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Fruit and veg sales out the window in a crisis reveal statistics

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Newly released figures from DEFRA state that fruit and veg sales are in sharp decline in the UK. Depressing but not surprising. Fruit and veg are simply much more expensive than a £1 burger from Maccas.  But is price alone the cause of such a drop in consumption?  I don’t think so.  Tescos (and the other [...]

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Denmark’s fat tax! I l love it! But let’s pick on thin and lazy people also.

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I think a fat\health tax is great but sadly totally flawed. I’d call it a health tax, tax refined carbs and dramatically lighten up the costs of ‘healthier’ foods.  My belief is that the masses, including both skinny and fat people, know that a KCF/Maccy D/Burger King/Taco Bell/Red Rooster/etc burger/fries is bad for them, but because [...]

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‘finger lickin good’ no more?? KFC goes ‘so good’

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This month in the UK we wait with bated breath to see the new healthier, more nutritionally transparent menu from KFC.  I  see it now.  Raw cashew nut replacement chicken buckets, raw mock chicken fillet burgers….Oh what a raw dream. Perhaps my sarcasm is misplaced because already, earlier this year, KFC did the unthinkable and ditched [...]

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How to go raw: my raw cupboard essentials

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , on July 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

By some strange quirk in the universe lots of people have recently asked me what they need to buy to make ‘going raw’ as easy as possible. It is strangely harder than I thought to find a list online so here are some of the raw basics I have in my cupboard at all times. I should [...]

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Raw Thai street food

Posted in Raw food news, Raw travel diary, tagged , , on July 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It’s easy to be raw on the streets of Bangkok. Mashed against and tangled between walls and curbs of both the tiniest windiest alleyways and the most overwhelming motorways are its many raw street food vendors. If you can turn your head away from the deep frying chicken, tripe, insects and fish balls, amongst the [...]

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Ancient superfood Chia brings bodies back from the dead

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The raw food hypocrite should be on top of the latest raw food foods and trends but I have to admit I only stumbled across Chia seeds (also known as Salvia hispanica) in an obscure health food shop in Melbourne.  At first I had a tablespoon with my breakfast a few times a week, however [...]

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Raw food lampstands, entrees and crockery from Designmarketo

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , , , , , on April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

  Last week I made it to DesignMarketo’s Spring Seeds and Sprouts dinner party at the Barbican.  For £30, we were surrounded by food-inspired design and fed three courses of healthy heaven by Executive Chef Quentin Fitch.  The dinner party  featured specially commissioned recipes and objects produced by DesignMarketo’s friends and collaborators including those you can see [...]

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Walnuts crush other nuts for health benefits

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , , , on April 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Surely no-one missed the global groundbreaking news on Monday that US researchers declare raw walnuts to be the healthiest nut of them all and just seven of them a day will ward off heart disease, certain cancers and type-2 diabetes. According to this BBC article, Dr Joe Vinson, from the University of Scranton, analysed the antioxidant levels [...]

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Spring equinox is time to spring clean your diet

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Not only have the clocks moved forward but today is the Spring Equinox and what a stunning day for a spring clean of the internal kind. My equinox began with a green breakfast smoothie, a handful of seeds followed by an all-day yoga detox workshop at Triyoga; a surprise gift from my lovely friend Kari.  [...]

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Watercress cures cancer, baldness and dull salads

Posted in Raw food news, tagged , , , , , , , on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’m in love with watercress at the moment and not just because my iphone app seasons says it is in season locally.  Watercress tastes delicious and peppery, has many medicinal properties (from cancer to baldness cures), speeds up metabolisms, is a diuretic, and helps pick up your energy if you’re feeling tired. Gram for gram, [...]

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