"What are Superfoods?"

By Puma St. Angel

The word vegetarian has only recently become more of a mainstream word. Vegetarian food is just beginning to be offered in restaurants as main entrees and now you can even find a few vegetarian restaurants in a city. Then, the word and concept of veganism started circulating; and now Raw Foods. What happened to the traditional meat & potatoes diet? When I told people that I was a Raw Food Vegan it was a far off concept for people to grasp but one that is so cutting edge people couldn’t help but to be very curious about it.

The Raw Food movement has exploded in the last 10 years drawing hundreds of thousands of people all over the world into its magic. Have you noticed that everything seems to be moving at a much faster pace?

Well with this faster pace, we need the fuel to help us move faster to keep up with everything that’s happening! The meat & potatoes diet just isn’t going to make the final cut for the Super Hero diet. Have you ever noticed that when we need new tools to continue our evolutionary process, they seem to appear; like the computer and internet? It’s no coincidence that Super Foods are hitting the market now, to fuel us to handle the fast paced transformational times we are currently experiencing.

Super foods are those “foods that have a dozen or more unique properties, not20just one or two. For example, the Goji berry is a source of complete protein, immune-stimulating polysaccharides, liver-cleansing betaine, anti-aging sesquiterpenes, antioxidants, over twenty trace minerals, and much, much more.” David Wolfe, Superfoods Today with all our technology, we have the ability to have access to the world’s best foods. Wouldn’t it make sense to make a smoothie everyday that contains 2 or more superfoods in it? Considering the fact that one superfood smoothie would probably contain more nutrients and minerals in it than 2 days worth of the standard American meal, isn’t it a no-brainer! For us here at One Spirit Weekend headquarters it is a daily regimen.

We are living in a time when we need all the ammo we can get, in the smallest package possible, to fuel us to be th e Super Hero Leaders that we are. Here is a basic recipe for a superfood smoothie. From this recipe you can add more fruit or nut butters such as raw almond, cashew or pecan butter.

Protein Power Punched Superfood Smoothie 2 cups water or coconut water + meat 2 Tbsp. coconut butter ¼ cup hemp seeds 2 Tbsp. cacao powder 1 Tbsp. Maca 1 Tbsp. Spirulina 3 Tbsp. Aloe Vera Juice 3 Tbsp. Raw Honey, Yacon or Jerusalem Artichoke syrup. ¼ c. goji berries or ½ c. Blueberries or any other kind of berry. Pinch of Pink Himalayan Salt

Place all the ingredients in a blender. Blend and enjoy!

Puma St.=2 0Angel Puma & her husband, Morgan are the co-Founders of One Spirit Weekend and the co-creators of Grace Grove Retreat Center. http://www.gracegrove.com Together they create sacred space to guide people through life transformative processes. They have developed programs that help their clients find meaning and abundance in their lives while working from a place of intuitive knowingness. Puma is skilled in guiding people through physical cleansing, integrating healthy dietary habits and implementing sustainable life practices.

Sending Healing energy your way. Blessings. Rebecca

Rebecca Astara Stuchen

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