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David Wolfe on Superfoods

David Wolfe has put a new video on his website, it’s in four parts:
www.thebestdayever.com/d1/
www.thebestdayever.com/d2/
www.thebestdayever.com/d3/
www.thebestdayever.com/d4/

In the last part David talks about his top 5 herbs, which is very intersting to me because he is talking about herbs that Holly and me are getting into right now. David’s top 5 herbs are:

1. Goji Berries - he says they are ranked number one in China
2. Hemp leaf - this is an amazing alkalising green powder
3. Cacao - I think we all know about raw chocolte by now!
4. Reishi mushrooms - prized medicinal mushrooms said to give long life and assist with healing
5. He Shou Wu - I’d never heard of this until Holly introuced me to it, a very powerful root

Last week I had He Shou Wu for the first time. On Saturday (3rd) I had a very small amount and I didn’t notice any effect, so the next day I had a little bit more which again didn’t have any noticeable effect. Then on Monday I had a teaspoon full and later that day something I started feeling the effects. I wasn’t sure if it was the He Shou Wu or something else, as I had drank Ayahuasca on Sunday night and I had the Pulsin energy balls with guarana and ginseng which I don’t normally have. My heart rate seemed to increase and this lasted for several days and my sexual energy massivly increased.

I had some more He Shou Wu this morning, about half a teaspoon in my chocolate pudding (along with my daily small dose of ayahuasca, purple corn, and crystal manna). Again, nothing happened imediatly, but later I realised I was feeling unusually happy - I left the house to go to the post office in the pouring rain and I was smiling and skipping down the street! Right now my heart again feels like it’s beating faster than usual, I think that I might be particularly sensitive to this herb, or it’s having an interesting synergestic effect with the other herbs I am taking. I plan to take a smaller dose next time, to see whether I can find a dose which will give me the positive feeling without the slightly negative excess of energy.

I just found the page for He Shou Wu on PFAF - you can grow it in the UK…

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Peanut Sesame Cake

I bought a bag of peanuts yesterday and have been experimenting, here’s a nice cake recipe I came up with:

• 40g peanuts
• 4 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 2 tablespoons cacao nibs
• a small piece of vanilla pod
• 5 dates, soaked

I ground up everything except the dates in my seed mill. I then added the dates and ground some more (maybe do this bit in a food processor depending on what equipment you are using).

Roll into balls to serve.

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Spicy Tomato Sauce

Tonights salad sauce, similar but different:

• 2 tomatoes
• 4 sundried tomatoe halves, soaked
• a small amount of sea spaghetti, soaked, with soak water (I didn’t weigh it, but maybe only 5 grams)
• 1 date, soaked
• 1/2 yellow pepper
• 1/2 carrot
• 1 avocado
• 1 tsp corriander seeds
• a few pieces of fresh chili
• a sprinkling of herbs de Provence
• a small piece of fresh ginger

I blended it all together and it was delicious, I put a good amount of chili in it. I had it with a bowl full of baby spinach and some wild hedge garlic.

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