Susan E. Schenck is a Lisenced Acupuncturist, with a masters in traditional Oriental medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. She also has a master s degree in applied linguistics and bachelor s in education from Indiana University. Susan has taught all levels of education, from preschool to university. Her world travels inspired Susan to find the ideal diet that could feed the planet. Having tried dozens of diets of herself, and always in search of peak health, her search was over when she discovered the simple secret of not cooking.

Author of The Live Food Factor, Susan currently promotes the raw food diet through lectures, workshops and coaching. See for yourself why Dr. Vivian Vetrano says, " The Live Food Factor is the very best book on alternative healthcare ever done."

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Ms. BidWell is our generation’s Great American Health Revolutionist, spreading Natural Hygiene Contraband and carrying the torch for the Natural Hygiene movement for over 20 years. Find out why Dr. Vivian Vetrano says The Live Food Factor is incomplete without The Health Seekers’ YearBook and why " The Live Food Factor is the very best book on alternative healthcare ever done."

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Dear Victoria,

I received The Live Food Factor on 10/7/2008. I have started reading it — skipping around from place to place. I read what is important to me first. I’m doing it this way because I already understand the practical reasons for eating raw foods and Natural Hygiene. Your excellent teaching over the years has served me well. I’ve been eating raw or mostly raw for 26 years. I especially enjoy the real experiences of actual people. Everyone who eats should have a copy of this book! This is the TRUE CHANGE that all people need.

Raw foods = healthy people + a healthy environment. More fruit trees, nut trees, and gardens would need to be planted, thus keeping people employed, working in the great outdoors.

The section on eating raw meat just did not appeal to me. Even cooked meat does not interest me. I just do not desire to eat the flesh of an animal. This book gives us the science behind the God-given Genesis 1:29 diet. If the first people had done what God wanted, our world be a paradise today! AMEN!

Sharon Stevens in Arkansas

Dear Victoria,

I would like to congratulate you and Susan for your magnificent work. It is a very impressive, valuable, complete, informative piece of art. Thank you for your contribution to humanity, to health, to the planet, and to the animals. The truth will dominate one day, soon. We will all celebrate our freedom to health, to simplicity, and to the majesty of all natural processes in our bodies and our lives. The very best to you and to all the work you are doing.

Very Truly Yours,

Dr. Zarin Azar in California

Dear Victoria,

Thank you for sending the four, spiral-bound Live Food Factors. I am a private person, so I won’t be writing anything much or use my last name, as I wish to remain anonymous in your listings. But, between you and me, it was extremely good to see The Live Food Factor’s package in my mailbox! What an excellent book to have and to also give as a gift. I did not want to put it down after I started reading it. What a masterpiece! Congratulations on a job well done! Blessings to you and all things good!

Love & prayers,

Gene in Wisconsin

THANKS! THANKS! What can I say, Victoria? The book is amazing and contains more information than we have ever seen in 1 book = how you got it all together = WOW! What can I say? We love the book and know how very hard you and HighJoy worked and suffered on this. Gave my grandson one, and he won’t put it down.

THANKS, AGAIN, VICTORIA!

Peg Thieman in Wisconsin

Victoria,

I waited a long, long time for this book to arrive. I knew it would be a great book, but I didn’t know it would be THE GREATEST HEALTH BOOK I OWN! It has everything you need to know to become healthy. It has a wealth of knowledge, a treasure of inspiration, and a pile of testimonies. This book will end any confusion. The wait was well worth it. Hats off!

Thanks, Thanks, and Many More Thanks,

John Franco in Pennsylvania

 
Dear Victoria,

Congratulations and THANK YOU for completing The Live Food Factor project. All of us will use and appreciate the wonderful references of Natural Hygiene information backed up with Susan’s collection of research supporting raw eating! You are a treasure!

The world is interesting. WE are experiencing a shift. People change when something forces them to change. In the on-the-street people level of work I do in both health and environment relative to food, I see an opening. Reality is beginning to show itself. People are opening up — making small movements to shift a bit.

On behalf of all GetWell Friends, I want to say: “Bless all of Victoria’s and Susan’s efforts for compiling this compendium for all of us!”Victoria, you are now at the peak-top of your game. What else have you planned for us? Please send me another 10 books!

Mary Papavasiliou, Health Counselor, Teacher, Speaker, Sierra Club and Raw Food Activist, Simple & Raw Pot Luck Organizer in California

Dear Victoria,

Your new book, The Live Food Factor, has just arrived in the mail. I haven’t been able to put it down yet, because it has got be the very BEST book on detoxification and healing I have ever read.

It’s very easy to find anything I want to know on health, by the wonderful way you set up “The Table of Contents.” I LOVE the way each chapter is headed by big, bold letters. I can find my many questions on the subject of Natural Hygiene quickly. And I do have many, many questions.          

So far, I haven’t had much success in getting others to look into Natural Hygiene when they find out that they have to cut out the junk foods, like pizzas, burgers, cake, cookies, candy, ice cream, and the like.

A doctor who has been 1 of my piano students for 10 years asked me, “How can you play such difficult music by Chopin, Rachmeninoff, and Mozart at your age?” I told him it was my diet and lifestyle that made it possible. I have removed all toxic foods. He wanted to know what my diet was. Upon hearing, his eyes got real big. He almost went into orbit: “Your diet is as bad as being in a prison in Siberia living on cold potatoes and water!”

Other adults I have talked to said they would take medication any day over giving up their favorite foods. Nevertheless, I am ordering 2 more of The Live Food Factors to share with people who really need the teachings. I want to leave 1 in my piano studio, with the idea that some of the parents will read it. The cover should grab most people’s attention.

As a piano teacher of 53 years, I see so many young people with poor health. It is depressing. I ask them, “Do you eat a good breakfast, lunch, and dinner?” They are happy to tell me exactly what they eat. Their diets are so bad I think they would kill a horse! I know that SAD foods play havoc with young bodies and minds. The high sugar diet has made children very hyperactive, as have all the drugs they get from their medical treatments. I am now witnessing a great decline in the minds and bodies and ability to focus among today’s youth. This wonderful Live Food Factor should open many doors to TRUTH. The drug industries have had their ways with us for too long.

Sincerely,

Wayne Reid in Illinois

Dear Victoria,

I just received my giant, raw book in the mail… it has so much information. I love the “before” and “after” pictures. I can’t wait to read it, cover-to-cover!

I have signed up for my first raw food preparation class, which will be at the end of the month in a local cafe: “Borrowed Earth Cafe” in Downer’s Grove. A husband and wife team owns the cafe. Her husband regenerated his back through raw foods, stretching, and mental work. I will bring your book. Maybe they will carry it.

Hope you can now get some rest. Say “HI!” to HighJoy!

Linda Pryka in Illinois

My Dear Victoria,

I enjoyed your greeting card picturing an eagle, an animal known for its ability to soar gracefully and effortlessly thousands of feet above the surface of the Earth, and which could not for 1 moment be able to ascend to those winged and panoramic heights were it not for God’s watchful eyes as He sustains it in flight.

You asked me for my opinion of The Live Food Factor: “Did I do good?” Let’s look at this adjective “good” from the 3 degrees of grammar. Is the book of the positive, comparative, or superlative degree? Good? Better? Or Best? I give you a SUPERLATIVE RATING — THE BEST! The new book is a scholarly tome, superbly compiled and meticulously detailed.

Those who have patiently contributed to The Live Food Factor’s publication have distinguished themselves in a laborious and persevering effort to accomplish their goals. It is my belief that your readership will respond favorably to the well-established, authenticated, and convincing facts outlined in the over 700 pages.

Enclosed: my check in the amount of $50.oo to apply where most needed at The Homestead and as a reward for your work of 2 years.

Love,

Harold in Indiana

Dear Victoria,

AlleluYah! I’ve been waiting so very long for The Live Food Factor. I almost thought it was not destined to come out… but you know, God Almighty may have had a hand in this; and it just wasn’t meant to come out before this. Maybe in these dire times we are facing, people will look at themselves and pay attention for all need to be in the best of health to face the turmoil that is surely ahead of all of us on the national front… putting aside our personal problems. And I know Canada is in financial straits… just as surely as America is!

Thank you so very much for sending me a copy of this exciting book that has the plastic combs so the pages can be opened and stay opened as needed for good study! I didn’t expect you to gift me with that, and I am so very appreciative.

I promise I will send you a more thorough book review once I have had more time to have fun reading through it. I have already, however, found out what a wonderful index you have, for I looked up “dog food” immediately once I opened it because that is a question I have and haven’t had time to search for my answer. I constantly look through the book for other things, as well.

And then I went to “The Table of Contents.” WOW! It is a long one… and how complete! As I looked through it, I wanted to take the time to read through every section you have included… I realize, and happily, that you have arranged it with such complete descriptions, that whatever my problem or question, I can go right to the spot I need to help me out. For I, like you, am always trying to help people to eat better and to live more healthy lifestyles… and many are not inspired to change. And I did read through all the objections you and Susan have included to change, and you have hit every objection right on the head! Maybe just using the way you have pointed out the weaknesses of those needing help may instill some with inner strength and resolve.

Everything I have read and looked over so far is so far better than I could have hoped for. Thank you again, Victoria, for all the work you have done to get this edition fixed. “Doctor Vetrano’s Foreword” is really descriptive and makes anyone reading it want to jump right in and be part of a movement to restore their good health.

I pray this mailing finds you and HighJoy in health and happiness. And I know prosperity will surely follow your part of His Ministry. Thank you for being my friend.

May Our Saviour Bless You,

Love,

Susan Jean Erhard in Arkansas.

P.S. If you would like me to send you something extra for the special binding of one of these volumes, please do let me know. It is well worth it.

Dear Susan, Victoria, and of course, HighJoy, too!!!

I spent about 2 weeks looking over the wonderful Live Food Factor and realized something every time I picked up the book: All of us who are now owners of this book are in possession of a GOLD MINE!!!

The very first positive is that it is so easy to read. I didn’t have to have a dictionary handy to look up every other word. It is understandable and easy-to-comprehend — and that would hold true for someone who would pick up the book for the first time having no “health” knowledge whatsoever. What a bonus for all those seeking better health after years of abusing his or her body!

I prefer eating my food raw. According to the majority of people these days, that is grounds for being “weird”! Of course, it isn’t quite as bad these days as it was many years ago (when I first started) and when it really wasn’t “cool” and certainly NOT good for anyone! Upon first picking up this book, I found it to be an instant friend. It had so many familiar topics, and yet, had additional information that was most beneficial. In particular was the Vitamin B12 issue/controversy. I appreciated the thorough discussion and thought it brought to light the reason why there is a B12 deficiency and how it can be overcome before it surfaces as a problem.

“The Table of Contents” is my lifesaver to direct me to the topics that are of personal interest. It is a treat to go back and forth from one part to another — a process that literally becomes addictive. (Whoops — that’s a good thing?) The “Index” is second to none!! The “Glossary” — perfect!!! And believe it or not, you even had the Ecopolitan in Minnesota listed in the “Restaurants”!!! WOW! It has been my pleasure to have dined there — two different times when in the area! Really Good!

Thank you for keeping at it and doing this special favor for all of us! The Live Food Factor will take its rightful place as a back-up to the best of the best: The Health Seekers’ YearBook. I need no others. These 2 say it all!

In Love,

Marth Jensen in Minnesota

Find out for yourself why Dr. Vivian Vetrano says " The Live Food Factor is the very best book on alternative healthcare ever done."

The Live Food Factor is the very best book on alternative health care ever done. It contains more research on the benefits of raw foods as well as the dangers of cooked foods ever amassed in one place. –Dr. Vivian V. Vetrano,

DC, hMD, PhD, DSci –Foreword, The Live Food Factor The Live Food Factor is destined to become a classic. This book represents the most comprehensive study of the raw food diet and the raw food movement ever put on paper. When I received the manuscript, I simply couldn’t put it down and read the book in two days. In my classes, people have asked me over the years, "Where is the scientific research backing up the raw food diet?" I’m thrilled that now we have The Live Food Factor, which contains data that is thoroughly backed up with a list of over 60 scientific studies. I am a raw food teacher, writer, and researcher myself. I have taught hundreds of workshops about this subject for many years, and I have learned a great deal from Susan Schenck’s book. I highly recommend this book to all readers interested in improving their health. –Victoria Boutenko, raw food author and educator

"The Live Food Factor is the most comprehensive book ever written about the raw food diet. Anyone interested in health should own a copy. It is just what the raw world needed." —Paul Nison, author, The Raw Life and Raw Knowledge; also a raw food chef (www.paulnison.com, www.rawlife.com)

“…The most impressive and convincing book on the subject I’ve ever seen….It will be the new classic of the raw food movement.” —Joe Alexander, author, Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda!

“This book is impeccably researched. Susan’s fact finding is uncompromising and nothing short of encyclopedic. Her book is a primer for raw food neophytes. While everyone is talking about preparing for retirement, she hones in what really matters: ‘The best retirement plan is to be so healthy that you never need to retire.’ —Tonya Zavasta, author of Your Right to Be Beautiful, Beautiful On Raw and Quantum Eating

“Susan’s book is one of the most thoroughly researched books on nutrition. This book is easy to read, very informative, and will surely get you thinking about the warped societal norms with our food industry and so-called "healthcare" industry today.” — Dr. Jeannette Vos, co-author of The Learning Revolution 2.0

“It is so intelligent, well organized and comprehensive…It is the best compendium we’ve seen on alive food.” —Jesse Schwartz, president of Living Tree Community

“This is the most extensive, inspiring and useful resource on the raw food diet you will ever read. It is loaded with tips, tools, tricks and advice that will change your thinking and your health forever.” —Frederic Patenaude, author, The Raw Secrets and Instant Raw Sensations

" No longer will folks have to buy 15 books to begin the process. I wish I had this during the beginning of my journey." —Dana Pettaway, raw food chef

“Schenck is an advocate, but her points are clear and convincing.” —Kirkus Discovery Review

"The Live Food Factor by Susan Schenck is by far the most complete raw food book available on the market today. Susan has compiled a multitude of vital information from 50 scientific studies which clearly show the advantages of a raw food diet vs. the typical, hazardous cooked food diet. She also includes a “how to” section that has various strategies for transitioning to the raw food diet, valuable information on detoxification, how to travel and socialize on raw and living foods and much more!" —Alex Malinsky of rawguru.com and rawfoodchat.com

The Live Food Factor is a veritable treasure-trove of valuable techniques and information for changing one’s body, mind, and spiritual direction into physical and mental health and happiness. I found it so fascinating that I just could not put it down! I would wake up at 2 A.M. and could not put it down til 7 A.M. I lost sleep over it! The case history studies are most interesting and inspirational. I admire the author’s open-mindedness in presenting a broad spectrum of diets which include foods and regimens different than most raw food diets — diets which are Paleolithic as used by hunter-gatherers, the writings of Dr. Weston Price, etc. This book is encyclopedic in scope and should be in the possession of all doctors, nutritionists, and lay people. It’s full of excellent information, which can be valuable for all persons interested in vibrant health and a meaningful life. I recommend it very highly. Warning to all: Those who dare to open this volume should give up all hope of remaining the same afterward! Your life will be changed forever irrevocably! –Dr. Stanley Bass, ND, DC, PhC, PhD, DO , DSc, DD — 90 year-old Natural Hygiene  Doctor

Find out for yourself why Dr. Vivian Vetrano says " The Live Food Factor is the very best book on alternative healthcare ever done." and why "The Live Food Factor is not complete without Victoria’s The Health Seekers’ YearBook with The Best of Common Health Sense."

If you find the 2nd edition of The Live Food Factor to be so full of information it is hard to maneuver, be sure to check out the exclusive lay flat spiral binding only available through LiveFoodFactorReview.com . This binding allows you to read and research like a pro because it allows the book to literally lay flat and stay flat when it is open.

UPDATE: The Health Seekers’ YearBook with The Best Of Common Health Sense, companion guide to the Live Food Factor, is now available for immediate download! Check out the endorsements from the Natural Hygiene authorities and numerous testimonials from happy Health Seekers at HealthSeekersYearbook.com

Victoria, I have just finished reading The Live Food Factor. This is a landmark book. It is most comprehensive in that it leaves out no ideas, authors, related books of importance, or research findings. As far as live food/raw eating is concerned, all web addresses, bibliography, and supplier contacts are given. Indeed, this book is the fruit of the labor of love. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Please pass my congratulations to Susan Schenck. There is going to be a great demand for this work. Best Regards, Mohammed in India

Dear Victoria, First of all, let me thank you for sending me 3 books with the special bindings as your gift! THANK YOU! By the time I get around to writing you at length my opinion of Susan’s book and yours, all the superlatives will have been used by others; and I will need to invent a new super-word, which this book surely so richly deserves. I call the book: “A Life Owner’s Operating Manual.” It has helped me enormously on my own road to rawness. I am sure that it will help others to help themselves to a more healthful life, even if each reader only comes to realize that he himself or she herself is “The One and Only Keeper of My Own Flame of Life!” In all the years I have been advocating Natural Hygiene, I had never been able to convince even one single person to pursue it — until now. The lady friend, to whom I had asked you to send a book anonymously, has begun to adopt many of the Energy Enhancers and methods expounded in it! By likewise distributing the book to friends and relatives, they have come to see some of the grand benefits of Natural Hygiene — finally! Some of them are trying hard to implement as many of the precepts as they are able, given that they have spent their lives formerly so deeply immersed in another philosophy altogether. I want to thank you personally for all your many kindnesses to me for, LO, these many years now — and — to thank all of those who worked so hard to bring this marvelous book to fruition. Always in your corner, Victoria, as you fight the Food Giants into submission. With Great Affection, Judith Shuter in Hookset, New Jersey

VICTORIA! The Live Food Factor was GREAT!! Now reading Health Seekers’ YearBook with The Best of Common Health Sense. Hope all is well with you and that beautiful HighJoy!!! The week of November 5th, 2008, I received — along with some delicious snackies — The Live Food Factor. I began reading it the very next day. On the 18th, I started MY RAW JOURNAL to track anything and everything from emotions to weight loss. Today is December 14th, 2008. To date, I have released 13 pounds, fasted on water only for 1 day (to celebrate being health- conscious most of the month!) and have increased my self-knowledge and self-mastery. I finished reading The Live Food Factor from cover to cover yesterday. I truly believe it has given me the encouragement I have been without to go raw and stay A-LIVE! God gives us an amazing smorgasbord of live foods — so, pick something yummy and delight in it! Anna Kulcsar in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dear GetWell Friends — I have promised Victoria a “Praise Report, and I have had an opportunity to read some of the glowing reviews of The Live Food Factor on Amazon.com, but I see no point in repeating others’ praise and prose or variations thereof. I can, however, bring something totally unique among the many Live Food Factor book reviews by inserting my ‘2¢’ in this way: “I WAS THERE!” Indeed, from mid-December 2007 to mid-February 2008, I was a guest at Victoria BidWell’s “Health Seekers’ Hacienda” in Concrete, Washington, aptly named “Our Hygiene Homestead in The Woods.” While there, I witnessed the first meeting between Susan Schenck and Victora BidWell. Susan had left the sunny clime of San Diego to sally forth into the frosty Northwest in order to discuss key details and their contract. I say “first meeting,” because up to that point, their Live Food Factor relationship had been carried on via telephone and Internet, a period of 18 months. Ah! Distinctly, I remember. It was in the bleak December,” to quote Edgar Allen Poe. I have a likewise distinct memory of sitting with the two authors in the cozy living room of the guesthouse, as the arguments for or against various points went back and forth, such as how much emphasis to place on a given topic or sub-topic. They even allowed an outsider to make the odd suggestion! So, over the 9-week period of my stay in Concrete, I was a ringside witness to the huge task these ladies were undertaking. And I marvelled at Victoria’s marathon editing/rereading sessions, which several times went on until dawn. This book, in my opinion, deserves a second “Most Progressive Health Book” award, this time for 2008, to bookend the first one garnered in 2007. When I received the 25 copies I ordered from Victoria, I showed The Live Food Factor to those health advisors with whom I work: medical doctor, health specialist and consultant, naturopath, chiropractor, nutritionist, raw-food retreat owner, and dentist. All them bought one copy of the book except for my dentist. He purchased four. Enough said. Congratulations to Victoria and Susan for this book! I am absolutely sure it will help all who read and apply the principles and suggestions! Compared to life without the live food factor applied, these energetic Health Seekers will surely reach greater heights of health and find higher realms of joy while bound for prosperity and glory! Greg Crook in Ontario, Canada.

Find out for yourself why Dr. Vivian Vetrano says " The Live Food Factor is the very best book on alternative healthcare ever done." and why "The Live Food Factor is not complete without Victoria’s The Health Seekers’ YearBook with The Best of Common Health Sense."

If you find the 2nd edition of The Live Food Factor to be so full of information it is hard to maneuver, be sure to check out the exclusive lay flat spiral binding only available through LiveFoodFactorReview.com . This binding allows you to read and research like a pro because it allows the book to literally lay flat and stay flat when it is open.

UPDATE: The Health Seekers’ YearBook with The Best Of Common Health Sense, companion guide to the Live Food Factor, is now available for immediate download! Check out the endorsements from the Natural Hygiene authorities and numerous testimonials from happy Health Seekers at HealthSeekersYearbook.com

Up until about five thousand human generations ago, it was unheard of to cook one’s food. As man and food evolved, the two have become less and less compatible, especially given modern man’s penchant for artificial, processed, refined, sugar-laden, fatty "foods." In her first book, titled The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit, & Planet, author Susan Schenck weaves scientific proof, testimonials, and history, presenting the most comprehensive raw foods guide ever. Need scientific proof of healing via raw diet? Schenck has reviewed more than 60 scientific experiments from all over the world. For those needing more handholding, Schenck gives a blow-by-blow account of "going raw," both cold turkey and more gradually. This 660-page tome is split into five sections: One is an overview of the benefits of going raw. Two showcases the scientific reasons for going raw. Three highlights the raw movement’s history and its leadership. Four is a complete how-to manual. The final section presents additional reference material with comprehensive bibliographies and an extensive Resource Guide that includes listings of health retreats and fasting institutions, pertinent web links, raw food restaurants, and mail order sources for raw foods and kitchen gadgets. Over 130 flavorful recipes round out the book, called by the president of Living Tree Community Jesse Schwartz "the best compendium we’ve seen on alive food." The just released Second Edition has been expanded, revised, and updated in collaboration with natural health educators Victoria BidWell, Dr. Vivian V. Vetrano, MD, and Dr. Tosca Haag, MD, to include new testimonials from long-time raw fooders, a chapter on how to raise children raw from birth, a comprehensive primer on the nondietary factors of health including a compilation of the Laws of Life and a list of the ten energy enhancers a chapter on therapeutic fasting, another on detoxification methods and symptoms, and additional material on techniques for breaking addictions of all sorts. You will find the rules for proper food combining along with the category classifications of individual foods, sample menus, and a seasonal eating plan. There is a an appendix on the history of the pharmaceutical drug scam, another on behavioral modification techniques for overcoming addictions of all sorts, and even an appendix covering the practice of raw meat eating and the theories that support it. The First Edition of this book won Independent Publisher Publication of the Year first place award as Most Progressive Health Book of 2007. "For 24 years the mission at Independent Publisher has been to recognize and encourage the work of publishers who exhibit the courage and creativity necessary to take chances, break new ground, and bring about change, not only to the world of publishing, but to our society." Author Joe Alexander (Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda!) has declared Schenck’s book to be "the most impressive and convincing book on the subject I’ve ever seen. … It will be the new classic of the raw food movement." Raw food author and chef Paul Nison concurs with many others when he declares, "The Live Food Factor is the most comprehensive book ever written about the raw food diet. Anyone interested in health should own a copy. Susan Schenck did a great job. I’m excited about this book because I know it will help people." About the author and her collaborators: Susan Schenck is a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) with a Master of Traditional Oriental Medicine (M.T.O.M.) degree from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. She also has a B.S. in education and an M.S. in Applied Linguistics from Indiana University. She has taught all grade levels from preschool through university. Extensive travel throughout the world has enhanced her receptivity to new ideas. Victoria BidWell is a former high school teacher who has more than two decades experience in writing, teaching, counseling, and promoting natural health practices. Dr. Vetrano has over 50 years of clinical experience in helping sick patients regain health. Her daughter Tosca Haag, raised raw from birth, has chosen to carry on her mother clinical work. Editor and raw diet consultant Bob Avery has more than 15 years experience living the diet and writing and researching it independently.

The Health Seekers’ Yearbook with The Best Of Common Health Sense Is Now Available For Immediate Download!

How to complete a Juice Fast and Why you need one. Juice fasting is a type of fasting diet in which an individual only consumes juice made from both fruits and or vegetables. This method is also referred to as a Detox diet, which is used to cleanse organs in the body that have piled up contaminants and toxins. I personally like to juice fast because it leaves me feeling more energized and ready to take on anything. A juice fast is usually associated with a Detox diet, in order to stimulate health considering less energy is required to digest food during a juice fast. Because of this, the body can focus its resources on cleaning out toxins that have built up over the years. Because toxins can accumulate in many different parts of the body, certain juice fast diets target specific areas of the body. Some juice fast diets target the kidneys, liver, urinary tract, and even the skin. The immune system and the brain can also be stimulated by juice fasting, which will leave you healthier and feeling better than ever. In addition to detoxifying certain organs, juice fasting has many other benefits. Some perform a juice fast for religious reasons, while others may do it just to shed some extra weight. Juice fasting can also help to end a bad habit, such as smoking, over eating, or even an addiction to caffeine. Juice fasting is also an alternative medicine practice, used for illnesses ranging from depression to cancer. A Home Body Detox can range in the amount of time it is practiced, and some people even indulge in week long fasting periods up to two times a year. Some perform a monthly juice fast that last only a couple of days, while others actually make a vacation out of it and travel to exotic locations like Thailand. I like to fast once or twice a year, since it takes about six months for toxins to accumulate in the blood stream. Most fruits and vegetables do not contain fiber in the juice form, so it is sometimes necessary to stimulate certain organs in order to stimulate waste. Some fasters use enemas to speed up the process, while others take an herbal or saltwater laxative to help with stimulation. One method that works great at stimulating the colon and intestines to expel waste is to include psyllium husks in the juicer, since they are able to create enough bulk to make enough waste to stimulate the necessary organs. I personally like to take a supplement with fiber, because it gives your body everything it needs to function normally. There are many different fruits and vegetables that offer great health benefits, but not all of them work during a juice fast. Certain greens work great in a juicer, such as parsley, kale, and spinach. Broccoli and cabbage also work great, and can add a unique flavor to the juice. Some root vegetables, such as sweet potatoes and carrots work great in juice fasts, since they offer great nutritional value and also taste great. Grapes, apples, and citrus fruits offer a great amount of juice, and can sweeten up your juice fasting experience. Spearmint, peppermint, ginger, and green onion are a few of the herbs that taste great in juice, along with wheatgrass, fennel, and even basil. I personally love carrots and citrus fruits, because they have a tart yet sweet flavor. Juice fasts do not have any direct side effects, so long as the person fasting is taking care of their body. Even though juice from fruits and vegetables provide our body with various vitamins and minerals, it is sometimes necessary to also include a multivitamin to give the body everything it needs. As long as the body is getting everything required to function, juice fasting can provide the body with great benefits relating to health. You are invited to learn more about detoxifying your body naturally from home, visit the Home Body Detox website. Amy Bass has been studying health for over ten years and is very passionate about natural health and alternative medicine.

By Jessica A Published: 7/12/2007 See for yourself why Dr. Vivian Vetrano says, " The Live Food Factor is the very best book on alternative healthcare ever done."

]]> http://livefoodfactorreview.com/juice-fasting/feed 0 http://livefoodfactorreview.com/healthmetaphysical-and-weight-loss-benefits-of-fasting http://livefoodfactorreview.com/healthmetaphysical-and-weight-loss-benefits-of-fasting#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:10:00 +0000 admin http://livefoodfactorreview.com/?p=61 Fasting for Weight Loss and Health This article tells about how fasting is the fastest and most effective way to lose weight. It is also the best thing for healing many health problems, including weight loss. Fasting is the greatest healing method known to man. Medical doctors know that it is the fastest way to lose weight. Jesus could walk on water and bring the dead back to life but he needed to fast for 40 days. Hundreds of years before him, Aristotle and Pythagoras were doing fasting. Before them Moses did for 40 days before getting the commandments of God. Also animals do it instinctively. Two thousand years ago there were no MDs, but fasting was very popular. That is why the bible has 74 references to fasting. The amazing thing about fasting is if someone does it only for the metaphysical benefits, they will still get the physical benefits. If someone does it for the physical benefits only, they still get the metaphysical benefits. The MDs ignore the metaphysical benefits and the Christians will ignore the physical benefits. According to Ben Franklin, fasting earns you money. He said that a penny saved is a penny earned. When you fast, you save money by not buying food. People tend to look for complicated ways to heal so fasting appears too simple to them. But it is based on the knowledge that the body is always trying to cleanse itself and heal itself. You just need to give it a chance. Fasting gives the entire digestive system and liver a rest or vacation. Here are a few reasons given by Allan Cott, M.D. : "To lose weight the quickest and easiest way", to save money, to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, to sleep better, to digest food better, to save time, to regulate bowels, to learn better eating habits, to get more out of sex and to call attention to social issues." Fasting is the most effective way to kill unwanted parasites, bacteria, viruses and fungi. The heart muscle is constantly beating and there is no way to give it a rest. Like the heart, the colon is always and constantly expanding and contracting known as peristalsis. Normally it never stops but during a fast, it stops. Then after a rest of at least 5 days, it works better than it ever did. John Tilden, M.D., who fasted thousands of people in his Denver center, said "I must say in all seriousness that fasting when combined with a properly selected diet is the nearest approach to a ‘cure-all’ that is possible to conceive: Profoundly simple and simply profound!" When you are eating, you are in control of what happens to your body. If you believe in God, then when you are fasting, then God is controlling what is happening in your body. Otherwise nature is in control of what is happening in your body when you are fasting. That is why fasting has been called God’s or nature’s bloodless operating table. It can provide every imaginable benefit including anti-aging. Alex Carrel, M.D. (famous scientist) says "The elimination of waste products by fasting increases longevity." Patricia Bragg says "Fasting is not starving. It’s nature’s cure that God has given us I fast every Monday and the first 3 days of each month; it’s a precious time of body-mind-soul cleansing and renewal." Von Seeland, M.D. A Russian physician, says "As a result of experiments, I have come to the conclusion that fasting is not only a therapeutic agent of the highest degree possible but also deserves consideration educationally." Charles Page, M.D. says "The fasting cure universally and rationally applied, would save thousands of lives every year." A prominent German physician, Adolph Mayer, M.D. says, in a book entitled Fast Cures–Wonder cures: "I assert that fasting is the most efficient means for correcting any disease." Philippus Paracelsus A Swiss physician and one of the 3 fathers of Western Medicine (including also Hippocrates and Galen), said "Fasting is the greatest remedy the physician within." Elson M Haas M.D. says on his website "Fasting is the single greatest healing therapy." Prescription for Natural Healing By James Balch M.D. and Phyllis Balch CNC says "Fasting is an effective and safe method of detoxifying the body. A technique that wise men have used for centuries to heal the sick. Fast regularly and help the body heal itself and stay well. Give all of your organs a rest. Fasting can help reverse the aging process, and if we use it correctly we will live longer, happier lives. Fasting is the best thing for anti-aging. Each time you complete a fast, you will feel better. Your body will have a chance to heal and rebuild its immune system by regularly fasting. You can fight off illness and the degenerative diseases so common in this chemically polluted environment we live in. When you feel a cold or illness coming on or are just depressed fast!" That is why you lose your appetite your body is telling you to stop eating. Gabriel Cousins, M.D. Says "I often observe in the fasting participants that by four days of fasting, concentration seems to improve, creative thinking expands, depression lifts, insomnia stops, anxieties fade, the mind becomes more tranquil and a natural joy begins to appear. It is my hypothesis that when the physical toxins are cleared from the brain cells, mind-brain function automatically and significantly improves and spiritual capacities expands." The author, Chuck Bluestein, is a webmaster, nutritionist, herbalist and an expert on fasting. His website has information on losing weight, natural cures, Fasting, nutrition, back pain and neck pain, natural help for depression and Amazon Herbs.

By Chuck Bluestein Published: 3/17/2008 Find out why Dr. Vivian Vetrano says, " The Live Food Factor is the very best book on alternative healthcare ever done."

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Detox, or detoxification of the body is a common practice many people use in order to rid the body of toxic substances or lose some weight quickly. There are many different ways and many different diets to detox the body. Some of these are the dieuretic diet, the fat flush diet, an all liquid diet, liver cleansing diet and the raw food diet. Certain detox diets may be better for certain people, so it is important to look at each and decide which one would fit your day to day lifestyle the best. The detox diet that I would like to talk about here is the raw food detox diet, also sometimes called foodism. This detox diet is generally made up of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains, dried fruits, herbs and spices that are all eaten raw. The first thing you will want to do is prepare for the detox. The safest way to do so is to slowly remove the foods that are not allowed during the detox from your day to day diet for a week before you start the full on detox. This means that the first day of preparation you will replace one or two things that you regularly eat during the day with something that is a fruit, vegetable or other food allowed by the detox. By the seventh day, you will have replaced pretty much everything in your regular diet with someone that is allowed in the detox diet. The other thing that you will need to do to prepare is create a menu plan for your detox diet. You will want to make your menu as appetizing as possible for yourself, but don’t expect it to be as good as friend chicken or extra cheesy lasagna. With a little creativity and searching for recipes you can however find some very tasty meals. Once you have created your menu plan, create a grocery list and go shopping the day before you start the detox. You are now ready to begin your raw food detox diet. Generally the first couple days of any detox are the hardest days, so it is important to keep any temptations out of sight and as out of mind as possible. It may take a lot of will power but you will find as you are on the detox for longer that it will become easier, and believe me, when you start seeing those results of how much better you feel or how much weight you have lost, you will want to keep the detox going strong.

It may be a little costly to purchase all of the fruits and vegetables that you will need, but it is important not to skimp or cheat. Some great meals you can make are fresh fruit salads, mixed salads with other various vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, parsley and other dressings, raw mixed vegetable soup, avocado and even raspberry and banana sorbet. You should be able to find these special raw diet recipes as well as many others with just a little searching online. The important thing with a raw food detox diet is that you make a plan and stick with it. Raw Food Weight Loss Diet Learn about all the healthy benefits of eating raw foods.

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