IN THIS ISSUE

-Network Happening:

-Raw Vegan Network Members Books

-In the News

-Info from Our Online Raw Course

-Raw vegan network Members News

-Did you know?

-Featured Network Member: April Bromiley, Galloway, NJ

-Favorite Recipes: Greenie Great Juice, Warm and Cold Salad

-Products: Juicers, distillers, dehydrators, raw recipe e-book

**Please email us with your feedback about the articles and recipes, and what you would like to see in up coming issues.  

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NETWORK HAPPENINGS

**The Raw Vegan Network provides online raw food certifications for those who wish to expand their portfolio of expertise enabling them to serve others in there locale that wish to experience the health benefits of living a raw food lifestyle.  For information: www.therawvegannetwork.com

**We also provide free contact services for people desiring help in there local area for raw food services.  For information: www.therawvegannetwork.com

**Need help getting started with incorporating healthy raw food choices into your diet and maintaining the raw vegan lifestyle?  Put together an entire holiday feast or a light meal.  Mostly Raw Recipes by Vickie Fisher (owner of The Raw Vegan Network) is available at www.therawvegannetwork.com/productindex.htm

**Get a taste of what raw vegans are eating around the world with “The Raw Vegan Network Member’s Recipe Book Volume 1; A Collection of Our favorite Raw Vegan Recipes from Around the World” available at http://therawvegannetwork.com/orderrvnrecipeebook.htm

**Check out the “member’s events” page at www.therawvegannetwork.com/events.htm. It has the latest on what members are doing, such as raw food classes, retreats, raw food delivery, festivals, etc.

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RAW VEGAN NETWORK MEMBER’S BOOKS  

Get both "The Raw Vegan Network Member's Recipe Book Volume 1; A Collection of Our Favorite Raw Vegan Recipes from Around the World" and "Mostly Raw Recipes" only $20.00

http://therawvegannetwork.com/both_recipe_books.htm

Or purchased then separately for only $14.95 each at

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 IN THE NEWS

Ideal Diet in the UK has Horrible Food Combining
A recent study looked at the packed lunches of 1,294 U.K. school children and found that according to government standards; only one percent of children in the U.K. were eating a healthy lunch. That's bad enough, but it gets even worse when...

Unwitting Public Consume More GMO Foods while Evidence of Harm Continues to Mount
Most Americans do not want genetically modified foods and consider them dangerous. Because the U.S. does not require manufacturers to disclose genetically modified (GM or GMO) ingredients on the product labels, the public is largely unaware...

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INFO FROM OUR ONLINE RAW COURSE

The following is from our online raw certification course.

Learn more about the course at http://www.therawvegannetwork.com/course.htm

In our society we have an 80% chance of death from cancer, heart disease, and stroke. This is ample evidence that cooking does not support life. We obtain nourishment from proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Fruits and vegetables all contain these essential nutrients, in small amounts, but small amounts are all we need. An excess of protein is the cause of most of our diseases that stem from toxins in the cells. Protein is important. It is the building block of all cells. However, everything that has cells has protein! Therefore all plants have protein. Our protein needs are highest as an infant, the only time at which we double in size in one year. Mother's milk has 2.2% protein. Fruit has 1.7 - 2.4% protein, the perfect amount for an average person's needs.

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RAW VEGAN NETWORK MEMBERS NEWS

Natasha Kyssa (Raw Vegan Network Member in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

www.simplyraw.ca

Planning is now underway for the 2010 SimplyRaw Health Living Festival.  Mark your calendars now, as you won't want to miss this event - June 19 (Sat), 2010 in the heart of the Glebe in downtown Ottawa.

We need your help to make this festival possible; and to keep it free for everyone.  We are seeking an event planner and other volunteers!  There are lots of different tasks that need organizing (vendors, sponsorship, promotion/marketing, pie contest, prizes, speakers, etc, etc); and without your help the festival will not happen.  

Our planning committee is now underway, and we need all the help we can get!  Please let us know if you can help with any of the planning. 

This is an excellent opportunity to connect with other like-minded people, and share your creative energy towards a great community event.

• Join the planning discussion group
• Join the SimplyRaw Healthy Living Festival Facebook Group
• Follow Festival updates on Twitter

Please contact us if you are interested in helping to organize next year's festival.

Email SimplyRaw Festival 2010

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DID YOU KNOW?

***It takes 21 days to form a habit, 40 days to form a mindset. –Dr. Don Colbert

***How do you know if the vitamins on your kitchen counter are from whole foods or if they are synthetic?

If the list of ingredients includes an actual vitamin like “Vitamin C” rather than an actual food that contains natural vitamin C like “acerola cherry powder”, you can bet that it is a synthetic vitamin.

If you choose to use nutritional supplements, it is in your best interest to use only those products that list actual foods as their ingredients rather than synthetic and isolated vitamins. While some synthetic and isolated vitamins have been shown to provide minimal health benefits, on the whole, most of them cause more harm than good and you are far better off spending your money on whole foods.

***When you experience stomach pain from bloat or gas...there is no reason to run out and buy an over the counter medication.  Try these for SUPERIOR results.  Keep them on hand. 

Ginger tea, peppermint tea or baking soda.  1 teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water works magic.

Healthy, quick, inexpensive....what's not to love??? (Rebecca Maldonado, Raw Vegan Network member, CA)

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FEATURED NETWORK MEMBER

April Bromiley

Galloway, NJ

businesseatinghealthy@comcast.net

I am April Bromiley. 41 years old. 23 years married and 6 years a parent.

I want to show you my journey to raw/vegan foods.

In January of 2006, I couldn't walk right, half my tongue was numb, I couldn't hold a pen to write, I had a dead right leg, was urinating on myself and worst of all my insurance wouldn't pay to have me get an MRI until I fought for 6 months! They found 3 lesions on my brain and pumped me up with steroids. The head of the MS department at Thomas Jefferson said it was Multiple Sclerosis. I never was truly sick before. It was a nightmare. I call these, "The dark days".

So everyone and his brother contacted me with friends who had MS and truthfully, I didn't return a single call. I didn't want others experiences to define the road I had to travel ahead. So after several attempts at reading 'MS' books, I turned to Dr. Oz and Rosen’s, YOU THE OWNERS MANUEL. I actually found comfort in those pages. In the middle of this a friend suggested I visit an acupuncturist in my area that was very knowledgeable about natural healing. So I went. Justin

Bean...what a wonderful, comforting truth teller! Right away he said there is no cure for MS except for food...that I would have to give up all animal products and there was a big lump in my throat because I knew he was right...I didn't know why, but something told me it was true. Now let me tell you something...there was Ben, Jerry and then there was my husband! I also had a pretty big love affair with butter too so immediately I felt loss. Justin sent me home to read THE CHINA

STUDY and I found EAT TO LIVE as well. These books changed me forever. I used to enjoy cheese steak subs but suddenly a picture of me in a wheel chair would lessen the desire. I just kept conjuring up images of me with a walker, in a bed, dragging my foot and all those foods I ate started to look less appealing. So I ceremoniously emptied my freezer, cried and bought $300.00 worth of used Vegan cookbooks on Amazon.

I haven't looked back. My husband was so scared to lose me...lose the me he grew to recognize, that he whole heartedly supported the diet change. I am very grateful...I know I am very fortunate to have him.

The MS Dr. told me that diet had nothing to do with MS and that I should start injections to suppress my immune system. I made a deal with him. I told him that if in 6 months if I was better from diet, then I wouldn’t do the injections. But if I get worse, I will submit to them. He told me in no uncertain terms that I shouldn't expect to shrink the lesions as they were permanent brain damage. I said ok and began my new life...shaky, weak and tired...but determined to do this. I thought that my body may or may not betray me but it won't be because of what I put in my mouth! 6 months later I got another MRI. I read the notes at the bottom....all 3 lesions were significantly shrunk!!!! I took the film back to him...he had nothing to say! He mumbled, "Maybe you were especially inflamed when the pictures were taken!"

I never went back. I went to a local Neurologist just to have someone close by and he couldn't believe I wasn't on medications. I told him over and over, "I am on medications! They're called fruits and vegetables and grains!!"

 I am about 75% raw 25% vegan with my family. My boy takes his lunches to school and the teachers gather round his food containers to see what he has today. It's hysterical. It's teaching him to be strong too and that it's ok to be different then others.

Now we prepare food together and his goal is to be a vegetarian chef and I can take care of the raw stuff in his future restaurant. He is 9 now. I believe him.

 People constantly are asking me about diet, health and food. I love it too. Living food...what can I say...I truly love and have a passion for it. Why not learn how to help others better? I remember how lost, alone and confused I felt when I was sick. I wish I had a friend back then like me today...maybe I can be that friend to someone else who needs my knowledge an experience.

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FAVORITE RECIPES

April Bromiley

Galloway, NJ

businesseatinghealthy@comcast.net

Greenie Great Juice:

1. In a juicer put: 5 oz. Kale, Large handful of Spinach, Thumb sized nob of Ginger, juice of 4 carrots, 1 apple.

2. Now put the juiced vegetables in a blender with a frozen banana, Wheat Grass (I freeze wheat grass into ice cube trays and put a couple in this drink) sprinkle of cinnamon, Tbsp of flax oil, rice milk or coconut milk, a little stevia.

Blend until smooth.

Warm and cold salad:

1. Marinade: Grape seed oil, Dijon Mustard, pepper, salt, oregano, garlic and a Tbsp of apple cider vinegar. Mix it up and prepare other vegetables.

2. Cut up vegetables like Red pepper, broccoli, eggplant, carrots, zucchini, yellow summer squash and mix in with the marinade. Dehydrate for 5-9 hours.

3. Make a dressing: Cut up an Apple, can of chick peas, walnuts, walnut oil, salt and pepper.

4. Mix some greens like romaine, spinach and parsley and mix with apple and walnut mixture.

Now Layer greens and with chick pea mix and dehydrated vegetables on top.

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PRODUCTS

**Need help getting started with incorporating healthy raw food choices into your diet and maintaining the raw vegan lifestyle?  Put together an entire holiday feast or a light meal.  Mostly Raw Recipes by Vickie Fisher (owner of The Raw Vegan Network) is available at www.therawvegannetwork.com/productindex.htm

**Get a taste of what raw vegans are eating around the world with “The Raw Vegan Network Member’s Recipe Book Volume 1; A Collection of Our favorite Raw Vegan Recipes from Around the World” available at http://therawvegannetwork.com/orderrvnrecipeebook.htm

** Order both books together at http://therawvegannetwork.com/both_recipe_books.htm

 **The Raw Vegan Network is offering juicers, distillers and dehydrators for sale. Products are available at www.therawvegannetwork.com/productindex.htm .

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BACK ISSUES

 If you are interested in receiving back issues of The Raw Vegan Network e-newsletters, they are available at http://archive.therawvegannetwork.com/  .

MARCH 2005: Health Tip: Juicing

                        Network Member: Belinda Stinson-Head Ph.D., Decatur, GA

                        Recipes: Japanese Sesame Noodles, Raw Apple Carrot Cake

APRIL 2005: Health Tip: Organic Gardening

                      Network Member: Erica Albanese, Gold Hill, OR

                      Recipes: Almond Joy Smoothie, Carob-Mint Candies

MAY 2005: Health Tip: Physical Fitness

                   Featured Member: Faye Hunt, Naples, FL

                   Recipes: Tomato Salad with Mint Dressing, Kale with Raisins and Pine

                        Nuts, Soup Stock, On the Run Tomato Soup, Honey Mustard Dressing

JUNE 2005: Health Tip: Genetically Engineered Foods

                     Featured Member: Debi Chase, Williams, CA

                     Recipe: Sunshine Girl Pate

JULY 2005: Health Tip: Household Chemicals              

                    Featured Member: Natalie Campbell-Djedje, Toronto, Canada

                    Recipe: Natalie’s Tropical Granola

AUGUST 2005: Health Tip: The Benefits of Sunlight

                          Featured Member: Derek Locker, Dallas, TX

                          Recipes: Creamy Spinach Soup, Potato Chips

SEPTEMBER 2005: Health Tip: Parasites

                                 Featured Member: Edward Rhinehart, Destrehan, LA

                                 Recipes: Avocado Soup, Stuffed Tomatoes

OCTOBER 2005: Health Tip: Sprouting

                             Featured Member: Kristi Lees, New Zealand

              Recipes: Peachy-Nan Dream, Banalmond Delights, Simple Carrot &

                      Sesame Salad

NOVEMBER 2005: Health Tip: Healthy Colon-Healthy You

                                Featured Member: Leslee Creighton, Yellow Springs, OH

                                Recipes: Fab Foliage Salad, Carrot Dressing

DECEMBER 2005: Health Tip: Keep it Simple

                                Recipes: Raw Foods to Take to Your Holiday Parties

JANUARY 2006:  Health Tip: Diet vs. Lifestyle

                             Featured Member: Joseph Lucier, Quincy, MA

                             Recipes: Kale Avocado Salad, Coconut Macaroons

FEBRUARY 2006: Health Tip: Simple Herbal Home Remedies

                              Featured Member: Caroline Wood, Ramstein AFB, Germany

                Recipes: Blended Fruit Salad, Pitted Dates with Raw Almonds

                Reader’s Recipe: Coconut Macaroons

MARCH 2006: Health Tip: Heating Our Food

                        Featured Member: Nell Neufeld, Austin, TX

                        Recipes: Raw Chocolate Smoothie, Papaya Ice Cream, Mint Fudge

                        Reader’s Recipes: Chilled Raw Choc. Fudge, Onion Bread,

                                                    Coconut Shake

APRIL 2006: Health Tip: Stress

      Featured Member: Peggy McDonnell, Gold Hill, OR

                      Recipes: Cream of Celery Soup, Butterscotch Pudding

MAY 2006:   Health Tip: Common Drug Interaction with Herbs, Vitamins and Food

                     Featured member: Cathy Dance, Marietta, GA

     Recipes: Vanilla Beanie-Banana Shake, Nutty Chocolate Banana Shake, All Berry Shake

JUNE 2006:   Health Tip: Obesity

                       Featured Member: Rose McMullen, Ontario

                       Recipes: Green Smoothie, Chocolate Mint Fudge

JULY 2006:  Health Tip: Alternative Medicine

                     Featured Member: Anne Mark, Mountain View, CA

                 Recipes: Japanese Cucumber Salad, Green Smoothie, Chef Ed’s Heirloom Salad

AUGUST 2006: Health Tip: Healing Crisis

                          Featured Member: Vicki Robb, Middle East

                          Recipes: Avocado Salad, Spicy Dressing, Carrot/Coconut Energizer     

SEPTEMBER 2006: Health Tip: Heavy Metal Toxicity

   Featured Member: Judy Meisterheim, Lexington, MI

   Recipes: Raw Taco, Carob Banana Pops

OCTOBER 2006: Health Tip: Essential Fats

             Featured Member: Beth Ward, Alto, GA

                           Recipes: My Version of Tuna, Almond Butter Cookies

NOVEMBER 2006: Health Tip: Holiday Recipes: “Turkey”, Mushroom Gravy,

          Mashed Potatoes, Butternut Soup, Raw Holiday Fudge

                                       Featured Member: GeorGina (Georgie) Halpin, Appleton, GA

                                       Recipes: Banana/Raspberry Smoothie, TriColor Corn Salad

DECEMBER 2006: Christmas greetings.  No regular newsletter

JANUARY 2007: Health Tip: Best Choice of Food for Your Pets

                           Featured Member: Sasha Fisher, Raw Food Dog

                           Recipes: Sasha’s Raw Doggie Stew, Sasha’s Raw Fruit Delight

FEBRUARY 2007: Health Tip: Cancer

                              Featured Member: Scott Jackson, Northglenn, CO

                             Recipes: Scott’s Power Smoothie, Spaghetti, Rainbow Olive Salad

MARCH 2007: Health Tip: Food and Behavior

                         Featured Member: Linda Wooliever, Worcester, VT

                         Recipes: Fudge, Mexican “Rice”, Spicy Refried Beans

APRIL 2007: Health Tip: Spring Cleaning: Your Home and You

       Featured Network Member: Angela Elliott, San Diego, CA

       Favorite Recipes: Happy Porridge and Pecan Milk, The Ultimate Beauty Drink,   Strawberries & Whipped Cream     

MAY 2007:  Health Tip: Greenhouse Gardening

                    Featured Network Member: Karen Shifa, United Kingdom

     Favorite Recipes: Karen’s On the Spot Recipes

JUNE 2007: Health Tip: Death Begins in the Colon

                     Featured Network Member: Melissa Gilbert, CO

                     Favorite Recipes: Spring Veggie Dip, The Happy Mango Smoothie

JULY/AUGUST 2007: Health Tip: Take Time for Yourself

                     Featured Network Member: Vasiliki Panos, Fresno, CA

                                  Favorite Recipes: Brownies, Vasiliki’s Special Salad Dressing, Miso Soup

SEPTEMBER 2007: Health Tip: Herbs for Health

                                Featured Network Member: June Roca, Glendale, CA

                                Favorite Recipes: Ampalaya Salad and Seafood Unfried

OCTOBER 2007: Restaurant Review: Char Surratt, Raw Vegan Network member, NM

Featured Network Member: Tiffany Hillman, Phoenix, AZ

Favorite Recipes: Pistachio Hummus, Tri Color Custard

NOVEMBER 2007: Wise Choices: Choose activity over inactivity

   Walking the Walk: For injury free exercise and walking stretching is essential

                               Food for Thought: Whole Person Exercise

  Featured Network Member: Janelle Morgan, Bothell, Washington

 Favorite Recipes: Zucchini Pasta al Pesto, Not Peanut Butter Cookies 

DECEMBER 2007: Creamy Spinach Soup, Nut Loaf, Mashed Potatoes, Quick and Easy Gravy 

JANUARY 2008: Featured Network Member: Mary Jean D’Agostini, Caspian, MI

             Favorite Recipes: Hummus, Very Versatile Vinaigrette

FEBRUARY 2008: Featured Network Member: Linda Clark, Reno Nevada

Favorite Recipes: Onion Bread, Spinach Smoothie, Awesome Fudge

MARCH 2008: Featured Network Member: Marisol Martinez, Altadena, CA

          Favorite Recipes: Green Citrus Power Smoothie, Avocado Beet Salad

         Interesting Facts to Know: Exercise

APRIL 2008: Featured Network Member: Rose Andras, Beverly Hills, FL

       Favorite Recipes: Herb Cheese, Cashew Cheese, Raw Sweet Potato Casserole

                     Wise Choices: Stress Busters

May 2008: Featured Network Member: Angela Brand, Parker, CO

   Favorite Recipes:  Breakfast Parfait, Mamma Mia Marinara, High Desert Exfoliator

JUNE 2008: Featured Network Member: R. Bradford, Nutrition101

    Favorite Recipes: Ancho Pepper Guacamole, Hazelnut Mexican Meal

JULY 2008: Featured Network Member: Kristy Null, Salida, CO

                    Favorite Recipes: Dandelion Dream, Wild Water, Perfect Pesto

AUGUST 2008: Featured Network Member: Nancy Telfer, Stratford, Ont, Canada

                            Favorite Recipes: Mango Smoothie, Complete Meal Salad, Cacao Heaven

SEPTEMBER 2008: Featured Network Member: Teresa Miller, Modesto, CA

                                  Favorite Recipes: Raw Sprouted Hummus, Nut Loaf Patties

OCTOBER 2008: Featured Network Member: Stacey Barrington, Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada

             Favorite Recipes: Banana Boats, Banana Papaya “Ice Cream

NOVEMBER 2008: Featured Network Member: Angela Elliott, San Diego, CA

Favorite Recipes: Tomato Heaven, Dreamy Coconut Curry

DECEMBER 2008: Recipes: Carob Balls, Date Nugget, Candied Yams, The Whip

JANUARY 2009: Featured Network Member: Joel Odhner, PA

            Favorite Recipes: Pad Thai, Bry’s Power Protein Punch

FEBRUARY 2009: Featured Network Member: Peggy McDonnell, OR

   Favorite Recipes: Garlic Cranberry Dip, Dry Fruit Apple Sauce

MARCH 2009: Featured Network Member: Carolyn Akens, Cumming, GA

                           Favorite Recipes: Green Smoothie, Mango Citrus Dressing

APRIL 2009: No Newsletter

MAY 2009: Featured Network Member: Leah Cox, Seatac, WA

    Favorite Recipes: Raw Hummus, Carob Pudding

JUNE 2009: Featured Network Member: Alejandra Hernandez, Mexico City

     Favorite Recipes: Carrot Dill Soup, Marinated Mushrooms, Almond Milk with Cardamom

JULY 2009: Featured Network Member: Wendy Bishop Strebe, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

                    Favorite Recipes: Gazpacho, Hummus, Sprouted Quinoa

AUGUST 2009: Featured Network Member: Mattie Horsley, Bonaire, GA

                            Favorite Recipes: Hummus, Raw Latte

SEPTEMBER 2009: Featured Network Member: Julie Soderblom, Salem, MA

    Favorite Recipes: Morning Green Juice, My Favorite Salad, Nut Cheese

OCTOBER 2009: Featured Network Member: Georgie Halpin, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

Favorite Recipes: Gazpacho crackers, Raspberry Dream cookies

NOVEMBER 2009-Featured Network Member: Jerry Pochop and Pavlina Bozkova, Czech Republic

-Favorite Recipes: Tomatoes filled with basil pesto, Mango-Vanilla Smoothie, Dasty’s     favorite food

DECEMBER 2010-Featured Network Member: Allen Mannies-“Elder Vegan”, Phoenix, AZ

                -Favorite Recipes: Blueberry Pie, Apple Pie, Better Than Eggnog

JANUARY 2010 -Featured Network Member: Phillip Dufrasne, Belgium

-Favorite Recipes: Personal bio menu

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