I didn't plan today's evening meal and so it was very much a case of making do with whatever I could find in the fridge. The result was actually very good :)
Raw Spicy Quinoa Curry Recipe
1 cup of quinoa (soaked overnight and then sprouted for 24 hours)
1 red pepper
2 carrots
4 leaves of spring greens
1 small beetroot
6 runner beans
(alternatively use similar quantities of whatever veg you have available)
4 small tomatoes
1/2 onion
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp ground coriander
A small piece of red chilli (finely chopped) or to taste
1 tbsp tahini
1/2 tbsp brown rice miso
1 tbsp tamari
Finely slice the red pepper, greens and beans, and grate the carrots and beetroot (or use a food processor with a slicing and grating disc for ease). Add to a bowl with the quinoa sprouts.
Put all of the other ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Add to the vegetables and quinoa, mix well and serve immediately.
I think it would also be good with some chickpea sprouts added to the vegetables, for added texture.
Monday 31 May 2010
Raw Carob 'ice cream' recipe
Another adaptation from a recipe in Kate Wood's Eat Smart, Eat Raw is a delicious carob ice-cream recipe. I used my Matstone 6 in 1 juicer for this recipe, but it could be adapted and made in a food processor.
Raw Carob Ice Cream Recipe
Serves 2
2 tbsp almonds (soaked overnight)
2 tbsp carob powder
4 bananas (peeled, chopped into small pieces and frozen, ideally overnight)
Start this recipe the night before by peeling, chopping and open freezing your bananas and putting your almonds in water to soak. The next day, drain and rinse your almonds and then chop finely (either by hand or in a mini-chopper device). Then with the mincing cone on your Matstone juicer, start putting the almonds through the juicer, about 1/2 tsp at a time. Repeat several times until the almonds are paste like. Alternatively either grind the almonds well in a small mini chopper until they start to come together in a 'paste/butter' or use 1 1/2 tbsp almond butter or tahni instead of the almonds.
Transfer the almond paste to a food processor, along with the carob powder.
Then gradually add the frozen chopped banana into the Matsone juicer (again with the mincing cone). (Alternatively, chop until blended in a food processor). Once the juicer has finished processing all of the banana pieces, add the banana to the food processor and blitz until well mixed. Either eat straight away or transfer into a freezable container and freeze until needed. Perfect on its own or served with fresh raspberries.
Raw Carob Ice Cream Recipe
Serves 2
2 tbsp almonds (soaked overnight)
2 tbsp carob powder
4 bananas (peeled, chopped into small pieces and frozen, ideally overnight)
Start this recipe the night before by peeling, chopping and open freezing your bananas and putting your almonds in water to soak. The next day, drain and rinse your almonds and then chop finely (either by hand or in a mini-chopper device). Then with the mincing cone on your Matstone juicer, start putting the almonds through the juicer, about 1/2 tsp at a time. Repeat several times until the almonds are paste like. Alternatively either grind the almonds well in a small mini chopper until they start to come together in a 'paste/butter' or use 1 1/2 tbsp almond butter or tahni instead of the almonds.
Transfer the almond paste to a food processor, along with the carob powder.
Then gradually add the frozen chopped banana into the Matsone juicer (again with the mincing cone). (Alternatively, chop until blended in a food processor). Once the juicer has finished processing all of the banana pieces, add the banana to the food processor and blitz until well mixed. Either eat straight away or transfer into a freezable container and freeze until needed. Perfect on its own or served with fresh raspberries.
Raw Carob Mousse Recipe
For those days when I am finding it tougher than normal to stick to my high raw diet and crave something a bit more 'naughty', it is great to find inspiration for healthy, raw desserts in books and on the web. This recipe is adapted from the carob pudding recipe in Eat Smart, Eat Raw by the fabulous Kate Wood, and really hits the spot:
Raw Carob Mousse Recipe (serves 2)
1 x Avocado (nicely ripe)
2 x bananas (ditto!)
1 tbsp carob powder
2 dsp raw honey.
Simply blend all of the ingredients together in a blender, spoon into serving dishes and chill for a couple of hours. Serve as it is or with some fresh berries on the side. Enjoy :)
Raw Carob Mousse Recipe (serves 2)
1 x Avocado (nicely ripe)
2 x bananas (ditto!)
1 tbsp carob powder
2 dsp raw honey.
Simply blend all of the ingredients together in a blender, spoon into serving dishes and chill for a couple of hours. Serve as it is or with some fresh berries on the side. Enjoy :)
Saturday 29 May 2010
Sooo cold...
Today is the first day since adopting my high raw diet that I have felt any negativity towards it. In general I am feeling much more energised than I had done, refreshed and I feel somehow 'light'; all very positive sensations. However, today, the sun has disappeared, the rain clouds fill the sky, and I am very, very cold! I started the day with my normal green juice (apples, spring greens, cucumber and lemon) and had a fruit salad for lunch (bananas, strawberries, honey mango and blueberries). And now I sit here shivering. I feel that another rebounding session might be in order to warm me up!
Maybe the whole green juice for breakfast and green smoothie or fruit salad for lunch isn't working for me on some level? Maybe I need to incorporate some sprouts, seeds or nuts into the morning/lunchtime menu (normally I am eating these in the evening with my main meal - Natalia Rose seems to suggest that the ideal daily plan is to start the day with 'light' meals and end the day with 'heavier' meals)? I must admit that during the day I feel fine and not lacking in energy, although by dinner time I do feel that I am missing something and have taken to making Ani Phyo's Coconut Breakfast pancakes some evenings, which I have with a banana. This tends to curb the hunger pangs, but I don't think its ideal to be eating late in the evening, or to be reliant on essential flax seeds, coconut oil, honey and bananas!
I am currently reading Detox your World by Shazzie, and Feel-good Food: A Guide to Intuitive Eating by Susie Miller and Karen Knowler, so maybe I will glean some ideas from these knowledgeable authors.
As an aside, in Shazzie's book she mentions the Five Tibetan Rites, which have intrigued me enough to start incorporating them into my daily routine. Basically the rites are a set of five simple exercises, based on an ancient technique, which are said to help to rejuvenate and energise, as well as calming the mind and strengthening the body. Although there are lots of references on the net to the basic exercises, I am going to order a copy of The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan: T5t by Carolinda Witt, as this book is said to offer modifications and adaptations to the exercises, which I feel I need (especially for number two, which I feel puts a strain on my lower lumbar region, so I am obviously not strong enough yet to do the exercise as is or doing something wrong). I have found Carolinda's blog and website extremely informative, and hope that with the help of the book, these exercises will help with my energy levels, as well as the change in diet.
Well, off for a spot of rebounding on my Bellicon to warm me up :)
Maybe the whole green juice for breakfast and green smoothie or fruit salad for lunch isn't working for me on some level? Maybe I need to incorporate some sprouts, seeds or nuts into the morning/lunchtime menu (normally I am eating these in the evening with my main meal - Natalia Rose seems to suggest that the ideal daily plan is to start the day with 'light' meals and end the day with 'heavier' meals)? I must admit that during the day I feel fine and not lacking in energy, although by dinner time I do feel that I am missing something and have taken to making Ani Phyo's Coconut Breakfast pancakes some evenings, which I have with a banana. This tends to curb the hunger pangs, but I don't think its ideal to be eating late in the evening, or to be reliant on essential flax seeds, coconut oil, honey and bananas!
I am currently reading Detox your World by Shazzie, and Feel-good Food: A Guide to Intuitive Eating by Susie Miller and Karen Knowler, so maybe I will glean some ideas from these knowledgeable authors.
As an aside, in Shazzie's book she mentions the Five Tibetan Rites, which have intrigued me enough to start incorporating them into my daily routine. Basically the rites are a set of five simple exercises, based on an ancient technique, which are said to help to rejuvenate and energise, as well as calming the mind and strengthening the body. Although there are lots of references on the net to the basic exercises, I am going to order a copy of The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan: T5t by Carolinda Witt, as this book is said to offer modifications and adaptations to the exercises, which I feel I need (especially for number two, which I feel puts a strain on my lower lumbar region, so I am obviously not strong enough yet to do the exercise as is or doing something wrong). I have found Carolinda's blog and website extremely informative, and hope that with the help of the book, these exercises will help with my energy levels, as well as the change in diet.
Well, off for a spot of rebounding on my Bellicon to warm me up :)
Tuesday 25 May 2010
A little treat...
A busy day today and was feeling jaded and in need of a little treat this evening so made Raw Mango Jam Pie from Victoria Boutenko’s raw recipe book "Raw Family Signature Dishes: A Step-By-Step Guide to Essential Live-Food Recipes", as featured on her Raw Family Green Smoothies Blog. Absolutely gorgeous and just what was needed :)
Mostly eating...
A brief sojourn into a typical daily menu for me at the moment. I am starting the day with a fresh green juice (usually 2 apples, half a cucumber, 1/2 a lemon, a big handful of either spinach, beetroot leaves, cabbage, chard or purple sprouting broccoli).
Lunch is a green smoothie - usually 2 bananas, a big handful of spinach or other greens, some water to achieve a drinkable consistency, and maybe some unhulled hemp seeds, all blended together)
Dinner tends to be a concoction of whatever greens and veg I have in the fridge, usually processed in the food processor with some herbs, maybe some miso or tamari, maybe an avocado or some sunflower/chickpea/alfalfa sprouts, and sometimes added to this might be some grated cheese, a poached egg, some tuna or some boiled rice.
However, with every book I read or blog I refer to, I am constantly learning more and reappraising this, so this might all look very different tomorrow. I am still somewhat also in a flux about which is best; smoothie or juice. So much to learn! Still, I am loving the journey :)
Lunch is a green smoothie - usually 2 bananas, a big handful of spinach or other greens, some water to achieve a drinkable consistency, and maybe some unhulled hemp seeds, all blended together)
Dinner tends to be a concoction of whatever greens and veg I have in the fridge, usually processed in the food processor with some herbs, maybe some miso or tamari, maybe an avocado or some sunflower/chickpea/alfalfa sprouts, and sometimes added to this might be some grated cheese, a poached egg, some tuna or some boiled rice.
However, with every book I read or blog I refer to, I am constantly learning more and reappraising this, so this might all look very different tomorrow. I am still somewhat also in a flux about which is best; smoothie or juice. So much to learn! Still, I am loving the journey :)
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Tentative steps
My first positive steps towards a raw, living diet was to up my intake of fresh fruit. I therefore started swapping my gluten-free muesli (containing heat-treated grains) for a couple of pieces of fruit for breakfast. Devouring information and recipes from Ani Phyo's Raw Kitchen book and her website, I started incorporating lunches of a green salad with maybe a nori roll filled with almond, carrot and ginger pate, along with some sprouted sunflower seeds, or maybe some raw hummous with sprouted chickpeas, raw tahini, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil, as a dip for carrots. For dinner, alongside a jacket potato or some wholegrain boiled rice, I started adding grated raw root vegetables and some raw greens to the plate, with eggs, fish, avocado or cheese for protein. Dinner progressed so that it incorporated some more of Ani Phyo's fab recipes (mushroom risotto, using raw grated butternut squash for 'rice') or broccoli and brazil nut mash. We would even once or twice a week be tempted by a recipe for a raw dessert such as raw apple pie (with a crust of almonds and dates) or raw carrot, coconut cupcakes.
Although all of this food was fabulous and didn't make me feel that I was missing out on 'cooked' foods at all, it did leave me with a 'heavy and bloated' feeling. It was only when I started writing down a food diary so I could analyse what I was eating that I noticed that I was consuming a very high proportion of nuts. According to articles in Get Fresh! magazine too high a proportion of nuts, and the concomitant fat levels, it not good in any diet, raw or otherwise. From what I can understand, fat, be it raw, processed or cooked is still fat, and ideally we should aim for a diet containing 20% fat and not higher. Meals containing nuts, seeds and avocados, with maybe a dressing made with olive oil were taking my fat consumption to quite a high level. I therefore decided to reign in the fat consumption a little, and focus more on increasing my intake of fruit and vegetables.
More internet research led me to Victoria Boutenko's blog. Victoria strongly advocates 'green smoothies' (basically blended smoothies containing green vegetables, along with either fruit such as apples or sweeter vegetables to make the meal more palatable). Although I have yet to get a copy of any of her books, which is on my to do list, from what I can understand the premise behind the green smoothie is that in order to get the maximum amount of nutrients from greens such as kale, spinach, cabbage etc the fibre needs to be broken down sufficiently for our bodies to assimilate the nutrients, hence blitzing them in a blender.
Alongside this advice, I was also reading about the benefits of green juices, where the nutrients are very quickly absorbed into the body as they are extracted from the fibre of the fruit or vegetable.
As I already owned a Matstone single gear juicer and a basic blender, I decided to start having a green juice for breakfast and a green smoothie for lunch to see what effect this change would have on my energy levels and general sense of well-being...
Although all of this food was fabulous and didn't make me feel that I was missing out on 'cooked' foods at all, it did leave me with a 'heavy and bloated' feeling. It was only when I started writing down a food diary so I could analyse what I was eating that I noticed that I was consuming a very high proportion of nuts. According to articles in Get Fresh! magazine too high a proportion of nuts, and the concomitant fat levels, it not good in any diet, raw or otherwise. From what I can understand, fat, be it raw, processed or cooked is still fat, and ideally we should aim for a diet containing 20% fat and not higher. Meals containing nuts, seeds and avocados, with maybe a dressing made with olive oil were taking my fat consumption to quite a high level. I therefore decided to reign in the fat consumption a little, and focus more on increasing my intake of fruit and vegetables.
More internet research led me to Victoria Boutenko's blog. Victoria strongly advocates 'green smoothies' (basically blended smoothies containing green vegetables, along with either fruit such as apples or sweeter vegetables to make the meal more palatable). Although I have yet to get a copy of any of her books, which is on my to do list, from what I can understand the premise behind the green smoothie is that in order to get the maximum amount of nutrients from greens such as kale, spinach, cabbage etc the fibre needs to be broken down sufficiently for our bodies to assimilate the nutrients, hence blitzing them in a blender.
Alongside this advice, I was also reading about the benefits of green juices, where the nutrients are very quickly absorbed into the body as they are extracted from the fibre of the fruit or vegetable.
As I already owned a Matstone single gear juicer and a basic blender, I decided to start having a green juice for breakfast and a green smoothie for lunch to see what effect this change would have on my energy levels and general sense of well-being...
Sunday 16 May 2010
Diet meanderings
I have always tried to eat a fairly 'healthy' diet. Although what is healthy to one person is unhealthy to another. I became a vegetarian at 15. Then at 21 I was diagnosed with coeliac condition, which meant that gluten was out and along with it most processed foods. I therefore started moving away from processed foods and towards home-made food. However, in terms of health, I think this was probably my unhealthiest period as the home-made food I was making (like many newly diagnosed coeliacs) was gluten-free equivalents of the cakes and biscuits I was now seemingly deprived of. However, even at this stage, I would forgo pre-packaged gluten-free cake mixes with there long lists of refined flours, stabilisers and preservatives, in favour of blending wholefood flours. It was also around this time that I started incorporating a little fish into my diet, as I was finding it increasingly difficult to eat out and not only be a coeliac but also a vegetarian (times have since changed and it is much easier to eat out, but back then people weren't as aware of the condition).
Putting on some weight from all of the wholefood, home-baked cakes jolted me into reading a couple of books by Patrick Holford on optimum nutrition and 'You are what you eat' by Gillian Mckeith and I started to realise that my 'healthy' baked goods were not doing me a whole lot of good. I therefore started to leave my baking tins in the kitchen cupboards and eat a bit more fruit and veg. Still not as much as I knew I should be, but better than I had been.
Fast forward a few years to the 'black' ME period. My hubby invested in a juicer and started blending me weirdly coloured concoctions of fruit (with a little veg thrown in for good luck, and maybe some wheatgrass), into which he would add some spirulina. We also started to eat a little more raw veg (not tons, but instead of steaming or boiling broccoli to have with a nut roast, we would chop it and have it raw). I tried to eat a little more fruit than I had been, but it was a struggle, as I couldn't get that excited about the taste or texture of an apple, when for so many years my palate had been delighted with gluten-free muffins. I also started sporadically sprouting seeds and pulses, although not to any great degree. So a typical day's menu would be something along the lines of a gluten-free muesli and milk for breakfast, lunch maybe rice cakes and hummus with a juice, and dinner would be something like lentil bake, boiled potatoes and some veggies or quorn in a tomato sauce (made using tinned chopped tomatoes, garlic, onions, herbs) with gluten-free pasta and veggies.
Which brings me more or less to where I was until a few months ago. I can't remember exactly where I started being aware of a 'raw food' or 'living food' diet but the awareness seems to have snuck up on me. I seem to recall a few years ago reading raw, vegan recipes in Lifescape magazine, which always seemed to need specialist equipment like a dehydrator and involved hours spent soaking, sprouting, preparing and dehydrating ingredients. Life was too short, I felt. Around this time I was then introduced to Conscious Chocolate's divine raw chocolate bars and learnt that if you are going to eat chocolate, then raw chocolate gives you lots of goodness which is missing from 'normal' chocolate bars. The raw chocolate sparked my interest and I added a 'raw chocolate' recipe book by American raw foodie Kristen Suzanne, to my Christmas wish list last year, as I was tempted to have a go and make some raw goodies myself.
This book led me to Kristen's website and blog which sparked a certain curiosity with raw food and the lifestyle which seems to surround it. This curiosity was fuelled by the constant feeling of tiredness I had, even though I thought I was eating a good diet which should be energising me. This also coincided with a decision to start trying to a family, which led to me raiding the library for any information I could find on how to ensure that I was healthy as I could be pre-conception.
Again, books by Patrick Holford seemed to make a lot of sense, and I decided to give up caffeine ( I was drinking about 10 cups of tea and 2 of coffee daily), incorporate flax, hemp, sunflower and sesame seeds into my diet to ensure that I was getting enough essential fatty acids, as well as trying to up my intake of raw food (although alongside my 'cooked' veggie meals). Kristen Suzanne's blog drew me in, as she is currently expecting and talks about how she is eating a high raw diet to ensure that both she and the baby are as healthy as possible. Other sources of information I devoured included The Fresh Network's Get Fresh magazine, Briggite Mars' book Rawsome, Kate Wood's book Raw Living and Ani Phyo's book The Raw Food Kitchen. From all sources the same message of 'raw food = more energy' was extremely appealing. I therefore decided to take some tentative steps towards a more raw, living diet...
Putting on some weight from all of the wholefood, home-baked cakes jolted me into reading a couple of books by Patrick Holford on optimum nutrition and 'You are what you eat' by Gillian Mckeith and I started to realise that my 'healthy' baked goods were not doing me a whole lot of good. I therefore started to leave my baking tins in the kitchen cupboards and eat a bit more fruit and veg. Still not as much as I knew I should be, but better than I had been.
Fast forward a few years to the 'black' ME period. My hubby invested in a juicer and started blending me weirdly coloured concoctions of fruit (with a little veg thrown in for good luck, and maybe some wheatgrass), into which he would add some spirulina. We also started to eat a little more raw veg (not tons, but instead of steaming or boiling broccoli to have with a nut roast, we would chop it and have it raw). I tried to eat a little more fruit than I had been, but it was a struggle, as I couldn't get that excited about the taste or texture of an apple, when for so many years my palate had been delighted with gluten-free muffins. I also started sporadically sprouting seeds and pulses, although not to any great degree. So a typical day's menu would be something along the lines of a gluten-free muesli and milk for breakfast, lunch maybe rice cakes and hummus with a juice, and dinner would be something like lentil bake, boiled potatoes and some veggies or quorn in a tomato sauce (made using tinned chopped tomatoes, garlic, onions, herbs) with gluten-free pasta and veggies.
Which brings me more or less to where I was until a few months ago. I can't remember exactly where I started being aware of a 'raw food' or 'living food' diet but the awareness seems to have snuck up on me. I seem to recall a few years ago reading raw, vegan recipes in Lifescape magazine, which always seemed to need specialist equipment like a dehydrator and involved hours spent soaking, sprouting, preparing and dehydrating ingredients. Life was too short, I felt. Around this time I was then introduced to Conscious Chocolate's divine raw chocolate bars and learnt that if you are going to eat chocolate, then raw chocolate gives you lots of goodness which is missing from 'normal' chocolate bars. The raw chocolate sparked my interest and I added a 'raw chocolate' recipe book by American raw foodie Kristen Suzanne, to my Christmas wish list last year, as I was tempted to have a go and make some raw goodies myself.
This book led me to Kristen's website and blog which sparked a certain curiosity with raw food and the lifestyle which seems to surround it. This curiosity was fuelled by the constant feeling of tiredness I had, even though I thought I was eating a good diet which should be energising me. This also coincided with a decision to start trying to a family, which led to me raiding the library for any information I could find on how to ensure that I was healthy as I could be pre-conception.
Again, books by Patrick Holford seemed to make a lot of sense, and I decided to give up caffeine ( I was drinking about 10 cups of tea and 2 of coffee daily), incorporate flax, hemp, sunflower and sesame seeds into my diet to ensure that I was getting enough essential fatty acids, as well as trying to up my intake of raw food (although alongside my 'cooked' veggie meals). Kristen Suzanne's blog drew me in, as she is currently expecting and talks about how she is eating a high raw diet to ensure that both she and the baby are as healthy as possible. Other sources of information I devoured included The Fresh Network's Get Fresh magazine, Briggite Mars' book Rawsome, Kate Wood's book Raw Living and Ani Phyo's book The Raw Food Kitchen. From all sources the same message of 'raw food = more energy' was extremely appealing. I therefore decided to take some tentative steps towards a more raw, living diet...
Saturday 15 May 2010
Prologue
Welcome to my ramblings on how I buzz through my life striving to live a pure, eco-friendly existence, whilst endeavouring to find a way of living to keep me healthy and full of beans, when stress, work and lack of time all seem determined to hinder me at ever corner.
My need for purity and energy stems from a bad time about 8 years ago when I suffered from ME (aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Post Viral Syndrome). A stressful job which ate into my evenings and weekends, a perfectionist personality and an inability to sit still, combined with two successive bouts of a flu like virus floored me for about a year and a half. My energy levels just plummeted to the stage where even lifting a cup of tea was exhausting. My nose streamed constantly as though everything I came into contact with irritated it. When conventional medicine had no answers apart from lots of rest and 'pacing' (not doing too much too quickly), my wonderful hubby did loads of research into possible lifestyle factors which could be hindering my recovery. The upshot was a move towards a more natural and organic lifestyle. I started incorporating lots of organic fruit and veg into my diet, including freshly made juices, and discovered that synthetic ingredients in skincare and household products were exacerbating my condition, in particular the streaming nose. I started using natural products in and around the house, and on myself, and tried to eat as much organic fruit and veg as I could, as well as forgoing caffeine. Slowly but surely, I started to have more energy, and although it took about 18 months to recover, in ME terms, that is a blink of an eye. Most sufferers are ill for much, much longer.
Whether my recovery had anything to do with my lifestyle changes, or whether I would have got better in this time frame in any event, I don't know. All I know is that period of time in which I had zero energy has now made me thankful for the energy I do now have and the desire to do all I can to make sure that I keep it and maximise it. I have felt a great affinity with all things 'green' and natural since I was a child, and I have continued to follow as natural a lifestyle as I can since my recovery, and I am sure that nature holds to all the answers to a life that is healthy, happy and vital. These are my ramblings as I try to search for all of those answers.. :)
My need for purity and energy stems from a bad time about 8 years ago when I suffered from ME (aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Post Viral Syndrome). A stressful job which ate into my evenings and weekends, a perfectionist personality and an inability to sit still, combined with two successive bouts of a flu like virus floored me for about a year and a half. My energy levels just plummeted to the stage where even lifting a cup of tea was exhausting. My nose streamed constantly as though everything I came into contact with irritated it. When conventional medicine had no answers apart from lots of rest and 'pacing' (not doing too much too quickly), my wonderful hubby did loads of research into possible lifestyle factors which could be hindering my recovery. The upshot was a move towards a more natural and organic lifestyle. I started incorporating lots of organic fruit and veg into my diet, including freshly made juices, and discovered that synthetic ingredients in skincare and household products were exacerbating my condition, in particular the streaming nose. I started using natural products in and around the house, and on myself, and tried to eat as much organic fruit and veg as I could, as well as forgoing caffeine. Slowly but surely, I started to have more energy, and although it took about 18 months to recover, in ME terms, that is a blink of an eye. Most sufferers are ill for much, much longer.
Whether my recovery had anything to do with my lifestyle changes, or whether I would have got better in this time frame in any event, I don't know. All I know is that period of time in which I had zero energy has now made me thankful for the energy I do now have and the desire to do all I can to make sure that I keep it and maximise it. I have felt a great affinity with all things 'green' and natural since I was a child, and I have continued to follow as natural a lifestyle as I can since my recovery, and I am sure that nature holds to all the answers to a life that is healthy, happy and vital. These are my ramblings as I try to search for all of those answers.. :)
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