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Within the last four days, I decided that I would finally make the transition back over to an 80/10/10 type of diet, which I actually ate a little under a year ago and experienced tremendous health benefits under.
But between that period of time and now I have been eating a very high fat diet, full of daily servings of nut butter and avocados. Within the last couple of months, I have been noticing that my bowel movements are becoming less and less frequent... and so, understandably, I am becomin… Continue

Like many of you, I just recently received a copy of 80/10/10 by Dr. Graham, and I have to say, I was a little surprised at what I found. Three years into raw, my diet instincts actually brought me to the 80/10/10 lifestyle without me even being aware that I was living and eating in a way that had been said to give innumerable health benefits and vitality, so much so that a book was actually published on the subject.

And vitality certainly was what I experienced: I could exercise for hours, I s… Continue

Here's some exciting news that I discovered while reading through a National Geographic magazine today.
Just putting it up for all of you green movement, foreward thinkers out there:

http://greenprophet.com/2008/09/18/3025/wind-powered-building-in-motion

here's another:
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE50E41T20090115?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

I say that we should appreciate the ingenuity rather than focusing on the ways in which the UAE can afford this.
He… Continue

Today I had the urge to visit a local raw restaurant that is a great place to visit if you are a novice to raw foods, and just learning the in's and out's of this lifestyle- i.e. not quite free of your cooked food addiction... but for a girl like myself, 3+ years into her journey and no longer in need of transitional foods, visiting this local raw food restaurant and eating their culinary cuisine, doesn't do wonders for my system. As always, I've managed to turn something good into a personal ev… Continue