Nutrients | Natural Health and Raw Foods with B Joy Preston

Calm Your Stress Levels for the Holidays

Stress levels begin to rise in anticipation of the holidays. Now that we are in the midst of the "holiday season," stress levels are likely to rise even higher.

Here are some ideas and strategies to lower the negative impact of stress and allow you to have a more relaxing and enjoyable holiday [...]

Maca: A Peruvian Superfood

In our house, Maca finds its way into smoothies and raw soups many other combination dishes, on a regular basis. We just purchased ten pounds and when the package arrived, I thought … "Why did we purchase so much?"

My answers: We use it all the time. I love to give packages of it [...]

Raw Foods for Radiant Skin

Most people don’t even think of skin as an organ, yet your skin is the largest organ in your body. Your skin mirrors what’s going on in the rest of your body and is a good indicator of overall health and well-being. [...]

Lose Weight with Raw Foods

You can lost weight on a raw food eating plan if you’re currently overweight and eat cooked foods. Here’s an approach that puts you in charge of your eating. [...]

Raw Sprouted Pea Soup

We prepare some variation of the sprouted pea soup regularly because we love sprouted peas. When the children were little, we found that they loved to watch the peas quickly sprout a little tail. We learned lots of ways to use the peas they sprouted! [...]

Organic Raw Cacao SuperFood

Chocolate is everywhere in our society. However, most of it is highly processed, cooked, laden with dairy and flavored with refined sugar. I’m recommending you eat it raw to take advantage of its powerful, natural, nutrient-dense quality. [...]

Enzymes: Nature’s Little Secret

Discovering the nature of enzymes was one of many epiphanies on this journey of understanding how life keeps expanding. [...]

Raw Lucuma Ice Cream

I love the taste of caramel. From Peru, comes a powder made from Lucuma, a delicious fruit that adds nutrition to any food combination, which tastes a little like caramel.

Lucuma Powder from Fruit

Quoting from David Wolf’s SunFood.com web site, "Lucuma is an excellent source of carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals — [...]

When You Eat, Do You Think “Food” or “Nutrients”?

When You Eat, Do You Think “Food” or “Nutrients”? Many of the items readily available in stores, even so-called healthy stores, are so highly processed that they have few nutrients remaining. [...]