This is truly one of the better articles on raw I've ever seen from the media. Very informative and equally argued / supporting both sides.

" Once viewed as fringe lunatics going back to the days before fire, raw foodists are ever more mainstream. Culver, a former medical assistant, has become a raw foods chef at Dalene's, a new raw restaurant in Kirkland. Her 4-year-old daughter eats raw about 60 percent of the time. They say raw foods have the perfect mix of enzymes for complete digestion, whereas when food is heated the body has to produce extra enzymes to break down such "dead foods." (And our enzyme supply decreases as we age.)

Dr. Mehmet Oz talked up raw food on the "Oprah Winfrey Show," pointing to a BBC show that put nine people on a raw-food diet (11 pounds of fruits and veggies a day) for 12 days.The participants lost an average of 10 pounds, had a 25 percent drop in cholesterol levels, and a 10 percent drop in blood pressure".

Connecting to the growing raw washington community
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OCA's ALERT OF THE WEEK:
(COULD BE) LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ACTION ON FARM BIL

The deadline on the 2007--Now 2008--Farm Bill has been a moving target, but the conference committee is currently set to conclude its work soon. We need as many e-mails as soon as possible to urge Congress to pass a Farm Bill that increases funding for organic, transition to organic, and nutrition programs, rather than simply more subsidies for corporate welfare and biofuels.. Please click here to take action now:

OCA's SUSTAINABILITY TIP & QUOTE OF THE WEEK: RIP OUT YOUR LAWN...

"But the act I want to talk about is growing some, even just a little, of your own food. Rip out your lawn, if you have one, and if you don't, look into getting a plot in a community garden. Measured against the problem we face, planting a garden sounds pretty benign, I know, but in fact it's one of the most powerful things an individual can do to reduce your carbon footprint, sure, but more important, to reduce your sense of dependence and dividedness: to change the cheap-energy mind."

\An excerpt from author Michael Pollan's editorial in the New York Times this week on dealing with Climate Change in your everyday life.

OCA's STUDY OF THE WEEK:
HOW YOUR DIET AFFECTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

• Food accounts for 13% of all Greenhouse Gas emissions.
• Red meat and dairy are responsible for nearly half of all greenhouse gas emissions from food for an average U.S. household.
• Replacing red meat and dairy with chicken, fish, or eggs in your diet for one day per week reduces emissions equal to 760 miles per year of driving.
• Switching to vegetables one day per week cuts the equivalent of driving 1160 miles per year.

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Fast Food Beverages Might be Worse Than Toilet Water

Twelve-year-old middle school student Jasmine Roberts' project won the science fair at her school. 

Her results were not what she expected, and have serious implications for everyone.

Her project compared the ice used in the drinks at five fast food restaurants with the water from toilet bowls in the same establishments. Seventy percent of the time, the ice had more bacteria than the toilet water.

In four of the five restaurants, ice from the self-serve machines had more bacteria than toilet water, as did three out of five cups of ice from drive-through windows. 

Sixty percent of the restaurant ice also tested positive for E. coli, which comes from the feces of animals and can cause serious illness.

While a certain amount of bacteria in water is considered harmless, no amount of E. coli is acceptable, however small.

Why Most Vitamin B12 Supplements
Do Nothing For Your Health

n this video, Dr. Jonathan Wright discusses key facts you need to know about vitamin B12.

There are different ways of supplementing B12, such as intramuscular injections, oral supplements, sublinguals, and newer liposomal or transdermal delivery systems, but which one is most effective, and why?

Dr. Wright explains not only the differences between the various delivery forms, but also discusses another vital component that has a major impact on your B12 metabolism -- your stomach acid, and why you shouldn’t take acid blockers for heartburn without getting the proper test done first.

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