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Jack LaLanne – Grandfather of Fitness
Jack LaLanne made his transition today, he was 96. I grew up with that name – his name was synonymous with good health. He was a renown body builder, he wrote books, had television shows, he has a star on the walk of fame. Everyone knew of him for his outlandish feats of strength and of course because of his juicing. His website says in big letters: “YOUR HEALTH ACCOUNT IS YOUR WEALTH ACCOUNT!” and “LONG LIVE LIVING LONG!”
Really great and so true! Visit this page on his website to see some of the old television exercise shows “The Jack LaLanne Show” Do a google search for images and see him in his bodybuilding days!
At a young age he was influenced by another vibrant health maverick – Paul Bragg. Raw foodists will enjoy what Jack said during a Katie Couric interview – “If man made it, don’t eat it.” There you go, that’s really as simple as it is!
Thank you Jack for changing the world for the better.
Jack LaLanne (September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011)
Urban Harvest Fruit Tree Sale
It’s time for the Urban Harvest Fruit Tree Sale! January 15 — held at the University of Houston Robertson Stadium. There are 9 pavillions like the one above right next to the stadium – with every fruit tree imaginable that can grow here on the Gulf Coast. Such a fabulous set up. This is the tropical fruit trees – avocado, bananas, star fruit, dragon fruit. The bananas were sold out in the first 30 minutes.
But we were on the hunt for dragon fruit! I sprouted some seed a couple of weeks ago – fast growers but we didn’t want to wait. Dad has a huge green house and these fellas are going to be so happy! Here he is with a good size American Beauty. Medium to large pink fruit. I also picked up a Purple Haze which has large red fruit.
These were from TreesearchFarms – owner and fruit tree expert Heidi Sheesley. Here she is answering questions for the customers today.
It was very exciting to see so many people loading up their wagons with all variety of fruit trees. If you ever want to plant trees, it should be some sort of food tree that grows well in your area!
We stood in line about 45 minutes to check out. Next year we will grab a wagon like everyone else – I guess you could tell we were first timers. The line snaked around and ended inside the covered area of the stadium. They take cash, check and credit card. Everyone… ever single person was happy and smiling! Fruit trees make you happy! Plant one today.
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Big Screen green drink alert
We’ve seen the Iron Man drinking green drinks in his movies – I rememberd a Big Screen Green Drink Alert from the 1999 remake of the Thomas Crowne Affair starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. Many times in the movie Rene Russo’s character, Catherine Banning, is seen drinking a thick green drink. Obviously the green smoothie is why she has that sexy trim body!
Another more recent Big Screen Green Drink Alert…
I just saw Queen Latifa in her role as Leslie Wright in Just Wright. She is a physical therapist working with an NBA All-Star Scott McKnight. During his recovery she hands him what looks just like a green smoothie. (I’ll post a green smoothie scene pic when I can – this photo is just clipped from the preview).
Have you seen a green drink on the big screen?
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Low Fat Raw Vegan
Found the Holy Grail in raw food. The 80/10/10 low fat raw vegan information from Dr. Doug Graham.
Every page I read I wanted to bookmark. Its informative and backed with tons of research. It’s all about the natural way we are meant to nourish our bodies… and you can find it all at your grocery produce department. You don’t have to order exotic supplements and powders and other fancy raw crap that is being peddled online — know I know why that peddled crap and the way it was marketed always bothered me. It’s because it’s just not natural. It’s not needed. (And OMG someone is actually selling “raw water” now).
When I read that the medical industry has published studies that say diabetics need to eat fruit and stay off the fat – it blew my mind. There are doctors out there telling people to not eat fruit because of the sugar content! When you eat fruit, the body sucks up that awesome juicy nutrition and uses the glucose for energy and the insulin receptors do their job and attach to the sugar and use it and move it out of the system. BUT when you have fat in your system taking forever to digest and get out of the system, the poor little receptors can’t do their job because the fat is blocking them. They are like little fat bouncers standing out front of a tough biker bar shaking their head no. So the sugar floats around wondering what to do. If diabetics stayed off fat, they could get off their meds.
The unusual title of the book refers to getting 80% of calories from carbs (fruit) 10% of our calories from protein (greens) and 10% of our calorie from fat (nuts, avo, seed). See NutritionData.com and NutriDiary.com to check the nutrients from your food. For example here is the nutrient data from my usual green papaya smoothie:
Papaya Green Smoothie
200 grams papaya (a good full cup cubed)
100 grams banana (one medium about 7″ long)
100 grams romaine (5 or 6 leaves)
1-2 dates (soaked first)
2 cups water
Nutrition Data:
Calories – 253
Fat – 1 g
Sodium – 15 mg
Carbs – 65 g
Fiber – 10 g
Sugars – 42 g
Protein – 4 g
Here is the nutrition data on the individual ingredients:
| Papaya – 200 grams (a full cup cubed) Calories – 78 Carb – 19.6 g Fiber – 3.6 g Sugar – 11.8 g Fat – .2 g Protein – 1.2 g Vit A – 2188 iu Vit C – 123.6 mg Folate – 76 mcg Calcium – 48 mg Iron – .2 mg Magnesium – 20 mg Potassium – 514 mg Sodium – 6 mg Omega 3 fatty acids – 50 mg Omega 6 fatty acids – 12 mg |
Banana - 100 grams (1 medium about 7″ long) Calories – 89 Carb – 22.8 g Fiber – 2.6 g Starch – 5.4 g Sugar – 12.2 g Fat – .3 g Protein – 1.1 g Vit A – 64 iu Vit C – 8.7 mg Folate – 20 mcg Calcium – 5 mg Iron – .3 mg Magnesium – 27 mg Phosphorus – 22 mg Potassium – 358 mg Sodium – 1 mg Omega 3 fatty acids – 27 mg Omega 6 fatty acids – 46 mg |
| Romaine – 100 g (5 or 6 leaves) Calories – 17 g Carb – 3.3 g Fiber – 1.2 g Sugar – 1.2 g Fat – .3 g Protein – 1.1 g Vit A – 8711 iu Vit C – 24 mg Vit E – .1 mcg Vit K – 103 mcg Folate – 136 mcg Calcium – 33 mg Iron – 1 mg Magnesium – 14 mg Phosphorus – 30 mg Potassium – 247 mg Sodium – 8 mg Omega 3 fatty acids – 113 mg Omega 6 fatty acids – 47 mg |
Medjool Dates – .25 grams (1-2 dates pitted) Calories – 66 Carb – 18 g Fiber – 1.6 g Sugar – 16 g Fat – .3 g Protein – .4 g Vit A – 35.8 iu Vit K – .6 mcg Calcium – 15.4 mg Iron – .2 mg Magnesium – 13 mg Phosphorus – 14.9 mg Potassium – 167 mg Sodium – .2 mg |
I think this is the way our bodies were biologically designed to eat. Perhaps it’s not for everyone – but if you are a raw foodist that is having difficulty sticking to raw because of cooked food cravings – try low fat raw vegan, read the book. You will see that just eating more fruit obliterates the cooked food craving. And if you are eating 811 and still craving – you aren’t eating enough fruit, get those calories in! When you’re used to always trying to eat low cal, 2000 plus calories a day is hard to wrap your head around.
With all the calories you need to increase your activity – but the cool thing is…you are so full of energy that you just get up and move! You’re body wants to move. And have a total blast when you are consuming so much fruit, people are going to notice. When they see that and say the typical “where do you get your protein?” You can be straight and say “from fruits and vegetables.” Or you can have fun with them and say “How much protein do we need?” They never know. Never once has someone who has asked me that ever has an answer. There is 4 grams of protein in that green smoothie – and that’s just one meal or a snack. Well, the issue of protein is one for another post another time.
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Burger Museum – Year 2
Today is the 2nd Anniversary of my Burger Museum. 2 years ago I bought a cheeseburger and fries at McDonalds…and put it in this jar.
If you compare to the first post of my Burger Museum you’ll see the cheese now looks a little darker – otherwise, pretty much the same. I dusted this jar for the photo – the grime you see is on the inside. The burger fell about the jar when I took it down from its “show place” (okay, it’s on top of the frige) so I opened it to reposition it and took a whiff to see if it had any odor. It had a slight odd chemical scent.
I got the idea of making my own Burger Museum from watching Morgan Spurlocks movie “Super Size Me.” A thought provoking and a bit scary movie. Watch it and don’t miss the bonus material. Start you’re own burger museum. Check out others by searching on Google for “burger museum” and join the club!
I suggest wearing a disguise to go to your local fast food joint (you know, so your raw food friends won’t see you and point and call the raw food police).
The whole point is to illustrate that this IS NOT FOOD!
Please remember this the next time you’re having some fast food cravings. Drink some water, eat lots of fruit and run, RUN, RUN AWAY – it’s only the drug of junk food wanting it’s fix – don’t feed that fix.
Live raw, live well, eat fresh fruit and dance full of vibrant health.
love,
Julie
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