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McLibel

McLibel, UK's famous McDonald's story, is coming to the states.

Via: McLibelTheMovie.com

"McLibel is the true story of a postman and a gardener who took on McDonald's and wouldn't say "McSorry," in a legal battle since described as "the biggest corporate PR disaster in history."

McDonald's loved using the UK's libel laws to suppress criticism. Major media organizations like the BBC and The Sun had crumbled and apologized. But then McDonald's sued penniless activists' Helen Steel and Dave Morris.

In what became the longest trial in English legal history, the "McLibel 2" represented themselves against McDonald's USD$19 million legal team." More.

Cafe Gratitude

An interesting review of Cafe Gratitude, San Fran's raw joint, via: Becks & Posh

Some people get it, others don't. It's all good.

Cafe Gratitude
2500 Harrison Street
San Francisco CA
415 824 4652
Monday - Saturday 9am - 10pm
Sunday - 10am - 3pm

What's Real?

When a foot long piece of mucus plaque comes out of your rear-end as a result of a well planned detox-diet/fast, who are you going to believe? What's real now?

Via: HPS-Online.com

More On Detoxing

• Jubbs Longevity - 212-353-5000 (NYC)
• Ejuva

Detox Diets Doubted

Question: What is more real than a Reuters wire story or some experts opinion about what your diet should or shouldn't look like?

Your own experience.

Via: Reuters.com - Benefits of 'detox' diets doubted

Detox diets are nothing new, having been used in the traditional healing systems of India and other cultures for thousands of years. Some advocates argue that a periodic detox is more important now than ever, given the exposures of modern living-including food additives, heavy metals such as mercury, pesticides, and hormones from animal products.

But critics say the theory has no grounding in science, and at worst, could be dangerous for people with chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, or for children, teenagers, pregnant women and older adults.

Read the full story

Detox diets are spreading because they work*. And when things really work, we tell people, and they tell people.

100,000+ deaths a year from prescription drug reactions and interactions doesn't work, but what does, is individuals taking control of their own health.

Good & 'Plenty'

 Stylish, sexy, and green? Publisher Mark Spellun seems to think so with the launching of Plenty.

Via: Globeandmail.com

Called Plenty, its goal is to show closet environmentalists they can be stylish and sexy yet maintain a "green" sensibility by buying the latest in hybrid cars, eating organic, or wearing eco-friendly fashions.

Hmm...we wonder what they will write about?

To that end, Plenty is full of catchy stories and photographs in a glossy format. Stories range from a feature on hydrogen cars to an investigation of the practice of eating only raw food, to a top-10 photo spread on the most environmentally friendly ski resorts in North America. (B.C.'s Whistler Blackcomb makes the cut.)

More from Plenty:

• Plenty Blog
• Find Plenty

Bragg Liquid Aminos: History Repeats Itself

Every so often the following group of articles enjoys a resurgence of airtime in the raw-food community. Since we've noticed them on a few email groups recetly, we thought it would make a good addition to our daily digest:

Bragg Liquid Aminos: Poison
by David Klein, 1997
http://www.livingnutrition.com

Below is information I received from an associate on the saltiness of Bragg Liquid Aminos. Below is the text from her letter. Before I get to it, I'll give some background information on her, so you'll know where she is coming from.

Griselda Blazey has a B.S. in biology, a M.S. is biochemistry, and a Ph.D. (actually a post-doctorate) in endocrinology. She also has a degree from the now defunct College of Dietary Therapy in England. She authored a book, "Food Matters", and a workbook called, "Nutritional Transformation", and used to teach a course by that name. She has been teaching cell physiology, metabolic disorders, and nutrition at Life Chiropractic College West, in San Leandro, California for the past four years. The first time I heard her theory on the saltiness of Bragg Liquid Aminos was during a lecture she gave at a San Francisco Living Foods Support Group meeting a few years ago. Here is the text from her recent letter:

What are they looking for?

Raw-food and the Internet go together like avocado's and greens. Not only does the Internet make it easy for individuals to research everything from "Why Does Carol Atl Eat Raw Meat?" to "What the heck is a durian?", but it also places some of the best food in the world at our finger tips.

So it isn't surprising that newbies to the world of raw-foods are getting their information about the diet via search engines like google, yahoo, msn, & more. But what exactly are they looking for?

Via: Keyword Suggestion Tool, by Digital Point Solutions

More on why this is interesting later today.

Raw Foods News Magazine

One of the original inspirations behind this blog was a website called RawFoodsNewsMagazine.com. So its only natural that we bring you the latest and greatest from their site:

• Ground-Breaking Study Shows That Enzymes May Be the Fountain of Youth
• Research Shows That Sunshine Can Prevent Cancer
• Study Shows Certain Apple Varieties (Such as Red Delicious) Loaded with Antioxidants Especially Their Skin
• Move Over, Star Wars! Store Wars, the Streaming Movie, is Here!!!
• India Embarks on Ambitious Plan to Revive Extinct and Indigenous Fruit

The Crisis of Perception

Big Picture TV, "an online media channel that streams free video clips of global leaders in sustainability," is up to some amazing things. For one thing, their speakers list is the who's who of sustainability and eco effectiveness.

One of our favoriate eco/spiritual celebrities featured on Big Picture TV is Deepak Chopra:

"Dr Deepak Chopra explains how the environmental crisis directly challenges the way humanity perceives reality. Science has spent hundreds of years making distinctions that don’t really exist. As a result, we think of ourselves as separate from the environment. The reality, he explains, is that we humans are an integral part of the environment – and that the environment is part of us."

Click here to watch Chopra speak on the "The Crisis of Preception"

Other great minds brought to you via Big Picture TV:

• Satish Kumar
• William McDonough
• Amy Domini

Original Link Via: TreeHugger

Boston Raw Cruise

From Raw New England:

Join Alissa Cohen, author of Living on Live Food at the 1st Annual Boston Harbor Raw Food Cruise. Saturday, June 4th 2005  5-8 PM

Fabulous Gourmet Raw Food! Glorious hors D’oeuvres- extravagant entrees.  Sensational salad buffet—Mouth-watering desserts! Smoothie Bar - Wine Bar – Music - Dancing Give Aways, Prizes and so much more!

Tickets Now Available: $75 per person
Contact: Joe Lucier at  joe@RawNewEnglandCommunity.com or PH: 617-276-5603