Our lifestyle can be an important resource to help our spiritual awakening. How we live and especially what we eat is registered by the brain as either life supporting or life diminishing. If we continue to eat nutrient-deprived foods that commonly dominate modern diets, the survival centers in our brain register this as a threat to our survival. This alerts the survival brain and is likely to increase the production of stress hormones. The body also has to work overtime to adapt and be able to survive and function despite the lack of nutrients. If we want our survival brain to relax from its conditioning of overactivity, it is counterproductive to live on a deficient diet, since survival stress in one area of life translates into higher survival stress in general.
In other words, if we give our brain reasons to believe life is threatened with a diet that is indeed threatening to our well-being, it will react in more stressfull ways to other aspects of life, like emotional challenges. If we take good care of our physical health, the survival centers of the brain can more easily give way to an awakening beyond the confines of survival consciousness into oneness.

Of course the subject of diet is a confusing one, given the huge amount of contradicting information available on the subject today. Let`s look for a moment at the reason why there can be so many completely different approaches to diet that seem to work for some people.
If you are stranded in the desert with your car, dehydration can become a problem quickly. After a while, when you begin to really suffer the effects of dehydration, you might remember that there is water in the cooler of your car. You drink it and it saves your life. In this situation, drinking the water from the cooler of your car is improving your health – dehydration would kill you much faster than the chemicals in the water. If you are dehydrated enough, water that you would usually stay away from becomes a healthier alternative than not drinking water. Now if you go back home and begin to market cooler water as the new miracle nutrient (“new – with extra anti-freeze!”), there would be some misunderstanding. Sure, you might be able to come up with testimonials and even some research showing that cooler water has saved some people`s lives. But just because it is possible to be so dehydrated that even toxic, chemical-laden water from the cooler of a car is healthier than not drinking water does not make this into a healthy beverage.

Most people on the nutrient depleted, highly toxic Standard American Diet (SAD – interesting acronym) are so starved for nutrients that almost any diet or supplement that is a little more nutritious compared to SAD will perhaps yield some positive results. But just as in the example of the cooler water, that only means that this particular diet or supplement was a little better than what the person did before.
Whether or not a paritcular diet or product is actually matching the biological design of the body is an entirely different question. If we want to eat in a way that brings forth true health and a good physical foundation for spiritual awakening, we should look beyond ways to just compensate a little better for the extreme nutrient deprivation of modern diets. What follows is a summary of three simple steps to a diet that truly nourishes the amazing original design of the human body. This apporach is tested on hundreds of people, from those who started out in poor physical condition to many who where already in excellent health. It never fails to improve health and well-being, even for those who are already on a very good diet and liefstyle and generally very healthy. This approach also awakens the body`s own instincts, so that with a little time, you will be able to know directly what is good for you. A truly healthy diet should ultimately evolve to a pleasurable way of eating unburdened by dietary dogma and concepts.
This threefold approach awakens the authentic instincts and intuition of the human body in such a powerful way that after a while your body`s messages will be the only authority you need to choose food wisely.

1. Green Smoothies

Discovered by Victoria Boutenko, author of “Green for Life”  (see www.rawfamily.org), green smoothies are one of the most powerful resources for greatly improved health for everybody, regardless of individual constitution or lifestyle. After some years on a complete raw food diet that had cured her family from serious illnesses, Victoria Boutenko experienced some dissatisfaction with the traditional raw food diet. She studiet the dietary habits of chimpanzees and found that our closest relatives in the mammalian kingdom eat a diet of 40-50% green leaves. Primates eat root vegetables only when greens are not available due to a drought. Greens are far more rich in minerals, trace elements, vitamins, enzymes and phytonutrients that other vegetables. The advantage that primates have over is however is the fact that they can chew with much more efficiency. A cute little chimp is strong enough to rip out a cardoor and strength translates into stronger chewing as well.
Some people digest salads well, others don`t digest them well. By blending greens, the nutrients that are locked in the fiber are released. This is superior to juicing, because a juicer just discards the fiber that stores so much of the nutrient value of greens. Victoria Boutenko discovered that greens blended with fruit and a little water is an ideal way of increasing one`s intake of greens. All the problems that some people have with raw foods are bypassed through blending. 

I have recommended to all my clients to make a green smoothie the first meal of the day everyday for three weeks. After that period, everybody without exception wants to keep eating the green smoothies. The benefits include a sense of being truly nourished on a cellular level that has eluded even most people who tried to well for years. Digestion improves and cravings for junk food dissipate. Healthy eating becomes more enjoyable and easy. Nobody believes how beneficial green smoothies are until they try them, the results are always surprising.

As a basic recipe, you can chop up fresh, organic greens (batavia, romaine, kale, parsley, anything that is dark green), fill the blender losely with it and add organic sweet fruit. Two bananas or one pear and one banana for one large head of lettuce might be a good balance for most people. You can of course experiement with any fruit you like.
Add water so the mixture will blend well, how much water is needed will depend on your blender. Do not use very cold water. No other ingredients should be added, especially no oils or starches. Green superfoods might be added. Drink immediately after blending. Enjoy! Try for three weeks and be amazed!

2. Wild Herbs from the Amazon Rainforest

Wild foods possess many properties that are not found in any cultivated foods. In nature, all species form a perfectly orchestrated synergie to enhance each other’s health and life experience. To give one example that is relevant to the health value of wild foods for us: Through the research of Dan Carlson, it has been established that the morning songs of birds deliver certain frequencies, such as the 5000 Hz frequency, that are crucial for the optimum health of plants. These frequencies activate electrical energy in the cell membranes. It is well known in naturopathic medicine that the voltage of cell membranes is one of the most important indicators of health. Research by Prof. Kaunitz has shown that at 200 millivolt, a human cell membrane cannot be penetrated by viruses or toxins. Below 70 mv, diseases begin to manifest. Our cell membrane potential depends largely on the electrical energy of the food we eat. Since cultivated foods are usually not exposed to bird songs, they provide inferior electrical energy. Only wild foods supply us with the bioelectricity we need for optimum cellular health. In addition, wild foods are much denser in micronutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, trace elements, enzymes and phytonutrients, than cultivated foods.

Of all origins of wild foods, the Amazon rainforest stands out as totally unique. This largest reservoir of wild life on earth hosts more bird species on one square mile than are found in the United States. There are over 200 000 plant species living in the Amazon basin, of which only 3% have beed studied by Western science. Those 3% supply the raw materials for 40% of all pharmaceuticals on the world drug market, because even in allopathic drug medicine it is known that raw materials from the Amazon rainforest are more powerful than any other resource. The Amazon rainforest is what biology calls an ecological climax, a term referring to an ecosystem on the maximum level of development.

For the past eighteen years, the Amazon Herb company has provided the most powerful herbal products consisting of wild herbs harvested by indegenous people of the Amazon rainforest. These tribal people have been living with the knowledge and appreciation of these herbs for centuries and have developed a deep spiritual connection with the rainforest. When they harvest plants, they do so as caretakers of the earth, communicating with the spirits of the plants, thanking them for their gift and harvesting in a manner that allows the plants to recover quickly. The Amazon Herb company invests 10 – 30% of its yearly income to support the legal process which enables the native people to obtain the land titles and deeds over the land they are living on. This has led to the protection of over 300 000 acres of rainforest from deforestation and this process now continues with greater effciency.
Since the herbs from one square mile of rainforest are worth seven to ten times as much as the gains coming from any form of exploitation that requires deforestation, the indegenous people who work with Amazon Herb are thus free from any economic pressure to sell their land to the logging companies. This integrity and support of the indegenous people and mother earth certainly enhances the sublte qualities of the herbs.
Some of the significant herbal products that aid spiritual development are:

Pure Camu

The camu camu fruit is the vitamin C – richest food in the world. One fresh pack of dried Pure Camu contains 40 – 50% natural vitamin C. The camu camu fruit is also known for its powerful neurotransmitter-enhancing effects. It assists in activating the frontal lobes, which is one of the most important brain correlates of awakening to oneness and unconditional love. Pure camu is appreciated for enhancing mental clarity and enhancing emotional balance. One fresh pack mixed with water and consumed over the day is a wonderful boost to the steady production of dopamin, oxytocin and serotonin, key neurotransmitters for well-being.

Power Mix

Containing Maca, Chuchuhuasi, Kiwicha, Muira Puama and Suma, this product is a mixture of the most powerful herbal strength boosters available. The synergie of plants in Power Mix enhances the production of HGH, one of the key hormones for regeneration. It enhances endurance and physical performance and aleviates fatigue. On a subtle energy level, Power Mix provides grounding earth energy which strengthens and balances the third chakra or lower dan tian. This provides a stable foundation for higher energetic and spiritual development. For maximum results, exercise while slightly hungry, then take Power Mix. This will maximize the production of regenerative hormones.

Treasure Tea

With Una de Gato, Chanca Piedra, Lapacho and Jatoba, this tea contains the most powerful immune enhancers from the Amazon rainforest. Una de Gato can enhance immune function by up to 50%. Chanca Piedra is known for its dissolving effects on kidney and gall stones and a great blood cleanser. Lapacho cleanses and strengthens the liver, it also helps with the healing of bitterness and depression, which are associated with stagnative energies in the liver. Jatoba is the most powerful anti-fungal herb on the planet. The Jatoba tree lives in swampy areas surrounded by fast growing molds und fungi and therefore is equipped with very powerful anti-fungal immune properties. Treasure Tea can be very helpful to overcome candida and other parasite conditions.

Choca Maca

The healthiest chocolate on the planet! Choca Maca contains only organically grown cacao, which is a great healing food. Cacao is a concentrated source of anti-oxidants, the best source of magnesium of all foods and provides MAO-inhibitors, which help to retain neurotransmitters.
In 1996, a new substance called Anandamide was discovered in cacao. This lipid occurs only in cacao and has a direct activating effect on the septum pellucidum, the brain’s joy center. 
Choca Maca also contains a wide spectrum of wild herbs, including Maca, Suma, Chuchuhuasi, Muria Puama, camu camu, and blue-green algae. This turns good organic chocolate into a real healing and rejuvenation food! Choca Maca is only sweetened with cold-pressed sugar cane juice with the full spectrum of minerals of the sugar cane.

Treat yourself to these powerful gifts of mother earth and the native people from the Amazon Rainforest…and be amazed. Amazon herb products can be ordered through www.123101.amazonherb.net.

3. Healthy Fats

Nothing could be further from the truth than the nutritional dogma that fats are bad for you. The wrong type of fats can easily kill you, even in small amounts. The right type of fats are necessary for delivering nutrients to the cells, being hydrated on a cellular level, transporting toxins out of the body, producing sufficient hormones and neurotransmitters and feeling emotionally balanced. 

Dr. Weston Price, one of the truly great researcher in the field of nutrition traveled to and lived with healthy populations throughout the world in the 1920s. He found that all healthy people who still ate their traditional whole foods-diets consumed large amounts of raw, saturated fat. When they stopped eating these fats in their raw, unadulturated state, they began to develop symptoms of dehydration, tooth decay and various degenerative conditions. 
Raw saturated fat is one of the most understimated nutrients today. It is completely different in its effects from cooked fats and as far as quantity goes, preferable over liquid oils, which consist mostly of unsaturated fatty acids. The best sources of raw raw saturated fat are raw butter and young coconuts. Raw butter can be obtained through stores listed on www.rawmilk.com or by asking a health food store or COOP to order it from www.organicpastures.com. Raw butter can be eaten with raw honey twice a day, as much as you like. It can of course also be used for bread and to add to warm foods, provided they have cooled down to a pleasant eating temperature.

Young coconuts with a white husk can be bought in many health food stores and supermarkets or in Asian food stores. Virgin coconut oil is the best oil for cooking and baking and can be found in many health food stores. Raw coconut butter made from the whole coconut (not just the oil) can be ordered at www.sunfood.com.

Liquid plant oils should not be consumed in large quantities, because they tend to deydrate and demineralize the body. Stone-pressed olive oil is a very good oil though, it can be obtained from some Italian specialty stores or from www.rawfood.com. Flax oil can be an important healing food, it should always be fresh and never be consumed in capsules. Freshly ground flax is more nutritious and balanced than the oil, but it should always be ground fresh. Other oils are best minimized.

Fats that are harmful are all heated plant oils, which includes most that are labeled “cold-pressed” and all products containing plant oil, unless they are specifically labeled raw. Margarine and all products containing hydrogenated fats should be minimized/avoided. If fat is needed for cooking/baking purposes, virgin coconut oil is the best choice. 

If you regularly eat green smoothies, wild herbs from the Amazon rainforest and healthy fats, your brain is supplied with the nutrients it needs to awaken healthy pleasure instincts. Over time, you will find yourself naturally gravitating away from junk foods and towards a natural food diet, simply because it gives you more pleasure. This way you will not need endless contradictory information and dogma about what to eat and what to avoid.  Enjoy!  

Contact:
Katrin Schildt
Email: Katrin.Schildt@web.de
www.123101.amazonherb.net