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Matt Amsden & David Wolfe on Eating Raw

Matt Amsden is considered by those in the know to be one of the premier raw food chefs in southern California (and globally). Amsden owns RAWvolution a company that delivers gourmet raw food meals throughout the United States. He is also the author of RAWvolution, a raw [...]

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Understanding Super Foods: Cacao and Real Chocolate

Cacao is responsible for that far too delicious food group we know as chocolate, but in reality, it’s a lot more. In fact, in its purest form, it has health benefits that most people truly have no idea about whatsoever. So what exactly is cacao?
What Is Cacao?
Cacao is [...]

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How to Digest Nuts Better: Behind the Scenes

Salting, roasting, toasting, soaking — what helps, what hinders and why do so many people have problems with eating nuts? Here is a step by step breakdown of the digestive process, and how nuts are impacted by one’s digestive system.
How Digestion Breaks Down Nuts in Stages
Roughly a three-stage [...]

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Eating Raw: Re-hydrating Nuts
Eating raw is not as difficult or as complicated as one might imagine. Greens, nuts and fruits all make for quick and easy snacks.
Not everyone’s digestion is the same, however, and eating dried fruits can be difficult for some.
Likewise, mixing dried fruits and nuts in the same snack time can [...]

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