The Raw Journal
January Immunity
The change of seasons is always an opportunity for a reset. Equinoxes and solstices act as potent gateways to release what no longer serves us and step into the fresh new energy of the present moment. When we work with the solar and lunar cycles, we can use these portal times as appropriate occasions to do a cleanse, go on a retreat, clear out the house, take a vacation, anything that feels useful to us to mark the passing of time and release any stagnant energies lingering. However, in our all too busy lives, we often neglect to do the work - and then our bodies have to take over and do it for us! The winter solstice of Dec 21st is one of the most powerful points of the year, and the time when we need the most deep rest. Yet many of us are frantically busy: shopping, cooking, travelling to see relatives, attending gatherings. No wonder that January is known as the peak time of year for ill health. The body needs to clear out, and if you haven't been paying attention thus far, it will make sure you do! Our top recommendation for January immunity is to follow a cleansing protocol in the preceding September and December; something to keep in mind for this year, perhaps? But if you're feeling the worse for wear this month, check out our Immunity section here for some of our top recommendations for supporting your body in getting you through the seasonal release. Kate is a qualified functional nutrionist who has helped hundreds of clients. To book a consult, click here.
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Bali VIP Activation Retreat 2023
We are currently taking bookings for 121 retreats in Bali for Nov 23-Feb 24. This is a personalised experience, tailored to your unique needs. What is an activation? It means a remembrance of who you are on a deep soul level . A reconnection with the purity of your souls essence . A refocus towards your precious souls mission here on earth at this incredible time. We do the activation through a combination of modalities : discussion , yoga, reiki, raw foods, being in the portal space of Ubud, and Kate's energy as being a frequency to align to. It’s a potent combination ! If this sounds exciting to you, we invite you to book a 121 activation for winter 2023/2024. Here is the testimonial of our first activation guest, Lisa Chan. My heart is filled with overwhelming joy, love and deep gratitude for the 1-2-1 Bali activation experience with Kate. As soon as I felt the call to sign up, I knew it was the right decision and one of the best investments I could ever make for my soul. It was a big almighty yes and I am so glad I listened to the deep call to go to Bali. The experience from being at the magic villa and working with Kate was truly magical and will stay with me forever. It takes courage to say yes and do the inner work. I was able to do this in a safe space and container which Kate created for my stay with her, where my nervous system was finally able to rest and relax and I was able to exhale. I could feel the love as soon as I arrived at the magic villa and surrounding land. The energy was so powerful and transformative, I felt activated as soon as I arrived, before even starting my retreat. I felt very welcomed and was so touched at the beautiful room Kate had prepared for me with beautiful fresh flowers, charged crystals and Balinese furnishings made with care and love. The beauty of the VIP experience is you get to tailor it to what you want. It gives you an opportunity to set your desires, intentions and really personalise your experience. I loved the combination of yoga, reiki, meditation, coaching and raw foods. Plus part of the activation can be done in the wonderful backdrop of Bali if you desire. Absolute paradise! What is also so beautiful and unique about the whole VIP experience is you get to work with the energy and flow of the day and can change your itinerary if needed to support your needs. As someone who is not even vegetarian, let alone raw, I was absolutely converted to raw vegan foods thanks to Kate. Kate made delicious nutritious raw vegan foods and drinks every day which were deeply nourishing and exactly what I needed to help me on my healing journey. The food was really out of this world and transformative in itself. I felt hydrated at a deep cellular level. One of the many reasons I love working with Kate is her ability to hold space and really listen not to just your words but what's in your heart. Kate provides a space of love, compassion and non-judgement that makes you feel so safe, held and supported to be able to do the deep inner work to release trauma, old beliefs, patterns and old timelines. Kate provides encouragement, healing and guidance for you to step confidently into your new timeline, to feel empowered and come back to the remembrance of who you really are. I highly recommend the VIP retreat if you desire a change or upgrade in your life. Learn more here. We are also taking bookings for the Magic Villa for March-Nov 2023. It is a beautiful space, with all the little thoughtful touches that you might look for and not always find when travelling: a raw food kitchen equipped with high-power blender, dehydrator, milk bag, and spiraliser; a space to do yoga, incense and incense holders; eco soaps and cleaning materials; even a hook to hang your enema bag from! Ubud itself is a raw vegan mecca, with an abundance of fresh tropical fruits, juice bars, kombucha brands, raw chocolate, and gourmet restaurants. If this sounds like paradise to you, get in touch, we can help with all aspects of arranging your booking, including airport transfers. Learn more here.
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Gift Guide
What to get for that super person in your life? We have a great selection of incense, essential oils, bath treats, massage oils, candles, herbal teas, chocolate treats and more. Pack it all up in one of our organic cotton tote bags! Or if the thought of dealing with the UK postal service is too much for you, there's always gift vouchers in £10, £20 or £50 denominations. Happy Shopping! Raw Living Gift Guide
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What Is Ormus?
Ormus is a fascinating substance, that blurs the line between mineral supplements and energy medicine. By no means an essential supplement, nonetheless, it is interesting to understand why it is missing from our modern diets, and how supplementing with it can affect our well-being. Any plants that grow in the wild and at high altitudes are naturally rich in ormus: think foods like goji berries and maca. We also carry a range of different ormus supplement ranges, including Now Alchemy and Harmonic Innerprizes. Rehmannia Dean Thomas includes ormus in all of his RDT Connoisseurs formulas, and he explains why here: "ORMUS is a mysterious substance that merits a book of its own. Currently an acronym for “orbitally rearranged monatomic elements,” ORMUS is alchemically precipitated from naturally occurring minerals or their complexes that form hexagonal crystalline structures, including crystal, gold, and salt. Since ancient times, Indian Mystics, called Siddhars, named this mysterious substance Muppu, and in Egypt, Manna. In tombs from Egypt and Cghina, Urns for smelting gold into a white powder have been revealed. The powder was apparently taken by the elite to increase longevity. It is thought that the mysterious Ark of the Covenant carried by Moses may have contained a white powder smelted from gold; early Greek literature refers to Moses as an alchemist. The same smelted mineral may have been taken by the mysterious Annunaki, who depicted astronauts in their art. Alchemists of the Middle Ages, including Pathagorus, Paracelsus, Nicholas Flamel, and Roger Bacon, searched for the famed “Philosopher’s stone,” and may have gained access to lost Aristotelian texts on alchemy, which were thought to refer to earlier texts by Egyptian alchemists and mystics, Zozimos, and Hermes Trismegistus. These texts were thought to have been archived at the Library of Alexandra ~ in the city of the same name ~ which was an epicenter of alchemical knowledge. In the 1970’s, Canadian farmer and alchemist, David Hudson, claimed to have rediscovered the process of extracting essences trapped within crystalline structures. He gave it the name ORMUS; there is some debate among alchemists over whether this term accurately describes its real properties. ORMUS is believed to exist at the threshold between energy and matter, where molecules begin to assemble ~ based on genetic blueprints ~ into recognizable phenomena. In other words, ORMUS is the potentiator, therefore, I call ORMUS a “dedication device,” dedicating atomic configurations to link together in formation of structural lattices at the foundation of physical life. That stated, alchemists believe ormic substances may act to increase the efficacy of other materials they are mixed with. This is why I include ORMUS in all of my RDT products. It is said that ORMUS will augment whatever intentions and lifestyles a person engages in. Therefore, ORMUS should only be included in a healthy lifestyle and as a component of health-supporting supplements and foods. My ORMUS is homeopathically precipitated from salts collected ten miles beneath a Bolivian desert. These salts contain tiny lattice-like chambers that have trapped the essence of an ancient lake. Precipitation from the salts is done through intensive alchemical and homeopathic processes, including mantras and prayer. The final product contains very little noticeable salinity." Interested to learn more about the magical properties of Ormus? Check out our podcast episodes with Archer Love of Now Alchemy, and David Barbash of Harmonic Innerprizes. There is also a chapter on Ormus in Kate's Raw Magic recipe book.
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Celebrating Twenty Years In Business
Raw Living was founded in September 2002, before Wordpress, Google, Facebook, Shopify, YouTube or Instagram! A simple five page website, we sold juicers, tahini, and Kate's first book, Eat Smart, Eat Raw. Over the years, we've continued to innovate, being among the first to introduce foods like Goji berries, Maca powder, Cacao products, Chia seeds and medicinal mushrooms to the UK and Europe. Kate's international travel as a raw food chef and educator meant that she was able to see what the raw food trends around the world were, and we brought over many new brands including Four Sigmatic, Living Libations, Dragon Herbs and Anima Mundi Herbals. It hasn't all been plain sailing, however. Harsh European regulations around what we are permitted to say on the website were brought in in 2013, which meant we had to remove most of the information we had spent a decade building up on the wonders of super foods, and even remove many of our favourite products from sale completely. The challenges of importing organic foods from the USA often lead to long and frustrating delays at customs that mean products are out of stock for extended periods. Brexit in 2021 was a huge blow to our business, and meant that we could no longer serve our European customer base as we would wish. But we have survived it all, and it's a cliche to say it, but we couldn't have done it without you! So to celebrate our twentieth birthday, we talked to some of our oldest and best customers about why they love Raw Living: the products, the service and the ethos. Our passion has always been to elevate the collective vibration through the wonder of magical plant foods. We love to seek out the best quality foods on the planet, and then bring them to you with love and integrity operating along every step of the chain. From the farmers that do the growing and the harvesting, to the delivery company that brings them to your door, every effort is made to ensure the optimum treatment of people and planet. Listen back to this extra special episode here and congratulate yourself on making the choice to shop with a company that truly cares: this is not just about buying products that serve your individual and personal well-being, but the well-being of everyone involved. We appreciate you making that choice. Grab yourself a glass of kombucha and a square of raw chocolate, and toast with us to another twenty years!
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Eco-Efficient Deliveries
You already know that at Raw Living, we pride ourselves on delivering customer service that equals the high standard of the products that we offer. We partner with DPD for all UK deliveries over 2kg (parcels under 2kg go with Royal Mail). If you haven't already, we highly recommend downloading the DPD app to your phone. There, you can create a profile and receive tracking info. You can even go into the "Delivery Address" section of your profile, and add a pin location, a "what3words" reference, a photo of your front door, and info about where to leave deliveries when you are out. Invaluable for those hard to find tricky addresses! Not only are DPD the most reliable couriers that we have worked with, they are unparalleled in the UK currently for their efforts to provide an environmentally responsible service, with the aim of being "the greenest delivery fleet on the planet". Over 1500 of their fleet are electric vehicles, the largest electric fleet in the country; they plant a tree for every 10 deliveries that you receive; 100% of their waste avoids landfill, and much more. You can read the full statement on their website here. As part of this eco-mission, DPD now only make one delivery attempt, after that they will leave it with a local hub. So be sure to get the app, input all the necessary info for a seamless delivery experience, and watch that forest grow that all your orders help contribute to! Nearly all our orders are sent to DPD within 24hrs of receiving them, Mon-Fri. DPD's standard delivery service is 24-48hrs, also Mon-Fri. Most UK mainland customers experience that if they make an order in the morning, it is there the next day, or a day later. If you make an order on a Friday afternoon, it may not arrive until Tues or Wed the following week, as it will not be picked up until Mon.
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Eating Healthily On A Budget
You don't need us to tell you about the crazy rise in the cost of living currently. As well as fuel bills going through the roof, food inflation in the UK is currently at 8.6%. and is predicted to rise as much as 15% this year. Whereas super foods used to be seen as luxury items, priced way above the usual household staples, the gap is now much smaller, especially when you buy in bulk. We haven't raised any of our Raw Living brand super food prices in the last couple of years, in fact, the reverse: items like Spirulina (down to £16.99/kg) and Barleygrass (£29.99/kg) have dropped. As we grow as a business, and are able to order in bigger quantities, we pass those savings onto you, and our prices reflect that. Chia was £80/kg when we first imported it - now its £7.99/kg! Maca used to be £40/kg - now its just £12.99. Add that to the fact that the toxic overload that our bodies are exposed to is worse than ever: aluminium and barium in the air, glyphosates in the food supply, chlorine in the water, and novel viruses circulating widely. All things that our younger selves did not have to contend with, and that are causing an increased burden on our health. It's never been a wiser move to stock up on super foods and allocate a part of your regular household budget to them. We currently don't have any plans to raise prices, and will let you know if that becomes an unavoidable option. For now, these are our top tips to eating healthily on a budget: Shop at the Farmers' Market, or even better, grow your own! But always eat local and seasonal fruit and veg for the best prices. Make your own ferments and pickles. Grow your own sprouts and indoor greens. Use seeds over nuts - not only are they more affordable, they are more easily digested as well. Buy your favourite super foods in bulk. Most have a 1-2year shelf-life, and as long as they are kept in a cool, dry place, will be good for far longer than that. Remember, most super foods work on a level more similar to flower essences or homeopathy, in that it is not necessary to take large amounts, it's more about getting the energy of the plant into the body. 1/4 teaspoon is often enough as a maintenance dose, and there are none that warrant regularly taking more than 1tbsp (10g) a day. Who knows what craziness is up next on the global stage, but we do know that eating foods like Reishi, Maca, Chlorella and Cacao every day helps keep us strong and stable, no matter what chaos is unfolding around us.
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Natural Deodorants That Actually Work!
Gone are the days of having to choose between being sweet-smelling, or using unwanted chemicals in one of the most sensitive spots in the body, the armpit. Which we are sure is welcome news on holiday, in the gym and at the club! The lymphatic system is composed of vessels, nodes and fluid, and is an integral part of the body's immune system. There are lymph nodes sited under the armpits, so when we put chemicals there, they not only inhibit the body's natural detoxification process, they more readily enter into the bloodstream. While we are not permitted to make any medical claims, we can say that healthy lymph nodes are essential to preventing the spread of cancer cells, and the aluminium commonly found in anti-perspirants is linked to Alzheimer's disease. There are now 24 different natural deodorants on our site, many with multiple 5-star reviews to assure you of their efficacy. Taking the top spot are Living Libations, whose Poetic Pits products are a cult favourite. Designed to augment your natural body scent, rather than mask it, they alchemically transform you into a fragrant bouquet. Cami says of the rose scent, "My all time favorite deodorant. Works better than any other I have ever tried. Small but lasts an eternity." Equally popular is Simply Divine Botanicals, who use angstrom silver and zinc, as well as 24k gold, to formulate a strong but safe underarm spray. Best-selling is Keeping Abreast Of It: Nina says, "I have been using this for years now and will never use any other one, it’s simply the best." We also have a couple of deodorants from Pur O3, who use ozonated jojoba oil to create a safe anti-bacterial roll-on. Vivien says, "Could this be it? The first natural deodorant that works? I tried so many natural deodorants over the years and at first most of them seems to work but then you get used to them and you realise they don't last the whole day, constant reapplication is required, they let your odour come through, etc. etc. But this seems like it's working. Works much better than most Sodium bicarbonate based deodorants. Plus, it's a roll-on, so no messy hand applications! Highly recommended!" Nature's Greatest Secret produce two colloidal silver roll-ons, and new in from The Clay Cure are two sodium bicarbonate and coconut balms (pictured above). And remember, the best way to be naturally sweet-smelling is to eat a diet high in organic raw plant foods, and cut out all the common toxins!
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Raw Magic Academy on Vimeo
We've just launched our Vimeo platform as the new home for all the Raw Magic Academy videos. There's dozens of clips with snippets of info and advice on everything from doing raw foods in winter, to how to feed kids on a raw diet. If you want to dive deeper, some of the key topics are available as videos to rent or buy. And if you want to jump all the way in, there's an option to purchase all the videos in one fell swoop at a bargain price of 10% off. Kate has been a raw vegan for over 30 years, raised three children on the diet, and has taught in over 25 countries. There are few people in the world more qualified to share on how to sustain a raw food diet healthily and successfully. Please go and visit us there next time you are looking for raw food inspiration. The Legendary Quantum Cake (bestseller!) including a bonus vid on Ormus Raw Foods in Winter, including a bonus recipe for kelp noodles and a green soup Raw Magic – an intro to raw foods, my most popular talk Raw Chocolate Magic – 2-part video including recipes Raising Raw Kids, including a bonus recipe for raw pasta sauce Superfoods Easy Detox Techniques, including a detox protocol Hydration including milk, juice and smoothie recipes Recipe video: Raw Savouries including salads, sushi, chia, mayo, relish Dehydrators & dehydrator recipes including burgers, breads, crackers and kale chips Click here to visit our Vimeo channel. Please note, if you previously purchased videos on the Academy, they are still available to view on there. If you have any problems using that site please email us hello@rawliving.co.uk.
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Hydration Is Key
Did you know that plain water is not the most efficient way to hydrate? Water acts as a flushing mechanism in the body and so goes straight through you. Drinks that contain information in the form of healthy fats and naturally occurring vitamins and minerals are absorbed deeper into the cells, thus hydrating the body more thoroughly. Here are some ideas for you: Green powders and coconut water make the perfect pairing. Try a spoon of chlorella, spirulina, wheatgrass or barleygrass in a nice tall glass of chilled coconut water for a refreshing and cleansing drink. MSM is a wonderful way to jazz up your water. If you don't enjoy the taste, just add a teaspoon with a splash of lemon and receive all those extra benefits from this important mineral supplement. Make a big pot of instant reishi tea with 1tsp reishi powder in a litre of water from the kettle, and your favourite sweetener. Leave it to cool, and then bottle it in 250ml bottles and have it in the fridge ready for when you need a drink. Try Kate's Magic Lemonade recipe for the ultimate alkalising thirst-quencher. Green juice is a must! For the easiest green juice method, click here. Our favourite way to make plant-milk is with shelled hemp seeds. Try 2 tbsp of shelled hemp in a litre of water or coconut water. Add lecithin or tocotrienols for extra creaminess, and your sweetener of choice. We also love the fermented drinks kombucha, jun and kefir. Making your own is the best way to get a healthy dose of probiotics daily. Here's our favourite tea for kombucha making. If you are looking for a scoby, email us, we might be able to help you out with one of our babies! Lastly, nothing beats a cup of herbal tea, right? Forget chamomile and mint, we have some incredible medicinal teas drawing from the herbal traditions of Asia, South America and Europe in our comprehensive collection. With all these exciting options to choose from, staying hydrated is easy, in fact, you will be wondering how to fit all these delicious drinks into your day! And of course, it goes without saying, eating a raw plant-based diet full of fruits and veggies is going to help enormously towards maintaining those crucial hydration levels.
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Spotlight On Chaga
Chaga, known by some as the king of herbs, is a medicinal mushroom with an exceptional reputation. Boasting a long history of traditional use in various cultures across the globe, and known for its immune-boosting properties. Scientifically known as Inonotus obliquus, Chaga is a parasitic fungus that eats its host tree from the inside out over a long period of up to eighty years. Predominantly growing on birch trees in cold climates, specifically regions such as Siberia, Scandinavia, and North America. It appears as big black growths on their host trees, rough and bumpy with cracked and irregular surfaces. Underneath this exterior a rich golden orangey-brown interior can be found, and this is where the health benefits can be discovered. A brief history of Chaga’s use Chaga’s medicinal benefits have been known for so long, no one can clearly say who the first people to use it were. But in 1991 a well-preserved mummy was discovered in the Austrian Alps; named Otzi the Iceman and over 5,300 years old, he was found to be carrying Chaga in his pouch. Nearly 4,000 years ago, as far back as 2696 BC, Shen Nung - said to be the father of Chinese Medicine - is thought to have dubbed the mushroom with its title as “the king of herbs.” In Siberian folklore, it was named as a “Gift from God” or “The Mushroom of Immortality” and its most well-recorded initial historical usage can be found with the Khanty people of Western Siberia. As far back as the 12th century, they were known to have made tea out of the mushroom, using it to boost energy and stave off hunger during wild moose hunts. They then drank the tea again upon feasting, aiding digestion afterwards. But their use of the mushroom did not end there: as well as using it internally, they also found external uses for the mushroom too. These methods ranged from putting the conks through fire, then placing the heated mass into hot water before using the water to purify and clean the vagina after menstruation and birth-giving; to mixing the mushroom with lard and ash in order to create a soap with which to clean wounds. They even went as far as to smoke the mushroom in an attempt to improve their lung health - a method which is not recommended! In more recent times, the acclaimed Russian author and Nobel Laureate, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, wrote about his desire to find the mushroom in his famous 1966 novel. Not expected to survive his prognosis of disease, he sought further aid in his treatment and, having heard about it in a letter from his doctor, turned to the old folklore of his country. The doctor told him that he had noticed his peasant patients avoided coming down with certain maladies and looked into what might be separating them from others - the answer seemed to be Chaga. So managing to get his hands on some, the protagonist of the novel takes the fungus studiously alongside his hospital treatment and does indeed make a “miraculous” recovery by the end of the story. In conclusion Chaga is rich in fibre and many essential nutrients such as iron, magnesium, potassium, manganese, calcium, and vitamin D. It is also high in antioxidants, including melanin, phenol, and flavonoids - which aid in combating oxidative stress and protect against damage caused to cells by free radicals. Due to these high levels of antioxidants, it also works as a great anti-inflammatory. As you’re sure to have gleaned from the article, Chaga can be consumed and used in a variety of different ways. We find the most economical and effective way of consuming it is in extract form - just half a teaspoon is needed to create a brilliant coffee alternative. Tinctures and sachets are convenient and easily portable consumption methods for those wanting to take their Chaga on the go. A full list of Raw Living’s Chaga products can be found here. By Reuben Wood
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Win £100 Of Superfoods For Your Community - Apply Now
UPDATE: The winner was Made in Hackney, a plant-based community cookery school and food delivery service in East London. We will be updating you with more about what they do and how we are supporting them soon. We are passionate about the power of plants to facilitate healing, and it is central to our mission to spread the magic of the herbs and foods that mother nature provides. We are always looking for new ways to do that, and so we have decided to offer a new charity partner programme, and are now open to applications from you. We are giving away £100 worth of Raw Living branded products, if you have a local charity that you know would benefit. We are particularly keen to support children and low-income families. Maybe you train a local kids' football team and you know that they would love some maca so that they can win more matches! Perhaps you volunteer to support the elderly in your community, and you want to share MSM with them to help with their mobility. Do you run a home-ed group and would love some Lion's Mane extract to help the teenagers with their exams? We don't know who's out there, but we know that there are so many people who could benefit from the amazing products that we offer, but who might see them as out of reach, because of income or just lack of awareness. So please write to us with your proposal for which Raw Living products you would love to share with your community and why, and this month, we will pick one winner to send out an exciting Raw Living package to. All we ask in return is to get some lovely feedback from your group about how they enjoyed the products and the positive impact that the prize had. We are going to trial this for July, and if we get a good response, it is something we will look at continuing. To apply, send an email to hello@rawliving.co.uk telling us about who you work with, which products you would love, and why you think your group would benefit from some Raw Living magic. T&C: You are an existing Raw Living customer (placed a minimum of 2 orders before 5th July 2022). Competition ends midnight 1st Aug 2022. We will send you the products by 5th August. The winner will receive £100 worth (full retail value) of Raw Living branded products, with free shipping included, no further discounts applicable. The winner agrees to send us at least 10 photos of the products being used and enjoyed, and at least 3 written testimonials of the positive impact that receiving the products had, by 30th Sep 2022, or you will be invoiced for the products at a discounted rate of 20% off the full price.
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Pine Needle Extract And Understanding Shikimate Pathways
What Is a Shikimate Pathway? The shikimate pathway is a series of biochemical reactions found in plants only, not animals. It's important to understand that everything happening in our bodies is conversational and interdependent, meaning that the constituent parts of the foods we intake are communicating with all the different types of cells in the body, and these conversations are ongoing. Shikimates affect our ability to manafacture critical amino acids, and also affect brain chemistry. A damaged shikimate pathway can shut down the health of the microbiome, and also means we have a harder time detoxifying heavy metals. Generally it is going to cause more degenerative and auto-immune diseases. As it is a precursor to dopamine, it can also cause depression. Although humans do not have a shikimate pathway, many strains of our gut bacteria do. Including plants that are high in shikimic acid are essential to the health of these bacteria, and so the health of the gut biome. This is a beautiful example of how plants support our health, and work synergistically with our bodies. What Is A Spike Protein? A spike protein is an antigen, created in the body by the novel virus. The experimental injections that people have been choosing to have over the last 18 months have caused the body to produce spike proteins and replicated the mechanisms of the virus. These spike proteins attach to human cells as a means of gaining entry to the cells. This is both how the novel virus spreads, and why a person who has recently received an experimental injection will be able to transmit the virus to people around them through what is being called "spike protein shedding." How Can Pine Needle Extract Help? Pine needle extract is one of the highest natural sources of shikimic acid. The health of the shikimate pathway is increased by including plant sources of shikimic acid in the diet. It will promote the health of the microbiome and reduce the risk of platelet aggregation (which leads to heart attacks and myocarditis), as well as reducing inflammation and being anti-fungal. It has also been shown that glyphosate herbicides inhibit the shikimate pathway in humans, so people who consume non-organic foods are also more at risk of imbalances in the gut microbiome, leading to associated heart conditions, auto-immune disorders, and depression. Manafacturers of Roundup and other glyphosates claim that because humans do not have the shikimate pathway in our cells, these chemicals are not toxic to us. Listen to the interview with David Barbash of Harmonic Innerprizes on our podcast here. You can find the Harmonic Innerprizes Pine Needle Extract here. Other good sources of shikimic acid stocked on Raw Living include: schizandra, triphala, gingko, and wheatgrass.
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