I found this good article: The 50 Best Foods To Eat. I would add that the flax and nuts do need to be soaked before eating.  If you do this and chew your food well, it would be much easier to digest and get the nurtrients out of each type of food.   The flax in our crackers has been soaked and dehydrated so it is easy to break down in the body. 

www.massagetherapycareers.com/blog/2009/50-foods-that-can-help-you-look-and-feel-younger/

If you are in the Salt Lake City, Utah area this Saturday, February 28th come see us at the Diabetes Expo located at the South Towne Expo Center, 9575 South State Street, Sandy.  Stop by and sample our great tasting flaxseed crackers and enter to win a gift certificate for a spa treatment. We know our flaxseed crackers can be a great addition to your diet.  Hope to see you on Saturday.    

Mauris Emeka has published a groundbreaking work on cancer, titled "Cancer's Best Medicine -- A Self-Help and Wellness Guide," second edition. "We are losing the war on cancer; our approach is all wrong," says Emeka. He points out that the malignant tumor commonly thought to be 'the cancer' is but a symptom of cancer. The book notes that cancer itself is the process that causes the tumor symptoms. It further notes that conventional treatment almost always ignores one proven fact: the fact that cancer is a chronic metabolic disease arising from dietary deficiencies.
This 64 page book explains that this disease is closely related to diet and lifestyle.  The good news is that each person can choose to nourish his or her body with foods and lifestyle practices that fortify it against the ravaging affects of cancer. To read the rest of this article go to www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29276227/. This is the only body you will have.  How are you taking care of it?  Our crackers can be part of a nutritious diet. 

For a limited time, if you order 6 or more of our crackers, shipping is FREE!  Have a great day.  Namaste.  Kathy

What do you keep in your cupboard if you are trying to eat more raw?  This is a question I get a lot.  These are some staples that I keep on hand...

Crackers!  My crackers of course!

Vegetables: lettuces, and other greens, avocados, carrots, beets, celery, cucumbers, mushrooms, etc..

Fruits: oranges, apples, lemons, pears, grapes, bananas, tomatoes, melons, etc..

Frozen Fruit:  stawberries, raspberries and mixed berries  ( Be careful to look to see if the company has added sugar!)

Dried Fruits:  dates and raisins

Nuts:  I buy cashews, almonds, walnuts and pecans.  I buy nuts and then soak them overnight ,except for cashews, those only take about 30 min.  Then I dehydrate them and put them in the refridgerator in glass jars.

Seeds:  I love flax, pumpkin, sunflower and my husband also likes pine nuts.

Sweetners:  I use pure maple syrup grade B, raw honey and agave nectar

Oils:  I use coconut and olive oil

Braggs and Nama Shoyu

Raw Almond Butter

I also use Raw Dairy products:  Kefir, butter and raw milk

That is some of what we keep on hand.  I hope this helps.  Namaste, Kathy

I love this quote from Norman Vincent Peale

"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things.  When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success."

Many of us who eat more raw foods can testify to the fact that we feel more at peace.  What a wonderful blessing that is in this busy world.  But Why?  Why do I have the ability to think more clearly?  Why the peaceful feeling when others around me are extremely stressed out?  I seem to get so much more enjoyment out of watching little ones play or just looking at the beautiful world we live in.

In his book There are No Incurable Diseases, Dr. Richard Schulze explains this phenomenon:

" Your brain is just like any other organ in your body.  It can only work well when it is supplied with sufficient blood and that blood must be rich in nutrients.  Your brain also creates waste as it works - thinking, problem-solving, meditating, or stimulating millions of nerve cells, or manufacturing numerous metabolic chemicals that tell your body to do everything from balancing your hormones to recovering from jet lag.  Often while viewing an autopsy that opens the skull and dissects the brain, or when reading a post mortem pathology report, some part of the brain tissue is usually anemic and physically covered with yellow mucus and waste.  This proves the lack of blood and the retention of waste.  When viewing the brain of someone with a brain disease, the brain usually looks even worse.  Medical doctors and scientists would like to make this more complicated,  It isn't.  From slight memory loss to Alzheimer's Disease, from bad hair days to chronic depression, even insanity, All brain and emotional dystfunction has its roots in bad circulation, nutritional depletion, and waste build-up."

Feeling a sense of happiness, lighter moods and clearer thinking are some of the first benifits people feel when adding more raw foods to their diet.  What a wonderful blessing, a fantastic gift to give to yourself and your loved ones.  Try it and see.     Namaste, Kathy

Flax and hot flashes!  More and more women are telling me how much the krackers are helping them with menopause!  It seems the more flax seeds a women eats, the less hot flashes she experiences!  This might explain why I have never had a hot flash or any symptom of menopause!  This is great ladies!  What an easy way to feel better!  Go Flax!  

Kathy

Flaxseed is the best source

Of all seeds, flaxseeds (the seeds of the plant Linum usitatissmum) have the highest ALA (omega 3) and lowest LA (omega 6), thus can help improve the imbalance in essential fatty acids. Therefore, flaxseeds should form an important part of a vegan or vegetarian diet.

Health benefits

As mentioned above, ALA has many benefits, one of them is to protect the heart in two ways – through improvements in abnormal heart rhythms and a reduction of blood platelet stickiness. ALA also reduces LDL or “bad” cholesterol and lipoprotein levels for the prevention of heart attacks and stroke.

ALA also keep blood pressure at normal level by inhibiting inflammatory effects on blood vessels, thereby preventing formation of plague on blood vessels which cause poor circulation.

Flaxseeds contain approximately 28% fiber, soluble and insoluble. The insoluble fiber helps to relieve constipation, improve colon health and may prevent colon cancer. The soluble fiber comes primarily from mucilage fiber, which is also a great stool softener when consumed with lots of fluid. It also prevents toxicity which results from constipation.

In addition, mucilage fiber slows down sugar absorption into the body, thereby stabilizes blood sugar and control cravings. It helps those who are obese, diabetic or hypoglycemic to overcome overeating and carbohydrate addiction.

Flaxseeds contain the highest level of lignans among all plants. Lignans are phytoestrogens which resemble human hormone estrogens. Despite being much weaker than human estrogens, they nevertheless help to balance hormone levels in the body and may protect against breast, colon, prostate and skin cancer.

Food Remedies A study involving 50 women with breast cancer showed that 25 women who were fed with 25g of milled flax daily before surgery had slower-growing tumors than the other 25 women who were not fed milled flax at all.

Lignans may also have antioxidant properties and hence may reduce cell damage caused by free radicals. Thus, it could help to delay the onset of Type 1 and 2 diabetes.

http://www.avianweb.com/flaxseeds.html

Want to get some green vegetables into your diet?  This green smoothie is delicious and so good for you.

2 frozen bananas, your choice of green (spinach, chard, kale, etc), 2 cups of water, frozen fruit of your choice.  You can use fresh fruits, just add some ice to it. 

I made one this morning with 2 fresh bananas, a handful of fresh spinach, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of ice, and a large mango.  I also added a little agave nectar to make it just a little sweeter for my husband and daughter.  They liked it.  Give it a try and let me know if you have a favorite recipe.