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HEALING
OUR WORLD
Plant-Based Fitness
Why Vegan & Vegetarian Diets Pack More Power
The Josephsons, The Brendan Brazier Interview, Nick “Natureboy” Stern
ALSO: Fitness
Recipes, Christopher’s Kitchen Review, AND MORE!
HIPPOCRATES HEALTH INSTITUTE
VOLUME 31 »« ISSUE 3
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At a Glance [contents]
Fitness
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Fitness and Strong Family Values
Scott Josephson, Hippocrates Health Institute’s Director
of Operations, shares his family’s recipe for well-being.
Vegetarian Champions
Mark O’Shea lists a few top names from the who’s who of
vegetarian and vegan athletes.
INSPIRATION
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Exercise: A Human Necessity
Dr. Brian Clement explains how people today have become
inactive — and how we can kick it back into high gear.
Intentional Fitness
nutrition
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Raw Bodybuilding
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Tips to Thrive
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Peter Ragnar shares his fitness philosophy.
Nick Stern explains how to get big on plant foods.
Running on Raw Fuel
Scott and Marta Josephson show
you don’t need animal protein to
have muscles.
Fitness Recipes
Read their story on page 14.
The Brendan Brazier interview.
Hippocrates guest Cyrus Benham shares his story.
Plant-based meals to kickstart your training session.
Dr. David Carmos shares his theory on proper nutrition.
The Kiki Cespedes interview by Tom Fisher.
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Walking toward Fitness
Mo’s Journey
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The History of Pilates
Total Fitness
Paul Nison offers down-to-earth fitness advice.
Fitness with Finesse
Wayne Pickering shares fitness tips for aging gracefully.
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Mark Mathew Braunstein sheds light on a forgotten activity.
Yvonne Pratt shares the story of Joseph Pilates.
Gardening for Fitness
Suburban gardening advocate John Kohler shares his story.
Bellydance for Fitness
Dawn Gunduz and Pam Blue have a fun fitness option.
Tai Chi and Qigong
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This issue
Tennis Pro’s Raw Transformation
Antony Chatham offers simple, fitness-oriented motivation
tips we can all benefit from.
Sarah Naugler shares the story of professional cyclocross
rider Maureen “Mo” Bruno Roy.
Josephson photos, including family photo (p. 15) by Attila Kovacs.
Low Density = High Energy
action
Inspire to Perspire?
R e g u l a rs
cover, above:
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My Slaughterhouse Vigil
Gwen Dunlop is doing her part to bring attention
to the cruelty pigs endure to become our food.
The Beauty Within
Breast cancer survivor Linda Morin shares the touching
tale of her journey to help women find the beauty within.
Anca Iordachianu Recovery Story
Hippocrates alumni Anca Iordachianu tells the story of
her journey from a breast cancer diagnosis to her own
wheatgrass / sprouting business.
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Letter from the Directors
Letter from the Publisher
Contributors
What’s the News?
• Hippocrates Salon
• Hippocrates Library
• Hippocrates Security Team
• Bill Clinton Adopts a Plant-Based Diet
• Why We Should Think Twice About Getting a CT Scan
Reviews
7 Steps to Sex, Health and Happiness
Dr. George Yu reviews Drs. Brian and Anna Maria Clement’s
latest book.
Christopher’s Kitchen
Sarah Naugler reviews.
Radiance™: a Healing Skin Creme
Product review by Dr. Tom Fitzgerald.
Ken Blue and Caron Barr explain these ancient arts.
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Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Plant-Base d Fitn ess
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All too often people think of health in a mono-focused way. Weight
reduction, supplementation, or reduced calories are foremost in
the mind of the general public. When watching television internationally, you would think that all people were aerobic weightlifters
with bodies like Atlas. Unfortunately, perception and reality are a
world apart. Achieving health requires a healthy mind, pure diet,
and consistent exercise. This issue is dedicated to the latter.
I, Anna Maria, grew up on the rolling, forested hills that pour into the Baltic Sea in
Sweden. Chopping wood, fetching water, running up and down hills and enjoying
the great outdoors kept me physically strong and happy.
I, Brian, was a pioneer in the emerging science of America’s sedentary lifestyle.
The only thing I lifted for several years was a cigarette to my mouth, and “exercise”
was a curse word. Finally, I saw the light after my adoption of a vegan diet. This
reduced my poundage by more than one hundred. Even after shedding my excess
fat, I still felt weak. It was clear that the inevitable was necessary — “exercise.”
The first three months, I thought I would die. But from that point forward,
I realized I would die if I did not exercise.
Working closely with each and every type of person, possessing everything
from excellent health to catastrophic disease, we at Hippocrates Health Institute
have learned that exercise is absolutely essential to true health. Over time, what
has been revealed is that longevity, improved attitude, dynamic healing and, of
course, a better physique can all be achieved by means of aerobic and weightlifting programs. In fact, one cannot become healthy or maintain health without the
inclusion of these two vital tools.
Sadly, the latest studies echo those of the past by showing that less than five
percent of the population exercise adequately, if at all. This was not an option
several generations ago. Daily chores, work and life itself required the ongoing use
of the body’s muscular and circulatory systems. The very skeleton that holds us up
requires resistant exercise or it will begin to crack and crumble.
We cannot petition you enough to embrace exercise. For people seeking balance
and well-being, this is a mandatory act. You will be delightfully surprised after
enduring the initial hurdles of acquainting the body to its proper usage. Everything seems physically and emotionally brighter and when you look in the mirror,
you will be pleased. All of the bodies that you admire employ this practical process.
“Use it or lose it” is a literal term. We can speak about volumes of science to
support the essentiality of movement and resistance, yet it should be common
sense that mandates you to act in a sensible and forthright way.
Give yourself an opportunity to test your capabilities. Learn to enjoy the building process of your anatomy. Most importantly, utilize your newly developed body
to harbor an even stronger mind and spirit.
Be well,
printed on Recycled Paper
using soy-based inks.
Drs. Anna Maria and Brian Clement
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From the Publisher
October 24 is Food Day
To Fix a Broken Food System: Food Day
by Michael F. Jacobson
It’s time to fix our broken
food system. Over the course
of the next six months, we
hope to create what will be a
huge grassroots mobilization
for changing what Americans
eat — and what the food
industry produces — for
the better.
Let me introduce you to Food
Day, which will be celebrated
on October 24th.
First, some background: many people
know my organization, the Center for
Science in the Public Interest, as a leading advocate for better nutrition and
food safety. Best known for publicizing
our famous studies of movie theater
popcorn and restaurant food, we’ve
also led the fight for nutrition
labeling on food packages and
restaurant menus.
As many also know, the typical
American diet is basically killing us,
slowly. Very few of us are eating the
recommended amounts of fruits, vegetables, beans or whole grains we need
for good health. And far too many of us
are consuming far too much saturated
fat (much of it from factory-farmed,
grain-fed beef), sugar (mostly from
soda and other sugary drinks), and salt
(in processed and restaurant meals).
But nutrition is only part of the story.
It’s time for nutrition advocates to start
working more closely with people who
at a college, and picketing a
soft-drink bottler or fast-food
restaurant.
We’ve modeled Food Day on Earth
Day. Two terrific food advocates in
Congress, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
and Representative Rosa DeLauro
(D-CT), serve as honorary co-chairs.
And some of the most prominent food
policy thinkers serve
on a diverse Food Day
For Food Day 2011, we’ve identified six key priorities:
Advisory Board, includ»» Reducing diet-related disease by promoting
ing author Michael
healthy foods
Pollan; former Surgeon
»» Supporting sustainable farms and stopping
General David Satcher;
subsidizing agribusiness
professors Walter
»» Expanding access to food and
Willett, Marion Nestle,
alleviating hunger
and Kelly Brownell; and
»» Reforming factory farms to protect animals and
prominent chefs such
the environment
as Dan Barber and
»» Curbing junk-food marketing to kids
Nora Pouillon.
It’s time to eat real
»» Supporting fair conditions for food and
and
improve our comfarm workers
munities’ and country’s food policies! And I hope you will
Our goal on Food Day is to inspire
join tens of thousands of Americans
people all over the country to organize
in planning Food Day events in your
thousands of events on October 24 to
college, church, school, hospital, health
celebrate healthy, delicious eating and
department — or at home. In the comto solve local communities’ food probing weeks, check FoodDay.org for Food
lems. Those events could range from
Day events that might be scheduled
small events in homes and classrooms,
near you and tell us what you’re going
to massive rallies in public parks, to
to do.
hearings in city councils and state
It’s all connected: The meals we
legislatures. Food Day events might
eat, the foods we grow, the policies
include a vegetable-recognition
we form, and the impact we have.
contest in a kindergarten, a healthy
Let’s have a great Food Day to make
potluck dinner with friends featuring
it happen. locally sourced ingredients, a spirited
debate about agriculture policy
have been working to fix other food
problems, such as hunger, wasteful
farm subsidies, pollution and animal
cruelty related to factory farming, and
so on. It turns out that the diet that
is prematurely killing so many of us is
also hard on taxpayers, the environment, farm animals, and the quality of
life in rural America.
Food Day will be celebrated on October 24th.
Visit FoodDay.org to learn more.
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I have tried many types of fitness regimens — performing cardiovascular exercise first thing in the
morning or right after work, lifting weights at various times and on various schedules, focusing on
stretching and yoga on certain days. I love making new fitness plans to mix things up and keep it fresh.
While I have found that I perform certain types of exercises
better in the evening, a challenge I have — and one I know
many other people have — is that things can come up to disrupt evening workouts. Sometimes things come up at work
and I have to stay late; maybe an especially busy day leaves
me too tired to work out; perhaps some friends are going to
try a new restaurant and I would rather join them than go
to the gym. For this reason, I schedule fitness routines in the
morning. I am far less likely to encounter the “distraction factor” walking from my bed to my pull-up bar than I am on my
way from the office to the gym.
This may be trite advice, but the best kind of exercise to
aspire to is the exercise you will perform. Simply put, if you
don’t enjoy a particular sport or fitness routine, you will not
want to do it. One of my favorite activities is bicycling. For
most my life, I have ridden my bicycle to work at least part
time. Some job locations had no viable bicycle route from
my home, so I would drive part way with my bike in tow and
then cycle in the rest of the way.
Cycling to work is a win-win-win for me. It keeps me fit, it
saves me money on fuel (and on insurance, since I drive less
and get a reduced rate) and it is good for the environment.
I think the best way to combat the “distraction factor”
is to make exercise part of your daily routine. By riding my
bike to work instead of driving, I am guaranteed to get over
an hour of cardiovascular exercise since I know I’ll be riding
home, too. There is also a great time benefit. Say it takes
me 20 minutes to drive to work and 40 minutes to get
there by bicycle. That means 40 minutes round trip by car
or 80 minutes round trip by bicycle. If I drive to work and
then spend 80 minutes on a treadmill or spin bike in the
evening, the exercise is “costing” me 80 minutes that I
could spend doing other things. If I ride in, then I’m getting
my 80 minutes by pedaling my bike to work and back.
Subtract the 40 minutes I would have spent in my car,
and the exercise is only “costing” me 40 minutes extra
time. I can add a few minutes of pushups, chin-ups and
core exercises and still have extra time on my hands
by cycling to work. Who says they don’t have time
to exercise?
Be Fit,
Will Burson
A note about bicycle safety:
Ride your bike to work a few times and you’re likely to get some comments like, “Isn’t that a dangerous way to get to
work?” Well, yes and no. It depends largely on your riding skills and use of safety equipment. No matter how safe any traveler is — whether they travel by car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle or even by foot — their safety is affected by the competence
of drivers around them. That said, here are a few tips to optimize your own bicycle safety and help get you where you’re
going safely:
1.Don’t listen to naysayers. No matter what you’re doing, if you obsess about something bad happening, it just might.
2. Always use safety equipment. A helmet and front and rear lights are a must. I always wear brightly colored clothing and
use my front and rear lights even during the day. Put at least one mirror on your bike and learn to use it. I have three,
including my helmet mirror.
3. Ride on the right side of the road, in the road. Sidewalks are for pedestrians, and in some cities it’s illegal for bikes
to impede foot traffic. If you can’t safely ride on a street, you should consider another route. Google Maps is a great
tool to help you find safe routes. Its satellite view feature can even show you cut-throughs that road maps won’t reveal.
These shortcuts can enable you to stick to smaller, more bike-friendly roads. There are also websites which specialize in
bike routes.
4.Same road, same rules. Use hand signals when turning and stop at lights and stop signs. Lane position
(including where you park at lights) is critically important. Don’t be afraid to “take the lane” when necessary.
Learn more at BicycleSafe.com, BikExprt.com/streetsmarts and SheldonBrown.com/beginners.
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Contributors
Would you like to be a contributor to Healing Our World? Tell us your story.
Email Will Burson with the subject line “HOW Contribution” at [email protected].
Cyrus Benham was born in Iran in 1976. He
Antony Chatham, a Florida licensed
Dawn Gündüz is a master dancer, instruc-
Paul Nison is a raw foods author, chef and
moved to Switzerland, where he finished his
Hippocrates guests since 1994. He draws
Belly Dance Studio in Palm Beach Gardens,
lectures on raw food nutrition and raw food
grew up in California till the age of 13 then
studies as a civil engineer. In 2001, he
returned to California and worked as a
geotechnical engineer for seven years. He is
currently living in Switzerland, where he is
studying for an MBA.
psychotherapist, has worked with
his inspiration from Eastern and Western
traditions of holistic healing and integrates
knowledge and experience from psychology,
philosophy and theology, in which he holds
Master’s degrees and doctoral course work.
delicious, nourishing cuisine served to HHI
guests and visitors.
Pam Blue works as a therapist at the
HHI Oasis Therapy Center and also speaks
regularly at Hippocrates on the issues of
front-yard garden in the suburbs of
at HHI have developed a state-of-the-art
program for health maintenance and
recovery. His Florida institute has pioneered
a life-changing program and established
training in active aging and disease
prevention that has proven to raise
health and happiness levels.
which honor and respect the intelligence
She has been practicing a raw vegan diet
Mark Mathew Braunstein, a high raw
vegan since 1970, is the author of Sprout
Garden and of Radical Vegetarianism. His
articles about sprouting have appeared in
International Language Schools of Canada.
and lifestyle for six years. Dr. Brian Clement
and David Wolfe have been vital sources of
Learn more at GrowingYourGreens.com.
Diane Lahoski has been with Hippocrates
Hippocrates Health Educator and Stage IV
empowering people with the living foods
lifestyle, and enjoys his work, including
providing HHI guests with live blood cell
played in many venues in the southeast
United States and in the Caribbean.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer
President/CEO of a major health care
network. He used to own four full service
diagnostic and treatment Centers and is a
former provider of health care services to
four professional athletic teams.
and over 400 articles on fitness, stress and
nutrition. Learn more at HealthAtLast.com.
at Hippocrates Health Institute since 1989.
modalities of fitness including: personal
fitness training, pilates, yoga and aqua
fitness. She is passionate about integrating
movement and breath. Yvonne’s focus on
core strengthening exercises allows the
body to move with power, ease and grace.
she is a cancer survivor. She is eager to tell
and human development. He has often been
her story and is working on a book to help
women like her to come to terms with their
loss and feel better about the way they look.
developer. He is also an alternative health
practitioners. Dr. Fitzgerald is a former
programs; two DVD series; 10 health systems
Peter Ragnar is the author of more than
reconstructive surgery and is proud to say
lifestyle is a welcome change for Will.
near the beach, enjoying the Florida sun.
He’s authored 21 books; 22 audio learning
that time. Linda has decided not to have
Institute. In her spare time, she writes a
care consultant for numerous professional
coach and disease prevention specialist.
Yvonne is trained and certified in numerous
accomplished musician and as such has
Dr. Tom Fitzgerald is an alternative health
A recent transplant from Texas, he lives
Leader Award, nutritional performance
the librarian for the institute. Diane is an
Health Institute (HHI). After 15 years in
care provider, researcher and product
nominee for the Healthy American Fitness
Yvonne Pratt has facilitated fitness classes
many different positions. She is currently
Sarah Naugler, a traditionally-trained chef,
the advertising business, the casual HHI
of death at age 30. Now, at 63 years young,
Health Institute for the last twelve years in
consultations.
Will Burson is Art Director of Hippocrates
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peppers, John offers lectures on raw foods.
and has undergone four surgeries since
cancer survivor. He is passionate about
from www.MarkBraunstein.org.
harvesting greens, beans, marigolds and
weekly vigils are on-going.
purpose as a voice for the animals. Her
in Healing Our World (“Sprouts: the Miracle
free sprouting and microgreen resources
Northern California. When he’s not busy
Linda Morin is a mother of two boys.
Tom Fisher, RN, BA, is a registered nurse,
Food,” Volume 30/Issue 3). Download his
Growing Your Greens, about his bountiful
inspiration regarding actualizing her life
Vegetarian Times, Natural Health, and
elsewhere, and about growing microgreens
at www.PaulNison.com.
residential health center. He and his team
Gwen Dunlop is a teacher at the Toronto
and benevolence of life.
Feminine Total Toning Workout. Learn
books about the raw food diet. Learn more
he is an award-winning triathlete, double
organics and water. Pam is fully committed
to the Hippocrates program and all things
DVD entitled, Belly dance: The Fun and
fun the raw life can be. He has written eight
John Kohler hosts a popular internet show,
(HHI), the world’s foremost complementary
enriched and expanded the repertoire of
and starred in a belly dance instructional
renowned Hippocrates Health Institute
Hippocrates his home after completing the
is now executive chef at HHI and has since
all ages and all levels. Dawn has produced
prep classes to show people how easy and
Dr. Wayne Pickering faced the prognosis
Dr. Brian Clement is Director of the
Hippocrates Health Educator program. Ken
Florida, which offers belly dance classes for
educator who travels the world giving
more at www.imperialbellydance.com.
Chef Ken Blue, once proprietor of his own
award-winning vegetarian restaurant, made
tor, and choreographer. She owns Imperial
works in the kitchen at Hippocrates Health
raw vegan and fitness blog, The Intuitive
25 books and courses on health, spirituality
featured in magazines such as Black Belt,
Inside Kung Fu, What is Enlightenment and
Body, Mind and Spirit. As a vegan and raw
food advocate, he has been sought out for
interviews on a regular basis. He resides
with his wife on their secluded mountaintop retreat in the Smokey Mountains.
Food and Fitness Fanatic. Sarah also enjoys
Nick “Natureboy” Stern is the co-founder of
needs. Learn more at theintuitive-
recognized as a leading longevity expert
redesigning recipes to fit specific nutritional
foodandfitnessfinatic.blogspot.com.
Sun Warrior. He is quickly becoming
with over 30 years of experience in raw food
and superfood nutrition. His life-long
mission is to empower and inspire others
with the most cutting-edge nutritional
information so that people can achieve
vibrant health and vitality.
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What’s the News?
Dr. Brian Clement’s
Speaking Schedule*
September
21 P rince Edward Island (NE of Maine in Canada)
22 – 23 Belfast, ME
24 – 25 Unity, ME
26 Montpelier, VT
27 Waltham, MA
28 Leverett, MA
29 Torrington, CT
30 Fairfield, CT
October
1 Windsor, CT
2 Northampton, MA
21 – 23 Montreal, Canada
23 Georgetown, Ontario
25 London, Ontario
26 – 28 Toronto, Canada
28 Montreal, Canada
29 Ottawa / Toronto, Canada
November
11 –12
13
15
17
19 – 20
PA (Tentative)
New York (Tentative)
New Jersey
Baltimore, MD
Bogotá, Colombia
December
1 – 5 Texas (Tentative)
* S u b jec t to change . Please check
w w w.HippocratesInstitute .org
fo r c urrent schedule .
We Need
Your Books!
Thanks to all the friends of
Hippocrates who have sent books.
We still need books in foreign
languages, especially Spanish.
Please mail donations to:
Hippocrates, Attn: Library
1443 Palmdale Court
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
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What’s New at Hippocrates?
by Diane Lahoski
Hippocrates organic SALON
Paul Pontillo is the owner of Paul James
Salon, soon to be located at Hippocrates
Health Institute in West Palm Beach,
Florida. As a stylist and salon owner for
over 30 years, his career continues to
grow in West Palm Beach.
Along with his accreditations, Paul is
one of four technical trainers in the U.S.
for Kérastase L’Oréal. His flagship salon in downtown West Palm Beach was
accredited by American Salon magazine, August edition 2011, as “first class.”
He specializes in cutting and all forms of hair coloring techniques. His personal
goal is to create a luxurious and lively salon where the top hair and beauty experts
come together to create exquisite styles and pamper you with exceptional
personal care.
Hippocrates Library
The Library at Hippocrates Health Institute has been established in the Hacienda.
It is a very comfortable and quiet place to relax with a book in serene surroundings. We have many self-help books, including works by Deepak Chopra and the
Dalai Lama. The library features everything from
relaxation and meditation stories to novels and
short stories for a quick evening read.
Here at Hippocrates we encourage reading not
only for educational purposes, but for enjoyment
and to “get away” from the everyday world and into
an author’s mind and ideas. In order to personally grow, we need to tap into the thoughts and
knowledge of others to enlarge our own field of
perception.
If you are bringing your children with you, we
have a children’s section that includes books for all
HHI Library Director Diane Lahoski
ages, including small children up to late teens. The
wide variety of books and fairy tales will entertain children, tweens, teenagers and
the young at heart alike. It may even inspire them to put away the iPods, computers and electronic gear and enjoy the simple pleasure of a good read.
To enter the world of books gives everyone a new perspective on life and a skill
that will advance their knowledge on all levels, including people skills as they learn
to share their interpretations with others and discuss their thoughts in turn. This
information exchange is vital to everyone’s growth and learning in today’s world.
The more one reads, the more one wants to read! You don’t have to agree with
the author’s point of view, but reading will give you an idea of his/her mindset and
can change your attitude toward another side of an issue or topic. Free will involves
an open mind to the ideas of others — even if you do not agree with them.
When you come to Hippocrates Health Institute, please visit the library and
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Bill Clinton Extols
the Virtues of a
Plant-Based Diet
by Paula Duffy
Bill Clinton, a lover of hamburgers and
all things greasy, has become a vegetarian. He has lost weight and is attempting to prevent another heart episode.
The former U.S. President sat down
with Wolf Blitzer of CNN to talk about a
plant-based diet. Since changing what
he eats in a radical manner, Clinton
has lost 24 pounds, returning to his
high school weight, according to him.
It wasn’t just about how heavy he
was, because he got very thin after he
underwent quadruple coronary artery
bypass surgery six years ago.
Despite eating healthier and exercising, Clinton endured a heart episode in
early 2010. It isn’t uncommon, he was
told, that bypass patients continue to
suffer from weakening of the arteries
which restrict blood flow to the heart.
Surgeons inserted two stents in the
affected artery and told him that he
shouldn’t be alarmed
if it happened again.
Knowing Bill Clinton,
you’d expect that he
wouldn’t be satisfied
with the news that he
couldn’t fix himself.
He told Wolf Blitzer
that he read up on the
situation, talked with
his doctors and found
a way to keep himself
from having plaque
continue to block his
arteries. In his research,
the former President found that since
1986, 82% of people who commit to a
plant-based regime are able to keep
their blood flowing without blockage.
Bill Clinton has lost weight by eating
only plant-based food and hopes to
avoid multiple heart episodes caused
Hippocrates security team
To facilitate Hippocrates guests and give them a sense of utter comfort in this already serene and
peaceful environment, we have added a service-oriented security team. Heading up the team is longtime friend of Hippocrates and Security Site Supervisor, Bob Wishney (center), and his security team.
by blocked arteries. Here is a summary
of what he eats now: vegetables, fruit,
legumes, beans, protein shakes, fish
on a rare occasion, and that’s about
it. He refrains from meat of any kind,
whether it is beef, chicken or pork and
consumes absolutely no dairy.
The eating regimen doesn’t just keep
the stents at bay, it actually begins
to heal the cause of the blockages
themselves, says Clinton. The calcium
deposits around the heart break up,
which puts less strain on the weakened
arteries and veins.
He began to search for answers
after his daughter Chelsea asked him
to lose weight prior to her wedding
day. Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. of the
Cleveland Clinic published a paper on
his research, about alleviating the explosion in the United States of cardiac
episodes caused by blocked arteries.
With Dr. Esselstyn’s 25 years of results
on the record, Clinton took the plunge.
He hopes to live to see Chelsea’s child
or children and believes he can avoid
the “sins of his past.” No more
McDonalds for Bill. Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Plant-Base d Fitn ess
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What’s the News?
Why We Should Think Twice
About Getting a CT Scan
by Shannon Brownlee and Sam Wainwright
Published courtesy of
The Huffington Post
There’s an eerie video up on YouTube,
shot by a Japanese journalist who
ventured into the evacuation zone
surrounding the Fukushima nuclear
power plant, armed with a camera and
a radiation meter. The video looks like
b-roll footage from a low-budget zombie movie, with roving bands of stray
dogs and a soundtrack of the radiation
meter’s increasingly frantic beeping.
Shortly after the earthquake that
damaged the plant, the Japanese
government evacuated residents from
an area larger than 1,000 square miles.
Last week, they raised the severity level
of the crisis at Fukushima to a 7 out of
7, making it the worst nuclear disaster
since the complete meltdown of the
reactor at Chernobyl, in 1986. In its
wake, worldwide fear of nuclear power
spiked. The German government shut
down seven of its 17 nuclear reactors,
and plans to eliminate nuclear power
by 2020. In the U.S., a Fox News Poll
conducted in early April found that
83 percent of respondents thought a
similar disaster could happen to an
American nuclear plant.
People fear radiation for good reason.
All ionizing radiation passes unimpeded through cells of the body, mutating
or destroying DNA along the way. The
danger level depends on the dose and
the length of exposure. We’re exposed
to small amounts of radiation all the
time — from cosmic rays to the normal
radioactive decay of soil, rocks and
building materials. Even the granite
in the U.S. Capitol Building emits low
levels of radiation. These levels are
harmless, but a high dose can kill, and
prolonged or repeated moderate exposure can lead to cancer.
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So why are we afraid of nuclear
power, but not worried about the
radiation in medical imaging tests,
such as CT (computerized tomography)
scans? Here are a couple of scenarios to
contemplate. Imagine waking up in the
middle of the night, drenched in sweat,
with an unfamiliar tightness in your
chest. It could be a panic attack — you’re
certainly feeling panicky in the moment — but maybe it’s a heart attack,
so you take yourself to the emergency
room. Your tests look fine, but you’re
middle-aged with a gut and a smoking
habit, so your doctor recommends you
undergo a CT scan, just to be sure you
don’t have any dangerous plaque building up in your coronary arteries.
Now let’s imagine a different situation. This time when you wake up in
the middle of the night, it’s an earthquake that jolts you out of bed, and
you’re a worker at the local nuclear
power plant. You get a call from your
supervisor, ordering you to suit up and
get yourself down to the plant, which
has been damaged by the quake and
may be leaking radiation.
One choice seems like a no-brainer — getting that CT scan — while the
other seems like a walk into the jaws
of death, yet in both cases you would
be exposed to similar amounts of
radiation, about 15 millisieverts. (A
millisievert is one of several ways to
measure the dose of radiation.)
Other imaging tests deliver an even
bigger blast. Inserting a stent, a little
metal tube used to prop open a coronary artery, involves CT angiography, a
kind of x-ray movie, and it can deliver
up to 57 millisieverts during the course
of one imaging test. That’s the equivalent of standing at the power plant’s
gates for almost five hours during the
peak of the crisis. 50 millisieverts is the
annual limit for U.S. radiation workers.
A cumulative dose of 100 millisieverts
is known to increase the risk of cancer.
Radiation’s harmful effects on the
body are the same no matter the
source, yet we see some kinds of
radiation as bad and others as good.
We request CT scans from doctors,
but we’d have to be dragged kicking
and screaming into the Fukushima
evacuation zone.
Part of the reason for this is that
the medical benefits of radiation can
outweigh the harms. Before CT was
used in medicine, beginning in the
1970s, a patient who suffered a blow
to the head could be bleeding inside
his brain, and there was no way to tell
for sure without opening the skull, a
surgery nobody wanted to do unless it
was absolutely necessary. CT allowed
doctors to peer through skin and bone
and “see” soft tissue. Today, CT imaging
is used to diagnose conditions ranging
from brain bleeds to appendicitis to
coronary artery disease.
Yet, for all the benefits CT imaging
offers, it’s still radiation. Some in the
American medical community worry
radiological imaging is causing cancer.
The number of CT scans performed
has risen about 10 percent annually
over the last 15 years, while the U.S.
population has increased by only about
1 percent a year. Doctors performed
over 70 million CT scans last year, or
one scan for every fifth person, increasing our annual per-capita radiation
dose by 600 percent since 1980. Obviously some people are not getting any
scans, which means others are getting
a much bigger dose of radiation. Radiation exposure falls heavily on particular
patient sets — those with heart problems, and those with breast concerns.
This rapid expansion of CT is undoubtedly causing cancers. Recent
studies suggest CT causes 29,000
cases of cancer a year, leading to 14,500
deaths. To put that in perspective, an
equal number of people die from ovarian cancer each year. CT scanning is a
real and significant cause of death.
In addition to the slowly accumulating danger of repeated radiation
exposure, cases continue to come to
light detailing overdoses from medical
imaging errors. In 2009, more than 200
stroke patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, in Los Angeles, began suffering
from hair loss and skin redness after diagnostic head CT scans, possible signs
of acute radiation sickness. An FDA investigation found that technicians had
blasted the patients with eight times
the appropriate dose of radiation. The
estimated exposure was approximately
3000 to 4000 millisieverts, the equivalent of 50,000 X-rays. According to the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a
dose of 3500 millisieverts to the entire
body is enough to kill a person.
The New York Times recently uncovered the case of Jacoby Roth, a 2 1⁄2 year
old boy who was brought to the emergency room in 2008 after falling out of
bed. Over the next hour, the child was
run through a CT scanner 151 times by
a “rogue” radiology technician and suffered a massive radiation overdose of as
much as 5300 millisieverts to his brain.
While the academic community still
debates the health effects of low radia-
tion levels, there is growing evidence
that children are at higher risk. Their
smaller bodies are more sensitive to
radiation than those of adults, and
they have longer to live, which means
more time to develop cancer. Kids are
routinely exposed to adult doses of
radiation, which can be twice as harmful to a young body. A head CT can
deliver almost 100 millisieverts to
the infant skull and operators consistently fail to adjust scanners to lower
pediatric settings.
Doctors are slowly waking up to
the potential dangers posed by CT,
but the number of scans continues
to rise. Money is one reason. For every
patient who passes through a scanner,
the hospital makes money, helping
them pay for their multi-million dollar
machines. Some emergency physicians
report being pressured by their hospitals to order CT scans. Doctors who
own imaging centers are more likely to
recommend scans than doctors who do
not have a financial interest. In 2006,
the latest year for which figures are
available, 200,000 people submitted to
a whole-body CT scan to look for early
signs of several cancers. A whole-body
CT delivers a whopping 25 millisieverts,
and every credible medical group has
condemned the practice.
Defensive medicine and demanding patients are two more compelling
forces. Even when physicians know that
a patient is better off without a scan,
they worry about getting sued if the
patient goes on to develop a condition
that might have been spotted earlier.
The cancer the patient may get down
the road seems like a distant risk for
the doctor. Patients also tend to focus
on near-term dangers. Even if there’s
virtually no chance that your kid has
suffered any harm after falling off the
couch, a CT scan seems like the prudent
decision, just to be sure he doesn’t have
a brain bleed. Our general obliviousness to the long-term risks of radiation
makes it very difficult for physicians to
convince us otherwise.
The medical device arms race has
played a part. Hospitals regularly compete to have the most high-tech equipment, driven on by the importance
placed on technology by the U.S. News
& World Report hospital rankings. They
advertise their newest gizmo to draw
in patients, enthralled by the promise
of safer, faster, (and the omnipotent
and ambiguous) better. The assumption is made that the newest GE or
Siemens scanner provides an improvement in patient care. In the case of
radiological imaging, as in an alarming
amount of medicine more broadly,
there are surprisingly few studies
comparing patient outcomes between
older, less dangerous techniques and
the shiny new toy. It’s not clear, for
example, that the widespread use of
abdominal CT scans has improved the
diagnosis of appendicitis. Doctors don’t
know if the scans are helping to make
patients any healthier, but continue to
use them even though we know the increased levels of radiation they expose
patients to can hurt and even kill them.
It took two concurrent acts of
God — an earthquake plus a tsunami — to cause the crisis in Japan and
expose the countryside to radiation levels deemed too dangerous to live with.
In the U.S., all it takes is a poorly trained
radiology technician, a persistent patient, or a defensive doctor. Unlike the
handful of Japanese nuclear workers
who have been exposed to sickening
levels of radiation willingly as part of
the known risks of their profession,
American patients are exposed to equal
risks unaware that they’re often doing
it for no good reason. As the disaster
at the Fukushima power plant focuses
the world’s attention on the insidious
dangers of radiation, maybe it’s time
to think just as hard about a CT scan
as heading into the fallout zone of a
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Fitness and
Strong Family Values
The Josephsons’ Way of Life
by Diane Lahoski
When it comes to fitness and strong family values, Hippocrates Health Institute’s
VP of Operations, Scott Josephson, along with his loving wife of fourteen years,
Marta, their nine-year-old son, Jake, and their five-year-old daughter, Jenna,
passionately embrace all aspects of life — physically, emotionally, socially,
spiritually and educationally. Unquestionably, their healthy lifestyles have
incorporated consistency, commitment, mental clarity, quality relationships
and smoothly working internal functions for optimal fulfillment.
T
hroughout their lives, they have
synergistically discovered the
self-discipline and motivation
required to embrace a lifestyle comprised of never-ending fitness, wellness, nutrition and music. Competition has been part of Marta and Scott
Josephson’s genetic make-up from
their early childhood. They both have
obtained their Master’s degrees in
respective health and business related
fields and over the past twenty-five
years have been Division I collegiate athletes, competed in national
level fitness competitions, obtained
numerous industry certifications and
successfully educated thousands of
delegates, patients and clients.
Scott is a top level conference
presenter throughout the world and
is the recipient of numerous awards,
including the 2005 Director of the
Year for Teaching Excellence, the 2010
Specialty Presenter of the Year for Can
Fit Pro and the 2011 Citizen Award
from ECA. In addition, he is frequently
published covering a wide range of
industry topics and is on the interna-
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tional advisory boards for Can Fit Pro
and American Fitness Professionals
and Associates. Scott has provided
services for numerous television, film
and music celebrities, including philanthropist Edmond J. Safra, Wimbledon and U.S. Grand Slam winners,
New York Giants cornerback Greg
Lasker, New York Mets pitcher Ricardo
Jordan and CNN news anchors.
Marta has successfully prepared for
and competed in several “all natural”
bodybuilding competitions at
national qualifying levels, as well
as provided professional services
to countless celebrity clientele as a
Master’s level exercise physiologist.
Marta and Scott exercise together
five days a week using a variety of
principles and numerous exercise routines, highly emphasizing cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength,
muscular endurance, flexibility and
body composition. In addition, their
detailed exercise regimen consists of
several cardiovascular protocols and
anaerobic weight training comprised
of forced sets, drop sets, super sets and
giant sets intended to fatigue muscle
groups with specific intensities.
Marta and Scott often apply multiple
sets of high repetition overloads to
stimulate hyperplasia and hypertrophy, and focus on using 60 to 80%
maximum weight and exercise sets to
failure, utilizing anywhere from 8 to
20 repetitions.
As proud professionals with
advanced degrees in business
administration, exercise physiology
and nutritional science, Marta and
Scott Josephson apply strong dietary
principles to maintain their healthy
lifestyle. Depending on their specific
goals, their caloric intakes can vary,
however their diets always include
organic plant foods, including fruits,
vegetables and sprouted grains.
Overall, exercise and quality nutritional intake help them release endorphins — the “feel-good” hormones
that create a sense of general well being and keep stressors to a minimum.
They both find ways to eliminate
stressors through their intense, deep
love for each other and their children,
The Josephsons: Jenna, Marta, Jake and Scott (from left)
as well as meditation, exercise, guided
imagery and music.
Marta and Scott Josephson have
always given to others, including the
creation of the “Scott Scholarship”
which donates every single dollar from DVD sales and residuals to
those who have a “life-threatening”
diagnosis and need financial assistance. Their goal is to give individuals
the ultimate opportunity to heal and
develop the four Ps known as:
1. Purpose to achieve a natural
balance and reconnection to
optimal health.
2.Positive persistence and mental
attitude that supports the
healing process.
3.Patience to allow the mind, body
and spirit to heal.
4.Prayer to a higher source who will
share the load with you.
The Josephson’s impeccable passion
for wellness thrives personally and
professionally, and their superbly
healthy lifestyles cultivate spirituality, intuition and guidance. Marta and
Scott Josephson are extremely proud
parents of two children who have
both tested positive educationally as
gifted children. Since their birth, Scott
and Marta have utilized the same
health-related principles to guide their
children’s lives and it has paid off.
Jake has been swimming since he
was six months old and has been
actively involved in gymnastics, baseball and competitive basketball. Jenna
has also been swimming since she
was six months old, and is actively
involved in gymnastics, cheerleading
and numerous sports. Currently both
children attend sports camp five days
a week.
The Josephsons adhere to professional and ethical standards with a
firmly rooted personal mission for
the wellness industry. They lead by
example and instill education in every
area of their lives. In line with the
Hippocrates mission, they “help people help themselves” by improving
the holistic, physical and emotional
qualities of life. Their ongoing mission for delegates, alumni and guests
intensely emphasizes maintaining
and improving your own professional
competence and expertise through
lifelong education, learning and
taking enormous steps to promote
competence in wellness and fitness
as a whole.
Nothing touches the human soul
as deeply as saving someone’s life.
Whether working hands-on with
individuals who have various cancers,
metabolic syndromes, obesity or
countless other ailments, their mission will never end. Along with God’s
help, their dreams are realized daily
by providing a diverse selection of
quality supervised and self-selected
activities for individuals to pursue fitness, wellness, and opportunities that
enhance their personal development
and establish habits for a healthy
lifestyle. Their professional and
ethical standards have been deeply
rooted and ingrained early in their
lives along with their continuous and
never-ending passionate mission to
help others, be humble and implement core principles of integrity and
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7 Steps to Sex, Health and Happiness
Book Review by Dr. George Yu
(To be released early 2012.)
One recent holiday season, I met with Drs. Clement regarding a project examining gene expression
and the effect that the Hippocrates lifestyle has on its alteration. They graciously invited me to their
holiday party, where I watched Anna Maria and Brian dancing to tune after tune just like a young
couple in love, totally oblivious to everything except the present moment.
K
nowing their heavy daily
workload and the perpetual
international speaking tours
they conduct, I was impressed by the apparent love they display, even in the face
of their bigger calling and commitment
to helping humanity. For decades, Drs.
Brian and Anna Maria have been the
backbone of the renowned Hippocrates
Health Institute through thick and thin.
They are now planning an expansion to
further accommodate the global audience that attends their Florida program.
Through their institute’s work with
hundreds of thousands of guests,
they began to observe that more than
food affects the health of individuals.
Biological sexuality is intimately woven
into the physical and mental health
of all people. Together, the Clements
began to accrue stories, science and
statistics on how central sexuality is in
our lives. They also concluded that the
moral codes of our culture limit public
discussion about sexuality. Yet, in most
civilizations, the power of sexuality
has always been present and accepted.
The Clements share their insights
and knowledge in their new book,
7 Steps to Sex, Health and Happiness.
In my Asian culture, it is understood
that the “Yang,” the male force, and
the “Yin,” the female force, has to be
balanced within every human being.
The “chi” of sexual energy that binds
us together is what perpetuates future
humanity. Sexual energy is the foremost driving force throughout life, well
beyond our reproductive years. Sexuality
is more than the impulse that triggers
the physical act of intercourse. It is the
powerful, combined force of energy
that is manifested by the unification of
two committed, loving souls. Emotional,
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physical, and even spiritual well-being is
the reward that one gains by expressing
this foundational drive.
For more than three-and-a-half
decades, I have worked as a urological
surgeon with an acute focus on sex hormones, aging, health and disease. One
of my research projects was to study
why centenarians like the Okinawans
of Japan have such remarkably high
hormone levels compared to shorterlived peoples in other parts of the world.
We find this to be true amongst their
healthy population well into their 70s,
80s, 90s, and even 100s. Interviewing
M. Suzuki and C. Wilcox in 2010, in addition to observing the older generation
of the longest living humans on earth,
it was clear that their low-calorie diets
(1500 – 1800 calories per day) influence
their well-being. They primarily consume
plant-based foods from both the land
and sea. They are mentally and physically active in playing sports and games
that do not permit boundaries between
different age groups. Okinawans are radically distinct people, genetically close
to the original Taiwanese. Distinct facial
features and small frames denote these
happy and healthy people. Merging the
science of longevity with these observations, there is now growing, unshakable
evidence that life extension, vitality and
sexuality are all enhanced via proper
nutrition and healthy minds. We can also
predict that the people living in this way
not only desire and achieve more sexual
intimacy, but do so much longer than
the rest of us.
Coming from a background of biology, chemistry, medicine, and evolutionary biology, my viewpoint is that
we humans are as primal as all other
creatures, with a core biological goal
of survival and procreation. Our sex
hormones are tuned to these goals
before and after the reproductive years.
Between the ages of twenty and forty,
sex hormones, which also affect the adrenal and thyroid, begin to malfunction
and decline abruptly for women during
menopause (and during andropause
for men). In some ways, evolution has
not caught up with our modernization.
Modern conveniences such as electricity,
heated homes, refrigeration, garments
that warm us, and diagnostic medicine,
which helps detect disease before it
kills, have helped to prolong the reproductive years. So what can we do about
this evolutionary lag? Sex hormones are
powerful body signals to turn on and
off the rise or decline of our total health.
Sex hormones have a controlling influence in sexuality and reproduction.
Drs. Clement begin the dialogue with
the influence that food has on sex. They
point out that positive nutritional influences such as minerals, vitamins, and
proteins from food, as well as whole
food supplementation, help sustain
and increase sexual hormone activity. It is also explained that endocrine
disruption toxins (in air, water, pesticides, fungicides and germicides) — and
the plethora of chemicals spewed
around the planet — distort, weaken,
and neuter healthy hormonal activity.
This adds up to sexual dysfunction and,
when chronic, halts the biological and
psychological desires to procreate. This
has a profound effect on all the senses.
Aspects of foreplay such as touch,
fragrance, massage, erotic creativity,
intimacy and close proximity all warm
up the endocrine engines for sexual
hormones to do their work.
cont’d on p. 59
My Slaughterhouse Vigil
by Gwen Dunlop
I have been holding a one-woman Sunday vigil (begun on December 13, 2009) at the Toronto Abattoirs Ltd.
and “Quality” Meat Packers Ltd. The shockingly barbaric and primitive holding compound is where the pigs
are held overnight and where I first began this project.
Let me just say that for me, the French word “abattoire” sounds a bit too civilized for what goes on there.
Given there are 164 three-tiered transport trucks making weekly deliveries, the English translation
“slaughterhouse” describes this very dark and heavily guarded place as what it truly is — a house of killing.
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y vigil takes various forms
but mostly it entails meeting the truckers as they
arrive, witnessing the unloading of the
female pigs (called sows by some, but I
call them my soul friends and my tribe),
and then seeing the truckers turn out
of the driveway en route to wherever
home is, to sometimes far-enoughaway parts of Ontario.
Most of the time, I just stand there,
in whatever kind of weather, for as long
as I can last, with both hands over my
heart. I send as much love and compassion as I can muster, amidst the beatings of the sows and their subsequent
screams, (which I never think can get
worse but does), and the shouting of
some of the truckers, as in, “Move, you
stupid f’ing bitch!” Similar language
and accompanying rage is sometimes
sent my way as well. A fine, but critical,
line (from fear of legal consequences)
separates the treatment of the pigs
and the treatment of me. Similar
lines have all too often been blurred
throughout human history, resulting
in genocide and atrocities of one kind
or another. That we seem to think we
humans are special in some way and
will therefore be spared the brutality
we have not spared others of our species, and certainly not these remarkably
intelligent animals, is, in my opinion, a
form of insanity.
Criminals, in their final moments,
are offered last rites and perhaps even
a last meal, whereas these sows, representing the female principle of life,
have never had any special privileges.
They have the absolute barest
minimum of rights, and there is no
enforcement to ensure compliance.
I have had deeply meaningful, if not,
at times, intense interaction with the
truckers, supervisors, security, police,
City of Toronto public workers (who
share the same driveway), residents
from the area, passers-by, and even on
one occasion, a waiter from a nearby
restaurant. I’ve heard personal stories
and extended hugs to someone who
encountered me and was moved to
tears not only by what I was doing,
but also by hearing the cries of pain
and terror of the animals themselves.
I have had a slaughterhouse worker
scream at me, “Who are you…some
stupid, f’ing psycho bitch?!” only
to very quietly say moments later,
“I have nightmares. You know, we
all do.”
I have seen the inside of the holding
area and the ugly red welts and deep
gashes near sensitive parts of the
animals’ bodies. I have seen the piles
of bodies of those who didn’t survive
transport. I’ve climbed up one of
the ladders attached to the holding
compound and, with my head
stuck in a truck, pleaded for mercy
regarding the severity of the
beatings of the sows. On at least
a few occasions, I’ve lost my
composure and done my own fair
share of screaming, raising my
voice not in anger, but as an
appeal for humanity. cont’d on p. 60
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INSPIRATION:
The Inspiration section shares stories that will motivate you to get
up and get moving. You don’t need to go to a gym or use special
machines or equipment — just get active. If it’s nice outside get your
sweat on in the great outdoors!
Exercise
A Human Necessity
by Dr. Brian Clement
Foraging through the woods, with their endless walking, our nomadic ancestors genetically and anatomically set the blueprint for future generations. Not until we humans began
to become sedentary, did we begin to limit total body use. Farming, in and of itself, offered
the full spectrum of aerobic and weight-lifting exercise that is prerequisite to health.
A
s the industrial revolution
sprouted in the 19th century,
most people began to migrate
to cities and cubical residences that
dramatically, for the first time, limited
the use of our anatomy. Abnormal
standing, sitting, leaning and resting increased due to our obligatory
work. By the mid-20th century, the
commonly shared outdoor activities
began to be challenged by the newly
created television. Before we knew
it, we were watching professional
sport teams rather than actively
participating in sports. Within one
generation, the term “couch potato”
was created. In the developing world,
people’s addiction to the boob tube
far outweighs quality time spent with
family and friends.
Why exercise when I can watch
professional athletes do it in highdef? On and off, ambitious people,
for at least a short period, plug in an
exercise DVD in their living room and
bounce around until they get exhausted. This group, of course, is very
small, generally lacking commitment.
As we view the box with its illustrious
and tempting ads, they seduce us
to eat more nutritionally void foods to
fill the gaping holes left behind from
the lack of personal fulfillment. What
a dilemma it has become — lack
of body use and excessive weight
gain have paralyzed the population,
including the youth among us.
Computer technology presents us
with an even greater concern as now
we have trained two generations to
“virtually participate” rather than
become physically active. A recent
international study reported what
has been well-established in the
past: “Less than 5% of the population exercise adequately.” This fact
concerns not only people’s waistlines,
but also directly affects their emotions, biochemistry, immune systems
and rate of aging. During the last
half-century, one scientific study after
another confirms the essentiality of
aerobic and weight-bearing exercise. In my work here at Hippocrates
Health Institute, we have concretely
established that aerobic exercise,
consistently conducted in a proper
way, and, as an added benefit, while
inhaling oxygen, will dynamically
and dramatically increase the pace of
recovery. Every disease known to man
can be successfully battled by increasing circulation, body temperature and
added oxygen. Resistance exercise
not only forms a healthy, functional
muscular structure, but also solidifies
and strengthens the skeletal system.
In both cases, the positive effects are
numerous, mental functionality
being foremost. We and other
researchers have noted increased
positivity and less procrastination
in participants of both weight-lifting
and aerobic programs. Needless to
say, self-esteem inherently increases
due to the comfort and ease of a
better-looking and more functional
anatomy. Sexual vitality and
improved libido is also gained
when one is faithful to movement
and development.
Every person whose body you
admire most certainly is a faithful
exerciser. Today we must assert
effort and, without fail, schedule
time during our busy lives to indulge
in this exceptional activity. As previously mentioned, we are among
the generations presented with a
choice — whether or not to use and
build our bodies. A century ago, mere
existence required ongoing body
use. Each morning when people rose,
the first question in their mind was,
“Am I going to starve or am I going to
farm?” Of course, the latter was what
the masses chose and this life-saving
act alone assured a user-friendly
body. cont’d on p. 62
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INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION
C
It is said that if you can read the living book of
nature your questions will dissolve as wisdom
arrives. Simply observing the ebb and flow of
seasons, being silent in a forest, or sitting beside
a babbling brook, the natural world instructs us.
We see patterns of behavior, habit formations
and a harmony within that we humans observe
as a world of competition or survival of the fittest.
With Intentional Fitness
You Can Get into the
Best Shape Of Your Life
by Peter Ragnar
I
n many ways, it’s not unlike our
fast-paced human lifestyle. However, there are glaring exceptions. It is
rare to see an obese animal in the wild.
Lame, crippled or diseased animals
are also rarely observed by humans.
In the animal kingdom, fitness means
survival. This is the message printed
in bold letters in the living book of
nature. Fitness equals life.
While animals, by instinct and nature, play, wrestle, romp and run, we
must make conscious, deliberate, purposeful and planned decisions to do
the same. We can embrace intentional
fitness and, by doing so, increase our
enjoyment and function. Or we can
choose to do as millions have elected
to do: we can experience pain, suffering and limitation by remaining
unconscious of the body’s exercise
requirements.
Animals stay in shape in three
ways: stretching, aerobic running
and short bursts of intense, anaerobic
exertion. We humans have the option
of doing yoga, pilates, tai chi, qigong
or other allied practices. We can intentionally set aside time each morning
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Peter Ragnar
or evening to go for a vigorous walk
or hike. We can then advance this into
a slow jog or run. Yes, anyone can do
this — no matter what our age — unless a severe impairment makes it
impossible. But even then, I’ve seen
some people do amazing things while
being confined to a bed or wheelchair.
Age has not a thing to do with it.
Intention has everything to do with it.
The short bursts of intensity we
see in the animal kingdom can be
duplicated in either the home or a
gym by doing resistance training.
Weight training is considered by
some to be the most effective method.
One can also use machines or certain
bodyweight exercises to accomplish
the same type of intensity. There is
a vast array of training courses out
there. Last year I published my weight
training course, Serious Strength for
Seniors – and Kids Under 65 for anyone
serious about getting into the best
shape of their life.
As I stated earlier, animals do
this by nature, but we must make a
firm, purposeful decision with goals
in mind. Older adults often suffer
hormonal imbalances. Numerous
research studies have shown that a
regular exercise program can help
reverse these conditions. Hormonal
imbalances occur especially during
and after menopause and andropause. The reason for these mid-life
crises is a drop in essential hormones.
As just one example, by the time most
folks reach age sixty, they produce
very little human growth hormone
(HGH). This is the master hormone
that allows for the production and
regulation of testosterone, estrogen,
DHEA and other essential hormones
required for youthful fitness.
Studies indicate HGH levels drop
by an estimated 14 percent each decade of adult life. When HGH is at low
levels, the ensuing stress causes the
body to over-secrete a brain destroying chemical called cortisol. Cortisol
is a stress hormone. It is an essential
when we have to deal with life’s
challenges, but can be dangerous
in excess. Stress hormones’ job is to
convert unused protein back into
amino acids and then into glucose to
be burned for energy. cont’d on p. 57
an you inspire someone to perspire? Sure, but not easily. What
if you are inspiring yourself?
Some say that is even more difficult to
do. If you are ready for the opportunity, here are some ideas gathered from
friends, blogs, speeches and meditation to motivate you:
1. I choose to feel good. “I am really
motivated now. I choose to feel good”
is a healthy substitute for the statement: “Being very honest, let me tell
you, it (exercise) is very boring to me.”
This is a complaint I hear very often
from people who feel frustrated about
failing to lose weight. It is boring,
they say, because it is a routine thing
and there is no real pleasure. If we can
also visualize, while exercising, that
our activity is producing these happy,
colorful bubbles everywhere in the
body we will be able to acknowledge
the endorphins produced in the body
and the pleasure of enjoying health
and wellness.
2. Exercise is fun for me. I am
playing for fun. Play is always good
for me. This is not only just a positive
statement. It is a reality I can create using the concept of play. It can
combat the boredom some people
experience. Bring into mind a picture
of yourself from childhood when you
were engaged in a fun-filled game.
Slowly allow your mind to play back
the memory of having fun, or being
praised by someone for your role in
winning a game.
3. I have fun exercising at least five
days per week. Setting small achievable goals makes it easier to motivate
ourselves than setting unrealistic
goals. In fact, it is enough for us to
focus on one day at a time and make
sure that we exercise each day. Once
we get into the habit of setting aside
time for exercise on a routine basis, we
will no longer find it to be a burden.
4. I have a buddy to inspire me and
I inspire my buddy, too. A friend can
help us commit to our own commitment. The important aspect in choosing an exercise partner is that he or
she is at least as strongly motivated as
you are to make positive changes. The
choice of convenience may be a partner, a friend or a neighbor. However, if
our buddy does not feel as motivated
as we feel, it may not work out.
5. I have a new outfit to work out in.
It is a good idea to buy a new exercise
outfit to work out. This outfit becomes
a symbol and a reminder of the goal.
Many find it fun to get into the new
outfit to have a good feeling. In this
case, the outfit is for exercise.
Inspire
to
Perspire?
by Antony Chatham,
MPhil, MSW, MTh
6. I perform a variety of exercises
to have fun. We all fight boredom
when exercises become routine. Our
mind becomes more active when we
introduce variety into what we do. If
you work out in a gym, for example,
you can try different machines and
modalities according to your interest.
If exercising outdoors, it is possible to
use an even wider variety of modalities: walking, running, swimming,
tennis and the like.
7. I see myself trimming every day.
This statement may not seem realistic
because you cannot physically see the
change every day. One of the ways to
make this realistic is to take a picture
of yourself at the beginning of your
program and regularly take photos
each week with the intention of making yourself look better with every
picture. We can also mentally visualize seeing our body getting slimmer
and slimmer every day, and feel good
about our effort.
8. I sleep well every night. Being
able to sleep for seven to eight hours
every night helps us to exercise better
because we develop more energy. A
good combination of sleep and exercise not only helps us to create healthy
weight, but it also improves our general health, ensuring we stay motivated. While we are on the treadmill or
walking, for example, we can flash in
our mind mental pictures of going to
bed at night and sleeping peacefully
and waking up with a lot of energy.
This can motivate us to perform our
exercise with more enthusiasm.
9. I can dance and have fun. Many
people enjoy dancing. Exercise videos
can guide us and motivate us to have
this kind of fun and exercise at the
same time. The aspect of fun comes
often, from our own interpretation
of what we do. Our loud statements
about having fun can also motivate us.
10. I can maintain this healthy
habit. Studies have shown it takes
21 days to form a habit. Therefore, if
we can motivate ourselves to complete
21 days of having fun with fitness,
the habit is likely to stay with us.
My personal suggestion to anyone is
not to start this practice of working
out for fun at the beginning of the year
as many tend to do. Many people who
try to create a new routine at the beginning of the year end up giving it up
before the end of January. It is a better
idea, in my opinion, to start working
out when you feel inspired to do it,
rather than waiting for the beginning
of the year or even the beginning of
a month.
Yes, it is possible to inspire
ourselves to perspire! Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Plant-Base d Fitn ess
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INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION
Mo’s Journey
The Maureen Bruno-Roy Story
Mo getting
muddy in Belgium
by Sarah Naugler
When I met my sister’s future sister-in-law at a family event one summer’s eve
I was immediately awed by her talent, courage, strength and stamina. Maureen
Bruno Roy and her husband Matt Roy were late arrivals to the family shindig,
and as soon as they entered the room all eyes and ears focused on the young
couple. Their endeavors sounded like they were taken from the pages of a
“natural living” magazine — true accounts of living life simply, yet fully, by finding
passion and joy in their everyday adventures. Theirs is a story of challenge,
focus, pride and integrity.
M
aureen (Mo) was born in
a small suburb of Boston
called Saugus, Massachusetts. At the age of eight, she and her
twin sister, older brother and parents
moved to Topsfield, an even smaller
suburb. There, the family cultivated a
2.5-acre farm. The plot of land was just
large enough to sustain their family
of five and included all the essentials.
Three quarters of the land was a
vegetable garden and the remainder
was utilized to raise turkeys, chickens,
ducks, geese and goats. On the family
farm, Mo and her siblings learned
the importance of farming through
hands-on experience — everything
from seeding, transplanting and cultivating plants to killing and preparing
animal foods. Mo quickly learned the
importance of knowing where her
food came from — a discovery
that ultimately steered her to
a vegan diet.
Mo’s family could not afford
to put her and her siblings in
organized sports, but in junior high
school she and her twin sister joined
a free local track club and they were
instantly hooked. She and her siblings
became three-season athletes.
Mo continued running and competed in college. It was at this time she
befriended an avid mountain biker
who got her interested in cycling.
Financial demands soon dictated that
Mo give up competitive bicycle racing.
She began using her road bike for
her travels instead of racing because
it was more efficient — financially
and environmentally — than a car. In
2004, Mo was introduced to cyclocross
and again began competitive racing — this time, off road.
For a professional cyclist, diet is
crucial to performance. Mo is the
first to admit that fine-tuning performance nutrition can border on
obsession. This is because figuring out
what works best is a constant process
for improved performance. It is also
largely why Mo shares what she’s
learned on her blog, which anyone
can turn to for fast vegan recipes:
TheVeganDelicious.wordpress.com.
Her ideas can spice up the kitchen
of newbie vegans and long-time
plant-based eaters alike. Mo knows
how to make food fast, efficient and
fun — just like her cyclocross races.
She also emphasizes how important
it is for athletes to track their
meals and training sessions in
a training journal.
Mo’s plant-based diet is clearly
rooted in her upbringing. Growing
up on her childhood farm and
learning to differentiate between
sustainable agriculture and conventional methods was a great impetus
in her decision to give up animal
foods. Mo’s body never truly
“adjusted” to dairy consumption,
and she was never really into the
idea of eating eggs. Although some
chickens and ducks on the farm
were raised specifically for eggs,
she remained neutral to the idea. Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Plant-Base d Fitn ess
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INSPIRATION
The absence of processed foods on
the farm made it even easier for Mo
to embrace a healthy lifestyle.
When Mo discovered what a huge
difference the vegan diet made in her
athletic performance in such a short
amount of time, it further reinforced
her decision. Even though she ate very
little dairy, the difference in her training was like night and day when she
cut the dairy out, along with baked
goods. One of Mo’s foremost passions is the environment, and a vegan
diet is more efficient for the health
and sustainability of our land, water
and air supplies (but that’s a whole
other discussion unto itself). As if her
athletic performance and love for the
planet weren’t enough, Mo’s plantbased diet remarkably improved her
overall health and wellness.
Mo, now 35, is still seeking out what
works best and filling new pages in
her training journal.
INSPIRATION
Her training begins as the street
lamps go out and the sun comes up.
Although Mo’s work schedule is full
time, she is die-hard and does not let
the chaos of reality get in her way. In
fact, training is her reality.
What makes it easy? Routine and
schedule. Time slots dedicated to
her two to four hour rides, one hour
personal training sessions and 90
minute recovery sessions (yoga or
easy rides). In fact, Mo says open days
make it hard for her to get anything
accomplished.
Personal training had never been
a priority in Mo’s training schedule
until very recently when she found
herself at a plateau and wanted to
“up the ante” in her game. She has
been competing against full-time
female cyclists and has consistently
been neck to neck with them — or
even passed them and defeated records. Imagine the possibilities if she
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Many females might be quite envious to hear that Mo is 35 years old
and has had the same figure since she
was 18, but it made me chuckle. Since
her body hasn’t gone downhill and
she leads an active lifestyle, Mo never
felt the need to have to strength train
and build muscle. When she found
out that she had muscle imbalances
that, if attended to, would break her
plateau as a cyclist and increase her
stamina, she changed her mind.
In lieu of those minor suggestions
she was immediately on board with
the extra hours she would have to put
in at the gym. Now over six months
into her modified training routine,
Mo describes her progress as,
“getting stronger and seeing
the work in the gym transfer
to the bike in terms of power
output and ability to push
bigger gears when needed.”
She says she has also improved her overall power and
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strength and is overcoming
her muscle imbalances.
From a girl brought up
in the shadows of a small
suburb in Boston to a college
art student who loved her
sport, to a passionate woman
of prestige, Mo is on a great
journey. I am grateful to have
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Mo in her home state
of Massachusetts
Cyclocross: A fall/winter, on-road/off-
road discipline held on a looped circuit of one to two
miles, more or less. How it works: the racers navigate
through mud, sand, pavement, gravel, pasture and
mulch. Should the terrain be compromised by certain
factors out of one’s control, such as surfaces too steep
to ride or blockages by wooden barriers, the riders
“dismount” and run shouldering their bikes until the
roads are clear from danger. What a trip! A typical
race is more or less 90% ride, 10% run. The events last
anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour and a winner
is declared as soon as the race leader completes the
last lap. How did this sport come about? The first
World Championship was held in Paris in 1950 after
the Second World War. It was spearheaded by those
who sought to maintain physical fitness. They rode
through muddy waters, sand and other harsh terrain
to do just that. In addition to its huge following in
Continental Europe, the cyclocross phenomenon is
growing exponentially across the United States. In
fact, it is now the fastest growing discipline here
in the U.S. It’s growing so fast that organizers of the
U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross have plans to host the
2013 UCI Elite Cyclocross World Championships in
Louisville, Kentucky. This would offer the opportunity
for both Pro and Master U.S. racers to win the Rainbow
Jersey on home soil — an event that will surely go
down in history!
AWARDS: In 2005, Mo finished third in the Elite Women’s Cyclocross National Championships. Soon after, her career
took off as she placed first in the Masters 30 – 34 Cyclocross National Championship in 2005, 2007 and, again, in
2008. Mo was acknowledged as a U.S. World Championship Team Member in 2006 and 2010. She placed fifth in
the Elite Women’s Cyclocross National Championships in 2007 and in 2009 she was the overall winner of the USA
Cycling National Cyclocross Calender. In 2010, Mo placed 20th in the Heusden-Zolder World Cup (Belgium) and 25th
in the CX World Championships (Tábor, Czech Republic). 2011 is a big year for Mo. She placed ninth in both Threeland
Cyclocross and Fidea Cross Classic events held in Pétange, Luxembourg, and Belgium, respectively.
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INSPIRATION
T
otal fitness is more than just
physical exercise. Learning to
breathe fully via breathing and
stress-reducing exercises is also a big
part of a fitness program. There are
many different types of exercises such
as stretching, breathing, muscle-building and core exercises, so don’t limit
yourself to one type. Try a little of each
and that way it will be fun and keep
you interested.
Let me tell you about my own personal experience with exercise and the
raw food diet. As a teenager, I was very
active in sports and my passion was to
be as competitive as possible against
my friends. On an average week, I
would spend lots of time in either
a gym working out with weights or
boxing, just trying to stay in shape.
When I was 19 years old, my health
took a surprising change for the worse.
I was diagnosed with inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD). Instantly, I went
from 160 lbs. and working out everyday to 118 lbs. and almost bedridden. I
regained my health after I discovered
Hippocrates Health Institute and
the raw food diet. After recovering
from IBD, I had to regain the weight
that I had lost. Some of my body weight
naturally returned after my body
had healed. But I had to do a little
experimenting to gain the rest back.
INSPIRATION
As a teacher and author of the raw
food diet, one of the questions I often
receive is how to gain weight by eating mostly fruits, vegetables, nuts and
seeds. Most of the world is overweight
and looking for the diet cure to lose
extra pounds, but people on a raw
food diet usually have it the other
way around.
While increasing body weight is not
what usually comes to mind when
someone thinks about a good fitness
program, it is certainly a reality for
those who are underweight. Here
is why: most people have excess fat
and very little muscle tone, so when
they lose the fat they become “skin
and bones” skinny. But if someone
has strong muscle tone, when the
fat leaves the body, a very fit person
will emerge.
When a person is eating a healthy
diet, such as the raw food diet, the
need for exercise is not as important as when a person is eating an
unhealthy diet. What a great reason
to eat a raw food diet! But a normal
exercise routine is still highly recommended for even raw foodists. From
my experience, people often exercise
too much or too little. Finding the
right amount for you is important.
Our overall health is a very good
indication that what we are doing is
working. If you are not used to a regular fitness program, then start slowly;
but don’t wait to get started. As you
continue to be more active, you will
figure out what is best for you.
Remember that fitness is more than
just exercise. Being fit is about being
active and not sitting still all the time.
Try walking or riding a bike to the store
instead of driving. Spend less time in
the car and more time on your feet.
You can be creative and find many cool
and different exercises. I personally
had a much easier time staying fit in
New York City because I walked or rode
my bike most places. Then I moved to
South Florida! Now it is not as easy
to walk and ride my bike because
everything is spread out. I know it is
important to stay fit so I enjoy finding
new ways to exercise.
People often ask me what the best
type of exercise is, and my answer is
“Whatever you enjoy.” Movement is
the key. For some it’s jogging and for
others it’s swimming. I personally
enjoy rebounding and core exercises
using my own body weight while
outside in nature. Whatever you prefer,
keep it fun and interesting and don’t
neglect your fitness program. Make
Jack LaLanne proud of you! Jack LaLanne once said a day without exercise is like
suicide. I wouldn’t take it that far, but a regular fitness program
is definitely an important part of the health puzzle that’s often
missed by people who are eating a healthy diet. Many people
feel that eating a high raw vegan diet is enough to keep them
in shape and healthy, but neglecting exercise is a big mistake.
In fact, exercise may be just as important as diet. How can I
say this? Well, I know many people who do not eat a healthy
diet but exercise daily and they seem to be doing okay. On the
other hand, I know people who eat a raw food diet but do not
exercise, and they are not doing well at all. I wouldn’t say one is
more important than the other, but I would say they are equally
as important in the total health picture.
Fitness icon Jack LaLanne (1914 – 2011)
How to Get
Older and Better
NOT Old and Bitter
Wayne Pickering
at 63 years young.
A high raw vegan
diet helps him stay
fitter than most
people half his age.
by Wayne Pickering
I
’ve been in 25 countries and have
studied a lot of people who have
reached 100 years of age. All these
people, who have been ranked as the
healthiest in the world, had certain
things they did on a daily basis that
kept them healthy. I call them the
nine biological imperatives to being
totally healthy and they form an
acronym: A NEW START.
“A” stands for ATTITUDE
“N” stands for NUTRITION
“E” stands for EXERCISE
“W”stands for WATER
“S” stands for SUNSHINE
“T” stands for TENACITY
“A” stands for AIR
“R” stands for REST
“T”(the second T)
stands for TEMPERANCE
Total Fitness by Paul Nison
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Fitness with
Finesse
So you see there is more to being
healthy than any one thing such as
eating good food, adhering to fitness
routines, thinking good thoughts, etc.
It takes all of them to be truly healthy.
What I am going to focus on here is
the exercise/fitness part of our lives.
First of all, our fitness program has
to be fun and consistent so we will
be looking forward to it each and
every day.
There is no guarantee that we’re going to live forever, even if we eat good
food and do a daily two-mile run, but
you can rest assured you can lengthen
your life, and you can feel and look
younger. With regular exercise and a
low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet, your
life becomes a joy to be lived and not
some problem to be solved.
Dr. Kenneth G. Manton, PhD, and
his colleagues at Duke University
have shown that a 30-year-old man
who quits smoking, controls his
cholesterol and blood pressure, and
maintains his ideal weight through
good nutrition and good fitness, can
add almost 16 years to his life just
because of his good behavior. Therefore, he can expect to extend his life
from 74 to almost 90 years.
As you shape up, your cardiovascular system becomes stronger, exercise
becomes easier, and your heart doesn’t
have to work as hard to pump blood as
it would if you didn’t exercise.
Now, being fit incorporates more
than just exercise. A low-fat, highcarbohydrate diet with fresh fruits
and vegetables and unrefined and
unprocessed foods are all part of a
good fitness plan. But the diet does not
have to be bland to be good for you.
Dr. Jack M. Cooperman, PhD,
Director of Nutrition at New York
Medical College, says “certain foods
are considered feminine and others
are masculine. Men eat steak;
women eat salad. Men have to
just get over that.”
Food is fuel and that’s why the
nutritional program that you choose
is crucial. This is one of the many reasons I recommend Hippocrates Health
Institute as part of your total overall
wellness approach to your health.
Fitness is no longer a fad. Being fit
is healthy. If we don’t find time for
fitness, we will have to find time for
illness.
Dr. Charles Kuntzleman, EdD and
the director of a national cardiovascular fitness program, says there are a
few questions we must ask ourselves:
Can I run a mile nonstop? Would I be
exhausted at the end? If you said no
to the first and yes to the second, then
you need to get fit.
According to Dr. Kuntzleman,
maintaining a good level of fitness
really only takes three 20-minute
periods of exercise a week, but those
20-minutes must be vigorous so they
will benefit your body.
cont’d on p. 59
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The Beauty Within
by Linda Morin
Never had I imagined that I would hear the words “You have cancer.” I had heard the stories through my mother of
how my grandmother and aunt both died of breast cancer at a very young age. Here I was, a single mother of two
boys being told I had breast cancer.
T
elling my family was one of the
hardest things I have ever had to
do and my mother’s reaction was
more than any of us could take. I wished
that somehow I could make it not be
true, if only to take away her pain. After
seeing how much pain this caused my
mother, my children and my family, I
knew that I needed to do whatever it
took to fight this horrible disease.
I did just that! I had a double mastectomy and a total hysterectomy. It was a
long and painful procedure, which took
more mental healing than physical. I
found myself needing to find whatever means possible to heal not only
my body but also my mind. I traveled,
started juicing wheatgrass, exercised
more and attended Hippocrates Health
Institute (HHI). This is where I discovered my ability to throw away my fear
of not being accepted as a woman. I
had the opportunity to show myself to
a room full of people who accepted my
scars and made me feel beautiful again.
I wrote an article last year for Healing
Our World magazine (“The Courage
to Look Beyond,” Volume 30/Issue 2).
The article was about the acceptance
I received and the power I felt because
of it. I became a new woman! I was
stronger and in a position to help other
women find their empowerment. I am
proud to say that I am a cancer survivor.
Being a woman is not about having
breasts; it is about overcoming adversity and being stronger for it. It’s about
being comfortable in your own skin, no
matter how difficult it might sometimes be. I appreciate life. I live life every
single day. I love the person I’ve become.
That is why I am writing a book to help
women like me to come to terms with
their loss and feel better about the way
they look. I am also working on a line of
clothing designed for women who have
undergone mastectomies.
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I have now accepted that I’ve had
breast cancer. I’ve also accepted that
I do not have breasts. I can look at
myself and love me for who I am.
I decided I wanted to go back to
Hippocrates to finish my book. I knew
that returning to HHI would be amazing and I promised myself I would go
back every year. I was talking to so
many wonderful women and a lot
of them were telling me they had a
difficult time accepting themselves.
One morning, Dr. Brian Clement was
doing a lecture. Before he started, I
asked him if I could make an announcement and told him what I wanted to
say. I went up to the front and asked
all the women to come and join me
the next afternoon on the roof of the
Hacienda (a space reserved for women
who wish to sunbathe topless).
I suggested we all go topless. I wanted them all to feel the way I felt — to
love themselves. We are all different
shapes and sizes. Some women have
large breasts, others have small ones
and some have scars. I wanted them
all to feel a sense of freedom and be
born again.
I told them they do not need to hide
any more and could all be proud of who
they are. Their reaction was not what
I had hoped for. Most of the women
said they could not do it. I told them I
would be there at two o’clock the next
afternoon in case they changed their
minds. I really wanted the women to
experience this and I was disappointed
that my plan was not going to work.
The following day I went up on the
roof very depressed. But to my surprise,
there were already two women there.
And then more started coming. I was
so happy and amazed by how many
women awakened!
We all gathered in a circle, said a
little about ourselves and then I asked
the women, “Are we ready to remove
our tops?” They all said yes, and did.
We held hands one more time.
I asked them how they felt and for
some it was very emotional. It was an
experience that will always stay with
me. I asked them afterwards if I could
get a photograph since I’d decided to
write an article about this experience.
The women all said yes. We ran topless
to one of HHI’s waterfalls and we all
felt a sense of freedom.
Will, HHI’s photographer, was there
waiting for us and it did not bother the
women that he is a man. All the ladies
were laughing and giggling. We were
there for about an hour. Some people
walked by but we did not notice as we
were free and alive and that was all
that mattered.
I hope through my article that I will
somehow help all those who have been
touched by cancer. More than this, I
want to touch and affect the lives of
all women and those who love them.
This is our time to find power! The time
has come for us to know who we are
and love ourselves regardless of our
physical appearance, regardless of our
social standing, regardless of what we
have been told to think and feel about
ourselves.
I am available for speaking
engagements of all kinds. I also
invite you to contact me via email at
[email protected]. With much
love, I send my best regards and hope
to hear from you.
I would like to thank all the beautiful women (pictured opposite page)
who allowed me to share this amazing
experience with them. It will always be
in my heart.
God bless the beauty within. “My name is Barbara and I was diagnosed with stage IV,
metastatic breast cancer in January, 2008. My treatment
included 2 lumpectomies and radiation to my breast, pelvis,
spine and sternum. I continue with hormone therapy since
the cancer is estrogen receptive. I was told by my oncologist
that there is no cure but I told her that I believe in miracles
and that I am healing already.
I decided to go to Hippocrates Health Institute and this has
truly changed my life. My healing has embraced the physical,
emotional and spiritual and I feel vibrant and alive. I am moving toward a 100% raw vegan lifestyle, and I am discovering
my true purpose in life. After three years my cancer is stable.
At Hippocrates I experienced a beautiful sisterhood of love and
caring. After three years of being unable to look at myself and
feeling like less of a woman because of my scars, burns and
misshapen breasts, I was able to go topless with a group of
women on the rooftop. What I realized from everyone is that
we are not our bodies. The essence of who we are is within.
Although we express love through our bodies and love is the
essence of being human and the soul of our loved ones, the
first one we need to love is ourselves. What a truly liberating
and loving experience our sisterhood at Hippocrates has been.”
“My name is Andy Bernay-Roman. I work at Hippocrates
Health Institute as a psychotherapist. The other day while in
session, sitting across from a client, I saw out of the corner
of my eye, through my window, a parade of topless women
mounting and posing atop a waterfall. At first I thought I
was having a middle school fantasy come true. My eye first
went to the young, pretty women in the group, and I sought
out their curves. But soon I was jolted into the reality that
some of the women’s breasts are — well — different. Some
have wounds, either disease or surgery-related. I then tuned
in to the different ages and shapes and imagined their histories. Suddenly I was faced with a tableau of raw humanity.
Women, the glory and sensual physicality of women. The
beauty and fragile pathos, the strength of spirit, the guts
of women. What an indelible image! Thank you for that!”
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NUTRITION:
Raw Bodybuilding
The Nutrition section explains how a plant-based diet can improve your
performance. A common theme you’ll see emerge is that it’s nutrients
that count — not calories. That’s where plant foods shine. Higher nutrient
density plus better absorption means you get more fuel from less food.
by Nick “Natureboy” Stern
My interest in health and nutrition started at an early age. I bought my first book
when I was thirteen years old, The Miracles of Juice Fasting, by Paul Bragg.
Shortly thereafter, I invested in my first juicer. I began juicing as a teen, and this
is how I eventually developed the name “Natureboy.”
W
Still thinking a plant-based diet
doesn’t offer enough protein?
Nick Stern at the mecca of bodybuilding
— Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach, CA.
hen I was in my twenties,
I was introduced to the
world of bodybuilding
where I began competing, and I
consumed the standard bodybuilder
diet consisting of massive amounts of
animal products. When my competitive career ended in my early thirties,
I still continued to train passionately,
but as I approached my forties my
body began feeling toxic, consumed
by constant aches and pains. It was at
this point when I decided to return to
a plant-based diet. After only a short
while, I noticed a significant difference. Somehow I was able to reverse
my toxic, acidic condition from the
years of over-consumption of animal
products to a more alkaline sense
of wellness. I felt young and vibrant
again. I have to admit that I feel
younger now at 58 than when I was
in my forties!
Transitioning to a Plant-Based Diet
While embarking on a plant-based
diet, your body will go through various cleansing phases. You may notice
your strength levels decrease. That is
nature’s healing process paving the
way to a higher level of health and
vitality. I went through several stages
of cleansing before my body started
to respond by putting on lean healthy
muscle through plant foods. I truly
believe an athlete can add years on to
their career by adopting a plant-based
diet, but most are afraid of the unknown and are unwilling to change
Eva and James enjoying
socially
accepted
a day in the
park. norms. Over the last
few years, I have been working with
professional athletes, trainers and
bodybuilders by advocating cuttingedge nutrition and the results have
been outstanding.
I also fast for 24 to 48 hours once a
week (usually on Saturdays) to give
my body a rest and to raise growth
hormone levels.
Diet Strategies
For consistent gains, you should
always aim at increasing your workload from previous workouts. You
can change the type of exercise you
perform, the length of your sessions,
the amount of weight lifted or the
number of reps.
Diet and nutrition comprise 85% of
your health and fitness results. Eat as
much raw, nutrient-dense foods as
possible and make your post-workout
meal a fundamental part of your
training routine. It’s best to consume a
raw, plant-based protein source along
with good sources of carbohydrates
and fats within 30 minutes after your
workout; this is called your “window
of opportunity.” I prefer to have five to
six small feedings a day, incorporating
raw plant-based protein every three
hours. This puts my body in a state
of positive nitrogen retention which
allows for maximum muscle growth. I
mix up my amino acid profiles by having a wide variety of raw living foods.
Here is a list of my favorite
protein sources:
Greens, sprouts, blue green algae, sea
vegetables, sprouted seeds, nuts and
raw sprouted whole grain brown rice
protein (which I include in my daily
post workout smoothies).
After you have achieved the desired
muscle gains, you can decrease the
meal frequency and calorie intake.
I am currently on a CRON (Calorie
Restriction with Optimal Nutrition)
diet for anti-aging purposes and for
maintaining a low body fat level.
Training Strategies
Here are some guidelines I use:
1. There is a direct relationship between the size of a muscle and the
strength of the same muscle.
2. Training programs must be truly
progressive with constant attempts
to increase power potential.
3. Maximum possible power potential
is required to stimulate maximum
mass increases; the “intensity of effort” should be as high as possible.
4. After warm-up sets, only one set
to complete failure per exercise is
needed for promoting fast gains in
strength and size.
5. Sticking points in strength progression require less total sets and
more recuperation time between
workouts.
6. Keep a training log to keep you
focused and chart your progression.
7. To prevent injury, it is
recommended to have periods
of recovery training of more
volume and high repetition
with
Dr. Brian
Clement at
sets. ThisEva
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engage
different
Hippocrates
Health
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NUTRITION
Tips to Thrive
Brendan Brazier is a professional Ironman triathlete,
The Brendan Brazier Interview
Hippocrates staffers and fitness enthusiasts Sarah Naugler
and Will Burson caught up with Brendan to ask him about
performance nutrition.
by Sarah Naugler and Will Burson
Opposite page, page 35: Brendan Brazier enjoying the three sports that make him an Ironman — swimming, running and cycling.
Sarah Naugler (SN): The main dietary component
I hear athletes talk about is protein. Some disagree
about when protein should be consumed and many
disagree about how much protein athletes should eat.
What are your general recommendations for protein
consumption?
Brendan Brazier (BB): I suggest good, chlorophyll-rich,
plant-based sources of protein along with some simple
carbohydrate right after the workout. A good general
guideline is about a 4:1 carbohydrate (CHO) / protein ratio
(four parts CHO to one part protein). The carbohydrate
helps restore muscle glycogen.
The main consideration regarding protein is the quality.
Traditional sorts of protein like meat or dairy are very acidforming. Protein isolates such as soy, or especially whey,
are acid forming as well. Acid forming foods are the last
thing you want to be eating right after a workout because
your body is already inflamed from the intense exercise.
You want to get inflammation down quickly to speed
recovery. Reducing muscle inflammation will improve
muscle functionality, which will improve the quality of
your next workout.
Will Burson (WB): Most vegans tend to look to protein
powders and soy products for protein. What highly alkaline, protein-rich whole foods would you recommend,
especially ones that people may not be familiar with?
SN: If someone does not feel sore during recovery how
do they know they are pushing themselves to their
maximum potential?
In other words, if someone feels fatigued during a
workout but they don’t feel sore the next day or a couple
days later, how do they know their workout was intense
enough?
BB: This is a question I get often. Soreness isn’t necessarily
the best indicator of workout quality. Before they train,
athletes need to ask themselves: “What do I need to get out
of this workout?” As you reach higher levels of fitness, every workout should have a very specific purpose. The fitter
you get, the less general your workouts should be.
For example, if you need to boost aerobic threshold,
you want a workout that’s in line with that. That may
not mean being sore the next day. It may mean running
at your aerobic threshold for whatever set amount
time you’ve planned for. By measuring your heart rate
during the workout, you know you’re getting an effective
workout.
Conversely, people assume if they are sore the next
day that they did have an effective workout. A lot of
the time soreness doesn’t mean the workout was good.
It just means they didn’t recover well and ate low-quality
food right after the workout. These people often go along
thinking they’re on the right track because they are
sore, but the soreness is just due to poor nutrition.
BB: Alkaline-forming sources of protein are ideal. Plant
sources — such as leafy greens, leafy sprouts or algae — are best. People don’t generally realize it, but spinach
and kale are about 45% protein. Blue green algae and
chlorella are around 55% protein. Hemp protein is
around 45 – 50% protein.
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bestselling author on performance nutrition and the creator of an
award-winning line of whole food nutritional products called Vega.
He is also a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion.
WB: As your recovery time between workouts shortens
from proper nutrition, is it better to work out harder at
the same frequency or work out at the same intensity
but more often? Also, would you recommend short, intense workouts or longer, moderate workouts?
BB: It depends on your fitness goals. If you’re training
for an Ironman triathlon, you’re going to be able to add
more distance and better handle it before your body starts
breaking down. This leads to greater performance in long
races. Six-hour bike rides in your fat burning zone train
you to burn fat as fuel more efficiently. If you can get in an
extra ride every 10 days because you’ve recovered quickly,
that’s going to lead to better fat metabolism which will
lead to better performance in Ironman.
If you’re training for something different, maybe an
extra intense workout would be better than an extralong one. But even when training for distance events, it’s
important to include short and quick workouts. Anaerobic
workouts can include things like running stairs, lifting
heavy weights or air squats. These exercises help release
testosterone, which is a growth hormone and speeds
recovery, making you stronger in general. Then, better
strength leads to better endurance.
I added one or two short, high quality workouts a week
and it made a big difference. I write about that quite a bit
in Thrive Fitness.
SN: What tips do you have for cold climate raw
food enthusiasts?
BB: I know some people live in cooler climates and do eat
completely raw. The first few years they often struggle
with it. Some find it helpful to drink tea or eat warming
things like ginger or cayenne.
I don’t eat completely raw. For me, about 75 – 80% seems
to work well. I think if people are having trouble in the
winter, they should ask themselves why they’re eating
raw food in the first place. For me, I got into eating the way
I eat so that I could feel good and perform well without
needing to sleep a lot or be dependent on stimulants. If
someone’s diet isn’t serving them, they may want to look
at changing it up so that it gets them what they want
out of life. I know some people whose goal it is to be raw
foodists. Their primary goal is not to feel good or perform
well, just to eat raw food.
WB: Something you discuss at length in your books is
adrenal fatigue, which can be contributed to by the
overuse of stimulants like caffeine. You also discuss the
sporadic use of healthier stimulants like yerba maté for
improved performance in athletic competitions. How
often is it okay to use yerba maté and other stimulants
without having an extreme negative impact on the body?
BB: Ideally, you never want to be in a situation where you
need any kind of stimulant. You want to get your adrenals
healthy by eating good food to lower nutritional stress
and, therefore, overall stress. This will not only make
adrenal function optimal, but allow you to reach the delta
phase of sleep, which is necessary for your body to regenerate and renew itself.
Yerba maté and green tea can be beneficial when used
right before a workout. These stimulants do help metabolize fat more efficiently and preserve muscle glycogen,
which will boost performance short-term. If you’re able
to get a higher quality workout in you’ll be able to reach
a greater level of fitness more quickly. For this reason,
healthy stimulants can be used selectively as tools to help
boost fitness.
The one thing you have to be cautious about is that you
don’t become dependent on them. You also need to be sure
to nourish your adrenals after using any kind of stimulants. Even better types of stimulants will cause your adrenals to take a hit. You can offset this effect by consuming
alkaline-forming foods after. Maca, a root vegetable from
Peru, is especially good for nourishing the adrenals.
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NUTRITION
SN: What nutrient-dense foods would you recommend
for those who are on a tight budget but want to reap the
benefits of a raw vegan diet?
SN: Many people believe it’s healthy to fast at least one
time during the week. Do you think it’s practical for athletes to practice fasting or should it be avoided?
SN: While we’re talking about maintaining weight, what
foods can be beneficial to those who are having trouble
maintaining their weight?
BB: That’s actually a topic I cover in my new book,
Thrive Foods (Whole Foods to Thrive for Canadian readers).
I look at micronutrient levels in different foods to see
how much nutrition you get for the price. Healthy foods
are actually far less expensive than unhealthy foods when
you look at them in this light. Obviously, you can get more
calories and volume from junk food, but that’s not what
matters. One example is a comparison between lentils and
chicken. It’s six times cheaper to get the equivalent micronutrients from the lentils than from the chicken. You can
live very cheaply on this diet if you eat foods like legumes,
beans, peas and pseudograins (foods such as quinoa, amaranth, millet, buckwheat and wild rice). You can buy these
foods in bulk at your local grocer or health food store and
when you sprout or cook them they really volumize. For
example, you can get full on $2 of quinoa and you’re getting quite a nutritious meal. Obviously, it’s not completely
well-rounded, but you’re getting way more for your $2
than if you spent it on fast food. And this doesn’t even take
subsidies into account, which I discuss in my book as well.
BB: I know some people who think it’s somewhat helpful
for them and I know others who haven’t found it helpful. I think eating a healthy, whole foods, plant-based
diet reduces the need to fast. People who eat a standard
Western diet can benefit greatly from fasting, but if you’re
already eating really well the value of that fast goes down.
I did fast for a few days several years ago and I felt quite
good. I had a lot of energy and felt recalibrated. I would eat
something very basic and I would feel as energized as if I’d
drank coffee.
BB: As for raw foods, adding things like hemp, flax or
soaked raw almonds to smoothies can help. Pseudograins
such as amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat and wild rice can all
be sprouted and eaten raw. As for cooked foods, I eat things
like rice, sweet potatoes or sprouted bread with avocado
and sprouts. Occasionally I’ll have some baked root vegetables. I also enjoy oatmeal once in a while.
WB: Your career is focused more on your books and the
Vega product line these days. Since you’re no longer
training for competitive racing, what do you do these
days for fitness?
BB: I’m on the road for over half the year. I like to get up
early every morning and get out for a run. Then I usually
have a hotel gym workout or some kind of gym workout — I like to mix it up. Today, I just got back from running
stairs since I’m in Toronto and I’m staying downtown in a
taller building. Running stairs, I find, can get you fit or keep
you fit in very little time. That’s the thing for me now — being able to fit everything in during the day. I probably average about 1.25 – 1.5 hours of exercise per day.
When I’m back at home I ride my bike four or five days
a week and swim a bit. These days it’s just for fun, not for
competitive training. I live in a really hilly area so my rides
these days are shorter and more intense. They are typically
90 – 120 minutes and offer quite a good workout.
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WB: You mentioned in your first book, Thrive, that you
cut your caloric intake by about 20% when you adopted
a high raw diet. Caloric restriction experiments have
shown dramatic life extension potential in rats that are
fed subcaloric diets. What can you tell our readers about
the benefits of caloric restriction?
BB: It’s really all about high net gain foods. These foods
require less energy to digest and assimilate and give
you more nutrients in return. You can eat far fewer
calories without getting hungry by focusing on nutrientdense foods.
A calorie is a measurement of food energy. If calories
were the only important consideration, people who eat
the most calories would have the most energy. But, clearly,
people who eat fast food and several thousand empty
calories a day do not have more energy. The disconnect
there is digestibility, which is why people get tired after
big, heavy meals. It takes lots of energy to digest meals
like that. In countries where people have big meals in the
middle of the day, they’ll often have siestas — or midday
naps — afterwards.
Eating a nutrient-dense, whole foods diet will inherently
mean less calories are consumed. This gets people away
from the problem with being overfed and undernourished.
Taking in too many calories and not enough nutrition leads
to premature death. People can go down the wrong path
by focusing solely on calories because often they base their
food choices on calorie count rather than nutrient density.
If people focus on eating nutrient-dense foods, their
caloric intake will automatically drop, enabling the
potential to extend life as exhibited in the experiments
you mentioned. You do have to be sure to consume enough
calories for your activity level.
WB: I think that wraps up our questions. Do you have
any other thoughts you’d like to share with our readers?
BB: Most of us have the privilege of eating every day. I
think with this comes a responsibility to make informed
choices both for our own health and the health of the
environment. We have to keep the planet healthy, because
without healthy air and water and soil, we can’t grow
healthy food.
There’s little that affects your life as much as the food
choices you make every day, so it’s worth making it a
priority to learn now what makes sense to eat and what
doesn’t. Then you can have that knowledge for the rest of
your life. You can learn more about Brendan and his new book,
Thrive Foods, at BrendanBrazier.com. Read more about
his whole food nutritional products at MyVega.com.
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ever having indulged in
fruit juices before (back in
Switzerland, it was all water),
I began my journey into the Ocean
Spray kingdom in 2001, just like a kid
arriving at Willy Wonka’s chocolate
factory. One flavor was particularly
alluring to me, the famed cranberry
juice. I liked its sweet and sour taste.
I was pretty much unaware at that
time that this Frankenstein creation
contained one remarkably harmful
poison — the infamous high fructose
corn syrup. That indulgence, as well as
other processed foods, facilitated my
weight gain from about 75 kgs (165 lbs)
to 95 kgs (210 lbs). The worst part was
my blood sugar had spiked to around
250 mg/dl and my total cholesterol
was close to 350 mg/dl.
Over the next two years, I improved
my health, but remained overweight
and pre-diabetic. One day in 2006, I
luckily stumbled upon Wild Oats, a
health food store that is now Whole
Foods. My curiosity pushed me to
discover a new world of organic products. I didn’t jump from fast food to
raw food overnight. Instead, I replaced
the artificial foods from conventional outlets with organic varieties of
vegetables, sausages, fish and so on.
NUTRITION
This change on its own made me feel
much, much better. That metamorphosis was followed by my discovery
of the salad/soup bar and fresh takeaway salads — all organic. I slowly
started shifting away from meats and
towards a vegetarian/pescatarian diet.
From 2006 to 2007, my diet consisted
pretty much of whole grain cereals
and almond milk in the mornings
followed by salads the rest of the day
and lots of water and green tea. I was
also an avid fan of fresh sushi, just like
many inhabitants of California — the
sushi paradise.
Even though my diet had radically
changed, my exercise habits remained
nonexistent, aside from the occasional ping-pong getaways during
office hours. That changed dramatically, thanks to the oil crisis. As they
say, there is a good side to everything.
Being the proud owner of a muscle
car, I refused to drain my paychecks
for my daily commute to work, which
was 30 km (19 miles) each way. Since
public transportation in southern
California is virtually nonexistent,
the only other solution, aside from
walking or running 60 km (38 miles)
a day, was biking. And so, I began my
Tour de Work, a 1.5 hour (when the
traffic lights weren’t being a pain)
bicycle commute to and from work.
In the beginning, three hours a day
of pedaling was extremely strenuous,
but after a month I could fit in three
trips a week, the off-days reserved for
the “pleasurable” car/traffic commute.
I felt so good and refreshed arriving
at work, that my mood and efficiency
increased considerably, as well as
my endurance. My weight decreased
to around 64 kgs (141 lbs), a weight I
used to carry in my high school days.
During one of my numerous bike
outings, I discovered Vietnamese
food and was especially attracted
to the spring rolls (the raw variety
rolled in rice paper). One of these restaurants was also serving raw foods.
It was the first time I had ever heard
of such a thing. Their raw dishes were,
of course, Asian-inspired and included
a roll with the shell made up of raw
zucchini with a tangy sauce. The
deliciousness of these dishes pushed
me the rest of the way into the world
of raw foods. cont’d on p. 54
Fitness Recipes
from Thrive Foods by Brendan Brazier
This recipe is not only packed with nutrients from all the vegetables but it also provides large amounts of Essential Fatty
Acids (EFAs) and good fats from the nuts and seeds. Great for
a snack or a platter to put out for dinner guests to nibble on.
Walnut Chili Pâté
Gorilla food, Vancouver, British Columbia
“Filling yet easy to digest and packed with vegetables, this
pâté has an intense flavor.”
Time: 10 minutes active,
6 – 8 hours presoak. Makes one cup
⁄2 cup sunflower seeds (soaked overnight)
1
⁄3 cup walnuts (soaked overnight)
2 stalks celery
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Time: 10 minutes. Makes 4 servings
Dressing:
1
1
⁄4 bunch of Cilantro
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
5 sprigs parsley
1 Tsp coarse sea salt
⁄3 cup Hemp oil (or Vega Antioxidant EFA oil)
⁄2 Tbsp lemon juice
1
⁄4 Tsp salt
1
⁄16 Tsp cayenne chili powder
⁄4 Tsp chili blend powder
Mix oil, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and crushed red
pepper in a bowl. Set aside.
⁄16 Tsp cumin
Salad:
1
1
1
1
⁄16 Tsp coriander
When I was a kid, physical activities were an integral part
of my life, just as it was for most of us. After I finished my
schooling and headed out to college, the importance of
those activities steadily diminished. Mind you, I wasn’t
studying in the U.S., but in Switzerland. Therefore, this “slacking off” is endemic of our
modern world and not based on a particular way of life. I still managed to be relatively
healthy, until I decided to return to the U.S. I had grown up in California as a kid and
moved to Switzerland as a teen, so I was pretty familiar with my new surroundings — or so I thought. However, as a young man in his twenties, I was totally clueless when
it came to proper nutrition, just like the majority of youngsters today.
“Refreshing yet Filling.”
⁄4 medium zucchini
1
1
by Cyrus Behnam
Shaved Zucchini and
Sancha Inchi Salad
1
1
Running on Raw Fuel
This recipe is a very basic salad
but the flavor combinations
make it “Thrive.” Also, Brendan
adds an exotic twist with
sancha inchi (mountain peanut);
an ingredient most people are
unaware exists. It’s always fun to
explore new flavors!
⁄2 Tsp ground black pepper
⁄4 Tsp dried crushed red pepper
2 pounds medium zucchini, trimmed
1.Soak the seeds and nuts for 6-8 hours or overnight and
rinse well before using.
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2.In a food processor with the S-blade, coarse grind
the sunflower seeds and walnuts. Put in a mediumsize bowl.
Salt and pepper to taste
3.With the food processor and the S-blade, puree celery,
zucchini, cilantro, parsley, lemon juice, salt, cayenne chili
powder, chili blend powder, cumin and coriander.
4.Add this puree into the seed and nut mix and mix everything well by hand.
⁄2 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil
⁄4 cup chopped sancha inchi
1
1.Using a vegetable peeler, slice zucchini into ribbons,
working from top to bottom of each zucchini. Put ribbons in large bowl.
2.Add basil and chopped sancha inchi, then the dressing;
toss to coat. Add salt and pepper, as much as desired.
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H
alf the organs in the body are
hollow by structure and half
are solid. The stomach, small
intestine, large intestine, urinary bladder and gall bladder are all hollow. The
liver, spleen/pancreas, kidneys, heart
and lungs are all solid by structure.
Even though the heart has chambers
in it, it is a thick walled structure and,
therefore, solid. The lungs are much
more like a sponge than a balloon
and, therefore, are also solid. In order
to maintain health, the hollow organs
must contract and the solid ones must
expand in a rhythmic manner.
Age 25
Age 60
Age 25
Age 60
Dr. David Carmos, at 60 years of age, exhibiting the
same body and flexibility he had at age 25.
There is a certain viscosity found in
our tissues. This is the ability of our
soft tissues to rhythmically expand
and contract. All life is motion. Life
diminishes in proportion to the lack of
motion involved; or, put more simply,
what we don’t use, we will tend to
lose. This expansion and contraction is
the very essence of life. As it diminishes, life diminishes. As it increases, life
increases. As this rhythm decreases,
our ability to absorb the various elements of nature, which we can convert into energy in the human body, is
hindered. As a result, forms of exercise
which increase a rhythmic expansion
and contraction of the soft tissues of
the body, will aid in maintaining our
youth and vitality. Systems such as
yoga, tai chi and the kata — or other
forms of martial arts — are some such
types of exercise. Yet at some point in
time, most people seem to lose this
ability. Why does this happen?
About forty years ago, a physician
in Germany named Wendt wanted
to know why a baby can nurse on its
mother’s milk and become strong,
even though human mother’s milk is
just 1.6 – 5% protein; and yet as we go
through the aging process (and eat far
more protein than we did as babies)
our mid-section becomes heavy with
unhealthy fat, and our extremities tend
to become emaciated and weak. After
many years of research, the conclusion
was that the basal membrane, which
separates the capillary wall from the
cell wall is very thin and porous in a
baby and as a result the simplest elements pass through. In order to absorb
nutrition it must pass into the cell wall.
This passing is by osmotic pressure,
that is, “from a greater concentration
to a lesser, through a semi-permeable
membrane.” As we go through the aging process, the basal membrane thickens so that only the most concentrated
substances can pass through.
Dr. Wendt wanted to know why!
The results of his research showed
that the increase in density of the
basal membrane was the result of
protein; specifically animal protein.
The human body cannot absorb
protein in its organized form. That is,
when we speak of vegetable proteins,
they are in amino acid form. These
the body can absorb and then form its
own protein. The difference between
animal and vegetable forms of protein
is this: if we picture a brick wall, that
wall is protein. The individual bricks
that make up that wall are amino acids. Animal protein must go through
“inversion,” and be broken down into
amino acids and then the body may
form its own protein. cont’d on p. 64
Low Density = High Energy
by Dr. David Carmos
Over the years I have experienced many amazing adventures. The culmination of
my experience and knowledge has led me to develop the Carmos/Miller Anti-Density
Theory.™ This was named after myself and a protégé of mine, Dr. Shawn Miller. It is
based on the concept that children are always flexible. If we saw a child that was not
flexible, we would know there was something wrong with that child. Flexibility is synonymous with youth. As we go through the aging process we tend to lose our flexibility — physically, mentally and emotionally.
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Photo: Kiki at Hippocrates Health Institute, the day she
completed the Hippocrates Health Educator Program.
Tennis Pro’s Raw
Transformation
The Kiki Cespedes Interview
by Tom Fisher, RN, BA
Kiki Cespedes is a Colombian-born
professional tennis player and
Hippocrates Health Educator. Being
a high-performance athlete has taught
her many life lessons, but it has not been
easy. She has had many ups and downs,
but feels these lessons and challenges have
made her stronger physically, mentally, and
spiritually. She is grateful for those experiences
because they have led her down a great road to
self-discovery.
K
iki feels that God has given
her a second chance. It all
started four years ago, when
she reached a point where she began
questioning her life. Even though she
looked healthy, and was at an ideal
weight for her age and height, she
innately knew something was not
right. She was not a fan of junk food,
but Kiki was consuming seafood,
chicken, and dairy products — which
she thought was healthy at the time.
Feeling mentally, physically and spiritually out of balance, she stopped listening to others and started her own
search for answers. Being frustrated
and tired, Kiki could not understand
the logic in training so hard, being
so committed, and putting so much
demand on her body, while getting no
real results from her hard work.
Kiki comes from a very close-knit
family and has always had a great relationship with her parents. However,
for the first time in her life, she was
afraid of how they would react to the
shocking discoveries she had made
while researching the foods they all
ate. After finding out about genetic
manipulation and the toxic pesticides
being used on our foods, she initially
kept this information to herself. She
was angered by her findings. These
revelations resulted in added stress,
burnout, and eventually, depression.
She stopped eating everything,
except for the “standard salad”
(cucumber, lettuce, carrots) and fish
because she no longer knew what to
eat. Although she kept working out,
training, and doing lots of walking,
she felt a greater need to detoxify
her body. However, she started losing
weight too quickly, which resulted in
a corresponding drop in her energy
levels. Her body weight eventually
plummeted to a low of 58 pounds.
Her parents were understandably
very concerned. She was now also
being rejected by her sisters, who
had always looked to her for guidance
in the past. Feeling terrible, she
could no longer look her parents in
the eye. She even stopped playing
tennis. Kiki no longer had the energy
or desire to play the sport that she
loved so much.
She turned to God for guidance
and prayed to Him to show her the
way to spiritual enlightenment.
She asked for forgiveness and her
prayers were answered.
cont’d on p. 56
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“Christopher’s was delicious.
It would be a great place to
bring a non-vegan friend
where we could both love
our meal. We also had great service”
Restaurant Review by Sarah Naugler
I
t was approximately 6 pm. My partner in crime and I called for a table
at the center of it all. We were seated at an intimate table for two next to
the open kitchen. We had a great view
of Chef Christopher working diligently
alongside his crew to get the first of
the night’s entrees out. Chef’s Table?
It could have been, but the restaurant
is designed to catch the attention of
every diner’s eyes. No one is ruled out
and no one is placed on a pedestal. The
open kitchen allows an entire audience
to witness the magic of Christopher’s
Kitchen; to feel pure and alive with
every stroke Chef Christopher brushes,
paying close attention to every detail.
The first of the night’s tastings
consisted of a refreshing glass of
Ginger Lemonade. How euphoric!
A chilled glass of perfection in a jar; a
vision of the countryside on a summer’s
eve. Not too fond of ginger? Lo and behold the addition of “just enough” fresh
ginger to a traditional glass of sour
lemonade excited the palate tenfold.
Chef Christopher balances the flavors
of the lemon with the ginger so that it
becomes a delicate accent. The balance
and combination of flavors were complemented by the perfect ice-to-liquid
ratio and temperature. My counterpart
and I left our beverage on the table as
we indulged in the rest of our threecourse dining experience. The lemonade
never once tasted watered down and
the chilling temperature remained. In
other words, the last sip at the end of
the meal was as palate-pleasing and
refreshing as the first of the evening.
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Upon moving to South Florida at the ripe age of twenty-nine to be in
the heat of it all (no pun intended), the first stop as a raw vegan — a
stop that would reassure me I had made a decision that I would never
turn away from — was Christopher’s Kitchen in Palm Beach Gardens.
Only one word can describe my first encounter — breathtaking.
Everything — the friendly greeting, the modern sophisticated appeal,
the intricately designed entrees, the timeless music playing in the
background, the open kitchen — formed a combination of simplicity
and modern day elegance.
As we set the Ginger Lemonade
aside the first entrée appeared — Heirloom Tomato Lasagna — an item I
believe (and hope) will never leave the
menu. Chef Christopher’s “Picasso” has
all the colors, textures, symmetries and
dimensions rightfully placed to create
his finest work. If only all art was so
masterfully designed and connected
to the six senses. The Heirloom Tomato
Lasagna arrived at our table like an
entourage of all the characteristics
aforementioned: lines, colors, textures,
symmetries and dimensions laid out
like a dance. The basil was the first to
perform, but as we further indulged
one bite at a time, more performers
joined in: an herbal blend, heirloom
tomato, thin slices of zucchini, a slight
bit of oil and, finally, the star performer
took the stage. The nut ricotta has a
taste and texture that puts Christopher’s take on this Italian classic in
a league of its own. My guest and I
enjoyed each bite as if it was our last.
As we ate, the food awakened the
palate more and more and created
a euphoric lust, an urge to continue
our dining experience.
The Cacao Chili Tacos arrived as soon
as the last bit of lasagna hit our lips
(immaculate timing). A fiesta of flavors:
walnuts, sun-dried tomatoes, zucchini,
homemade organic guacamole and
homemade Cuban dressing. The cooks’
labor of love, this dish is worth every
bit of work that goes into it. Sophisticated and alive, these three five-bite
tacos were laid askew on a white
square plate — the framework. There is
only one moment that comes to mind
when I take my first bite: the moment
in Disney’s Ratatouille when Remi
describes the “lightningy” taste of his
mushroom on a stick after it gets fried
by a lightning bolt. “Lightningy” is the
perfect description for Christopher’s
tacos, as well. The sweet and earthy
walnut paste spread evenly over the
raw taco shell; the guacamole (the host
of the party) was just enough to differentiate between the contrast of flavors,
textures and colors; coleslaw and salsa
fill out the shell; then it’s all topped off
with a savory Cuban dressing — a burst
of fire cooled by the softness of the
guacamole. When I speak of this delectable delicacy with anyone who has
enjoyed a moment with this dish there
is no hesitation in agreeing the Cacao
Chili Tacos are not a dish to be missed.
Soft, smooth, silky and sweet.
Words to describe the final act of our
play — The Lemon Vanilla Cheesecake.
There is something about Christopher’s
raw vegan desserts that puts me in a
frenzy every time. As a professional chef
in the traditional culinary world and
a former fanatic of traditional French
and Italian pastries who has indulged
in some of the best straight out of
the country or from the grandmother
that created it, I have to admit Christopher’s pastries always top the charts.
Although all are memories to be made,
the Lemon Vanilla Cheesecake won the
prize that night. Its creamy filling and
bright tang perfectly coalesced with
the subtly sweet, nutty crust and there
was no thought of stopping before
— Elizabeth Haas-Wilson
“I came to Hippocrates to
change my life. During my
visit here I went to eat at
Christopher’s. I ordered
the ‘#1 Stacked Nachos.’
They were so good — these
delicious flaxseed crackers
with guacamole, salsa, sour
cream and more. I left Christopher’s very satisfied and
full. My mouth is watering
as I write.”
— Michael Rubin
Opposite page: Heirloom Tomato Lasagna and Ginger Lemonade
Above: Cacao Chili Tacos
Lower right: Lemon Vanilla Cheesecake with Vanilla “Ice Cream” topped with Goji Berries
the party ended. Every last morsel was
inhaled until there was only one crumb
left on the plate. This last crumb meant
a battle to be had between my companion and me.
We both put up a good fight, but
Chef Christopher’s generosity to pull
up a chair, sit with us and answer the
questions I had for him after our meal
brought an abrupt end to our epic duel.
Let’s just say the last crumb found itself
a very gracious and happy home.
Chef Christopher Slawson is, by definition, celebrity chef of the raw vegan
world. Upon speaking with him, I immediately felt a sense of love, passion,
soul and dedication that he puts forth
not only in his cuisine but also in his
own lifestyle. A man of prestige, Chef
Christopher was brought up in Portland, Oregon. From there, he traveled
to the Big Apple to work with the most
prestigious chefs. Pure Food and Wine in
New York City was a key element which
enabled Chef Christopher to accomplish
his dream. It was not long before he
found himself under
his own reign in
the small city of Palm
Beach Gardens, Florida.
Christopher’s Kitchen,
less than a year new, has
already made its mark
on the culinary scene for
being one of the most
friendly, outstanding,
invigorating and innovative places to dine for
all audiences. Chef
Christopher’s goal, he
states, is to introduce
the raw vegan diet to
the whole of society — carnivores,
omnivores and locavores alike. It
seems he is doing just that. After all,
his eclectic and diverse audience is
constantly raving about his menu.
He varies the items every so often to
keep his guests intrigued and coming
back for more. If you are interested in
learning more about Chef Christopher,
his updated menu, restaurant events
and lectures, and online recipes,
log onto his website at
www.ChristophersKitchenFL.com. Live Happy! Live Healthy! Live Well!
(561) 318-6191
4783 PGA Boulevard
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33481
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Vegetarian Champions
by Mark O’Shea
Photo © Academic, 2000 – 2010
Mac Danzig
is an
American
professional
mixed
martial
artist and
instructor,
and is a former lightweight champion
for the King of the Cage and Gladiator
Challenge mixed martial arts organizations.1 Mac Danzig was the winner
of The Ultimate Fighter 6 (2007),
and is currently under contract with
the UFC.2
He has been a strict vegan
since 2004 and is an animal
rights advocate.3
Frederick Carlton “Carl” Lewis is
a former American track and field
athlete who won 10 Olympic medals
including
nine gold,
and 10 World
Championships medals,
of which eight
were gold.6
Photo © Manfred Werner
His lifetime
accomplishments have led to numerous accolades, including being voted
“Sportsman of the Century” by the
International Olympic Committee.7
Lewis credits his outstanding 1991
results in part to the vegan diet he
adopted in 1990.8
Photo © Barbara Moore
Joseph William “Joe” Namath is a
former American football quarterback. He played professional football
in the American Football League (AFL)
and National Football League (NFL)
during the 1960s and 1970s. Namath
was an American Football League
icon and played for that league’s New
York Jets for most of his professional
career. He was
elected to the Hall
of Fame in 1985.
Namath retired
after playing
in 140 games:
62 wins, 63 losses
and four ties. In his career he threw
173 touchdowns, 220 interceptions,
and completed 1,886 passes for
27,663 yards.9
Joe Namath is one of the most
notable vegetarian athletes.10
Prince Semien
Fielder
is a Major
League
Baseball player
who plays first
base for the
Milwaukee
Brewers. He is currently listed at
5’ 11” (180 cm) and 285 lbs (129 kg). He
was selected by the Brewers in the
first round of the 2002 Major League
Baseball Draft out of Eau Gallie High
School in Melbourne, Florida.4
Prior to the 2008 season Fielder
became a vegetarian, removing meat
and fish from his diet. Fielder made
this choice after reading Skinny Bitch
by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin,
given to him by his wife Chanel.5
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Photo © Michal Pohorelsky
Martina
Navratilova is a
Czech American
tennis player
and a former
World No. 1.11
Navratilova
won 18 Grand
Slam singles
titles, 31 Grand
Slam women’s
doubles titles
(an all-time
record), and 10 Grand Slam mixed
doubles titles.12 She reached the
Wimbledon singles final 12 times,
including nine consecutive years
from 1982 through 1990, and won the
women’s singles title at Wimbledon a
record nine times.13, 14
A vegetarian, Navratilova has appeared in ad campaigns for People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals.15
Photo © Steve Lipofsky
Robert Lee
Parish is a
retired American basketball
center. He was
known for his
strong defense
and jump
shooting, and was elected to the
Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.16
Parish is also is famous for his
vegetarianism — just showing that
even a huge, athletic individual
doesn’t have to eat meat to fuel
the body.17
Photo © GMV Productions
William Arnold
“Bill” Pearl
is an American
former bodybuilder during the
1950s and ‘60s.18
Pearl became a
vegetarian at age
39 and is the bestknown vegetarian bodybuilder. Bill’s diet is lacto-ovo
vegetarian, which means
he eats eggs and dairy products.19
He actively competed until his
retirement in 1971 after winning
the Mr. Universe one last time (as a
vegetarian), over superstars Frank
Zane, Reg Park and Sergio Oliva. In all,
he won the professional Mr. Universe
four times in an 18-year span, which
was unprecedented at the time.20
William Theodore “Bill” Walton III
is a retired American basketball
player and television sportscaster.
The “Big Red-Head,”21 as he was called,
achieved superstardom playing for
John Wooden’s powerhouse UCLA
Bruins in the early ‘70s, winning three
straight College Player of the Year
awards, while leading the Bruins to
two Division I national titles. He then
went on to have a prominent career
in the National Basketball AssociaPhoto © Steve Lipofsky
tion (NBA) where
he was a league
Most Valuable
Player (MVP) and
won two NBA
championships.22
He has been a
vegetarian his
whole life.23
Errick Lynne “Ricky” Williams, Jr.
is an American football running
back for the
Baltimore
Ravens of the
NFL. He was
drafted by the
New Orleans
Saints fifth
overall in the
1999 NFL Draft.
He played colPhoto © Chris J. Nelson
lege football at
the University of Texas, where he was
a two-time All-American (1997 and
1998) and won the 1998 Heisman
Trophy as the most outstanding
player in college football.
He has also played for the Miami
Dolphins and Toronto Argonauts.24
Williams is a vegan, and a
supporter of PETA.25
1. http://www.mmaplayground.com/article/mac-danzig-65.html.
Retrieved 2008-02-10.
2. “Danzig traded in his skateboard for the mats of Casey Leonard’s gym
in Pittsburgh, learning a great deal about BJJ under his tutelage.”
3. “Lean, Mean and Green…Vegan Fighter Mac Danzig Packs a Punch”.
themmadigest.com. August 7, 2007. http://www.themmadigest.
com/2007/08/lean-mean-and-green%E2%80%A6vegan-fighter-macdanzig-packs-a-punch/. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
4. DiMeglio, Steve (March 13, 2006). “Brewers clear decks, pin hopes on
young Fielder”. USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/brewers/2006-03-12-preview_x.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
5. “Prince Fielder Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights”. MLB.com. http://mlb.
mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=425902. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
6. Dillion, Nancy (August 10, 2008). “After the Gold, Their Lives Still
Glitter. Champs show you CAN take it with you.”. Daily News (New
York: Daily News, L.P.): p. 26. “”Carl Lewis won nine golds in sprinting
and the long jump, including four at 1984’s Los Angeles Games, two
at the 1988 Seoul competition, two at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
and one in Atlanta in 1996. Lewis, 48, is now an actor and has a role in
the upcoming jewel heist movie “62 Pickup” starring comedian Eddie
Griffin. His Carl Lewis Foundation helps youth and families get and
stay fit.””
7. Associated Press (May 7, 1987). “William Lewis, Track Coach and
Father of Olympic Star”. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.
com/1987/05/07/obituaries/william-lewis-track-coach-and-father-ofolympic-star.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
8. EarthSave International.
9. “Joe Namath: Biography”. Pro football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=161. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
10. http://switch2veggies.com/veg-news-vegetarian-athletes/ Retrieved
2011-08-12.
<< This collection of
premier athletes should
put any doubt about vegan
or vegetarian nutrition to
rest. Whether your sport
requires explosive power,
lightning-quick speed,
enormous endurance
or unsurpassed agility,
a plant-based diet can
likely improve your game.
These are just a sampling
of some of the top names.
If you do a little digging,
you can find many more
famous athletes and
legendary Olympians
who use plant foods for
their fuel source.
13. “Act II of Navratilova’s career ends with a win”. ESPN. http://sports.
espn.go.com/sports/tennis/usopen06/news/story?id=2578105.
14. Navratilova Czechs in to Homeland.
15. “Shape Up!: Fitness tips from Martina Navratilova”. The Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC Radio). April 3, 2006. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/
lopate/episodes/2006/04/03.
16. Moses, Sam (1975-12-08). “Invisible In The Post”. Sports Illustrated. pp.
1. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/
MAG1090563/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
17. http://currentnutrition.com/2011/03/14/famousvegetarianathletes/.
18. Pearl, Bill & Shott, Kim.”Beyond the Universe-The Bill Pearl Story”,
page 15. AGNI PRESS, 2003-2004. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
19. “A Monument to Strength as a Path to Enlightenment”. New York
Times. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/a-monumentto-strength-as-a-path-to-enlightenment. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
20.http://www.shelterpub.com/_fitness/_weight_training/weight_
training.html.
21. Everybody Loves The Big Red-Head: Bill Walton.
22. http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Walton.htm.
23. Biography for Bill Walton at http://www.imdb.com/name/
nm0910476/bio. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
24.Richardson, Steve. Ricky Williams: Dreadlocks to Ditka. Sports Publishing Inc.
25. Santiago, Jennifer. “Ricky Williams: Taking the Veggie Plunge”.
PETAWorld. http://www.petaworld.com/RickyWilliams.asp.
11. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080812/ts_nm/olympics_dc_136.
12. Seiro, Arno; Jari Väliverronen (2007-06-22). “HS etsii Suomen merkittävintä urheilusaavutusta” (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. http://
www.hs.fi/urheilu/artikkeli/HS+etsii+Suomen+merkitt%C3%A4vint
%C3%A4+urheilusaavutusta/1135228213483. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
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ACTION:
The Action section — you guessed it — is about taking action. Your brain
is in high gear from the inspiration our fitness experts doled out. Your
body is properly fueled with nutrient-dense plant foods. Now it’s time to
get moving! This section speaks to the myriad ways people can get fit.
Walking toward Fitness
for Folks of All Ages and from All Walks of Life
by Mark Mathew Braunstein
Food is highly overrated. It is hardly the most important contributor to optimal
health. Exercise is a more important factor than food, and peace of mind is
more important than exercise. Someone who consumes beer and franks with
cheer and thanks probably will feel better than someone who eats pears or
sprouts with fears or doubts.
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f we were to rate one type of
food as more nourishing than
any other, that likely would be
chlorophyll. Similarly, if we were to
rank one form of exercise above any
other, that likely would be walking.
While calisthenics, aerobics, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics, and even
acrobatics may build greater strength
or endurance, we hardly engage in
any of those as consistently as we do
walking. Indeed, walking is what gets
us from home to gym to track to pool
and then back home again. Walking is
our most ancient mode of transportation, and our simplest. By the time
you are two years old, your walking
needs no further guidance or practice.
By the time you are three, you are a
master. As a master walker, you do
not need walking shoes or running
shoes or any shoes. All you need are
your two feet.
Bicycle riding and jogging are but
impatient forms of walking. Many
hurried urban joggers take taxis to
the park or drive cars to the track
where, gerbil-like, they run around
and around in circles. If they had
walked to the park or track, they could
have dispensed not only with cabs
and cars, but with the track as well.
Whether we briskly walk a mile in 16
minutes, or run it in six, we have cov-
ered the same distance, and that
is what counts. If we go the extra
mile, we gain regardless of speed.
The bottom line is the finish line,
not the stop watch.
Speeding to stop signs and rushing
to red lights, ours is a nation of car
cripples. When not stuck in traffic,
our cars clutter seemingly endless
parking lots. And when Mr. Lazy
Bones parks in a space reserved for
the handicapped, he cheats not only
the disabled; he deprives himself of
the pleasures and benefits of walking,
and consequently cheats himself of
happiness and health.
The health benefits of walking
are well documented. Walking at a
moderate pace for merely half an
hour daily will boost your energy and
stimulate your metabolism and circulation throughout your day. It can also
lower your blood pressure and reduce
the risk of diabetes and osteoporosis throughout your life. Going for a
walk even guards against stress and
depression. Just thinking about not
walking should be enough to make
anyone feel depressed.
For Thoreau, walking was a journey
both on land and in the mind. In his
essay titled Walking, published exactly 150 years ago, Thoreau explains
that every walk is akin to a crusade,
and that the verb “to saunter” is
derived from French for pilgrims en
route to the sainte terre, walkers to
the Holy Land. “It requires a direct
dispensation from Heaven to become
a walker.” He further expounds upon
the spiritual dimensions of walking
which set it apart from mere exercises
such as “the swinging of dumbbells.”
Expressed in the lingo of our
own rude times, dumbbells are
for dummies.
No need to work out when you can
walk. In this regard, mine is the voice
of experience. Walking is as much a
workout for me as is running for you.
For the past 20 years, my manner of
walking has included the use of my
upper body, as would cross-country
skiing, but without the skis. Let me
explain.
I have hiked to several mountaintops, and the Grand Canyon from rim
to river to rim, incidentally all while
fasting, effectively walking on water.
Then at age 39, I attempted a daredevil
dive into a river, and the devil outdid
my dare. I was paralyzed below the
waist. Aging for most of us is a gradual
process, its increments so creeping
that we barely notice. But I experienced the rare event of instant old age,
as though when I emerged from that
river I had turned 99. cont’d on p. 60
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From Pilates by Rael Isacowitz.
n 1912, Joseph went to England
where he became a circus performer in a living Greek statue act.
He was also a boxer and self-defense
instructor. During World War I, Joseph
served as an orderly in an internment
camp where he witnessed people
disabled from wartime diseases and
incarceration. It bothered him to see
so many patients completely immobilized. So he began moving their limbs
systematically, using his own body to
bear the weight. Doctors noticed that
the patients were improving faster
with these exercises so they allowed
him to continue experimenting.
Pilates devised an apparatus made
from the springs attached to the
hospital beds. This device allowed
the patients to move on their own.
The springs, Joseph believed, would
provide progressive resistance, similar
to one’s own muscle activity, while
bearing the body’s weight to enable
the muscles to heal.
These spring-based exercises became the basis for the devices Joseph
would later design. Machines such as
the Pilates Reformer are used today in
Pilates studios around the world.
Joseph immigrated to the United
States in 1926. On his way to America,
he met Clara, who soon became his
wife. Together, they set up his first
studio in New York City. The studio
was in a building that was shared
with the New York City ballet, there-
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fore attracting many ballet dancers.
Many of the ballet dancers would
come to Pilates with injuries and
through his method of exercise they
became stronger and overcame their
injuries. Word got out to other dancers and the rest is history.
The Pilates method is a blending of
Eastern emphasis on mental concentration and controlled movements
and Western emphasis on physical
activity. The basic principles of the
exercises are awareness, balance, concentration, centering, precision, flowing movement, control and breathing.
Joseph Pilates’ philosophy was that
achieving good health means that
the whole being — body, mind and
spirit — must be addressed. In Pilates’
own words, “It is the spirit that builds
the body.” He also said, “Contrology
is the complete coordination of body,
mind, and spirit. Through Contrology
you first purposefully acquire
complete control of your own body
and then, through proper repetition
of its exercises, you gradually and
progressively acquire that natural
rhythm and coordination associated
with all your mental and subconscious activities.”
The system of conditioning Joseph
originally created was to teach people
to work from the “inside out.” The goal
is to produce a lean, lithe physique,
proper body alignment and balance. It
is not about bulky muscles or aerobic exercise. In fact, it is not about
exercise at all. It is about movement,
about how to dance in your body, how
to use your muscles in a controlled
way so they work for you in harmony
with the breath. Pilates strengthens
the body through movement so that
the muscles you work will become
muscles that work for you in your
everyday activities.
The key to the Pilates method is pelvic stabilization and abdominal control. The Pilates exercises are designed
to stabilize your torso and develop
the lower and deeper abdominals, the
deep muscles of the pelvis and the
trunk. The back extensors and abdominal muscles are key in providing the
form and function of the trunk. Both
the abdominals and back extensors
are made up of layers of muscle, and
it is the deepest layers that are most
prominent in providing stabilization
and support to the spine. It is these
deeper muscles that become the focus
of Pilates training. The History of Pilates
by Yvonne Pratt
Joseph Pilates was born in 1880 near Dusseldorf, Germany. He was an unhealthy child,
plagued with asthma, rickets and rheumatic fever. Because of these ailments he became
obsessed with physical pursuits such as bodybuilding, gymnastics, skiing, yoga and diving. He also studied Zen meditation. The Pilates method came from Joseph’s determination to strengthen his frail and sickly body. His approach of using the mind to control the
muscles of the body was called “The Art and Science of Contrology.”
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Gardening for Fitness
Natural Sleep and Real World Exercise
by John Kohler
T
here are many aspects to health
beyond nutrition. One of the
most important is sleep. My
body taught me sleep is crucial even
before I got into raw foods 16 years ago.
I used to hate waking up to an alarm
clock to go to work at 8:00 in the
morning. I would constantly hit snooze,
making myself late for work — all
because I felt my body wanted to sleep
more. Was I getting enough sleep?
The “recommended” amount of sleep
for adults is 7 – 9 hours, but how do
we know this is what is truly needed?
Could you need more — or even less?
Tired of short-changing my body
when it came to sleep, I wound up
quitting my job. This allowed me to
sleep more, and I made a new goal.
I would listen to my body, going to
bed when I felt tired and allowing
myself to wake up naturally. This
way, I started getting exactly as much
sleep as I required. I only use an alarm
clock when I need to get up early for a
morning flight or some other critical
reason. I have found this is the best
way to be assured my body is getting
enough sleep. Sometimes it’s four
hours, sometimes eight, sometimes
six. I don’t really care how long it is;
the most important thing is that I am
well rested so I can be as healthy as
possible. Throughout the time I have
been eating raw foods, I have learned
that it is best to work with nature, not
against it.
Another very important aspect of
health is exercise. Our bodies were
designed to move. We have muscles
and bones that are meant to be used.
Unfortunately, in today’s high-speed
society, it seems that most people
have office jobs and no longer get the
crucial exercise it takes to stay healthy.
Compounding the problem, the advent
of TV adds even more temptation for
people to plop down on the couch
after a hard day’s work, stuff their
face with unhealthy foods and become
“couch potatoes.” cont’d on p. 62
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Bellydance for Fitness
by Dawn Gündüz & Pam Blue
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Bellydance is not only an ancient art form which has existed for over 6,000
years, it is a fun and challenging way to achieve fitness. It is sometimes
referred to as Oriental Dance or Raqs Sharqi, which means “dance of the East.”
Early pagan communities began practicing bellydance as a means of both
celebrating and preparing for childbirth and it was considered sacred. The
dance is designed for the female body and is performed by women for women.
T
he idea of fitness brings up feelings of discipline and reward. It
brings up feelings of effort and
commitment. But how often is it that
the idea of fitness brings up feelings
of joy? Bellydance presents a fitness
opportunity that carries the potential
for great joy for many reasons. One
basic reason being that its roots and
heritage are based on celebration.
The upbeat tempos blend with sensual rhythms to provide an inviting
background to free oneself from the
constraints of mental stress.
The movements, which are natural
to a woman’s bone and muscle structure, promote increased body awareness, and there is a feeling of connectedness that comes from being more
fully in touch with one’s body, with
other women and with the earth,
as the dance is generally performed
barefoot. The dance teaches women
to love their own bodies and celebrate
their curves and femininity, fostering a deeper sense of confidence. And
there is nothing more beautiful or
sexy than confidence.
Bellydance puts women in contact with their limits and teaches
them to transform and grow. Before
long, there are the opportunities to
perform which involve glamorous
costumes and a chance to bring joy
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to others while still deriving physical,
emotional and social benefits. Along
with developing fitness in a fun and
challenging way, there is the added
benefit of learning the culture and
musical styles of the Middle East.
There is so much to gain from the
world of bellydance, but let’s focus
on it from a purely fitness perspective: when our bodies are fit, they are
strong and flexible. They are supple
and capable. Stress has a way of
creeping into our bodies and creating
tension, tightness and subsequent
pain in various muscle groups. It is
easy for congestion to occur and blood
flow to decrease in these tense areas.
Bellydance gently stretches vulnerable muscle groups, encouraging
blood flow and flushing away congestion. This reduces pain and improves
mobility. Being a low-impact form
of exercise, bellydance supports the
joints. The risk of injury is minimal
when movements are done correctly,
and impact is measured not only by
how hard the feet strike the ground
but by how much stress is placed on
the joints.
The movements used in the dance
utilize the joints and ligaments in
the lower back and hip, which is the
largest joint in the body. Through
a full range of gentle repetitive
motions, the flow of synovial fluid
is increased, which enhances
flexibility and suppleness. As hip
flexibility is increased, balance is
improved as well.
A sedentary lifestyle tends to
compress disks in the spine and
bellydance helps to counteract this
compression, while at the same time
preventing osteoporosis and strengthening bones because it is considered
a weight-bearing exercise.
Bellydance also strengthens and
tones the stomach and core muscles
through rhythmic undulations of the
torso. A strong core serves to promote
good posture and a strong, healthy
back. The bellydancer holds her arms
up for long periods of time and this,
along with various rippling motions
of the arms, tones the arms and
shoulders.
Even digestion improves as the rolling belly and undulating torso helps
to move the food along the digestive system. As far as cardiovascular
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Relax into your Natural State of
Health with Tai Chi and Qigong
by Ken Blue and Caron Barr, RN
For centuries, the Chinese have started their day practicing tai chi and qigong.
Today, people practice for many different reasons: improved health, reversal
of illness, self defense, relaxation, or solely for fun. The question is often asked:
“What is the difference between qigong and tai chi?” Qigong is comprised of
two Chinese characters: “qi” meaning air, breath of life or vital energy that flows
through all things in the universe, and “gong” meaning the skill of working
with, or cultivating, self-discipline and achievement. Together, “qigong” means
the skill of cultivating vital energy. In traditional Chinese medicine, the smooth
flow of chi throughout the body with no excess or deficiency is the definition of
health. Tai chi (taijiquan) is a style of martial qigong training. The exact same
movements used in tai chi for health are also martial arts techniques for selfdefense. Therefore, tai chi and qigong share many common health benefits.
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n ancient China, qigong was
originally known as Dao Yin training. Mind, breath and posture are
used in all forms — including dynamic
and stationary training methods — to
strengthen deficient areas in the body.
Its history dates back 5,000 years and
many of these ancient exercises were
known to mimic the movements of
animals. Hua Tuo, a famous physician
of the Han dynasty stated, “The human body needs to work, but it must
not overwork. When it is in motion,
the food is digested, blood circulates
throughout the vessels and no disease
can arise.“ It is also said in the Spring
Autumn Annals (770 – 476 BC) that
“flowing water never stagnates, and
the hinges of an active door never
rust.” The softly flowing movements of
qigong and tai chi exercises and meditations enhance and increase the flow
of the body’s qi and blood.
Qigong movements generate heat,
softening the body’s connective tissues and encouraging the flushing of
intracellular fluids through tissues and
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organs. This increases the oxygenation
of the blood and circulation, thereby
enhancing lymphocyte production,
which supports immune function.
Without sufficient oxygen, the body
begins to feel tired and chronic fatigue
and disease can set in. As qigong, tai
chi and living foods are excellent ways
of increasing the oxygenation of the
blood and circulation to the cellular
level, they are in essence a cardiovascular workout. This gas exchange also
helps to alkalize and initiate deep
cleansing of the body. Other benefits of
an oxygen-filled body include an overall
sense of well being, increased energy,
stamina and libido, weight loss through
elimination of cellular waste, better
endurance during everyday activities
as well as during exercise and sharper
memory/recall.
There’s an abundance of scientific
research on tai chi and qigong at
www.WorldTaiChiDay.org as well as at
other sites. This information explains
how qigong and tai chi help to reduce
stress and anxiety. These practices
increase flexibility, improve balance
and coordination, and improve sleep
quality. They slow bone loss, lower
blood pressure and can help to relieve
chronic pain. Other conditions that can
be relieved through qigong and tai chi
include diabetes, fibromyalgia, chronic
fatigue, heart conditions, arthritis and
digestive disorders.
One branch of qigong, called medical qigong, has evolved to the point
of exercises and meditations that are
“prescribed” in accordance with the
individual’s physical constitution, state
of health and emotional constitution,
while taking into account seasonal
and climatic influences. The primary
goal in this approach is to tonify the
individual’s internal organs, reverse
deficiencies and promote overall health
of the body’s organ systems. This process involves purging excess, removing
stagnation and regulating the body’s
yin and yang energy. Color and sound
may be used in conjunction with exercises and meditations in hospitals in
China to help the body remove
significant stagnations — conditions Western civilization
would refer to as “cancer” and “tumors.” Many of these
methods have been scientifically validated and others
are currently undergoing verification through scientific
research. These studies also include a branch of clinical
medical qigong often referred to as qi emission therapy.
I, Ken, have begun studying intensely at the International
Institute of Medical Qigong (IIMQ) with Bernard Shannon,
DMQ. As stated on the IIMQ website, “Medical qigong therapy is the eldest therapeutic modality of Chinese medicine.
It is a comprehensive system of health care addressing the
root cause of symptoms or disease, and treats the client as
a whole. The practitioners, drawing upon their ability to
sense and manipulate energy developed through dedicated
study and self-cultivation, use qi emission and/or teach
medical qigong exercises and meditations based upon a
differential diagnosis rooted in Chinese medical theory to restore health and wellness. Practiced as an excellent adjunct
to Western medicine, Chinese medicine may successfully
treat conditions which Western medicine finds resistant
or ambiguous.” Often the emotional aspect of disease is a
primary focus in both treatment and exercise. Dealing with
emotional blockages is also a large part of practitioners’ selfcultivation. Currently, I am conducting research with Nurse
Caron Barr to demonstrate the effects of qi emission therapy
treatments by using live blood cell and dry blood analysis.
Tai chi (taijiquan) is a style of martial qigong, which
distinguishes it from purely health-oriented qigong. Almost
every Chinese martial style incorporates qi. When qi is used
to either support either the muscles (in external styles) or
the sinews (in internal styles), the power generated is greater
than basic muscular strength. Tai chi is an internal style in
which this power is used primarily as a form of self defense.
The training of power versus strength distinguishes this art
from typical athletic training. Improvement does not require
greater physical strength or speed and you can become better with age and experience.
I have personally seen my teacher, Lewis Paleias, toss
around people twice his size with little effort. He truly demonstrates the versatility of tai chi. He uses it to train police
and security forces to subdue people without injuring them.
He also uses tai chi to help victims of stroke and Parkinson’s
disease at a hospital in New York City.
There are many contemporary tai chi masters who are
90 years old or older and can effortlessly spar with much
younger opponents. In tai chi, this sparring is referred to as
“playing” tai chi. I enjoy all aspects of practicing qigong and
tai chi; however, it is when I get to play with other people
in this art that I find it to be the most fun. It’s easy to get
carried away and I have had to explain to police officers who
witness my friend and I going at each other with fists, swords,
or six foot staffs that, “Its okay, were just playing tai chi.”
Many aspects of tai chi mirror taoist philosophy. The soft
yin yielding overcomes the hard aggressive yang energy. It
emphasizes a relaxed, but focused, body and mind even in
dealing with physical attack and life-threatening situations.
This training then starts to influence the physical, emotional
and psychological makeup of the practitioner. One learns
that staying relaxed is the best way to deal with all situations in life. Stress is merely our reaction to outside events.
It is a choice we make, conscious or unconscious. Easy to say,
but difficult to stay in at all times. The trick to staying relaxed
is to catch yourself whenever any tension arises, whether it
be physical or psychological.
Balance and stability are rooted not only in physical
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a personal note, these practices have greatly helped me to
become a better person, and I understand why the Chinese
use the word “shifu” (father/teacher) in reference to one who
teaches these arts. I hope that all of you are lucky enough
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Raw Bodybuilding, cont’d from p. 31
If you are not getting stronger from
your previous training sessions,
chances are you are not recuperating sufficiently. Take extra rest days
before hitting that muscle group
again. Long, restful weekends and
short naps during the day are great
if you can fit them in.
Sample Workout Program
Guidelines:
Five high intensity training sessions a week (Monday through
Friday): Monday is chest. Tuesday is
back and traps. Wednesday is legs
and core. Thursday is arms (biceps
and triceps). Friday is shoulders.
By incorporating this routine,
each body part is only worked once
a week therefore allowing the
muscle to rest a full week before
training it again. This allows full recuperation for maximum strength
and muscle gains. The biggest
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The amount of quality protein
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Quality protein also helps enhance
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day and instantly fell in love with
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learned about Hippocrates Health Institute and decided to plan a visit out
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One of the best parts of the trip
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Most think it is a boring, tasteless
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Tennis Pro, cont’d from p. 39
She was told that one needs to learn
from experience to begin a new life. Kiki
needed to heal herself first so that she
could help others learn from her experience. Kiki believed, “You cannot help
anyone if you do not help yourself first.”
Initially she started by reading the
Bible. She also started reading about
longevity, spirituality, human anatomy, vegetarianism, veganism, ancient
foods, the Essenes, herbalism, and all
types of ancient natural practices.
Having incorporated this information into her life, Kiki started making
her own foods from scratch such as
protein shakes with no processed
ingredients. She started using ingredients such as chia seeds, hemp seeds,
maca, spirulina, chlorella, camu camu,
blue-green algae, sprouts, seeds, nuts,
fruits, a large variety of vegetables
(especially greens), sea vegetables,
sprouted gluten-free grains and pseudograins such as quinoa, amaranth,
millet and buckwheat in her diet.
These dietary and lifestyle strategies with which she was experimenting and implementing in her
life yielded very positive results. As
her research advanced, she realized
how much waste had accumulated in
her body as a consequence of all her
prior training and fitness theories.
Consumption of animals products
and processed foods had been taxing
on her system, putting it in an acidic
state. This resulted in many injuries
and ongoing ailments. During this
time, her parents were very supportive of her lifestyle changes and
transformation.
Kiki is now more balanced in life.
Her family sees a huge difference,
not only physically, but spiritually as
well. They see the positive change in
Kiki and have adopted a living food
plant-based diet for themselves. This
is a tremendous modification because
many South Americans are used to
eating meat with all their meals.
cont’d on p. 58
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HGH and testosterone then take amino acids from the
blood and turn them into protein to build healthy lean
muscle tissue. High testosterone levels lower insulin levels,
thus keeping your waist youthful. And yes, this works for
both sexes.
Exercise increases testosterone, as well as the pleasure chemicals known as endorphins, while at the same
time decreasing stress hormones like corticosteroids and
cortisol. So, what foods help increase hgH? Foods that
are rich in amino acids such as arginine, ornithine and
alpha-ketoglutarate, as well as foods rich in potassium and
magnesium. Here’s where “green” drinks come to the rescue. I really love to drink kale lemonade. That’s raw organic
juiced kale, lemon, ginger and apple. Kale and other greens
are so rich in amino acids and minerals that I find them to
be the perfect bodybuilding foods.
At the University of Turin in Italy, arginine was administered to adults 66 – 82 years of age to stimulate human
growth hormone production and combat muscle loss, with
great success. Nature has already provided us a remedy
from the world of wild and cultivated greens. You might
want to refer to my book, Alive and Well with Wild Foods
for more insights.
Another subtle way we in the Western world deplete our
vitality and health is by the many offgassing chemicals
we’re exposed to in our offices and homes — even in our
cars. Remember if you can smell it, you’ve just absorbed it
(think new car smell). It’s just that unknown “it” that can
be the reason we’re so tired and we don’t feel like exercising. Even the chemicals found in new clothing, cosmetics,
detergents and other household products should be examined for their safety.
If it is your intention to live a healthy and fit lifestyle,
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are potent in generating new T-cells, B-cells and lymphocytes, super-charging your immune system. In fact, an
entire new branch of science has arisen on the current understanding of how the body and mind talk to each other.
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was administered a worthless experimental drug. Both he
and the doctor believed in the drug. A miracle took place
that weekend. In the words of the medical profession,
“His tumors melted like snowballs on a hot stove.”
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Tennis Pro, cont’d from p. 56
Kiki’s younger sisters, Maria (15) and
Leidi (14), stated that they now understand the cruelty animals endure and
no longer want to contribute to their
suffering. As a result, they have now
also eliminated all meat and dairy
products from their diet.
HHI: What inspired you to become a
professional tennis player?
Kiki: Watching Pete Sampras play
tennis. It was beautiful to watch him
play. It was like a dance with free expression. He was so free, like an artist.
HHI: Why did you become vegan?
Kiki: I do not consider myself a vegetarian, vegan, raw foodist, etc. I do
not like labels. I am just conscious of
what I put into my body. I like to feel
alive, therefore I only feed my body
life. I use all natural, whole foods — no chemicals, no preservatives, no
additives, no refined foods. If it comes
from the earth, I will eat it. If it is
artificially man-made, I won’t. It’s
that simple.
All my life I’ve had a fascination
with nature and its perfection. I have
been inspired by the field of natural
health and fitness for as long as I can
remember.
I started doing research about how
“healthy” the foods I was eating were.
I learned about the chemicals that
were being added to our foods, the
manipulation, and the harmful side
effects. I was angry. I was in shock!
HHI: When you changed to vegan,
raw, living foods, what changes did
you notice in your performance,
health, and life?
Kiki: Before adding raw, living foods,
I felt toxic. I would have the “flu” two
to three times a month; my immune
system was really weak. I would
suffer from painful ear infections.
Every time I would travel abroad to a
tournament after arduous long hours
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of training and preparation, I would
get a “virus” as soon as I arrived. It
was awful!
I experimented intensely with my
body and my training. I was amazed
at the difference. I immediately noticed improvements in all aspects of
my life. I was recovering much faster
after my workouts. My speed and
strength increased dramatically. I felt
like the Energizer Bunny! There was
no soreness. After eliminating dairy,
my ear infections went away. This
was really exciting. I felt amazing:
aware of my surroundings, conscious,
connected with nature, grateful and
energetic. I felt so fortunate to have so
many positive things going on. I had
never experienced such a thing.
I learned a whole new way to look
at life. The whole mind, body, spirit
connection, ultimately all this gave
me control over what I put in my body,
and I felt a lot more balanced — mentally, physically and spiritually. Reconnecting with the life force of nature is
an incredible feeling. With this I was
able to overcome my chronic injuries
and autoimmune disorders.
HHI: What would you like to tell
others who are looking to incorporate fitness but don’t know where
to start?
Kiki: Get outside! Get out of the
office, house and gym as often as possible. Americans spend 90 percent of
their lives indoors, and that number
is increasing with age! You don’t have
to work out in a gym to get in shape!
No membership fees are required in
nature! You don’t need any special
equipment. The outdoors are available to you wherever you are, just
outside your door. Use your own body
weight and gravity. Go on walks; run
in the woods and at the beach; swim
in the ocean. Nature is a big beautiful
playground!
HHI: Do you use any mind-body
techniques to help you with training
and performance?
HHI: In closing, is there anything
else you would like to say to our
readers?
Kiki: Grounding (gathering the
energy from the earth and the sun) is
vital for me. Yoga, qigong, visualization, affirmations and connecting
with Source are all very important.
Kiki: Connect with nature! Go
outside! And remember, just because
things have been a certain way does
not mean they must always be that
way. We have the ability to change,
and we cannot afford the luxury of
making the same mistakes and being
in the same cycle generation after
generation! We have the power
to heal ourselves! We must learn
from our history! Listen to your
inner voice, let your inner child
guide you, and follow your intuition!
Only you have the answer!
HHI: What are your typical
daily meals?
Kiki: I always start with wheatgrass.
For breakfast, I normally have cereal,
called “buckwheaties.” Buckwheaties
are made from sprouted buckwheat.
After a workout, I use wheatgrass
and then a shake with Sun Warrior
rice protein and maca. For lunch and
dinner, I have large sprout salads with
various vegetables. For snacks, I use
nuts and dehydrated crackers.
HHI: What supplements do you use
to help your performance?
Kiki: I don’t believe we need to take
any supplements if we are physically,
spiritually and mentally balanced. Nature has given us everything we need!
Foods are my supplement! The staple
foods in my lifestyle are wheatgrass
juice, green juices, sprouts and sea
vegetables. To help enhance my performance, I use probiotics, blue green
algae, maca, and Sun Warrior protein.
HHI: What are your future goals?
I want to keep learning about true
medicine, which is found in nature. I
want to bring more awareness to the
benefits of living foods, the vitality an
active healthy lifestyle can bring, the
need to connect with nature and our
roots, the importance of letting go of
material things and the impact we all
have on the environment. The world
hunger problem can be solved. We
don’t need war — only peace. It is how
we are meant to live, with love and
compassion for ourselves, animals
and mother earth. Fitness with Finesse, cont’d from p. 27
Complete five to ten minutes of
warm-up exercise to get the heart
pumping. The first thing we need
to do with our fitness program is
elevate the heart rate.
Warm-up exercises such as calisthenics or stretching are used to stimulate the circulatory and respiratory
systems before you begin your aerobic
activity. After the aerobic activity,
taper off and cool down for about five
to ten minutes. The cool down period
helps reduce pooling of the blood in
the exercised muscles.
Here’s the second thing we want
to do: we want to mix it up. Variety is
key: do some weightlifting, football,
hockey, volleyball and basketball.
Long-distance running, bicycling,
swimming or cross-country skiing are
especially good for the heart.
No matter what type of exercise
we decide on, one thing is for sure.
Exercise not only keeps your body
fit, but it keeps your mind sharp.
The opposite is true as well. When
we’re inactive, our minds go dull.
It is known that a sedentary lifestyle
is accompanied by electrical and
In conclusion, Kiki has always
been intrigued by the power of
nature, heritage and has never
forgotten where she came from — her roots. “God gives each and every
one of us special talents. It is up to us
to look deep within, find our talent
and make a difference in the world,”
she stated. Kiki doesn’t believe in
“going with the flow” just to fit in.
Kiki lives by example; she “walks the
talk.” Kiki would say that we all have
a special mission in life and that we
have to find that greater purpose
and search for our own truth.
If you have questions,
feel free to contact Kiki at:
[email protected]. 7 Steps to Sex, Health and Happiness,
cont’d from p. 16
You can further enhance the act of love
by preparing your body via pelvic exercise, yoga, visualization, tantric and tao
and the totality of healthy living.
It is refreshing to read the Clements’
tips on how to enhance your sexuality
without deviating to unhealthy practices.
There is no doubt that this is one of the
most important contributions to the betterment of sex. 7 Steps to Sex, Health, and
Happiness is a clear and concise guidebook back to sanity. When one reads
and embraces some of these common
sense suggestions, one will possess the
ability to differentiate distortion, cultural
dogma and outright craziness from
the sacred biologically-driven desire for
intimacy in a committed relationship. chemical changes in the brain.
It’s a gradual winding down of brainwave frequencies and decreasing
levels of the two neurotransmitters.
Now I, Wayne Pickering, would
encourage you to stop worrying about
sickness — flick on your chain saw!
I don’t know if you’ve ever done
hard manual labor in your life or not.
I have and I didn’t like it.
Whenever I see one of those old
Tarzan or “lost treasure” movies on TV,
with the natives and guides tediously
hacking their way through dense
jungle with machetes, sweating up a
storm, I think to myself: imagine what
those guys would have given for a
chain saw.
Well, most people work just as hard
as those guys do to be healthy. Why?
Because they don’t have a chain saw.
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Forget the inefficient pills, potions
and lotions. Go about your fitness
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One more thing: to put it bluntly,
there are some folks who prefer suffering, wandering around lost in the
jungle, getting through it the hard
way with a dull machete, so they have
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My Slaughterhouse Vigil,
cont’d from p. 17
As long as I continue to get feedback,
sometimes only in the most elusive
of ways, and sometimes directly in
the form of overt rage or unexpected
kindness, I am committed to showing
up, opening my heart more fully and
fine-tuning my responses. The kind of
change I am aiming for will take time.
The change begins with myself, through
example and conscious presence, then
precipitates outside change in one
person at a time, within one system
of exploitation and fear at a time, and
hopefully saves one animal at a time.
In 2005, I survived a plane crash. As
I believed myself to be seconds away
from death, my life flashed before me
with waves of resultant feelings. I recalled the cruelty, violence and abuse of
my childhood and how hard I struggled
to overcome its effects. I felt a deep
sadness about this but I also felt enormous appreciation for the abundance
of quality and light in my life that I had
been able to experience and actively
create. But what I thought would be
my last thoughts were thoughts about
animals and feelings of profound loss
that my life was ending without having
done enough on their behalf.
Some of the trauma of my childhood
took place on a relative’s farm where
there were domestic animals, farm
animals and two long-houses filled with
caged mink. The brutality I witnessed,
perpetrated on all the animals, left me in
a state of devastation. I did what I could
to try to speak for them at that time, but
it was a lose/lose proposition, alone with
no support or protection for myself.
Many years later, the despair of my
childhood inevitably came to a head,
and at the age of 40, I attempted
suicide. A decade later, on the plane at
the age of 50, I felt for all the animals,
who were never able to say, and still
cannot say, “Enough.” The animals had
no recourse then, and all these years
later, continue to have no recourse
whatsoever in ending their own suffering. Having survived the plane crash,
something tipped the scales.
My deep longing for the alleviation
of animal suffering outweighed
my terror of involving myself with
something so devastating.
Thus began my journey with pigs
and my attempt to give thanks for
the gift of life I have that billions of
animals are not afforded.
I can be contacted at
[email protected]. Walking Toward Fitness,
cont’d from p. 47
Contrary to bogus claims of miraculous recoveries by major league
athletes, the degree of recovery from
spinal cord injury is determined during the first eight hours after impact.
After that, all one can do is hasten
one’s rate of recovery. In rehab, I first
began to creep, then to crawl, then to
inch forward with the aid of a metal
walker. Nine months after injury, I
began to walk with leg braces and
crutches. Health and stamina contribute to one’s rate of recovery; and my
high raw vegan diet contributed then,
as now, to my health and stamina.
Indeed, I grew sprouts and greens
even in my hospital room. While
I relinquish my title as the world’s
healthiest and fittest vegetarian,
I instead lay claim to being the world’s
healthiest and fittest paraplegic. And
my sole exercise remains walking.
As we age, we can expect to lose
muscle mass, and likely will need
to limit our activities; for instance,
eventually we no longer will be able to
skydive, or to hike the Grand Canyon
from rim to river to rim, or to run a
marathon, or even to walk a marathon. If we become so infirm that we
can walk only from bedroom to bathroom to bedroom, walking will remain
the one activity to which we will cling
until the very end of our lives.
my greatest joys in life. Often taking
stairs rather than nearby elevators,
I surprise and embarrass those who
take the elevators. While my gait with
crutches and leg braces is far from
graceful, nevertheless I walk. Twentyone years post-injury, I continue hiking hills and valleys.
The Darwinian doctrine of The
Survival of the Fittest is thought by
many contemporary biologists to be
a misnomer. An individual need not
be the fittest member of its species
to survive. Rather, one need be only
fit enough. Thus, biologists today
discuss The Survival of the Fit Enough.
Occasionally we may “pig out” on too
much food, or sometimes “slack off”
with too little exercise. While we
may aspire toward 100 percent
perfection, achieving only 90 percent
can be quite enough. We need not
be the fittest athlete on the block
or at our game or in our class or
for our age; we need be merely
fit enough. We need not be the
fittest athlete on the
block or at our game
or in our class or for
our age; we need be
merely fit enough.
As we age, we will walk and fall and
walk and fall. But better to walk and
fall than to no longer try to walk at
all. As a born-again pedestrian, I can
attest that walking provides one of
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Exercise, cont’d from p. 19
When I first turned to a healthy
lifestyle, the one gaping hole that was
missing was the exercise component.
Although it was challenging to give
up my consumption of animal based
and processed foods, little did I know
that the adoption of practices to
stimulate and build my body presented an even higher mountain to
climb. That challenge from decades
ago was an intrinsic part of my return
to good health. Once this was foundationally part of my awareness, I began
employing these body-strengthening
processes with the people who I
counsel. Time and again, they have
reported that the central reason for
their recovery and the maintenance
of superior health has been the
exercise component. Colleagues like
Dr. Kenneth Cooper (Cooper Center,
Dallas, Texas) have dedicated their
entire lives to the science of anatomy.
Without fail, these experts have
established the premise of exercise as
a therapy. Needless to say, one cannot
become healthy or maintain pinnacle well-being without employing
stretching, exhilarating movement,
and muscle-building techniques. Our
chemistry and anatomy depend upon
these vital processes.
Ninety-five percent of our population has failed in affording their bodies proper exercise. The overwhelming majority of us must put down the
TV remotes or computer mice, get off
our butts and start becoming active
immediately. As gruesome as it may
be in the first days and weeks, soon to
come will be the expectation, joy, and
fulfillment of an enhanced attitude
and improved body. We will all reach
our goals in a personalized way, with
considerations for age, health condition and willingness. “Slow but sure”
is better than “no pain, no gain.”
We do not want to become discouraged by trying to achieve Olympic
status in a week. Professional trainers,
many well-educated, are powerful
partners in the pursuit of fruitful training schedules. I personally
wasted many years before somebody
with compassion said, “I will spend
the time to train you since I have
observed that you are wasting most
of your time here at the gym.” When
dealing with unwanted body fat,
overweight people will be pleased
to know that fat can be converted
to muscle via weight-lifting methods. Thin people will also be pleased
to find that they can use the same
methods to gain their wanted weight,
without sacrificing health, by building muscle.
So that there is no question about
anything discussed in this article, I
will end with the four Golden Rules of
Well-Being:
1.Become limitless in your pursuit of
excellent health.
2.Always do the right thing, not the
easy one.
3.Acknowledge and maintain the
successes that were reaped from
your unwaivering effort.
4.Enjoy life with all of its nuances
and beauty forever. Gardening for Fitness,
cont’d from p. 49
The “recommended” amount of
exercise for the average adult is 150
minutes a week. That is 2 1⁄2 hours.
Do you get that much exercise? Additionally, you are supposed to perform
muscle-strengthening exercises two
days a week. You might think, “Oh, to
get exercise I must join a gym and go
there and work out.” Well, you would
not be the only one to draw this
conclusion. Many other Americans
think this way, so much so that gyms
and gym memberships have been
growing. The problem is, the growth
in gym memberships is misleading.
Statistics say that 60% of gym
members do not go to the gym, and
we all know America is getting fatter — not fitter. I am sure most people
have really good intentions about
going to the gym and working out
(especially just after the New Year,
when gym memberships are at the
highest), but the fact is you have to
make time to go to the gym and work
out. Most gyms are indoors, and usually air-conditioned, but spending too
much time indoors deprives your body
of another essential nutrient — sunlight. Sunlight allows your body to
make Vitamin D. Even the mentality
of thinking, “I have to go to the gym”
can be troublesome, since you might
resist something you “have to do.”
I prefer to pursue activities in my
life that I “want to do.”
You might be thinking, “So, John,
if you don’t believe in going to gyms
to work out, how do you get your
exercise? You’re fit and trim and have
about 10% body fat. How do you do it?”
While I do work out a lot, usually every
day, I rarely (if ever) work out at a gym.
My style of exercise is “real world” ex-
ercise. I like to remain fit by engaging
in several hours of activities throughout my day. I build it into my schedule
so I don’t have to go to the gym.
The business I own involves shipping kitchen appliances such as juicers, blenders and dehydrators. Most
days I handle these boxes that, on
average, weigh about 20 pounds each.
I make it a “game” to see how many
of these boxes I can carry to my car
so I can drop them off at the shipping
company. This method of real world
exercise is conveniently built into
my routine. I have learned that when
things are convenient, it is easier to
make positive changes in my life.
My favorite way to get exercise is
gardening. I love gardening and growing my own fruits and vegetables.
Gardening employs many different
muscle groups, depending on the task
at hand.
Chew On This … Exercise, fresh air, sunshine and
higher Vitamin D levels are just
some of the benefits of gardening.
Another big plus is you can
feed yourself and your family.
What could be more important
than that?
Planting vegetables, turning compost, pulling weeds, digging, hoeing, raking, climbing trees, harvesting fruits and
vegetables, sweeping and carrying 50-pound bags of rock
dust and soil all provide real world exercise. I can easily
meet the recommended 150 minutes a week of exercise
by gardening. Actually, I typically work in my garden even
longer than that because I enjoy nature and being outside.
Do people really enjoy going to gyms to walk on hamster wheels in an air conditioned box? Not to mention the
body odor, sweat and germs on the equipment? If people
enjoy their exercise activities and make them part of their
everyday routine, they will be having fun and no longer
see exercise as work. And we all know having fun is the
best way to live.
Think back just a few generations: most people lived and
worked on a farm. They grew their own food. They didn’t
have gyms because they didn’t need them. People were
in much better shape because they performed real world
exercise as part of their daily routines.
I encourage everyone to start a garden in their front (if
permitted) or back yard so they can get more exercise and
grow their own food at the same time. After growing my
own food I can finally say I know what food should taste
like. My tree collards in the winter time have sweetness
you just can’t buy in the store. Most people “hate” collards
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Low Density = High Energy,
cont’d from p. 38
In developing the Carmos/Miller
Anti-Density Theory,™ we discovered
how to reverse this thickening of the
basal membrane so that the simplest
of foods become nourishing.
Both Dr. Miller and myself live on
one meal per day consisting of a salad. I have been vegetarian since 1955.
I have been vegan for fifty years and
90+% raw for thirty of those years.
During the day we may use some
natural snacks. At present I am using
some cherries. At another time of the
year I might combine raw sunflower
seeds with a few organic raisins. We
both live on a low protein “diet,” or as
we like to call it, a “live-it.”
A salad for us might consist of
organic lettuce, celery, cucumber, sunflower seeds, raisins, beet and carrot.
Depending on the time of the year, we
may substitute some of the ingredients, but we generally never use more
than about seven or eight ingredients
in total. We both prefer eating in the
late afternoon to early evening.
We each have our own workout,
but in general we use weights, yoga,
cycling and, when we can, some other
form of aerobic exercise. Personally,
I like doing the weights and yoga for
a total of about three hours a day,
five days a week. Later, I do a 16-mile
bike ride consisting of some hills
along an ocean drive and boardwalk
five or six days per week. This may
seem excessive for many people, but
I consider it to be a part of my job to
be in the best condition I can. Neither
of us drink coffee or take any stimulants, which is important for knowing
where your true energy level is. Many
people think they have energy, but
it’s artificial energy from stimulants.
Now in my seventieth year, I still get
by on four to six hours of sleep per
night. We research, write, publish and
produce books and audio-visual materials, along with our public speaking
engagements. I take no medications.
64
My blood pressure has been about
107/68 for the last forty-five to fifty
years, and my cholesterol last time I
checked was 148.
We have found that many people
on a “natural” regimen tend to overeat. Personally, I never eat until I am
full. I chew slowly, which is important. There is an enzyme in the saliva
called ptyalin (tie-a-lin). It initiates
the breakdown of carbohydrates.
If we don’t chew well enough the
continued digestion of carbohydrates
is not possible further on in the
digestive system.
There is no question that structurally humans are vegan. There are
numerous ways to determine by
structure how an animal should eat. If
we examine our teeth, out of thirtytwo teeth in a full head, eight are for
cutting hard fruits and vegetables
(incisors). We have four called canines.
These are not true canines, which
are long and pointed, overlapping
with the one above and below, such
as is found in a cat, dog, lion or tiger.
Human canines have a slight taper
and give us a little more torque for
cracking the shell of some seeds. Then
there are the twenty molars. These
are for grinding. In order to grind,
a jaw must be able to move vertically and horizontally. This can occur
only in an animal with a ball and
socket hinge on the mandible or lower
jawbone. Humans and all vegetarian animals have this. A carnivorous
animal does not. A carnivores jaw has
a flat hinge. Vegetarian animals swallow through suction, as do humans,
horses, bulls, cows and elephants. A
carnivore takes in liquids by scooping
with the tongue, which we call lapping. The primary way for a veggie to
cool its body is to sweat. The primary
way for a carnivore to cool itself is to
pant. A true omnivore, such as a bear,
has a shorter alimentary canal (from
the mouth to the anus) in proportion
to its spine, approximately two to
three times the length of its spine.
A carnivore such as a cat or dog has
an alimentary canal three to four
times the length of its spine. An
herbivore such as a horse or cow, is
six to eight times and an herbivore/
fruitarian is eight to ten times the
length of its spine. Humans have a
ratio of just under ten (9.98).
The higher the protein content in
the mother’s milk of a particular species, the faster that creature will grow,
the sooner it will mature, the faster it
will age and the shorter its lifespan
will be. A rat’s milk is approximately
44% protein and a rat doubles its
size in the first week of its life, but
its lifespan is three to five years.
A cow’s milk is about 22% protein
and a calf weighs about 65 pounds
at birth, 150 pounds at a year old
and at maturity, which is only three
to four years, 1250 – 1500 pounds.
A cow’s lifespan is about fifteen
years. A human weighs 6 – 10 pounds
at birth but does not mature until
about 17 – 21 years of age.
Since the end of the Second World
War in the mid-1940s, our protein intake has increased to the point where
maturity is occurring at a much
younger age. Children are reaching puberty between 8 and 14 years
of age, causing sexual promiscuity
among adolescents. So the key seems
to be, keep your protein intake low
and your spirits high, and remember
that there are seven forms of food for
humans. They are what we: (1) think,
(2) say, (3) touch and are touched by,
(4) smell, (5) hear, (6) see and (7) eat.
There are three main forms of food:
solid, liquid and gas. We may go days,
weeks and even months without solid
food, a matter of days without liquids,
yet only a matter of minutes without
gas “food” — air. The one which is
least important is the most dense
form and the one which is the most
important is the most etheric – air.
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