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Raw nutRition and health: youR biggest questions answeRed
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Get Fresh!
Autumn 2009
Contents
Main Features
16 Interview with Ani Phyo
22 Raw nutrition and health: your
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biggest questions answered
Special 18-page section
42 Earn a living doing what you love
46 Interview with Rozalind Graham
54 “Alternative” meets “the matrix”
65 Food that’s better than organic
In This Issue
15 Pandemic pandemonium
21 Never say never
52 Diary of a detox
60 Rome wasn’t built in a day
62 Keeping your teeth
68 Karen’s live kitchen
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71 Diet’s spiritual essence
82 A day in the life of Brendan Brazier
Food
19 Raw cookies
72 A raw taste of Mexico
76 Secrets for successful menu planning
Regulars
5 Editor’s letter 10 Book Reviews
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7 Get Writing! 12 Events
8 What’s New

Autumn 2009
Published by
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Director Cary Kikis
Welcome Editor Sarah Best
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Printer Warners
Cover Ani Phyo
photographed by Brad Buckman
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This reminded me of a sign I once saw in a wildlife sanctuary: “Please don’t
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feed the animals. They eat a natural diet and human food may harm them.” I
remember looking around me and observing that I couldn’t actually see any advertising enquiries
human food – just things like hot dogs, crisps and chocolate bars. Aleksandra Hardbattle
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spent on processed foods. Given that neither our bodies nor our brains can
function normally unless they get the nutrients they need, doesn’t this alone
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The following quote from the brilliant book Left In The Dark by Graham Gynn
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As more and more people around the world are discovering, “natural diets” Get Fresh! is the international voice of the raw food
aren’t just for other animals. When we start nourishing ourselves as nature movement, featuring viewpoints, teaching and phi-
losophies from some of the most prominent natural
intended, life becomes a different experience altogether. We begin to enjoy a
health authorities in the world, and real life stories and
level of health, energy and wellbeing we never dreamed possible. That is what interviews with those living a raw and living foods life-
this magazine is all about and we hope you enjoy this issue. style. Its aim is to educate, motivate and inspire, while
retaining a rational and realistic worldview.
The Get Fresh! philosophy, while focusing on diet,
acknowledges that true health is about much more
than food. It encourages each reader to seek, learn and
discover what works best for them as an individual, on
all levels – mind, body, spirit and emotions. If you’re
interested in including more raw foods in your diet,
Sarah Best having more energy, living more consciously, or are
already living the lifestyle, Get Fresh! is for you!
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Letter of the quarter
Did you like what you read in
our last issue? Did it inspire
you, help you or make you Debunking
think? Did you read something
dairy
that you disagree with? Then
write in to let us know – we’d I have never written to a
magazine before but after
love to hear from you.
reading Dao Earl’s article
The calcium question in the
Summer issue I just had to!
He sets out the information
so well and in such a
straightforward way. Now I
know exactly what to say
when people insist they
need dairy products in order
Send letters for publication to
to look after their bones. 
[email protected]. Each
It was also a great
quarter we award a £25 Fresh reminder for me – it was on one of Dao’s
Network gift voucher to the retreats that I was converted to raw foods So thanks Dao, and thanks Get Fresh! -
writer of the best letter. Get and I remember him covering the milk the magazine just gets better and better!
issue in one of his talks. However he gave
Fresh! reserves the right to edit Cath Parker, UK
out so much information in the space of
letters as necessary.
that week that I couldn’t retain it all!
Thank you
I just wanted to say it was helpful in the Summer
issue to read articles that understand the mental
journey often travelled by newcomers to the
raw path. It helps by bringing out into the open
thoughts and experiences that many struggle with.
This conscious acknowledgement and
acceptance is empowering as it can diminish the
negative effect that the thoughts and feelings can
otherwise have. It is also supportive as it helps the
reader understand that it is a common experience
and therefore a natural part of the path of
transitioning to a healthier diet and lifestyle, not
just peculiar to the individual. Thank you.
Simon, UK
Editor responds:
Calorie conundrum I have met Tonya in person on several occasions and I can vouch
that she looks even better in real life than she looks in photos. She
I am intrigued by your interview with Tonya Zavasta. Did you meet will be addressing the “calories and weight” issue at length in an
her in person? The point that has me thinking in particular is her article scheduled for the Spring 2010 issue of Get Fresh!
mention of the fact that she’s eating about 1,200 calories a day For those with weight to lose, there is really no question that
but her Bikram yoga sessions should make her lose 1,800. From eating raw is the best weight loss strategy bar none. But what
the photos, she certainly looks gorgeous and a “normal” weight.  seems to occur is that a few years down the line, with an ideal
What’s your take on it? Also, I heard the raw diet was the best weight reached and the biggest part of the detoxing out of the
weight loss diet, so now I am confused. way, the body becomes much more efficient so can maintain an
ideal weight on less food than before.
Christina, UK
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WHAT’S NEW?
Our recent blog article “The swine flu
vaccine: will it be voluntary or mandatory?”
elicited a massive reaction, with many
Tasty tomato treat
writing to us privately to share their
concerns on this issue and express their
thanks for the information. You can read
If you like sundried tomatoes, you’ll love this new find from The Raw Greek. These tomatoes are
this in-depth article by visiting fresh-
dried at low temperatures to preserve nutrients, they contain no salt, and they are not marinated
network.typepad.com and scrolling down
in oil. Despite this, there is no need to rehydrate them – with their soft texture and rich and robust
to the entry for September 3rd. As we
flavour they are delicious eaten straight from the bag (the only proviso being that once you start
promised there, we will soon be posting an
it can be hard to stop!) There are two varieties to choose from: dried tomatoes and (another
article about boosting immunity naturally
first) dried cherry tomatoes. These are the best sun-dried tomatoes we have ever tasted and also
during the coming winter months.
the healthiest we’ve ever come across. Both varieties come from Xanthi in Greece and they are
For those already eating a high-raw,
available in the UK from therawgreek.com.
whole-foods diet, the single most important
piece of advice we can give is to make sure
you are getting an adequate daily supply of
vitamin D. This nutrient is vital for immunity
and many other essential bodily functions.
Feed If we get adequate sunshine the body
can produce all the vitamin D it needs. But
those living in a cold climate and following
your hair a raw vegan diet are almost certainly not
getting enough for six months of the
year. If this is you, we suggest having your
We love this new scalp tonic from Tonya vitamin D levels tested and considering
Zavasta’s Your Right To Be Beautiful range. supplementation if they are below optimal
What is a scalp tonic, we hear you ask. Your For more information on boosting
scalp and the blood supplying it are the “soil” immunity look out for our upcoming article.
your hair grows in and only if that soil is Our blog is a frequently updated source of
healthy and nourished will your hair be thick, information, news and ideas, all geared to
shiny and luxuriant. Age can cause hair to thin helping you live a more vibrant life, so why
and lose its lustre and so can a period of deep not visit regularly, and also sign up for our
detoxification such as that experienced by newsletter at fresh-network.com.
those who go raw.
This new tonic has been devised to Calling all raw food veterans. If
address these very issues. It contains extracts you have been following a raw diet and
of cayenne pepper and mustard greens, two lifestyle for a while, are feeling great on
of the most effective circulation stimulants it, have a trick or two up your sleeve for
known. Further stimulation comes from making it easy, and would like to share
invigorating peppermint oil, while chamomile your knowledge and experience with
and sage promote tissue regeneration in your others on a voluntary basis, we’d love
hair and scalp. to hear from you. We are setting up an
The scalp tonic comes in a 60ml dropper e-mentoring service after requests from
bottle and after combing your hair you simply customers who are trying to improve their
apply a full dropper directly onto your scalp, diets and who could use some support and
then use your fingertips to massage it in for guidance. If you would like to help, email
two minutes. The scalp tonic is available in the [email protected] telling us a little
US from Tonya’s online store beautifulonraw. about yourself.
com and in the UK from fresh-network.com.
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BOOK REVIEWS
Quotes of
the quarter
“The concept of gaining weight
had never entered my mind.
This was the 80s and I was
wearing a lot of stretch Lycra,”
Ani Phyo reminisces about her college
days in our interview with her, starting on
page 16.
“You head towards the
forbidden aisles of long-
forgotten cooked food
Ecstatic Beings Detox 4 Women contraband, and begin filling
by shazzie and Kate Magic by natalia Rose your basket like the winner of
Rawcreation, £17.95 harperCollins, £16.99 Supermarket Sweep.”
The subtitle of this book is “144,000 ways All women want to look and feel their
Pete Vincent on what can happen when
to eternal ecstatic bliss” and it is a book best but most don’t realize that make-up,
raw doesn’t cut it anymore, on page 21.
quite unlike any other. As the spiel reads: salon visits, crash diets and upholstered
“What happens when two mothers reroute undergarments are not the way. The reality,
their brains, do their homework and carve as author Natalia Rose points out in this new
out a new world groove? Think of a big A4, book, is that a woman will only look and feel “I recently posted a status
hyper-colour Jackie Annual coffee table book her best if her cells are clean. update on Facebook about my
for grown-ups and you may be half way to And since 21st century living is so non- breakfast shake with spirulina.
realizing the full glory of the world's first right- conducive to that, the only way for the modern
Almost immediately, a full-on
brained book.” woman to achieve inner cleanliness is if she
heated battle ensued.”
Why right-brained? Because our analytical detoxifies. But this book isn’t about the kind of
and often robotic left brains are not conducive detox that lasts a weekend or even a week; it is Sarma Melngailis discusses controversy in
the raw food world on page 32.
to experiencing ecstatic bliss. We need to tap about a detoxifying lifestyle.
into our expansive, intuitive right brains for Rose – the author of three other books,
this and the non-linear nature of the book including The Raw Food Detox Diet – is a
helps this, as does the psychedelically stunning clinical nutritionist who noticed increasing “Just because you think
artwork throughout by Shazzie and Shakiba numbers of female clients presenting with the cucumbers open your third eye
Mohseni. same physical and/or emotional problems, all
chakra doesn’t mean you need
The authors, both internationally recognized linked to having an acidic, yeast-ridden system.
raw food promoters, treat some heavy subjects She devised this programme to deal with those to share that information with
in a refreshingly light way. The book contains very issues and the book includes a quiz to your co-workers.”
150 pages of information (on topics ranging help the reader identify which version of it is Tera Warner suggests a more down-to-
from superfoods to urine therapy), musings (on right for her. earth approach in her article starting on
such things as being a mother, being present, The book also includes a detailed 30-day page 42.
love and sex, and breaking free from cultural detox plan, and Rose’s no-nonsense list “The
programming), raw food recipes (especially 10 big excuse busters” will put right any
cake recipes), poems and photo stories. woman who thinks she “can’t” follow it.
“There is no model in nature
And at the back, the authors’ extensive Although alkalizing raw vegetable juices and
for such personal care, and
dictionary will make you laugh and make you raw and cooked vegetables are the cornerstone
think at the same time with such words as of the dietary regime, as detoxes go this is a almost no natural facility for
hilareality (when life is hilarious), sheeporexia decadent one – treats are included in the plan, performing such a feat on
(one who chooses to eat foods they know including a daily serving of dark chocolate. oneself (other than perhaps
are bad for them just to make others feel This book shows the busy 21st century
doing a handstand in a
comfortable) and spiriduality (someone who woman a path to health and dietary freedom
waterfall.)”
thinks they’re living a spiritual life but is so and seven “real women” who have followed the
egotistical about it they’re still very much living programme to great results share their stories.  Dr Douglas Graham disputes the logic
of colonics in our new ebook Raw: Your
in duality). Detox 4 Women is available in the UK
biggest questions answered. (For more
Ecstatic Beings is available from fresh- from fresh-network.com and in the US from
information see pages 40-41).
network.com and detoxyourworld.com. detoxtheworld.com.
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