It looks like summer may be ending soon. I hope you have been enjoying all the fresh produce from your own garden or from one of the many farmers markets. Those should continue for another month or two or three depending on which one you use. You can find information about these at http://www.livinghiho.com/farmers-markets a new page I've created. Please send me details if you know of others in the area that should be included.The potluck is coming up soon but NOT on the first Monday this month. Because of Labor Day we will be on the second Monday, Sept 8th. I will be the speaker and will be demonstrating the art of growing your own sprouts. The potluck is at 6:00, see http://www.livinghiho.com/lansing-living-foods-group for complete details and a map.
Speaking of the web site, there are a couple of new pages there. The first is book recommendations http://www.livinghiho.com/book-recommendations . On it I have many of the raw food books and recipe volumes that are in my house. It would help my mission if you choose to purchase these books (or any other books from Amazon) if you would go to Amazon from this page. The second new page is Eatin' Out http://www.livinghiho.com/eatin-out This page gives some ideas for where to eat out in the Lansing area and general ideas about how to eat out any where. If you have additions to this page e-mail them to me, I'd love to make this a really great resource. If you know of web sites that give restaurants in other cities it would be great to put those in there too. That way if you are traveling you can search for places to eat out. Check out the articles section as well. I receive lots of different raw food e-newsletters and my favorite articles I copy to this section http://www.livinghiho.com/articles. Some include Advantages of Eating Raw, Comments on a Recent Weight Loss Study and the honey resources from Joyce Wang.
Lots of great events in September starting right off Sept 2nd so be sure to check out the calendar and don't miss something because you didn't know about it. http://www.livinghiho.com/event/2008/09/27/month/all/all/1
The recipes are now on the web site see below for the links.
Hope to see you at lots of the events.
hugs
cricket
Recipes from the August potluck
Chocolate Mousse
Jicama Cole Slaw
Zucchini Celebration
Green Bean Julienne
Nut Cream with Berries
Fauxtato Salad
Pistachio Fudge
Pesto & cucumbers
Eggless Egg Salad
Cricket is the speaker for Sept
Cricket has been in raw food for over 11 years. She studied with Victoria Boutenko at Creative Health Institute and has hosted the raw food potluck for 10 years. She is self-taught at food prep, having tested recipes at the potlucks and on her unsuspecting family. Her “Not Cooking” classes are ever popular and people have a great time while learning. She has been called the sprout lady by some in her circle since growing sprouts seems to just come naturally to her. She is an author with 5 of her Sister-In-Raw and the book has enjoyed success as an easy to read but information packed edition.
At the September potluck she will be showing us the basics of growing sprouts. There will be sprouts in jars, tray and bags. You will get to taste them and the handouts will include general directions along with some recipes.
Come join us for a great potluck and a chance to learn more about growing sprouts.
Cell Phones More Dangerous Than Smoking
The Interphone Study spearheaded by United Nations was conducted 1996-2006 in 13 countries which are Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the UK using a common core protocol.
On February 15, 2008, Israel's finding released on dangers of cell phones: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080214144349.htm
On May 27, 2008 Dr. Vini Khurana, Neurosurgeon, Canberra, Austrailia spoke on Larry King Live along with other experts: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0805/27/lkl.01.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/mobile-phones-more-dangerous-than-smoking-or-asbestos-802602.html?r=RSS
Even the USA FDA recommends "since time is a key factor in how much exposure a person receives, reducing the amount of time spent using a wireless phone will reduce RF exposure. If you must conduct extended conversations by wireless phone every day, you could place more distance between your body and the source of the RF, since the exposure level drops off dramatically with distance. For example, you could use a headset and carry the wireless phone away from your body or use a wireless phone connected to a remote antenna." according to weblink http://www.fda.gov/cellphones/index.html
From the on page 4 of the weblink, http://www.emfacts.com/papers/children_mobiles.pdf states, "18. Advice of the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (RNCNIRP) on the use of mobile phones. The RNCNIRP offers the following advice on the safe use of mobile phones. These recommendations are based on the precautionary principle of the World Health Organization, published scientific and medical studies, reviews and recommendations by scientific groups, and the expert opinions of RNCNIRP members.
1. Children under the age of 16 should not use mobile phones.
2. Pregnant women should not use mobile phones.
3. Those suffering from the following diseases and disorders should not use mobile phones: neurologic diseases such as neurasthenia, psychopathy, psychosteny, and all neurosis with asthenic, obsessional hysterical disorders and reducing of mental, physical activity, memory loss, sleep disorders, epilepsy and epileptic syndrome, epileptic predisposing.
4. The duration of calls ould be limited to a maximum of three minutes, and after making a call the user should wait a minimum of 15 minutes before making another call. The use of headsets and hands-free systems is strongly encouraged. Manufacturers and retailers of mobile phones should include the following information together with the engineering specifications: all of the above recommendations regarding use; all relevant health and epidemiological data on mobile phones; together with the radiation exposure levels associated with the phone and the name of the measurement lab.28"
Free Health Book Summaries
I recently was sent an email about a free service
that will allow you to read thousands of pages of
the top books on health, nutrition, and wellness
books in a fraction of the time it would normally
take.
The service called Health Book Summaries takes all
the important topics from books written by well
known health authors and breaks them down into a
digestible 10-12 page summary.
It's like a Cliff's notes for health!
I just scanned one of the summaries in literally 15
minutes and couldn't believe how in depth it was.
It's the ultimate time saver for you if you are
interested in improving your health or if you are a
health practitioner, personal trainer, or in the
medical field.
But here's the thing...
Don't take my word on it. I think this is a
groundbreaking service, but I'd suggest you go see
for yourself and make your own judgement!
All you have to do is visit the site, register (it's
completely free) and you'll be taken to the summary
archive where there are already 3 summaries that you
can download immediately!
Go there now and register:
http://www.healthbooksummaries.com/
Once you do, they'll send you 2-3 summaries (at n0
cost to you) a month so you can keep up with the
newest and best health information and still have the
time to live your life.
MIGUN Summer Sale
Migun is having a summer sale (10-50% off) for books about raw food (and other health-related topics), dehydrators, wheat grass juicers, vitamins, water fountains, candles and more.
Stop in to see Tasha and get a great deal.
Migun Thermal Massage Demonstration Center
Healthy Lifestyle Wellness Center
211 North Clippert
Lansing, MI 48912
(Across from SEARS and the next to Comcast)
517-332-3090
Business Hours: Mon-Fri 11:00-6:00
Events for Lansing area September 2008
Go to the calendar page on the website for more details http://www.livinghiho.com/event/2008/09/27/month/all/all/1
- Sept 1- Victoria in Brighton at Nature’s Haven Retreat Center 1369 Euler Rd. Brighton Twp. MI 4814, 2 miles west of I-96 exit #145 -BRIGHTON North Gd River to Euler 1/2 mile to NATURE'S HAVEN $15.00 4:00PM - 7:00PM Please bring a RAW OR LIVING FOODS dish for the buffet. "ALONG WITH A RECIPE CARD. for more info call : (810) 220-2088
- Sept 2- Victoria at First Christian Church, 1001 Chester, Lansing 6:30 $15 call Cricket 517-882-1033 to register
- Sept 4- Don Bennett at Better Health Store on Clippert across from Frandor Free lecture on avoiding degenerative disease. 6:30
- Sept 6 - Free class by Elaine Simon on essential oils and Bach Flower remedies. 1:00 at First Christian (same location as the potluck) See calendar for more details.
- Sept 8 – Lansing Living Food potluck, 1001 Chester, Lansing. Free, bring a dish to share Speaker will be Cricket Lott on growing and eating sprouts. Cricket 517-882-1033
- Sept 16th - "Get Healthy" Living Foods Group meets at Magdalena’s Tea House, 5:30 to 8:00 We will be viewing Anna Clemens discussing the Immune System, $5 admission, bring a dish to share. Jeanne, 517-393-5341
- Sept 17 – Jackson raw food potluck 6:15 At Unity Church of Jackson 3385 Miles Rd, Jackson, bring your own table service and a dish to share. Char Raby 517-529-9073
- Sept 18 – Not cooking with Cricket $20 4085 Bonnyview Dr, Lansing 6:00 This class will be snacks for lunch boxes and munching around the house. Must register 517-882-1033
- Sept 20 – St Stephens potluck 11:00AM 1007 Kimberley, Free, bring a raw food dish to share. Speaker will be Pam Gower on NIA exercise.
- Sept 20 – EcoFest at Nature’s Haven Retreat 10AM to 10PM 1369 Euler Rd, Brighton $25 children under 15 free. See Cricket to purchase tickets in advance
- Sept 29 – Not Cooking with Cricket $20 4085 Bonnyview Dr, Lansing 6:00 This class is crackers and pate. Must preregister with Cricket 517-882-1033
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ECO-FEST
See Sept 20th above. Many volunteers needed for such tasks as pulling out the trash bags and putting in new ones. Directing the parking of cars. Helping people find their way around the property. If you volunteer your admission is free and then you will be able to hear such great speakers as Viktorus Kulvinskas and Matt Monarch. You don't have to work the whole 12 hours just give half a day and then browse the tables and so on for the rest of the time. Help is also needed on Friday for setting up. Contact Joyce Oliveto at rejoyce@comcast.net or 810-220-2088.
Essential Oils-History, Use, and Application &
Bach Flower Remedies-History and Philosophy
A free class presented by Elaine Simon
We will spend about an hour with the essential oils and about 30 minutes on the Bach Flower Remedies after which there will be a questionnaire about which Bach Flower Remedies might be needed for those who wish to fill that out.
Saturday, September 6, 2008 1:00-3:00 p.m.
At First Christian Church, 1001 Chester Rd. Lansing, MI 48912
(The church is located west of US 127, 1 block north of Grand River.)
(Chester is between the Medical/Dental building and AAA.)
Questions? Please call Elaine at 882-1603
(Please leave a message if I am not available)