A few days ago I posted a note on a DVD titled Healing Cancer from Inside Out produced and narrated by Mike Anderson, developer of the RAVE Diet.
I ordered his book—The RAVE Diet & Lifestyle: The Natural Foods Diet with Meals that Heal—and it came with a copy of the DVD I want to talk about in this post: Eating (2nd ed.). The RAVE Diet is basically a vegan diet, but Anderson uses the RAVE acronym to be specific about what a plant-based diet that is truly healthy consists of. That is, teenage (or adult) vegans could live on soda and junk snacks and still call themselves vegan. So the RAVE acronym stands for:
R = No Refined foods
A = No Animal foods
V = No Vegetable oils
E = No Exceptions plus Exercise
It's a helpful, different way to think about the elements of a plant-based diet. The book is helpful and entertaining and has lots of recipes and meal suggestions.
But it's the DVD I want to recommend. It's an hour and 50 minutes long, divided into two sections. First is an exposé of how animal-based foods are the cause of all major modern diseases—especially heart disease and cancer—and how a plant-based diet is the only diet that prevents these diseases.
The second section of the DVD details the political-industrial connections to the animal-based food industry in America. For example, close to 80 percent of the entire agriculture production system in America (land, water, food grown, etc.) is to feed animals that are slaughtered for human consumption. Approximately half the acreage of the entire United States is dedicated to that same end-use. There are plenty of behind-the-scenes clips (most of which I've never seen before) of the horrors of the animal slaughter industry in America -- and on and on and on.
The most compelling statement I remember that summarizes the illogical way the animal food system runs in this country is this: "Humans have to be the dumbest animals on the planet." We are not, of course, but to continue to run a food-production system that dominates our environment while killing us at the same time defies logic.
If you eat animal products (of any kind) you ought to watch this video and see if that practice makes sense. If you know someone who is battling a serious disease, both DVD's would be worth the investment as a gift. They might save a life.
The book and both DVDs are available from the RAVE Diet web site.
I ordered his book—The RAVE Diet & Lifestyle: The Natural Foods Diet with Meals that Heal—and it came with a copy of the DVD I want to talk about in this post: Eating (2nd ed.). The RAVE Diet is basically a vegan diet, but Anderson uses the RAVE acronym to be specific about what a plant-based diet that is truly healthy consists of. That is, teenage (or adult) vegans could live on soda and junk snacks and still call themselves vegan. So the RAVE acronym stands for:
R = No Refined foods
A = No Animal foods
V = No Vegetable oils
E = No Exceptions plus Exercise
It's a helpful, different way to think about the elements of a plant-based diet. The book is helpful and entertaining and has lots of recipes and meal suggestions.
But it's the DVD I want to recommend. It's an hour and 50 minutes long, divided into two sections. First is an exposé of how animal-based foods are the cause of all major modern diseases—especially heart disease and cancer—and how a plant-based diet is the only diet that prevents these diseases.
The second section of the DVD details the political-industrial connections to the animal-based food industry in America. For example, close to 80 percent of the entire agriculture production system in America (land, water, food grown, etc.) is to feed animals that are slaughtered for human consumption. Approximately half the acreage of the entire United States is dedicated to that same end-use. There are plenty of behind-the-scenes clips (most of which I've never seen before) of the horrors of the animal slaughter industry in America -- and on and on and on.
The most compelling statement I remember that summarizes the illogical way the animal food system runs in this country is this: "Humans have to be the dumbest animals on the planet." We are not, of course, but to continue to run a food-production system that dominates our environment while killing us at the same time defies logic.
If you eat animal products (of any kind) you ought to watch this video and see if that practice makes sense. If you know someone who is battling a serious disease, both DVD's would be worth the investment as a gift. They might save a life.
The book and both DVDs are available from the RAVE Diet web site.
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