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HAWAII’S MAGAZINE FOR A HEALTH CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY AND PLANET

JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2016

annual Food & nutrition issue

now included!

BiG islanD

pAgE 29

Macrobiotic Superfoods

Health Benefits of Juicy

Foods

Intuitive Eating

Coconut Cream Cheese Stacker

from Maka by ManaCreated by Chef Sha’anan

see PaGe 22

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HAWAII’S MAGAZINE FOR A HEALTH CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY AND PLANET

JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2016

annual Food & nutrition issue

now included!

BiG islanD

pAgE 29

Macrobiotic Superfoods

Health Benefits of Juicy

Foods

Intuitive Eating

Coconut Cream Cheese Stacker

from Maka by ManaCreated by Chef Sha’anan

see PaGe 22

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As we begin a new year, we are excited to announce the expansion of Living Aloha into several new regions. We’re grateful that Maui has embraced Living Aloha Magazine and can’t wait to share our publication with the Big Island, Kauai and several coastal communities on the mainland as the year progresses. There is a growing interest in becoming part of a health-conscious world and we are committed to providing information that not only informs you, but gives you the motivation to take action.

We value all of you for reading and helping to spread the word. By supporting local businesses and being aware of your carbon footprint when you make food and buying choices, you are taking the right steps towards Living Aloha. Also, let our advertisers know that you read about them in our magazine—it would mean so much to us.

This issue, we are focusing on healthful eating habits and sustainable, conscious food choices. By utilizing these practices we can improve the health of our families, protect the environment and save ALL the animals.

Mahalo nui loa for reading! —The Living Aloha team

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Living Aloha | january–february 2016 5

in this issue:

issue focus – food & nutrition

06 grAtitude For Your Food

08 intuitive eAting

10 MAcrobiotic superFoods

14 coconut Yogurt recipe

16 tiMe to get JuicY

19 the chiMp diet

maui

22 MAkA bY MAnA

24 the green pAges of MAui

big island

30 vegAn ALohA

32 under the bodhi tree

34 the green pAges of the big isLAnd

inspiration

35 spirituAL evoLution through nutrition

Hawaiian Breakfast …eat simple.


Why have Gratitude for Food? First of all, you can’t live without it. Think about that again for a moment: you can’t live very long without food. If that’s not cause for gratitude, I don’t know what is. Beyond that, feeling grateful puts you in an open hearted and receptive state - which improves digestion, heart health, and overall relaxation. Consistently giving thanks is a great way to both give and receive ongoing energetic, social, and even digestive gifts.

In slowing down as you eat and savoring the flavors, you give yourself time to fully take in the nutrients and energy in your food. You can amplify this effect by sharing your food with someone who doesn’t have as much or treating yourself to something extra-delicious and good for your body. To dial it down even further, appreciate the soil microbes and the work they do to nourish and transform the soil - that nourishes your food, that nourishes you! Opening to the wonder of it all opens your body to receive your food with love.

We are part of an amazing and complex food web we would do well to appreciate and connect with. Let’s take bees, for example. I first fell in love with bees when I first learned about their waggle dance in first grade and even now, thinking of bees makes my heart open. Bees are amazing and deserve our support and gratitude. Without the work of bees pollinating the plants, most of the food we eat would simply not exist. And don’t forget gratitude for the hands that cultivate, gather, transport and prepare our food.

Growing and preparing food used to take up the majority of people’s time and energy. These days, we can buy prepared food or eat “out,” which gives us more time to be productive in other ways. Eating healthy food made with love, and eating it with others in appreciation is still the best way to take in your nutrients; it feeds your heart, soul, and stomach. It used to be - and it still is in many parts of the word - that your only choice was to eat what is grown nearby, when the season serves it up. Now we have huge supermarkets with shelves full of food

from all over the world, in all seasons, as well as a resurgence of local farming communities that provide organic food grown with love. Whatever your food philosophy, whatever the source, take a moment to appreciate the food you eat and the edible bounty of choice that you enjoy.

How you eat your food matters – with Gratitude as nutrientThe longer I live, the more I feel that how I eat is as important as what I eat. Every chance I get now, I sit down and take a deep breath before picking up anything. I appreciate the colors, give thanks to the source that contributed to the food on my plate, and feel grateful for the whole process. That sets the stage for good assimilation,

gratitude for your foodtHE HEALtH BEnEFitS oF

Consider the health benefits of gratitude for your food - not just during the fall holiday but every day. You can even go so far as to think of gratitude as a nutrient, like a condiment to sprinkle on your food to make it assimilate and taste better.

by Denise LaBarre

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ~ Voltaire


and then the enzymes in my saliva can begin the physical process of breaking down the food. When I do this, I eat more slowly and enjoy the whole process more; plus, I stop eating before I’m over-full. I know I’m giving myself the benefit of better digestion and relaxation. Since I eat good food, I want to get my time and money’s worth by assimilating it well.

Don’t leave out the fun! Eating with your fingers when appropriate - the way you did before you could hold a fork properly - brings you back into your body and beckons you to delight in the colors, tastes and textures of your food - glorious food! Imagine wiping up a delicious sauce with bread and popping it into your mouth, or licking the juice of a perfectly ripe peach off your fingers. Touching your food can add the benefit of sensual pleasure to the nutrients it provides.

The Roots of CultureWe think of a person’s culture as including shared customs, traditions, food, clothes, beliefs, and rituals. But historically, culture also included the particular microbes a people shared and used to make bread, cheese, sauerkraut, and other pro-biotic foods. Part of a girl’s dowry was the bacterial

culture she got from her mother/family and carefully brought with her to use and share in her new, married life, literally “bringing her culture with her.” This culture was important for the health of all the people who shared and ate from it.

I started culturing coconut water and making my own sauerkraut to improve my digestion. As an added benefit, I’m having fun with the new relationship I have with coconuts, cabbage, and the microbes that turn them into pro-biotic food. As I prepare a new batch, I beam gratitude at the little creatures that make the coconut water effervescent or transform the cabbage into something even more nutritious. This simple process of cultivation connects me to the time before food additives and soil depletion and feeds my soul as well as my body.

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We all have a guidance system, an internal compass directing us toward our greatest good. Referred to as our intuition, this sense of deep knowing is an aspect of our intelligence that can be accessed at anytime, for any reason and by anyone. Using our intuitive awareness to make decisions can be particularly useful when it comes to cultivating an uplifting and healthy relationship with food.

The voice of intuition is benevolent and compassionate, gently leading us on the path of our highest potential. We can look to this personalized language to deepen our relationship with food and health and seek direction on areas including - how eating a certain meal/food will make us feel, understanding the times of day our bodies prefer to eat, what the best foods are for our individual bodies, how to eat in tune with the seasons and how to use food as medicine.

The most important step in cultivating intuitive awareness is to give our intuitive voice permission to exist. We then work towards paying close attention to what feels good and what doesn’t, choosing to move in the direction of that which feels good, away from that which doesn’t.

Before eating the first meal of the day, it is great to connect with our body, tune in to how we are

feeling and identify what kind of nourishment would be most supportive to our current state. If we wake up cold, lacking energy or with little appetite, a complimentary first food might be a warm ginger, turmeric and lemon tea to stimulate our digestion and break up stagnation. If we’re

feeling energized and light, a smoothie or some sliced fruit is a wonderful way to compliment and enhance this vitality. We move away from autopilot eating, resorting to what’s convenient or what we are in the habit of consuming everyday in lieu of moment-to-

Intuitive EatingHonoring the Wisdom Within

by Liz Selva

NOURISH YOUR BODY WITH WHOLE, UNPROCESSED AND

NATURAL FOOD


moment mind/body awareness and the desire to facilitate a nourishing and healing relationship with food. However we wake up, the aim is to observe and be present with that feeling so as to consciously honor and provide the body with what it needs most in the moment.

When out at a restaurant or at home preparing to make a meal we can take a moment to imagine what each meal choice would feel like in our body. When thinking of one meal choice we might get a lethargic, hazy or irritable sensation while the other might feel nourishing, grounding or energizing. We learn to opt for the meal with the most positive associated feelings, using these sensations as information to help us make energy-giving decisions. We keep in mind that we are both including and looking beyond our taste preferences to arrive at the best option avoiding the tendency of defaulting to an unhealthy choice based on cravings and quick highs.

Taking notice each day of the times we are truly hungry could be quite an eye-opener. We often eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at their socially accepted hours simply out of habit. We might be surprised to notice that we don’t actually get hungry until mid-morning, prefer to eat the largest meal of the day for lunch or enjoy small meals throughout the day instead of three large ones. Giving ourselves the option to move beyond the limits of habit and move into authentic awareness opens up the opportunity to communicate with and fully support our most personal needs.

Eating intuitively is an uplifting and healing practice that greatly benefits our relationship with food. By nourishing our bodies with whole, unprocessed and natural food, we have already taken the first step to cultivating intuitive awareness.

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What is Macrobiotics? The word macrobiotic comes from Hippocrates of Ancient Greece, and is the result of the union of two words: makros—large, long and bios—life. Combined, macrobiotics translates to learning about long and happy human life, in tune with the nature that surrounds us and which we are a part of. Macrobiotics balances natural eating, regular physical activity, and expansion of consciousness. It is an approach to eating which concentrates on the meaning of the energetic worth of food. Rather than calories, we focus on finding a balance between our environment and what we put inside our bodies. The overarching disease of today is imbalance. Often, the reason people get sick is because we lose harmony between ourselves and nature. In Hawaii we are blessed to be living surrounded by raw nature, reminding us that we are not separate from it, nor can we reach our potential without nature’s balance. Macrobiotics offers the same teaching, allowing us to sustainably reach a balanced state through natural food. Based on the principles of yin and yang: expansive versus contractive energy, cool and moistening versus warm and drying, we regulate our system through a harmonious intake of food.

What are the best foods to incorporate into your diet according to Macrobiotics? 1. Whole Grains are the grounding base of

macrobiotics. Brown rice, amaranth, quinoa, millet, corn, buckwheat, are examples of whole grains that support not only your daily fiber intake, but also fuel your body with iron, vitamin E,

magnesium, and B vitamins. Always look for organic, non-GMO grains.

2. Beans are an important source of protein for a macrobiotic diet. They contain two types of necessary fiber— insoluble and soluble. Insoluble fiber lowers cholesterol, while soluble fiber aids in keeping you feeling full longer. High

fiber content regulates blood sugar, and combined with whole grains, beans provide a virtually fat-free, nutrient rich protein that keeps your diet balanced. Macrobiotics recommends adzuki, kidney, navy, chickpea, and pinto beans. As with grains, always buy organic, non-GMO beans.

3. dark Leafy Greens such as kale, watercress, bok choy, mustard greens, dandelion, spinach, swiss chard, arugula, cabbages including broccoli, and collard greens are alkalizing and full of chlorophyll which helps purification of the body and aids

in maintaining strong, clean blood. Dark leafy greens are ripe with vitamins such as C, K, A, as well as fiber, iron, beta-carotene, folate, calcium, and cancer-fighting phytochemicals.

4. Sweet Potato and Squash are a rich source of vitamins and minerals, including vitamin C, A (beta-carotene), manganese, vitamin B1, B2 and B6, copper, pantothenic acid, potassium, niacin. Half a large sweet potato offers

more than 450% of the recommended daily dose of vitamin A. In macrobiotics, sweet potatos are often roasted or blanched and paired with dark leafy greens over a bowl of whole grains and beans.

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5. Shiitake and Maitake Mushrooms have been found to be a powerful source of healing, supporting a healthy heart, strong immune system, reducing inflammation, combatting allergies, maintaining blood sugar, fighting against viruses and bacteria, reducing the risk of cancer, and aiding in detoxification. Mushrooms contain protein, fiber, calcium (1/4 of mushrooms equates to 1 glass of milk), vitamins C and B complex. Shiitake mushrooms are a common ingredient in miso soup, which is recommended daily in the macrobiotic diet.

6. Seaweed is regularly used in macrobiotics, particularly wakame, kombu, nori, hijiki, dulse, agar, arame. It is extremely beneficial to us who are living in the islands as it is a powerful source of iodine, supporting our thyroids and keeping us from absorbing radiation. Additionally, seaweed is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium, chlorophyll, and some are especially packed with B complex vitamins and protein. In macrobiotics, kombu is used for making dashi broth or when cooking beans, as it aids in digestion. Wakame is most often found in miso soups, while nori is the

seaweed used to make sushi.

FErMEntEd Food Pickles - Miso - Umeboshi Plums - Coconut Kefir/Yogurt

Fermented foods are a great source of probiotics. Probiotics support your natural digestive system in breaking down and processing foods that you intake.

7. Pickles help prevent the development of yeasts (such as Candida), guard your body against infections, stimulate the immune system, and facilitate the synthesis of certain vitamins such as C and B12.

8. Miso is made of fermented soy and used most commonly in soups. Macrobiotics dictates that miso should be eaten daily for its probiotic, alkalizing, and immune system building properties. It contains isoflavones

that have been studied for guarding against cancer, helping to cure intestinal infections, radiation sickness, and leveling out acidic conditions in the body.

9. umeboshi Plum — a staple in macrobiotics, the tart and salty umeboshi plums are pickled with shiso leaves for 3-5 years and used as a balancing, strengthening, digestive aid. With powerful

antibacterial properties, umeboshi is good to use every day in dips, dressings, sauces and sushi.

10. Coconut Kefir and Coconut Yogurt — a dairy-free

alternative packing the same probiotic punch as their animal-sourced cousins. They cleanse the liver, support the endocrine system, reduce cravings and

aid in digestion. See the recipe for Coconut Yogurt on page 14. Video available at www.coconutinformation.com

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especially good to consume during cold and flu season, these superfoods build and maintain your immunity, alkalize and cleanse the body, and fight against free radicals.

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For thousands of years, people around the world have enjoyed the taste and benefits of probiotic foods. Probiotics are living foods, rich in beneficial bacteria. These bacteria repopulate the gut aiding with digestion, immunity, and general well being. People with digestion issues often find healing after trying probiotics, even for a short time.

One of the most well known probiotics is yogurt. Yet, for the conscious consumer, buying a container of yogurt doesn’t always necessarily feel right. Hormones, antibiotics, and preservatives found inside can truly make it a less than healthy choice. Lucky for us, here in Hawaii we have an abundant and affordable alternative to dairy.

Coconuts are ALWAYS in season and coconut yogurt is ridiculously easy to make. It’s fun and takes only 15 minutes (including clean up) to make. Treat yourself, save that money and make some at home this weekend.

See previous article on Macrobiotics for information on the the benefits of

Coconut Yogurt.

Coconut YoGurt

by Ryan Burden

For a full video recipe visit coconutinformation.com

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CoConut Yogurtmakes one quart

you’ll need: 3 Spoon-Meat Coconuts and a Probiotic Starter* of your choosing

* Vegan probiotic starters can be easily found at local health-food stores

_____________ _____________ _____________ ______________________

1 - Open cocos, drain water and set aside. Remove

the meat and clean by shaving off inner shell

(a potato peeler works great).

2 - Blend the meat with a small amount of coconut

water. Use the stick to pulverize until it takes on a

smooth consistency.

3 - Pour mixture into a glass or ceramic bowl, not

metal. Use a wooden or plastic spoon (again no

metal) to stir in your probiotic mixture._____________ _____________ ___________________________ ________

WELL DONE! You have just started your first yogurt culture. Cover the bowl with a towel and set in a warm spot. You’ll need to wait 24 hours for the culture to mature.

After a full 24 hours, taste – it should have that classic yogurt tartness. Put into a mason jar and keep in the fridge till you are ready to delight in your delicious, healthy treat. The only thing left to do is top with fruit of the season and enjoy!

Keep in mind, not every probiotic is the same (there are thousands of strains). When experimenting with new strains, start small. Try a little taste, listen to your body and always trust your gut.


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TImE TO GET JuicyThis creates premature aging as cells are dying too early and not living their full life span. Also when the cells get dry, they cannot stay healthy and strong, so sickness sets in.

The body can survive without food for 30 to 40 days but the body can not survive without liquid for more than 3 days. So the most important way of eating – is to EAT JUICY FOOD! Eat as much food with liquid and oxygen as possible for maximum healing and thriving.

How do we EAt JuICY FooD? Simple! Eat lots of green smoothies, fruit smoothies, plant protein smoothies, green juices, vegetable juices, fruit juices, coconut water, lemon water, spring water, kombucha, raw fruit, raw vegetables, salads, raw desserts, fermented foods, and food that bursts with juiciness when we bite into it.

The more raw fruits and vegetables we can eat, and the more raw smoothies, juices and water we can drink, the more we

will have energy, reverse our wrinkles, release constipation, lose weight, heal our ailments and prevent disease.

Raw food is the most ideal as it is full of oxygen, water and at its greatest nutritional potency.

Cooked food, although yummy, has much less. When we smell

food cooking, that is the oxygen leaving the food, when cooked food gets smaller, that is the water leaving the food, and as heat enters, it kills the life force energy of food.

DRINKING and EATING JUICY FOOD throughout the day is crucial to our longevity and vitality. It is important that we start first thing in the morning. Drinking lots of liquids before we eat breakfast, is the best way to start our day and create the most healing in our body.

As we sleep, the body is working and cleaning all night and is ready to flush out our toxins and yesterday’s waste. So drinking liquids in the morning is like pouring liquid drano

Raw Foods are full of oxygen,

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At the SteM oF MoSt SiCkneSS And preMAture Aging iS dehYdrAtion. When the cells get dry, they start to shrivel up and die.

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With many years of nutrition training and creating full body healing with all my clients, I know first hand, that food is not as important to healing and survival as hydration is. We need liquid to survive, thrive and flush the bad stuff out.

My mom didn’t drink many liquids ever. She didn’t grow up learning to hydrate. She wasn’t thirsty so she didn’t drink. She didn’t know to do it for health reasons. 13 years ago my mom was diagnosed with cancer and died 3 months later. Her death awakened my passion for healing the body naturally and I started to understand how important hydration really is. I believe dehydration was linked to early stages of her sickness. Her cells got dry and could not function properly and there was no liquid in her diet to flush the toxins out of her body.

Also, during the 3 months of her illness, she had no appetite and we struggled trying to find her food she would like or want to eat. I remember fearing that if my mom didn’t eat, she would starve or make her illness worse. I kept giving her liquids of all kinds. I now know that a diet of nutritious liquids can help a sick person more than food.

If you are sick, or have a sick person in your life, then please add as much

Juicy Food into the diet and lots of freshly squeezed green juices, green smoothies and water.

try this new rejuvenating cleansing morning routine:

Wake up; connect to yourself and to your body; tell yourself you love yourself; get up and brush your teeth to clean your mouth of toxins; then drink a big glass of water or even better lemon water; then drink a big glass of green smoothie or green juice or a whole coconut.

Now you are ready to start your day.

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riPE FruitS And YounG GrEEnS ArE SuPErior I learned that chimps and other similar primates are primarily frugivores, and humans, who share virtually the same physiology, are designed as frugivores as well. Chimps eat about 55% to 60% fruit, with bananas, wild figs and paw-paws being their favorites. Stool studies indicate that they generally eat one type of fruit at a time, and no more than two kinds per meal. They forage when hungry, not at set times. Moreover, fruit is 90% assimilable for primates (and humans).

In addition to fruit, plants are a key component of the chimp diet; chimps eat a lot of fresh young leaves and newly emerging young plant and tree buds, shoots and flowers. This group of foods comprises about 25% of their total diet. They are evidently very discriminating about their selection of these very

young plant materials (and their fruit, too). Emerging plant material like this is very bio-active, containing the highest concentration of nutrients, including protein, which is essential to chimps. It is important to note that fresh, very young (approximately 10 days old or less) plant sprouts, leaves, flowers and shoots do not have a mature cellulose covering surrounding each cell. This is critical, as chimps (and humans) cannot easily assimilate or digest cellulose to access cell nutrients. Aside from fresh young green shoots, chimps eat very few true vegetables, such as roots and broccoli crowns. Most root vegetables have a high percentage of cellulose, making assimilation difficult.

In his book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Weston Price noted that buffalo used to migrate from Texas to Montana every spring to follow the fresh young grass when it emerged as the spring season

the Chimp Diet

i did a little research several years ago

on what chimpanzees eat in their wild,

semi-tropical rain forest habitat. i was

thinking that they intuitively know what

is best for themselves, and since they

share 98% of human’s genetic heritage

(as do bonobos) and are physiologically

very similar to human, i assumed their

diet would be quite relevant for us.

by Alfred Morrissette


progressed northward. They intuitively knew that young grass shoots are the highest in nutrient density and most tasty. Price called this the “vitamin tide” that the buffalo followed each spring. Similarly, it has been shown that domesticated animals fed young hay and grasses do better and need smaller amounts of food

than those fed mature hay and grasses.

It also has been shown that deer in the wild prefer the very freshest and youngest grass, which is high in nutrients and most easily assimilated. Although deer can digest cellulose, they will not touch grass after it has jointed.

think about this: A lot of mature foods that we may think are supposedly good for us, like mature green lettuce, kale, celery, spinach etc., are therefore poor foods for us, because we cannot extract more than perhaps 10% of the nutrients from that food due to the mature cellulose covering encasing the cell nutrients. Juiced mature greens is an exception, because the juicer teeth or gears efficiently break open the cells of the plants’ fibers, releasing the nutrients which are contained inside the cells. It is best to process mature greens using a masticating juicer or a hydraulic press.

So, for whole food nutrition we should select only the very freshest, young, emerging greens, such as sunflower sprouts, other young sprouts, baby lettuce and spinach, and other micro greens.

The important takeaway here is that fruits, along with the emerging green plants, are our ideal and most efficient foods.

Fruits and fresh, young,

emerging green plants are our ideal and most efficient foods.


CHiMPS’ nAturAL SourCE oF WAtEr

Another key point linking chimps and humans is our water source. Both species are not natural water drinkers. Chimps procure the majority of their water from juicy fruits, and that is the ideal way for man as well. The water in fruits and vegetables is not ordinary rain or pond water; it is structured water. The formula for structured water is H3O2 (not H2O).

The following excerpt is based on an interview conducted by Dr. Joseph Mercola. In it, he explains the work of Dr. Gerald Pollock, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, regarding the derivation and functions of structured water:

“ The reason this fourth phase of water (structured water) is called the exclusion zone or EZ is because the first thing Dr. Pollack’s team discovered is that it profoundly excludes things. Even small molecules are excluded from EZ water. Surprisingly, EZ water appears in great abundance, including inside most of your cells. Even your extracellular tissues are filled with this kind of water.”

“ Other inherent differences between regular water and EZ water include its structure. Typical tap water is H2O but this fourth phase is not H2O; it’s actually H3O2. It’s also more viscous, more ordered, and more alkaline than regular water, and its optical properties are different.”

“ One of the greatest surprises is that the key ingredient to create EZ water is light, i.e. electromagnetic energy, whether in the form of visible light, ultraviolet wavelengths and infrared wavelengths, which we’re surrounded by all the time. Infrared is the most powerful, particularly at wavelengths of approximately three micrometers, which is all around you. The EZ water can build on any hydrophilic or water-loving surface when infrared energy is available.”

Think of sunlight on plant leaves or on your skin creating structured water.

In his 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, Dr. Pollack explains how the cell functions. His research

suggests that much of the cell biology may be governed by a single unifying mechanism: the phase transition. Water is absolutely central to every function of the cell, whether it’s muscle contraction, cells dividing or nerves conducting.

CHiMPS don’t CooK— tHEY tHrivE on rAW Food We need to recognize that chimps do not alter and destroy their foods’ natural characteristics by cooking them. In fact, no being on earth eats cooked food except humans and their pets. Cooked foods are destructive and is not nature’s way. Cooking food destroys around

80% of food’s nutrients. Heat alters the chemistry of foods, creating many virulent poisons which the human body recognizes as threats. A diet of cooked foods leads to disease. One’s white blood cell count, temperature and heart rate automatically rise upon ingestion of cooked food. Furthermore, the body is dealt the burden of eliminating these toxic substan-ces and waste matter.

We are genetically and physiologically wired for raw food, based upon millions of years of humanoid existence.

do AS tHE CHiMPS do In conclusion, it is simple to determine our absolute optimum diet: just eat like a chimp. The Chimp Diet is our optimum diet!

SuGGEStEd rEAdinG

Back To Basics: Why Foods of Wild Primates have Relevance for Modern Human Health

by Katharine Milton, Ph.D.

Alfred Morrissette is a retired architect. in 1970 he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and for almost a decade of taking various drugs, did not see any improvement. in 1980 he discovered and consumed a raw food diet and within two years, was drug free and felt better than at any time in his life. the chimp diet grew out of his interest in creating natural health.

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North Shore’s beloved Mana, the beacon of health food and extended hippie hugs brings to us their latest gourmet addition to Paia town. If there are three words to describe Maka by Mana’s raw, vegan approach to food: local, healthy, abundant. Sourcing all their produce direct from local, organic, non-GMO farms and from the produce aisles of Mana, Maka delivers innovative dishes that stimulate the senses with artistic presentation and palate-pleasing sensations. A bright blend of crispy veggies, creamy coconut yogurt infusions, warm gluten-free waffle bread and tastebud-tantalizing flatbreads, sprouted seeds and pickled creations, Maka’s menu not only offers hearty satisfaction with every meal, but supports its ode to healthful eating with each ingredient in mind.

The use of coconut, according to Chef de Cuisine Sha’anan, is based on the movement toward utilizing local resources to the fullest. Many dishes include a transformation of the original coconut kefir and yogurt made fresh in the kitchen— it appears

in the forms of cultured coconut whipped cream, coconut cream cheese, coconut Tsaziki, even the desserts are based in coconut yogurt. “Raw food often uses almonds and cashews,” says Chef Sha’anan, “but here in Maui we have an abundance of coconuts. The natural progression toward sustainability is to use them in every way we can.” The Teri-Coco Sandwich, a local favorite, even includes coconut meat— house-cured teriyaki coconut and toasted coconut slaw make for a robust, flavorful and filling medley delivering heart-healthy fats, vitamins A and E, and polyphenols— which work together to feed your brain, lower cholesterol, and deliver a powerful energy boost to your day.

Good news for those who are avoiding bread products: Maka’s sandwiches are served with home-made artisan waffle bread, a comforting blend of tapioca, garbanzo beans, potato and coconut— naturally gluten free, and

packed with protein and fiber. The flatbreads and wraps are Celiac-approved as well, offering a surprising amount of mouth-watering flavor while remaining raw— dehydrated under 118

degrees. Chef Sha’anan lets us in on a Maka secret, “Raw food eaters use flax as a binding agent. At Maka, we use psyllium.” Psyllium, known to cleanse-aficionados as the fiber rich, heart strengthening, blood sugar balancing, digestive superfood, is a noteworthy addition to the ingredients list at Maka. You can rest assured while enjoying your elegantly-spiced sprouted seed falafel wrap, crispy flatbread and coconut dill Tsaziki, or Za’atar seasoned roll, that what you are eating is not only delicious, but truly nourishing to your body.

Another outstanding entree is the Coconut Cream Cheese Stacker, featuring probiotic-rich coconut cream spread on a square of aromatic rosemary bread, house-made purple sauerkraut, avocado, tomato, spicy arugula, with a splash of balsamic

MAKA by Mana

local. abundant. Healthy.

by Ana Gak, Macro Vida Maui

delicious + nourishing

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reduction. Reminiscent of a Kula garden, this raw dish is ripe with color, flavor, and texture. The coconut cream cheese is double fermented— once with probiotics to convert the yogurt to cheese, and a second time with the addition of lemon, garlic and onion. The raw balsamic reduction is dehydrated below 115 degrees for three days, allowing the balsamic to retain its true nature while offering sweetness without acidity. The house-made sauerkraut features a blend of purple and green cabbage, jalapeño, daikon, garlic and ginger, fused together to create a zesty, crunchy and refreshing addition. It should go without saying that the Coconut Cream Cheese Stacker is a powerhouse of healthful ingredients. Probiotics are an important element to maintaining strong immune and digestive systems, and this dish (as well as many others on Maka’s menu) is bountiful in its offering of probiotics as well as superfoods such as garlic, ginger, daikon, cabbage, and coconut.

With so many tantalizing lunch and dinner options to choose from, we mustn’t forget breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Served from 10 to 4, Maka offers four types of breakfast bowls, including the newest addition to the menu: the Kalo Kefir Bowl which features a creative spin on a local favorite— taro, or poi— fused with coconut kefir yogurt. Akin to the ever-popular acai bowls, this refreshingly sweet dish is bursting with probiotic goodness in a full-bodied creamy consistency paired with live tropical fruit compote, crunchy macnut granola, poha berries, fresh bananas and a dollop of cultured coconut whipped cream. The Open Breakfast Sandwich is a mouth-watering savory option, with smooth and rich coconut cream cheese, avocado, zesty pesto and capers with juicy Kula tomatoes, olive oil, salt and pepper. If you are more inclined for a liquid start to your day, Maka’s drink bar offers wide-ranging, inventive options for fresh juices, smoothies, and tonics— served from open to closing hours. For those with a sweet tooth, Maka’s home-made ice cream and pie are delicious and nutritious treats, made fresh daily. Chef Sha’anan’s elegant and masterful embrace of the art of living food through maintaining a local, abundant, and healthy approach, shines through in each of his carefully designed dishes at Maka— and in this vegetarian foodie’s opinion, rivals New York’s celebrated Pure Food and Wine— available to us right here at home on Maui.

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Mesh Yoga161 hana hwy., paia, hi 96779 808-868-0252 • meshyoga.com

Yoga Awareness at Temple of Peace575 haiku rd., haiku, hi 808-575-5220 • templeofpeacemaui.com

Infusion Yoga71 baldwin Ave., paia, hi 96779 808- 269-6679 • infusionyogamaui.com

Maui Yoga Shala - Paia381 baldwin Ave., paia, hi 96779 808-283-4123 • maui-yoga.com

Om Maui95 Makawao Ave. Makawao, hi 96768 808-573-5666 • mauiyogafitness.com

Maya Yoga in Huelo808-268-9426

Wisdom Flow Yoga Jennifer Lynn808-268-4095 • wisdonflowyoga.com

south side

Kihei Community Yoga1847 s. kihei rd. #103 kihei, hi 96753 808-269-2794 • kiheiyoga.com

Maui Yoga Path2960 s. kihei rd. in kihei 808-874-5545 • mauiyogapath.com

Yoga Shala - Wailea34 Wailea gateway pl. A-208 Wailea, hi 96753 808-283-4123 • maui-yoga.com

Maui Hot Yoga & Kickboxing115 e Lipoa st., kihei, hi 96753 808-463-8811 • mauihotyoga.com

Integral Yoga Meenakshi Angel Honig808-573-1414 • angelyoga.com

West side

Body In BalanceYoga, pilates, barre, trX 142 kupuohi st. #F2 Lahaina, hi 96761 808-661-1116 • bodybalancemaui.com

Bikram Yoga845 Waine’e street #204 Lahaina, hi 96761 bikramyogalahaina.net

Island Spirit Yoga840 Wainee st. Lahaina, hi 96761 808-667-2111 • islandspirityoga.com

Maluhia Palomabeach and home sessions offered 808-489-6303

central Maui

Body Alive Yoga1995 Main st., 2nd Fl, Wailuku, hi 96793 808-987-1928 • bodyaliveyoga.com

Afterglow Yoga1942 Main st., Wailuku, hi 96793 808-268-9723 • afterglowyoga.com

Bikram Yoga Kahului251 Lalo st. suite A2 kahului, hi 96732 808-872-2402 • bikramhawaii.com

Anahata Yoga Annette Davidsson808-359-3181 • ayoga.us

Christine WilkinsonYoga TherapeuticsWailuku, hi 96793 603-203-0102 • cwyoga.com

KIRTAN

Yoga Shala Sacred Sounds Music –KirtanFridays at 7pm - Free 381 baldwin Ave • paia, hi 96779 808-283-4123

Temple of Peacetuesdays at 7pm – kirtan/chanting Followed by vegetarian potluck 575 haiku rd., haiku, hi 808-575-5220 • templeofpeacemaui.com

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Temple of Peace Healing Sanctuary colonics, hydrotherapy, Massage & spa808-575-5220 • templeofpeacemaui.com

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Reiki Sessions & Training Bill Cox808-572-4177 • mauireiki.com

Orthopedic Massage on Mauiraphiell nolin LMt 808-264-1144

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The Maui School of Therapeutic Massage808-572-1888 • massagemaui.com

Hale Ho’ola Haleakala Maui Bodyworks/Syntropy Neuromuscular Integration Hanne Johanna Holland, LMT 808-280-2949 • mauibodyworks.com

Ho’omana Spa Maui808-573-8256 • lomimassage.com

Joanne Green Therapeutic Massage808-344-9344 joannegreenbodywork.com

Studio Chiropractic Dr. Kourtney Knox808-575-5483 studiochiropractic.com

Reiki and CranioasacralLucia Maya • 808-866-8246 luminousadventures.com

Hands of Light - Coreena 808-268-6807

Heavenly Pivot Acupuncture Naya Cheung Rice808-633-1753 • heavenlypivot.com

Sarah Thompson Intuitive Healing Maui808-250-8452

Maui Rolfer - Josh FrobergMauirolfer.com • 808-757-1125

North Shore Chiropracticdrew Farrior, dc 16 baldwin Ave., paia, hi 96779 808-579-9134

Lomi Lomi Massagetanmayo n. brown 808-283-6888 • mauiwellnes.com

Table Massage/Nutritionethan sisser • 808-633-6609

Thai Body Work - Adrian Avocado 650-490-6342 • adrianavocado.com

Fatima Negron Massage TherapyLomi lomi, relaxation, deep tissue 808-385-7757

south side

Medical & Sports Massage Therapy - Steve Dollahitenational board certified

808-298-1636 • Massage4Maui.com

Maui Mobile Reiki Energy Spa808-212-3248 • facebook.com/reiki.maui

Watsu and Massage Brenda M. Martin808-269-4337 • watsuonmaui.com

Massage Maui Style808-280-1523 • massagemauistyle.com

Dr. Michael Pierner Chiropractic Care808-875-4357

Shalandra Abbey Reiki Master, Author808-280-7704 • reikihawaii.com

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Kapalua Spa808-665-8282 • kapalua.com

Maui Massage & Wellness808-669-4500 mauimassageandwellness.com

Zensations Spa808-669-0100 • zensationsspa.com

Galan Sports Chiropractic & Massage808-344-5066 galansportschiropractic.com

Healing Hands Chiropractic of Maui Anthony Jayswal, D.C.808-662-4476

Complete Chiropractic & Massage Richard Sargent, D.C.808-268-1277 completechiropracticmaui.com

Ocean LightForce Chiropractic Maui808-419-6450 lightforcechiropracticmaui.com

VanQuaethem Chiropractic808-667-7700 • getadjustedmaui.com

Len Jacoby, L.Ac Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Herbs808-662-4808

Reiki Natural HealingTreatments & TrainingsJenna keck, reiki Master 408-621-4102 • reikiwithjenna.com

Reiki Maui HI - Patricia Gould808-281-9001

Pole Fitnessthepoleroom.com • 808-283-2606

central Maui

Carol A. Phelan Bodywork169 Ma’a st. • Wailuku, hi 808-938-7084

Doucette Chriropractic & Kinesiology808-893-2427

Fabian Physical Therapy Erika Fabian95 Lono st., #202 - kahului 808-872-3333 • fabianpt.com

Christine Wilkinson Karuna Reiki MasterWailuku, hi 96793 603-203-0102

Jeffrey A. Tice, L.Ac Acupuncture808-281-2727 • taotonow.com

Karine Villemure Massage Therapy and Clinical Skin Care808-298-9512

Maui Therapeutic Massage Dean Nicklaw808-250-1073

Green Ti Boutique and Massage808-242-8788 • greentimaui.com

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Wailuku Health Center Andrew M. Janssen, DC Chiropractor808-572-5599

Erin L. Elster, DC - Chiropractor808-866-6551 • erinelster.com

Sabai Massage Therapy808-463-7734 • thaimassagemaui.com

Roth Chiropractic808-244-0312

HOMEOPATHY

Maui Homeopathyhana, hi • 808-248-7568

NATUROPAThS

Dr. Marsha Lowery ND(Upcountry & Central locations) 1135 Makawao Ave., ste 101 Makawao, hi 96768 808-633-8177 • mauind.com

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Dr. Bonnie Marsh, ND905 kokomo rd. • haiku, hi 96708 808-575-2242

Dr. Nancy Lins, N.D. Naturopathic Physician808-667-9554 • drlinshawaii.com

MAUI MASSAGE SCHOOLS

Maui Academy of Healing Arts808-879-4266 • massageschoolmaui.com

Malama Healing Arts Center-Massage Therapy & School808-579-8525 •malamahealingarts.com

Sabai Massage School808-463-7734 • thaimassagemaui.com

Ho’omana Spa Maui808-573-8256 • lomimassage.com

The Maui School of Therapeutic Massage808-572-1888 • massagemaui.com

MAUI RETREAT CENTERS

Heart Path Journeys470 kaluanui rd. • Makawao, hi 808-243-7284 • heartpathjourneys.com

Lumeria Maui Retreat Center1813 baldwin Ave. • Makawao, hi 855-579-8877 • lumeriamaui.com

Temple of Peace Spa575 haiku rd., haiku, hi 808-575-5220

Banyan Tree House B & B3265 baldwin Ave. - Makawao 808-572-9021 • bed-breakfast-maui.com

Maui Wellness Center/ Ananda Sanctuary in Haiku808-463-5856 • mauiwellnesscenter.com

Hale Akua Garden Farm110 door of Faith rd. in huelo 808-572-9300 • haleakuagardenfarm.com

Palms at Wailea3200 Wailea Alanui dr. • kihei, hi 96753 888-901-4521 • sunshineretreats.com

Ala Kukui4224 hana hwy in hana - 808-248-7841

Temple of Tantra1371 Malaihi rd in Wailuku 808-244-4921 • schooloftantra.com

Talking Heartsheart intelligence coaching and retreats with tomas and Joan heartfield, phd 808-572-1250 • talkinghearts.com

SPIN/cYclING STUDIOS

Enjoy The Ride MAUI118 kupuohi st, c-2 • Lahaina, hi 96761 808-667-7772 • enjoytheridemaui.com

GYMS & FITNESS TRAINERS

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In Home Personal Trainer Functionalty / Core Training Marco310-367-6002

FuzionFit, Inc810 kokomo rd • haiku, hi 96708 808-214-9011 • fuzionfitinc.com

Anytime Fitness3390 old haleakala hwy pukalani • 808-633-6463 anytimefitness.com

Crossfit UpCountry850 haliimaile rd. • Makawao, hi 96768 808-281-6925 crossfitupcountrymaui.com

south side

The Gym Maui300 ohukai, b 202 - kihei 808-891-8108 • thegymmaui.com

The Pole Room142 kupuohi st, F2 • Lahaina, hi 96761 808.283.2606 • thepoleroom.com

Valley Isle Fitness Center41 e. Lipoa st., kihei, hi 96753 808-874-2844 • valleyislefitnesscenter.com

Reps-Training Center161 Wailea ike pl. • Wailea, hi 96753 808-875-1066 • repsfitness.com

West side

Body in Balance142 kupuohi st. - bldg. # F2 Lahaina, hi 96761 808-661-1116 • bodybalancemaui.com

Crossfit State of Mind219 kupuohi st. • Lahaina, hi 96761 808-446-6007 • crossfitstateofmind.com

Lahaina Cross Fit Megan Hildebrand219 kupuohi st. • Lahaina, hi 96761 808-286-9422 • lahainacrossfit.com

Team Beachbody • Laura T. Pelayo808-298-6288 • yourabsstartthere.com

Kapalua Spa • Thomas Ockerman808-665-8282 • kapalua.com

central Maui

24 Hour Fitness150 hana hwy. – kahului 808-877-7474 • 24hourfitness.com

Maui Family YMCA250 kanaloa Ave. • kahului, hi 96732 808-242-9007 • mauiymca.org

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Gold’s Gym-Wailuku871 kolu st., # 103 • Wailuku, hi 96793 808-242-5773 • goldsgym.com

Maui Sports Conditioning530 e. uahi Way • Wailuku, hi 96703 808-357-1303 • mauitrainer.com

NATURAL FOOD MARKETS

Mana Foods49 baldwin Ave. – paia 808-579-8078 • manafoods.com

Hawaiian Moons2411 south kihei road, kihei 808-875-4356 • hawaiianmoons.com

Alive & Well340 hana hwy. – kahului 808-877-4950

Farmers Market3636 Lower honoapiilani Lahaina, hi 96761 808-669-7004

Down To Earth Market305 dairy rd. • kahului, hi 96732 808-877-2661 • downtoearth.org

Whole Foods Market70 e. kaahumanu Ave. kahului, hi 96732 808-872-3310 • wholefoodsmarket.com

VEGAN•VEGETARIAN•RAWFOOD RESTAURANTS

Choice Health Bar1087 Limahana pl. • Lahaina, hi 96761 808-661-7711 • choicemaui.com

Choice at Night – Garden Sushi1087 Limahana pl. • Lahaina, hi 96761 808-661-7711 • choicemaui.com

Maka By Mana115 baldwin Ave. • paia, hi 96779 808-579-9125 • makabymana.com

Down To Earth Market305 dairy rd. • kahului, hi 96732 808-877-2661 •downtoearth.org

Farmacy12 Market st. • Wailuku, hi 808-866-4312

Maui Kombucha810 kokomo rd #136 • haiku, hi 96708 808-575-5233 • mauikombucha.com

Veg-Out810 kokomo rd. • haiku 96708 808-575-5320 • veg-out.com

One Love Café381 baldwin Ave. • paia, hi 96779 808-280-9019 • onelovemarket.com

Farmers Market3636 Lower honoapiilani rd. Lahaina, hi 96761 808-669-7004

VEGAN ICE CREAM

Coconut Glen’s Ice Cream Vegan Ice Creamon the road to hana - mile 27.5 808-248-4876

VEGAN & VEGETARIANCHEFS • CATERING

Liz Selva Wellness Guidance & Vegan and Raw Food Chef for Health808-740-3440 • LizselvaWellness.com

Macro Vida Maui holistic, Macrobiotic custom meals made fresh in your home 212-300-5914 • MacrovidaMaui.com

Body Temple Gourmet Brook Le’amohala & Ava Raw Vegan Chef & Instructor808-250-6578 bodytemplegourmet.com

Indian Food – Vegan CateringManju - 808-281-3323

Angel Green Certified Gourmet & Pastry Raw Vegan Chef & Instructor808-866-0857 • angelfoodwellness.com

Jessica Qsar - Health Supportive Chef & Wellness Coach808-264-4939

Satrang Cateringnorth & south indian 808-269-2778 • satrangcatering.com

Coreena-Raw Foods Chef808-573-9087

Macrobiotic Hawaii-Oahu Chef Leslie Ashburnmacrobiotichawaii.com

MAUI HOME PRODUCEDelIVeRY (cSA)

Island Fresh Delivery808-664-1129 • islandfreshdelivery.com

Kula Fields Produce Delivery808-280-2099 • kulafields.com

Maui Grocery Service808-283-3135 • mauigroceryservice.com

FARMERS MARKETS

The Original Organic Makawao Farmer’s MarketWednesdays: 8 AM to 1 pM ebt Accepted • 808-419-1570 Waipuna chapel 17 omaopio rd., kula, hi 96790 on kula hwy at omaopio rd.

Upcountry Farmers Marketsaturdays: 7AM to 11AM kulamalu town center 55 kiopaa st. in pukalani

Kahului Farmers Marketsaturdays: 7 AM to 1 pM 310 W ka’ahumanu Ave. kahului 808-244-3100

Kihei Farmers Marketsaturdays: 8:30 AM to 11 AM 95 Lipoa st.– kihei 808-357-4564

Makawao Farmers MarketWednesdays: 10 AM to 5 pM 3654 baldwin Ave. - Makawao

Honokowai Farmers MarketMon/Wed/Fri 7 AM to 11 AM 3636 Lower honoapi’ilani Lahaina 808-669-7004

Hana Fresh Farmers MarketMondays: 3 pM to 6 pM thursdays: 11 AM to 3 pM 4590 hana highway in hana



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thank you for embracing us with your energy as we built our distribution on your island during the last few months. Your requests to bring Living Aloha Magazine to the Big island have been fulfilled.

Although we started on Maui, Living Aloha belongs to all of us. Promoting healthy foods, healthy products and health related services. We will spread all things Aloha to the world.

We would like to give a special thanks Alessandra Rupar-Weber, Randyl Rupar, Stephen Rouelle, Rae George and Barbara Garcia. We are grateful for your efforts to help bring Living Aloha Magazine to the Big Island.

Congo CAMp – Camp kaenae, Maui, hawaiiFebruary 26 – March 7, 2016

the congolese dance and drum Workshop is a 10-day music and dance retreat that provides a rare opportunity for in depth study and exploration of traditional congolese music, dance and culture. since 1979, a unique cultural village has been forged where congolese master artists and participants from around the world have joined together. this winter, the congolese dance and drum Workshop will be held at the YMcA camp keanae on Maui.

www.congolesecamp.org

AvoCAdo FeStivAl Sheraton kona resort & Spa, kona, Big island

February 27th, 2016

the 10th Annual Avocado Festival on the big island, presented by the sanctuary of Mana ke’a, will surely bring out many of the best varieties of avocados the big island has to offer. Many vendors, crafts and tasty, healthy food from vegan Aloha and many others.

www.avocadofestival.org

To PLACE youR AD CALLalessandra rupar-Weber

808-419-6147

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vegan Aloha’s Big island Macadamia nut Cheese

Minerals, enzymes and good fatty acids put Vegan Aloha’s Mac Nut Cheese in a superfood class of their own. Locally sourced Big Island Mac Nut meat is blended and cultured to form the base of an array of cheeses, spreads, dips and sauces. They are great for your body, 100% cruelty free and yes, very delicious.

Naturally buttery sweet and smooth, these nuts are handcrafted to include flavors such as Hawaiian Spirulina laced Blue Mana, Spicy ‘Ōlena Cheddar in a Coconut Bacon and Sunflower Seed Crust, meltable Mozzarella and Mac Pepperjack with local Jalapeños, Feta, Maui Sweet Onion and Macadamia Nut Cream Cheese. Some of the cultured spreads are raw while for instance the Vegan Mozzarella is crafted from

homemade Mac Nut milk that has been cultured cooked and formed into round meltable balls akin to smoked Buffalo mozzarella in brine.

Macadamia nuts are loaded with vitamins like vitamin E, thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin,

pantothenic acid (B5) and folate, and minerals such as potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and calcium. Hence, the nuts promote healthy bone and teeth formation, as well as regulate the body’s fluid balance and immune system. They also enhance our nervous system and promote healthy skin.

The diverse range of dietary nutrients, vitamins and minerals in abundance, naturally occurring fiber and other components including Phytosterol and Beta-Sitosterol are

beneficial for lowering cholesterol, as well as anti-inflammatory properties. Unlike other nuts, such as cashews, almonds etc., Macadamia nuts are quite safe to consume for those who have food allergies.

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Macadamia nuts are also rich in essential and non-essential amino acids which play an important role in the body’s muscle formation, connective tissues and blood plasma development and overall well-being.

You can consume these nourishing, delectable all plant-based cheeses as they are the best ways to satisfy your cheese craving palate, while overcoming dairy sensitivities and subscribing to a cruelty-free lifestyle. Combined with cultures such as rejuvilac, acidophilus, vegan yogurt and miso these cheeses become a delight not only to taste buds but also to your digestive tract.

Pair Vegan Aloha’s cultured nut products with organic crackers, fruit, veggies, chips and baguettes or replace the dairy in any of your favorite recipes including lasagna, baked potato dishes and salads.

All products are dairy free, gluten free, sugar free and cholesterol free. Naturally Amazing!Vegan Aloha’s Vegan cheeses are available at select locations, events and farmers.

Ask your favorite health food store manager to carry it.

It would be good for you, the animals and the Planet.

For more information go to: www.veganaloha.com or call 808-936-0626.


Under the Bodhi Tree, located on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island, strives to offer beautiful and inventive vegetarian/vegan dishes in a casual, welcoming atmosphere. Owners Abraham Go and Chef Stephen Rouelle share a commitment to sourcing the highest quality local and organic ingredients for its dishes, as well as a belief in the social responsibility of businesses to promote healthy lifestyles.

The vibrant and creative menu is reflective of Chef Stephen’s personal journey to better health. Classically trained and with over 30 years of experience in gourmet cuisine, Stephen underwent a dramatic transformation from consuming a standard American diet to a vegetarian, then vegan, then raw food diet,

losing over 150 lbs. in the process. The change, along with its resultant positive health effects, inspired a passion for applying his skill and talent to cooking plant-based foods.

The restaurant’s owners also take their responsibility to the community seriously. They have recently launched a fitness program for its guests, local and tourist alike. The program offers, among other activities, free yoga classes and weekly sunrise runs, both led by employees of the restaurant. The Chef himself leads a monthly group

hike where the focus can be anything from protecting indigenous fauna to picking up trash at a local beach. The restaurant’s employees and guests also regularly participate in fitness-based charity events, like the Run for Hope and the Run for the Pu’uwa’awa’a Dry Forest.

unDEr tHE Bodhi Tree

located at the Shops at Mauna Lani serving breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7am-7pm • 7 days a week

learn more about Under the Bodhi Tree at www.underthebodhi.net or 808-895-2053


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TRUST YOUR INTUITION! Inner Peace Movement Presents

Shannon Paapanen, International Lecturer

HaikuSunday, January 17 – 1pmTemple of Peace - 575 Haiku Rd.

MakawaoTuesday, January 19 – 7pm andTuesday, February 23 – 7pmMakawao Elementary School - 3542 Baldwin ave.

www.innerpeacemovement.ca | 808-281-6609Inner Peace Movement of Canada An educational self-awareness program since 1965

EVERYONE WELCOME Talk lasts 1½ hours. Tickets $20 at door

CONGOLESE


YOGA STUDIOS

kailua-kona/West haWaii

Big Island Yoga Center81-6623 Mamalahoa hwy. kealakekua, hi 96750 808-329-9642 • bigislandyoga.com

Yoga Hale74-5583 Luhia st. kailua-kona, hi 96740 808-326-9642 • yogahale.com

Yoganics Hawaii79-7401 suite b., Mamalahoa hwy. kainaliu, hi 96750 808-322-0714 • yoganicshawaii.com

hilo/east haWaii

Yoga Centered37 Waianuenue, hilo, hi 96720 808-934-7233 • yogacentered.com

Kalani Yoga/Retreat Center12-6860 kalapana-kapoho rd. pahoa, hi 96778 808-965-7828 • kalani.com

Living Love Yoga & Health15-2874 pahoa village rd. pāhoa, hi 96778 808-965-0108 • yelp.com

BODYWORK • MASSAGE,CHIROPRACTIC • ReIKI,

ACUPUNCTURE • ROLFING


Muscular Massage Therapy of Kona808-443-7916

Island Spirit Healing Center & Day Spa at Pualani Terrace81-6587 Mamalahoa hwy. kealakekua, hi 96750 808-769-5212 islandspiritmassageschool.com

Club Rehab Physical Therapy75-5699 kopiko street, kailua-kona, hi (808) 329-7744 • clubrehabhawaii.com

Mamalahoa Hot Tubs & Massage81-1016 st John’s rd. kealakekua, hi 96750 808-323-2288 mamalahoa-hottubs.com

Aloha Massage AcademyAngela Lestee, LMt 808-937-6019 aloha-massageacademy.com

Glow Raw Skin Spa75-5782 kuakini hwy., suite 3A kailua-kona, hi 96740 702-218-4930 • glowrawWorld.com

hilo/east haWaii

Hilo Acupuncture Center166 kilauea, hilo hi 96720 808-969-7722 hiloacupuncturecenter.com

Big Island Academy of Massagenancy kahalewai 211 kino’ole st hilo, hi 96720 808-969-7676 • hilomassage.com

MASSAGE SCHOOLS

Aloha Massage AcademyAngela Lestee, LMt 808-937-6019 aloha-massageacademy.com

Big Island Academy of Massagenancy kahalewai 808-969-7676 • hilomassage.com

Hawaii Massage School at Kalanirichard koob 808-965-7828 • kalani.com

Island Spirit School of Massagechristine A. bevis 808-936-1626 islandspiritmassageschool.com

BIG ISlAND ReTReAT ceNTeRS

Kalani Yoga/Retreat Center12-6860 kalapana-kapoho rd. pahoa, hi 96778 808-965-7828 • kalani.com

NATURAL FOOD MARKETS


Island Naturals Market and Deli74-5487 kaiwi street kailua-kona 96740 808-326-1122 • islandnaturals.com

Choice Mart82-6066 Mamalahoa hwy. captain cook, hi 96704 808-323-3994 • choicemart.net

Kona Natural Foodshealthways ii parker ranch shopping ctr 67-1135 Mamalahoa hwy., F-137 kamuala, hi 96743 808-885-6775 • konanaturalfoods.net

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hilo/east haWaii

Island Naturals Market and Delihilo shopping center 1221 kilauea Ave., hilo, hi 96720 808-935-5533 • islandnaturals.com

Island Naturals Market and Deli15-1870 Akeakamai Loop, pahoa 96778 808-965-8322 • islandnaturals.com

Abundant Life Natural Foods292 kamehameha, hilo, hi 96720 808-935-7411 abundantlifenaturalfoods.com

VEGAN•VEGETARIAN•RAWFOOD RESTAURANTS


‘Ai Pono100% vegan 75-5813 Alii dr, kailua-kona, hi 96740 808-331-1122 • upcountrybakerycafe.com

Under the Bodhi Treeraw, vegetarian & vegan in shops at Mauna Lani 68-1330 Mauna Lani dr. kamuela, hi 96743 808-895-2053 • underthebodhi.net

Sweet Potato Kitchen and Take Out55-3406 Akoni pule hwy, hawi 96719 808-345-7300 • sweetpotatokitchen.com

Basik Acai75-5831 kahakai rd, kailua kona 96740 808-238-0184 • basikacai.com

Sea DandeLion Cafe and Awa Bar45-3590 Mamane st, honokaa 96727 802-765-0292 • yelp.com

Phresh Cleanses79-7411 Mamalahoa hwy. kealakekua 96750 808-443-9984 • phreshcleanses.com

hilo/east haWaii

Sweet Cane Café1472 kilauea Ave, hilo 96720 808-934-0002 • kalapanaorganics.com

Prabha’s Indian Restaurant239 keawe st, hilo 96720 808-640-1554 • indianfoodhilo.com

VEGAN & VEGETARIANCHEFS • CATERING

Chef Stephen Rouellevegetarian / raw / vegan chef 808-895-2053 • underthebodhi.com

SuperFood Chef Todd Daceyplant based mentoring, classes and cooking demos 424-245-6786 • longevitysource.com

FARMERS MARKETS


South Kona Green Marketsundays: 9 AM to 2 pM 82-6188 Mamalahoa highway Mile marker 110 in captain cook 808-328-8797 • skgm.org

Keauhou Farmers Marketsaturdays: 8 AM to 12 noon keauhou shopping center 78-6831 Alii dr., kailua-kona, hawaii 808-324-6011 • konacountyfarmbureau.org

Ho’oulu Farmers MarketWednesdays: 9 AM to 2 pM At the sheraton kona resort & spa at keauhou bay sheraton kona resort & spa 78-128 ehukai street. kona 808-930-4900 • hooulufarmersmkt.com

Waimea Farmers Marketsaturdays 7 AM to 12 noon 67-1229 Mamalahoa hwy. kamuela, hi 96743 808-333-2165 • waimeafarmersmarket.com

Hawi Farmers Marketsaturdays: 8 AM to 2 pM tuesdays: 12 noon to 5 pM under the banyan trees in hawi corner Akoni pule highway (270) & hawi road 808-333-7963 • hawifarmersmarket.com

hilo/east haWaii

Ka’u (Na’ahelu) Farmers MarketWednesdays and saturdays: 8 AM to 12 noon 95-5673 Mamalahoa highway, naalehu

Hilo’s Farmers MarketWednesdays and saturdays: 6 AM to 4 pM Mondays, tuesdays, thursdays, Fridays and sundays: 7 AM to 4 pM corner of Mamo st. and kamehameha Ave. 808-933-1000 • hilofarmersmarket.com

Maku’u Farmers Marketsundays: 8 AM to 2 pM 15-2131 keaau-pahoa rd, pahoa 808-896-5537 makuufarmers.wix.com/market

BED AND BREAKFAST

Banyan Tree Sanctuary808-217-5915 • 808-217-5915 banyantreesanctuary.com

RecYcle hAWAII

the mission of recycle hawai`i is to promote resource awareness

and recycling enterprises in hawai`i. to achieve this, we

educate the community about sound resource management and recycling opportunities for a more

environmentally sustainable future.

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SPirituAL EvoLution tHrouGH nutrition by Miri Chamdi

living on Maui has always felt to me like being in a spiritual washing machine. My first ten years here were filled with ass kicking lessons through pain. To go through and out this pain and to nurse the wisdom these lessons were giving me, I got into Yoga, meditation, singing, dancing and other forms of therapy. As the days went by, I looked around me and noticed all the other wandering souls who found their way to the islands, getting washed, tumbled, spun and wrung by their lessons and their own growing pains.

Often times I would sit with my fellow soul searchers over lunch or dinner, devouring whatever delicacy would be served on our plate as we would verbally

dismantle our lives to little pieces, trying to figure out where we made the “wrong” turn and what there was to learn from those detours. I would often go to gatherings where the event would start with collective chanting and singing, followed by group meditation and finally a meal which was composed of an array of homemade wonders, potluck style. I always appreciated those people’s conscious awareness, as most of the food was labeled “organic” or “grass fed” or “free range”. That made me feel good. Knowing that I am eating organic food which was composed of organic fruits and vegetables, organic animals, organic dairy and eggs. This was the same food I fed

my growing toddler. On these foods the labels showed smiling cows and winking chickens. All was good in my world, at least in the culinary aspect of it.

There were some friends of mine who advocated for a plant based

diet. They were sweet and peaceful. They put on

vegan festivals, sang songs about the planet and its inhabitants

and invited all who would listen to them to sit

through interesting lectures filled with information. The

information made sense to me, I would sit down with them to vegan meals, enjoyed the food and the company, yet none of it sank in as a life changing revelation. I mean

vegan meals are nice, like Indian or Thai cuisine, I could

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enjoy them when the occasion arose. Yet, in my mind, animal products were a part of a balanced diet, filled with protein, calcium and iron. The fact that we eat animal products was somehow natural, part of the food chain that placed us on top of the creatures we were eating. I made sure to bless my food every meal and thank the animal who gave its life so we could sustain our own life. I felt one with nature and all the organic animals that were giving their life to us conscious and aware humans on a regular basis.

Three years ago, on another part of the planet, a sharp turn of events changed my perception

of reality. Through various means of media, I was shown the real consequences of my dietary choices. I was shown the gory details of the systematic cruelty my food went through before it was placed on my plate. This included my “happy”, organic, grass eating animal based food. These details I will spare you dear ones. I think that by now, most of us, at least most of us who work toward spiritual evolution, know these details. Besides the mass production of even organic, grass fed animal

products which turned out to be a lot more cruel than I had imagined, I was left with the questions of what about the food chain and where will I get my protein, calcium, iron and other essential nutrients which I was taught since a very young age that only come from the animals we eat and their byproducts? Not paying for the suffering I had been exposed to was important enough for me and I began researching the subject further.

I had learned that in our evolution, we only started eating meat around the same time we discovered fire. We are not necessarily omnivores, but more a sort of opportunists. That biologically we are closer to herbivores in our physical make up. I learned that we could not only survive, but thrive on a plant based diet. I also learned that the food chain was more of a term than reality. That most of us were so far removed from any natural way of living with the land and off the land. I learned that all the nutrients from animal based foods were abundant in plant based food as well. I learned about the addictive casomorphins present in dairy. I listened to medical doctors that explained how the root cause of common human diseases is animal products. I learned about

the environmental holocaust animal products cause, the free range kind

even more so than its factory farmed counterpart.

While all this information was sinking in, one

question kept floating up to the front of my

mind. The answer to this question was not based on

peer reviewed science. This one I had to come up with on my own, as an observer of my own evolutionary process and the one of the collective consciousness. The question was, “If I consider myself a peaceful, loving, caring human, an environmentalist at heart, how is that congruent with the fact that I consume the products of suffering and planetary destruction?” I let this question percolate for a short while, the short while my addiction to flavors and an array of opioids was still controlling me. I was sitting with this question while hanging out with friends at a local café eating organic, free range, animal based delicacies right after a yoga class, where moments before all the participants were sitting in lotus, hands in namaste, praying for peace on earth. My eyes began to open to my own

ALL of the nutrients from animal

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cognitive dissonance and the one of many, well intentioned people who were operating from an acceptable norm which was no longer serving us humans, the planet and its other nonhuman inhabitants.

That is the question which made me turn my dietary habits around. I became 100% plant based, first as

an experiment, then as a proclaimed lifestyle. I noticed the changes in me almost immediately. Not only did my subtle physical discomforts fade away, my

mental and emotional clarity changed. I felt cleaner not just physically, but spiritually. I could finally sit in namaste and pray for the alleviation of suffering on this planet with a clean conscious. The vibration in my body was no longer one of suffering sentient beings, but rather of life giving plant foods. Soon I realized that it’s not just about

what is on my plate which makes my spiritual practice evolve, but also what I wear, what personal care products I used on my body and in my home. I did not want to wear the skins of tortured animals or use products which were tested on imprisoned beings. I decided to walk my talk of ahimsa; nonviolence to all living beings and be the change I wanted to see in the world. This was the spiritual evolution I had been looking for. Where once we needed the calories and density of animal flesh and byproducts in order to survive the harsh elements, we are no longer part of that reality. Our evolution is more of an awareness revolution than a physical mutation to fit our surroundings. I have to say that going 100% plant based is not bullet proof. There is still suffering involved in producing plant based food. Our mere existence on this planet causes suffering to other creatures and this planet. Yet, I found that it is the least harming of all the available lifestyles. And that is a truth I can Om to until the cows come home to Krishna.

Miri chamdi is a massage therapist of 15 years. she also counsels on plant based nutrition and stress management techniques. she is in the process of publishing two books and is an active advocate for animals. her motto in life is “live like someone left the gate open”.


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