Video: Sodium fluoride in your drinking water

Thank you to Kate Magic Wood for sending me the following as a MySpace Bulletin:

After receiving over 50,000޲views in a few޲hours and޲on its޲way޲to shoot to the top޲ of the޲most viewed޲chart, You޲Tube brazenly pulled޲a popular video from their rankings system޲Friday޲in an act޲of wanton޲censorship.

“Question޲Your Reality,”޲a stirring and well put޲together video montage featuring޲talk show host Alex Jones was rocketing up the charts, already having reached number 2 most viewd on News and Politics and soaring up the general most discussed and most viewed categories.

A moment later, it was nowhere to be seen as You Tube cleared the slate and prevented the clip from going completely viral.޲

You Tube is owned by Google, who have pulled this trick many times before, but by spreading the video far and wide you can help offset their censorship and wake people up.

There are some rather unpleasant photos and also some shouting in the video, so I'd recommend watching it when you feel in the right frame of mind.



The URL is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpFu_bYkomc

My 60-Day Juice Feast Is Over

Unfortunately the second month of my juice feast hasn't been particularly well documented... Work has been absolutely manic, and it's been more than just my blogging that has suffered - the house is a complete and utter mess and I'm behind on EVERYTHING! I can't even remember the last time I checked my RSS feeds...

Anyway, yesterday was my day 60, so today I've decided to break my feast! Since I have done two 21-day fasts previously I feel that 60 days is enough for me. I've got some prunes in the cupboard, I didn't use to like them, but now - who knows? My tastebuds certainly have changed! So has my skin, the colour of my eyes and teeth, my body shape (will try to do some new measurements soon), my hair, my nails... And that's just the stuff I can think of right now (I'm afraid I'm writing this in a rush - I've got a deadline to meet later today!). The weight loss hasn't been that great, though. I reckon that is because most days, I didn't get enough juice in. Totally my own fault - and the one advice I would give to any budding feasters would be to make sure you get more than enough juice every day! In my case, I think it's just because my body and mind are so used to fasting - I don't feel hungry, so I simply forget to drink until it's too late in the day to drink 4 litres of juice! I also have only had 2 enemas (even though they are SO easy to do!). I've also craved water a lot, and there have been several days when that's been pretty much all I've had. So it's pretty much a case of do as I say, don't do as I do... ;o)

Anyway, according to my scales (and bearing in mind that it's THAT time of the month), I've lost about 7 kg. But the change in my appearance has been more dramatic, I think:



It's a bit silly that I'm ending my feast now - when there are SO many people all over the world starting the Global Juice Feast tomorrow! But I may join in again for a few of those days - I have a friend coming to visit me in March who would like to feast for a few days with me! :oD

Right now, I'm enjoying chewing again - liquorice root rules (the corners of my mouth are getting really sore, though)! :oD

Oh, and in case I don't get a chance to write much about my feast breaking, you can learn all about it here: http://www.juicefeasting.com/JuiceFeastingIntro/BreakingtheJuiceFeast/tabid/324/Default.aspx

My Juice Feast: Day 55

Pretty uneventful, so I won't bore you guys with details!

I had:
1.0 l of orange juice
1.2 l of honeydew melon juice
0.9 l of apple and celery juice

So not bad in total - just not enough greens by far!

My Juice Feast: Day 54

It's so funny... Yesterday, I was waiting for a bus while I heard a boy shouting at his mum "You've got enough juice! You've got enough juice!" Needless, to say, this caught my attention, so I turned around to look... They were outside a shoe shop, and the kid was trying to stop his mum from buying more shoes, lol! That just goes to show where my head is at these days!

Yesterday, I had:
1.0 l of orange juice
1.5 l of raspberry, celery, romaine & cucumber juice
loads and loads of water

I went grocery shopping again yesterday, and guess what I discovered? "100% freshly squeezed unpasteurised valencia orange juice!" Tesco, I love you guys!!! :oD It actually contains nothing but nothing but OJ - and it's totally unpasteurised! I never thought I'd see the day! :oD So even though it was fairly expensive (I think it was about £2.30 for the smooth juice), I bought two bottles to help me get more juice in every day. As you can see, it didn't exactly work yesterday, though. It was another case of not having anything to drink until after noon... Will I EVER learn??? I had tons of water though... I keep wondering whether I am thirsty because I haven't had enough water lately, or whether I am thirsty because I haven't had enough juice lately... Guess it's probably a little bit of both!

Anyway, it's nice to be back blogging again! The last 3-4 weeks have been completely manic with work, but this week it finally eased up. I've had NOTHING on all week! So instead of trying to catch up on my blogging, I figured I'd proably be best off just relaxing and taking a break from the computer altogether. Which actually hasn't been easy! I've come to realise that I've got used to a high-stress way of living and now I don't know what to do with myself when I haven't got anything on. I remember about a year ago I was worried about Ben because he seemed unable to relax, and now I seem to be in that exact place myself... Oh well, at least I am aware of it! Recognising a pattern is the first step towards changing it, right? So if you'll all excuse me, I have an appointment with a book, a bath tub and some luxurious Egyptian bath oil... Think that'll help? ;o)

I'm on the cover of Time Magazine this month!

Hahahaha, not likely!!! ;o)

Just stumbled across the lovely site that is MagMyPic.com, and couldn't help myself... In fact I went a bit doo-lally with it, because I ought to be working! Biiig deadline tomorrow morning!

I wasn't the only one who got star treatment though! Check out Albie:



And Chester:



OK, off to make some honeydew melon juice now! I know I keep saying that I will get back to my regular blogging asap, but then life interferes... So this time I will make no promises - just point out the fact that tomorrow morning I will be done with big horrible job number 2 and that I have no plans whatsoever to take on another big horrible job for a looooong while... how does that sound?

How To Join The 2008 Global Juice Feast

1 March - June 2008

Did you get this e-mail from David & Katrina Rainoshek? If not, read on!!

Please join us in whatever way you feel most comfortable. Some of us will want to add in a quart of green juice to your day and keep your diet relatively the same. Some will drink nothing but juice one day a week, some of you will Juice Feast for a week, 10 Days, 30, 60 and even up to 92-Days! We encourage you to just get juicy! If you have Juice Feasted previously and are not planning to do so during the GJF2008, perhaps you would like to lead a support group in your area, by starting a Juice Feasting movement in your area. We have established www.GlobalJuiceFeast.com so that you can create a Group online that everyone can connect through.

This may be a time for you to learn more about juicing, but you don’t quite feel ready to Juice Feast, that is perfect, too. You can follow along in the journeys of others who are Feasting, learn how to make juice, ask questions, get stoked to cleanse yourself and create the space you need for yourself so that you enter into your Juice Feast with confidence and trust. If you are ready to jump right in, jump right in! It will be a very exciting and vibrant time to Juice Feast with many others who are sharing in the journey with you.

Join us on www.JuiceFeasting.com or www.GlobalJuiceFeast.com for support, create a Juice Feasters meet-up group in your area, start a blog to share and document your process, read other people’s blogs, make your juice, and enjoy one of the greatest personal and collective Hero’s Journeys we can possibly experience at this important juncture. Let’s turn this train around as an Act of Love for future generations, and create a story of transformation worth writing about.

Now is the time for legendary work. We are the ones we have been waiting for.

Terilynn's interview with me is online!

Oooh, I'm so excited!! My first ever interview is online on FitFare.Net now and you can read it here!

The lovely, lovely Terilynn of The Daily Raw Café and Inspiration:Life interviewed Melissa Gilbert, Philip McCluskey, Kelly Ordway, Jack & Jill and Santi as well as myself about our juice feasting experiences. Thank you so much Terilynn for including me in this! Considering I've never been interviewed before in my life, I think I did quite well! ;o) Whaddya think, guys?

I'm also superexcited today because my friend Kari is coming to visit this weekend! Oh yeah, it'll be one juicy stay for her, lol! I can't wait till she gets here tomorrow, as we always have so much fun together! It will be great to get to speak Norwegian again as well, or rather that strange Norwenglish language that we normally end up using, lol! :oD

The third reason I'm excited is that I've finally more or less caught up on the backlog of emails and admin from my working-round-the-clock experiment. (Don't try this at home, kids! ;o) So that means that I finally have time to write daily blog posts again and that I will get round to sending out the first newsletter from thepowerofraw.com soon! I've got lots of great events and recipes lined up, but if there's something you want me to mention, it's still not too late! Just email me at neens@thepowerofraw.com and tell me all about it!

Oh, and one more thing - there are a few of you who haven't quite completed the sign-up process yet. After you sign up on the site you are sent an email with a link that you have to click to confirm your registration. A bit of a hassle, I know, but double opt-ins are required, unfortunately. If you don't think you've received this e-mail, it could be worth checking your junk folder (I'm guessing raw foodists don't have spam folders, lol! ;o) and have a quick look there. The email is sent from thepowerofrawnewsletter@getresponse.com (might be worthwhile adding this address to your safelist). Alternatively you can try subscribing again here: www.thepowerofraw.com/subscribe.html.

OK, that was more than enough techie info for one day! I'm off to beddie byes now, I'm taking an early night as I'm still feeling a bit sleep deprived. I can't even begin to tell you what a relief it is to finally be back on track with work and also have a whole weekend off with a great friend though! It really will do wonders for me, I can tell! :oD

Lots of love from Neens x
www.thepowerofraw.com

PS: I guess you people have heard about Shazzie being burgled.. Everyone is fine and she's taking it in her stride as the superbeing that she is, but I'm sure she could do with a bit of extra love sent her way, anyway - having your privacy invaded like that is seriously unfunny... So here comes lotsandlotsandlots of extra-special love to Shazzie and Evie from me! :oD

Sign of life... ;o)

Just a small sign of life from me!

 

I returned the massive job I've been working on this past week just a minute ago, and I met my deadline with over an hour to go! Huge relief! I will get back on track with my blog posts and videos as soon as possible... well, maybe not the videos - I've got some serious detox/that-time-of-the-month pimples going on...! ;o)

 

Anyway, I've had some serious lack of sleep lately, so I am taking the rest of today totally and utterly off... I am going offline!!! :oD

 

Until tomorrow,

 

lots of love from Neens

www.thepowerofraw.com

 

Learn how to answer back - with Nemi! ;o)

Oh, I just can't stay away, can I... ;o) I am totally and utterly swamped with work, but just had to share this (click on the image for a larger version):


Dude: I don't understand why you bother being a vegetarian!
Dude: Why protect life forms that are less intelligent than us?
Nemi: I can't be bothered to eat someone just because they can solve Rubik's cube.
Dude: Who's Rubiks Cube?
Nemi: You, on the other hand, would make a fine supper.

Gotta love Nemi! ;o) She's drawn by übertalented Norwegian cartoonist Lise Myhre, and an English version can be found in free newspaper Metro as well as on their website. My Scandinavian readers can get their daily dose here. Highly recommended! :oD

Sorry for the total lack of juice feasting updates... As I explained in my last post, my life is totally on hold until I deliver this big project at noon on Tuesday... It's a very strange thing, I've had to just tell everyone to forget about me until then! Let's hope I have learnt that procrastination does not pay, and that this won't ever happen again! Yeah, right... ;o)

My Juice Feast: Day 33 ~ www.thepowerofraw.com

Oh dear... These last few days have totally flown by, it's been so hectic what with getting my new website live! I have been surviving mainly on coconut water and must admit that I have not even written down amounts... At the moment my dayjob is causing some mahussive interference, but hey - a girl's gotta make some money, it can't all be fun and games! ;o) Everything should be back to normal on Tuesday, though. Until then, Neensiegirl will be working flat out! It doesn't even bear thinking about...! *shudder*

Anyway, I just really wanted to thank everyone who have visited my new website and signed up for the newsletter!

Thepowerofraw.com has actually had 140 visitors in its first 48 hours of existence, which is nothing short of amazing! :oD And it's all thanks to you guys! The reason I know this? Nearly all those hits had "no referring link". Which means you guys followed the link in your emails and RSS readers. I can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am!

So thanks again!!!

Thanks also to all of those who submitted events and links etc. for inclusion on the site and in the newsletter. I can't wait to send out the first one - it will be packed with fabulous events hosted by some very rawsome people! Yeah, you know who you are! ;o) Anyway, I will hold it off for a little bit (this is also due to the ruddy dayjob getting in the way ;o), so if anyone else has anything they want to tip me about - a yummy recipe, an article, artwork - anything, really! - then just drop me a line at neens@thepowerofraw.com.

Oh and if you haven't already signed up, you can do it here: www.thepowerofraw.com

My readers are the best ever and make no mistake! :oD

Now, because I probably won't have time to write proper blog posts until Tuesday (goodness, this is like putting your whole life on hold! It's my own fault though... I AM the empress of procrastination, and it really didn't have to be this way... Let's hope I'll learn this time!), I wanted to leave you with a few quotes on love that I received in a free magazine that came in the post today:

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth" - Billy, age 4

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen" - Bobby, age 7

And the final one (tearjerker alert!):
"Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to jusge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked what he had said the the neighbour, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry".

I had actually heard the last one before, it gets me every time... Soooo... let's spread some love! :o)


Lots (and lots and lots!) of love from Neens
www.thepowerofraw.com

PS: Albie wants me to thank everyone for all the lovely birthday wishes! :oD