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Connection between us parents, food and the health of our children

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:44:06 +0100

Connection between us parents, food and the health of our children

It is really important to understand, that you are a role model for your child.
That means when you get the connection between living foods and your health , your child will as well!!

So, lets start with exploring our role and feeling the difference:

First:
Imagine yourself, how you feel after a heavy "normal" Fast food-meal.

And now :
Think about a fully ripe juicy organic mango and how you feel afterwards.

Can you feel the difference?
Raw food/Living food is just alive, that is why your child is more alive and never ill, when you feed them a lot of Raw foods.

When your child eats food, that is not full of life, contains of toxins, and you even know, that the food you are providing is not the best choice, sooner or later, it gets ill.

The little body tries to get rid of all the stuff it doesn't need.

When I was a child I was always ill, because of all the chocolate, and bread and meat I was supposed to eat. I personally never wanted to eat it,I was quiet happy with eating an apple or salad, but unfortunately my environment was not so aware of that.

But we know better, don't we?

So, now get practical.

What does YOUR child eat?

Is it mainly bread or sugary stuff? And does it seem like your child has a sticky nose all the time?
Can you see the connection now?

This is a really important thing:

YOU HAVE TO BE CONVINCED THAT YOU FEED YOUR CHILD THE BEST FOOD
AVAILABLE!

Like I said before, your child believes in you!!

Living food produces and supports Life!

And children are the best example.

Most children will spit out their first spoon of cooked food but parents will keep on trying to convince them and soon the children believe it is normal to eat cooked food.

CHILDREN BELIEVE THEIR PARENTS!
When you are rising your child on a Rawfood diet or on a high raw diet already and you aren't getting the result, like having happy, healthy children, you should ask somebody who knows more about it!!

There are plenty of children raised on a "good" normal diet, but they are always ill!!

They have industrial diseases, they have teeth problems, but nobody cares!...because they do everything normal!

Don't think that it is the Rawfood diet making your child ill, or causing teeth problems.
It is just that you not yet know what is missing!

The missing part is the balance! The balance between feeding fruits, fats and greens.

You just have to be really aware of what you feed them and what combinations you feed and most important, how your children reacts on them!

Please make sure, that you give your children enough green! This is essential, and in our experience most kids eat to much fruit and nuts and too less of the mineral rich green!
Here's are a few facts about greens vegetables you might not know:

- Greens contain more vitamin A than carrots

- Greens contain more vitamin C than oranges

- Greens contain more vitamin E than whole wheat

- Greens contain more vitamin B2 and digestable calcium than milk

- Greens contain quality proteins

See our movie called Raw kids and their food, to get some inspiration on how you can encourage your little ones to eat more of the good stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK49yH-8rWU

We are not saying that eating 100% is the only solution, but eating a high raw diet is definetiefly helping to increase the health of yourself and your children. Just go with the flow, how you and your children feel! For example:

When you make a cake on a nut and dried fruit base and your child is bloating afterwards... JUST DON'T MAKE IT ANYMORE!

There are plenty of great raw food recipes out there, that can help to substitute the dishes you love.
When you want to find out more, feel free to contact us, or have a look at our new released e-book "Raising Raw Children" at http://www.therawfoodfamily.com/raising-raw-children.php

Now, enjoy your little wonder , take care

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Raw food children diet change

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:38:32 +0100

After being in Thailand for more then 3 months, we finally returned to the UK for a stop-over. We have become so familiar with the tropical lifestyle, that we were a little bit shocked about the change coming back. Right now in the middle of February the land and the people are soooo low in energy.
Everything is cold, grey and waiting for the spring, which is fortunately about to come very soon. It made us realise how vibrant and healthy we are and feel. We just also realised, that we really want and need the tropical climate for us to be a permanent surrounding. We expect life to be a beach!

We want nothing less for us and our children, and will do what it needs to manifest this dream of ours. We just percieved the difference of our feeling and appearance being in north europe and the tropics during the long winter months. It is just so obvious for us, that we feel much better being in a warm country!!

One thing we were missing, being in Thailand was: Our green juices. Yeah, right I made them every day with our vitamix, but being back again and having this strong kale, spinach and wild edibles outside is different. Maybe it is because we have our roots here in this climate. We really resonate with the local greens.

Especially the kale feels so good. So as we are back, we make juices and smoothies every day, and drink liters after liters of this powerful, magical natural gift.

It feels like the final, last click to reach an absolute optimum in nutrition. Having had all these great tropical fruits like durian jackfruit and chempendak every day, and ALSO the powerful local green from here, does do the trick.
We feel soooooo good!

Anyway, we will keep you updated on our adventurous travels, that for sure have not come to en end here, eventhough we expect another baby!

Love and light!
P.S. Our book "Raising Raw Children" is available as a hardcover version right now. Just visit us at http://www.therawfoodfamily.com/raising-raw-children-11.php

More green veggies for our kids!

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:18:13 +0100

Green smoothie:

If you start doing green smoothie and your kids do not like anything green so much, we recommend, that you make it much more banana less green and only spinach, just enough to give the banana smoothie a green colour!
Your kids will experience a fantastic sweet tasting banana smoothie with a green colour. This will help you to create the feeling within your kids, that something green is tasting good!
Once they got used to the green colour of the smoothie, and love it, slowly increase the amount of green.
Give yourself time, this should be fun!!

You should end up at the smoothie we describe here, but it can take weeks to have this amount of green in it, and your children accepting it.

Again, maybe start with only spinach (about 150 gr) and slowly add the wild edibles, because most of them are intense tasting ad it needs time for the kids to accept them as well. Play around with the green, and see, what they will like!

   1. 250 - 300 gramm spinach (or kale) mixed with wild edibles
   2. at least 1 liter of fresh spring water
   3. 1 peeled orange
   4. 3-4 fully ripe bananas (they should have little brown dots at the outside)

This is easy made but still really full of good stuff!
It is made in less than 5 minutes and your kids will love it! Simple and delicious!

See our kids making a green smoothie by clicking here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEER03hHRT0

You can have much more raw food recipes, videos, webinars, personal support and so much more by joining our inner circle!
If you want, you can have a look here!

healthy diet for children in winter time

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:45:19 +0100

What to watch out for during the wintertime and in general

During the wintertime there is obviously not as much sun light
as there is during the rest of the year.

We need the sun to produce Vitamin D.
Vitamin D is needed for developing strong teeth and bones.
It is especially important for children to get enough, because they are still growing.

Last winter, when we stayed here(in the UK),
we haven't been careful enough with it and Ronja developed some little cavities.

I was always thinking “ oh what is this Vitamin D – hype “ all about...but now I learned it and I because I don't want you to make the same mistakes I share my knowledge with you.
You can make sure to have enough by using a supplement and eat nettles.

The next thing missing during the wintertime is the warmth. So some people maybe decide to have some steamed vegetables or cooked Quinoa . But, you don't really need that.
To get warm in the winter you should start to move yourself and your children.
Either have a dance in the house or go outside and play .
It truly is the best thing to stay warm and besides that it gives your whole
system a good workout. And when your system is working good, you don't feel cold.

Go outside . Even when you can't see the sun, it is still there and you can catch some sunlight by being outside. We tend to stay in the house , because it is warmer inside. You look outside and all feels cold, dark and depressing. But as soon as you wrapped yourself up and go outside, you will start to notice , that the sun is shining a little or the the birds are still singing.

Another thing , I personally really miss during the winter time are ripe fruits.
It is really depressing to go to the store and find nothing else than carrots,
hard , unripe mangoes and maybe some apples.

I am convinced, that tropical fruits are essential for raising raw children.
With tropical fruits I mean things like ripe mangoes, jack fruit, durian, coconuts.

Tropical fruits are filled with sunlight .
So you get your sunlight from the inside instead of the outside.

The two families I know, raising raw children without supplementing ,
are really into coconut and ripe fruits.

The last thing, which is really important is to make sure , that your children have
greens, preferable wild edibles.
In case you wonder- yes, you can find them during the winter time.
And we for example started to grow them in our back garden.

Wild edibles and greens (like kale) are packed with minerals like iron and calcium,which is needed for growing. When you eat them together with your juicy, ripe, sweet tropical fruits it is easy to have them and give them to your child. A piece of fruit with a piece of green.

When your child doesn't want to eat the greens, try to use the kale for juicing or smoothies.
You can have banana smoothie with spinach or kale.
The sweetness of the banana takes away the bitterness.

With all these tips you make sure, that your child is healthy and developing good.
If you want to learn more, feel free to read my book “Raising raw children”. You can order your copy here.

The perfect place for kids, familes and humans in general!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:44:47 +0100

We are still celebrating our long, long holiday in the warm tropics, enjoying every day with appreciation and gratitude.

We have found the “perfect” beach here on the islands for our raw food children, were we stay right now. All our kids said that they want to move to that beach, and stay there for a couple of years.

Once we set a foot on that beach, they all run of doing different things. They only come by to our place, to grab some food, and then they are off again, to play in the warm sea, built a sand castle, swing in a hammock, or do other things.

We visit this beach every second day and really think of moving here. It is just so good and fair for our raw kids to live in a warm country, close to the sea. They can be so free!
Apart from our faboulus holiday we are busy in the world wide web.

If you haven't heard about it: We will do a free Teleclass this Wednesday for all parents, who want to know how they can increase the health level of their children, by eating more raw food.

This Free Teleclass will give information on:

- The nutritional needs of children

- How you can satisfy these needs with Raw food

- Is a 100% raw food diet suitable for children?

- What altenatives are there?

- Tricks how to make your children eat more raw food

- How we live this lifestyle as a family

This live call will be available for everyone, and if you are interested you can sign up at
http://www.TheRawfoodfamily.com/free-teleseminar-sign-up.php

We would love to see you there, and give you even more information. Apart from that, we would like to wish you a great week together with all your loved ones. Enjoy your life

Happy children, healthy children!

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:34:30 +0100

Today we want to take a closer look at happiness.

What does happiness actually mean to you?
Is it, that you are not sad, or does it mean, that you could embrace everyone? Are you calm, or do you want to shout it out?
What does it really mean to you?

Think about this one for a moment,.....

The nature of joy and happiness is simple.It just is!

There is nothing you have to do for it, and the best way to understand is, to carefully watch your children.

They can be so happy by doing the most simple things. If we could only let them be what they want to be, things would be much easier. They Are born with the simple but wise knowledge of happiness.

It can happen in the process of growing up, that you will forget this easy but so important task.
Learn from your children!

We adults with our smart and educated minds, are far to often the block for the happiness of our children.

There is a little story we want to share here on this topic.

From 2005 to 2006 we were travelling around the world with our children.
We did not have much money at that point of our travel, and were on our way home. We missed our last bus bringing us home and had to hitchhike.

We were standing for a long time in the middle of nowhere, and no car would stop for us.

Suddenly it started raining on top of our "serious adult" problems we experienced.

Kathi and I were in a really bad mood, but than we realized what ourkids were doing.

They were playing and laughing outside in the rain. We saw them being so happy, with what they were doing, that we instantly forgot our troubles and joined them.

The next moment a car stopped, and took us all the way home.

The bottom line is, that children are truly happy by nature. They still know the beauty of simple things. There is nothing we have to do for it.

The one and only thing is, not to trouble them with our own stuff, which is sometimes easier said than done!

We think far to much. Our children are so good teachers in this important lesson of life. Watch them, join them and simple feel!

All our love!
The Rawfoodfamily!

The secret of raising healthy raw food kids

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:45:56 +0100

Before we share our secrets of having healthy and happy raw food children, we want to give you a little update on our situation here in Thailand. We have found another very calm beach. Energy ends at midnight, so that we sit in darkness, surrounded by the beautiful nature and the sea. We can only get here with a 4 weel drive. We love it!!!

We have many coconuts, and yesterday I found a big Jackfruit fallen of a tree here! That was great!

There are some really simple principles about the wellbeing of our
children.

The first, and maybe most obvious one is, that you have to be as happy and balanced as possible yourself.

Children are are so perfect mirrors of ourself, and they will reflect anything we send out, back to us.

They will learn from you. They will imitate you, if you are doing good or bad. So do all the best to yourself, and your children will imitate that!
Concentrate on happy images and thoughts, fill yourself up with joy and once you are filled, you will overflow and sent it out to your loved ones!
A good way to do this, is to tap in your childs world. Share yourtime together, play funny games.
There is so much joy and happiness there, when we would only take the time and perceive it.

Children are truly wise masters in teaching happiness!
Watch them, learn from them. If we could just let them be the way they are and not disturb them in their progress, that would be the
best thing we could do, to let them become special, happy and healthy human beings!
Share living food and be a good example.

You can only be happy as a family, if you are all healthy and balanced.

Living food is the key for that. But it is the same again here. You have to show them how blissful you feel with your diet.
Dont talk to much about it. We tend to talk to much.
Sit down and enjoy a beautiful green smoothie. Do not encourage your kid to join you. Just sit and enjoy.

We promise:
Maybe not with your first, but surely after the second time you did that, your children will become curious and want taste it.

You can also watch a TV-Show of us on that topic!
http://www.therawfoodfamily.com/home/what-do-raw-kids-exactly-love-to-eat-interview-with-our-children

Share value time together.

Your children love you so much for what you are, they want to spent time with you. Do not watch TV together. Play a game, talk to each other, go outside, BE together not just physically but also mentally.

Try to make it a good time. Have fun, enjoy your time together!
If your kids go to school, do not take it to serious. There is so much stress on them in this place, so try to not make it worse.

If you talk to them, go close and meet at their level.

If you have young kids, than go on your knees to speak to them from the same level.
See and treat them as equal.
Newest research shows that even newborn babies have total develpoped senses. They fully understand what is going on with them!

Just explain if they ask you!

Let them make their own experiences. We adults talk far to much!

These were some ideas, what YOU can do to improve things, with your lovely children!

For more tips please take the advantage of downloading our NEW e-book at http://www.therawfoodfamily.com/raising-raw-children.php We have a special offer on this one, but only until Sunday! So grab your copy now!

Have a beautiful, rawsome year 2010 dear friend of the lights!

Why it is important to get knowldege before going raw with your children!

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:40:03 +0100

Hello dear followers and friends.

Merry Christams to you from all of us!

After we have been travelling for more than a month, and enjoying the sun, sea and fruits here in south-east asia, we had to go to Malaysia to renew our visa for Thailand.

And we arrived back on our beautiful, tropical island here and are happy to that we found another beautiful place.
We are still eating a lot of ripe, tropical fruits, coconuts and have green juices every day. It just feels awesome together with the warm sea we have, the weather and the holiday energy!

But today I want to write to you because there is a special reason. During my work as raw food coach for single persons as well as working with families, I have contact with so many people and families from all over the world, and see that one major problem why families are not successful with their transformation towards a healthier lifestyle, that they simply lack information.

You need to inform yourself about the options, and the background of a lifestyle change. Especially when you want to go raw, you need to get as much knowledge as you can get, in order to be prepared.
You need this preparation to eliminate all your doubts and "but,..." to be fully convinced about your change. You also need this knowledge, to have a good position when people want to argue with you about this.

Especially when family, or friends want to talk it out of you, you can limit the space of doubts and being not sure, by knowing facts. By getting the knowledge, you also will be able to check your goal, and what you want to achieve with it. This all will help you so much to really succeed with what you want to do!

We want to give you this knowledge. We will launch a new version of our book called "Raising Raw Children" which will give you this knowledge, and much more. I have invented a system out of my coaching work, which will help you to succeed on your way as a family. This extended version of the book will be available as a special christmas and new years edition in a couple of days.

You can sign up for our free e-Zine at the top right side of this page, and get notified when the launch starts, so you won't miss it!

Raw food diary december 8, 2009

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:55:20 +0100

And the diet changed again! After enjoying the exotic fruits to the absolute max, and having durian and jackfruit everyday,We finally balanced our diet again together with our children.

We start our day - after swimming in the sea altogether - again with some green! We have created a real power drink which is truely magical. We buy celery (which is far smaller but more powerful here), and dark green leave veggies at the market here. The dark leaves are unknow by us, but we have tested them and they are packed with life force and nutrients, we can feel that. So we juice the green and the celery with the help of our Vitamix and a nutmilk bag.

Than we open 3-4 young coconuts which contain a lot of best, fresh coconut water. We use the water and also all the white flesh. We add some more water and a little bucket of ice, to make it cool (boy it is so warm here 24 hours!), and 4 bananas. Just a spoon of Maca and here we go!

The most powerful drink you can imagine!!
This also helps to reduce the need to eat, because we are very well nourished by this nutritional bomb.

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After noon, we have durian (but not so much anymore - we are almost filled with the good things in durian), and some other fruits, a handfull of raw cashews, or a cucumber.

After several times in the warm sea, playing some ball, sweating and showering we complete the day with a big salad, and a good dressing. I have started to sit on the warm beach in the night after everybody is sleeping.

I sit there only dressed with my sorts, watching the stars, surounded by the sea and thinking about my life filled with gratitude.

How our diet is changing being in Thailand,...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:56:47 +0100

We have settled down in our new tropical reality and love it so much!

We couldn't even imagine how good it would feel having this intense sun, several baths in the warm sea everyday, and most important these fully ripe beautiful fruits.

Our diet has really changed dramatically since we are in Thailand.
In the UK we had a high percentage of veggies and large amounts of green, and green juices. Since we arrived here we lived mainly from fruits, because they are so good here. But I have already the feeling that this will change again.

We just enjoy the abundance of exotic fruits, until the point when we feel that we need more green again. I want to write you what we had today, to give you an exact picture.

We started the day with a green smoothie. Kids liked it.
We just used the water and flesh of two big coconuts (the best coconuts ever around here!!), added some pieces of jackfruit, and juiced about kilo of green leave veggies. I have no idea what the name of the green was, but it were big leaves and the did not taste bitter. I bought them at the market here. We juiced them with our VITAMIX (and a nutmilk bag) which came with us all the way from UK for that reason. We added some greener gras powder (also from UK).

This was a brilliant start in the day, of course after being to the warm sea first thing in the morning. After that we had about 5 small wild durians for 1,50 U$ per piece. Jaro is in his personal heaven! He loves durian the most in our family. We call him respectful

THE DURIAN KING

and he likes it this way, I tell you!

We just snacked during the day, and enjoyed more Jackfruit, durian, tamarindes, juicy mangoes, rambutan (litschis) and some cashews. I mainly had durian and 2 pieces of jackfruit. That is enough for me. In the evening we made a salad out of cucumbers, toamtoes, salad and carrots.
We made a dressing out of apple vinegar, himalayan salt and oil. That is the day. We also drink much more water here, than in the UK, because we play a lot.
We are having a lot of physical fun with the kids playing in the sea all day.

We are in paradise, and intend to stay! Come and be with us at the raw transformation retreat in Ko Pan Ngan island at the end of December 2009, to soak up the good energy here and shift yourself to a higher level! I would love to meet you here!