Simple Raw and Natural

The recipe for the goody balls appears in The Farm Recipe Book from the Clohesy River Health Farm.  This recipe is a staple in my diet.   It keeps for weeks outside of the refrigerator. Here are the ingredients.  Most of them I purchase from Nuts.Com...sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds, raisins, sultanas, currants, dates, and peaches. 500 grams of sesame seeds Grind the sesame seeds in the food processor. Pour the ground seeds into a large container.  I use this blue plastic tub. 500 grams of sunflower seeds Grind the sunflower seeds in the food processor. Grind the seeds fine. Pour into the blue tub with the sesame seeds. 250 grams of almonds. Organic pepitas (pumpkin seeds) 250 grams of pumpkin seeds Grind the almonds and pepitas in the food processor. Grind them fine. Add to blue tub.  That is the last of the see...

To be honest, I have not felt very well this summer.   What I have been doing is not working that well.  There have been too many compromises in diet and lifestyle due to so much traveling.  Traveling in itself is enervating, but when compromises are made it compounds the problem.   I recently did a fast to help my body heal faster, but I think I came off my fast too soon.  My body still seems to be in fasting mode, which is making me feel terrible.  My food addictions are running rampant with cravings for salt and starches.  I talked to Dr. Fielder via email today.  He re-iterated the need to stay out of restaurants and to recognize that giving into the cravings will make them worse. Lunch today:  Green smoothie and 1/2 avocado.  Also, ate some raw pistachios which made me feel worse. Dinner:  Watermelon only because I am feeling a little sick. Travis picking a couple of melons for us.  These were yellow-meat...