photo by Sesselja Maria When I had the privilege to hang out with Brigitte Mars at Denver VegFest and Health Expo a few weeks ago, she passed along a bit of her wisdom.
On of which was cloves. If you have not so fresh breath, place a clove in your mouth and park it between your cheek and teeth. Brigitte told me hers can last in her mouth for most of the day. She chews on it for a minute or two and parks it.
I couldn't help but continue to chew the ones she gave me from her tiny container. I guess I need more practice.
Cloves are the immature unopened flower buds of a tropical tree. It's flavor is a sweetly pungent, astringent and strongly aromatic. Cloves are said to have a positive effect on stomach ulcers, vomiting, flatulence and stimulating the digestive system.
1.One thing the world doesn’t know about me is I lived for 2 ½ years in a teepee off wild edible plants. My daughter Rainbeau (on the cover of David Wolfe's Eating for Beauty) was born in the teepee under a double rainbow.
2. I am most proud of my two daughters, Sunflower and Rainbeau.
3. My biggest achievement is writing my books — Rawsome!, The Sexual Herbal, Beauty by Nature and The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine.
4. A perfect day is making love (married 33 years!), beaches, papayas, mangoes, watermelon, rainbows, friends.
5. Chia seeds are my favorite superfood.
6. Boulder, Colorado is the most beautiful place on earth.
7. If I could be any animal it would be a dragon.
8. My hidden talents are I speak French and I can identify thousands of plants and their Latin binomials and what they are used for.
9. If I could share a raw dinner with any four people, they would be Jesus, Donovan, Peter Himmelman and Jimi Hendrix.
10. The computer is my favorite invention.
Brigitte Mars is a raw herbalist from Boulder, Colorado with over thirty-five years experience in natural medicine. She is the author of Addiction Free Naturally; Sex, Love and Health; The HempNut Cookbook; Rawsome, and Healing Herbal Teas.
On Saturday, I volunteered for the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center at the first annual Denver VegFest and Health Expo.
The fest was at the new Ritz-Carlton hotel.
Very nice and elegant, as it should be. I got to tell you I was one lucky girl.
Author and raw foodist Brigitte Mars
and Shari of Two Moms In the Raw shared the booth with me and I have to tell you folks these women are absolutely remarkable.
If you haven't tried Two Moms in the Raw granola or sea crackers, you are majorly missing out. They are 100% raw and organic and 200% delicious.
She gifted me a bag of my favorite granola(the Goji berry mix) and I'm going to create something tasty ( As soon as I find my bag. I think the kids swiped it as soon as I came home).
I have always been a fan of Brigitte, author of one of my favorite raw books Rawsome.
When my husband and I first went raw back in the day, we took an raw Asian class from Brigitte. She is very beautiful, vibrant and youthful. Spending time with her gives you such a wonderful positive energy. She is a great lady. My camera battery died about 10 minutes into its usage so I didn't get to take too many photos. A few raw booths were at the festival. I'm excited to report that there will be a new restaurant in Denver that will serve Organic, vegetarian, vegan and raw food. The restaurant, Solar, is located at 2615 Welton St., in the Historic Five Points area. Fatima, owner of Solar was on hand at the fest, offering raw falafels balls, wraps, desserts. Of course, this was the point where my camera went kaput. Here were a few of the other raw or semi-raw booths.
I was at the festival promoting Dr. by Gabriel Cousens' new book "There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+Program."
In my excitement of the event I forgot to purchase my copy of the book. My mother and aunt both have diabetes and it was something I wanted them to take a look at. I am every interested in Dr. Cousens approach to introducing non-raw eaters into eating raw.
I have been eating a mostly raw diet for 4 years now and my mother still looks at me like I'm eating something from outer space. It's just broccoli mom.
To be fair, she has started drinking green smoothies. You gotta crawl before you can walk.
A little birdy told me that Dr. Cousens was asked to speak at next year's event. That will very exciting if it happens.
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