Utah's Healthy Foods Connection

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Dr. Bradley Nelson, author of "The Emotion Code"

Another Reason to Eat Healthy

Would you eat healthier if you were told it would make you feel happier? A recent study in the journal of Social Indicators Research, found that people who eat seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day have the highest mental well-being and are the happiest.

So what could seven servings of fruit and vegetables look like? Breakfast could include one or two servings: a banana, 1/2 grapefruit, an orange, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, melon, or cantaloupe.

A mid-morning snack could include one serving: an apple, pear, grapes, carrots, celery, or red bell peppers.

Lunch could include two or more servings: a green salad with raw or cooked vegetables – broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, beets, red bell peppers, celery, or cucumber. Or vegetable soup, coleslaw, kale salad, beet salad, broccoli cranberry salad, or cauliflower salad.

An afternoon snack could include one serving: same as mid-morning snack. Dinner could include two or more servings: vegetable soup, a salad, cooked greens, roasted vegetables, mixed vegetables, steamed broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, carrots. spinach, zucchini, bok choy, or string beans. It’s easy to add fruit and vegetable servings to what you already eat when you plan ahead!

Love, Health & Happiness

Friday, January 18, 2013

Message from Vicki Talmage

It's Time For Another Raw Luncheon

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the Arctic here in Utah! Hey, I am wondering if anyone is still interested in the luncheons?? Our attendance is down! Don't want have to cancel them it all together, so get the word out to come. I personally enjoy getting together and seeing you all, and knowing there are those of you who are still on the raw path too!

This month Vicki Talmage who has been very popular is coming to speak again!! She is so knowledgeable and amazing! Vicki has been practicing and teaching the art of living well for the last 30 years. Catalyzed by her own journey to free herself from degenerative disease, she stepped out of the medical profession and into alternative health care at the advice of her colleagues. Vicki studied the Dr. Wood colonics method under Darlene Macey, never intending colon therapy to be her career. Using colonics, Raw Foods, wheatgrass juice, and simple herbs, she healed her body. She has been vegan for 30 years and Raw Vegan for the last 17 years.

Author of “From Bin to Banquet”, a practical treatise on how to integrate Raw Food into a daily lifestyle, complete with 85 beginning recipes.

The luncheon is on Tuesday, the 22nd, 11:15AM at the Coventry (6898 So.2300 East) Please part at either the bank or the post office. Please bring a raw food dish to share, please bring a serving utensil and your

water, I don't provide water, and most importantly, please bring a copy of your recipe!! (We are downstairs right across from the stairs).

If there is a reason you are no longer attending, other than " busy-ness", please call or e-mail me, I would love any suggestions for improving the luncheon, or people to speak at the luncheon!

Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you all! 801-718-3936 andracoccimiglio@hotmail.com

Friday, November 9, 2012

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

CBS News ~ Modern Wheat A “Perfect, Chronic Poison,” Doctor Says

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Genetic Roulette Movie Trailer

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Organic Emily

Organic Emily is a small business in the Salt Lake County area that works with local farms to distribute high quality bulk food and storage products at affordable prices!

All orders will be placed quarterly on the 15th day of January, April, July and October!

Visit http://organicemily.com/

or ph: 801-792-3670

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Fall Luncheon

It's almost that time again for our pot luck! The weather has been so beautiful, I hope it holds out until after the luncheon on Tuesday 23rd at the Coventry, at 6898 So. 2300 East. Time 11:15

Please bring a raw food dish to share with 12-15 people and try and use organic veggies if you can. If you need some suggestions for recipes, please call me! Please bring a serving utensil and YOUR RECIPE!

I have a wonderful woman speaking about the Optimum Health Institute she attended recently. (For those who don't know, the Optimum Health Institute is an amazing place you go to heal and learn to eat healthy!) Her name is Nancy Sears and she will tell us all about it. I hope to have a good turn out, we had very few at the last gathering, please come and join us!

In addition to having my friend, Nancy speak on Tuesday, we will have Richard Thorpe show the latest DVD on GMO's and how dangerous they are. Hopefully you can stay for both!! Watch the trailer on this new DVD. http://youtu.be/Vv96D_ZURzs

For more information Ande 801-718-3936 andracoccimiglio@hotmail.com

Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Healing Power of Raw Foods DON'T FAST - FEAST!!!

Dear Friends,

I have finally scheduled a location for the next Cafe Janae Class. This will be Part 2 of my Raw Food For Health Series. I will be teaching you about:

The Healing Power of Raw Foods DON'T FAST - FEAST!!!

If you have been keeping up with the wellness media, you know that cleansing is the rage right now. There are dozens of cleanses to choose from, the most popular being the raw food cleanse, the juice cleanse, the green smoothie cleanses, and even a lemon juice and cayenne cleanse. There are so many programs to choose from and so much conflicting information that it's difficult to know what is right for your health and your body. Besides, it's hard to stick to a cleanse that leaves you hungry and feeling lousy!

In this Café Janae class I'll be teaching you about the single most important way you can cleanse your body and improve your health, all without going hungry or feeling deprived for a single day. I'll also teach you which foods will cleanse your cells, and rebuild your health. I'll teach you how, when, and what to eat to achieve maximum results, and I'll go over the common roadblocks that stop people from succeeding with their cleansing program.

This exciting class will include food preparation demonstrations, samples, and answers to your questons.

At the end of the class I will be offering a 30 DAY FEAST FOR HEALTH CHALLANGE. I hope you will join me in my quest to improve the health of this community one step at a time.

This class is free, but you must preregister to reserve your seat. Just go to www.cafejanae.com/events and reserve your seat on the registration page.

IMPORTANT NOTE: THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CLASSES SCHEDULED AT ORSON GYGI THIS MONTH. THIS CLASS IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY MARCH 17TH AT THE SANDY UT GOOD EARTH STORE. WE HAVE A TENTATIVE START TIME OF NOON, HOWEVER WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF CONFIRMING THE TIME. I WILL SEND A CONFIRMATION EMAIL TO EVERYONE WHO HAS REGISTERED FOR THE CLASS VERIFYING THE TIME.

DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 17TH

LOCATION: GOOD EARTH - 7905 South 700 East Sandy, UT 84070

TIME: NOON - 1:30

for more information see her on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/cafejanae

Friday, October 29, 2010

Hello everyone,

Well, I guess there is a time and season for everything. I have a great deal on my plate right now, and need to focus on some of these other things so we will not be having any luncheons for a while. I think I have been having these luncheons for five years!! Wow, I can't believe it has been that long, I have loved every moment of it, I have learned so much, and enjoyed meeting all of you!!!

I will miss seeing and interacting with you all! I will definitely miss tasting your wonderful raw food dishes!! Please continue to eat healthy, pull out your recipes from past luncheons, and stay eating raw! I would love to keep in touch, please feel free to call or e-mail me, any time. God bless you all. Ande 801 -718-3936 andracoccimiglio@hotmail.com

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

October Falls Luncheon

It's that time again, and boy, do we have a great speaker this month!! I think many of you have heard of Dr. Claudia Keyworth, she is a health and wellness practitioner here in Utah. She is an author, personal health coach and a renowned lecturer and public speaker.

She recently appeared on the DVD "Marketing Madness are We all Insane". Claudia knows and deeply understands the principles of physical, emotional and spiritual healing. Through her skills, knowledge and passion for life, she has enabled many people to find balance in their lives.

She will be showing parts of a movie called "The Living Matrix", and talk about Bioenergetic Healing and the Heart. I look forward to hearing her again, and hope you all can come!

Our Luncheon will be held on Tuesday the 26th, 11:15 (please try and come at that time, as many have to go back to work). Bring a raw food dish to serve 12-15 people, bring a serving utensil and a copy of the RECIPE, EVEN IF IT IS SIMPLE. Please bring home made dressings, and no processed foods please.

I look forward to seeing you all!! If you haven't purchased pumpkins for the season yet, the Murray Greenhouse (across the street) will be bringing organic pumpkins to sell.

Get a pumpkin remember the proceeds from sale of the pumpkins supports the Greenhouse across the street from Wheeler Farm, many of you bought produce and starts in the spring this year. Good stuff!! Questions call Ande 801 718-3936 or e-mail me at andracoccimiglio@hotmail.com

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Did You Know Bill Clinton Go Plant-Based Diet

How to Make Raw Tomato Sauce with Ande Coccimiglio:

How to make pulse with Jane Jensen

Fermented cashew Cheese and Crackers with Linda Gregersen

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Andra Coccimiglio

It has been exciting to see the group grow over the last few years, and it’s a great way to connect and share ideas, recipes and information, and sample delicious raw food potlucks. We usually have someone speak on nutrition and the benefits of eating more of a raw food diet. Each person brings a dish and a copy of the recipe to share. And then we e-mail all who desire a copy of the recipes. It has been such fun, so please join us, and begin the journey to greater well-being and health. Please feel free to contact me with questions on times and event: andracoccimiglio@hotmail.com or call 801 718-3936

Meet Rima E. Laibow, M.D

Rima E. Laibow, M.D. is the Medical Director of the Natural Solutions Foundation. She is a graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1970) who believes passionately in the right every American to choose a personal health path that is free of government or corporate interference.

She has practiced drug-free, natural medicine for 35 years by seeking the underlying cause of every illness and ailment. Over During this time, she has enjoyed remarkable success with a wide assortment of cataclysmic problems and health promotion efforts.

Like other healers who trust the innate ability to heal, she believes in using nutrients and other natural options to find, define and treat the problems which underlie degenerative, chronic diseases. The key is supporting the immune and other crucial body systems. Dr. Laibow has seen results from these techniques so often in her patients and in her personal life, that she believes the medicine of the future is the medicine of cooperation with nature.

Because of Dr. Laibow’s awareness of the wide variety of powerful natural, non-toxic options available to treat the underlying causes of disease, she is focused on maintaining these choices for all Americans.

Based on her understanding of the impact of poor nutrition and chemical/pesticide toxicity on the declining health of America, Dr. Laibow is determined to help Americans maintain their right to choose health promotion rather than illness care in their efforts to protect themselves from disease and toxic harm.

Food for Thought

“Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”

Albert Einstein

“My refusing to eat meat occasioned an inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, clearness of head and quicker comprehension.”

Benjamin Franklin

“Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.” William Shakespeare

“You are what you eat.” American proverb

“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless and reason is powerless.”

Herophilies 300 B.C.

“People who don't have patience, will become patients”

Yogi Bhajan

“A closed mind is a wonderful thing to lose.” Author unknown

“...vegetarianism should gradually eliminate the fierce and rugged elements from man's character, and fill the earth with gentle manners.

It is both feasible and rational, and should appeal to and be practiced and advocated by all who seek the ideal life, and aim at producing a sweet-tempered, intellectual and artistic, yet vigorous, active and prolific race.” Professor Gautier (As quoted in What To Eat In Health And Disease, printed in 1923.)

Tony Robbins. stated in his audiotape series, Personal Power, said the following words, “If you want to be alive, eat live foods”.

He also brings up the point that our planet is 70% water and our bodies are 80% water. He says then, that it only makes sense for us to eat mostly water rich foods such as fruit, vegetables and sprouts. He explains that proper diet increases one’s energy, which is necessary for total success.

Albert Schweitzer was a severe diabetic. When he sought the help of the raw food pioneer, Max Gerson, he was ill indeed and taking huge doses of insulin.

Gerson took him off his high protein diet, commenting that since it is the pancreas that has to supply most of the enzymes needed to digest protein and since it is the pancreas which is ailing already in diabetes, why flog a dead horse? Poorly digested proteins only create more than their fair share of toxic wastes.

Gerson put Schweitzer on a regimen of fresh raw vegetables and lots of vegetable and fruit juices, including apple juice with all its fruit sugar. Ten days later, Gerson judged it safe to reduce his patient’s insulin by half. A month later, Schweitzer needed no insulin at all.

His diabetes never returned and he remained healthy and very active until his death in 1965 at the age of 92. This information comes from Leslie and Susannah Kenton, in their book, Raw Energy.

Thomas Edison, the man credited with the creation of the light bulb, made a very profound statement and one that is relevant to our topic: "The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

Foods that help you live better lives

(CBS) As more research is being done on foods and how they affect us, researchers continue to find that certain foods will not only help you live longer, but could help you live better.

For those curious about the "super foods," the April issue of Health magazine put together a comprehensive shopping list of the most promising anti-aging foods around.

Robin Vitetta-Miller, nutritionist and contributor of Health magazine, visits The Early Show to discuss the different categories of "super foods" and the anti-aging benefits.

Foods to Focus Your Vision

· Spinach.

· Broccoli: 1/2 cup each day protects against a number of cancers, particularly cancers of the lung, stomach, colon and rectum. Broccoli is a great source of flavonoids, carotenoids, vitamin C, folate and potassium that helps prevent heart disease.

· Corn

· Tuna

· Peaches

Foods to Protect Your Heart

· Garlic

· Oats: 5 to 7 servings a day of oats or other grains such as brown and wild rice, barley, wheat germ and flaxseed. They are a rich source of magnesium, potassium, zinc copper, manganese, selenium, thiamine and panthothenic acid.

· Grape juice

· Walnuts

Foods For A Better Memory
Research shows that berries seem to slow and reverse many of the degenerative diseases associated with an aging brain. Blueberries also provide another antioxidant known as allagic acid. This acid blocks the metabolic pathways that can promote cancer. The acid is also found in black and red raspberries, boysenberries, marionberries and blackberries.

· Blueberries

· Raspberries

· Blackberries

· Kale

· Dark Red Apples

Foods to Lower Cancer Risk

· Soybeans: Soy offers tremendous health benefits when incorporated into the diet. It's an inexpensive, high-quality, vitamin and mineral rich plant protein.

It has been recognized by many researchers as playing a positive role in preventing cardiovascular disease, cancer and osteoporosis as well as helping to relieve menopausal and menstrual symptoms.

· Garlic

· Green Tea

monthly recipe resource

In the beginnings of this group Andra along with Gary Parker had a vision to reach out to other like minded people who are looking of answers to creating greater well being.

The sharing of information can be empowering. I you’d like to share recipes or tape into our monthly recipe resource contact Gary Parker at turbop@byu.net.

Below is a great sample of some of the recipes shared at our November meeting. Enjoy!

Apple and Celery Salad by Frederic Patenaude courtesy Marie Landvatter:

Two cups celery, finely chopped.

One cup apple, peeled and finely chopped.

One avocado, mashed.

One cup fennel, finely chopped.

Two teaspoons fennel seeds.

Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Make sure the avocado is mashed.

Raw Apple Pie (yield: 9” pie) courtesy Carolyn Rouch:

Crust:

1 ¾ cups soaked almonds.

1 ½ cups dates, pitted.

Two tablespoons water.

½ teaspoon vanilla.

1/8 teaspoon cinnamon.

Two teaspoons psyllium.

Combine nuts and dates in food processor until finely ground. Then add water, vanilla, and cinnamon and continue processing. Gradually add psyllium while continuing to process. Remove mixture immediately from processor and press into pie plate.

Filling:

Ten to twelve apples peeled and cored.

Two cups pitted Medjool dates.

One cup golden raisins.

Two teaspoons cinnamon.

Two tablespoons psyllium.

Run apples, dates, and raisins through juicer using the homogenizing blank and mix well. Place mixture into food processor.

Add in cinnamon and mix well. Continue mixing and gradually add psyllium until thoroughly mixed.Remove mixture immediately from food processor and pour filling into piecrust. Cover and refrigerate.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Helped with the Raw Food Diet:

It was the end of fall in Australia, 1994, when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 43. My children were only 6 and 8 years old at the time.

It wasn’t long before I was fully immersed in its unremitting fury that left every part of my body and flesh screaming out in torment. Indefinable pain and suffering was now my constant companion. I was in such deep despair over the agony I was suffering from this insidious disease, it was all I could do to stay alive for my children. Finally, I became bedridden.

My children dressed me, fed me, and positioned me in the right place to pull me out of bed so as not to hurt me in any way. They took me to the toilet and placed me on the bowl, and waited while I sat, pondering on my life and the misery set before me. The hardest thing for me was simply being alive. The thought of ending it all to relieve my anguish would have been a welcome relief. Growing up in orphanages and children’s homes, I was beyond the point of, ‘who would love my children if I died?’

It was beyond me now to hold onto my children’s hands as I took them to bed, to feel their flesh against mine. Now they took me to bed, and were no longer allowed to touch my flesh, as it left me wailing in pain. I could see in their eyes that they needed me.

Night time was the loneliest time as I lay in the darkness of my room, alone with my thoughts, knowing I could not call out to my young ones, as God knows they needed their rest. I averaged 2 hours sleep per night because of the pain. My tears were constant and flowed most of the time. Sometimes in the darkness, I asked, “Oh Lord, have mercy on me” and in those tears I cried out, “Where is my miracle?” I thought that I would never recover from the way the disease had altered me, or shake off the despondency into which my personality had sunk.

As the light of day dawned through the Venetian blinds, I pondered on how I could recover from this tormenting, crippling disease. I did not want my children to have any part in the burden of my sorrow any longer. I had to recover for them!

I started reading books on diet and disease and finally came up with my own regime that worked for me. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but knew in the deepest recess of my heart I would be free from rheumatoid arthritis.

After changing my diet to a high raw food diet, I became well, pain free, and disease free. I was once again able to physically love my children and take care of them. We laughed, we danced, we had fun, and I was caught up in the spirit of my children. They told me, “Mama we love you.” It was beautiful. I have since become a 100% raw vegan. Now the raw food vegan lifestyle is the secret of health, longevity and quality of life. - Sonia