Our Food Philosophy

So what is our philosophy about food? What do we understand to be healthy? Is it raw food that only gives health? Is it whatever is popular---food fads?

We promote "whole plant food eaten whole" as the healthiest way to eat. Unrefined, unprocessed in a natural state with simple easy preparation that is appetizing and nutritious. All raw is not the best. Some nutrients are better when cooked. An example of that is lycopine that is found in tomatoes is more available when cooked. Grains should be well cooked and some vegetables are more digestible when lightly cooked. We generally do not mix fruits and vegetables at the same meal because this causes digestion problems which affects the health. We do not rely on smoothies, green drinks or juice fasting or feasting. We use whole raw nuts that are the most nutritious and digestable and avoid roasted nuts. We use olives and avocadoes in abundance. Plain salt cured olives are good for digestive problems and are healthy enough to be eaten every day. Neither olives, raw nuts or avocadoes will cause obesity but rather are health restoring.

Some people point to "live enzymes" and call cooked food as being dead but there is much more to food than enzymes and raw is not always most digestible.

We feel that food should be palatable, nutritious and easy to prepare.

We use no refined fats such as oils or margarine. We use no refined grains such as white flour, "whole wheat flour" that is lacking the germ, white rice, pearled barley or things of that kind. We use no alcohol or vinegar or other rotten substances. We do not use refined sweeteners such as white sugar, brown sugar, "cane juice", nutri-sweet, honey or etc.  We do use active yeast. We cook more or less 50 percent with 50 percent raw. We never count calories, we don't encourage dieting but rather a lifetime change of lifestyle that will give lifelong health. We use B12 supplements and encourage everyone to do the same. We know that a salt free diet isn't healthy--- we encourage the moderate use of salt of about 1/2 teaspoon per day. We know from experience that weekly cheating or occasional indulgence is a lie and that good health can never be achieved with those methods because the cravings for the unhealthy foods will continue with that method. It is actually easier to make a total break from unhealthy food and let our taste buds forget what it tasted like than it is to torture oneself with a weekly indulgence. It is better to create a new favorite food list than it is to try to retain the old list and keep wishing we could go back to it. When tempted to indulge move those thoughts to what is good and healthy such as our brownie recipe or our strawberry shake. They taste good and there is no guilt associated with them.