Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is an ancient food that is not yet well known in North America. It has been cultivated in South American Andes since at least 3,000 B.C. and has been a staple food of millions of native inhabitants. The ancient Incas called quinoa the “mother grain” and revered it as sacred. Each year at planting time it was traditional for the Inca leader to plant the first quinoa seed using a solid gold shovel! Quinoa was used to sustain Incan armies, which frequently marched for many days eating a mixture of quinoa and fat, known as “war balls.” Beginning with the Spanish conquest in the 1500s, there was a 400-year decline in the production of quinoa. It became a minor crop at that time and was grown only by peasants in remote areas for local consumption. Read the rest of this entry »

(Please see my first post on Juice Feasting to get more information on this incredible healing protocol.)

• Food for one person for one week!

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• Citrus, garlic, ginger, etc.

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• Lots of greens!

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• Lots MORE greens!

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Yup! That’s “feasting“, not “fasting”. I’ve been looking into this and I’m so excited about it, I’m going to participate in the Global Juice Feast, 2008 starting tomorrow, March 1st, through June 5th – 92 incredible days!

Read more about it on the Juice Feasting site. Also, check out Mike Adams’ article on juice feasting on NaturalNews.Com.

You can also listen to Mike’s podcast about juice feasting right here:

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Listen to Kevin Gianni’s great interview with David Rainoshek, creator of the Juice Feast.

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I’ll be reporting in on how my feast is progressing. I hope it’s all good, but, come what may, it’s going to be a wild ride – I can’t wait!

Economics: Seeds can multiply 7-15 times their weight. At $4.00/lb., for seed, that yields 26 cents for a pound of fresh sprouted indoor-grown organic greens!

Nutrition: Sprouts are baby plants in their prime. They have a greater concentration of proteins, vitamins and minerals, enzymes, RNA, DNA, bio-flavinoids, T-cells, etc., than at any other point in the plant’s life even when compared with the mature vegetable!

Organics: No pesticides, synthetic fertilizers or fumigants. No chemicals. No foolin’!

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