Looking for a whole new approach to weight loss, health, and beauty without necessarily going all raw or strictly vegetarian? Welcome to Raw Food Life Force Energy

According to top nutritionist Natalia Rose, everyone is entitled to a beautiful lean body, youthful radiant skin, abundant energy, and a state of natural bliss. The secret is tapping into the ultimate source of well-being—Life Force Energy. If we can properly harness and increase our Life Force Energy through simple dietary and environmental principles, and therefore cleanse and bring our bodies back to their natural, harmonious frequency, we can experience radically improved levels of health, beauty, and happiness.

Raw Food Life Force Energy is entirely compatible with the principles laid out in Rose's previous book, The Raw Food Detox Diet, but presents her diet-lifestyle in an excitingly progressive framework that reminds us that we are not just physical bodies, but dynamic beings who thrive on harmonious high vibrations and Life Force Energy. Rose presents four fundamental energy principles and practical applications, leading us to the best sources of natural energy—such as raw fruits and vegetables, sunlight, and fresh air, to name a few. These principles lay the groundwork for Rose's comprehensive 21-day program, followed by more than seventy original, mouthwatering recipes that range from healthful cooked fish dishes to raw vegetarian soups, entrees, and desserts to accommodate all levels of raw food energy dieters.

Rose offers a new vision of how to honor and revitalize our bodies and become powerfully attractive inside and out. Raw Food Life Force Energy shows us how to break out of our destructive, energy-draining patterns of poor eating, unsuccessful dieting, and stressful living to lift ourselves to a whole new stratosphere of well-being.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 21 reviews)

Recovering muffin addict

I purchased this book 1 week after the birth of my 4th baby. All of my kids are under 4 and I wanted a book that would provide information on how to live my best life through diet and exercise. I am on the 18th day of the 21, although I will continue the diet for as long as it feels good to me. I wake up every morning very tired (newborns will do that to you), yet after my green lemonade (recipe in book) I feel so full of life. I actually crave this drink and make it for my husband which he drinks grudgingly but does it because it makes him feel good. My 2 year old enjoys it too.
For me it has taken all this time to really wrap my head around the "quick exit food combinations" and I could see how maybe someone who is looking for a quick and easy weight loss book might find it difficult. Food combining is a new concept to me and although very simple it is new and took time to learn.
I have thought about going raw before but all the dehydrators scared me and I never wanted to try after reading a few pages of a raw book. This book has very easy recipes and requires no dehydrating or soaking. It does take time to prepare fresh things (like salads) but I personally enjoy that type of prepping. I do spend a fair amount of time at the market buying fresh fruit and veggies (this diet requires a lot of them) but I look at it as something I am doing for myself and that feels good. It is also ok to eat cooked meals on this diet and even meat. I eat cooked fish for dinner several times a week.
I have lost 5 pounds and 4 inches off my waist so far. But best of all I feel great and I have more energy to take care of my kids (who try to suck the life right out of me). I bought Natalias other book which I have also enjoyed reading. I use the two books inter-changeably.
I should also add that before this book I was heavily addicted to any type of baked good and ice cream. I went 10 days without really missing them and then at a bday party broke down and ate more chocolate cake then a person should. But after the cake I felt like crap and I realized that I prefer the way I feel and look when I eat healthy and delicious fresh foods. I think being thin feels better then chocolate cake tastes. I am sure I will still eat cake once in a while but while strolling past the fresh baked muffins at the market I was happy to not feel the pull toward it and thought about how it would feel vs. how it would taste. (This is huge for me!)
Lastly, people keep commenting on how great my skin looks and how well rested I look. I know this is due to the fresh, high vibrating foods I am consuming and have to laugh because believe me, I am far from rested.
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September 17, 2008

Best Raw Food Book I've Read Yet

This is a fantasic, simple, gentle way to improve your eating habits. I enjoyed the approach in every way. Buy this book and her other book as your first stop on the way to raw eating.
September 14, 2008

Natalia Rose is a Gem!

Four months ago I was at the park with my son after school, feeling cranky and exhausted as usual, dying for 6:30 to roll around so I could fix myself a cocktail and cook dinner, signalling the end of another long grueling day.
I turned to one of the other mothers and said in desperation "is this all that's left of life? Tired by mid-afternoon?" My friend shrugged. I started looking for ways to increase my energy and found Natalia Rose's RAW FOOD DETOX DIET. I have felt better and better since. This is the book of her philosophy of where life force comes from. It's a little fruity but loving and helpful. She encourages people to take what they can from her words and live a better life. So far I have.
July 24, 2008

Very Inspiring

I love her books because she inspires me to keep moving in the raw direction. I love that she refers to the idea that eating raw integrates spirit with the body.
June 17, 2008

Revelations

After reading this book I felt a little confused, kind of after I read Unified Field theory by Hildreth Atkins.
Just like that book goes against conventional physics, this book goes against some very traditional and well established raw food teachings.

This book is a combination of String theory with Daoism. Her explanations on how lifeforce flows and the energy that we see in everyday life basically puts George Lucas to shame. I am basically totally sick of going to nutrition books and reading the same crap. 4kcal for carbs, 9 for fats, ect... Rose basicalliy breaks all that stuff down into words that an average Raw Food dieter can better understand.

Her thoughs on the different frequencies and energies of food was in my opinion revolutionary. I am also glad that she decided to include some fish recipies and other non-plant based proteins. She is correct in saying that consuming these foods have the resonant vibrations of death and fear, however as well all know these emotions and feelings are all part of life, and in a way by eating them we are somehow conquering them. Also, the japanese have very high consumption of raw foods and they have a well studied and documented highest life expectancy in the planet. It was very gutsy of her to incorporate this into her second book and in my opinion, totally right.

Some reviewers of the book feel that the book is informative and good basics for the raw food starters. Some also feel that some of her advice can somehow be selectively followed, and that is not the case. Immagine doing the Atkins diet and eating carbs. That does not make any sense. You have to follow the diet to the letter.

I think that the more controversial part of the book is her reccomended use of colonics. Colonics are very common in the medical field. In a lot of cases they are curative. Such as in patients who present volvulus or impactation. So if doctors use these procedures to cure patietns why not incorporate this into your ever day life. An amateur phylosophist may counter, "too much of anything is not good for you". And I would rebuttle, "how about brushing your teeth?". Is brushing your teeth after every meal too much? The answer is obviously No.

I personally tried very hard to follow this diet to the letter. However I had some family issues and shamefully fell of the wagon when I went to McDonalds and ate a Double Quarter Pounder with cheese. I immediately went back to the green lemonades and raw vegetables and started feeling better about a week later. So stuff like this happens to everybody.

I totally reccomend this book and the only reason I did not give it 5 stars is because of that internet rumor that said that the cover of her book has some biblical implications.

April 23, 2008

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