Raw Food Cures for Type 2 Diabetes: Recipes Included
Dr. Ariel Jones, ND Twenty six million Americans have type 2 diabetes. Ninety percent of the people who develop type 2 diabetes are obese. Other factors that contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes are both genetics and lifestyle (excessive caloric intake and inadequate caloric expenditure). The amount and type of food we consume […]
Sleeping Better Using Raw Food Diet
Dr. Ariel Jones, ND How Can A Raw Food Diet Help Me Sleep? Melatonin and serotonin are hormones in the body derived from the amino acid tryptophan. Melatonin and serotonin enhance sleep and regulate our sleep/wake cycles. Melatonin is primarily made in the pineal gland, while 95% of serotonin is made in the gut1. If […]
Raw Food on a Real Schedule
Dr. Ariel Jones, ND It is easy to eat a raw food diet at a wellness retreat in Hawaii staffed by raw food chefs. In real life, there are job obligations, kids to organize and a finite amount of time in the day devoted to food preparation. In my last article titled “Raw Food University” […]
Raw Food University
Dr. Ariel Jones, ND So you want to eat more raw food. Where do you start? There are many ways to increase your raw food intake. Here I would like to present the different levels of raw food incorporation for all types of patients, budgets and schedules. Raw Food Level 1- “The Basics” For people […]
What is Raw Food?
Dr. Ariel Jones, ND When people say The Raw Food Diet, what do you think of? Green salads? A vegetable platter with ranch dressing? This is what I thought of the raw food diet before I did an internship with the Hawaii Naturopathic Retreat Center. As it turns out, raw food can be anything you […]