reduced my cravings by 90%. Later I found out that most of the cravings were magnified by my thinking and not any actual physical craving. If you focus on the benefits of eating raw, the cravings for cooked foods reduce dramatically.

Much later on, I learned to start preparing raw food dishes that were so tasty that I didn't have cravings for cooked food anymore. The reason being is I knew I could easily satisfy my cravings through delicious raw foods. I would say that if you can learn to prepare just three tasty raw food dishes, your transition to eating 100% raw foods will be easy.

The easiest way to do this is by getting a great and easy recipe book. Frédéric Patenaude's book "Instant Raw Sensations," will do the trick. Most of the recipes can be made in 10-minutes or less and they don't require too much fancy equipment or difficult to find ingredients.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/RawSensations1.html

*** I Speak at Raw Passion – That was Great Fun ***

I was glad to be invited as one of the speakers at the Raw Passion Seminar in Pennsylvania, put together by Dave Klein and Dr. Douglas Graham. I really enjoyed doing my presentations and listening to the wisdom of the other great speakers including Dr. Timothy Trader and Karen Ranzi.

Dr. Graham had this great presentation on making simple and delicious salad dressings. He showed us how we could make a new dressing for each day for the rest of our lives. I believe he came up with over a million dressing possibilities. These were all dressings you could make in less than five minutes in your blender and sometimes with just your hands.

He also showed us how to make quick and tasty desserts. If you want to learn how to do the raw diet successfully on every level, then I highly recommend you attend any event organized by Dave Klein.

I believe that going 100% raw is easy, if you know how to do it right. Most people I've found had a hard time doing it without support. I had Joel to watch over me and help me through the initial stages. He told me the cold sores in my mouth were normal and that they were detoxification.

During the first week I had these sores in my mouth and I kept on biting myself. But they were gone in less than a week. If Joel weren't there I might have stopped my raw experiment right away because I was afraid that eating all that fruit was the problem and not that it was a simple detoxification.

I talk to Joel often and attend support group meetings whenever I can. The more you hang around 100% raw foodists the more it rubs off on you. Being 100% raw is a different way of thinking and you can only succeed once you have adopted the beliefs and habits of a successful raw foodist.

Keep in mind though that you have to be careful. Sometimes you can be doing the raw diet incorrectly and it isn't always detoxification. Check with a Hygienic doctor or health practitioner if you are having extended health problems.

*** How my Life Improved by Going Raw ***

Here are some more benefits I experienced when going 100% raw. Keep in mind going at least 50% raw I was able to overcome my depression and panic attacks, but going 100% raw gave me many other health benefits that just weren’t happening, even on a 90% raw diet.

At 100% raw I am the happiest I have ever been. Happiness is now a natural part of being alive; I don’t have to try to be happy. I also noticed that in the first month of going 100% raw, my body cleared out all the excess mucus that was in my lungs. For the first time in my life I was able to go jogging while breathing through my nose only. Just breathing gives me a high because I can breathe so much deeper. My whole body gets much more oxygen than it ever did before, and it feels fantastic.

Another major improvement is my ability to stand up for longer periods of time. As a tennis coach I used to stand for many hours at a time and I’d come home exhausted with painful feet. Only after going 100% raw, I noticed that I could stand a couple of extra hours without pain.

I never worry about getting a cold anymore. I have been sick, but that was due to eating a less than optimal raw diet. I can be around the sickest people and won’t catch a thing. It’s because germs don’t cause colds, they only show up if you have excess toxins in your body. The times I got colds were when I got a tetanus shot (I’ll never allow that again) and when I ate a lot of those raw dehydrated pizza crackers. A cold is really your body healing itself or a healing crisis.

Going 100% raw also improved my appearance. The bags under my eyes went away, my skin got much tighter. It was like a natural face lift, but for my whole body. I have more energy and at times my body begs me to exercise it.

I also feel more spiritually tuned and in harmony with nature. A big benefit of going 100% raw is that I have much less anger than I used to have. If I get angry it is less intense and for much shorter periods of time.

Life is much more enjoyable by eating this way. If you eat cooked food you only get enjoyment while the food is in your mouth. After that the pain begins. With raw food I enjoy the taste and I feel uplifted after I eat it. I also have more energy to do the things I enjoy doing.

I’ve also noticed my allergies are less severe. I don’t get infections anymore. When I had 18 stitches I didn’t take any antibiotics and I didn’t get an infection either. I knew I wouldn’t, so there was no way I was going to take those destructive antibiotics.

Athletically I have more endurance and I don’t have to work out more. I also have a distinct advantage in the hot weather. I love warm days, for me it seems to be about 7 degrees colder than it used to. On hot days I can run around the competition on a tennis court. They are overwhelmed by the heat and I am not. What an advantage the raw diet would be to professional athletes. Somehow a raw diet just makes you more resistant to hot weather. I don’t even use the air-conditioning anymore. (Save on your energy bills.)

I’ve also lost excess body fat and increased my muscle size. Exercise is what increased my muscle size. But I now look ripped. This is a great diet for natural body builders.

I also noticed I get injured less often. It’s like all the cells in my body were replaced by rubberized cells. You become rejuvenated.

Another major benefit is that I’m not as lazy as I used to be. I get much more work done and don’t have to force myself to do it. I’m also not moody anymore. I was like that my whole life, but that is completely gone. I also used to experience a mental fog after certain meals, that never happens anymore.

I’ve also noticed that my thinking is much clearer and that my creativity has increased. I also used to stutter at times, that is completely gone.

For a list of over 40 benefits of going 100% raw, please visit this page on my website.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/RawBenefits.html

I live in the United States in New Jersey. I’ve started two raw food support groups in New Jersey and New York City called “The Raw Health and Happiness Society. To learn more about them you can visit the link below, give me a call at 1-732-226-0782 or email me at rh@superbeing.com.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/SubsRawHealth.html

Roger Haeske is a Radiant Health Coach, Tennis Instructor and the author of “Think and Go Raw,” “Infinite Tennis,” and of these informative websites that will help you succeed at going 100% raw:

http://www.howtogoraw.com/success.html

http://www.howtogoraw.com/ThinkandGoRaw.html

http://www.howtogoraw.com/SuperbeingDiet.html

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Well I hope you enjoyed the article and make use of the resources I have linked to in the article as well.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

Listen to My Consultation with Tommie

2005-10-21T15:38:00.000-04:00

"I Do an Hour Long Consultation with
HowToGoRaw.com member Tommie Burchard"

I wanted to give you an audio consultation that
I recorded with Tommie Burchard a member of
HowToGoRaw.com.

You too, might be able to get an hour-long
telephone consultation as a new perk of
membership to HowToGoRaw.com. Once a month I plan
to record an audio consultation with a random
member of HowToGoRaw.com. I'm sharing this
consultation with you at no charge whatsoever.

** What you'll learn in the Consultation with
Tommie **
http://www.howtogoraw.com/consultation.html

1. Sleep--how much is enough? What if you don't
have time to sleep that much?

2. Salt--some sources say that salt is essential
while others say it is a poison? Could it depend
on the individual?

3. Winter and raw--apples, oranges, and bananas
(and dates) aren't enough. Plus we need your
girlfriend's recipe book. :)

Tommie Burchard has been 100% raw since June 24,
2005. She's lost 37 pounds. This is from someone
who is on thyroid medication. People with thyroid
problems tend to have tremendous problems losing
weight. You can read all about her raw food
success story at her blog. She also has several
before and after pictures.

I share all of this information with you on the
consultation page.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/consultation.html

Eventually I plan to have a whole bunch of audio
coaching or consultation sessions recorded at
HowToGoRaw.com. Even if you don't have an audio
consultation yourself, you'll be able to learn
from the consultations that are on the site.

I hope you enjoy this free audio interview.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

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Discover the 7 Easy Tricks to Staying Raw

2005-08-14T18:27:00.000-04:00

Discover 7 Easy Tricks to Staying Raw

1. Plan ahead: have an overabundance of fruit at
your house. Make it look beautiful. Have fruits
and vegetables of many different colors spread
all throughout your kitchen.

Bring extra food with you when you travel or go
out to eat. Never assume you'll be able to get
what you want when you are away from your normal
food shopping places. Be a Boy scout and be
prepared.

2. Eat plenty of food: Many new raw foodists
fail because they eat 1/2 to 1/3 less calories
than when they ate cooked food. With low fat raw
foods, you have to learn to expand your stomach
or eat many small meals to get the same calories
you did while eating cooked food.

3. Tasty Recipes: Learn to make recipes you
really enjoy.

www.HowToGoRaw.com will show you simple and yet
delicious raw food preparation techniques. In
many cases you can make delicious meals in 5 to
15 minutes.

4. Get excited: about the benefits of eating
raw. Never focus on what you are missing out on.
Imagine how healthy you'll be, how much happier
this diet is making you feel, how much more
spiritually in tune you are, feel the extra
energy, and see yourself at your ideal weight
because of eating this way.

Get excited about the new person you will become
and how this makes you a more powerful person,
because you've managed to conquer an addiction.

Daily reread a list of positive benefits to
going raw. Here's my list of over 40 of them.

http://www.howtogoraw.com/#benefits

Going raw really does make you more personally
powerful. Many people wouldn't even dream of
going raw because they feel it's so difficult. So
congratulate yourself.

Of course, with the right information and
support it can be quite easy to go raw. But it is
a life-changing accomplishment, nonetheless.

5. Gourmet Taste Buds: Develop gourmet taste
buds. The less you use spices and complicated raw
recipes the less you will crave cooked food. It's
difficult at first but eventually you adapt and
you won't be looking for so much stimulation.

Try eating only fruit for a day. Then expand it
to two days on another occasion. This will
gradually help you forget about having to make
complicated recipes with all sorts of spices and
less than healthful ingredients like salt.

6. Eat a 100% raw food diet. When your only
option is to eat raw, you stop thinking about and
craving cooked food. What you think about is so
important to whether or not you will be
successful at a raw diet. All things originate in
thought.

7. When you start craving cooked food there is a
very simple solution. You can still eat food,
just eat more raw food. It may not be the exact
flavor or texture that you want at that time, but
it will get you over the craving. Once you are
full, you are much less likely to want to eat
cooked food. The cravings pass with time.

8. Bonus Trick: Hire yourself a Raw Food Chef.
Find one that will prepare tasty meals but be
willing to make the food according to your
specifications. If you don't want Nama Shoyu or
oils added to your recipes, a good chef will find
ways to accommodate you. When you have great
tasting food always available, then going raw is
easy.

It's mostly about taste. We are addicted to the
tastes, textures and memories of cooked foods.
You can easily replace those memories with great
raw food memories. I now associate many good
times in my life with eating raw foods.

For a raw food catering or personal chef work in
the NYC area, I highly recommend you contact
Loren Bruni at loren@lorensrawfood.com. She's a
chef at the top raw food restaurant in the city.

Even the people who work there love her raw
dishes. What she prepares for them is different
from what they serve at the restaurant. She can
make you anything from the restaurant or her own
creations.

9. One final trick. Once you are 100% raw for a
month or two, it doesn't take much willpower to
stay raw. As long as you get enough variety and
are doing the raw diet correctly. It just becomes
a habit like anything else.

*** Little or No Willpower is Necessary ***

I don't ask myself anymore if I should go to my
favorite Thai food restaurant. But when I was
still eating cooked foods, I always had the
cooked food restaurant option.

Note: This kept me THINKING about and
associating good memories to cooked food. Once
the memories are gone from your consciousness and
you have delicious raw foods available, there
isn't much of a reason to go back to eating
cooked matter.

By the way, now I can go to a cooked restaurant
and just chose what is available raw. I don't do
it often, but mostly for social occasions. You
are not limited socially at all. But at first
when going raw it is easier for you to stay away
from cooked food until you are more secure in
your new radiant health lifestyle.

Roger

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

P.S. Are you having trouble staying 100% raw? Are you afraid of eating fruit? Are you sick of the time consuming effort of having to juice, sprout, dehydrate and ferment your foods? Discover the simple secrets to raw food success from the Raw Motivator and Radiant Health Coach, Roger Haeske. http://www.howtogoraw.com/health.htm for more info.

Early Humans Ate Raw and Low-Fat

2005-08-02T20:37:00.000-04:00

"More Evidence for the Optimal Raw Food Diet"

Dear Friend,

This article is based on research from the book "Natural Eating," by Geoff Bond who is a Nutritional Anthropologist. This is a fantastic book. I've quoted some pieces directly from his book. I simply leave the page number next to the quote if you want to look it up.

He has done research using Anthropology, Forensic Archeology and Comparative Anatomy to determine what the ideal diet for humans is. Though I don't completely agree with all of his conclusions about diet, I do think his findings are fascinating and can dispel many nutritional myths about what our Pleistocene ancestors actually ate.

All throughout the book you'll find evidence that our ideal diet is low in fat, high in micronutrients, high in fiber, low glycemic, low caloric density, high in volume or weight and low salt.

Pleistocene Man Facts: These are humans in the period before agriculture came to be on the planet. Approximately 1.8 million to 10,000 years ago. Agriculture started about 10,000 years ago. Before that man was mostly a gatherer and sometime hunter.

Humans lived in small groups of 35 to 50 people and needed a range of land of 200 to 300 miles to sustain themselves. With those kinds of space requirements a maximum of 600,000 people could live in the continental United States. Compare that number with the current estimate as of July 05 in the US of 295,734,134 people.

When the Aborigines (gatherer/hunter type, pre-agriculture) were the only ones living in Australia they had a filled the continent up and there was a maximum of 800,000 Aborigines there. You simply can't have 6 billion people living on the planet without the advent of agriculture and modern technology.

"Our Pleistocene ancestors had an average height some 6 inches greater than their descendants who took up farming. Today, in the opulent but still malnourished West, we have recovered only about 4 inches of the deficit." pg 45

Osteoporosis, gallstones, kidney stones, arthritis and cavities were virtually unknown to early humans. I don't know how they figure this out, but anthropologists and archeologist can tell this through the study of fossilized remains, DNA testing, etc.

Early humans weren't great hunters. At that time they had very primitive tools like a sharpened stick as a spear. They didn't even have bows and arrows. From the determinations, it appears that humans didn't make many big kills, but instead let other predators do their hunting for them and then they scavenged the remains.

In short, early humans did eat animal matter but they were by no means great hunters. And just because they could eat some animal foods does not mean that eating animal foods are the best choice, health wise for humans.

There are several things missing in humans that all carnivores and omnivores have. They have a stomach acid 10 times stronger than humans. They have a much shorter and differently shaped intestine. This means that animal foods will take much longer to get through our system and they end up rotting in there. Carnivores have the enzyme uricase to help break down the uric acid (urine) from animal's body.

The animal matter that early humans ate included, insects, shellfish, eggs, lizards, snakes, bugs, caterpillars, frogs, small game and carrion.

There are three important factors about the nutritional nature of this animal matter. Pg 34-35 Natural Eating.

1. It was very low fat no more than 3% (as against 25% fat in modern beef.)

2. The fat was very low in saturated fat and high in 'essential fatty acids' (exactly the opposite of modern supermarket meats).

3. The essential fatty acids were present in a well-defined ratio of linoleic acid to alpha linolenic acid. The range of this ratio varied within close limits of 4:1 to 1:1. It transpires that this fatty acid profile is exactly what we modern humans need too. In the average western diet this ratio is totally distorted at 32:1, and we know that this has harmful health effects. (My comments: namely heart disease.)

I'm not trying to make an argument that we need wild animal foods to get the ideal omega 3 to omega 6 ratios. This fatty acid ratio was not just in the animal foods but in the plant based foods, located in their natural environment. How do you think the herbivorous animals had this correct ratio of essential oils? It's because the plants they were eating had them in the right ratios as well.

The EFA's are naturally there in the proper ratios from wild plant foods. But we should consider if there is an adequate ratio of these fatty acids in raw vegan foods produced by modern farming techniques? There is certainly a big difference in the nutritional profile between wild foods and cultivated foods.

This is why we have to eat a raw food diet but adapted to our modern living conditions. We have to do the best we can to meet our nutrient needs with the cultivated foods we have access to. It's good to try and get as much wild food into your diet as you can.

These essential fatty acids are so important they used to be called vitamin F1 and F2. "All other fatty acids that human biochemistry needs can be made by the body from these two." pg 35

"It is thought that much of the time, our early hominid ancestors fulfilled their basic protein needs just by consuming plant foods." pg 35

"These people had a choice of hundreds of edible plants, a rich variety compared to the 30 or so found in today's supermarkets." pg 35

Geoff Bond took a sample of 50 wild vegetable foods consumed by foragers and totaled up the nutrient content for 2,600 calories worth (a day's supply).

There was a more than adequate 82 grams of protein or more accurately amino acids.

Potassium was very high and sodium was very low. The potassium to sodium ratio was 40:1. This should help alleviate your fears of getting too much potassium and not enough sodium on a raw diet.

This is about the same ratio I get when I analyze my food consumption at www.fitday.com. They had no added salt in their diets. All the sodium they ingested came from plant foods. This is sodium in its organic form made useable to us by the action of plants.

Any sodium not coming from plants is toxic to the body, this includes sea salt, real salt, and even Himalayan sea salt. If you drank a glass of sea salt you would become very dehydrated. It's not the water in sea water that would make you dehydrated, but the salt.

Another interesting point Geoff brought up in his book is that the advent of extensive cooking also did not happen until agriculture came into being. Pleistocene humans did have fire but they didn't cook very much as they didn't have the tools or possessions to make extensive cooking possible.

Vitamin C was at 540 mg. That is five times higher than what the average American consumes.

The fiber content was 62 g and five times higher than the norm for Americans. Not only that, but the fiber in these foods was soluble fiber. This is the ideal fiber for humans not insoluble fiber you find in grains and Metamucil or other fiber supplements.

Those 2,600 calories weighed 4.5 pounds. This is a much higher volume than a person on the average western diet consumes. The high fiber, nutrient and water content would naturally control your appetite. You can eat much more food like this volume wise and yet be consuming much less calories then you would from the SAD diet.

"Our prehistoric ancestors did not eat:

* Milk, cream, butter, cheese * Bread, breakfast cereals, popcorn, spaghetti, pizza, rice… * Vegetable Oils * Farmed Meat (saturated fat) * Sugars (sugar, honey, maple syrup, malt, corn syrup…)" pg 37

"The Pleistocene diet was:

* high in volume * low calorie density * high in micronutrients * high in fiber * very low fat * low glycemic * low salt" pg 37

"Evolutionary History tells us that our pre-historic diet contained soft vegetation, fruit, nuts, insects, flowers, gums, some egg and some small game.

It did not contain seeds, grains, or cereals, dairy products, farm meat, saturated fat or vegetable oils." pg 39

Our bodies have not evolved in the last 10,000 years. We still operate the best on this pre-historic diet. I'm supplying you this information to give you more evidence that a low-fat, raw food diet, high in fruits and vegetables is the optimal diet for our modern world living conditions.

Don't let anyone fool you into believing that you'll attain your best health on a high protein or high fat diet. It simply cannot happen. You might lose weight, but you can lose weight by taking diet pills, drinking coffee, smoking, taking drugs and doing chemotherapy.

I think we all can agree these are not safe ways of losing weight. Neither is a high protein all animal food diet.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

P.S. Are you having trouble staying 100% raw? Do you want to do it with less struggle and make sure that you are getting all the nutrients you need? www.HowToGoRaw.com will help you succeed at achieving radiant health, happiness and fitness via the Optimal Raw Food Diet.

Get Your Raw Food and Fitness Questions Answered

2005-06-21T01:35:00.000-04:00

I've created a brand new and comprehensive forum. It's called Roger Haeske's Superbeing Forum for peak living through: Raw Foods, Fitness, Self-Help and Spirituality.

Please visit http://RogerHaeske.com/talk/index.php

to find out more.

There are already over 30 valuable posts in the forum. I think you'll enjoy reading and participating. It's free to join.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

2005-05-24T00:02:00.000-04:00

Hi Folks,

I've written directions and included pictures on how to do the tremendous Superman Pushups.

Just visit this link:

http://www.lightning.superbeing.com/AbsOfSteel.htm

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

The Secrets Behind -- "Raw Secrets"

2005-05-21T10:57:00.000-04:00

The Secrets Behind “Raw Secrets”
Raw Secrets Book Review and Commentary:

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Review by Roger Haeske
The Raw Motivator

So far the updated “The Raw Secrets,” has been a fantastic book. I love that he included a chapter on the Vital Law of Accommodation. He's also included a new bonus book "Optimal Breathing," by breathing expert and raw foodist Mike White. I can't wait to read that book as well.

Fred has added lots of new, and I believe, important information, to the updated version of his book. I haven't completed reading it. So what you are seeing now is a partial review.

I'll be adding more valuable information over the coming days. So come back to this page every now and then over the coming week for more updates.

What I've read so far is information that will show you the right and natural way to eat a raw food diet. Fred shows you many of the pitfalls new and experienced raw foodists run into, on their path to radiant health.

The chapter on detoxification was a little on the light side. I would have liked a little more information on that subject. But what he wrote about it was quite good. So far this book has been excellent and the best guide by a current writer on how to do an Optimal Raw Food Diet.

I'm going to mine some of the golden nuggets in the book. Stuff about what happens when you eat too much fat. What our closest primate relatives eat. What percentage of the Great Apes diet is meat, etc?

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So What are These Raw Secrets?

I'm going to let you in on some of the secrets behind Frederic Patenaude 's book “Raw Secrets.” I will give you some of the concepts he covers and add my own commentary.

Keep in mind that the conclusions I draw may not be exactly the same as Fred's. While I am drawing from his book, I'm also including my own information and experiences. So what I write below isn't necessarily purely from Fred's book unless it is something quoted directly from the book. I just want to let you know that up front.

Introduction: In the Raw

In this chapter Fred shares his experiences with the raw food diet. He tells about his ups and downs. It's a very interesting story that he has to tell. He had many problems eating raw and he shows you in the book, how he eventually solved them.

Below is a quote from his introduction that gives you an idea of the purpose of the book. From pg 11.

"Radical ideas have much more power than common advice. But in their power lies danger. Like an explosive charge, radical ideas must be handled carefully.

The raw vegan diet is such an idea. It can save your life. It can help banish “incurable” conditions. It can help you feel great all the time. It can give back your joy of living. It can give an entirely different direction to your life or turn it upside down. But it s p ractical application may be difficult. Pitfalls line the path of raw eating. Many people have fallen into them — and they will continue falling into them until they know what these pitfalls are and how to spot them.

Some people are damaging their health by eating the raw diet incorrectly. Mostly, this is because they received poor or confusing advice. This book is my antidote to the false information that is being spread in the raw food movement, hurting people as it goes. This is the book I wish someone had handed to me six years ago when I started on thi s p ath. (My emphasis) I intend it not as an introductory book on the subject, but rather as a book for those who have some knowledge of and interest in the raw diet.”

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Chapter 1: How to Determine Our Natural Diet

This is a fantastic chapter. It is quite thorough and I highly recommend every raw foodist and every person seeking health and truth should read and study this chapter.

The question of what is our natural diet and how should it be determined is attacked from several different angles. After you read this detailed chapter, I think you'll be convinced that we should eat a diet primarily of fruits and vegetables with small quantities of nuts and seeds. I think Fred does a great job of pulling together the research from several fields of scientific study into this chapter.

Nutrition is simple: Quote from pg 17

“Whenever someone tells me, “Nutrition is so complicated,” I respond: “It doesn't seem to be for the animals in the open.” I tell them that wild animals do not think of nutrition as anything complex. They simplified the matter by eating only raw, natural foods for which they are biologically designed.”

Some interesting facts from this chapter:

* Nuts and seeds are only available part of the year in the tropics and they are fresh not dried. In their wild state, they are soft, creamy and the fat content is lower.

* Primates and all animal naturally hybridize the food supply by choosing their favorites and neglecting what they don't like. If a chimp likes a certain kind of fruit, he'll naturally propagate that fruit by eating the seeds and spreading them. Fruits that aren't preferred won't be spread.

All foods are naturally hybridized, so don't be overly concerned about hybridization. You may want to reduce your intake of certain seedless fruit varieties like seedless grapes and watermelon.

Keep in mind that some fruit grows wild without the need for seeds. Bananas and papayas are examples. Other than that, you should be fine as long as you also eat plenty of vegetables and leafy greens.

* The great apes have larger canines than humans and even they eat little to know animal foods. They subsist primarily on fruits, vegetables, roots and shoots. (There is some argument that the chimps hunt these days due to a loss of habitat and a lower food supply. Even with them hunting their diet averages 5% or less in animal foods. Bonobo's eat much less in the way of animal foods. This chapter goes into detail on the diets of the great apes. It also talks about specific fruits and foods that they like to eat.

* Carnivores can swallow bones and meat without chewing and digest them because their stomach acid is ten times higher than ours is. Yet if we don't chew a kernel of corn we can see that whole, undigested piece of corn in our excrements.

This should give you a st ron g clue that we aren't carnivores. We just don't have the digestive power to handle the digestion of meat and bone that carnivores and omnivores are capable of eating.

True omnivores by the way, are also much more similar to carnivores than they are to us. They also have stomach acid which is ten times st ron ger than that of humans.

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Why Should we Base our Diet Upon what Animals Eat?

I recently had someone say to me, “Why should we base our diet upon what animals eat? This person was thinking that we as humans are superior to animals and so he believed there wasn't a good reason for comparing us to animals.

Actually, we should base our diet upon what our natural diet should really be. One of the easiest ways to determine that is to compare ourselves to our closest biological relatives the bonobo's and then the chimpanzees.

The problem with many people is that they attribute all the childhood sicknesses and diseases that people get as they age, as being the normal way of living. Therefore, why should we compare ourselves to animals if what we are doing is just fine?

It's a sad statement but, being sick is normal for most people. They have no conception of the happy, energized and disease free life they can be living.

Taking antidepressants and being obese is not healthy. But some people think that is normal and even argue that they are healthy by eating this way. They think they are completely normal and healthy with conditions such as these.

I've also come to realize that people's brains on a cooked diet often do not function at their peak level of effectiveness. They are often irrational, I know I certainly was. Cooked food got me into a depression for six and a half years. So this can explain the so-called logic of some cooked eaters.

What most people don't realize is that human diets vary tremendously and the health results vary tremendously as well. We have the capability of eating many kinds of foods without dropping dead immediately, because of this many people think they are omnivores.

However we also know that cows eat grass but in this day and age they are fed dead cow meat as well. Does that now make them omnivores? I think not.

Humans have actually been classified as frugivorous or a primarily (not exclusively) fruit eating species. Humans are also classified a s p rimates. Wouldn't it make sense that we would eat a diet similar to other primates?

The closest primate to us is the bonobo which has 99% the same DNA as humans. They eat primarily fruit and eat less than 1% of their diet from animal products and they eat very little in the way of nuts and seeds.

Wild animals don't get the diseases of man. Sure they can get sick but if they eat their wild diet, their health and strength is superior to humans. It isn't normal to get a cold three or four times a year. It isn't normal to get arthritis. It isn't normal to have asthma or allergies. All of these health conditions and many more, are directly related to a poor diet.

But the average person doesn't realize that. So when I say that we should compare our diet to that of primates that are closest to us in design, it doesn't make sense to their egotistical minds. Most people have next to no knowledge of nutrition and even less about raw food nutrition.

They are living in a delusion as to why their health is deteriorating. They think they are getting old. But we should be active, happy and living life to it's fullest till our last days. Ageing is really the accelerated disease process, it doesn't have to be this way.

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Chapter 2: Fat pg 23

Here's a great quote from pg 23:

“Our body doesn't need to eat fat in order to make fat. It can create its own fat from the other non-fatty foods that we consume. A natural diet of fruits and vegetables, with some nuts and seeds or avocado, provides essential fatty acids in sufficient quantities. Some “experts” on the subject have greatly exaggerated their benefits in order to sell their special, expensive oils. But even green vegetables contain fatty acids.”

Some Fat and Nutrition Facts: Out of total percentage of calories in the food.

* Romaine lettuce is 15% fat calories, 18% protein

* Spinach is 14% fat calories, 30% protein

* Boston lettuce is 14% fat, 25% protein

* Red leaf lettuce is 12% fat, 33% protein

* Celery is 10% fat, 12% protein

* Tomatoes are 9% fat, 12% protein

* Bananas are 3% fat, 4% protein

* Apples are 3% fat, 2% protein

* Grapes are 4% fat, 3% protein

So you can see it is essential to eat lots of vegetables and leafy greens to make sure you get enough essential fatty acids in your diet. Leafy greens and fruit do contain essential fatty acids in small quantities. If you're diet is low in fat then you should be getting a good balance of Omega 3 to Omega 6 fatty acids.

Another interesting quote from pg 23:

“It has been shown that a drop of oil retards digestion for two hours.”

Many raw foodists end up eating too much fat because they can't satisfy their hunger on vegetables alone. So if they have heard (falsely I might add) that eating lots of fruit is bad for you, then they will be forced to make up the caloric deficit by eating lots of fat.

There's a good quote in there from Dr. Graham about the problems with too much fat consumption and why that often gives people poor health results, even on a raw food diet.

If you feel tired all the time it might be from eating too much raw fat. Frederic explains how tired he used to be all the time on the high fat version of the raw diet.

Fred gives 7 tips as to how to eat your fatty foods and not go overboard. He also gives food combining tips specifically related to fats.

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Chapter 3: Protein pg 26

Chapter 4: Nuts and Seed s p g 28

Chapter 5: Dental Health and Raw Food s p g 31

Chapter 6: Grains and Beans, pg 34

Chapter 7: Detoxification, pg 37

Chapter 8: The Law of Vital Accommodation, pg 40

Chapter 9: How to Give Up Bad Habits, 42

Frederic gives an easy technique to gradually give up bad habits.

Making the argument that most change is too slow. Increase your fruits and vegetables but you can still smoke or eat meat. Assuming people can't make big changes in their diet. This leads to a cure mentality. Take a drug or supplement and all will be well. Or juicing instead of looking at the cause of the problem.

There is a problem with improving one aspect of your diet but still having other bad health habits. It's the other bad habits. Eating 100% raw is good for the very reason that it instantly stops you from doing so many bad habits.

You won't eat bread anymore or chocolate or candies or cakes. You won't have any food additives, or preservatives in your diet. It's not so much what you do but what you no longer do, that makes much of the improvement.

Quote pg 43:

“In other words, it doesn't matter so much, however healthful it may be, that you eat "lots of fruits and vegetables," that you "juice daily," and that you," work out four times a week," if, on the other hand, you indulge in coffee, bread and meat. Your health will be directly affected by your bad habits, no matter how many good ones you have. These bad habits create illness. You will not get rid of them no matter how many new good habits you implement, unless you reform your lifestyle entirely.”

I love this quote from page 44:

“You will never “burn off” the effects of your poor diet no matter how many miles you run, how many supplements you take, or how much sunshine you get.”

So many people think that they can just exercise their way to health. That they can eat all the desserts and fried food they want as long as they exercise enough. If you believe this, you are gravely mistaken and just don't understand the facts. You might be able to keep yourself thin, but health has many components and you are only as st ron g as your weakest link.

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Chapter 10: Supplements and Superfoods: pg 45

This chapter will blow you away. The problem does not seem to be that we aren't getting enough nutrients, but that we aren't absorbing or assimilating them well enough.

There is an example of people who are anemic and yet have very high levels of i ron in their cells. It's just that they can't absorb it. Upon fasting their red blood cell count actually goes up. This is because the fast helped to increase assimilation and not because more of a nutrient was added to the body.

As mentioned in the chapter on “The Vital Law of Accommodation,” if you eat toxic foods like garlic, hot peppers, raw apple cider vinegar, coffee, chocolate, etc, your body has to defend against these toxic substances. By defending against these toxins your body also decreases its ability to absorb nutrients. He included an excellent example of what happens to your lungs when you smoke.

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Do You Believe in the Enzyme Myth?

He also presents a very logical argument of why the enzymes in raw foods don't really make a big difference. It isn't the enzymes in raw foods that makes the diet so successful but the fact that we are now eating foods we were originally designed to eat.

This is a big myth in the raw food movement. But when you realize the truth of the matter, you'll know that the enzymes in fruit are mostly gone by the time they ripen. We still mostly use our digestive enzymes to digest food regardless of whether or not the food is raw or cooked.

I'll be adding more information in the coming days.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

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What is our natural diet?

2005-04-16T13:49:00.000-04:00

Should you eat according to your blood type?

Dear Friend,

If I could give one resource to family or friends who want to improve their health, it would be volume 2, issue number 3, of Just Eat an Apple, raw food magazine. This issue is jam packed with information showing you how to do an Optimal Raw Food Diet.

You can get your own copies to share with family members and friends from this link.

http://superbeing.fredraw.hop.clickbank.net

You also will get three other great issues of Just East an Apple, plus Frederic Patenaude’s books “Raw Secrets,” “Raw Soups, Salads, and Smoothies,” and 36 Tips to Succeed on a Raw Food or Vegan Diet.”

*~*~*~*

A few years ago I got this very special issue of Just Eat an Apple Magazine. I loved just about every article in it. It is the perfect guide to show new people how to eat the raw diet correctly. It teaches what I call, The Optimal Raw Food Diet.

This issue also discusses, in a logical manner, some controversial issues in the raw food and holistic healing community. One article I liked very much was, “A New Look at Colon Hydrotherapy.” by Loren Lockman. In the article, Loren discusses why he doesn’t use colonics and what he believes happens to you, when you get a colonic.

Another controversial article was “The Blood Type Diet on Trial,” compiled by Frederic Patenaude. I'm going to be reviewing that article, further down the page and also giving you similar information about that diet, that I found in Dr. Fuhrman's book, "Eat to Live."

There’s also a fantastic article on deficiencies by Albert Mosseri. Dr. Douglas Graham writes a myth busting article, “What You Should Know about Raw Fat.” “Is One Man’s Food, Another Man’s Poison?” by Albert Mosseri.

Then there’s another great article called, “Supplements, Should You or Shouldn’t You,” by Mary Ziolo and there is, “What is our Natural Diet?” by Dover Clifton.

I think of this issue more as a great book, rather than a magazine. It will show you how to eat raw in the easiest and most healthy way I know of. The articles are as valid today as when they were written.

*~*~*~*

Should you eat according to your blood type?

I find it interesting that we are the only species on the planet that has to eat according to their blood type. At least that is what Peter D’Adamo would have you believe in his book, “Eat Right for Your Type.”

If you had to follow that diet and you were a Type O blood type you would be forced to eat meat, to have great health according to D’Adamo. I’ve found several people, who are Type O blood types who are successful, long-term, vegan, raw foodists.

If I followed Ayurveda’s recommendations, I’d still be eating cooked foods to this day. As I am a Vata body type and they supposedly need hot foods to thrive. I’ve found most of these body type diet books and systems, simply don’t apply to someone who has gone 100% raw.

Are there any vegetarian lions, or meat eating rabbits? All the animals in a species will eat the same types of foods in the wild. There is some variation, but meat eaters don’t become vegetarians. Omnivores continue to eat a variety of foods; they don’t all of a sudden, start eating vegetables only.

Humans are frugivorous by design. This means our natural diet is predominantly fruit, but not exclusively. We also do well with easily digested vegetables. Some nuts and seeds are ok in small quantities.

We are clever enough to eat other kinds of foods and we can survive on them. But do we thrive while eating meat or cooked foods? I think you know the answer to that. I certainly think these are less than ideal foods.

A very interesting point in Frederic’s article is that chimpanzees and gorillas also have the A,B,O blood types and that there is DNA evidence that humans have had these different blood types for 5 million years.

D’Adamo claims that certain blood types evolved with the introduction of agriculture 10,000 years ago. His evidence for this is severely lacking.

He also seems to favor the Type O or meat eating blood type people. Here’s an interesting quote that Frederic attributes to Dr. Michael Klapper in his discussion of the problems with the blood type diet, "...the epitome of focus, drive... "hardy and strong, fueled by a high protein diet" (is he describing a Type O "master race"?), he paints the "more vegetarian" Type A as submissive tofu eaters, "biologically predisposed to heart disease, cancer and diabetes." (p. 97).

"He paints Type A's with personalities "...poorly suited for the intense, high-pressured leadership positions at which Type 0's excel." (p. 142), stating that, in pressure situations, people with Type A blood "tend to unravel" and "become anxious and paranoid, taking everything personally."

Another great point in the article is the discussion of Dr. Klapper of why some people seem to fail at eating a vegan diet and how to properly handle that situation. The insights are incredible. The same theory I believe applies to raw foodists. Some people simply need a longer transition time to allow their body to get used to handling different nutrients.

If you are a Type A blood type D’Adamo claims that drinking coffee and red wine is good for you. That is clearly, very dangerous and bad advice as these are toxic to all humans.

His recommendations on what types of fruit certain blood types are allowed to eat aren’t backed up by any science. It appears that much of his information was simply made up.

Dr. Fuhrman came to a similar conclusion in his book, ‘Eat to live.” Here is a quote,

“I tried hard to be fair to D’Adamo because I know there is some evidence in the scientific literature that genetics and even blood type can predispose one to certain illnesses, such as heart attacks and some cancers, but his claims are so ridiculous that it leaves me with no choice but to be amazed that he could actually make such mind-boggling claims without supporting documentation or scientific studies. Furthermore, in reviewing the references mentioned in this book, he did not include even a small fraction of the hundreds of studies performed on this subject by scientists in the past thirty years. All the major studies I found documenting the relationship between blood type and disease were surprisingly missing.”

Here’s another quote from “Eat to Live.”

“D’Adamo’s book mixes some interesting factual information about blood types with a whole lot of far-fetched assertions that have no basis in fact. Most of them are just plain wrong.”

Finally, a quote from Dr. Fuhrman in regards to the risk of getting heart disease and cancer and what blood type has to do with it.

“When considering all the genetic risk factors together, we must conclude that environmental influences on atherosclerosis are much stronger than the genetic ones. Even if we combined all the genetic influences and stratified the risk of heart disease or cancer in individuals in a more accurate way than blood type alone, we would still find that environmental factors are more important. Cholesterol levels, body-weight, smoking, physical activity, food choices, and blood pressure have been shown to have a much stronger influence on disease risk than blood grouping.”

There is much more supporting information in this article and in Dr. Fuhrman’s book. I hope I have at least made you aware that “Eat for Your Blood Type Diet,” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

*~*~*~*

I highly recommend you get yourself a copy of this great issue of Just Eat an Apple and share it with your friends and family members. You can get this issue, plus three other issues, “Raw Soups, Salads and Smoothies and the book “Raw Secrets,” by Frederic Patenaude.

Frederic’s book “Raw Secrets,” is the main part of this package that you get. It is just about the only raw book I know of, that tells you how to do an Optimal Raw Food Diet. It’s a great book and it shows you many of the pitfalls that a beginning raw foodist runs into and how to avoid them. I highly recommend this book and all the bonuses he’s included with it.

Please remember to share that Just Eat an Apple issue and “Raw Secrets” with friends and family members. It can change their lives and it can change your life as well. Just go to this link and you can get this valuable health and raw food information.

http://superbeing.fredraw.hop.clickbank.net

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

Why you don't need Self-Discipline to Succeed

2005-03-26T16:27:00.000-05:00

If you have to use self-discipline in your work,
you are doomed to failure.

I don't have a self-disciplined bone in my body.
We all do things every day. We move towards
things we like and love, and move away from
things that cause us pain.

Do you think I'm writing this article because I
am self-disciplined? Hell no! I'm writing it
because I get pleasure out of doing this - just
as I get pleasure from exercising, and I get
pleasure from eating a raw food diet.

Many people can't imagine gaining pleasure from
writing, exercising, or eating a Vegan Raw Food
Diet. But I, in fact, love doing these things.
However, there was a time in my life when I was
in high school and college that I hated
computers, writing, lifting weights and eating
fruits and vegetables.

So how did I do it? Did I use self-discipline to
make myself all of a sudden like these things?
Absolutely not. I am horrible at self-discipline.
But I am a motivated person as all people are.
Every single one of us on this planet is
motivated towards something.

Many of us are very self-disciplined at watching
TV, going to movies, playing video games, surfing
the web, eating out at our favorite restaurants,
or hanging out with friends. So we are all self-
disciplined.

Get it out of your mind that you lack self-
discipline. You can get yourself to do just about
anything if you really want to do it.

Life is about pleasure and not about self-
discipline. You must learn to master the two main
motivating forces in life: Pleasure and Pain.

Why do we file our income taxes? For most of us
it's not for the pleasure of it, but to avoid the
pain of going to jail or paying heavy fines. Why
do we want to go on vacation? Because we picture
all the enjoyment we will have.

So the key question is: how was I (and how will
you) be able to get yourself to do things that
you currently don't like?

There's obviously going to be a need of change
in your mindset. Are you going to have to force
yourself against your own will? This, I'm afraid,
can't be done for any great length of time.

What you have to do is to associate in your mind
more pleasure with the new activity and more pain
with the old activity. Then you have to keep
consciously doing this until you have established
a new habit. A new habit usually takes about 21
days to solidify, though it could take only a week.

Why is it that I enjoy writing now? It's not the
actual writing I enjoy, it's the ability to
express my ideas. I have a burning desire to help
people discover their full potential. Whenever I
discover something really helpful, I love sharing
it. That's just my personality type.

Several years ago I realized that writing is one
way, I can reach many people both via the
internet and through authoring regular books. My
desire for expression and the income I could
receive from writing overpowered my absolute
disgust at writing.

I also had a major change in my outlook in 1987
so that I felt I had something to write about. I
started keeping a journal and often wrote in it
several times throughout the day. Eventually I
realized that I liked writing. I especially
realized that I like writing letters to friends.
I have no problem whipping out long emails. I
know that most people are not like that. But this
is all related to desire.

How did I get myself to do a Raw Food Vegan
Diet? By reading books about the diet. I was so
impressed by what could be done I figured what
the heck, I'll give it a try. Right away, I got
out of a six and a half year depression.

Eliminating the pain of depression motivated me
to do the raw diet. If I ate at least 50% raw
foods throughout the day, I felt fine. When I had
days where I ate all cooked food, I quickly got
back into a depressed state. This has happened
over and over so I know it is the cooked food
causing this. In fact, I had tried several other
diets but they didn't have anything close to the
effects of a raw diet. So I don't think it was a
placebo effect.

But that was only a 50 to 70% raw diet. Yet I
knew there were many other benefits I would
achieve if I could go 100%. One day I ** decided
** to go 100% raw by focusing on all the benefits
and equating cooked food to being worse than
smoking. If you know me, I hate smoking with a
passion. So these things worked to get me started
off.

Then I said I'd just do it for one month. If I
don't like it, I can always go back. I gave
myself the freedom to go back - hoping I would
choose to stay raw. During the initial week, I
had a hard time. I was on vacation and we were
passing all these great restaurants. I started
focusing on all the meals I was missing out on.
This made me very hungry.

Then I realized what I was subconsciously doing.
So I changed my thoughts and focused on how well
I was feeling and on all the amazing benefits
that I would reap from doing this diet. I also
realized that one day it would be easy for me to
eat raw when it became a habit.

That day has come. I never think about going out
to cooked food restaurants anymore. That desire
has completely left me. To completely get rid of
the desire for cooked food took me about a year.
But each week was easier than the week before.

You can train yourself to like anything. If you
like it or love it, you will be very self-
disciplined. So remember to use the force of
desire and you'll never fail again by trying to
use the concept of self-discipline or will power.
This desire you create must be a raging desire.
It must be really strong to get you over the
hurdle.

I recently read a fantastic book that will teach
you how to find out what you ** really ** want
out of your life. The book is by Jack Zufelt and
is called, "The DNA of Success." In it Jack shows
you how to find your Core Desires. Once you find
your Core Desires, they will unleash the
Conquering Force of Desire within you. You will
be motivated by desire and not self-discipline to
achieve your dreams.

If you are like many other people and don't know
what you want out of life then this is the book
for you. Jack also has audio programs so that you
can Unleash your Conquering Force while driving
to work. Make sure to check out his interview
with Mike Litman which can be found at this link
as well.

To find out more just click on this link.
http://www.dnaofsuccess.com

Are you still hungry?

2005-03-24T22:25:00.000-05:00

Have you ever felt hungry after eating a full raw meal? Do you wonder why that happens? Below I answer a letter from one of my subscribers that will show you what to do to stay full.

*~*~*

Hi Roger,

I enjoy your emails. I have not gone totally raw yet. Am working on it. I have a question & I know you must be flooded with questions, so I'm not sure I will hear back from you, but thought I'd try anyway. I am now engaged to a man who is 6 ft 4 inches & slender & somewhat muscular & is 68 yrs old & has a job that is medium strenuous, not sedentary, but not grueling at all.

I am trying to learn to cook raw for him & myself. I am having a hard time filling him up with raw food. He sometimes gets hungry after only an hour after a meal. By the way, he's a new vegetarian, but he loves it. He has eaten meat all his life up to now. Could his body just be in the habit of eating too much, so that a raw meal doesn't FEEL like enough to him?

I have studied a lot of nutrition & have eaten a good diet all my life, but not quite all raw. And I have studied your emails as well as other raw material.

If you are able to answer emails, I will eagerly look forward to one, & I thank you MUCH in advance for your help.

Sincerely,

Judy

*~*~*

Hi Judy,

I think the answer may be a simple one. He simply needs more calories, but these calories should come from sweet fruit and not fatty foods. A salad, even with an oily dressing and an avocado won’t satisfy some people’s appetites.

They never satisfy me. Whenever I go out to a raw restaurant, I usually need to eat two or three entrees to get close to feeling full. To feel satisfied we need to have the best fuel source, that would be the sugar from sweet fruit.

Keep this important principle in mind. He’s going to need about the same number of calories that he was getting from cooked food, in raw foods. That requires eating much more in the way of volume. He might feel artificially full before he really is full.

Fruits and vegetables are the lowest calorie per bite foods. They take up much more space per calorie than oil for instance.

Let me explain this better. You have to eat much more weight and volume in fruits and vegetables to get the same number of calories that you would get in a typical cooked food meal.

Here’s another interesting tidbit. One pound of oil contains 3.900 calories. One pound of green vegetables is around 100 calories and of sweet fruit is about 250 calories. So it’s very easy to overeat fatty foods.

Just keep on making the same meals as before and watch the fat content. But before he eats the dinner meal, he needs to fill up on as much fruit as he feels necessary.

He might need to eat 5 bananas or more or make a banana smoothie with blueberries. Or eat mangoes or grapes. The key is to get enough calories from fruit. Then let it digest for about 15 minutes or more and then he can have the raw dinner meal.

If he is still hungry after the meal, it probably means that he didn’t eat enough fruit at the beginning of the meal. You can also have fruit in your salad if you don’t add any oil or fatty foods to it. Cut up apples or some citrus fruit like oranges and add them to your salad. This will help to increase the carbohydrates in the meal, so that you will feel full.

He will feel full when he has consumed enough calories, enough nutrients and his stomach has stretched. The stomach has stretch receptors to signal we are full by detecting the volume of food eaten, not the weight of the food. The fiber and water content of raw fruits and vegetables will make your stomach stretch much more than it is used to.

Raw fruits and vegetables are the highest nutrient, per calorie, ratio foods. You get full faster because the food is high in bulk and nutrients. But it takes some time for big eaters to learn to eat enough fruit to be satiated.

They’ll have to learn how to stretch their stomachs more than they are used to. Cooked foods are dehydrated and much higher in calories per bite. Plus they are loaded with toxins due to the cooking, refining and additive process. These toxins if not removed will be stored in your body’s fat cells, making you fatter.

I don’t recommend combining sweet fruit with avocado or nuts and seeds. Fatty foods are the hardest to digest and take up to 4 hours or more to digest. If you eat a fatty food and then eat sweet fruit in the next 1 to 4 hours, the fruit may ferment in your system while it is waiting to be digested.

It’s always best to eat fruit first. Save your fat meals for the evenings. Even then, you should try to keep your daily fat consumption to 10 to 15% of total calories consumed.

I recommend a low fat, raw diet if you want to have optimal health. I also recommend the reduction or the elimination of the use of oils. I wouldn’t use oils or too many fatty foods.

You can make delicious low fat dressings without oil or vinegar. You can also make quick and hearty recipes that are low fat. These recipes and raw food preparation principles are available at my website:

http://www.HowToGoRaw.com

Let me know if this information helps your fiancé.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

More Evidence That Cooking Destroys Nutrients

2005-03-18T15:03:00.000-05:00

More Evidence That Cooking Destroys Nutrients

By Roger Haeske

Ive discovered more evidence that cooking destroys nutrients, including
cooked vegetables. Although some nutrient levels may be increased,
others are decreased. This information also indicates a very strong
correlation with decreased cancer rates as the consumption of raw fruits
and vegetables goes up.

One of the main points of the Optimal Raw Food Diet is that it be 100%
raw. Cooking does too much damage to the foods to be helpful in any way.
There is overwhelming evidence that eating cooked food will eventually
lead you to a life of disease, overweight, and unhappiness.

Here are a couple of quotes from Dr. Joel Fuhrmans book, Eat to Live,
explaining the health-protective benefits of raw fruits and vegetables
and explaining the damage that cooking does.

Pg 43:
When vegetables are cooked, or eaten with fat, some nutrients are more
efficiently absorbed and other heat-sensitive nutrients are lost or
rendered less absorbable. Many studies (Over 250: My added comment) show
that raw fruits and vegetables offer the highest blood levels of
cancer-protective nutrients and the most protection against cancer of
any other foods, including cooked vegetation. Any advice not recognizing
that raw vegetables and fresh fruits are the two most powerful
anti-cancer categories of foods is off the mark.

Paul Talalay, M.D., of the Brassica Chemoprotection Laboratory at the
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is involved with researching the effect
of cooking on phytochemicals. He reports widely different effects on
the compounds in vegetables that protect against cancer. These
compounds are both activated and destroyed by various cooking methods.

Pg 43 as well:
These heat-sensitive elements may offer significant nutritional
advantages to protect against disease, according to investigators from
the Department of Biochemistry at Wright State University School of
Medicine. These researchers concluded that most foods undergo a
decrease in nutritive value in addition to the well-known loss of
vitamins when cooked and/or processed. Most vitamins are
heat-sensitive, for example, 20-60 percent of vitamin C is lost,
depending on the cooking method. Thirty to forty percent of minerals are
lost in cooking vegetables as well. Consuming a significant quantity of
raw foods is essential for superior health.

** Vegetables, fruit, and cancer prevention: A review

Abstract
In this review of the scientific literature on the relationship between
vegetable and fruit consumption and risk of cancer, results from 206
human epidemiologic studies and 22 animal studies are summarized. The
evidence for a protective effect of greater vegetable and fruit
consumption is consistent for cancers of the stomach, esophagus, lung,
oral cavity and pharynx, endometrium, pancreas, and colon.

Heres the link to the whole study.

http://www.mi-cancergenetics.org/articles/veg-fruit.html

** Digestive Leukocytosis **

Here is another problem caused by the cooking and processing of foods,
an increased white blood cell count or leukocytosis. This is considered
normal since all people who eat cooked food get it.

From what I understand, raw foodists often have a lower white blood cell
count than what is considered, so-called normal. But that is only
because we dont need so many white blood cells circulating in our blood
because our diet is pure and doesnt trigger our defense mechanisms.

Notice that vinegar creates a severe increase in the white blood cell
count as well. Cooked animal proteins where the worst offenders.

To see the whole story please follow the link below the quote.

** A quick note: I believe the author overstates the importance of
enzymes in this article, there is much more than enzymes destroyed by
cooking.

The enzymes in raw foods are of minor concern, since most of them dont
make it through the digestive process. Also the majority of the enzymes
needed to digest a food come from our own body and not the raw food.

Most of the enzymes in fruit are gone once the fruit has ripened anyway.
However, the basic information on the leukocytosis is good.

Leukocytosis was first discovered in 1846. At first, it was considered
normal because everyone who was tested had it. Paul Kautchakoff, M.D.(4)
later found that leukocytosis was not normal. In fact, the major cause
of leukocytosis was discovered to be the eating of cooked food. An
entire category of leukocytosis was classified as "digestive
leukocytosis," that is, the elevation of the white blood cell level in
response to the lack of enzymes in the cooked food in the intestine. It
is pathological because the pancreas was never intended to provide 100%
of the digestive enzymes needed.

Dr. Kautchakoff divided his findings into four classifications according
to the severity of the pathological reaction in the blood:

1. Raw food produced no increase in the white blood cell count.
2. Commonly cooked food caused leukocytosis.
3. Pressure cooked food caused even greater leukocytosis.
4. Man-made, processed and refined foods, such as carbonated beverages,
alcohol, vinegar, white sugar, flour, and other foods, caused severe
leukocytosis. Cooked, smoked and salted animal flesh brought on violent
leukocytosis consistent with ingesting poison.

http://www.naturalhealthway.com/articles/raw/raw.html

I hope this information further convinces you of the dangers of cooking
your foods and of the amazing health benefits of raw fruits and
vegetables.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

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Magic Questions that Rip Profitable Ideas from Your Subconscious Mind

2005-03-18T14:54:00.000-05:00

Magic Questions that Rip Profitable Ideas from Your Subconscious Mind

How Two Simple Ideas, Saved Me 15 Minutes per Day and Increased my
Income

Im going to share a story with you of how I recently used Magic
Questions to improve my life. As you may know, I have been writing about
the Magic Questions System for many years.

This article will show you how to put Magic Questions to work in your
life for any goal you want to achieve. My four week E-Seminar called
Your Infinite Power, goes into the Magic Questions System in detail.

** What are Magic Questions, you might be asking?

They are simply questions that direct your conscious and subconscious
mind toward a positive goal or solution. The key in life is coming up
with the right question. Once you have the right question, the answer
usually comes quickly.

Once you start using Magic Questions you become like an inventor. You
are constantly wondering how you can do something better. It could be
any process in life, from getting better gas mileage, receiving a raise
at your job, finding the love of your life, experiencing radiant health
or motivating others to improve the world.

Countless people dont ask themselves many questions at all. If they do,
those questions are often negative.

** Why do I always fail?
** Why do I have a horrible backhand? (For tennis players.)
** Why cant I keep a job?
** Why does my mother in law hate me?

Ask and you shall instantly receive. Any question you ask will instantly
start attracting answers to you. So if you ask, Why am I addicted to
cooked food? You will get a list of answers.

But do these answers get you closer to your goal? Actually, theyll
probably make you feel bad about yourself. It will tell you all the
reasons why you cant succeed.

Some better questions would be.

** How can I enjoy eating a healthy raw food diet?
** What are the health, beauty, mental and athletic benefits of eating a
raw food diet?

One of the key ideas with Magic Questions is to focus your questions on
a positive goal. In other words, ask for what you want, not for what you
dont want. You have to expect that you can get what you are asking for.

All inventions and innovations start with a question. It has been this
way since the beginning of humanity. Magic Questions show you how to be
an active inventor and innovator in your own life.

Heres my story.

** Recently I was asked to temporarily take over the complete moderation
duties of a big raw food forum. This is a forum I used to be heavily
involved in, but it got so big that I couldnt handle all the emails
coming into my inbox.

I was getting 20 to 30 extra emails throughout the day. Reading and
deleting all those emails one by one was becoming very time consuming.
So I adjusted my membership settings so I didnt receive emails but the
daily digest instead.

However, I barely ever read the daily digest. I preferred being able to
quickly glance at the subject line and decide to open the email or not.
To make a long story short, I was no longer involved in this forum,
because it was taking up too much of my time.

When I was asked to moderate the forum, I asked myself a better question
than in the past. This is what I asked myself.

** How can I get involved with the forum again and not waste so much
time reading and deleting emails, one by one?

In the past, I DIDNT ASK THIS QUESTION persistently enough and
therefore I just assumed that I would have to almost completely neglect
the forum.

** But if you ask a better question, you get a better answer **

The first answer I got was to create a special folder, just for this
forum, in my email reader Outlook. That was a good answer because with a
special folder I could very quickly delete messages that I didnt want
to read.

This removed these forum messages from my Inbox, so that if I didnt
have time, I could completely ignore them and not have to do any
additional work. This idea would save me a lot of time if:

Then my second question came instantly and was answered just as quickly
from my subconscious.

** How can I automate the process so that my email program Outlook,
automatically puts the emails into this folder for me?

This was the jackpot question. Once I came up with that question that is
when the timesavings really began. For years, I have been manually
moving emails from my inbox to over 30 special folders.

I could save so much time if I could automate this process.

I remembered that I could filter junk mail, so why not be able to filter
emails directly into the folder I wanted. At the time I didnt know that
I could do this or how.

Within 15 minutes, I learned how to do it. Ive automated 10 different
folders already. This is saving me an average of 15 minutes per day.

An extra 15 minutes per day comes out to almost 4 days over the course
of a year. Ill probably be able to save much more time by automating
this process even further.

Imagine that, I had the technology to do this for at least 5 years, but
never even thought about trying to automate it. I guess, I was just
happy when I figured out how to make the folders, at all. It reminds me
of when I was teaching a friend of mine how to cut, copy and paste on
his computer.

He had been using his computer for editing documents for years and
didnt know how to cut and paste. He also had internet access but didnt
know how to use his browsers address bar. The only way he could go to
websites was by using a search engine or from the links people sent him
via email.

He had no idea he could do these things until I taught him. I took many
of these things for granted because I learned them in college, was
taught by friends with computers or I discovered them on my own
initiative.

Im sure there are a certain percentage of my subscribers who dont know
how to cut and paste. Some of you are brand new to computers or never
had someone teach you the basics.

The point Im trying to make is that if you dont look to optimize
things with Magic Questions, you could be wasting a lot of time and not
be realizing your full potential.

** Getting back to the main story. Now that I asked those two questions,
Ive received two major benefits. Im saving at least 15 minutes per
day. I am also more active on the raw food forum. Being active on the
forum has enriched my life and already increased my sales and important
contacts.

Now you can see what happens when you start asking Magic Questions.
Always ask yourself how you can improve something.

* How can I do this faster?
* How can I delegate this task?
* What is the Silver Lining behind this problem?
* How can I spend more time doing what I am best at?
* What brings me the most joy?

Remember to ask questions that direct you toward things that you want to
achieve. There are always finer levels of Magic Questions.

The writing and editing process is one of Magic Questions as well. I ask
myself.

How can I add more value to this article?
How can I make it easier to understand?
How can I make it more exciting?

Sometimes I even ask myself if there are any grammatical or spelling
mistakes. ? Unfortunately, grammar was not my best subject, Im slowly
getting better and theres always something I miss. I just hope I can
understand me.

*~* How to Virtually Guarantee Your Success *~*

If you really want to take your life to the next level, I recommend you
use Magic Questions in combination with the Power Pause Success Formula.
I have been doing just that every morning and coming up with powerful
ideas that are improving my life and business profits on a daily basis.

These are the two most powerful and easy to implement self-improvement
techniques I have ever used in my 22 years of studying self-help. I
spend about 15 minutes doing both of them every morning.

Both of these techniques work hand in hand. Using them together actually
magnifies the effectiveness of the other technique. They work
synergistically.

The Power Pause is right-brained and Magic Questions is more
left-brained. You combine the creative with the logical to magnify the
power of your ideas and results.

If you do these techniques every morning, youll be on fire. Its the
best way to start a day. Youll be full of positive goals and be fueled
with the desire to reach your most cherished dreams. Youll work faster
and have all sorts of energy and creativity that you wouldnt have, if
you didnt start your day this way.

You can learn more about the Magic Questions System, at the Power Pause
Success Formula: Bonus Package website.

http://www.power.superbeing.com

My e-Seminar called Your Infinite Power, goes into the Magic Questions
System in depth. It is one of the bonuses if you purchase the Power
Pause Success Formula.

Ill also show you the exact system I use every morning and how I add
two brief writing exercises to magnify the power of both of these
techniques.

You can get it all at the site below.

http://www.power.superbeing.com

Id suggest you try using some of the Magic Question techniques in this
article first, to prove to yourself that it really works. Use Magic
Questions to get a raise or start a new business. Use it to start a new
habit that will improve your life.

You can also get my most up to date reports on the Magic Questions
System at no cost to you at:

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You can engineer Magic Questions for any goal you have. It is super
powerful; I know youll be happy and amazed after using it. Just
remember to use it on a daily and even hourly basis.

It wont do you any good if you dont use it. Dont just read about this
and say that sounds great and then forget about it. This time, really
put this technique to work in your life. You wont regret it.

I hope you truly get some benefit from this article. Please let me know
how Magic Questions have improved your life.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

How to Stop Being Tricked by Bad Nutritional Science

2005-03-15T16:19:00.000-05:00

How to Stop Being Tricked by Bad Nutritional
Science

** Do you ever get confused by all the
conflicting raw food diet information out there?

** Have you been scared off eating a 100% raw
diet because of what you have read on a raw food
forum or even a raw food book?

** Do you want to know if the science they are
using is valid?

** Has your belief in Ayurvedic Medicine or the
popular body type diets made you believe that
eating raw might not be the best thing for you?

*~*~*~*
Maybe you have those questions or similar ones.
The misinformation out there is rampant. I
believe some of the information is purposely
deceptive and designed to make you fail at doing
a raw diet.

Remember, who profits the most if you don't do a
raw diet? The giant prepared food industry and
the medical and pharmaceutical industry. There
are megabucks in there. I wouldn't be surprised
if some of the negative information you read is
somehow sponsored by one or both of these
industries.

The problem is that even well meaning raw food
proponents can often scare you from doing a raw
diet. I used to be confused by all the
conflicting raw food information out there.

They can't confuse me anymore. I know too much.
I've done my homework and have heard all the
arguments, many times over. It takes a lot of
knowledge, experience and good judgment to be
able to discern truth when it comes to a complex
subject like nutrition. It is very easy to be
scared off by some scientific sounding
information, unless you have a thorough
understanding of raw food nutrition.

In today's email, I'll give you some perspective
and show you how to look at scientific findings.
** With Healthy Skepticism and Common Sense **

** You'll learn some of the techniques they use
to trick you.

** You'll learn how to judge for yourself
whether or not the information is accurate.

*~*~*~*
One of my subscribers forwarded this email to
me. A well-known raw food leader wrote this.
However, I know that this leader does not
recommend that we go 100% raw. In his email
below, he explains the scientific reasons of why
he believes that some cooking is beneficial.

As you might guess, I strongly disagree about
this from a scientific, philosophical and
experiential point of view. He simply used
science to back up his belief systems. But the
problem comes when you don't have the complete
picture. You can totally distort issues when you
don't comprehend the whole. This is how science
can fool you.

Science can distort reality or truth. It's like
Dr. Atkins claiming his diet heavy in bacon,
butter and animal protein is healthy. Studies can
be manipulated, findings can be distorted and
that is why you get all of these scientific
sounding books contradicting themselves about a
certain diet's effectiveness.

There are always studies small enough in scope
that can pretty much lend credence to any
argument. This is because if you focus on only
one aspect of something scientifically you can
get very distorted results. That is why you need
to use common sense and your own experiences
along with a broad understanding of science to be
able to get to the truth of a matter.

The other point is that I know this author feels
that it's easier for most people to stay 80% raw
than 100%. It's a much easier recommendation and
so he may be trying to fit the science to justify
his recommendations of less than 100% raw.

Here are his arguments for eating some cooked
foods and below my reply. I also include some
commentary right after some of his points.

*~*~*~*~*
Here are some of the scientific findings that
support the health benefits of eating quickly
cooked foods compared to relying solely on a raw
foods diet:

(Note RH: Quickly cooking foods still does
severe cellular damage to food. It still destroys
the enzymes and it still creates toxins. The less
you cook it and at lower temperatures the less
damage that is done to the food. But if you
quickly cooked your hand, you'd be in massive
pain. The damage is significant even with quick
cooking. Don't let anyone fool you otherwise.
Cooking kills and destroys the integrity of the
food.)

More Carotenoids: Carotenoids are usually
hooked together with proteins or locked into
their own crystal- like structure when found in
their natural state. Heating helps break down
these structures and free carotenoids for
digestion and absorption into our cells. The
release of carotenoids through cooking can be
measured. In carrots, for example, about 40% more
carotenoids are released and made available
through cooking.

More Lycopene: This phytonutrient, which is
concentrated in tomatoes, is made more readily
available to the body after tomatoes are cooked.

More Sulfur-containing Phytonutrients: Lightly
cooking onions and garlic can help convert some
of the less beneficial sulfur-containing
phytonutrients into more beneficial ones and can
increase the variety of sulfur-containing
phytonutrients that are available to our cells.

(RH: The people with the highest antioxidant and
phytonutrients levels are long-term 100% raw
foodists. There are tests now that can determine
your antioxidant levels and the people with the
best results by far are 100% raw foodists.
Cooking would not improve those results in my
opinion.)

Fewer Alkaloids: The alkaloid content of
nightshades is problematic for some individuals.
Cooking can lower the alkaloid content by as much
as 40 to 50%.

(RH: The body can handle toxins. Most of the
toxins we deal with are ones created in our own
bodies by the breakdown of dead cells. There are
small levels of toxins even in raw foods. But
cooking creates many more toxins than what is in
the food naturally. So cooking to remove one
toxin doesn't make an ounce of sense to me.)

Fewer Goitrogens: Although research studies are
limited in this area, cooking does seem to reduce
goitrogens. These compounds can cause enlargement
of the thyroid glands in people who are
susceptible to goiters.

Fewer Oxalates: Cooking can help reduce the
oxalates found in vegetables by 5 to 15%.
Although this reduction is a small one, it may
still be beneficial for individuals needing to
restrict their oxalate intake. Boiling is the
best cooking method when there is concern about
the oxalate content of vegetables because direct
contact between the vegetable and the water helps
to leach oxalates out of the vegetable and into
the water.

Less Salmonella and E. coli bacteria: These
bacteria are sometimes found on raw sprouts
because they are grown under warm and humid
conditions. This is true whether they are grown
commercially or in the home. The heat from
cooking can help destroy the bacteria in sprouts
as well as any other types of bacteria that can
be found on some vegetables.

(Note RH: Without bacteria, we couldn't survive.
Vitamin B12 is created by bacteria and not by
animals. While killing so called bad bacteria we
have to be careful not to kill good bacteria as
well.

Personally, I don't recommend making sprouts a
major component of your diet anyway. They tend to
be quite high in toxins. This is nature's way of
insuring that these sprouts survive to become
full-grown plants. If you were out in the jungle,
you could never even find enough sprouts to make
a meal out of them. The sprout eaters are
definitely doing something that wouldn't happen
in nature. I haven't heard of chimpanzees making
sprouts a major component of their diet.)

Cooking can also aid in the digestion of
vegetables by breaking down cell walls, a job
your body would have to do if they were not
cooked and you didn't chew thoroughly. Our
digestive system has lost the ability over the
last thousand years to easily digest raw
vegetables.

(Note RH: We probably never had the ability to
digest certain course vegetables like broccoli
and kale at any point in our history as humans.
We also don't have four stomachs to be able to
derive the nutrients from grasses like cows,
sheep, goats, deer, giraffes and other ruminants
can. Bonobos our closest primate relatives eat
only the soft green tips of leaves.

** Do they do it because they lost the ability
to digest the whole leaf?

It's more likely they could never digest
vegetables that were too heavy in cellulose.

Plus bonobos haven't been eating cooked and
unnatural foods in the first place. So the so-
called evolution argument doesn't apply to them.

In my opinion, the theory of evolution doesn't
cut mustard anyway. It sounds good until you
really think it out and realize that it's
virtually impossible. How for instance could we
say that the human eye evolved? It is so complex,
it couldn't happen by chance.

How about a tail for a cat? Did it get all the
bones, muscles and tendons all at once? If not,
how could a partially developed or accidental
start of a tail, help in its survival? There are
many prominent scientists today that logically
dispute the theory of evolution that so many
people take for granted. You can find plenty of
information about this by searching Google for
it. I used to be a blind follower in the Theory
of Evolution, but the more I studied it the less
sense it actually made. There is too much
perfection and mathematical precision in numerous
areas in life to believe all of the universes
happened by chance. There was definitely an
intelligence behind it in my opinion.)

I've included more commentary below.

*~*~*~*~*

RH:
First of all, if we need to cook a food to eat
it, that means it isn't a food designed for human
consumption. Everyone always tells us how good
and nutritious broccoli is for us. Even though it
is high in nutrients, it's also very hard to
digest in its raw state. We can't break down the
cellulose to extract most of the nutrients.

Therefore, some people would theorize that we
should cook it to release the nutrients. Other
people, like me would assume that we shouldn't be
eating raw broccoli in the first place. At least
we shouldn't eat it and expect to get a high
source of nutrients. Many people eating
cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower
and kale get gas after eating these foods raw.
That should be telling them something.

All animals get all the nutrients they need by
eating a 100% raw diet. They don't eat a food
because it is high in nutrients, they eat the
foods that they are attracted to and that taste
best to them. Just because something is raw
doesn't mean we should eat it, or that it is good
for us. Therefore, there is no nutritional need
to eat a food that we wouldn't eat in the raw
state. What do you think we ate before the
harnessing of fire? All raw foods.

The only exception would be if we didn't have
access to enough raw foods to meet all of our
nutrient needs. Then you might have to cook some
foods just to survive. But don't think you would
thrive by doing that.

Secondly, he didn't mention all the different
kinds of toxins created in the cooking process.
Even if you can get some more of some kinds of
nutrients, that doesn't help when at the same
time you create a dramatically increased toxic
load. Therefore, you trade more of "some kind" of
nutrients for increased toxins. Why doesn't he
mention that in his argument? You see how we are
getting an incomplete picture and partial
science, to justify an argument.

The cooking process also decreases the levels of
many other nutrients. So you may get more
lycopene but less vitamin A or C for instance.
Proteins become coagulated and unusable because
the body can't break them down. Fats become
carcinogenic and turn into transfats, which raise
your cholesterol levels. From 20 to 80% of the
vitamin content of raw foods is destroyed in the
cooking process. Plant minerals change from the
organic and useable form to the inorganic and
unusable form by cooking them.

The food goes from being alive to being dead.
There is a strong vibrational difference in the
food. Dr. Gabriel Cousens mentions the Subtle
Organizing Energy Fields (SOEF) of raw foods.
There is evidence showing these organizing energy
fields are destroyed in the cooking process.
Kirlian Photography shows dramatically diminished
energy fields around cooked foods versus the same
food in it's raw state. There are many things
that cooking damages and of which science may not
be able to detect.

It's the difference between drinking fresh
squeezed orange juice versus, pasteurized juice
in a carton. You can taste and feel the
difference. It is like night and day. I remember
the first time I had fresh squeezed orange juice
as a kid; it had such a powerful vibration to it.
I felt it tingle in my mouth and it tasted so
much better than the cooked orange juice I drank
from a carton.

Then finally, there is the question of how much
of a nutrient is the right level. Maybe the level
of lycopene in raw tomatoes is the ideal quantity
for humans. Too much of certain nutrients can
create a toxic overload, as the human body has a
limit as to how many nutrients it can absorb at
any one time.

So you see what one thinks is important depends
on perspective and philosophy. Some scientist and
doctors will often try to use some facts and
ignore other very important facts. Science can
give a distorted view of reality.

Too much belief is put into science, there
should be some healthy skepticism with anything
you read. (Including what I am writing you here
today.) The fact is that we are the only beings
on the planet that cook our foods.

I also know from personal experience that even
cooking small percentages of my diet gives me
less than ideal results. You could give me all
the science you wanted, but I know from my own
experience that 100% raw is the way to go.

I've heard the same from many other people who
for years ate a high percentage raw diet only to
find dramatic and sustained improvements in their
health by staying 100% raw. I never met anyone
who switched to a 100% raw diet who didn't feel
the results were better than while still eating a
cooked food diet.

Even the times I failed at maintaining 100% raw,
I still knew it was giving me better results than
eating cooked food. But I wasn't doing the diet
correctly to maintain it long term. This is why
it could save you lots of wasted energy, time and
money to get expert guidance on doing an Optimal
Raw Food Diet.

My Raw Food Diet Success Society at
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expert support and resources you need to succeed
at going 100% raw and love it.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

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This used to be available only for yearly
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"Top Ten Reasons Why We Are Natural Fruit Eaters"

2005-03-02T17:18:00.000-05:00

“Top ten reasons why we are natural fruit eaters and why eating lots of sweet fruit is safe and completely natural for healthy people.”

Raw sweet fruit is the staple food for humans. We can and should eat lots of vegetables, leafy greens and some nuts and seeds. But sweet fruit is the best thing for healthy humans. Here’s a list of ten reasons, why I believe that to be the case.

Top Ten List:

1. Fruit has beautiful attractive colors and scents. It tastes great and it’s easy for us to get.

2. You feel happy after eating fruit. Raw fruit has a special electrical charge or something about it that makes you feel happy when you eat it. Cooking, pasteurizing and drying fruit removes this happiness effect.

3. Fruit can make a complete and tasty meal by itself.

4. Fruit is the easiest food for us to digest. Raw fruit frees up the most energy for us because it digests in the least time out of any other raw whole foods. This is why raw foodists who eat fruit have so much extra energy and why their bodies can heal.

5. We know that early humans were predominantly fruit eaters.

From “Fit for Life,” by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, page 62.

On May 15, 1979, The New York Times ran a story on the work of Dr. Alan Walker, an eminent anthropologist at John Hopkins University. The story was a bombshell for those doctors, dietitians and nutritionists not aware of the immense importance of fruit in the human diet. Dr. Walker's findings indicate that our "early human ancestors were not predominantly meat eaters or eaters of seeds, shoots, leaves or grasses. Nor were they omnivorous. Instead they appear to have subsisted chiefly on a diet of fruit." Dr. Walker developed a fascinating way of determining dietary trends by studying the striations, or markings, on teeth. All foods leave distinctly different markings on teeth. In his studies of fossilized teeth, Dr. Walker noted that, to date, "No exceptions have been found. Every tooth examined from the hominids of the twelve-million year period leading up to Homo Erectus appeared to be that of a fruit eater."

6. Our closest primate relatives the Chimpanzees and the Bonobos naturally eat a high fruit and low fat diet. The digestive systems of these primates are very similar to our own. The DNA of the Bonobos is at least 99% the same as that of humans.

7. Most fruit are low to middle on the Glycemic Index. Even bananas are considered on the low end of the Glycemic Index. According to the book, “The New Glucose Revolution,” bananas are a 51 with foods 0 – 55 considered on the low end of the Glycemic Index. Intermediate is 56 – 69 and high is 70 or higher.

Cooked starches and complex carbohydrates are often much higher on the Index than raw fruit. It used to be believed that complex carbohydrates break down into blood sugar much more slowly than simple sugars, but it is now known that there are many other factors that affect the Glycemic Index of a food. Cooked starches have been shown to cause hyper and hypo thyroid problems as well as damaging blood sugar metabolism.

8. Fruit has the nutrients and fibers to help slow the absorption of their sugars into the bloodstream. This creates a steady rise in blood sugar in people with a healthy blood sugar metabolism. Diabetics are now given fibers such as guar gum to slow the absorption of sugars from their meals. Guar gum is naturally present in bananas.

9. Fruits are very high in antioxidants and phytonutrients that have been shown to prevent cancer and heart disease. A tomato contains over 10,000 phytochemicals. Animal foods have low to no levels of these nutrients.

From “Eat to Live,” page 53: The greater quantity and assortment of fruits and vegetables consumed, the lower the incidence of heart attacks, strokes and cancer. (This particular quote is substantiated by six studies he references in the back of his book. I’ll give you the first one to start out with: Gillman, M. W., L. A. Cupples, D. Gagnon, et al. 1995. Protective effect of fruits and vegetables on development in stroke in men. JAMA 273 (14) 1113-17.)

10. Every cell in the body is fueled by glucose and most cells by fructose, these sugars are abundant in raw fruits. Sugar is the bodies preferred fuel.

Fruit is the miracle food for athletes as stated by the former director of nutrition for the US. Olympic Team. It provides the fuel needed for fast acceleration. Fat cannot fuel any kind anaerobic or fast paced activities like sprinting, playing basketball or tennis. I’ve also found that the more muscle I put on the more my need for fruit increases dramatically. I never crave meat, but I do crave fruit after working out.

*~*~*

I have many more reasons for you to consider the importance of fresh, ripe, raw, organic fruit being your number one food choice. They may come in future issues. By the way, if you can get wild fruit, that would be the best choice.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

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The Secret to Being a Champion in Any Area of Life

2005-02-25T18:53:00.000-05:00

*~*~* Superbeing Secrets *~*~*

I want to share with you a technique that I have known for several years. My problem was that I limited the use of this technique only to playing sports or tennis. This technique and many similar ones are covered in my ebook, “Infinite Tennis.” I never thought about using it in my daily life for business success. It is a life altering technique.

Once you learn it, you’ll be amazed at your results. Please don’t forget to use it often. It will help you to learn anything quickly and bring you to the top of your field as quickly as possible.

Here’s what the technique did for my tennis game. I was able to dramatically improve my tennis game and beat my archrival with only a change in my thinking. I did no extra practice at all. The best part about it is that it made playing tennis much more enjoyable.

As a student of the self-help and visualization/manifestation fields since 1983, I've read and heard of just about everything. In 1999, I founded Superbeing.com and later I created the ImaginationScience.com website. I've read, listened, studied, written and given lectures and done seminars in the personal development field.

In August of 1987, I had a spiritual rebirth and I discovered first hand that I was a Divine Being. That was the most amazing experience I’ve ever had; it instantly changed my priorities. From that day forward, I've dedicated my life to helping people realize, they really are Superbeings and have a direct connection to the Divine Power.

All of the things I teach from the Optimal Raw Food Diet, to fitness and visualization techniques are all designed to help you live your life to your fullest potential. I want everyone to realize that they are Superbeings that they have unlimited Divine Powers for happiness, health and success.

What I didn’t fully realize until recently was how I could put visualization to use manifest physical things into my life. For instance, how I could use visualization to attract money and opportunities into my life. I certainly used my Magic Questions Technique for daily success, but my visualizations for giant goals didn’t work. I’ve mentioned that in a previous article.

Part of my problem was the nonsense in so many visualization books, where they claim you don’t have to do any physical work to attain your goals. Many of these authors claim, you just have to visualize and everything will come to you.

I realized that wasn’t true but I also know that visualization helps you in the background; it brings you the ideas, people and resources to help you reach your goals. However, for most goals, you still have to take action as well.

The problem in life is that you can work hard to achieve something but if you don’t believe you can achieve it, you won’t. Belief is the key factor in all of this.

Here’s my tennis technique and how you can apply it to any area of your life. I’ve found that after tennis players have been playing for many years they may BELIEVE for instance that they have a bad backhand. Once they BELIEVE that, they are finished. They will always have an erratic backhand.

I used to BELIEVE that a certain player was much better than me. In reality he was, I hardly ever beat him over many years of playing. He also played and trained much more than me, so I never expected to beat him.

Do you see my limiting belief? I believed he was better than I was and therefore I could never beat him. I never even allowed the mental possibility of beating him. In fact, I had a self-image of myself as a tennis player at a certain level and I couldn’t go beyond that self-image.

As soon as I realized that I had very limited expectations about myself, I decided to try a visualization technique. I knew there were other players who could beat my archrival. So I visualized myself as being that player. I felt what it would be like to be able to hit the shots this player could hit. This opened up my imagination and it actually taught me how to hit those shots. Wouldn’t you know it; I beat him the next match using that strategy.

Most tennis players are always playing their self-image video in their minds. They play a recording of their past tennis performances. Therefore, they are only as good as their past performances.

But any champion knows you have to have a vision of being a champion. You actually visualize how you will play in the future, but it becomes the present in your imagination. One technique I’ve used to quickly improve my play was to visualize myself as Pete Sampras. (he was the number one player in the world at the time.)

Every time I hit a shot I’d compare it to what Sampras would hit in that situation. Immediately my shots would get better. I wasn’t myself anymore but I had a future target in my mind. The images you play in your mind are so important. It’s a night and day difference in your tennis game by what you think about yourself as a tennis player.

In addition, this applies to everything else in life. Are you looking at your past performances or are you, “Thinking from Your Goal?” Once you start thinking, acting, feeling, walking and talking AS IF you’ve reached your goal, you’ll quickly be on your way to achieving that goal. If you don’t do that, you can work as hard as possible for many years and never achieve your goal. That is why proper visualization technique is the key to success.

If you want to learn a powerful visualization system that takes only three minutes to do, then you’ll want to visit.

http://www.power.superbeing.com

I’ve added super bonuses and I’m even giving away my ebook “Infinite Tennis,” if you buy this package from my affiliate link. With the Power Pause Success Formula and these breakthrough bonuses, you’ll be able to easily harness and master the power of visualization in your life.

Please visit my website for the complete details and to see all the great bonuses you’ll get. There are four new products I’ve added, since the last time I emailed you about “The Power Pause.”

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To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

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The Key to the Universe

2005-02-18T11:22:00.000-05:00

Unleash the Force that Moves Mountains

Dear Friend,

How to do Visualization Correctly and Without Affirmations
This is one of the most amazing writings I have ever read on how to do visualization correctly. It’s so easy to do and it’s all explained fr.ee, right here.

Secret to Visualization Success

In the article dated 2/13/05 he explains how a very ugly man gets all the dates he wants. He gives away the visualization secret that has made him millions of dollars on the Internet.

The best thing is that you don’t have to do any affirmations or believe in anything that isn’t true to make this work for you. You’ll finally find the key to making visualization work for you.

I read his blog religiously because his information is so valuable and riveting. He usually writes about marketing, but he also shares the mindset that makes him and his ideas irresistible.

The author Allen Says is one of my favorite writers. He has written some great books on wealth creation and marketing. I’m a paid member of his warrior website and forum.

I think you are going to love reading his current article: "A Chance Encounter Leads To A Mind Blowing Insight About Unleashing Our Personal Power: From Two Strangers On A Cruise Ship."

What makes his writings so useful is that he gets to the essence of a point quickly. His techniques are easy to do and he writes with such excitement. His enthusiasm is contagious.

He has written an awesome book on writing sales letters and it’s a free ebook. It’s short and it gives me a quick course in copywriting. You can read each chapter within 2 to 3 minutes, but each one teaches you a very important point and it teaches the point very well, in that short chapter.

Reading that book has inspired me to write my best sales letters. I actually refer to this free e-book more often than the books I paid for on the same topic. It’s called “Magic Letters,” if you are interested in finding it and downloading it off the Internet.

The author knows what he’s talking about in the financial realm. He’s made millions of dollars on the Internet. He’s one of the pioneers in Internet Marketing. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did.

Secret to Visualization Success

Please let me know what you think about it.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

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Is the Glycemic Load from a Fruit Meal Too High?

2005-02-16T19:07:00.000-05:00

Is the Glycemic Load from a Fruit Meal Too High?

Here’s another reply to an email question. Please keep in mind that many people send me questions by email. I no longer have time to answer all of them, as I am getting swamped with questions. However, by joining http://www.HowToGoRaw.com you can have all of your questions answered.

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Thank you Roger for your very informative letters. I particularly found useful your suggestion to eat fruit before meals. Your letters help.

There is one question that I have wondered about. I understand that in a high fruit raw diet that the sugar is more easily assimilated by the body. When I add up the glycemic load of a large fruit meal, it tends to get substantial. I am wondering if such a diet would raise the blood sugar level, and then trigger an insulin reaction that would force the blood sugar down below normal, and result in hypoglycemia. I at times experience numb, tingling fingers and lips which i am guessing is from insulin pushing the blood sugar down below normal. Anyways, I have not seen an address on the glycemic load of high raw fruit based diet and the effect on blood sugar levels. Is there something in the diet that prevents the insulin reaction from happening?

[Roger H.]

Hi Bill,

You ask a very good question. Some people seem to think the Glycemic Index is the be all, end all of health measurement tools.

Yes I do think that eating a high Glycemic load fruit meal can TEMPORARILY raise your blood sugar levels up. That is what is supposed to happen. But the fact of the matter is that most sweet fruit is in the low to middle part of the Glycemic index anyway. Processed grains tend to be much worse. Plus any meal that is high in carbohydrates will have a relatively high Glycemic Load, regardless of the Glycemic Index.

My blood sugar tends to go up quickly after a fruit meal, but it also comes back down to normal very quickly. People with diabetes for instance, are worrying about blood sugar that is still high, two hours after the meal or upon waking up. My blood sugar goes back down to normal in less than an hour and it never goes too low.

If your blood sugar levels go too low after a fruit meal, I’d suspect that you may have some damage to your blood sugar absorption system. This isn’t something that was caused by eating fruit, but by what you have done in the past.

Some people do have damaged blood sugar metabolism, but it isn't caused by eating fruit. One of the causes is eating starchy complex carbohydrates like grains, legumes and tubers that people eat for most of their lives. Dr. Douglas Graham has detailed that extensively in one of his talks that I attended (Upcoming book, as well I believe). So yes, you may need some time for your body to heal from a damaged blood sugar absorption system.

If it's really bad, fasting may help you overcome your initial problems. I suggest doing a supervised water fast if necessary. Try eating an Optimal 100% Raw Food Diet for a couple of months first. Things might heal naturally because a 100% raw diet is like a fast, compared to eating the SAD. Your body has much more energy available to heal itself. Stay away from dried fruit also as some people have problems with it.

Certainly most grains have higher Glycemic loads than do fruit. What would you eat instead? In the whole food raw world, your choices are sweet fruit, high fat foods or a mixture of fruit and fat consumption. It's hard to get your protein levels past 10% of your total calories and that is a good thing. So you can’t make up the bulk of your calories from protein foods on a whole food, raw vegan diet. That leaves you to get the bulk of your calories from either carbohydrates (fruit) or fatty foods.

Therefore, the basic choice is Fruit or Fat as discussed at http://www.HowToGoRaw.com in my audio interview with Dr. Graham.

If you decided to eat a high fat raw diet, that could be disastrous to your health. A high fat diet is what keeps your blood sugar levels abnormally high for hours on end. High fat destroys the sugar metabolism of your body and requires an increased level of insulin to transport sugar to the cells of your body.

One thing you can do is to eat lots of celery or cucumber with your fruit meals. I believe we were designed to eat a diet heavy in fruit (wild fruit would be the ideal, but the second best choice is the fruit we can get in our markets). You don't see the local chimpanzee not eating fruit because the Glycemic load is too high. Our digestive systems are the closest to the chimpanzees and the bonobos. They both eat a high fruit and low fat diet. That should be telling us something. The longest lived people eat a high carbohydrate diet.

Another point is the fruit has fibers to help slow the absorption of sugar and it has the nutrients that are needed to properly assimilate sugar. You can’t say this for a candy bar. These days they are feeding diabetics fibers like guar gum and pectin because they help to help control their blood sugar levels. These fibers happen to be in bananas and other fruit. Why not just give people the whole fruit, rather than a fragmented nutrient?

Over the course of 20 years, Dr. Douglas Graham has had tremendous results with Type 2 Diabetics. In every case, he was able to get them completely off using insulin. It usually takes less than a month to do so. This is while using a customized approach to a high fruit and low fat raw food diet.

Of course, each person is an individual and if they do have blood sugar problems, then those issues need to be addressed. But the diet in itself is not flawed. I realize we aren’t eating exactly what we would if we were out in nature, but this diet is the closest approximation of what we would be eating and is our best choice in civilization.

Remember to eat lots of leafy greens as well. Small quantities of nuts and seeds are ok so long as total fat consumption averages 15% or less of total calories consumed. It should be 10% or less if you are still having problems at 15%.

Go to www.fitday.com, create a free account and you’ll see exactly how much protein, carbohydrate, fat and other nutrients you are consuming. After you do that for a few days, you’ll know how much fatty foods you can eat and stay within the stated totals. It’s really not that difficult and you won’t have to be constantly measuring your foods.

P.S. Are you having trouble staying 100% raw? Are you afraid of eating fruit? Are you sick of the time consuming effort of having to juice, sprout, dehydrate and ferment your foods? Discover the simple secrets to raw food success from the Raw Motivator and Radiant Health Coach, Roger Haeske. http://www.HowToGoRaw.com for more info.

My Websites are All Down

2005-02-12T09:35:00.000-05:00

Hi Folks,

I'm very sorry if you have been trying to log into my websites. My webhosting provider has been having some major problems and they haven't responded to me so far.

So you won't be able to reach me by my regular email addresses for the time being. I also changed my telephone number recently.

For email, please email me at rhaeskes(at)comcast.net. Or try rajhu(at)yahoo.com. Just replace the (at) with the @ sign.

My new telephone number is 1-732-226-0782.

It looks like I'll have to switch providers. My websites may be all down for at least a few days. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.

Take care, Roger Haeske

The Little Secret that Made Visualization Work for Me

2005-02-11T11:47:00.000-05:00

The Little Secret that Made Visualization Work for Me

First I’ll tell you about a little secret that can make dramatic improvements in your life. I’ll also tell you how to apply this technique to doing the raw diet. Then I’ll answer some email questions about raw food. Finally I’ll show you how to get fr-ee access, for one month, to my member’s only forum.

Recently I discovered a simple little trick that is making visualization a very effective tool for improving my life. I must say off the bat, that visualization always works, it’s just that most people aren’t aware that it is working or they constantly counteract their positive visualizations with negative ones and therefore think they aren’t getting results.

I’ve found a simple technique that has helped me overcome this problem. Add this one little idea to the Power Pause Success Formula and I promise you, things will quickly improve in all aspects of your life. To learn more about the Power Pause Success Formula and to get some unbelievable bonuses, please visit my new website.

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Here’s the little secret. I have to visualize BELIEVEABLE goals. As soon as I believe in my goal, I do at least two very positive things. One thing that happens is I start getting very excited because I BELIEVE that I have a very good chance at achieving my goal.

The second positive factor is that I will continue to visualize this goal as having manifested. I won’t counteract the visualization with thoughts of failure. Dr. Joe Vitale the author of “Spiritual Marketing,” calls this “getting clear.”

In the past I’ve visualized for things that I really didn’t believe I could get. If I decided to visualize for a million dollars, to come to me tomorrow, I don’t think it would happen. My belief isn’t there yet. I’ve done many visualization programs for really big goals, but they would never manifest.

However, I have heard of stories of something like this happening to people. I believe in “Think and Grow Rich,” Napoleon Hill tells the story of how Temple University was founded. The founder, who was a preacher, raised at least a million dollars in a few days. He did a sermon in which he said, “What I would do if I had a million dollars.” I think he advertised the sermon in the newspaper. (I don’t remember the exact amount he was asking for.) A rich person heard his sermon, was impressed and gave him the money to start Temple.

When I decided to set slightly higher financial goals, I believed that I could somehow do it. I wasn’t quite sure how the money would come but I believed it was possible.

The really funny thing was that by the very next day I started making more money and I hadn’t actually done anything yet (except the Power Pause Success Formula with a believable goal.). I started making more online sales, even though I was in a relative drought the week before. I had money come to me from all sorts of unexpected places.

I had at least three different people propose getting into business with me. This all happened out of the blue. Then I got an idea for a very profitable promotion that took me only one day to set up. A similar promotion in the past, took me over six months to set up. The following week was my best in terms of online sales.

The more sales I made and the more money that came in, the happier I felt. This then perpetuated my ability to magnetically attract greater prosperity into my life.

I’ve discovered another secret:

“The happier I am the easier it is to manifest the things I want to achieve in life.”

Find a way to be really happy and you attract all sorts of luck and prosperity into your life. When you’re happy, your energy flows in a positive direction and magic happens. This is called outflowing.

When you are sad and fearful, your energy flows inward and you’ll feel a sense of lack in your life. You’ll see negative results and become even more fearful or depressed not realizing that you are creating the whole thing in your mind.

How can you apply this to Raw Foods?

Well if you aren’t 100% raw you can just say you will eat one more fruit every day or one more stalk of celery. Don’t focus on eliminating foods from your diet; focus on adding more raw fruits, vegetables and a limited quantity of raw nuts and seeds.

If you do it in this way and you believe you can achieve the goal, it will be much easier for you. Before you know it, you’ll be eating over 50% of your diet from raw foods. Then you’ll think that is pretty easy, and set a goal for eating your first two meals of the day completely raw. After that 100% raw might be a goal that you will set for yourself.

Each time you get established at a higher level, the next higher level starts becoming believable to you. But if you tried to immediately jump to 100% raw and you weren’t ready for it, you might quickly give it up and or end up struggling much more than you needed to. My Raw Food Diet Success Society can help you learn all the psychological, dietary and recipe tricks to being successful on an Optimal Raw Food Diet.

http://www.HowToGoRaw.com

Ok that’s all for now. If you want to learn the very quick and easy visualization system I have been using, then please visit my new website. I promise you, your life will never be the same after you learn the Power Pause Success Formula.

http://www.Superbeing.com/power

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Some Raw Food Questions Answered:

Hi Roger. I recently heard that the only way to get the full benefit of spinach you have to cook it, in order for all the nutrients to become available for digestion. Is this true? Do you think spinach is even a worthy vegetable to be consumed raw?

Hi Gerald,

I don’t believe that is true. But I would recommend eating baby spinach over regular spinach as the oxalic acid content is lower in baby spinach. The real absorption problems come from eating the cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli, kale etc. They have too much cellulose that the human body can’t break down. So even though these are really nutritious raw foods, you won’t be absorbing much of anything in the way of nutrients from them.

Here’s another question from Gerald for clarification of the previous answer.

Hello again Roger. I had never heard of oxalic acid before you mentioned it, but after doing some research on it, I concluded that they were very bad. But, after reading that most vegetables and nuts contain oxalic and oxalates, I would assume that a diet based on only vegetables and nuts would be the exact opposite of what I want; health. Am I correct in thinking this? On the articles that I came across they all agreed that large quantities of these foods, (vegetables and nuts), would over a period of weeks aid in the degeneration of my kidney, digestion system, and help to extract vital nutrients namely calcium. Also, i found out that most berries have huge amounts of these so called oxalic acids, and these were the fruits that were suppossed to be best for us! Like blueberries with their antioxidant properties. But besides the many varieties of berries, fruits seem to have very low or zero oxalic acid so i guess there ok. I am not sure if I actually believe everything that I read, because I like myself have considered vegetables and fruits to be exactly what we need, but they seem to saw other wise. Please clarify this situation Roger! Thanks.

[Roger H.]

There are toxins in all foods. Fruits are the foods lowest in toxins for humans. But most vegetables don’t have high enough levels of oxalic acid to be a problem. With spinach I can actually taste the toxins. A bad taste is very often a guide to high levels of toxins. I also find that I have problems with all kinds of cabbages. I can taste the toxins in them as a bitter aftertaste. So I avoid eating them. They really make me sick. I’m sure if I cooked them, those toxins would be gone, but the cooking process itself creates many more toxins that were never in the raw cabbage to begin with.

So don’t worry about most raw vegetables. I and many others have been eating tons of vegetables and doing just fine.

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This next question comes from my Raw Food Diet Success Society Forum. If you would like to give the forum a free try a month then just follow this link and register for it. Just click the registration button on the upper right hand side of the page.

http://www.superbeing.com/forum

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Is 100% raw, really necessary?

I am having trouble with the concept of staying 100% raw. My husband and I have been 100% raw for 3 weeks now. Most of the time it is not a problem, but when people eat things that I want I really want to have just a bite to taste them. I have been like that for quite a while now with just a bite to know what it tastes like. How bad can that be for me? Also would it be that bad to go have a meal at a restaurant once every couple of months or so. When I think that we could never go eat in a restaurant (and not eat all raw) or just be able to taste things once in awhile, then I don't know if we can stay all raw. We are giving it 60 days on all raw and then deciding but I keep thinking I don't know if we are going to stay 100% all of the time. Your thoughts?

Roger: Small quantities of cooked food won't kill you. That isn't the main reason to stay 100% raw in my opinion. The reason is that every time you indulge in cooked food, you maintain your addiction to it. Once you stay raw long enough you simply won't want to go back to eating cooked food.

I can tell by the way you are talking that right now you have a very strong addiction to cooked food. You are staying raw by the force of your will. You eventually want to get to the point where eating raw is what you really prefer to do.

I've tried being 90% raw. That never lasted for me, plus the results were a quantum leap better when going 100% raw. I would promise myself to eat only 3 cooked meals in a week. I was never able to maintain that one week. My addiction to cooked food was too strong.

I suggest allowing yourself to eat cooked food after two months. Give yourself the freedom to do whatever you want. By then you'll have established a new habit and your body will let you know that it doesn't like cooked food. Your body will be very sensitive and after just one meal, you'll quickly feel the negative results.

I have had a few cooked food meals while being what I call 100% raw. I know that sounds like a contradiction and I guess it is. But for the most part, all I eat are raw foods. About once a year on average I've had a cooked food day.

But it is a risky thing to do. Some people have their cooked day and that triggers them back to regularly eating cooked food again. I knew that I was comfortable in my raw lifestyle and that I wouldn't go back to eating cooked. But had I extended it to two days of eating cooked. That might have been enough to do me in.

It's like deciding to smoke cigarettes for a day. You know it's bad for you, but it isn't going to give you cancer in one day. But I would never do it, because I know that I could get addicted to the cigarettes. Well I'm already addicted to cooked food. If I never ate cooked food in my life and I knew how destructive it was, I would never try it, because I'd be afraid to get addicted to it. But I also wouldn’t miss it or want it. I have zero desire for cigarettes because I’ve never had them and haven’t therefore had the chance to get addicted to them.

Cooked food is a stimulant and definitely addictive. After 6 months to a year of 100% raw the addiction decreases dramatically on a physical and emotional level. But the lowering of your addiction can never happen if you continue to eat cooked food, even occasionally.

Remember also that the best results, by far, come from 100% raw.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

P.S. Are you having trouble staying 100% raw? Are you afraid of eating fruit? Are you sick of the time consuming effort of having to juice, sprout, dehydrate and ferment your foods? Discover the simple secrets to raw food success from the Raw Motivator and Radiant Health Coach, Roger Haeske. http://www.HowToGoRaw.com for more info.

Why I was Stupid to Not Tell You about this Book Sooner

2005-02-02T11:57:00.000-05:00

Why I was Stupid to Not Tell You about This Book
Sooner

About two years ago I read a self-help book that
made some amazing claims as to what you could
achieve. In just three minutes, with only 3 steps,
you can achieve personal success and real
happiness. It claimed to help you succeed in every
major area of your life, including health, finances
and relationships.

I remember reading the book and thinking, it was a
nice story and very well written. But it was
nothing new. It certainly wasn't worth the money he
was asking for it. But maybe I would have had a
different opinion if I had been using his formula
regularly.

About six months later I made the acquaintance
with an author who was good friends of the author
of this book. He offered to promote the book to my
list of subscribers with two bonus books included
as well. Now the offer was much more valuable. But
after thinking about it, I still didn't think the
book was worth the money. So I couldn't, in good
conscience, offer that book to my subscribers.

Let's fast forward ahead to a couple of weeks ago.
I got hold of an interview with the author of this
book, John Harricharan. In the interview he spoke
about his book and his simple formula for success
and happiness. It got me to thinking that I should
read the book again.

After all, I realized that his formula did work, I
had been using it in a slightly different way, but
every time I did use it I would see immediate
results that or the following day. It works like
magic, and sometimes you can't be sure if the
results are coincidence or because of the technique.

One of the main benefits to his technique is the
shortness and simplicity of it. Any person over 7
years of age can do it and it only takes three
minutes.

Who has time in our modern world to sit for three
hours meditating every day? Any time you have three
minutes to spare you can do this technique. The
great thing about it is that it is very relaxing
and makes you happy right away. It gets you're
energy flowing towards happiness and your most
important goals. So at the minimum, it can get you
happy, in a hurry. Just that in itself, is a worth
the price of the book. But you can get much more
than that with John's book called "The Power Pause."

Let me ask you a quick question. If someone were
to offer you a formula that guaranteed you to win 9
out of 10 horse races, would you buy it? What if
that formula were only one page long? Would the
length of the formula matter?

I don't think it would because if you could win 9
out of 10 times while gambling on horse races,
you'd basically have your very own money tree. A
formula like that would be worth $100,000 or more
to you. If you had $100,000, you could pay for the
formula and within a couple of months you could
have won all that money back and started making a
profit because it was so valuable. Within a year
you would be a millionaire from this one page
$100,000 formula.

The Power Pause is easy to do and it activates the
law of attraction. Your most cherished desires
start coming to you as if you were a magnet for
anything you wanted. Yes, you still have to take
some action to achieve most of your goals, but it's
much easier when the Universe wants you to succeed
as well. Everything starts going in your favor.
People start calling you, the right ideas fall into
your lap and you have the super desire and energy
to pursue your dreams.

Now there is one thing about this book that I
didn't like. It didn't have an index. So it was
hard to find the key ideas or where certain
principles are discussed. So I made up my own
index. I also pulled out the key points, so I could
easily refer to them. I also made notes on how I
could increase the effectiveness of the Power
Pause. In essence, I've created a guide to getting
the most out of The Power Pause.

Now I went back and took a look at his website in
which he sells the book. I realized that he now
offers much more than the book itself, which is 124
pages long. (You can read it in about two hours.)
John has added many powerful bonuses.

At this point in my life, I realize how extremely
valuable his book actually is. He doesn't need the
extra bonuses to make the book worth while. But
they are great bonuses indeed.

I have decided to make it even more appealing to
you get this life-changing book. I'm going to throw
in my own valuable bonuses if you buy his book from
my affiliate link.

The first thing I'll give you is my personal
guide, index and summary of the main principles of
the Power Pause book. You'll know exactly where in
the book to find the most important points. And
you'll have the principles summarized for you. It
will help you get the most out of the book.

I'm also going to show you how you can get access
to John Harricharan's interview about the book.
There is something special about this man.
Listening to his voice is so soothing; he seems to
come from such a place of peace. In the interview
he also discusses how he had a debilitating health
condition but when his assistant reminded him to
read his own book, he was able to get rid of his
cane within three days.

This resource I'm going to show you is much more
than an audio interview with John Harricharan, it's
actually a series of interviews with the world's
most prominent self-help teachers. There are going
to be 26 interviews with these people. I've
listened to five of them. Each and every one of
these interviews has really improved my life. I
especially liked the interview with Dr. Robert
Anthony. He spoke about the same principles as John Harricharan.

Sometimes you just have to be ready to hear
something. You could hear and read about it for
years, but not really understand how to properly
use it in your life. Once I heard Dr. Anthony's
interview I had a better understanding of how the
law of attraction really works and immediately put
it to use in my life for outstanding results. All
sorts of things career wise just started going my
way.

You'll hear interviews, from Jack Canfield, Mark
Victor Hansen, Brian Tracy (that was a good one, I
think one technique he mentioned is going to
revolutionize my life.)

You'll also get a great interview with T. Harv
Eker in which he gives you a free coupon to a
weekend seminar. This guy Harv Eker is really
sharp. I think you'll love this interview.

There's also a great interview with Dr. Joe
Vitale. He's a fantastic author. Besides this
interview, I'll also give you his ebook, "The
Greatest Money Making Secret in History," and I'll
show you how to access his other great personal
development ebook called, "Spiritual Marketing."
Both of those books have made a profound impact on
my belief system and about creating the life of my
dreams.

Other famous author include Robert Allen, John
Gray, as well as 26 weeks of interviews with the
world's top marketing experts including Jay Abraham.

You can get those Dr. Joe Vitale ebooks, the Power
Pause Guide and 26 weeks of super valuable audio
interviews, if you purchase The Power Pause from my
affiliate link and then send me an email copy of
your receipt. Once I get the receipt, I'll give you
the link to the download page for all of these
bonuses. You must buy the book from this link to
get your bonuses.

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Extra Bonus:

As an extra special bonus I'll also include my 4-
week Online Seminar called, "Your Hidden Power."
You'll learn how to tap into your full, yet hidden
potential. It will show you how to motivate
yourself to do the raw diet or anything else you'd
like to achieve. You'll discover creative
techniques to help you BELIEVE in your ability to
attract your desires. You'll learn how to instantly
tap into your personal Magic Genie and access
resources you never knew you had access to. You'll
get all the course materials but I won't be giving
you feedback specifically dealing with the course.

So please take a look at, "The Power Pause," and
if you decide to get it from my affiliate link,
I'll throw in all of the extra bonuses mentioned
above.

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To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

Superbeing Training
A-1 Riverview Dr.
South River, NJ 08882
732-432-4839

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Beyond Raw--The Divine Diet

2004-12-10T17:33:00.000-05:00

Beyond Raw: The Divine Diet

Below I've included what I believe to be a truly
inspiring article. I was inspired while writing it.
The ideas in this article have transformed my life.
I hope it helps you in some way.

After the article I have some powerful special
offers that I think you'll want to take advantage of.

*~*~*~*~*~*

Beyond Raw: The Divine Diet

Did you know that you're always focusing on what
you want?

You are actually always focused on what you want.
The question is, is are you focusing on your highest
and best wants.

When you get angry, frustrated and unhappy it is
because you want to experience those states. At some
level you get some satisfaction out of it. Why else
would you think these negative thoughts, if you
didn't get some kind of satisfaction out of it?

So when you are getting angry at a friend, it is
because, in that moment you want to feel anger. Some
people really like getting angry, some people thrive
on revenge or beating people up intellectually and
even physically.

I remember I used to like these negative attitudes.
I thought I was being cool by expressing anger,
revenge etc. I never knew about the self-destructive
nature of anger. I didn't know I was attracting bad
experiences into my life because of my negative
attitudes.

What we must master is focusing on our higher
wants. Our higher wants bring us happiness, freedom
and a sense of fulfillment. Our lower wants bring us
fear, anger, unhappiness and failure. But they are
still wants, even if it is on an unconscious basis.

So here's a concept that goes hand in hand with
eating a raw diet. What kind of mental diet do you
consume? Do you eat what I call a Divine Mental
Diet, or do you eat an Anti-Divine Mental Diet?

Every time you feel fear, anger, disappointment,
hatred, anxiety or any other kind of negative
feeling, you are eating the Anti-Divine Mental Diet.
A raw diet is great because it is the physical
equivalent of the Divine Mental Diet. It's a diet
that naturally leads you to a more spiritually
focused life. It increases the spiritual
conductivity of your cells and the light in your
awareness.

But if you counteract the Raw Food Diet with the
Anti-Divine Mental Diet then you will be killing
your progress.

If however you eat an Optimal Raw Food Diet and the
Divine Mental Diet you'll literally be soaring in
the heavens. You'll escape the bounds of the very
limited and tight feeling negative consciousness.
You'll feel an incredible sense of love and a
spiritual sense of expansion that is unbelievable.
You'll want to give love and just GIVE in general,
because it makes you feel great. And by giving you
attract abundance in all areas of your life from the
Inner Internet that we are all hooked up to.

You'll start attracting all the things in life that
you want because you are focused only on the
positive things you want out of life. Any time you
feel the fear and limitation kicking in, you know
that you have just switched to the Anti-Divine Diet.
You have literally started focusing on the things
you don't want.

Yet remember that a small and fearful part of you
actually wants you to experience negative emotions.
Your own attraction to negativity can create an
instant hell for you. If you didn't have the desire
for these things at some level then you'd never
experience these emotions at all.

You must admit that you get a certain level of
satisfaction out of getting angry. On a certain
level, anger feels good. To be angry you have to be
a victim. So this puts you into a less than powerful
spiritual state.

Can you imagine someone who has complete control of
their lives ever getting angry at someone? An all
powerful being has no reason to get angry because
they have everything they want.

That is the state that you must live from. Assume
and trust that God supplies all your needs now. You
can even say to yourself throughout the day, "God
supplies all my needs now." Or ,"I am a Divine Being
and a miracle, everything in my life is working
perfectly." Worry doesn't help you solve problems it
only perpetuates them. Focus on the solution and not
on the problem.

This is the Divine Diet in action and it requires
trust in a higher power. It can take many years of
experimentation to develop this trust. You can speed
this process up by doing the technique below.

Pretend you are Divine:

Why don't you just make an experiment and trust
God, no matter what, for a whole week. It couldn't
hurt you could it? All you have to do is to switch
to the Divine Diet as much as possible. You must of
course believe that there is some kind of Divine
Higher Power or God. But you don't have to have that
belief to start with, you can just pretend you
believe in a higher power and "act as if" it is
really there. If you truly allow yourself to do
this, I bet you will feel the awesome Divine Power
flowing through your life within one week.

By the way, I realize that some people can access
the Divine Consciousness without eating a 100% raw
food diet. I used to be able to do that, but my body
no longer allows it. My food and my thoughts have to
be aligned for me to feel my best and to be able to
easily access my Divine Self Awareness. From my
experience with hundreds of raw foodists, most of
them claim that the raw diet makes them more
spiritually attuned as well.

So if you want the best out of life, I encourage
you to eat an Optimal Raw Food Diet and the Divine
Mental Diet as much as possible.

Eating the Divine Mental Diet also makes going 100%
raw much easier. You just focus on all of the life
enhancing benefits you expect to experience by
eating a raw food diet. If you focus on the benefits
of eating raw, at all times during your transition
to eating raw then your cravings for cooked food
will drop 90%. This is one of the secrets to
switching to a 100% raw food diet with barely any
cravings at all. All you have to do is consume the
Divine Diet.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

How You Can Get the Raw Secrets Bonus Package:

I have some great news for you. I have three
special bonuses if you decide to join my membership
website www.HowToGoRaw.com with a yearly membership.

Have you heard about the book "Raw Secrets," by
Frederic Patenaude? I sure have, I've been highly
recommending that book for the last couple of years.
The only problem is that I can't find my copy
anymore and the book is out of print.

My problems are solved, now I can read it on my
computer and I'll never lose it again. You can get
"Raw Secrets," as an e-book in PDF format. It sells
for $12.95 at Frederic's site. Take a look for
yourself and you'll see how valuable his book will
be for you.
http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/rawsecrets.html

"Raw Secrets" is one of the only raw food books
that explains the benefits of a low fat raw food
diet. This book will save you a lot of trouble in
making beginner's mistakes with raw foods. Frederic
also has very interesting chapter on how low our
protein requirements actually are. There have been
studies of some native groups of people that get an
average of only 10 grams of protein per day and they
have excellent health. This is about 1500% less
protein than the average American male eats in a day.

When you join the Raw Food Diet Success Society and
get a one-year membership, I'll send you a copy of
"Raw Secrets." as a special bonus. Consider it as a
bonus to join up during the Christmas Holidays. This
offer is only valid until Christmas or 12/25/04
after that the price of a one year membership may go
up.

Go to www.HowToGoRaw.com to learn more about all
the wonderful things you'll get by joining the Raw
Food Diet Success Society. This bonus offer is only
for my email subscribers right now. It's not listed
on my website yet. So you get the first chance to
take advantage of this offer.

Just email me at rh(at)Superbeing.com (just replace
the (at) with an @ sign.) after you have made your
purchase and just mention you want the: Raw Secrets
Bonus Package. I'll then email the package to you.
Remember that I'm also giving you two one year
memberships for the price of one. You can give the
second membership as a gift to someone you love or
split it with a friend and you only pay half price
for a full year.

But wait, there is still much more value to this
package. (I know this sounds like an infomercial but
I'm really excited about all of these bonuses.) How
would you like to get 5 more awesome books? Well
actually four of them are raw food magazines and one
of them is an e-booklet. But these magazines are the
equivalent of a book. The information in them never
gets old, it is timeless.

You'll get the last four issues of "Just Eat An
Apple" magazine that Frederic Patenaude published. I
remember reading that volume 3 issue. It just blew
me away. It was the perfect magazine to give to raw
food beginners. I just love that issue and can't
recommend it highly enough to you. I gained so much
clarity from reading that issue. You get articles
from the top raw food authorities in the world. The
four magazines are considered a year's subscription.
Back issues sell for $7.00 each. So you're getting
an extra $28 value. But the information contained in
these magazines is priceless.

For more info on these magazines please look at
this link. They'll be in PDF format so you can read
them on your computer at any time. Remember you'll
get all of these bonuses by joining my members only
website - The Raw Food Diet Success Society.
Frederic has been kind enough to allow me to share
his great information with you if you join
www.HowToGoRaw.com for a year's subscription.

http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/jeaa-backissues.html

There's one more bonus if you join with a one year
membership. You'll get "36 Tips to Succeed on a Raw-
food or Vegan Diet" - a very enlightening booklet
filled with Frederic Patenaude's best tips and
pieces of advice that he's been gathering over the
years. This is a $12.95 value.

There are some really great tips in there. I really
liked his discussion on improving the health of your
teeth. He has a link to his new website that
discusses it in further detail. But suffice it to
say that if you don't do the raw diet correctly, it
can lead to some major teeth problems. Frederic will
show you how to do it right and what precautions you
should take. He has some great information from a
Raw Foodist Dentist he knows.

The total Raw Secrets Bonus Package is worth
$53.90. That's almost double what you'd have to pay
if you split your one year membership at
www.HowToGoRaw.com with a friend. These are extra
bonuses. You also get all the bonuses mentioned on
the site. So now is the best time to join. All the
bonuses totaled, come out to a $359.90 value.

Give yourself and a friend the gift of radiant
health, happiness, fitness, peak performance and
much more. Go to www.HowToGoRaw.com to learn all
that you'll get.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness,
Roger Haeske

My Links Page at Think and Go Raw

2004-12-10T17:30:00.000-05:00

Here are some great raw food website links.

http://www.thinkandgoraw.com/links.htm

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

Think and Go Raw

2004-12-10T09:46:00.000-05:00

Dear Health Conscious Friends,

I've come up with a new website www.ThinkAndGoRaw.com. The name as you can tell is a take off on the most famous book on success, "Think and Grow Rich," by Napolean Hill. To succeed at the Raw Food Diet requires learning the right psychological and dietary techniques. Long term and successful raw foodists have a very different mindset than you're average cooked food eater and even a very different mindset and belief system than the people who are eating an 80% Raw Food Diet.

Learning how to go raw requires changing habits and breaking lifelong addictions. Some people are good at making changes in their lives. I am and it's not because it came easy. It happened because I wanted to make changes in myself and the more changes I made the easier changing became. Learning how to change habits is a skill that anyone can learn. You just have to learn how to press the right buttons and change becomes easy to make.

Unfortunately some people have a very hard time changing. They believe there will be too much pain in changing. Or they believe they are too old. Unfortunately they are prisoners to their own false beliefs. They didn't do enough work on themselves and they are afraid of life. Afriad to change anything. This leads to a life with very little personal growth and spiritual transformation. Of course this is completely the individual's choice. I wish I could somehow let people know that chaning is easy if you just know the right buttons to push in yourself.

On the current homepage of www.ThinkAndGoRaw.com I give 27 tips for succeeding at the raw diet. How you think plays an important role if you become a successful raw foodist. (By the way, this is the first time I am using Dreamweaver and so I'm not very adept as of yet at making good looking webpages. That will come with time. Transitioning from doing stuff with Frontpage 2000.)

Your mental diet can be just as important as your physical diet. The kind of thoughts you think dramatically affect your level of cravings when you are transitioning to a raw food diet. If you focus on what you are missing you will have tremendous cravings. If you focus on the benefits of going raw and the delicious tastes of raw food your cravings will go down at least 90%.

Then you can finish those cravings off completely by preparing a delicious raw meal and eating it. Once you are full you simply won't have the cravings if your focus is maintained on what I mentioned above.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

Why go 100% raw, how to motivate yourself to do it and stick with it long term.

2004-12-07T13:33:00.000-05:00

This is the second handout from my Raw Passion Talks. This
one was super popular at the seminar. I've also added more
detail and another valuable tip. There are 25 tips included.

Raw Passion Philadelphia:

10:55-11:10 Small Group Presentations: Raw Motivation by
Roger Haeske

Why go 100% raw, how to motivate yourself to do it and
stick with it long term.

1. Eating 100% raw gives you far better health results than
even 90% raw.

2. It's easier to stay 100% raw than 80% raw. You don't
give yourself a choice as far as cooked food and therefore
you only think about raw food options. Plus you can't give
up an addiction partially.

3. Use the prime human motivational factors: The desire to
gain Pleasure and to avoid Pain

4. Create a list of all the benefits you believe you will
receive by staying 100% raw. www.HowToGoRaw.com has a list of
over 40 powerful benefits of eating a raw food diet. Read that list every morning for 30 days and it will get you excited at
the prospects of going raw.

5. Realize all the toxins that are in cooked food. Cooked
food is poison.

6. Visualize all the sickness and disease you will
experience if you continue to eat cooked food. You are only
going to get worse. Get emotionally involved.

7. If you crave cooked food just eat more raw food until
you are full. Cravings will go away.

8. Remember to focus on the reasons you decided to go raw.
Focus on the benefits of going raw. Get excited. Cravings
are 10 times less if you focus on the benefits rather than
what you are missing. Remember 'opportunity cost,' if you
eat cooked food you miss out on great health, happiness,
deeper spirituality and peak performance. You always have to
make a choice in life.

9. Never focus on what you are missing out on. Don't think
about all the Pizza you can't eat anymore. Instead realize
that you can eat delicious fruits and vegetables and that
you can even eat raw pizza. There are delicious raw
substitutes for just about any food you can think of.

10. Raw foods not only taste good but they make you feel
good after eating them. With cooked food you only get good
taste, but once it gets past your throat, you'll end up
regretting what you ate.

11. Cooked food doesn't taste that good after you have been
eating only raw food for a long time. The first thing you'll
realize is that it is lifeless in your mouth.

12. The longer you go raw the easier and more natural part
of your lifestyle it becomes. It doesn't take me willpower
to eat raw anymore. That was really only within the first
month. After that I would only have sporadic occasions where
I desired cooked food. Over time that diminishes. But you
must stay 100% raw or you will get drawn back to eating
cooked food.

13. You can't allow yourself a few cooked meals per week.
The addictive nature of cooked food will have you in its
trap and you'll soon realize that you are eating close to
50% cooked food instead of your desired (say 90% raw food
diet). You can never fully detoxify if you are still
regularly allowing cooked food in your diet.

14. Cooked food is an addiction like smoking, alcohol and
drugs. It works like a drug in your body.

15. Make friends with raw foodists. Go to raw potlucks. Get
a raw food mentor.

16. Get coaching and support from experienced raw food
coaches. Visit www.HowToGoRaw.com for more info on my Raw
Coaching Services.

17. Go to talks and seminars by raw food leaders. What you
did today will take you a long way to being successful at
the raw lifestyle.

18. Learn to make one new raw recipe per week.

19. Make sure you are eating enough calories from fruit.
Most people when first going raw under eat because the extra
water, fiber and nutrients in raw foods makes them feel full
before they consumed enough calories. Many people fail on
the raw diet for this very reason. You might feel you ate
enough but are wondering why you are always hungry. The
simple answer is that compared to eating cooked foods you
are eating much less calorie wise than you used to eat. Raw
food has so much more bulk and is generally less in calories
so that you have to learn to stretch your stomach a little
to get enough calories to be satiated.

20. Be a leader. You can't worry about the opinion of
others if you want to be in charge of your health. A great
and liberating book for raw foodists and all people to read
is "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World," by Harry
Browne. I highly recommend it.

21. Go 100% raw for at least 2 months to establish a new
habit.

22. Allow yourself the possibility of eating cooked food
again after that two month period. This way you won't feel
like you are completely depriving yourself. Cooked food will
always be there.

23. After being 100% raw for a month you'll immediately
feel the bad health effects if you decide to eat cooked food.

24. Cooked food is Anti-Spirit, Anti-Health and Anti-
Happiness: Do you want these negative forces in your life?

25. Any habit can be established within 21 to 30 days.
Though an addiction like cooked food can take much longer to become a permanent part of your lifestyle. But within a
month you’ll be well on your way to autopilot with eating
raw.

Get my 6-step report on how to transition to an Optimal
100% Raw Food Diet. Go to www.HowToGoRaw.com for this and
much more.

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

http://www.HowToGoRaw.com
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Holistic Health Practitioner and Raw Foodist

2004-12-06T16:11:00.001-05:00

If you live in the Toronto area in Canada you might want to check out Caroline Dupont's local activties. She teaches raw food preparation classes and is a Holistic Health Practitioner, teaches Holistic Fitness with the NIA Technique and she's also a certified Electromagnetic Field Balancing Practitioner.

Raw Food Makes You Fitter & Turn Your Body into a Muscle Building Gym

2004-12-06T15:19:00.000-05:00

Here is the first handout I gave as part of my Raw Fitness
presentation at Raw Passion in Philadelphia on Saturday.

It turns out I didn't have enough copies of my handouts
so I am emailing them out to you. I bet the people who
didn't attend would like all the handouts as well.

There are plenty of nuggets of valuable information that
may motivate you to exercise in a way that you love.

Exercise is the easiest thing to do. There are hundreds
of opportunities throughout the day for you to get some
exercise in.

The funniest line I heard from someone during this small
group session was this.

Woman: Unfortunately, I can't exercise.
Me: Why not? (Thinking she had some disease or a heart
condition)
Woman: Because I don't like exercising.

We all had a good laugh as we know that isn't a good reason
why you can't exercise. I suggested she start playing
more vigorously with her grandchildren. You'll see more
about that idea below.

*~*~*~*~*
Raw Passion Philadelphia:

10:35-10:50 Small Group Presentations: Raw Fitness by
Roger Haeske

Raw Food Makes You Fitter and How to Turn Your Body into a
Muscle Building Gym

The funny thing about doing an Optimal 100% Raw Diet is
that it automatically makes you in better shape than you
were before you went raw.

Within a month of going 100% raw my lungs completely
cleared out and for the first time in my life I was able to
take really deep breaths. All the air, even stagnant indoor
air seemed like mountain fresh air. The deep breathing is
naturally relaxing and I don't have to try to do it. The
breathing just became deeper naturally. Because of this new
deep breathing I am able to now jog with my mouth closed. So
much more oxygen is reaching my lungs. I never used to be
able to do that before.

I also noticed that I was lightning fast on the tennis
court. My body seemed to free up so much energy because I
wasn't digesting heavy meals anymore. I felt light as a
feather.

For best athletic results follow the 80/10/10 diet
recommended by Dr. Graham.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
We still need to exercise though. It's very important for
optimal functioning of our body. Plus the exercise itself
gives you a natural high by releasing endorphins. After a
good workout you feel a sense of accomplishment as well and
that pump from building your muscles.

Exercise can and should be fun. When you go 100% raw you'll
naturally want to exercise more. It's almost as if you have
unstoppable energy levels and your body is begging you to
exercise it.

I suggest you turn your body into a portable gym. There are
hundreds of creative ways to exercise. I have a friend who
is a Nanny. She's into raw foods but she isn't really into
exercising. One day I came over to where she works.

I started playing with the children. I would pick them up
and make them fly. I would chase them around the yard or
have them chase me. You can have a great workout and not
even really notice it, just by actively playing with your
kids or someone else's. I used to chase my niece around the
house constantly. Her parents didn't have the energy to do
that the way I did. Their daughter had loads of energy. I
guess she wasn't as clogged up yet from years of poor
eating. My extra energy came from being raw and from being
in shape. Being in shape increases your ability to do work.

Exercise Ideas:

1. Use the stairs and maybe even jog or sprint up them.
2. Squats
3. Pushups: Hindu, Superman, Reg., 1-Armed, on Knees
4. Dynamic Visualized Resistance
5. Bear Crawl
6. Crab Walk
7. Burpees
8. Isometrics
9. Walk or Bike instead of driving
10. Park far away
11. Pistols
12. Bridge
13. Play a sport you like: Tennis, etc.
14. Exercise morning: on an empty stomach
15. Write a list of exercise benefits to motivate you

Would you like to Get Explosive Speed, Marathon Endurance
and Sculpted Muscular Legs, in One Easy and No-Equipment
Exercise, that You Can Do While Watching TV? for more info
please visit: The Lightning Speed Exercise Program.

Get my 6-step report on how to transition to an Optimal
100% Raw Food Diet. Go to HowToGoRaw.com

To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

o Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

Superbeing Training
A-1 Riverview Dr.
South River, NJ 08882
732-432-4839

http://www.Superbeing.com/lightning
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7 Tips to Make Exercise Fun and Enjoyable

2004-11-15T20:59:00.000-05:00

1. I'd say one of the first things you should do is find a
form of exercise that you love doing. Start off with a sport
that you like and play it. Avoid golf and bowling. If you
play golf at least try not to use a golf cart. The walking
will at least do you some good.

As far as I go, I actually love working out. This wasn't
always the case. But now I have a fun exercise program that
I love doing and I also love the results.

In the past I had to drag myself to the gym. I liked
working out at the gym, but I didn't like going there at
busy times as it was hard to use the machines when I wanted
them. Plus it took a lot of time out of my day to have to
drive to the gym, find parking, and get a locker and change.

2. These days I don't need to go to a gym anymore. I've
discovered my own built in gym. I haven't had a gym
membership in a few years and I'm in much better shape
because of it. The core of my workout program is based on
two types of bodyweight exercises that you can find in my
"Lighting Speed Exercise Program."

I also do other exercises to cross-train, but if I was
stuck with only two categories of exercise, then I would do
these two and have a massive build, amazing athletic results
and be in great aerobic shape, by using them alone.

Below I'll include some coaching I gave to one of the
people who has purchased the, Lightning Speed Program to get
them motivated to do the exercises. Keep in mind that some
people really hate exercising. I remember when I used to
hate lifting weights in my gym class (and still do). I
eventually found a workout program that I liked and I
therefore became a much more fit and healthy person.

3. If you like kids then you can exercise with them. Kids
have abundant energy and love to be picked up and fly
through the air with your assistance. They also like being
chased or doing the chasing. Just actively play with kids
and you can get a great workout and you won't even notice
it. The best ages are 7 and under.

4. I remember when I first started working out again after
college. I started doing a nightly exercise routine after
work. I started feeling great. I actually wrote down a long
list of the benefits I received from doing these exercises.
They were powerful benefits. One of the main benefits was
how much extra energy I had. I remember when I was moving to
a new place and how tired my friends were in lifting the
furniture but I simply had abundant energy because of my
workouts. I was buzzing around like crazy.

It was because of focusing on these benefits that a
lifelong habit of exercise has been established. I've been
working out consistently for 11 years now and it doesn't
seem like a burden. Once you start working out for a couple
of months and you feel the great results, you won't want to
stop.

My new exercise program is much more fun than lifting
weights and it produces functional fitness because you don't
use the muscles in isolation. It's the way the old time
strong men built up their bodies, before people were
weightlifting. And you get better results because it takes
less time than going to the gym and since it is a lot of fun
you do more of it and more often.

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Hi Roger!
I started incorporating them, but got side-tracked. I
started again
yesterday. I'm really only able to do about 30 in a row
before needing to
stop for a moment.
[Roger H.]

Actually that is quite good. Just build up gradually so you
don't burn out.

It's not a good thing. I'm going to try to consistently
do it every other day and add 5 or so every other time I do
it, if I'm up
to it.
[Roger H.]
That is a good way to do it. The more you eat raw food also
the easier these will become. Eating the Optimal Raw Food
Diet will automatically get you into better shape.

I did actually add push-ups, but have since stopped. I
think I got
discouraged. Not feeling particularly strong at the moment.
[Roger H.]
5. Just start small but see and feel yourself reaching your
highest goals. You need to be motivated for success and you
can't be motivated by small and boring goals. See yourself
vibrantly healthy, fit and slim. I'm sure that image will
excite you. The key is that you have to be very excited
about your goal. That motivation will make exercising easy
and fun.

6. Then set small goals for each day and you will make
steady progress towards your larger goal.

7. Get a notebook so you can keep track of your progress.
Enter the date, your weight and what kind and how many of
the exercises you are doing. Writing it down is a great
motivator. It also helps you see where you have been and see
your progress.

The night before a workout you should write down how many
of each particular exercise you are going to do the next day
and stick to it. It will program your subconscious for
success the following day. You'll be exercising in your
dreams as this was the last thing you were thinking about
before going to bed.

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Germ Theory Myth

2003-10-12T10:58:00.000-04:00

This is from a post at the Raw Food Group on Yahoo. I am a moderator at that group.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfood/

Roger & Bruce,

I think it takes one huge leap of faith to say that germ theory is a
colossal failure. How can you explain any disease without it?

A week ago I had a thin slice from my son's chocolate birthday cake
and the next day my gut emptied out completely. Moreover within hours
of eating a chip or anything cooked in the smallest quantity, my nose
runs as though I have a cold or I sneeze.
[RH]
I think your example only proves what I was talking about Peter. The germs are a player in the disease process but I believe in most cases they are not the cause. Germs are like vultures. Their job is to clean up the mess of incomplete digestion. This happens when we eat foods we weren't designed to eat.

In countless experiments people have been injected with certain germs and didn't get sick.

Or why doesn't everyone get sick when in contact with a sick person. It's because the germs do not cause it. Germs need food and if you provide them with food they act as a garbage disposal system in the human body. Then you get sick. The cause is the toxins and not the germs.

If life were so simple that a raw food diet would cure all diseases the
medical profession would be bankrupted overnight.
[RH]
If everyone went raw there would be a lot of doctors going bankrupt, trust me. I haven't been to a doctor in about 10 years except for the emergency room for stitches. Plus as the health improved over generations there would be less need of the doctors. Yes they would still be treating raw foodists but that has to do with all the damage we've done to ourselves mostly through our poor eating habits.

Peter there are other cultures that eat close to a raw diet and they don't have the diseases of affluence that people in Western Culture have. In China for instance osteoporosis is virtually non-existent, even though they eat about 50% less calcium and no milk, than in the US.

Many of the primitive cultures never have problems with their teeth or dental arches and they don't even brush their teeth. They aren't in need of M.D.'s But once they get exposed to devitalized western foods then they need M.D.'s in a big way.
++++++

Medical science
complete with antibiotics has saved my life more than once for sure.

We certainly know that we are living in primitive times and that in the
face of such there should be varying theses so that ultimately the true
light may shine through.
[RH]
I've done my research on this Peter and my conclusion is that the germ theory is responsible for killing millions of people per year. I think it is wrong and very harmful. Just look at the people who have been diagnosed with AIDS. That is all about germ theory. But they end up dieing from the toxic medications they are taking.

I know this to be true because I've met many AIDS patients who went raw and are fine for many years without the need for any medication. AIDS is not caused by the HIV virus. AIDS is a complete sham.

AIDS is caused by drug use and an unhealthy lifestyle, not a virus. Again it is caused by toxins. This is the very thing the medical establishment doesn't do anything about. They live in harmony with the fast food industry. SAD and medicine go perfectly together.

Go to this website to learn about the AIDS hoax.
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/index.htm

Roger

You are Where and What You Focus On

2003-09-25T00:12:00.000-04:00

You are Where and What You Focus On
© 2003, Roger Haeske

Have you ever thought about where you are located as a spiritual being? People think of themselves as being in some physical location. However, from a spiritual perspective, you are where you focus.

Now why should anyone care about this? Because it is the secret key to getting what you truly want, to being happy all the time and living your dream life. This is profound. Let me explain how it works.

Inside of us are different realms or planes of reality. We can be in whatever plane or reality we wish. All we have to do is to focus on that reality. In fact, there are infinite combinations of worlds we can be in. The secret is to be in the highest possible worlds because they are unlimited in nature.

I can tell you right now, the best vacation spot in the world. It is God. When you focus on God and keep your focus there, you start to feel and perceive God's love and omnipotence. It is the most liberating and powerful feeling in the world.

From a spiritual perspective, nothing can harm you while you are in God. All you have to do is to be conscious of God as much as possible throughout your day.

If you feel negative emotions, you have just spiritually traveled out of the God plane. If you feel fear or anger, you've dropped to a negative and reactionary plane. Using these negative thoughts, even if you don't voice them out loud, produces instant negative results.

If you are worried about what someone else is thinking about you, then you are out of this unlimited God plane. Focus on God esteem instead of self-esteem. You won't need to buoy up your ego if you are in inner paradise. This is a plane of pure power and where you are in total control of your reality.

The God realm is a plane that doesn't have time and space. It isn't dualistic, there is no positive and negative duality, it is pure positive consciousness. To gain entrance to this plane, you must serve God. If you live by God's rules you have unlimited freedom within that plane. But as I said the price is serving God.

You serve God by paying attention to him and by giving love to all around you. You act Godly in front of everyone and when you are by yourself. You realize that God is in everything and everyone no matter where they happen to be visiting spiritually.

Here's what Frank Laubach a famous Christian minister who practiced the presence of God wrote about what it feels like. It's from page 15 and 16 of the book, "Practicing His Presence."

"May 24, 1930
As I analyze myself I find several things happening to me as a result of these two months of strenuous effort to keep the Lord in mind every minute. This concentration upon God is strenuous, but everything else has ceased to be so. I think more clearly, I forget less frequently. Things which I did with a strain before, I now do easily and with no effort whatever. I worry about nothing and lose no sleep. I walk on air a good part of the time. Even the mirror reveals a new light in my eyes and face. I no longer feel in a hurry about anything. Everything goes right. Each minute I meet calmly as though it were not important. Nothing can go wrong excepting one thing. That is that God may slip from my mind if I do not keep on my guard. If He is there, the universe is with me. My task is simple and clear."

I think Frank Laubach's statement is an accurate description of what it is like to be in the presence of God. I've had every one of the feelings he mentioned. This is our gift, we only have to know about it and use it.

The great news is that people can feel when you are in this plane and will treat you accordingly. If you associate yourself as soul with God then people will treat you with extremely high regard. This is because you automatically have a high regard for yourself. They will also be able to feel this God presence because it is a real spiritual force.

By focusing on God and giving divine love, you have lifted your awareness out of the dualistic and materialistic planes. People will want to be around you. You'll be so happy and that happiness will be contagious. There is no way to accurately describe what it feels like to be in this God plane.

It is the experience of the religious mystics. It is Nirvana or Heaven. The miracle is that anyone can experience this state of mind or spirit at any time and under any circumstances.

The longer and stronger your focus is on the God world, the more powerful and clear this state becomes to you. You start learning of new truths you were not consciously aware of before. Everything becomes clear to you.

You quickly learn what your purpose here on Earth is. From this state of perpetual happiness and freedom you also start attracting to you all the things you desire. Desire is a good thing. It is your instinct and the way the infinite part of you communicates with your conscious self.

Any time you think a thought about something you've just created a Magnetic Spiritual Prototype that immediately starts attracting that thing to you in physical form. This means your every thought is very powerful and is constantly creating your physical and spiritual reality.

The happier you are, the quicker your desires will manifest. The problem is that most people have no control over where they travel spiritually. If someone cuts them off on the road then they react angrily to that person.

If you were that person, did you absolutely have to react angrily? Couldn't you have just blessed that person and realized he was simply unaware of what he was doing? On the other hand, maybe he was in a hurry or had a life or death emergency.

Just because someone does something to you does not mean you have to react to what they did in a negative fashion. You can react in many ways. The best way is to stay focused on God. That way you will magnetically attract yourself to goodness and a life of infinite possibilities.

I'd say that most people are constantly traveling around in the lower negative realms spiritually. They simply are not aware that they could be living in a spiritual and material paradise by shifting their focus and love to the infinite, the divine or God.

In some spiritual traditions, this is called Practicing the Presence of God. It's really like an all day meditation. Brother Lawrence and Frank Laubach wrote about this in a wonderful book called, "Practicing His Presence." Reading this book will inspire you to seek the unspeakable love of God.

I tend to think that entertainment is a substitute for being in God. In other words, if you are aware of God, you have no need for entertainment. Why is that? Because you are completely fulfilled, there is no emptiness. In addition, to live in God means to serve God. Do you're daily duties in service of God. You get the most expansion and happiness by giving. Giving will be your new form of entertainment.

When you finally tune into God, you wouldn't even want your attention to wander because it is the best feeling you can imagine. To serve and live in the presence of God is the highest form of entertainment. TV and movies will seem on a lower frequency. You can watch them but try to keep your mind on God as you do.

If at any time you get angry or frustrated, you have just slipped out of the God realm. The guide is that you want to feel good all the time. As soon as you feel negative emotion, you know that you are out of "His Presence."

Whenever you feel a lack or are sad, you are no longer in the presence of God. Of course, we are always in God. We exist and have our being in God. God is omnipresent. But God gave us the ability to have whatever we want in life, good or bad. We have to choose God by centering our attention in God.

We have complete freedom to choose whatever world we want to live in. Most of the human emotions, fears and limitations will vanish as you realize you are the radiant child of God. God wants you to be happy. All you have to do is to tune into the spiritual radio station WGOD.

You don't sacrifice anything by listening to this radio station. You don't have to be an ascetic. You can have a wonderful and fulfilled life. Now you simply do it in style and power. You have unlimited freedom because the world of God is an unlimited state of consciousness. It will bring you great joy and whatever material things you want. What you'll realize is that your material wants will be related to serving God. If it furthers your spiritual mission, you will want it. You won't be getting things to boost your self-esteem because you have God-esteem and you don't need those things anymore.

Just spend about 15 minutes in the morning and evening where you find your own way to meditate or contemplate on God and Divine Love. Then throughout your day you focus on God. Listen to what you think God is trying to tell you. Live from God. The more you do it the more powerful this feeling will be. You'll start to glow from the love of God. You'll start perceiving the inner beauty and at the same time it will affect your outer reality as well.

This is very simple what I've shared with you, but it will change every aspect of your life once you put it into practice. You can have the kingdom of heaven if you will only choose it.

Love and blessings to you, Roger Haeske

Raw Food and Sports Performance Debate

2003-09-19T14:43:00.000-04:00

The problem with the raw diet for athletics is that it takes a long time for the body to heal itself. If you've been eating cooked foods and other toxins for 30 + years then it can take a while to get the consistent great results on a raw diet.

It sounds to me like your body was healing itself. Maybe you just need to rest more. Trust me it takes time. I've had things improve and then go away and then come back again many times.

I think that if you are only on the diet for athletic performance you will give it up. The much more important element is your health. Your body could care less about your athletic performance. It wants to be healthy first.

This may require it to shift energy away from sports and to healing. So if you are on the raw diet and you are committed to it for the long haul you will eventually heal and adapt.

I can tell you it definitely has improved my athletic and mental performance in several ways. Some of these improvements have gone and then returned. Part of it was eating incorrectly. For instance eating too much fatty foods really messed me up.

Or just eating too much in general isn't good either. I know this guy Wilson in Florida who has been 100% raw for about 5 years. He jogs 20 miles on the beach every single day. He doesn't eat anything until after his run. Previously when he lived in NYC he would run about 14 miles every day.

The point is that I don't think he eats that much. Anyway, there are many factors. But if sports is your only concern that may not be enough to keep you eating a low fat raw food diet.

Roger

"Can relate to your posts, I'm a long distance cyclist and to make a long story short, I tried RAW (80-10-10) for about 10 months, and lost alot of weight (way too much, was already lean) and initially felt great but that soon changed, started feeling weak and tired during and after workouts (all the time), my 100 mile times suffered badly, I just didnt have the energy I had before, so I figured it was the protein and fats I had cut back on, guess what I was right!"

RH~
I understand your viewpoint. You may want to look at the previous post I made to understand why you lost energy.

It's also quite possible that your energy returned because your body immediately will stop detoxing when you feed it food that is too toxic. It can nolonger handle the excess toxic load and therefore works on storing the toxins in your fat cells instead of healing your body. Now you have energy and you falsely blame it on a raw food diet. I made the same mistake myself many times. Now I've gone beyond that point and know what is going on.

Whenever someone is on a raw diet and they are having problems they always feel better after eating cooked or toxic food. This doesn't mean this food was the answer. It means that a raw food diet allows your body to heal and that takes energy. The body has a higher priority on healing than on helping you reach a sports performance goal.

Of course your going to lose weight. The leanest people on the planet are the longest lived and have the least diseases in general. As long as you aren't below about 4% body fat you should be fine. Just put on more muscles. The raw diet takes time because your body has to undo years of damage.

"After going Paleo and adding quality protein and sufficient good fats my performance has skyrocketed. For me the protein and fats make a big difference.. My muscles started growing again, and I definitly feel MUCH stronger than I was raw.. I was in a raw food hangout a while ago and thought I was in a hospital or something, those people did not look healthy at all, they looked like they were starving themselves and several of them looked like their hair was falling out, one RAW side effect I have read about, but they all claim its just detox, LOL!.. "

RH~
I think a raw diet is common sense. Eating meat and high fat isn't our design. However some people have damaged themselves to a degree where they may no longer be able to thrive on only raw foods. But by design we are no different than any other animal and we should eat the foods that we are designed to eat. Our DNA is 99.8% the same as the Bonobo chimpanzees. They eat 96% of their calories from fruit. They are our closest relative.

If you fed the bonobos cooked food for hundreds of generations and then made them transition back to raw fruits it might take them quite a while to get back to normal. Just think about this.

Roger

Better Diet Even Late in Life May Prolong It

2003-09-19T12:56:00.000-04:00

iWon - Health

Can You Get Enough Calories on a Raw Food Diet?

2003-09-16T10:08:00.000-04:00

>> I'm actually thinking about abandoning my raw foods diet for a more
> moderate, higher fat and higher calorie diet.
[RH]
What is more moderate?

A high fat diet, raw or not, is not the best way to go for humans. If you have a lot of fat in the diet then you won’t be consuming enough carbohydrates. Therefore, you won’t have enough fuel for energy. If you lived out in nature in the tropics, you wouldn’t even have fat available to you more than a few months out of the year. Also it’s much harder to eat a lot of fat because you’d be cracking open shells. This doesn’t lend itself to eating loads of fat. Our total needs for fat have been estimated to be no more than 3% of total calories consumed by international health organizations. I’d say most people should really limit their intake to a maximum 20% of total calories consumed on a daily average from fat.

If you want more calories you can eat more fruit. I agree that living on greens isn’t going to provide you with enough calories. I never see athletes taking a head of lettuce, nuts, seeds or avocados with them to their competitions. But I often see them eating bananas or oranges. Fruit is the ultimate athletic food. I can eat over 3,000 calories in a day of eating only non-fatty fruits and vegetables. So a low fat and raw diet can be high in calories. Eating dates, figs and bananas can supply you with plenty of calories. The more watery the fruit the less calories and the more water.

I'm searching for
> solutions to get me back to my fighting weight but remaining RAW.
[RH]
You probably lost a lot of fat and water weight. Being fat isn’t healthy. The best thing is to put on more muscle. A low fat raw vegan approach isn’t good if you want to be a sumo wrestler. But if you want to be lean and full of physical and mental energy then trying to approximate our natural diet would be the best way to go for most people. Due to all the diseases and deficiencies people have, it is possible that some small percentage of people can’t eat this way completely.

I used to think that I could not be totally raw. I felt I couldn’t get enough energy that way. Then I learned that I wasn’t eating enough fruit. That immediately solved the problem.

To Your Radiant Health and Happiness, Roger Haeske

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Are You Only Dust in the Wind, or a Divine Being with Unlimited Potential?

2003-09-14T00:34:00.000-04:00

Are You Only Dust in the Wind, or a Divine Being with Unlimited Potential?
© 2003, Roger Haeske

The most important part of the Superbeing System is tuning into your higher self. In this section, I'll show you how to start tapping into your spiritual potential. You can use it to create radiant health and to attract to you all of the goods things in life. Knowing that you are a divine being will give you purpose and produce for you a magical life.

This story is from the book, "The Book of Eck Parables Volume 2" pg 149.

"An Eagle's Story

The Blackfoot Indians tell this story:

While climbing in an area of steep cliffs, an Indian brave came upon an eagle's nest. There were several eggs in the nest, and he managed to steal one and carry it back to his village. He placed the egg in a hen's nest, and after it hatched, the young eagle followed the mother chicken about and grew up believing itself to be a chicken. All day the young eagle walked about with its head lowered to the ground in the same way the chickens did, scratching in the dirt, pecking at worms and seeds.

One day, when the eagle was fully grown, he looked up and saw a magnificent bird soaring in the heavens. He went to the old grandmother hen, who knew many things about the world, and asked, "What's that bird, Grandma?"

"That's an eagle," the old chicken said.

"How wonderful it must be to fly like that," the young eagle said, looking up at the great bird.

"Yes, Grandma said, nodding in agreement, "but you must forget about flight. You are a chicken."

So the eagle spent his life scratching in the dirt with the chickens."

Today I spoke for over an hour with a man who represents the eagle in all of us. His name is Ron Venne. He is truly expressing the Superbeing inside of himself.

This is a man with no fears. He's had a very different life than most people. From birth he wouldn't eat any meat. He refused to eat anything but fruits and vegetables. The thing is that Ron lived in a meat and potato kind of household. He has three sisters. Somehow his parents sort of let him slide through the cracks.

Ron ended up developing his own belief systems. There was no Grandma chicken to limit him. Ron went out to nature and discovered the balance of nature. He quickly realized that he got what he wanted. Whatever he focused on would come to his life. He managed to survive the indoctrination that most kids go through and developed his own unique beliefs that were unfettered by false limitations.

In his 50 years, he's never had a cold. When he breaks a bone it heals in hours and not weeks. He looks like he's in his late 20's and yet chronologically he's 50 years old. He doesn't believe in aging and so he doesn't. Why should we grow old when we are unlimited spiritual beings?

Ron simply pictures himself young and he stays that way. Here's another interesting story. Ron was opening up a microwave-heated bottle of maple syrup (his kids were warming it up) the bottle burst open and scalded him. His skin was literally melting off of his hands. Three days later it was completely healed without a scar.

Ron has many healing stories like this. He one time dislocated his hand and at the same time broke a bone in his arm in eight different places. This happened on a Friday. He had x-rays taken then and when he went back on Monday the bone was healed. The orthopedic surgeon told him that after his operation he would at best have 60% usage of his hand. Instead he skipped the operation and had full use of his hands.

He just went home and visualized himself back to health. He applies his unlimited beliefs to many areas of his life. He wanted a pilots license and 9 days later he had it. He wanted to build houses and in his state you needed a license. He had no background in building but he figured it was easy and would just come to him. Ron applied for the most advanced license that would allow him to build skyscrapers. I think he passed that test within a month.

In 1986 I started the process of reeducating myself. I started replacing my limiting beliefs that were given to me by my parents and replacing them with the unlimited ones, I was learning in my spiritual group. To this day, I'm still in that educational process.

One of the most amazing things I realized in 1987 as a result of this study was that I was a spiritual being. I was not a human. My body was not me. I escaped the boundaries of my mind and experienced a world of incredible love and majesty. From that moment on I was reborn.

The most amazing concept to me was that "Imagination Rules the Day." That my world was created first in my imagination. Virtually every thing I experienced in life was actually created by me. I was no longer a victim. But it does take a lot of reeducation to break subconscious beliefs established at birth. Be confident because it can be done with persistence.

"Truth depends on the intensity of the imagination, not upon external facts. As we awaken to the imaginative life we discover that to imagine a thing is so, makes it so; that a true judgment need not conform to the external reality to which it relates." (From "Awakened Imagination," by Neville Goddard.)

How could we ever be unhappy if we realized that we actually lived inside of God? Most religions teach that God is omnipresent.

Here is a great quote from a book I just love called, "Your Infinite Power to be Rich," by Joseph Murphy. "Riches are all around you, for the simple reason that you live, move, and have your being in God; and God lives, moves, and has His being in you. God is omnipresent; therefore, all of His riches are present everywhere, within you, and all around you."

If you understand and apply this quote then you're living a magical life. The source of all things is God. We literally live inside of God. But most of us are too focused on this mundane physical plane to be aware of it. We think of ourselves as dust in the wind. We believe only what we see and experience with our physical senses But we are much more than that.

The way for you to realize your true self is to do a couple of practices. First you should set aside time daily to commune with God and realize your true nature.

The second thing you must do is to pay attention to God and realize at all times that you live inside the joyous and unlimited universe of God.

By doing a daily spiritual exercise you'll eventually tune into God. All you have to do is to chant the name of God while sitting in a chair with your eyes closed. Do it for 15 to 20 minutes per day. This mantra type of meditation will slow your brain waves down and you'll naturally enter and expanded state of awareness.

I usually chant the word Hu or Oh. These are words for God. You may already have your own mantra that works well for you. Or you can chant God, Jesus, Allah or whatever word is holy for you.

God is divine love. If you focus on divine and unconditional love you'll eventually tune into God. God is all around you if you develop your spiritual vision.

Throughout the day, you can do an amazing exercise called, "Practicing the Presence of God." When you focus on God you are automatically lifted to a higher plane of awareness. The more you focus that way the stronger your awareness and connection to God. You will be able to manifest what you want more quickly in this way.

People who are spiritually sensitive will actually be able to feel your connection to God. You can have whatever you believe is possible for you to have.

After you have chanted your mantra word for 5 to 10 minutes you can spend the rest of the time visualizing yourself with anything you wish. If you have an ailment or a disease, you can visualize and inner doctor healing you.

The key is to get your emotions involved and to feel the satisfaction of having realized your goal. As long as you don't counter act your visualization with beliefs that you can't have it, then you'll get what you visualized.

The purpose of life here is to fulfill your spiritual mission. Your mission is brought to you by your deepest desires and longings. You may initially ignore those feelings and maybe work in a career that is not right for you. But you'll quickly become dissatisfied.

Human instinct is our desire. Desire is what moves us to reach our potential. We may never even realize we are spiritual beings but we are all moving to fill our potential by our deepest desires.

Serving those desires is serving God. No amount of money could be more satisfying then that. Find your mission and fulfill it if you really want to live the Superbeing life.

The Man Who Would not Age

2003-09-10T00:31:00.000-04:00

This man's life story is amazing.

Last night I went to a talk by Ron Venne, at the Accent on Wellness meeting in NYC. Ron is an amazing man and has had what most people would think of, as a unique life. In fact, I've never heard of anyone who went through his amazing experiences.

Ron is 50 years old but he could pass for someone in his mid to late 20's. I didn't see any grey hairs. They would be easy to see as he has black hair. Ron has lived a magical life. He slipped through the cracks in his family and was his own man. He wasn't indoctrinated into his family's values.

In all his life, he's never had a cold. Never any kind of disease. From birth, he would not eat meat. He rejected it as a baby. His family was on the standard American diet. This in itself is quite amazing. He also has three sisters who all ate the SAD.

He also has amazing recuperative powers. He's had broken arms heal in hours. He recently had a deep gash in his face and it was completely healed very quickly. The talk was 10 days after he had this gash and there were no signs of it. From the way he described it I'd suspect most people would have gotten stitches for such an injury.

The best story was of a severe injury he sustained while playing hockey. He was slammed hard into the boards and he dislocated his hand and fractured or broke a bone in his arm in eight different places.

He was in the hospital and the orthopedic surgeon was called in to help him out. The surgeon told him he had a very serious injury. That he was going to need surgery and have a long metal pin inserted into his arm. He also was going to have to have a piece of his hip removed and inserted into the arm. That with lots of effort he might be able to get 60% usage out of his arm.

Ron told the surgeon that he wanted him to physically manipulate his arm so that all the bones were in the right place and that he would think about his offer over the weekend. Then he would come back to be reevaluated and decide then whether to go through with the surgery.

Ron went back home and immediately started doing work with his imagination and visualization. He visualized his arm as being healed.

When he came back on Monday he had X-rays taken. They showed amazingly that his arm had mended. The surgeon simply said that it wouldn't stick. Ron's arm was totally healed, he didn't show any signs of that damage. I can't understand what is wrong with that surgeon. He was shown a miracle and he ignored it.

His whole talk was less about raw food and more about the unlimited spiritual beings we really are.

As a child his parents left him alone. They just didn't know what to do with him. So he went out to the woods and observed nature. That is how he came to many of his realizations about life. He became a conservationist.

At a very early age (single digits or under 10) he realized something magnificent. "What I thought about happened." Anything I can imagine, I can have."

He eats about 75% raw foods and some cooked grains at times. He chooses to eat foods of all colors every day. It's the rainbow diet theory.

He has a Personal Cosmology that entails three principles.

1. Instant Karma - for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Even your words and thoughts have an effect on you and others. Your thoughts are things.

2. That this law of Karma affects everyone. He's saying that everyone is responsible for what they get in life. There are no victims. Some unfortunate things could possibly be explained by past life karma.

3. Allow everything. Or live and let live. Or detachment.

He has no fears of anything. I suppose since he feels he can get whatever he thinks about, then he has no reason to fear. He just has to think happy thoughts. He's in complete control of his destiny.

He has never eaten a pepper, onion, tomato or garlic. He didn't justify it except to say that they were all nightshades.

He also discussed that our food intake has a lot to do with how quickly we manifest our desires. He also spoke of the mental diet. It's not enough to control what you eat, but you must also control your thoughts.

Whether you realize it or not, every thought you have influences you and those around you. You can't hide those thoughts from others, because they will be able to sense those thoughts on a subconscious level.

He eats fruit all day long and vegetables at night. He's also never eaten cheese or pasta. He sleeps 4 to 7 hours per night. He's also very strong. I believe he got that way without any specific training. It wasn't until recently that he started going to the gym, just to see how strong he really was. I believe he can press over 750 pounds with his legs.

Another interesting point is that he doesn't lose his tan in the winter. And you can tell he isn't naturally dark skinned. But he was tan.

He said some other interesting things. "When you slow down your brain speed then magic can happen." Talking about meditation.

"Wisdom is not so much in the knowing but the doing."

Ron seemed quite genuine. He even makes mistakes. He was married for 18 years to the wrong woman. He was captain fearless and she was a very fearful person. He was expecting that with exposure to him that she would change. That didn't happen. In fact, he felt that her energy was bringing him down.

I�m writing about Ron Venne because I've had some people request to have notes from his talk. He is a fascinating person.

One other quick story. At three years old his parents moved from a tenement into a house. They figured it would be a good time to teach Ron how to eat.

So they brought him a hamburger and it just stayed there until it started to stink. I think he had to sit at the table until he ate. Then they'd bring him a hotdog and again he wouldn't eat it. They kept on bringing him animal foods and he refused to eat any of them. This went on for three days. Finally, their doctor made a house call. He told the parents that he was a very healthy boy so they might as well let him eat what he wanted to eat. Ron said that doctor saved him.

I hope you find Ron's story an interesting one. Try to see him speak if you ever get the chance.

Eating Animal Products is as Bad or Worse than Smoking

2003-09-09T11:14:00.000-04:00

I thought you might find this interesting. Here are some factoids from the book "Eat to Live," by Dr. Joel Fuhrman.

"Today the link between animal products and many different diseases is as strongly supported in the scientific literature as the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. For example, subjects who ate meat, including poultry and fish, were found to be twice as likely to develop dementia (loss of intellectual function with aging) than their vegetarian counterparts in a carefully designed study. The discrepancy was further widened when past met consumption was taken into account. The same diet, loaded with animal products, that causes heart disease and cancer also causes most every other disease prevalent in America including kidney stones, renal insufficiency and renal failure, osteoporosis, uterine fibroids, hypertension, appendicitis, diverticulosis, and thrombosis." (Reference 65) Page 84

""Ironically, osteoporosis tends to occur in countries where calcium intake is highest and most of it comes from protein rich dairy products. The Chinese data indicate that people need less calcium than we think and can get adequate amounts from vegetable source plant food." (This was Dr. Colin Campbell speaking the head of the China Project.) He told the New York Times that there was basically no osteoporosis in China, yet the calcium intake ranged from 241 to 943 mg per day (average, 544). The comparable U.S. calcium intake is 841 to 1,435 mg per day (average 1,143), mostly from dairy sources, and, of course, osteoporosis is a major public health problem here." pg 85

Of course he goes into much more detail in the book. He describes other factors including sunlight and exercise in the osteoporosis etiology. He also states that, "studies show fruits and vegetables are protective against osteoporosis. (Reference 68)

The Ultimate Superfoods for Humans

2003-09-06T23:56:00.000-04:00

I’ve discovered the ultimate superfoods for humans. Do you want to know what they are? Have you tried all of these green powders, the ultimate meal, spirulina and all sort of supplements only to be disappointed? Maybe you even got some negative results from these supplements.

The ultimate superfoods for humans are raw fruits and vegetables. I don’t need any green food supplements because I eat lots of romaine, kale and other leafy greens. They are extremely high in minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, phytonutrients and thousands of other compounds that protect us from cancer, heart disease and most other diseases. They are just as good if not better than wheatgrass.

Fruits and vegetables are the most nutritious foods for humans. If you eat them exclusively you will tap into your unlimited potential. Your life will change for the better. The more you eat of them the better off you will be.

Try to make breakfast a fruit only meal. Forget the coffee. That is poison and making your system overly acidic and at the same time stimulating you as if you had been poked by a cattle prod.

So in terms of getting your nutrients you will do well consuming a head of romaine lettuce or more per day. Eat plenty of fresh and if possible organic fruits and vegetables every day. If you do you are getting the ultimate superfoods for humans. No pond scum or grass could ever nourish you better.

To Your Radiant Health and Happiness, Roger Haeske

Have you tried the Raw Diet many times but failed to stick with it? Now you can learn the Motivational and Dietary Secrets to success on a 100% Raw Food Diet. From Infinite Potential and Raw Food Coach, Roger Haeske, the author of Your Hidden Power - eClass, Infinite Tennis and http://www.superbeing.com. Go to http://www.superbeingdiet.com to learn how to go 100% RAW.

Addendum to yesterday's article on the Discourse Study Method

2003-09-03T12:17:00.000-04:00

I love this Discourse Study Method. It really works to get your subconscious thoughts properly aligned. Our life is a result of our beliefs. With this constant daily reading and reinforcement it has a much more powerful effect on changing your beliefs. You'll be amazed at the results.

One more note if you want to apply this technique to audio programs.

For audios, you do pretty much the same thing. You pick a tape or CD to work on for the week. Instead of outlining in the margins of the book, you just take notes as if you were in a lecture. Just write down what is important for your needs and goals. Then listen to at least 5 minutes of that CD every day.

The Greatest Power is Your Imagination, Roger Haeske

Discover How to Tap the Hidden Treasures You Already Possess

2003-09-02T22:08:00.000-04:00

Discover How to Tap the Hidden Treasures You Already Possess
© 2003, Roger Haeske

If you are at all like me, you love to learn, to read and to listen to audio programs. Therefore, you probably already have some great sources of information in your home to help you make more money, improve your relationships, to learn how to speed read, etc.

If you've already read those books you probably aren't excited about them. But did you get the full benefit out of any of those books. Have you mastered what they are talking about?

If you think about it, you can really get excited again. Except this time you will really apply the knowledge in these books. No more just reading and then moving on. You are going to make a serious study of these books. I call this the Discourse Study Method.

At one point in my life, I used to study monthly spiritual discourses. Now I apply that same study technique to books. The discourses were about six pages of 8.5 x 11 size pages. I would study one of those per month in depth. As soon as I received the discourse I'd read the whole thing. At the end of the discourse there was a monthly spiritual exercise to practice. So I'd usually practice that exercise daily for 15 to 20 minutes.

Next I'd read a page or even a couple of paragraphs per day of the discourse. I'd think about what I read during the course of my day. I contemplated it to understand its deeper meaning.

I also had a journal and any thoughts or insights I received due to studying the discourse I would write down. Doing this daily study really helped me to learn the principles much better. My whole life started reflecting what was written about in the discourses.

The even more amazing thing was that there were many times that I would receive a new discourse and the very thing that was going on in the discourse was going on in my life at that particular time. This was amazing to me. These things didn't happen to me in the previous month, but they did happen just before I'd received my discourse.

This must have happened at least 20 to 30 times over a 10-year period. My life actually aligned with something I hadn't even read yet. I had numerous other types of similar coincidences while studying these discourses.

Anyway, this is not the main point I'm trying to get at but I wanted to share that with you. The main point is that you can take your favorite educational book and actually learn it. All you have to do is read it gradually on a daily basis and study it. This study should only take about 10 to 20 minutes per day. Then all you have to do is practice the action steps in the chapter.

I even have a version of the classic "Think and Grow Rich," in which there is a study guide. They actually show you how to read the book to get the most out of it. You can do this same process for any book. You can even adapt it to audio programs you might be listening to. By the way the book is called, "The Think and Grow Rich Action Pack." I highly recommend it.

Only by a deep study, contemplation and practicing the principles in the book will you be able to reap the full harvest of the book. I'm telling you it works like a charm.

Most people just read a book, but they don't take notes or take action. Or maybe they take some action but then they stop. You don't want to do it like that. You want to get the full benefits the book has to offer you.

So here's what I suggest you do. You can even add your own steps. What I'm saying is in no way complete. But if you do what I say you'll be able to extract the pearls of wisdom the book contains and dramatically improve your life. You'll also get excited because you won't have to go out and buy a new book. You're old books will give you plenty to work with.

1. Choose a chapter from a book that you really want to master. You should study that chapter for one week.
2. The first day you read the whole chapter to get an overview.
3. The following days you can read a page to a few pages. Or whatever you have to read so that you will have reread the whole chapter by the end of the week. Therefore, in a short period of time you have at the minimum read the chapter twice.
4. While reading you should underline points that are important to you. You should make notes about how you feel in the margin.
5. Keep a journal so that you can write down additional realizations that your readings elicit.
6. Mentally review what you have read when you have free time throughout the day. Contemplate the meaning.
7. At the beginning of the book write down the page numbers and a brief description of key things you have read. That way you can find them quickly in the future. How many times have you read something only to have to search throughout the whole book to find it again later? This way you have a quick reference to any key points you might need.
8. Do the exercises or activities recommended to do in that chapter. If there aren't any exercises then maybe you can create your own.
9. Talk about your realizations with a good friend. Try to explain all the details to him or her. This is a great way to help you memorize what you have read. I do this all the time and it works quite well.
10. Total time per day spent on this should be no more than 15 to 45 minutes. It of course depends on what you are studying and what the book is asking you to do.
11. After the week is up, go on to the next chapter that you want to master. You can gradually go through the whole book like this. You can even redo a book say a year later. You are guaranteed to have new and valuable insights each time you do it, because you have changed. If a book has 12 chapters it will take you 12 weeks to complete. It will take you a long time, but you are no longer just reading you are mastering.

So if you feel you haven't received the full benefits from a book or learning program you've purchased, then maybe you should consider the doing the Discourse Study Method I've just outlined for you.

Proper Diet and Are We Really All So Different?

2003-09-01T12:28:00.000-04:00

Here is a reply I made to a post about food combining and
other related issues.

Hi Fred,

That was an interesting and informative post. I can see where you are
coming from. I think the chemicals that we are ingesting are certainly a
terrible problem.

In addition to that, I think food combining is a valid issue. In my
experience, my digestion is the best if I eat only one kind of food at a
time - a mono-meal. I don't really have the problem of combining
starches with proteins because I don't usually eat any starchy foods
now. But I know of people who stopped having stomach pains as soon as
they stopped combining potatoes and meat for instance.

There may be some inaccuracies in what Shelton wrote. I've found that
the field of nutrition is always advancing and often things that were
considered facts become disproved.

I know that people are quite different in their health needs for many
reasons. One of them is their psychological and spiritual perspective.
But I believe we are more similar than different. That the reasons for
most of the differences are the level of un-health that virtually all of
civilized humanity is in.

By the way I read, "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration," and I think
there are some flaws in what he reported. Though I think it is a great
book. For one thing he led us to believe that all these native groups
had just a superb health. That is not true in every case. He went to see
the Eskimos. He raved about their health. No where does he discuss the
terrible osteoporosis they suffer from nor the fact they had an average
lifespan of only 39 years and in some tribes less than that. Their
health was far from ideal.

I think Dr. Price was biased towards a meat eating diet. He didn't
understand anything about a vegetarian diet and how all protein actually
comes from plant sources. If we eat dark leafy greens we are getting the
protein we need along with the rest of the foods we are eating. He talks
about the fertile grass that the cows produce wonderful milk when they
eat this grass. So why drink the milk when we could eat the grass
directly? Or in this case eat the most nutrient dense food - dark leafy
greens.

If humans were eating raw foods for several generations and eating them
in a way that was biologically adapted to the species then I think we
would be much more similar in what we ate. Why shouldn't we be like all
the rest of the animals out there in the wild? I don't see to many
rabbits hunting down prey. They all eat the same food. I would guess
that all animals out in the wild would eat according to their biological
adaptations and to what was available within those limitations.

If we were healthy and living near the equator and foraging for foods we
too would probably be eating the same foods as everyone else. We
wouldn't be saying that I am different and I need to eat rice or steak
for that matter.

I know from personal experience and from that of my clients and friends,
that we can adapt to many different diets. I personally thought I'd
never be satisfied by eating fruit. I thought I would need to eat
complex carbohydrates or starchy foods or I'd go hungry and be weak.
That is what happened to me in my first attempts at going 100% raw. I
was even convinced that my body was not capable of eating only raw
foods.

That had been my experience. I even thought I had hypoglycemia. But once
I realized I simply wasn't eating enough fruit I solved my problems. My
body completely changed and now I'm adapted to eating a 100% raw food
diet.

I therefore believe that once a person is healthy and eating a proper
diet then that person would be eating fruits and vegetables. We are
primates and primates are the only animals that can taste sweet and see
colors. We are biologically adapted to finding, picking and eating
fruits. That I believe would be our mainstay food if we were all healthy
for several generations of eating raw foods. Curious as to what others
have to say about this.

Roger

Have you tried the Raw Diet many times but failed to stick with it? Now
you can learn the Motivational and Dietary Secrets to success on a 100%
Raw Food Diet. From Infinite Potential and Raw Food Coach, Roger Haeske,
the author of Your Hidden Power - eClass, Infinite Tennis and
http://www.superbeing.com . Go to
http://www.superbeingdiet.com to
learn how to go 100% RAW.