Talk with Doctors!

A couple of events coming up at Zerbo's! For more information or to visit their website click here:

http://www.zerbos.com/retailer/store_templates/shell_id_1.asp?storeID=5DDC50E796734E49AEDE162FFC8CABF9

Please Join Us

An informative one hour engagement with Ayurvedic Doctor Purnima Mehta

At Our Store October 18, 2008

from 2pm - 3pm

Dr. Purnima has practiced psychiatric and psychoanalytical care worldwide with people of all ages over the past 20 years. During this time she has helped resolve emotional pain by establishing a therapeutic relationship, allowing a safe space to identify conflicts, elucidating the family roots of dysfunctionality, and clarifying the current manifestations of these conflicts.These treatments have been used for many emotional difficulties including trauma and abuse and limiting the need for prescription medication.

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Talk Salt with Dean Martens

Monday, November 10th, 2008

at the Quality Inn, 30375 Plymouth Rd, Livonia, MI 48150

Seating Starts at 6:30 pm

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Spotlight on: Inn Season Cafe

I read about Inn Season Cafe in the MSN news section as one of the healthiest restaurants in America, and thought I'd share! It's in Royal Oak. Not "raw food" but it has organic ingredients and vegetarian dishes!


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

Update!

Well, I haven't felt like blogging in awhile! I did find some raw food bar's at Zerbos which you can find here:
http://www.lydiasorganics.com/

The Treehouse in Farmington also has some good dehydrated raw food bars and cookies!

I'm officially one month 80% (give or take!) raw! I have had no food cravings or detox symptoms as far as missing pop or caffeine! I really think adding superfoods have helped with the detox as well.

I am not 100% just because I've been exercising so much, that it's hard to get as much raw food as I would need with my new calorie needs. BUT most people don't work out as much as I do, so I don't think eating 100% raw has to be difficult!

So, I'm just getting situated after the move and enjoying eating healthier and exercising more!

I'm thinking raw food events will be slowing down in the winter time, but I'll still try to update when I find new things out!

New Raw Food Restaurants in Michigan!

There is a new raw food restaurant in Northville! Red Pepper's! It's in downtown Northville, and they don't have a website yet, but here is some contact info:

Red Pepper Deli 116 W. Main Street Northville, MI 48167	Phone: (248) 773 - 7671
Description: For those who are looking to jump start their healthy eating habits by making better choices while eating out, downtown Northville’s newest restaurant, Red Pepper Deli is serving up plenty of fresh (not packaged) delicious options. The menu is 100% vegetarian, highlighted by an 80-90% raw food selection. The menu includes salads and sandwiches made-to-order every day with fresh herbs, greens, and homemade dressings with special entrees, soups and desserts that change daily. In addition to a selection of raw breads the Red Pepper Deli will also carry several Great Harvest Bread Company’s delicious selections. The menu will also feature fresh juices, wheat grass, smoothies, raw desserts made from fruit & vegetables and raw cookies from Michigan’s health-food store, The Tree House. Health tonics made from fresh juices which are good for anything that ails you will also be sold.

Hours of Operation:
Monday: 10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday: 10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Wednesday: 10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Thursday: 10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Friday: 10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Saturday: 10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Sunday

It's very nicely decorated inside, the food was great, and the people working were very friendly. I'd definitely go back!

I also discovered the Treehouse in Farmington. I always thought it was just for potlucks, but turns out they have a restaurant!

22906 Mooney St
Farmington, MI 48336
(248) 473-0624


I passed up Mooney St. a million times during rush hour-so in case you aren't familiar with the area-it's by a Zap Zone. They had a good selection of other things besides just food-fruits and vegetables, and supplements (I think they were supplements-didn't get a chance to look because I got there kind of late) Red Pepper's is more contemporary, this place is going more for the spiritual, hippy (I use that term in the best way possible lol) vibe...if you are a conservative, close-minded or other type of person with definite beliefs-you may not want to go here....they have certain beliefs and they are very open about them. I'm not the type of person who has a problem with listening to other people's viewpoints-but I know a lot of people do! So, if you think you can handle it, then by all means go visit-the smoothie I had was very good!

Ok,well packing tape is here...back to moving!!!

Is this normal?!

14 days raw food...and I feel amazing! I am NEVER hungry. Yesterday I ran five miles and realized when I got back (around 11:30pm) that I hadn't eaten all day except some supplements and superfood(www.noblelifeelements.com/maximumhealth)! Someone gave me coffee at a coffee shop and I didn't want to be rude so I drank it-but I didn't need it! I was so hyper!! This kind of energy should be illegal! Oh, wait it practically is with the way the government, pharmaceutical industry, stores, restaurants, etc. make it nearly impossible to get quality food!!

It sounds crazy, but if you are eating too much, you really need to eat less....than you will want less food! lol

The less you eat, the less you want. At least for me! But it depends what you eat....if you are eating poor quality, low nutrient food....you will ALWAYS be hungry. If you are eating high quality, nutrient rich food....you will not need to eat as much.

I'm almost wondering if I should force myself to eat though because I am running 5 miles....that's 300 calories alone according to the treadmill. It just doesn't seem healthy! But it's not like I'm starving myself-I have the food! Why doesn't my body want it if I HAVE to eat? When I wasn't on raw foods I used to eat ALL the time, especially if I exercised!!

I think the superfoods (www.noblelifeelements.com/maximumhealth) help, but I just didn't think superfoods plus all raw food would give me THIS much energy, and I wouldn't be hungry.

You know what's even crazier? I'm not really even losing weight! I mean, I was already kind of skinny, but I'm not getting too skinny doing this. Weird. Just weird!!

I'm not complaining, I mean it's nice to have more energy and only eating once a day definitely let's you get more done....but it's a huge adjustment!!!

What ails you?

I'm relatively healthy-no major health concerns other than I have suffered from fatigue and depression sometimes (but really, who hasn't?!).I have recently become a distributor for https://www.noblelifeelements.com/maximumhealth and a lot of the products and superfoods (I haven't received or tried all the products yet but I have had other superfoods) have helped me tremendously. I think our ground is depleted, and even organic food can legally have up to 5% chemicals, so superfoods are great for additional nutrients-definitely better than taking medicine or supplements.If you are like most people though, chances are you have something you would like some help with. Here are just some of ailments that superfoods can help with, even if you aren't sticking to a raw food/or healthy diet:

Acidity: Immune Detox, Revitaphi
Allergies,asthma:Marine Phytoplankton
Anxiety: Gold Rush, Revitaphi, Cordyceps
B12 deficiency: Golden Inca Berries
Cholesterol: Cordyceps
Cramps: Maca
Depression:Blue Green Algae, Cacao, Immune Detox, Revitaphi, Maca, Cacao
Diabetes (type 2): Marine Phytoplankton
Digestion: Island Fire
Fatigue: Immune Detox, Revitaphi, Maca, Cordyceps
Fertility: Maca
Focus/Learning:Blue Green Algae, Gold Rush, Immune Detox, Marine
Heart/circulatory function:Marine Phytoplankton, Cordyceps, Cacao
Immune system: Immune Detox, Marine Phytoplankton, Maca, Cordyceps
Impotence: Maca
Insomnia: Gold Rush, Cordyceps
Joint Pain: Marine Phytoplankton
Magnesium Deficiency: Cacao
Memory: Gold Rush, Marine Phytoplankton, Maca, Cordyceps
Menopause: Maca
Metabolism:Blue Green Algae, Maca
Mood:Blue Green Algae, Gold Rush
Motivation: Gold Rush, Blue Green Algae
Overeating: Gold Rush
Physical Performance/exercise stamina: Gold Rush, Immune Detox, Maca, Cordyceps, Blue Green Algae,Phytoplankton,Revitaphi,Maca
Thyroid/Endocrine problems: Maca
Toxins: Immune Detox,
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Gold Rush
Stress: Gold Rush,Revitaphi, Cordyceps

Review of Tasi Juice Bar in Royal Oak

http://www.myspace.com/tasijuicebar

I went to Tasi's recently when I was in Royal Oak. For a raw foodist, it may not be the best place to go-but if you are in downtown Royal Oak, it is one of your best options! The place was nice inside, but very small. If you don't feel like talking, don't eat there because it's set up in such a way that the cash register is facing the people sitting down-it was a bit awkward eating while the people working there had nothing else to do but sit and stare at you! It was a rainy,gloomy day, so it was slow....I'm sure when it's busy it wouldn't be so awkward. The food portions were very small, BUT it is a JUICE BAR...I just would have liked the sandwiches to be bigger portions for the price! They also use soy, and there isn't a lot of room to mix and match. For instance, no sprouted bread, or lettuce wrap options instead of bread. You can't put hemp or rice milk in your smoothies-but it's not a raw food restaurant....it's still better than going to just about any other restaurant in the area! I really liked the tiki bar corner where you could sit. On a rainy day, it was nice pretending I was on a beach in the bahamas! lol