It’s been an awesome week in Sarasota with a lot of insights as well as a bunch of interesting happenings…

Some of them include an admission that doctors make mistakes, a surprising result in my own blood tests and some unfinished business when it comes Internet trolls.

Check out my 7 Things I Learned This Week now…

It’s amazing how sensitive the body can get once you’ve eaten healthy for a while…

Yesterday, I decided to have some chocolate while I was watching the Steelers game (U.S. football). I usually don’t eat chocolate at all based on my past history with it — adrenal stress and eventual low hormone production — but yesterday, I wanted to see how I felt afterwords.

I only intended to have a small one centimeter square, but it turned into about 1/3 of a regular sized chocolate bar. This happened to be a raw chocolate bar that wasn’t too tasty, so I’ll spare the name of it here.

Within minutes after eating it, I started to feel pretty ramped up. For me, the caffeine totally whacks me out and I start to get antsy and unable to sit still. What’s worse is that this feeling lasted for almost 12 hours — of course, more intense at the beginning — but at 12:45 am, I was still unable to go to sleep. It was quite an experience and something that I don’t want to repeat anytime in the near future.

It’s time to share Law #5 of my Undeniable Laws of Lasting Weight Loss…

But, I have to say, it’s not really a law.

It’s a collection of a few things that are essential for losing weight. Basically, it’s more of a “5 Ways to Help You Lose Weight for Good,” but it’s my list and I’ve decided to defy the laws of the universe and turn one last law — that really wasn’t a law in the first place — into 5 tips, tricks and ideas. If that’s not Houdini-ship, I don’t know what is… someone book me in Vegas, I’m going on tour!

Let’s get into them now…

As you know, I interview hundreds of experts and talk about a lot of things. One of my passions is getting to the heart of the issue, finding out what really works and then – of course – sharing it with you!

In today’s Part 1 of 2 interview, Arnoux and I talk about possibly one of the most versatile health tools known to man (yes, women too!)

Let’s get started with it now (my written commentary follows)…

One of the larger issues with eating extreme type diets is that somethings strange things happen that you’ve never seen before in your life.

Two of them, that I’ve both encountered are specifically related to the teeth – tooth sensitivity and staining.

Today, I’ll address whether or not cultured vegetables are to blame for this as well as what to do to get your teeth in tip-top shape.

Here we go…

Your question of the day: What questions do you have, what archives do you want to see?

Click here, scroll down to the bottom of the page and leave your comments now!

Live Awesome!
Kev

When you’re learning something new, there usually is a learning curve…

During this process whether you’re starting a new job or figuring out how to use your brother-in-law’s TV remote, there is excitement, energy, disappointment, frustration, overwhelm, and hundreds of other emotions that you’ll experience during the process.

Starting a new diet or healthy lifestyle is no different.

Today, I have a question from Kenny that asks about how to deal with the overwhelm of being a fresh new sprout in the raw food world. (This actually applies to all diets.)

Here’s what Kenny writes:

I know…

It’s a bummer.

You wanted to try the raw food diet because you thought you were going to lose weight – like everyone else seemingly does.

Unfortunately, for you, after you begin the raw food diet you start to gain even more weight. It’s disappointing, demoralizing and could make anyone go back to doughnuts and corn chips – why not, if the diet that everyone is losing weight on can’t help you, then you might as well enjoy your food, right?

Well, not exactly. Just because your entire diet is raw, doesn’t mean that it’s going to work. Today I answer a question from a reader about why you could gain weight on the raw food diet.

Here’s the question…

Today, I have two questions that I can handle pretty well without having to write anything out. First up, is this one… I would love to fast for all those days, but a day is all I can handle. Any suggestions? Second is, “It’s all very well doing a 3 day fast because you want to cleanse your body, but how will you know whether it is cleansed or not?”

Here are my answers now…

Your question of the day: Is there a place for fasting near you? What is the name of it?

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Live Awesome!
Kev

Fettucini Rawfredo – A Raw Food Dish from Chef Rene Oswald

Makes four to six servings (Approximately two cups each)

Rawfredo Sauce

• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeds removed and cut into 1 1/2” pieces
• 2 stalks celery, cut into 1 1/2” pieces
• 1/3 cup macadamia nuts, soaked for 30 minutes
• 2/3 cup sunflower seeds, soaked for 8 hours and sprouted
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 2 tbsp fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tsp Himalayan sea salt or 1/4 oz. dulse
• 1/4 cup chia gel (optional)

Place the above ingredients in a high-speed blender. Run on high speed with tamper, adding water if necessary until it reaches a cheese sauce consistency.

‘Fettucini’ Recipe

• Zucchini (1 per person)
• Fresh chives, chopped

Prepare zucchini using a mandolin or vegetable peeler to make long, flat, fettucini-type noodles or angel hair pasta. Pour sauce over zucchini noodles and
sprinkle with chives. Enjoy!