Healthy Living with Joline

When do DETOXING symptoms stop?

Joline Wondergem — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:52:13 +0000

I’ve received such wonderful feedback from many people who have done the 10 day Rejuvenation Juice Fast. One woman was plagued with a chronic headache before the cleanse and now, 2 weeks after the cleanse she still has not had one. Another young mother is just finishing the fast and has lost 12 pounds. She feels more agile and can keep up with her 6 children now. I’ve also heard from several people who challenged themselves to eat 100% raw since the beginning of the year. They feel good….. and bad. So, if raw food is suppose to be good for you – why would anybody NOT feel fantastic!

The answer is, whenever you improve your diet, you’re body is finally in a position to release what it does not need any more – toxins and fat. The addition of toxins into the blood stream can have an affect on how you feel physically and emotionally. Detoxing is a good thing! In fact, I would go so far to say that it sets the foundation for your health. A body that is filled with heavy metals, food additives, pollution and a variety of other man-made toxins is not going to live to it’s highest potential. When we release – we literally set our body free to burn metabolism hotter, refresh and rejuvenate our tissues, muscles, and joints, and to reset the production of hormones and enzymes. All of this equates to more energy, better health and more weight release. But, what if you keep feeling lousy and the detoxing seems to be going on forever – does that mean that a RAW diet is not good for you?

This is were a session with a qualified raw food coach would really benefit you. Because it isn’t the raw food that’s making you feel tired, stomach aches, skin problems, bad breath, etc. It’s the selection of raw foods that are keeping you in a detoxing state. Let me give you an example. Let’s say you have decided to GO RAW for 30 days. Your typical day is green smoothies for breakfast and lunch and you’re eating a large green salad with lots of raw vegetables for dinner. You start out great, but within 2 weeks your feeling weak, tired and the frequent bathroom breaks have left you feeling depleted. You’ve experienced some weight release too, so you’re committed to stay with it, but in the back of your mind you’re ready for the 30 days to be over so you can get back to eating real food! What you don’t realize is, you’ve selected great foods but without a better ratio of fats and dehydrated foods – you’re body will begin to detox! The greens from all 3 meals are filled with chlorophyll – which is a fantastic phyto-nutrient and very important for our health. Chlorophyll is also terrific for detoxing – pulling the “bad” stuff out of our cells and throwing it into our blood stream for quick removal.

If you want to take a course of action of going through a detox for 7 – 10 days and then put your body back into balance, I recommend a juice fast or smoothies for those first days. Then review your lifestyle. Begin replacing meals with raw foods or parts of a meal with whole food selections. Example, breakfast and lunch are easy to eat raw. You can have my Granola to Go with lots of berries for breakfast. You can make up my Lentil Tabouli for lunch and enjoy it for the next day too. The sprouted lentils are great protein sources and add bulk to your meal which is not detoxing!!! These recipes are all available in my GO RAW ebook. Embrace the detoxing symptoms as necessary and rejoice when you’re on the other side of them, feeling better then you have before!

Purchasing sprouted legumes is a time saver!

RAW Chocolate Truffles

Joline Wondergem — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:38 +0000

You don’t have to give up chocolate on Valentine’s Day! These incredible truffles offer nutrients, the right kind of fat, and RAW cacao! RAW chocolate in the form of Cacao powder is great for your libido, energy, and your taste buds!

1/3 cup virgin coconut oil
4 RAW pitted medjool dates
1/2 cup maple syrup or RAW dark agave syrup
1 cup RAW cacao powder
1/8 teaspoon plus a pinch of Sea Salt

Combine the coconut oil and dates in a small bowl and soak for 30 minutes. Transfer to a blender and add the maple syrup, 3/4 cup of the cacao powder, and all the sea salt and process until very smooth. Transfer to a small mixing bowl and chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Place the remaining 1/4 cup cacao powder in a small bowl and set aside.

Scoop out a heaping 1/2 teaspoon of the chocolate mixture. Pull if off the measuring spoon with your fingers and lightly roll it into a ball between your palms. Dip and roll the truffle in the cacao powder. Chill the finished truffles in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.

If stored in a sealed container, chocolate truffles will keep for up to up to 1 week.

Recipe adapted from “Raw for Dessert,” by Jennifer Cornbleet.

Rejuvenation Juice Fast Kit is now available

Joline Wondergem — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:41:55 +0000

Many of you watched as my husband went through a 10 day Juice Fast at the beginning of the year! There were so many well wishes and support for him – thank you for that! We both learned so much about our willpower, and what seemed to work and not work when it came to juicing combinations. I would recommend the movie Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead to anyone who wants to explore a different way to jump start their health, weight release or just clean up their diet. In the 24 days since Mike’s cleanse, we’re continuing to see some improvements. He has recommitted to a fitness program and feels like his recovery time is much shorter. He’s also decided to only have a few beers on the weekend. This simple change has made such a difference in his sleeping pattern. He can fall asleep easily and wakes up refreshed. There has been a complete shift in the portions he eats at nighttime. He explains he just fills fuller with less food. It’s been a great journey and one I’d love to share with you. I’ve put together a juicing kit which includes my new recipe book(juice recipes), lemon essential oil, chia seeds, and Debbie Meyer green bags. All you have to do is buy the organic produce. Commit to 3-5-7 or 10 days of juicing. The payoff can be huge! You can find the kit pricing and my new The Rejuvenation Juice Fast book in My Store

Paula Deen has a lesson to teach us – it’s just not the one she’s promoting!

Joline Wondergem — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:55:32 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2p9oEjOkoU

Paula Deen, a chef with her own cooking show has now come forward with her Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, only after she secured a spokeswoman position with one of the drug manufacturers who profit from this disease. Paula has been dishing up HUGH portions of southern cooking for years. She loves butter, she loves deep fried anything and she loves desserts (with all the white sugar, white flour and lard). I’ll have to give her credit – she obviously eats what she teaches!

The lesson she wants you to learn is to “eat these foods in moderation.” And the lesson she’s also promoting, but not saying is, and accept your NEW diabetic life by consuming prescription medications! It’s almost as if she’s advocating a diabetic lifestyle with full acceptance of this horrible disease. The saddest part of all of this, is she’s using her celebrity to continue to promote her unhealthy cooking on one hand, and advocating a lifetime of pharmaceutical medications on the other!

What an opportunity lost! Just imagine another path for dear Paula. One where she would have come out immediately about her diagnosis – she’s known about it for 3 YEARS! Acknowledging that her food choices and lack of exercise were major contributors to her new health crises. And then, she revisits the message on her show. She decides to focus on a message about making Southern cooking healthy. She could have pioneered NEW ways to give us comfort foods. She could have even invited physicians, energy workers from the south, alternative health practitioners to all share what their doing to modify their traditional southern favorite recipes. Sadly, this path was not taken.

The most important lesson she could have taught was – Type 2 diabetes can be overcome! People who eat lots of fresh veggies, fruits, plenty of greens(cooked or RAW), whole grains, nuts and seeds and the right kinds of fats don’t get Type 2 diabetes. What a shame that Paula is using her fame to save her career. Because surely, without the “spin” she’s putting on her lifestyle, it would be hard to peddle lard, white flour and white sugar and maintain any credibility.

My hope is that most people will see the duplicity that benefits only Paula and the new pharmaceutical company who has paid her for her endorsement. When people say and do something that you can feel is “disconnected” from the truth – it’s time to change the channel and pick up a good book. Like IN DEFENSE OF FOOD by Michael Pollan.

Mike finishes his juice fast with great results!

Joline Wondergem — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:41:42 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NEE_LEJ-rg

Mike finished the 10 day juice fast with fantastic weight loss and more importantly, he just feels great! He admitted on the last day that he was tired of drinking just juice and soooo ready for some real food.

I made him a fruit salad consisting of fresh pineapple, raspberries and blueberries to ease back into a whole food diet. What has been most interesting to me has been his mood. He just seems calmer. Almost introspective. Anyone who knows my husband, knows that he is talkative, lively and super energetic. This calmer person living with me for the last few days has been very uncharacteristic. But, then I remember that he’s not drinking coffee and the lack of food brings on it’s own malaise. I imagine his adrenal glands and brain chemistry loving the “vacation” from all of the stimulation they get in a typical day with him. The “clearer mind” he mentions, when asked how he’s feeling, is a great unexpected by-product of this juice fast. I can imagine both of us juicing more and incorporating a fast every other month for a few days. It was a great experiment in mental willpower and I can see the renewed dedication he has to his health!

Mike’s Juice Fast Continues!!!

Joline Wondergem — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:50:44 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV4v6BDrnjk

The weekend was especially difficult for Mike. We’re used to going out to eat at least once during the weekend. We’re also used to uncorking a bottle of wine on a Friday night to unwind from the week and enjoy each other’s company. But, all of our routines were put on hold because of the juice fast. To say he was in a bad mood would put it mildly. He had great energy in the mornings and then by mid-afternoon he was grumpy! I am so proud of him because I know what a huge change this is for him. He’s breaking all kinds of habits and really taking a huge step to optimize his health this year!!

My husband does a 10 Day Juice Fast

Joline Wondergem — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:32:20 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMngvnvlXBA

After watching the movie FAT, SICK AND NEARLY DEAD we were both motivated to juice. We had already talked about the “rut” we felt we were in with our diet. I had begun eating more cooked foods and adding in wine every night. It’s football season with the Packers winning so that equals more beer in Mike’s life. We knew that a juice fast would begin cleaning us out – and change our tastebuds. My juice fast lasted 36 hours, and Mike is going for 10 days. I researched several juice books to come up with a DAY OF JUICING along with a fast. I wanted the emphasis to be on detoxification, as well as helping the liver rejuvenate for both of us. I decided to use apples in several of the recipes for the fructose element. The reason behind that decision was to help the brain stay alert versus sluggish. I knew Mike would still need to conduct business as staying home from work was not going to happen during this cleanse. The fructose converts to glucose in the body and contributes to energy. We start off with a very green drink in the morning. Had my Grapefruit/Chia Seed Fresca with Lemon essential oil for a morning snack. Then there is a hearty lunch juice, a sweet afternoon juice(again to boost energy) and then another dinner juice. He does not consume anything past 6PM to facilitate the fast. allowing the body to heal. We also drink a highly concentrated chlorophyllin drink called Liv Sxinney, which also suppresses appetite naturally without a stimulant.
Here’s the
Get Up & GO Juice Recipe:
3 Kale leaves
1 apple
1 lemon, skin removed
4-5 celery stalks
1 small cucumber, leave the skin on
2 inches of ginger

I’ll be pulling all other recipes together, along with a consumable essential oil, chia seeds and a bag of the Liv Sxinney to offer for anyone who wants to try this fast for themselves. You can find out more about Liv Sxinney (a chlorophyll drink with plant based minerals and a appetite suppressant) at my website: www.livonline.net/joline

Ranch Dip for Your NEW YEAR Party

Joline Wondergem — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:17:52 +0000

I love a good New Year’s party! Especially with a group of people who are hopeful and optimistic for the wonderful new year we are all about to embark on. And what’s a party without cut up veggies and dip? I made this RANCH DIP for a recent event. The hostess made soup and I brought my Gluten Free – Living Dinner Rolls (from my Go RAW book) and this Ranch Dip. It was tasty and satisfying.

You only need to soak the cashews a few hours. So make the dip ahead of time. It will keep for several days in the refrigerator. Use a glass jar for storage.

RANCH DIP

1 cup cashews, soaked for 2-4 hours

2 Tablespoons olive oil

3 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 Tablespoon mild miso

2 large dates, pitted

1 clove garlic

1/4 cup water

1 teaspoon onion salt

1/4 teaspoon dry mustard

Pinch white pepper

Put all ingredients in your high-speed blender and blend on high speed. Use your tamper to push the ingredients into the blade. Process until smooth. Add additional water if you want mix to be thinner or turn it into dressing.

Stir into dip:

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 teaspoon dried dill weed

1 teaspoon chives

There’s a new RAW Food Restaurant in Salt Lake City

Joline Wondergem — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:45:26 +0000

I have recently had lunch at Agi Habeller, raw food chef new vegan and RAW restaurant called Organic Manic. It was so delightful to choose from a buffet of colorful, tasteful and beautiful looking food. Organic Manic is off the beaten path at 389 West and 1700 South. You really need to be looking for it or you will drive right past it. She’s painted the walls with vibrant colors and added wonderful personal touches to her space. The live growing sprouts are fun! The restaurant is set up buffet style so can you take as much as you want and then pay by weight before you sit down. I had raw lasagna, a dehydrated meatball(with no meat), spiral zucchini noodles with both a red and white sauce. Living sprouts on my salad and then several raw cookies. Everything was yummy! Not as spicy as I would have liked – but still, delicious. Before I left I grabbed a warm soup and tasty green juice to go. The soups are provided by a chef connected with Cali’s foods, which is right next door. There are many packaged raw food goodies which you can take with you. Agi has moved to Salt Lake to bring her recipes and passion for health to us. She deserves our support! Organic Manic is open from 11am-6pm all days except Sunday and Wednesdays.

Apple Juice – What are we afraid of?

Joline Wondergem — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:08:51 +0000

Today’s news from nutrition experts claims that apple juice poses a risk. Those risks include arsenic contamination, tooth decay and the fact that apple juice contributes to obesity. Let’s be very clear. All of these concerns are over processed, pasteurized and then bottled for distribution and consumption apple juice. And I believe it’s a perfect case study of a product in our food supply which inherently should be considered a “health food” but is far from it! Today we’re discovering that over 80 percent of our apple juice supply comes from outside of our country. And the countries which are providing the apples may use pesticides which include arsenic. Our own government can’t be counted on to monitor the “safe” levels (if there is such a thing) and outside sources are discovering the most popular brands of apple juice in the U.S. are OVER the safe level.

If there was ever a case for juicing your own fruits and vegetables – this is it! Juice from organic apples is incredibly healthy!!! The living enzymes, soluble and fat soluble vitamins and phyto-nutrients will feed your body in ways that will provide energy and vitality. It would be a real shame for people to disregard all of these benefits because they somehow equate processed apple juice with “at home” personal juicing. They are NOT the same!

There was an additional comment made in the article I read that I’d like to address. One nutritionist suggested you should not substitute juice for other healthy drinks. What are the “other” healthy drinks? Gatorade, pasteurized milk full of hormones and antibiotics, Sunny Delight? Let’s face it – it’s tough to be a mom these days and know what the healthy thing is to give your child! Fresh squeezed juice, from organic fruits and vegetables would be a terrific life-giving treat to give your little one.

Juice for your Child – simple recipe
2 organic apples
3 carrots

*** Let them juice it! Half the fun is letting them help you in the kitchen and then sharing in the fruits of labor.

Dr. Oz has done a great job on investigating the arsenic issue with processed apple juice. Here is a link to the latest research he has conducted:
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/arsenic-apple-juice