Showing posts with label raw foodist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label raw foodist. Show all posts

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Food & Nutrition: 50 Docs Challenge! Finished 20 of 50!

 



I placed myself on a 50 Documentaries/Films/DVD challenge during my transition to raw foods lifestyle.  I'd say this is an excellent general introduction into:  raw foods and plant-based diets, industrial agriculture, preventative health care and disease reversal (cancer, heart disease, diabetes), nutrition basics, the bio-tech industry, gmos, the conventional medical industry, homeopathy and alternative medicine; options in organic and urban farming, government subsidies, and raw food recipes and lifestyle changes.

One of my career goals is to get certified as a health & nutrition coach and minister.

The time I spent watching the first 20 documentaries equals 32.75 hours of work, which isn't too far from a full-time workweek of increased knowledge.  If I were to equate this with a three-hour college course, which totals 45 hours a semester with a minimum of 90 study hours, I will be in my first quarter.

I'm happy to reach my first benchmark goal.
20 List
  1. Super Charge Me (Jenna Norwood)
  2. Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes From Within
  3. Eating (Mike Anderson)
  4. The Future of Foods 
  5. Healing Cancer from Inside Out (Mike Anderson)
  6. Raw Kitchen Essentials - Dan "The Man" MacDonald
  7. Raw Food Made Easy by Jennifer Cornbleet
  8. The Beautiful Truth: The Worlds Simplest Cure For Cancer 
  9. The Raw Gourmet by Nomi Shannon (3 DVDs)
  10. God's Way To Ultimate Health - Seminar (George Malkmus)
  11. Forks Over Knives
  12. Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills
  13. Sweet Remedy: The World Reacts to an Adulterated Food Supply
  14. Breakthrough: A Documentary About A Raw Food Family
  15. Breaking The Food Seduction (Modern Manna presentation by Dr. Neal Bernard)
  16. King Corn
  17. Fat Sick and Nearly Dead
  18. Latest In Clinical Nutrition Vol. 8 by Dr. Michael Greger
  19. What's Not Cooking In Rhio's Kitchen 
  20. Fresh
These videos will inspire you to change your thinking about food, lifestyle choices, the environment, and personal nutrition.  I am happy to sit as a student and complete 40% of my 50 Documentary/DVD/Films challenge.  As a student, I've taken a lot of notes, and have a lot of reviewing to do.  Of course, this has expanded to "100 Docs," which will focus more on nutrition, but 50 is my goal!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Raw Vegan Transition: My First Three Months

Transition To Raw Vegan



What I Learned So Far

  • I worry less about proteins because I am getting the most nutrients, antioxidants, and enzymes I've ever received!
  • I can't overeat nuts for protein. Nuts are high in fat.
  • Rotate your greens; greens have protective qualities and can cause reactions.
  • Stop worrying about acquiring the next shiny "kitchen appliance." 

 Things I Have Yet To Do

  • Join a COOP or CSA for organic fruits and vegetables
  • Finish my container garden (I'm late!)
  • Buy "raw vegan" kitchen appliances  (knives, food processor, blender, juicers, dehydrator)
  • Start Juicing

New Things I've Tried

  • Green Smoothie (Arugula, Mango, Pineapple)
  • Medjool Dates
  • Papayas 
  • Nutmilks
  • Lots of Coconut Water
  • Soaked & Dried Nuts & Seeds (Almond, Pumpkin, Walnuts)

Docs I've Watched

  • Forks Over Knives
  • Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead
  • Reversing the Irreversible by Victoria Boutenko
  • Is Raw Food For You by Victoria Boutenko
  • The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Raw Food Lifestyle
  • Supercharge Me, 30 Days Raw

Books I've Read
  • Wheat Grass by Ann Wigmore
  • 80 10 10 by Douglas Graham
  • 12 Steps To Raw Food Victoria Boutenko
  • Ari's Raw Foods Essentials

More Books To Read
  • The China Study - T. Coleman Graham
  • Eat To Live by Joel Furman
  • Thrive - The Vegan Nutrition Guide To Optimum Performance In Sports

Raw Food People I Like

Green People I Love