Top Juicer Recommendation?

We just chose at random the winner of the last RawReform Giveaway Contest, to win a signed copy of my book ‘Raw Emotions’. CONGRATULATIONS to Dianna Banzhaf, who sent in the following answer to the question ‘What is your TOP suggestion for handling food cravings?’:

“I like to do deep breathing. I count to 10 SLOWLY. And breath deeply. I then try to regain focus by doing a kundalini yoga trick by closing my eyes and focus at the brow point or ''third eye'' and if that doesn’t do the trick then I add the words Sat Nam. While inhaling I think ''Sat'' and while exhaling I think ''Nam''. It means true identity. Usually this helps me to be in the moment and remember my self and not be ''attached'' to what I think I am or ''need''.
And then of course if I still feel that I actually need a similar food, there is usually something amazing available in one of my raw cook books or ready for picking in nature that will cure it.
P.S. Thanks for the opportunity and I love all the great information you give. It is such raw love and support exuding from you both. Have a wonderful wedding and life together."
Dianna Banzhaf

THANKS Dianna – your book is winging its way to you – enjoy :) …and thanks to everyone who entered this contest – this was the biggest contest we’ve ever held in terms of entries :) I will pull out a collection soon of some of the other top suggestions sent in and post them here for everyone to enjoy :)

on June the 2nd I had:

1 quart water
big greeeeeeeeen salad: mixed leafy greens, baby tomatoes, dulse, avocado, salad dressing (almond butter, pumpkin seed butter, ACV, lemon juice, cumin powder, water), with a few flax ‘chips’ on the side, followed by a handful of Rawnola cereal
1 quart water
2 green apples with a few big handfuls of freeze–dried durian
2 cups water
30 chlorella nuts
2 cups water

OoOoOOooo, while we’re on the subject of Raw Emotions, me feeling pleased: Rory Freedman, author of the best–selling ‘Skinny Bitch’ book just read ‘Raw Emotions’ and sent over this glowing endorsement:

"Angela Stokes' journey is a beautiful miracle and she shares it so generously and articulately in Raw Emotions. Intuitive, insightful, and enlightening, this book gets to the heart of the matter in a way few 'diet' books do. It will definitely change your view on food." Rory Freedman – www.skinnybitch.net xoxoxo

Thanks Rory :)

on June the 3rd I had:

1 quart water
30 chlorella ‘nuts’
big greeeeeeeeen salad: mixed leafy greens/herbs, tomatoes, dulse, avocado, salad dressing (pistachio butter, black sesame tahini, ACV, lemon juice, cumin powder, water), with a few flax ‘chips’ on the side, followed by a handful of Rawnola cereal
1 quart water
big luscious bowl of fruit salad with carob/lucuma sauce: fresh raspberries, blackberries, cherries with freeze–dried durian pieces and a rich carob sauce made with: carob powder, lucuma, vanilla, cinnamon, water
1 quart water


There were suddenly a lot of messages from people recently asking for juicer recommendations – I guess there’s a flow to get juicier for summertime – nice ;)
I thought I’d give some general guidance about juicers here from my perspective, in case others out there have similar Qs at the moment...

In terms of great all-round juicers...it really depends what you're looking for; top of the range in most cases is going to be the Green Star or a similar twin–gear juicer. Green Stars cost abt $400 new and make very high quality juice that will keep well for abt 24 hours or more, if kept refrigerated in sealed mason jars. Twin gear juicers leave dry pulp, are great with leafy greens and are ok in terms of cleaning.
Otherwise, if you want smthg easier to clean/quicker to use, then probably the Breville Juice Fountain would be for you. The Juice Fountains are centrifugal ejection juicers and cost about $150. The feed chute for the produce is BIG, meaning you can fit whole apples in, for example, without cutting them up (saves time on food prep). The pulp comes out quite wet though and you often get unjuiced leafy greens with these kinds of juicers – they work better with things like celery, cucumbers, carrots etc than leafy greens. The juice oxidizes quicker with centrifugal ejection juicers, so it’s best to always drink it immediately. We recommend passing both the juice and the pulp through a nut milk bag, to get all the fiber out and squeeeeze more juice out of that wet leftover pulp ;)
For many people, the Norwalk Juicer is the ultimate choice. These hydraulic press machines produce juice of the most outstanding quality and the juice stores well for up to 72 HOURS in sealed jars in a fridge. Norwalks are very heavy, a little ‘clunky’ to use and cost around $2400 – no juicer compares though in terms of juice quality.
In the end, the best juicer for you tends to be the one you're actually going to USE ;) A juicer sitting in a dusty kitchen cupboard isn’t much help to anyone’s health ;)
I hope that helps...

All love,
Miss Stokes. xxx

Exhaling...

Hmmmmmm, the Rawkathon's over now... ;(
Did you enjoy it, if you listened in? I hope so...what an inspiring week of INPUT...I also kind of feel smthg like the 'exhale' today, after the massive 'inhale' all this week of wonderful info...thanks so much again to Kevin and Ann-Marie Gianni for sharing this creation with us...in recent days I have been re-inspired to FLOSS consistently (thanks, Jameth ;), keep up the algae intake (thanks, Rick ;) and to keep on loving, singing and smiling (thanks, Happy ;) The Monarch and I are actually doing a follow-up Q&A call with Kevin today (Oct 28th at 12 noon EST), which you can listen to HERE if you're signed up for the Rawkathon packages...if you miss the call when it's live, you can always listen back to it later ;)

Another thing that has been inspiring me this last week has been receiving all of your BEAUTIFUL messages containing your wishes for healing for yourselves and others, in response to the latest RawReform Giveaway...wow...thank you all for sharing such amazing messages of hope, heart and faith...we read every message sent in and have been jettisoning love back out to all your connections ;) If you have not yet sent in a message of healing and would love to do so, here are the details: just send in your A to the following Q:

"If you could lovingly heal any aspect of your life right now (or that of someone else), what would it be and why?"

One person picked at random from the entries will receive a a FREE copy of the inspiring 'Try it on Everything' DVD about the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), PLUS the Companion Book for the documentary.
Please send your answer to angela@rawreform.com. We will of course continue sending love and healing energy to all those mentioned in the messages and the winner of the DVD will be chosen at random and announced in the next RawReform newsletter.
Thanks for sharing ;)

on October the 25th I had:

1 quart water
little mug of spicy tea
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, kale, endive, fennel, carrot, ginger
2 cups energy soup with okra and flax crackers on the side, followed by yumpots ;)
little cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, kale, endive, fennel, carrot, ginger
bowl of AMAZING broccoli salad, followed by goji berry powder
3 cups water


on October the 26th I had:

1 quart water
cup of rose tea
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, kale, endive, fennel, carrot, ginger, broccoli
1.5 cups energy soup with leftover broccoli salad and nori sheets, followed by goji berry powder
cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, kale, endive, fennel, carrot, ginger, broccoli
bowl of uberlicious Shellbel cereal with pumpkin seed milk and freeze-dried mangosteen pieces – mmmmmmm
3 cups water


As Mr. Monarch announced in his most recent newsletter, his second book, ‘Raw Success’ is now ONE YEAR old :) Happy birthday, Raw Success ;)
It was officially launched at Raw Spirit Fest last year and has gone on to sell by the thousands in the last 12 months, helping all kinds of people transform their lives along the way, from raw food novices to ‘old timers’...yummy...here's smthg one reader - Allison - sent in after reading it:

"I have been reading Raw Success...finally I have answers to the questions and problems I was having on a raw diet. It makes so much sense. Based on my experience, I know that what you explain in your book is true."

Nice :) To celebrate this anniversary, Mr. M’s announced a special anniversary sale – buy ‘Raw Success’ at the moment and you can get his first book ‘Raw Spirit' for just $2 (a saving of $9.95)...you can see that offer HERE on his site if you’d like to partake...
ENJOY :)


on October the 27th I had:

1 quart water
little cup of rose tea
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, sprouts, spinach, kale, endive, fennel, carrot, ginger
1.5 cups energy soup with leftover broccoli salad and nori sheets, followed by goji berry powder
little cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, sprouts, spinach, kale, endive, fennel, carrot, ginger
bowl of delicious grawnola from Shellbel
3 cups water


on October the 28th I had:

1 quart water
shotglass of orange/pomegranate juice
25 chlorella ‘nuts’
2.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, sprouts, spinach, kale, endive, fennel, carrot, ginger
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers and pistachio butter, followed by 4 little 'yum balls' made by the Monarch (chia seed/goji berries/pine nut butter mixture rolled in lucuma/maca powders)
little cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, sprouts, spinach, kale, endive, fennel, carrot, ginger
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers and pistachio butter, followed by 4 little 'yum balls' made by the Monarch (chia seed/goji berries/pine nut butter mixture rolled in lucuma/maca powders)
3 cups water

I am falling in love with RE-BOUNDING again at the moment – SOOoOoOoOoo FUN :) I’m noticing that the nearer we get to winter-time and the colder it gets outside, the more I’m gravitating towards exercising inside...I LOVE being out in the fresh air here by the coast everyday too – I just notice that whereas a few months ago I would have enthusiastically been out in the hills/down by the ocean in the sun for hours at a time, now it’s more like a brisk walk, wrapped in many layers and the rebounder is taking over as the main exercise of choice for me ;)
We were SO blessed to pick this rebounder up at a car boot sale (like a big swap-meet/garage sale) recently for £5 (around $10) :O LOVE it :) Those of you who have been reading here for a while may recall that last year we picked up a Breville Juice Fountain at a similar sale for £1 ($2) – LOL – I LOVE these kind of gatherings for picking up bargains like these – I would SO recommend it...there nearly ALWAYS seems to be people selling juicers at these events – you know the kind of story: they bought it, used it a few times and it’s been in the kitchen cupboard ever since ;) Fine opportunity for a raw foodie to step in, pick up a bargain and re-distribute it to a home that will use it, perhaps ;) ...mostly they tend to be centrifugal juicers (like the Juice Fountain) at these sales (I’ve yet to see a twin gear or Norwalk, for example ;) – still, a juicer is a juicer, especially for someone getting started on a journey of improved health...
As for our yummy new rebounder – it was the same kind of story from the sweet young couple who sold us that – they bought it, used it a few times, then it sat in their garage for about a year (waiting for us ;) – it has since been in use every day since we got it... ;) I LOVE rebounding...I love how after I’ve been on there for a while, I start to notice how the slightest adjustment in the way I’m jumping/moving impacts my physique in a slightly different way – it’s SO subtle, yet feels so great, stretching this bit, moving that bit there, letting the oxygen edge just a little deeper into this tissue here and so on...YUMMY :)

One love, we love, our love, your love, all love,
Angelalalalaa. xxx

'Urban' Raw Foodism...

MMmmmmmmm, yumminess abounding…have you been listening to the free Raw Summit calls…? Hope you’ve enjoyed the sharing so far – I’m impressed with it – I think Kevin’s such a great interviewer – I love how he delves into stuff that doesn’t always get covered in interviews – a rare talent ;) Tomorrow night (Wednesday the 15th) is Matt Monarch’s talk (yay;) then mine, somewhat appropriately, the day after, on Thursday – hope you can make it along for the calls. Remember too that if you miss the calls when they air (8pm EST each day) you can still listen to them FREE for the following 24 hours, until the next call goes out…if you are still yet to sign up, or want to read more, click HERE…enjoy ;)

On August the 12th I had:

1.5 litres water
500ml rejuvelac
tiny glass of orange juice
big glass of amazing courgette (zucchini) juice, followed by lashings of green ‘garden’ juice with apple
bowl of ground chia seed blended with banana and mulberries
bits of raw chocs and treats, sprout/greens salad with tomato sauce, apple pie and herbal tea at a raw potluck
2 litres water

We manifested such a bargain today – a Breville Juice Fountain Juicer for £1 ($2) at a car boot sale (like a big swap-meet/garage sale with many vendors in one field, selling things from the trunks of their cars) :O…wow…we’ve been using the tiny little random centrifugal juicer I bought my Dad years ago for the past few days…the Juice Fountain feels like SUCH an improvement – we are so blessed – we’d been talking about buying a new one for the house, then while out jogging, found ourselves at a huge sale, where the juicer sat waiting for us near the entrance…the Juice Fountain is one of those amazing juicers with a HUGE hole for the produce, so we can literally juice whole apples in one go – much less chopping involved – almost none in fact – it’s SO fast…I love it…see HERE for more info on them...we’ve been juicing whole giant courgettes (zucchini) – if you’ve never tried that juice straight, I’d highly recommend it – it is so smooth and milky – yummmm…

on August the 13th I had:

1.5 litres water
300ml rejuvelac
tiny glass of orange/grapefruit juice
800ml veggie juice
big bowl of salad with greens, dulse, sprouts, red pepper and flax seed/tomato dressing
400ml rose/chamomile tea
500ml water
500ml courgette (zucchini) juice
3 peaches
sprinkling of spirulina sticks
bowl of ground chia seeds blended with apple juice & bananas, swirled with mulberries and pine nuts
2 litres water

I was speaking with Rob from Funky Raw the other day and he said he no longer buys greens – he picks all his own – and he lives in CENTRAL LONDON – now, that is SO inspiring for me as a raw-foodist-forager-wannabe…imagine…freshly picked wild food is SO much more vital than shop-bought/days-old/limp/ produce that’s possibly been flown many miles…even if it IS organic ;) It strikes me often that most of what’s going on with the raw food movement at the moment seems so 'urban' – it’s recipe books and appliances and beautiful restaurants and so on – rather than foraging and getting your hands dirty and composting ;) Well, it is what it is…I know for me that my heart and body resonate a lot more towards simplicity though, in my truth…and tuned-in foraging skills would be SO exciting to me…hmmmmm…Rob says he’ll be heading up some foraging walks at the Funky Raw Festival which starts on August the 22nd, near Portsmouth...nice…more details HERE…

One Love,
Angela. xxx