Monthly Archives: July 2008

Raw: Simpler is Better

I'm coming to the conclusion that the closer a food is to being alive, the better it is for us to eat it — no ground breaking realisations here of course — just important to realise these things for oneself. The antithesis of this being: the more processed, complexly combined & further from this natural …

July 14, 2008 – 23:49 | By Si | Posted in health, raw | Comments (0)

Gall Bladder Cleanse — Don't Do What I Did

[If you're squeamish, don't read this] I'd been reading a bit about gall bladder cleanses on Give It To Me Raw, and thought "Hey, why not give that a go?" So I did. mMMmm nummy! No, mine doesn't look like this (I'd be in extreme pain if it did). I did a bunch of research, read about 20 different …

July 14, 2008 – 11:51 | By Si | Posted in healing, health | Comments (10)

Czech Tower Jumping

Climbers being a bit nuts is nothing new. Here's a good example: Notice the complete lack of ropes? Yes, that's right. Any mistake and he's dead. Oddly enough, this guy (Dan Osman) is now. But he died by doing a massive base jump — umm, without a parachute, just with a rope. He was one of …

July 12, 2008 – 06:20 | By Si | Posted in climbing | Comments (0)

How to Make Spirulina Tasty

Ok, so everyone knows spirulina is good for you. But so many brands taste like ass (uhh, ok, not exactly like ass). What to do, what to do? Well, I've finally found a way (other than the obvious, masking it in smoothies, with tons of fruit, or, you know, buying all the brands out there till you …

July 11, 2008 – 04:02 | By Si | Posted in health, raw | Comments (3)

The Dangers of Fasting

Having recently finished a 30 odd day juice feast/fast, followed by a 4 day water fast, there were a couple of things that deeply concerned me. To be clear, I don't think these are procedural issues — that water or juice fasting are inherently bad — but rather things that, perhaps due to my personality, …

July 4, 2008 – 14:08 | By Si | Posted in fasting, health | Comments (11)

Food Processor — Inner City Styles

I'm seeing more & more recipes that need a food processor — but my kitchen is only big enough for midgets (or two regular people if one of them stands on the bench) I already have a juicer & blender (that both see a lot of use). Between them they already take up half my bench …

July 3, 2008 – 02:10 | By Si | Posted in home, raw | Comments (7)

Recovering from a Juice Feast

First of all — a disclaimer. I ain't a juice feastin' expert. I can only talk about my own experience. And so I shall! Ok, some background — why did I do a juice feast in the first place? Spiritual clarity, essentially. In the process of weeding my emotional garden, I knew that the lighter my …

July 1, 2008 – 11:34 | By Si | Posted in fasting, healing, health, raw | Comments (0)