Raw Foods Diet for Raising Healthy Children

Karen Ranzi, author of the groundbreaking new book, Raising Healthy Children through Attachment Parenting and Living Foods, will be joining us on A teleclass Raising Healthy Children to share insights and answer your questions about raising Healthy Children.

Watch Karen on Paul Nison’s Health Show.

Join us on for raising Healthy Children, a FREE teleclass.

www.drritamarie.com/signup/karenranzi

How Would You Like to Use Your Passion For Healthy Living to Empower Others to Overcome Their Health Challenges?

It’s happened to me, and many of my friends and colleagues as well. I hear stories all the time. It may even be happening to you. You or someone you love has had an amazing turn around in health as a result of applying healthy living principles…diet, exercise, herbs or a particular healing modality. You’re so excited by it, that you’re ready to share it with the world. You’d like nothing better than to be able to positively impact the lives of others, the way yours has been changed.

So how do you get started?

You could decide on a career path and go to a university based program.  A degree in Nutrition, along with certification by a national or international organization like the IAACN is one avenue.  A medical, naturopathic, osteopathic or chiropractic degree is another avenue.    Perhaps you’re more interested in boy work or energy healing.  There are a variety of classes to choose from.

If you’d like to get started sooner, there are a number of  courses that can get you started.  Here are just a few resources that I recommend:

Association of Online Nutrition Practitioners (AOLNP)

How to get started in the Natural Health Movement

Holistic Health Counselor Program with Dr. Tel Oren

Karen Knowler’s Raw Foods  Professionals Online Group Coaching Program

Karen Knowler’s Raw Food Classes – To Go! Home Study Program

Living Light Culinary Institute

Alissa Cohen’s Living on Live Food Certification

Join the Association of Online Nutrition Practitioners to keep up to date on resources and tools for creating multiple streams of income  teaching healthy eating principles.

Love, health and Joy,

Dr. Ritamarie

http://www.FreshnFunLiving.com

http://www.EatYourWayOutofPain.com

Whole Foods is Promoting Junk Halloween Treats

Whole Foods Halloween Madness

I just got back from Whole Foods and I’m fired up.  There was a lady at a display right at the front of the store with plates of pretty Halloween cookies on display.  She was offering samples.  As I walked past, she offered me one.  Normally I just say no thanks and walk on, but I was compelled to stop and read the ingredients.  After all, I’ve spent the better part of this week writing and talking to people to educate them about the dangers of the Halloween treats that are being pushed on us this week.

White flour, sugar, butter, eggs and other colors and flavorings were being pushed by a health food store called Whole Foods.  Whole foods …let’s see.  Last time I read the definition of whole foods there was something about nutrients intact, as nature created the food.  These treats are total junk.  Yet, the unsuspecting consumer, shopping at whole foods and paying the higher prices, is expecting to get value and health PROMOTING food.  Most of them don’t read the labels.  They just assume that the product is healthy because Whole Foods is selling it.  WRONG!

I explained to the pleasant looking woman offering the samples that I was disappointed that Whole Foods would be promoting such food.  I read the ingredients to her and explained that this was not good for people and that Whole Foods should not promote foods that contribute to the demise of the immune systems of all who consume it.  She just stood there and nodded her head and smiled at me.  It was infuriating.  She didn’t even engage me in the least.  No…”Wow, I didn’t realize”, or even “Well, at least there’s no hydrogenated oil in them”.  She just stood there patronizingly smiling and nodding her head.  She didn’t want to hear a word I said.

I checked out and paid for my groceries, and a little voice in my head told me to go to customer service and let my opinion be known.  The pleasant customer service representative paged a manager to speak with me.

The manager was a youngish, long haired, very nice looking gentleman, and I thought that I’d have a sympathetic ear.  He listened and told me that all the ingredients met the store’s standards.  We got into a discussion about those standards, and I explained my concern for the health of our kids.  I explained to him that a Nobel Prize was awarded to Otto Warburg linking sugar to cancer. http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/nutrition/sugar.htm .  I talked to him about the immune system, and how sugar and white flour contribute to heart disease, cancer, autoimmune disease, colds, ear infections, ADD and autism.  I explained to him that I could probably talk about the dangers of eating those cookies for 3 hours and not be complete.

He explained that there was nothing he could do, and besides, there are no clear cut nutrition guidelines that all agree on.  He explained that they want to give people choices.  I managed to get him to give me the name of someone higher up in the organization to speak with about my concern.

Let’s do a grass roots effort and let Whole Foods know how we feel.  Call Margaret Wittenberg at 512 477-5566 and tell her how you feel about white flour sugary cookies being sold as healthy Halloween alternatives.  You can also mention the gummy drops they sell, in which the first ingredient is corn syrup.   Stop by your local store and ask them why they are selling immune system enemies masquerading as pretty, healthy Halloween treats.

Inform yourself.  Come up with alternatives for yourself and your families.  In my book, Healthy Halloween Treats I have lots of recipes that are quick and easy to make and taste great.  I also have a list of sources of packaged treats that support health rather than destroy it.

Make your voices known.  I don’t know about you, but to me the incidence of childhood cancer, immune system diseases and brain dysfunction amongst kids these days is alarming.  It’s all preventable.  Let’s do something today.  Offer your kids and yourself healthy Halloween treats and learn Halloween recipes that support vibrant health.

Please let me know your thoughts.  Let’s get a discussion going around this issue.

Love and Health,

Dr. Ritamarie

www.FreshnFunLiving.com/Halloween

Still spaces in Living on Live Food Saturday October 20

We have a class coming up and it is starting to fill! If you register ASAP you might be able to get a space. We’ve taught this class many times to a full house. I hope you can make it. The details are below.

I will be posting some recipes soon.

We have done some website updates. There were technical difficulties which required us to build from scratch.

check out http://www.drritamarie.com/
and
http://www.austinhealthcoach.com/

Both will be updated soon with lots of new resources. Stay tuned.

Warmly,
Dr. Ritamarie

Living on Live Foods Level 1

Bringing the Healing power of Raw and Living Foods into your Life!

By the end of this class you will know:

· How to easily prepare delicious, nutritious and beautiful meals in a matter of minutes
· How to eat in a way that enhances your health and increases your vitality
· How to tap into the healing properties of fresh plant based foods
· How to deliciously eat an abundance of fresh vegetables
· How to make delicious, health giving fresh and live plant based meals that taste much like your favorite dishes
· How to simply and easily prepare gourmet meals from fresh,whole, plant based ingredients,
· How to quickly and easily shop for whole, fresh foods
· How to stock your kitchen and set up your environment for easy food preparation
· How to stock and use basic kitchen equipment that makes food preparation quick and easy
· Basic techniques for improving the digestibility of nuts, seeds and vegetables

During this class, we will make and eat a delicious, full course meal, including soup, salad, appetizers, main course, dessert and beverage, and learn how easy it is to do the same at home.

email drritamarie@drritamarie.com for details

Fall 2007 Raw and Living Foods Events

Schedule of Upcoming Classes & Events

Learn to make delicious living foods and enjoy a meal with new friends!

check out http://www.drritamarie.com/ for details

10/20 Sat Living on Live Food Level 1 10AM – 4PM
10/20 Sat Movie Night and Living Foods Potluck FREE 6:00 -10:00 PM
10/25Thurs Forget Cooking Beginner Class with Dina Knight 6:30 – 9:30 PM
10/28 Sun Holiday Survival and Shopping Evening 4:30 – 7:00 PM
11/10-11/11 Sat & Sun Thanksgiving Feast Class 3:00 – 6:00PM both days
11/11 Sun Thanksgiving Feast- 6:30 – 8:00 PM $20 per person for a grande meal!
11/17 Sat Movie Night and Living Foods Potluck FREE 6:00 -10:00 PM
12/13 Thurs Holiday Party Foods 5:45 – 7:15 PM
12/13 Thurs Holiday Desserts 7:30 – 9:30 PM
12/15 Sat Movie Night and Living Foods Potluck FREE 6:00 -10:00 PM

I hope to see you at an event or two soon

Healthfully Yours

Dr. Ritamarie