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Roland’s Favorite Kale Salad:

Serves: 10

Special Equipment: None

Ingredients:

Big bunch of organic kale, chopped small
1 bunch organic dandelion leaves or organic parsley, chopped small
3 organic celery stalks including leaves, sliced
2 medium sized organic carrots, sliced thin
20 grape organic tomatoes or 2 large organic tomatoes, chopped
1 large organic cucumber, sliced thin
1 large organic avocado, diced
1 cup organic red cabbage, sliced thin
1 organic red pepper, sliced fine
2-3 large cloves of organic garlic, chopped fine
1/2 inch organic ginger, chopped fine
1/2 cup agave nectar, coconut nectar, honey, maple syrup, or yacon syrup
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 tbsp organic olive oil
1 tbsp organic hempseed oil
1 tsp Himalayan pink salt


Mix together all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Work the ingredients together really well with your hands for several minutes. Let the salad sit for 1 hour to let the flavors blend together.
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Entrees and Sides:Roland’s Favorite Stuffing:

Servings: 10

pecial Equipment: Food processor

Ingredients:
2 cups organic almonds (soaked at least 8 hours)
2 cups organic walnuts (soaked at least 8 hours)
3/4 cup organic coconut oil
1 organic onion, chopped
4 stalks organic celery, chopped
2 organic garlic cloves
1 tsp organic sage
1 tsp organic poultry seasoning
1/4-1/2 tsp Himalayan pink salt
1/4 tsp organic black pepper


Process everything except celery in a food processor. Place stuffing in a large bowl. Add chopped celery and mix well. Store in refrigerator at least to let the flavors blend together.


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Roland’s Favorite Sauerkraut:

Servings:5

Special Equipment: Food processor

Ingredients:
1 head red or green organic cabbage
2 tbsp juniper berries
1 tbsp Himalayan pink salt
1 capsule probiotics


Remove and save 3-4 of the large outer leaves of the cabbage. Chop the cabbage into pieces and process in a food processor until fine. Place the cabbage and any liquid into a large bowl. Add the juniper berries, salt, and probiotics powder (no capsule), and mix. Place the mixture into a large glass jar or ceramic crock and compact down. Place the whole cabbage leaves on top. Add a weight on top to hold it down. Let sit for 7-14 days until there is a nice sauerkraut taste. Place finished sauerkraut in large glass jars and close lid tightly and refrigerate.


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Roland’s Favorite Mushroom Gravy:

Servings: 10

Special Equipment: High power blender

Ingredients:
1 cup organic almonds (soaked at least 8 hours)
1 cup organic brazil nuts
1 cup distilled water
1 organic green onion
2 tbsp olive oil
2-3 tbsp mushroom powder
1/2 tsp Himalayan pink salt
1/4 tsp organic black pepper


Blend all ingredients in a high power blender until smooth. Blend a little longer to make it slightly warm and serve right away.


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I just want to tell the whole world that my favorite trail mix is Mystic Mountain Trail Mix made by Blue Mountain Organics. In all fairness, our webstore does sell this trail mix, but I state this with all honesty. And, believe me, I have tried many trail mixes over the years, and most of them fail to inspire me, are too salty, too sweet, no flavor, awful flavor, low quality ingredients, rancid, too hard to chew, and so on. On the other hand, Mystic Mountain Trail Mix grabs your attention at first bite with its delightful flavor and natural sweetness that keep one asking for more. Once I open a bag, I invariably eat the whole thing since it tastes so good.

And, the great thing about Mystic Mountain Trail Mix is that it not only tastes great, but it is truly healthy for you too. That is because the nuts are all organic, raw, and sprouted whole nuts. This means that the nuts are the freshest, highest quality nuts with no chemicals, being raw means they contain the most vitamins and minerals, and they are easy to digest since they are sprouted which releases the enzyme inhibitors naturally found in nuts’ skin. All of the ingredients are organic, raw, and whole so they are of the highest quality.

Here is the ingredient list: Organic BTR™ almonds, org. BTR™ pecans, org. cranberries (apple juice sweetened, sunflower oil), org. hunza raisins, org. hunza mulberries. As you can see, the ingredients are rather simple and of the utmost quality. BTR™ is Blue Mountain Organics’ trademark brand called Better Than Roasted™, which is a line of their products that are sprouted, in addition to all their other products that are organic, raw, and whole pieces. So, BTR™ is truly top quality when it comes to buying nuts, seeds, and dried fruits. I invite you to try Mystic Mountain Trail Mix today and I think you will love it too!



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I came across this helpful article in the Baltimore Sun on Monday, 15.Nov.2010 titled “10 Ways to Catch the Flu at Work”. Here is the link to it http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-ae-workplace-flu-20101111,0,5963862.story

This tongue in cheek article is telling us things we can do to help us get the flu so that we don’t have to go to work. So, I would obviously suggest that one just do the opposite of each of the ten suggestions if one wants to not get the flu. Also, there is helpful information in the description of each suggestion.

However, from my point of view as someone who takes responsibility for my own health, the whole tone of the article is misleading and does not provide enough information. I state this since it portrays humans as innocent victims of “getting” or “catching” the flu virus with no other recourse. When, there are many actions we can take to be healthy. And, I do not suggest getting a flu shot as the solution as I believe this is one of the worst things you can do to your body.
Many people live with this false belief of being a victim. Perhaps, many cling to this belief since they don’t want to change their habits. What the article fails to emphasize and should is that by living a healthy diet and lifestyle, one can avoid getting sick with the flu or anything else. The article does mention at suggestion number ten that “physical fitness and a healthful diet will only improve your immunity, resulting in a milder case of the flu if not causing you to fight it off completely.” I think this is true, but lacks certain detail. Are you ready for the bombshell? From my own personal experience, one only gets the flu when one eats animal foods. Yes, you read correctly! I say this because the only times in my life that I have gotten the flu was when I was eating animal foods, namely meat, dairy, and eggs. At the time, I was eating animal foods as the primary component in my diet and I got sick with back to back flues one winter. As much as I can remember, that was the only time I got the flu in my life. I have changed my diet over the years, and now me and my family eat a primarily organic, raw, vegan diet, meaning organic plant foods that are uncooked. My family, including me, my wife, and our toddler son, don’t get sick now with the flu, colds, or anything else, unless one of us is extremely stressed.

I also do many other things to live a healthier and happier life. These would include, not allowing toxins in my home, spending time with other healthy people, avoiding unhealthy, angry, negative, stressful, and violent people and environments, getting daily light exercise like walking, gardening, bicycling, etc., spending quality time with my family, spending time outside to get sun on my skin and breath in fresh air, getting my hands into the soil to soak in minerals, meditating to relax and distress, playing and laughing with family and friends, going to a park or wilderness to see animals and breathe in the clean air, and so on.

So, I recommend this diet and lifestyle to everyone who wants to avoid the flu, and even better, to live a happy, healthy, long life!

If you want to learn more about truly healthy foods and living a healthy lifestyle, visit our website www.greenharmonyliving.com

Written by Roland Oehme

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I just attended the movie screening of Food Matters at Zia’s Café in Towson, Maryland. Thank you Kendell Reichhart, Brian Hetrick, and Daniela Troia for organizing this event! I enjoyed watching this film and recommend that everyone watch it as well. Why? Because it will certainly lead you into the direction of better health and may save your life if you have a disease. This film mainly discusses how most people are undernourished, how improper foods and undernourishment can cause diseases, true nutrition from raw foods, how proper nutrition can treat cancer and other illnesses, how mercury fillings are toxic, and the sad state of society relying almost solely for their health needs on medical doctors who are misinformed and unknowledgeable about preventing disease through nutrition..

This film strengthened my commitment to eating the highest quality foods of organic, home grown, or wild rawfoods since diet has the largest and most immediate effect on one’s health. It also encouraged me to get mineralized and fortify my body with a wide array of nutrients from the highest quality source, mainly plant sources. These include organic, raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sea vegetables, sprouts, herbs, and wild foods.

Take the time to watch this film. You will gain so much!
Here is a link to the website www.foodmatters.tv

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When I first moved to the US, I was so surprised to see that one of my friends threw out her compost or fruit and vegetables kitchen scraps into the kitchen sink’s drain. She said this is a common practice in the US and she gave me a demonstration of the garbage deposal grinding up the composts. I was amazed since I had never seen this before in Japan. I was surprised again when I asked my friend where does the compost go after being ground up, and her answer was “I don’t know.”

I think this is a key example of how the US has made everything convenient for people at the expense of what is beneficial for the environment and their own health. It is a big waste to throw out the produce scraps down the drain where it can contaminate the local rivers, bays, and soils. These scraps are a great benefit to creating compost in the home garden and enriching the soil with organic matter, especially if you buy organic produce.

Fortunately or unfortunately, we had no magic cutter in my parent’s house in Japan. I do not think it is common in Japan even today. Japanese people typically gather their produce scraps and use them in their garden and make compost with it. In Japan, even in its large cities, there is also a curbside trash pickup of organic matter in a special bin that the city uses to make compost for use in public parks. There is a growing environmental consciousness in Japan and people there also do not like to waste valuable materials.

I think it makes a lot of sense to reuse the valuable kitchen fruit and vegetable scraps to make compost for your vegetable and fruit garden. This will give you abundant and healthy harvests! It is even better to choose organic fruits and vegetables when shopping, since then you can be sure that you are feeding your garden, and your family, the healthiest home grown foods possible. After all, what could be more important than your family’s health and wellbeing? If we are asked, “Where does your fruit and veggie scraps go?”, we reply, “They feed our healthy organic garden!”

By Naoko Oehme

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Hello Everyone!

Thanks to Kendell Reichhart and Brian Hetrick of Natural Vibrant Health (www.naturalvibranthealth.net) for bringing the esteemed to Dr. Brian Clement Zia’s Café in Baltimore-Towson where he gave a lively and informative lecture on the healthy living. Zia’s was filled to capacity as eager Baltimorean’s came to listen to one of the country’s top health professionals speak his mind about the sad state of the US culture and health of its citizens.

Dr. Brian Clement and his wife Dr. Anna Maria Gahns-Clement are directors of the Hippocrates Health Institute (http://www.hippocratesinst.org) located in West Palm Beach, Florida. In my opinion, Hippocrates Health Institute is one of the top health rejuvenation centers in the US and the world! I have never visited myself but I know it was founded by Ann Wigmore and Viktoras Kulvinskas, two pioneers of the modern rawfood diet. Everything I hear about the institute has been favorable and after hearing Dr. Clement’s talk I am even more impressed. What is most impressive is that the Hippocrates Health Institute has been conducting unbiased clinical research for 54 years! Brian Clement has written many books that are based on his thirty years of experience at Hippocrates of treating people there.

Here are the major points that Dr. Brian Clement made in his talk as I understood him (to hear exactly what he states and to gain greater detail I recommend that you read his books or review the Hippocrates Health Institute’s website; See “Resources” at end):

1) The human body is electric.
2) 60% of pharmaceutical drugs may kill you.
3) Raw meat is decomposing flesh.
4) Living nutrition are foods containing a high frequency.
5) Human health is composed of HOPE: Hormones, Oxygen, Phytonutrients, and Enzymes.
6) His new book will be called something like “Food is Medicine”.
7) At Hippocrates they test three things: Your relaxing level, microscopic level, and medical blood test.
8) If you reduce caloric intake by 1/3, you will live 30% longer.
9) Complete proteins include sunflower seeds/sprouts, sesame, sprout juice, and mung beans.
10) No 1 cause of cancer is dairy; casein causes cancer too.
11) Eating meat leaves behind fats and acidity, especially chicken.
12) Brian Clement has worked with Dr. Virginia Livingstone.
13) Vitamins are key to longevity.
14) Vitamins die at 118 degrees F.
15) Vitamins need oxygen to carry them into body.
16) Minerals and trace minerals are permanent structures.
17) Most supplements are from petroleum.
18) Brian Clement’s family breastfed their children until age 2, then started feeding blue green algae.
19) 96 cities around the world have pharmaceutical drugs in the tap water.
20) There are only three water systems that remove pharmaceutical drugs from water: Atmos, Japanese alkaline filter, and water distillers.
21) All happy and successful people have balanced hormones.
22) Everything you think and feel is hormonal.
23) Falling in love is hormonal.
24) Oxygen: need daily Vitamin B12 supplementation.
25) If you take greens and B12, anemia disappears.
26) Oxygen controls metabolism.
27) Oxygen brings hemoglobin into your blood.
28) Oxygen has a main role in the ingestion of nutrients.
29) 2/3 of oxygen is from water.
30) 60% of population is dehydrated.
31) Phytochemicals isolate and destroy disease.
32) Highest levels of phytochemicals are found in the germinated seeds of wheatgrass, spelt grass, kamut, barley grass, millet, amaranth, and buckwheat.
33) Turmeric is good for everything.
34) Enzymes are catalysts of life.
35) See “A Life is Born” video by Nilson (Swedish)
36) Enzyme activity sparks human life.
37) Seven aspects of living foods: Antioxidants, Vitamins, Mineral and Trace Minerals, Protein, Electrical charge, Energy, and Longevity.
38) Less food equals you live longer.
39) Liberate yourself to find your passion.
40) He knows Leonard Smith.
41) Joy, happiness, and fulfillment are most important to life.
42) When you have a fulfilling life, food is no longer your life (ie the dominant force in your life).
43) To stop eating meat, see film titled “Earthling”.
44) 60% of world population is vegetarian.
45) Brian Clement is involved with international summits that discuss true health.
46) The Framingham study is most important.
47) 68-78% of population has no Vitamin B12.
48) Before WW2, most people had adequate B12 levels, since all food was organic.
49) Lipid peroxide, which is found in fish 30 minutes after being killed, causes cancer.
50) To get adequate levels of Vitamin D you don’t need supplements, you just need to expose your body to the sun.
51) Regarding Lyme disease, it is best not to get it. If you get it, a sodium nitrate injection will get rid of it over time.
52) Argentine is the brand name of sodium nitrate that is used to treat Lyme disease.
53) Not only deer are carriers; all mammals and birds are carriers of the deer tick that transmit the disease.
54) Lyme disease is becoming a major epidemic that may threaten humanity’s existence.
55) Sources of Omega 3 include hemp seed, chia seeds, and sprouts.
56) Soak 12 tablespoons of chia seeds in water, sprout, and then eat a portion every day.
57) He recommends Dr. Bizan in Philadelphia.
58) Use Eniva to test to see if your gray hair is hereditary or it can be cured.
59) Using cell phones interrupt contemplation time.
60) Cell phones and cell phone towers cause cancer.
61) Take MSM every other day.
62) The French and Italians have a terrible diet. The reason that Europeans appear to be healthier than Americans is that Europeans eat less than Americans.
63) The way to be happy is to find something to do that you love. Don’t worry if people say you can’t do it.
64) Brian’s four children were not vaccinated.
65) He recommends that you do research about vaccinations and decide what is best for your family.
66) Vaccines destroy the body’s immune system.
67) He recommends that one use homeopathic medicines instead to treat diseases
68) Brian Clement highly recommends T. Colin Campbell and his book “The China Study”.

Resources:
Hippocrates Health Institute have natural health programs year round at their center in West Palm Beach, FL; For more info see http://www.hippocratesinst.org/
Brian Clement’s books:
Hippocrates Life Force
Living Foods for Optimum Health: Staying Healthy in an Unhealthy World
Supplements Exposed: The Truth They Don’t Want You to Know About Vitamins, Minerals, and Their Effects on Your Health

Written by Roland Oehme


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Roland and Naoko want to introduce you to an easy and wonderful rawfood breakfast or lunch. Actually, we stopped eating granola and oatmeal to live healthier. Of course, we drink a green smoothie everyday, and we like to make a raw cereal with ground up nuts and seeds, like sesame seeds, sunflower, pumpkin, or hemp seeds, as the base to which we add raw mesquite powder, maca powder, vanilla powder, or cacao powder. We mix this together with a healthy sweetener like palm sugar or agave nectar, and add enough water to bring it to a moist consistency. We place some cut up fruit in a bowl, add the superfood cereal on top with some mint from our garden as a garnish! Voila! A super healthy and tasty breakfast! We even feed our toddler this superfood and he loves it! Please try!!!

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