FAQ

Because over 80% of your immune system is located in your gut. Your body has smartly and proactively put its strongest defenses in areas where exposure to foreign substances and microorganisms is most likely to occur – your digestive tract. Your defense system starts with your tonsils and adenoids, which are your first line of defense. In lower areas of your gut wall and especially in the lowest part of your small intestine (ileum), we find tonsil-like patches of lymph tissue, called Peyer’s patches. Peyer’s patches contain high concentrations of white blood cells or lymphocytes, which protect you against infections and diseases by detecting antigens, such as bacteria and toxins. They also stimulate B-cells to produce antibodies, which are used by your immune system to neutralize various pathogens. Consequently, your gut has the potential to become a ‘hotbed of inflammation’, depending on what is coming in through your mouth. There are many potential culprits that can burst our guts into ‘flames’. A big one is undiagnosed food intolerances and allergies, which unfortunately have become the norm these days. Other inflammation-inducing factors may include: 1) Dysbiosis 2) Leaky Gut Syndrome 3) Partially digested foods 4) Heavy metal poisoning.

Because there are some great benefits when it comes to eating a predominantly-raw food diet. As a general rule, all raw foods are healing because of two primary reasons: 1) They provide undamaged, readily-assimilable nutrients and raw materials to your body. 2) The heat-sensitive enzymes and bacteria necessary for digestion, proper immune function and metabolic health are still present in them.*

*It’s worth noting that not all foods should be consumed raw. For example, certain vegetables can be very harsh on the digestive system when consumed raw, causing bloating, indigestion, constipation and other negative gastrointestinal side effects. Fibrous vegetables should be first subjected into special preparation (blending or juicing) before consumed. A 100% raw food diet approach is a powerful tool that can be used for healing purposes. Some of the best foods to consume raw include fruits, nuts (soaked and sprouted), tender leafy greens, honey, milk, kefir, cheese, egg yolks, fish (such as sashimi), beef (such as tartare or carpaccio). Many people may find specific foods, such as meat or fish, utterly disgusting to consume raw. However, these foods have been part of the human diet for millions of years.

In most cases, yes. In the early 2000s, many people started eating like Paleolithic hunter-gatherers to manage / treat almost every health condition under the sun. People with chronic autoimmune issues who shifted to a Paleo diet were positively amazed with the results – their symptoms, lab values and overall health significantly improved. Over the last two decades, the amount of scientific evidence verifying why these dietary changes are so effective has changed our understanding about the mechanism and pathophysiology of chronic disease. By studying history and anthropology, it becomes evident that therapeutic diets have been around since humans had a choice of what to eat. Over thousands of years, folk healers and grandmothers have learned through trial and error what works and what doesn’t for achieving good health and longevity. It’s fascinating that most of the intuitive wisdom passed on by our ancestors is now provable by modern science to be valid, especially when it comes to nutrition and lifestyle. This combination of ancient, traditional wisdom with modern science and millions of positive anecdotal reports has proven to be a much-needed opportunity for the ever-increasing number of chronically ill people walking through their lives wounded, tired and hoping for a cure.

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating chronic health condition characterized by overwhelming fatigue that is not improved with rest, impairing the person’s ability to do even daily tasks. Many doctors, unaware of the physiological malfunctions underlying this condition, falsely state that it is an imaginary illness. That is incorrect. The human body is naturally designed to be vibrant and energetic – not constantly tired and hypotonic. Any disease present in your body is there for a reason and constitutes a message your body is trying to send you. For anyone suffering from CFS, it’s highly recommended to start by cleansing the colon (large intestine), which is the king organ of detoxification and waste removal. While most people do not acknowledge the fact that they are themselves sufferers of chronic, hidden constipation, this insidious condition has become a worldwide pandemic, mainly due to modern man’s diet and lifestyle. When not everything coming in comes out, but stays in for days, weeks, or even months, a highly toxic, internal environment is materialized. This internal environment greatly burdens the immune system on a daily basis, contributing to all sorts of chronic health conditions – from eczema, depression and arthritis, to unexplained fatigue, insomnia, low libido, and autoimmune issues. Unless the large intestine (colon) is properly cleaned up, it’s not smart for the person to focus on building the body up through nutrition, as the foundation is weak and malfunctioning. Tissue laced with toxins can’t assimilate nutrients well or eliminate its own wastes effectively. After the sanitation process is complete, the person should “restart” the system through nourishing, nutrient-dense foods that are compatible with his / her metabolic type.  

Food combining is a dietary strategy used to improve digestion and assimilation of nutrients by limiting each meal to foods known to be compatible with each other on the digestive tract. Many of the rules of food cobining are just common sense. For example, it’s not a good idea to eat a piece of fruit and a piece of meat at the same time, because they pass through the digestive tract at very different rates, and require different kinds of enzymatic secretions from the stomach and other digestive organs to be digested. Thus, food combining can be a beneficial tool for some people, especially those with weak digestive power.