Renegade Health - High Raw Food Diet, Vegan Diet Friendly, and Organic Diet Articles, Tips, Advice and TV » vegan diet http://renegadehealth.com/blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:01:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Does Chocolate Do This to You? Plus, My Takeaways from “Eating for Energy” : A Renegade Health Review http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2012/01/09/does-chocolate-do-this-to-you-eating-for-energy/ http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2012/01/09/does-chocolate-do-this-to-you-eating-for-energy/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:05:24 +0000 Kevin Gianni http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=7481 running off my chocolate adrenal fatigue
Today, my run was not here, but I wish it was… this is my favorite place to hit the trails. (Huntington State Park, Newtown, CT)

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.

]]> http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2012/01/09/does-chocolate-do-this-to-you-eating-for-energy/feed/ 86 What Is The Best Diet for Cancer Patients? : Healing Cancer World Summit Night 2 Recap http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2011/11/02/what-is-the-best-diet-for-cancer-patients/ http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2011/11/02/what-is-the-best-diet-for-cancer-patients/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:02:01 +0000 Kevin Gianni http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=7185 carrot juice cancer diet
Is carrot juice a danger to the health of all? (Not actually carrot juice… couldn’t find a picture, so this orange smoothie will have to do.)

Sorry for the delay on this one…

We lost power in Berkeley and so as I’m writing this I’m doing it by candlelight and it is now up on Wednesday, not Tuesday! :-)

Anyway, today, I have a recap of Night 2 from the Healing Cancer World Summit with Dr. Francisco Contreras and Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy.

In this recap, I’ll share some of the things about diet for cancer patients (and prevention) that were similar and conflicting from the previous calls and hopefully sort some of this out for you.

Let’s get started…

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Fettuccini Rawfredo – A Recipe from Registered Nurse, Advanced Health Practitioner, and Chef Rene Oswald.

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!

]]> http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2011/08/10/fettuccini-rawfredo-a-raw-food-recipe-from-chef-rene-oswald/feed/ 1 Relax! Living Long May Be Easier than You Think : Renegade Health Exclusive Article http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2011/08/09/longevity-may-be-easier-than-you-think/ http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2011/08/09/longevity-may-be-easier-than-you-think/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:58:43 +0000 Kevin Gianni http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=6603 longevity-secrets-what-are-they
Here’s the family in Pittsburgh with my grandfather – 92 years old in this picture.

As you know, I’m into longevity studies…

I think following the results of this research as well as looking to our ancestry for long lived cultures and what they do is a key to living a fantastically healthy and long life.

But if this is true, what about behavior that is aberrant or just plain doesn’t fit into the perceived model of perfect health – like smoking, drinking and still living to be 100 or older?

Today, ZenMommy’s question brings up this important point…

“There are many instances where people have bad habits and live long. Like a grandfather who smoked and lived to be 100 years old or more. How is this part of longevity? Can you explain what is happening?”

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Is one of these a truth serum? If so, let’s bottle the stuff…

I really didn’t want to get into the Rawsome deal, but I felt it was necessary to bring some things to light…

After doing so in a video, I took a decent amount of criticism for having a view about the whole thing that was a little different. I’ve realized that I can’t address these sensitive issues by video anymore. LOL!

Today, I discuss a lot of different angles around this topic and more in this week’s “7 Things I Learned this Week”…

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There are a few reasons which I’ll discuss in this week’s recap.

I’ll also talk about the interview I had this week with Yuri Elkaim – why I think it’s worth listening to – and I’ll also talk about stomach cancer and the vegetarian diet and why I wrote that article.

Take a look…

[NOTE: I suggest before you pass judgement on this video, please read what I have to say about the Raid at the link below. I've made some written clarifications on the video because I've proved again in 2 weeks that I can write much more clearly about sensitive issues than comment on camera! :-) If you'd like to READ my thoughts, you can visit this page... http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2011/08/07/food-rights-and-food-fights/]


Your question of the day: What are your thoughts about the raid? Do you know about it?

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

Live Awesome!
Kev

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Not only do I talk about vegetarians and stomach cancer, I also share with you a secret about the diet of most runners. (BTW: Where’s Waldo in this picture… or Waldo’s…)

I read about 90% of the blog comments posted here at Renegade Health (I manually approve about 60-70%)…

This means, yes, I do care about what you’re posting and enjoy getting different options and ideas. Many times I’ll even follow an intriguing link you’ve shared and learn something.

The only time I don’t get to read them is when we’re traveling or I just can’t physically be in front of a computer anymore. This is why I don’t spend much time responding to individual blog posts and why I respond to questions in article form like I am here.

In this article, I investigate a claim that came from the blog about increased risk of stomach cancer in vegetarians, talk a little about why runners don’t always age well and talk about opting out of back-scatter scanning at the airport.

Here we go…

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Banana Dream with Orange Cashew Cream, a Recipe from Lisa Mann’s Book, ‘The World Goes Raw – An International Collection of Raw Vegetarian Recipes’

Banana Dream with Orange Cashew Cream – A Raw Recipe from Lisa Mann

This is an adaptation of the classic Mexican dessert, fried bananas. I could eat these for breakfast. And why not? They are so good for you!

I adore this recipe because it uses simple ingredients that are easily found, and it tastes amazing.

Prep time: Five minutes, requires a food processor

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Are vegan milks better than cow’s milk? What’s the nutrition difference between them?

In today’s episode, I answer these questions as well as talk about raw food “replacements” and if they’re healthy or not.

Take a look here…

Your question of the day: Do you drink almond milk? What’s your favorite milk?

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

Live Awesome!
Kev

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Here’s what Nomi Shannon made for us when we visited a few years ago…

I know…

I do too!

That’s why when Nomi Shannon, the Raw Gourmet, told me she was writing / compiling a book that included a week’s worth of meal diaries contributed by raw food eaters, I was really excited.

(I actually told her if she didn’t follow through with it, I would finish the project for her!)

This was about 2 years ago, and now the ebook “What Do Raw Fooders Eat?” is finally ready for our eyes to see.

Today, I want to give you a review of the book, a little background on it, why I think it’s a good investment for anyone who is interested in raw food as well as explain some of the other considerations (negative and possitive) of a publication like this.

One of the biggest questions we get over and over again is…

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