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Feed and Eat Digest, Mini Issue #006 -- Snack Time
January 27, 2008
A monthly ezine brought to you by Petro Janse van Vuuren, changing your life with healthier eating choices

In this mini issue:

  1. Monthly Maxim Reminder: Whole and Raw
  2. Mini article: Snack Time
  3. Ingrid's Inspiration
  4. Healthy Talks Calender
  5. Business Bite

1. Monthly Maxim Reminder: Whole and raw – yum yum

I have 12 rules of thumb which guide my choices as I walk up and down the aisles in the supermarket, or plan my meals for the week. Every month I feature one of them in this section.

Read about all 12 Principles here

This month the maxim is: Eat the least refined product, as close to whole and raw as possible. Refining and processing removes much of the goodness mother nature puts into the food.

Examples:

  • Essential oils in grains are removed to prolong shelf life,
  • Fruit & veg loose important vitamins when peeled, cooked or frozen,
  • Fat and oil turn carcinogenic when heated.

Also, the more processed the food, the more likely it is to contain harmful additives.

Now some more ideas for implementing this maxim:

2. Mini Article - Snack Time

Eat raw snacks and get whole and raw food into your diet.

Do you have something whole and raw to snack on right now if you felt like it? Can you reach into your briefcase and pull out an apple or walk up to the fridge and slice off a fat chunk of cucumber? Do you have unshelled nuts you and your kids can have fun with at snack time this afternoon?

If not, make a note straight onto your shopping list if you can, or somewhere you will find it when you get home to your list. Write down 4 items you can buy that you and your kids can snack on whenever one of you gets peckish. It must be whole and raw. Here are some ideas: They are prioritised in the order of availability, affordability and popularity in my family.

  • Apples
  • Bananas
  • Cucumber chunks
  • Green, Red and yellow pepper pieces
  • Tomatoes, whole or quartered
  • Carrots
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Grapes
  • Oranges
  • Naartjies
  • Whole green beans
  • Pineapple pieces
  • Litchis
  • Raw nuts

Raw nuts preferably still in their shells (Unshelled nuts lose much of their nutritional value. Just one Brazil nut - if you buy it shelled and crack it yourself - averages 100 mcg of selenium. While a Brazil nut that you buy already shelled averages 12-25 mcg.)

Here are three more ways to take action

3. Ingrid's Inspiration

Ingrid is a dear friend of mine and local business consultant who is running a huge network marketting opperation. Readers can expect to get to know her better in the next bumper issue.

Ingrid says:

Hi guys! Have any of you heard of the book "The Monk who sold his Ferrari" by Robin Sharma. Wow...mind blowing stuff to start the year with...I am especially loving his 10 focus areas for a great life. Let me pass them on to you as you go into your new year, maybe redesigning and redefining things a bit:

  • Solitude
  • Physicality
  • LIVE Nourishment
  • Abundant knowledge
  • Personal Reflection
  • Early Awakening
  • Music
  • Spoken Word
  • Congruent Character
    and
  • SIMPLICITY

Think over these things and maybe there are some that could be worked on in our lives. Remember: the only difference between great lives and mediocre ones is the slight edge of awareness and preparedness to fine tune.

Go well!

Ingrid Robberts

4. Healthy Talks Calender

Come join us for more on how to healthify your life style and become the person you dream of being.

Celebrate what's right with the world (a National Geographic film by DeWitt Jones)

Leon Grove - local psychologist and networking guru - says it's simply the best film he has ever seen and will be sharing it with us on this eve. It focuses on a world of infinite possibilities and boundless opportunties; of cooperation and limitlessness vs aggravation and scarcity. It's a reminder we can all do with, no matter who we are!

Mon 28 January, 19:30 at the Wesley Methodist church hall, Hayfields. Entry for guests are free.

Come and enjoy the company of like minded folk and let's create a community of health and prosperity thinkers!

5. Business Bite:

We find the 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing very interesting. Here's a link if you want to take a look yourself:

Free ebook - the 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing

It exposes all the myths and bad practices that cause the majority of mlmers to fail in their business. But we think it would be insightful reading for anybody in any businesss.

Greetings,

Petro Janse van Vuuren

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