LAYING THE FOUNDATION TONIC

Every day. For 100 days. First thing in the morning, takes about 10 minutes, including the time it takes to rinse out the blender.

8 oz. Distilled Water (I normally heat it up, but it's optional)
1 tsp. Organic Maca powder
1/2 tsp. Spirulina powder
15 or so Heaven Mountain Goji Berries
2 grams Dragon Herbs Schizandra e-Tee
3 droppers full Dragon Herbs Wild Reishi
3 droppers full Dragon Herbs House Ginseng
8 oz. Goodbelly Juice Probiotic
Blendtech Blender (other blenders work too!)

Step 1 : Put Maca, Spirulina, Goji, and Schizandra in blender.
Step 2 : Add Distilled Water
Step 3 : Hit the Whole Juice button
Step 4 : Pour Goodbelly into glass and stir in Reishi and Ginseng while blender is going.
Step 5 : Pour blender concoction on top of Goodbelly concoction.
Step 6 : Chug. Then jump around like you're Rocky Balboa.

Cooking for Healing and Wellness
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The follow-up to our Food Healing Introduction, we will show you how to apply the basic principles of eating based on the season, organs you want to tonify, time of preparation and the deliciousness you want to taste. Arrive with an appetite as we create and sample:

* Immune-boosting tonic packed with superfoods and probiotics
* Warming soup that is both easy to prepare and satisfying
* Potent eye-healing salad filled with raw goodness
* Easy breakfast plate that is both nourishing and flavorful
* Veggie chili for protein and easy integration of bitter veggies
* Dessert that tastes so good, people can't believe it's healing!

I know what you're thinking. Yes. Everything will be prepared from scratch right before your very eyes, and during preparation, you will learn the healing properties of the foods you will taste. Irene Caguinguin facilitates this event.

2-Day Food Healing Seminar - "Nourishing Your Life"
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School of Healing Arts
1001 Grand Avenue, San Diego CA 92109
Two full days for only $99

You will learn how to use:

* Specific foods to reverse specific diseases
* Breathing techniques that flood the body with oxygen
* Tonic herbs and oils to enhance vitality and boost immunity

Learn how to create profound health through the POWERFUL SYNERGY of specific foods, tonic herbs and breathing techniques.

Kai Van Bodegom-Smith facilitates this event.

Introduction to Food Healing
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$25 with online pre-registration, $45 at the door.

This informative seminar is a great first step to using foods already in your refrigerator for specific conditions and diseases. Based on the Naturopathic Medicine, Chinese Taoist Nutrition and Ayurvedic Principles, we will explore the different ways you can mindfully eat to improve your health and maintain wellness!

The seminar is divided into two parts:

- a food healing lecture exploring different aspects of our environment, nutrition, and their relationships to some of the most prevalent diseases we are encountering today.

- a demonstration of the uses of some of the most common food items found in your local grocery's produce section and a sampling of a couple of delicious smoothies that allow for easy incorporation of specific foods for specific conditions.

Irene Caguinguin facilitates this event.

For ingredients, intend on buying organic when possible.

EASY STEEL-CUT OATMEAL BREAKFAST

This recipe is extremely healing and filling at the same time, giving your body a fiber boost for your fist meal. The raisins provide a great sweetness and is a great source of vitamins. The goji berries are good for its high phytochemical and vitamin content. The walnuts are good for brain function and has a high content of essential fats for the body. Cinammon is good for balancing your blood sugar and is a good source of chromium. Steel cut oatmeal takes time, so you can pre-make enough for a few days, and store it in the fridge.

4 cups distilled water
1 cup steel cut oats, as prepared below
Handful of raisins
Handful of raw walnuts
Handful of goji berries
Dash of cinnamon
Almon Milk (to taste)

Step 1 : Pour 4 cups of distilled water into a pot
Step 2 : Add 1 cup steel cut oats
Step 3 : If preparing the night before, simmer 1 minute. Cover pot and store overnight in the refrigerator. If preparing the same day, bring to a boil, then simmer in really low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally
Step 4 : If cooking pre-made refrigerated version, take the portion you want to eat, then cook in almond milk for 9-12 minutes (for thicker oatmeal, add less almond milk). If preparing the same day, add almond milk and continue simmering for 10 more minutes
Step 5 : On top of your oatmeal, add raisins, goji berries, walnuts and cinnamon. Enjoy!

9-CLOVE HEALING PESTO

This recipe is so easy to make, with total preparation time of 10 minutes. This pesto can easily be used as a dip and is a great way to have raw spinach. Using less garlic will improve your love life, but will be less effective on your health.

9 cloves garlic, peeled
3 large stalks of basil
1/2 bag of Trader Joe's Organic Baby Spinach
large handful of roasted almonds (raw is also okay)
olive oil (enough to cover the blades of the blender)
sea salt (to taste)

Step 1 : Pour olive oil into blender
Step 2 : Place all other ingredients into blender, leaving almonds for last
Step 3 : Pulse a few times until ingredients are finely chopped and combined. If you want a creamier pesto, blend ingredients in one smoothie setting.
Step 4 : Be prepared to do the pesto dance!

BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

Another recipe that is so easy to make, with total preparation time of 5 minutes and cooking time of 60 minutes with minimal attention. It combines various food items that regulate digestion and warm the body. This soup is great to serve during the winter months (or any months, in my book).

half gallon distilled water
1 medium butternut squash
3 - 5 cloves garlic
1 large onion
sea salt (to taste)
3 cloves cardamom
dill (a few dashes)
oregano (a few dashes)
cashews (a handful, if you prefer a creamy soup)
2-3 spring onion stalks (for garnish)

Step 1 : Cut butternut squash into large cubes, removing only the stem on top but leaving skin and seeds.
Step 2 : Dice up garlic and leave for a few minutes to allow the nutrients to synthesize.
Step 3 : Cut onion into large slices.
Step 4 : Place all ingredients in a large pot, making sure the water covers the ingredients with about an inch of water on top. Place large pot on stove top.
Step 5 : Bring to a boil, then add sea salt, cardamom, dill and oregano. Boil for another 15 minutes, taste the broth and add more salt, if necessary.
Step 6 : When butternut squash is completely soft, turn the fire off. Allow to cool for about 20 minutes.
Step 7 : Carefully transfer to blender, making sure to fill only half of the blender canister at a time. There should be both food and liquid for every batch you blend. Loosen the vent hole on top of the blender cover and place a kitchen cloth on top before blending to prevent really hot fluids from splashing.
Step 8 : CAREFULLY blend on smoothie setting once, making sure that the lid is held down firmly.
Step 9 : For the final batch, add the cashews before blending and mix all batches together. Use sliced green onion as garnish.

tilapia marinating

7-HERB TILAPIA GOODNESS

Tilapia is considered to be one of the best fishes because of its low mercury content. Super easy to prepare, yet delicious enough that you can pretend to have spent hours preparing it. This recipe is a great way to integrate the 7 recommended herbs into your dinner.

6 tilapia fillets, room temperature
1 cup coconut oil, melted
1 bulb garlic
4-inch piece of ginger
cilantro (enough to season all fillets)
rosemary (enought to season all fillets)
basil (enough to season all fillets)
mint (enough to garnish all fillets)
turmeric (dash on each side of fillet)
sea salt (to taste)
1 piece citrus fruit (lemon, lime, orange or grapefruit)

Step 1 : Mince garlic, ginger, basil, cilantro and mint
Step 2 : Take rosemary leaves off stem
Step 3 : Coat all tilapia fillets with coconut oil, then season with garlic, ginger, cilantro, rosemary, basil, turmeric and sea salt. Make sure to get both sides.
Step 4 : Cut citrus fruit and squeeze juice on both sides of fish
Step 5 : Allow to sit for a 20 minutes in room temperature
Step 6 : In low heat, melt the remaining coconut oil in a pan
Step 7 : Place fish, marinade and all into the covered pan. Cook in extra low simmer for 30 minutes.
Step 8 : Serve, pouring sauce over the fish as you distribute
Step 9 : Yell "Tilapia!" as you rejoice in the yumminess

shown here lunch-ready, over lightly steamed asparagus

Check out this New York Times video on the biology of food cravings. “Every time you eat a craved food, you’re reinforcing that craving.” ~Marcia Pelchat, Food Scientist, Monell Chemical Senses Center

THE ANSWER IS GARLIC!!!

Yes, garlic, that old standby.  It contains some very powerful chemicals that block certain viruses and mutated cells (like cancer) from proliferating in your body.

A whole clove of garlic is, in itself, nothing special.  But once it's been chewed, sliced or crushed, the garlic smells a different story (pun was very intended there folks).  This is because the antiviral properties of garlic is activated when its two main chemical components combine.  So, if you're using garlic to protect yourself from the flu, it's best to ingest it right after its been sliced or crushed.

*For this purpose, I recommend slicing the garlic right before you eat it, then just add it raw to the cooked foods that you are eating.*

If you allow sliced/crushed garlic to sit for a little while longer, don't you fret!  The chemical that is then produced after a period of time is the one that's been proven to inhibit the proliferation of various cancer cells.  So if you're protecting yourself from cancer, or if you're a survivor getting your immunity back in shape, it's best to allow the sliced/crushed garlic to sit for a few minutes before consuming it raw.

Want to learn more specifics?  Want to know about the different scientific research done with garlic?  Want to know this kind of detail about other super foods that will make your immune system stronger? Then check back and register for our next Food Healing Workshop.

...about our FOOD HEALING WORKSHOPS

"What a blessing to meet both of you.  I am looking forward to using the center and exploring a new way of healing."  Lynn (San Diego, CA)

"I wanted to thank you and Kai for the excellent workshop on Saturday." Judy (San Diego, CA)

"I also want to thank both you and Kai for the wonderful two days.  I learned so much and I am very excited and ready to get on with it." Helen (San Diego, CA)

CONQUERING ANY DISEASES BOOK

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* High-Phytochemical Diet is the Solution to Most Disease
* Specific Foods - Reverse - Specific Diseases
* 4 hours of life-changing wisdom on Blending & Cooking
* 125 Page Manual gives all the knowledge you need

A powerful dynamic presentation into the power of Food Healing. Someday... the medical system will know the micronized 3 horsepower blended smoothie (yummy) to be the greatest source of natural healing on the planet! Until that day comes, give your body what it craves:  
A Super High-Phytochemical Diet!

Includes time-proven "Specific" food healing guidelines for helping the body naturally reverse Cancer and Tumors, All forms of Heart Disease, Diabetes Type 1 & 2, and Autism!! Also provides the keys for: Allergy, Anemia, Arthritis, Asthma, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Poor Blood Circulation, Chronic Fatigue-Fibromyalgia, Colds, Coughs, Flu Virus, Constipation & Digestive, Depression, Eye Diseases & Poor Vision, Infertility, Insomnia, Kidney Stones, Liver Diseases, Menopause & Andropause, Migraines, Osteoporosis, Prostate Disorders, Sexual Problems, Thyroid Problems & Weight loss.

Most importantly this way of eating is "realistic" and will keep you healthy for a lifetime!

SMOOTHIE FORMULA BOOK

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*Food-Healing wisdom into delicously crafted smoothies
*Awesome Tasting Smoothies Everytime
*Covers Common Diseases with Appropriate Smoothies
*Works Best as Companion to:  Conquering ANY Disease

The most powerful medicine comes from the foods in your grocery store. Smoothie Formulas is based on the teachings of our renowned Food-Healing system. For years people asked for specific recipes and this inspired Anne Jinnett to make smoothie formulas. Its been updated 5 times and each recipe, even the more serious ones for cancer - all have been tested to taste good! Each formula was fine tuned to perfection by blending connoisseir and longtime student of Naturopathic Food-Healing, Anne Jinnett. Following the teachings in our 125 page manual and DVDs is a LOT EASIER WITH THIS BOOK. Together Anne and Jeff crafted Smoothie Formulas based on Naturopathic teachings for: Type 1 & 2 Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Cleansing Plaque form the Arteries, Chronic Fatigue, and much more.

*all information below is from Dragon Herbs

WILD REISHI DROPS

Reishi Mushroom is currently recognized as one of the most important and beneficial tonic herbs in the world.

Dragon Herbs has developed a relationship with local herb collectors in the high altitude regions of Chiangbai Mountain, the Di Tao (original) source of Reishi. These mushrooms are not planted or wildcrafted by humans. They grow where they will, where they are perfectly suited, and as a result develop great power.

Originally, however, Reishi was of course collected in the wild. Reishi has been the most revered herb in Asia since pre-historic times. Sages and emperors sought this herb to confer health, well being, good fortune and wisdom. Wild Reishi is a very rare herb. It is not possible to collect very large amounts of it. It is special because it is totally natural. In the wild, it is a superb collector of Qi and Shen energy. It is called the “Herb of Spiritual Potency” and the“Mushroom of Immortality.”

HOUSE GINSENG DROPS

House Ginseng is a potent herbal extract made from our naturally grown, very high quality house Ginseng, grown in the famous Chiangbai Mountains of northeastern China (Manchuria). The roots used to produce Dragon Herbs House Ginseng are eight years old and are from the same region as Shu Chu Ginseng and Emperor Preserved Ginseng. Some go through a simple steaming process with Jujube Dates, resulting in RedGinseng. Others are simply sun dried, resulting in White Ginseng. Both Red and White Ginseng are used to make Dragon Herbs House Ginseng. Processing is done in a village near the Ginseng plantation under the watchful eye of a longtime Dragon Herbs agent.

It is extracted and made into a tincture using a special process to assure complete extraction of the active ingredients of both White and Red Ginseng. It has superb Ginseng flavor and provides a broad range of ginsenosides. It is a perfectly balanced Ginseng product suitable to most people and may be used indefinitely as an adaptogenic supplement.

GOJI AND SCHIZANDRA DROPS

Individually, both herbs are among the elite tonic herbs in the world. More than three thousand years of keen observation by master herbalists have led to the conclusion that these two tonic herbs have a synergy that makes them even better when combined. And luckily, they happen to taste amazing together, especially when made from extraordinary, freshly harvested fruit.

Goji and Schizandra berries are much more than mere fruits. They are used in tonic herbalism, the art of longevity and radiant health, as key tonic herbs, on par with Ginseng and Reishi Mushroom. Goji and Schizandra possess properties beyond those of normal fruits, and even most true so-called superfruits.

According to the great Taoist Master Sung Jin Park, the blend can restore youthfulness, slow down aging, invigorate all twelve meridians, increase vitality, calm the nerves, nourish and cleanse our blood, protect the liver, strengthen the mind, improve sexual functioning for both men and women, improve respiratory functions and beautify the skin.

SCHIZANDRA
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Schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) is a bright red fruit that is a famous tonic historically used as a longevity herb and as a superior adaptogenic herb.

Schizandra is said to be an excellent sexual tonic when consumed regularly. It is reputed to help produce abundant sexual fluids, increase sexual endurance and to strengthen the whole body.

The fruit, which is the part used, is rich in very potent antioxidant compounds. These antioxidants protect and detoxify the body. It is highly protective to the liver, and also helps protect the heart, brain and kidneys. Schizandrin B, has significant anti-inflammatory action. Inflammation is now believed to be a central cause of aging. It also helps protect the thymus gland.

As a liver tonic, Schizandra is extremely effective at purifying the blood and helping to eliminate toxins from the body without causing any side effects. Schizandra contains dozens of lignins that help remove toxins from the liver and then from the body. It aids in both phase I and phase II toxin removal from the body, and is thus a quintessential body purifying agent because it rids the body of dangerous toxins without causing any side effects.

*all information below is from Dragon Herbs

HEAVEN MOUNTAIN GOJI BERRIES

Millions of people throughout Asia consume Goji berries every day for both their unique, satisfying flavor, and for their health benefits. In China’s first herbal encyclopedia, Shen Nong’s Materia Medica, written in the 1st century B.C., Goji was classified as a “superior tonic,” a class of herbs that people should take on an on-going basis to preserve youth and to promote general well being of life. Goji’s superior tonic classification has stood the test of time. Two thousand years later, Goji berries are still being consumed regularly throughout Asian civilizations for those purported reasons. We now know that Goji berries are a “high-ORAC” antioxidant-rich superfruit featuring important phytochemicals such a beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, betaine, polysaccharides (LBPs), trace minerals and vitamins.

Heaven Mountain® Goji Berries are plump, juicy, naturally sweet, and absolutely delicious. Unlike other Gojis on the market, Heaven Mountain® Goji Berries are sweeter, fleshier and have less seeds. They have a much higher moisture level which contributes to their texture as plump and juicy.

LONGAN FRUIT*

Longan is a wonderful and delicious tonic fruit used by the Chinese as a blood tonic, to build energy, to nurture the Heart, and to add luster and beauty to the skin. It is believed among the Chinese people that Longan is not only great for the skin but also a fantastic sex tonic for women, but it is also beneficial for men. It is believed to have a calming effect and to add radiance to the skin and eyes.

Longan is often combined with other blood tonics such as Dang Gui and White Peony to build blood. It has a high organic iron content, about twenty times that of grapes and fifteen times that of spinach. Longan promotes peripheral circulation, warming up cold hands and feet.

*Information based on The Ancient Wisdom of the Chinese Tonic Herbs by Ron Teeguarden

SPRING DRAGON LONGEVITY TEA

Gynostemma is traditionally consumed as a tea, just like green tea. It is delicious as well. In Asia, Gynostemma is considered to be

· Invigorating (does not cause hyperactivity– not a stimulant)
· Calming (promotes a sense of peace – not a sedative)
· Anti-aging (antioxidant and more)
· Anti-inflammatory (not as a medicine, but to help reduce the factors that cause low grade, sub-clinical chronic inflammation experienced by all humans)
· Immune-regulating (not as a medicine, but to help support the normal healthy functioning of various immune functions)
· A respiratory tonic (improve respiratory efficiency)
· A digestive aid (Gynostemma is very soothing)

The ultimate greatness of Gynostemma lies in its broad spectrum adaptogenic (stress modulating) quality. Adaptogenic herbs improve the efficiency of the metabolic, neurological, immunologic, respiratory and endocrine systems. Prolonged consumption of Gynostemma tends to have a highly protective quality because it strengthens the adaptive capacity of the person at every level of their life.

BLENDTEC TOTAL BLENDER

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A must-have compliment to the Food Healing System, this 3-horsepower blender is portable and is the most inexpensive blender of this kind on the market.  You have seen the unique square jar before; for years blending professionals have used Blendtec machines in the best coffee shops, juice bars, gyms, and restaurants around the world. Blendtec machines are known for producing the best, most consistent results in taste and texture. With the Total Blender, you will enjoy the same great results in your home!

Total Blender comes with our exclusive Smart-Touch Tec-nology™ which means when a cycle button is pushed, the Total Blender automatically speeds up and slows down, then shuts off when the cycle is complete, so recipes turn out perfect every time