Utah's Healthy Foods Connection

Monday, May 25, 2009

"Summer Fun" Don't Miss Our June Luncheon

Our guests this month include Dr. Duy D. Tran HealthQuest Chiropractic. And Karen Bayard with her inspired Ice Cream. Karen was kind enough to bring samples of her Ice Cream to share, they are so good! And shes bring more this month and you don't want to miss.

Dr. Duy D. Tran was born in Da Nang, Viet Nam. He and his family lived in Da Nang right in the time when the Vietnam War was taking place. In 1975, when the South lost-out to the communist forces, his family had to flee for their lives. They immigrated to the United States of America and eventually settled in Southern California.

While in California, Dr. Tran, as a child, suffered from asthma in such a way that it was stunting his growth.

A family friend mentioned that Dr. Tran should be seen by a local chiropractor. After seeing the chiropractor a couple times he was able to eliminate his asthma and grow 10 inches in one month. This was amazing!

In 2004, Dr. Tran became the Health Advisor for the popular morning show, Good Things Utah, Channel ABC 4. Dr. Tran also teaches upper-division courses at the University of Utah on such topics as Biomechanics, Kinesiology, and the Physics of Motion. Dr. Tran has expanded, with Clinics across the Salt Lake valley: Murray, South Jordan, and Taylorsville plus is now in Park City.

Karen Bayard is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University. She is passionate about creating delicious meals using a wide variety of ingredients while supporting independent growers.

Drawing from her Caribbean family roots, Karen infuses color, music and aliveness in all she creates! Karen teaches vivacious cooking classes across the USA to individuals and groups wanting to experience joy, vitality and dis-ease free living through food. And, if you think healthy means no dessert...think again. Karen is known for creating incredibly delicious gourmet dairy free ice cream!

All flavors are nut based, dairy free and free of granulated sugar. Flavors are sweetened with fruit, agave nectar, maple syrup and/ or honey. Organic and locally gathered ingredients are used whenever possible. for more information visit Karen at http://www.sproutandrhythm.com/2007/12/inspired-ice-cream-is-infused-with.html

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Benefit to raise funds for the “children of Rwanda”

“DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY”
Benefit to raise funds for the “children of Rwanda”

Suggested donation: $25.00 per/person
More or less….gladly accepted!

Saturday May 16th 7:00p.m. ~ 10:00p.m.

Wheeler Historic Farm

Potluck Celebration With Happy Oasis

May 19th 6:30 pm Come Join us for a Raw Spirit Potluck Celebration With Happy Oasis $20 with a potluck dish if you pre-register or $30 day of Wheeler Historic Farm, 6351 South 900 East, Salt Lake City Founder and Chef Visionary Officer of Raw Spirit Festival the world’s leading healthy-living raw vegan celebration, Happy Oasis will be speaking.

Happy has spent years in volunteer service with such organizations as Habitat for Humanity and Mother Theresa's. She is has been a raw vegan health consultant at spas and insight meditation guide. Happy is an inspirational orator and speaks around the world. We are very fortunate to have her come to Utah with her busy speaking schedule.

This potluck is the first step in bringing Raw Spirit Festival to Utah. I would love to see 200 people at this potluck. Let’s show Happy what Utah can offer.

To pre-register go to www.summerbear.org then go to the class/events page click on the buy now button. Or send a check or money order to Summer Bear PO Box 1803 Provo, Utah 84603

REMEMBER, NO POT LUCK ON THE 4TH TUESDAY OF THIS MONTH!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Food For Thought

THE SLC Film Center is kicking off a new series, FOOD FOR THOUGHT. This four-film series will focus on the food we eat: where it comes from, how it gets to our table, and what the impacts of our eating habits are.

All films are at the Fort Douglas Post Theater on the University of Utah Campus. This series has something for everyone; children, teens, gardeners, sportsmen, environmentalists, conservationists, farmers, nutritionists, and anyone who cares about what they put in their mouth.

The first film, “WHATS ON YOUR PLATE,” debuts this Thursday, May 7th, at 7pm and the Fort Douglas Post Theater - University of Utah campus. WHATS ON YOUR PLATE follows two 12 year old girls from New York City as they explore their place in the food chain. With the camera as their companion, the girls talk to food activists, farmers, new friends, storekeepers, their families, and the viewer, in their quest to understand what’s on all of our plates.

Please pass along this flier to anyone who fits in even one of those categories and anyone else you think would be interested in this important and enlightening series. THE SLC Film Center is kicking off a new series, FOOD FOR THOUGHT. This four-film series will focus on the food we eat: where it comes from, how it gets to our table, and what the impacts of our eating habits are.

All films are at the Fort Douglas Post Theater on the University of Utah Campus. This series has something for everyone; children, teens, gardeners, sportsmen, environmentalists, conservationists, farmers, nutritionists, and anyone who cares about what they put in their mouth.

The first film, “WHATS ON YOUR PLATE,” debuts this Thursday, May 7th, at 7pm and the Fort Douglas Post Theater - University of Utah campus. WHATS ON YOUR PLATE follows two 12 year old girls from New York City as they explore their place in the food chain. With the camera as their companion, the girls talk to food activists, farmers, new friends, storekeepers, their families, and the viewer, in their quest to understand what’s on all of our plates.

Please pass along this flier to anyone who fits in even one of those categories and anyone else you think would be interested in this important and enlightening series.

Mariah Mellus

Marketing and Community Development

SLC Film Center

122 S. Main Street

Salt Lake City, UT. 84101

801.320.9911

mmellus@slcfilmcenter.org

Mariah Mellus

Marketing and Community Development

SLC Film Center

122 S. Main Street

Salt Lake City, UT. 84101

801.320.9911

mmellus@slcfilmcenter.org

Dirt The Movie Trailer Official Selection Sundance 2009

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Healthy World Healthy People

Chuck Juhn did a great job sharing information about the health of the world and our and how they are connected. "All of us who have grown up since the 1940's have been the subjects of a huge, uncontrolled dietary experiment in processed and refined food, among so many other issues we face. A look at our current health industry will tell you that something is seriously amiss, but those are stories for another day.

One thing we know for sure is that most of us are carrying, buried deep in our tissues, chemicals and substances never before seen in the human body. These must be removed from our systems in a way that does not overload our capacity to eliminate them while at the same time removing unhealthy and rebuilding healthy tissue. There is a logical, safe, and effective way to accomplish this using techniques and practices you will learn at OHI." He encouraged everyone to grow a personal garden, and gave some wonderful ideas how we can all start today to make a differnece in the health of the world.

KK Fowlkes gave away copies of her book "The Gate" The book shares some amanzing selections from the writting of the Ancients of healthy food choices. She also shared information about Wheat Grass and had kits available. Each kit comes with simple easy to follow growing and harvesting instructions that will have you juicing healthy super-nutritious juice within ten days! To insure the highest possible mineral content and grass yield, we have included Organic Forest Compost and Azomite, a natural mineral additive that insures that your grass contains all of the trace minerals required by the human body for maximum health.

And Cindy had open-pollenated Non-Hybrid seeds available for sale after the meeting. For more information on her Organic Gardening classes ro to order seeds call 435-462-9650

Organic Gardening with Cindy

Chuck Juhn

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Aprils Lucheon - Restoring not just the body, but the mind and Spirit

This month we are excited to have Chuck Juhn with us. Chuck is a teacher and educator. His been long time advocate of living foods. He's learned Wigmore's approach to diet and health will compare aspects of systems developed by Dr.Wigmore, Dr. Max Gerson, and Dr. Lorraine Day as applied to chronic disease.

Restoring not just the body, but the mind and Spirit is an article that was written by and Chuck Juhn KK Fowlkes. In it they shared insights about living foods. "According to many ecclesiastical leaders, the mind is part of the spirit, not the body and the spirit is composed of a very fine matter.

Regardless, both mind and spirit reside within the body, and are nourished and supported in some way by the body and what we take into it in the form of air, food, impressions, and other energies. We are further affected by what we think and feel, and how we act. That said, life is much more complicated than any of us know, or can imagine. We do know that a great energy animates us and that when this energy is gone, our bodies become lifeless.

Does science agree with this? If we look at Einstein’s theory (E=mc2). The energy content of a body is equal to the mass of the body times the speed of light squared) we understand that everything that exists is composed of light waves. We understand that our actual spirits, this very fine matter that gives life to the human body is actually wave or light energy.

Some schools of thought speak of energy vortices composed of the colors of light." For more amazing insights on Living foods and how they heal your body, come join us on April 28th at Wheelers Farm, or check this website. http://www.wheatgrasskits.com/issue23.htm

And remember to bring a raw food dish to share, and the recipe. See you there!!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Love For Rwandan Orphans

After becoming aware that more than 800,000 Rwandan children have been orphaned by the 1994 genocide and epidemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria.

As I looked at my own grandchildren I could not imagine so many suffering children. So not to long ago I decided I had to do something and that where I got the idea to host a special dance night as a fund rising event. And together we can reach out to children of Rwanda.

Come join me on May 16th from 7-10
at wheeler farm. As we dance to the music of the 40's and 50's. If you'd like to assist with this benefit contact me at (801) 718-3936 andracoccimiglio@hotmail.com or visit the blog site at the following web address. http://helpingorphansinrwanda.blogspot.com

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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