We Like It Raw - Raw Food Goodness

Too Raw for TV

Totally Traci, former circus clown turned webmaster/health nut, has produced her very own 30 second raw-food commercial: Got Wheatgrass?

More about Traci and her raw-food adventures at TottalyTraci.com

P.S. While you are there, don't miss out on other original productions such as "Durian Kung Foo" and "Traci In Vietnam".

Feed Me Better

Celebrity Chef, Jamie Oliver, also known as the Naked Chef, is causing quite a stir in the UK.

Since launching Feed Me Better, a school lunch reform campaign, Jamie has been leading a food revolution that has been so popular that some teachers are calling for Jamie to be knighted.

From the Feed Me Better website:
"Jamie's School Dinners is all about making radical change to the school meals system and challenging the junk food culture by showing schools can serve fresh nutritious meals that kids enjoy eating."

Raw Food Vegans Study (BMI)

News flash: Study Finds Raw Food Vegans Thin But Healthy

The research team from the department of Internal Medicine at Washington University Medical School, headed by Dr. Luigi Fontana, recently published their findings on study conducted on raw food vegans.

"Vegetarians who don't cook their food have abnormally low bone mass, usually a sign of osteoporosis and increased fracture risk. But a research team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis also found that raw food vegetarians have other biological markers indicating their bones, although light in weight, may be healthy."

The average BMI of the rawfoodist in this study was 20.5, compared to an average of 25 for individuals eating a standard American diet. What does this mean? For a man 5 foot 8 inches tall 20.5 BMI would mean that he is 135 pounds. And if this same man had a BMI of 25, he'd weigh 164.5 pounds.

Pure Kitchen Classes

Pure Food & Wine's new private kitchen, Pure Kitchen, is open for business. Next month owners Matthew Kenney & Sarma Melngailis will be rolling out with a full line of rawfood preparatory classes featuring:

"Signature dishes, unique creations and organic wines in a relaxed and comfortable environment."

Each classes costs $95.00 and runs for about 3 hours. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon or a Thursday evening.

The class schedule is as follows.....

The Drugs I Don't Need

In support of the FACT Act, Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, has released a short animation titled, "The Drugs I Need." 

The intended goal is to educated consumers on the importance of having legislation that makes all drug studies available to the public. Currently drug companies are very selective in what studies they deem "beneficial" to be released.

Petition via Consumer Union Website:

"I am urging you to improve the safety and effectiveness of the prescription drugs my family and I take each day by passing legislation creating a mandatory clinical drug trial registry and results database and an independent Office of Drug Safety."

Going one step above this whole prescriptions debate, the real question is, "What would it mean to improve the safety and effectiveness of prescription drugs?" Are prescription drugs inherently ineffective?