After mentioning the idea of a raw foods restaurant directory yesterday, a friend sent me an email with a link to exactly such a directory that already exists! It's called
www.VegGuide.org and you can use it to search for vegetarian, vegan or raw restaurants in most cities. Check it out to find these restaurants in your areas.
By the way, here's a warning for you on "vegetarian" restaurants:
Most vegetarian restaurants use veggie foods loaded with MSG. It's true! Even they don't know their
foods contain MSG, either, and sometimes they will tell you, "We don't add any
MSG." Well, sure, they don't add the MSG... it's already in there when they buy the veggie patties in the first place.
The really dangerous ingredient to watch out for is
yeast extract -- a hidden form of MSG found in virtually all processed
vegetarian foods. Personally, I'd rather eat a bacon double cheeseburger than a "veggie" burger made with yeast extract (which includes virtually all popular veggie burger brands, by the way). Be sure to read the labels on these
products to avoid
yeast extract. There are a couple of brands that don't use any hidden MSG, but you have to read the
labels to find out which ones they are.
Are people Driving While Medicated? (DWM)
During my stay in South Florida, I've discovered something far more dangerous than hurricanes...
Medicated drivers!
A significant majority of the population here, you see, consists of people well over the age of sixty-five, and thanks to Big Pharma's disease mongering efforts, virtually all of them are on five or ten different meds (they lost count, but I assure you, it's a lot).
Now that's fine if they just want to sit at
home and drool on the couch while pretending to poke at the TV remote, but when they're behind the wheel, it turns Florida's roadways into an action-packed game of "Dodge Granny!"
These
medicated elderly drivers, by the way, are mostly from New York or New Jersey, and they don't decide to move to Florida until they've lost at least sixty percent of their
vision and any ability to rotate their heads. That's why they don't actually bother to look around before backing out of a parking space or driveway... they can't rotate their necks!
Disturbingly, even when their vision and their minds are long gone, they still retain the legal right to vote (they elected a Bush family member as their Governor, after all...), so that means any legislation that might require medicated
elderly citizens to stay off the roads will never be passed in Florida. It's like trying to get anti-smoking laws passed in North Carolina. Just ain't gonna happen, folks! At least not in this generation...
It's no joke that
Driving While Medicated (DWM) is a huge problem in America today. It's at least as bad as DUI (drinking and
driving), and in many ways it's actually worse because
it's a problem the establishment refuses to acknowledge.
While it's relatively easy for a police officer to determine if someone is drunk, determining if someone is over-medicated is a lot more difficult. Why? Because encountering a driver suffering from a complete loss of cognitive function who drives like an idiot is so common today that it's considered NORMAL!
Tip: I've noticed that people who slap those pink cancer ribbons on the backs of their vehicles tend to be the most medicated drivers on the road. So when you see a pink ribbon on a
car, interpret that as a sign of danger (if not outright stupidity, too, given that cancer cures already exist, and there is no need to "search for the cure" as is promised by the fraudulent cancer industry).
Wonder of wonders... the sheets aren't toxic!
Continuing my saga with the local hotel operator, my wife spoke to the hotel staff today about the
fragrance issue, and they listened to her. (I sorta alienated the staff yesterday, so we decided to play good-cop, bad-cop this time around.) It worked! They delivered a brand-new set of sheets purchased just today. The problem, though, is that
the pillow cases are still soaked in toxic laundry fragrance chemicals, but we already bought our own pillow cases to solve that problem, so everything's cool.
Whole foods: Episode IV
I was back at the Whole Foods
juice bar today, ordering up a tropical smoothie when I noticed a sign for a "Jay Robb
whey protein boost." Wow! That was cool to see
Jay Robb being featured at
whole foods (his company makes the most natural whey
protein and egg protein products in the industry). See
www.JayRobb.comSo of course, out of loyalty to the Jay Robb brand, I said to the guy behind the counter, "Hit me with some Jay Robb, dude!"
His reply? "Somebody took it." Yep, somebody stole the Jay Robb whey protein out of the Whole Foods juice bar. (Is Jay aware this is happening?) So instead, I went with the Nutiva
hemp protein, which is also groovy (
www.Nutiva.com), and it's better since I'm on a
vegan diet now.
Yes, I bend the vegan rules a bit when
traveling, so I'll slug down some whey protein on the road, but at home I'm actually on the SunWarrior protein (
www.SunWarrior.com) which is made from raw, fermented brown rice protein. It's super
smooth, and it tastes a whole lot better than
hemp protein (which is kinda gritty...).
To use Florida terminology, I am a
timeshare vegan, which means I'm vegan when it fits my schedule (which is most of the time now, by the way, but not when I'm on the road). When traveling, I'm merely vegetarian. In truly desperate situations (like at airports after a four-hour flight delay), I may even eat some seafood or
fish, but that's always a last resort. That would make me a
pescetarian, I suppose, even though I actually prefer to call myself a
freshetarian.
Speaking of the "tarians," how about this one: The
Vegeterranean Diet! That's a Mediterranean Diet, but without the meat. It's a super-healthy variation on the incredibly popular and well-researched Mediterranean Diet, which has been clinically proven to greatly reduce your risk of dying from cardiovascular events. Somebody should grab the domain name on this idea before it's taken...
Clear water? Really?
The
ocean water in Clearwater Beach, Florida is not clear. It's muddy. But the ocean
water in Boca Raton is really clear. It's actually blue, and you can see fish swimming in the waves when walking along the beach. I think the name "Clearwater Beach" is false advertising. They should rename their town "Murkywater Beach."
Joke for the day:
What's the difference between an avian merry-go-round and a meal at McDonald's?The avian merry-go-around let's you experience a
turning bird!
About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate and award-winning journalist with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2010, Adams co-founded NaturalNews.TV, a natural health video sharing site that has now grown in popularity. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder and CEO of a well known email mail merge software developer whose software, 'Email Marketing Director,' currently runs the NaturalNews email subscriptions. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and martial arts training. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
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