~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caffeine's Powerful Healing & Evolutionary Nature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recently many people have asked me how to "get off" Coffee. This reminds me of people asking how to "get off" salt, sugar or fat... all of which are essential to life. As with salt, sugar and fat quality if everything. Caffeine is one of the most evolutionary substances on our planet and if we are potentially "hardwired for evolution", this explains why caffeine so pervades our food and culture. And Natural State Caffeine is constructive while commercially available caffeine is incredibly destructive. Here's your source for Natural State Caffeine which makes coffee and soft drinks seem like flavored water... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Administrivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles : join@RadicalHealth.com Unsubscribe : leave@RadicalHealth.com Austin Events: austin@RadicalHealth.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Natural State Caffeine Sources ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contrary to popular belief, properly processed Cacao (Chocolate) has very little if any Caffeine. The reason we sourced out our own Cacao Powder, Butter and Nibs is because all the products currently in the market place tended to rapidly product headaches in most people. This was an indication of either added Caffeine (independent of what sources marketing said), incomplete fermentation or leaving to much shell debris in the final product. The primary sources of high quality Caffeine are Guarana and Yerba Matté. Coffee is off our list, because it's so commercialized. Five years ago around 20% of Coffee tested clean. Now 100% tests less than desirable. Also, Coffee really has to be roasted to allow access to it's nutrients which takes it off the Raw Super Food list. After years of searching and negotiating, we quietly placed cold processed, Natural State Guarana, Yerba Matté and Maca in our catalog many months ago. Each of these products are cultivated by their original indigenous peoples. They are harvested at peak potency and cold processed (slow ground) into fine mesh powder. You can find these in our catalog: http://RadicalHealth.com/order/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Using Guarana & Yerba Matté Optimally ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Both these substances are powerful. They run a cycle of first restoring balance to adrenal function (Guarana) and brain function (Yerba), then transition into powerful physical energy support (Guarana) and mental, memory, innovation, imagination (Yerba). The easy way to think of these and use them is the neck-up/neck-down model. Guarana supports optimal neck-down function. Yerba Matté support optimal neck-up function. And best use proportions of each reflect the amount of body weight above and below our neckline. After measuring amounts recently I realized my use is around 8-10 parts Guarana (neck-down) to one part Yerba (neck-up). Interesting, as our head to body (neck-up to neck-down) ratio is similar to this ratio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caffeine's Evolutionary Nature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To me, Caffeine is similar to Cacao (Chocolate). My story is both have pervaded our culture to cult status because they are required for us to... reach appropriate psycho-spiritual escape velocity. To support or smooth and easy transition to Living at the Speed of Spirit. This become extremely evident to people who switch from downscale, commercial, volcanically cooked Caffeine and Cacao. Within the first few minutes most people use the following recipe, they report experiencing a... rending of the veil, so to speak. Where sensory experience sharpens as when a fog clears. Here's the recipe we've been sharing daily with people who come through our client practice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Favorite Guarana & Yerba Matté Recipe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Am in continual alchemy with the Raw Super Food mixes we manufacture. Recently I've been experimenting with several people upscaling their past Coffee and soft drink use and here's the recipe which seems to work best. This makes one gallon of fluid: - 1.5 Cups - Chocolate Silk - 1.5 Cups - Vanilla Agave - 3 Tbls - Natural State Guarana - 1 tsp - Natural State Yerba Matté Mix on high till smooth, then pour into a gallon jug and fill the rest of the way with chilled water. A luxuriant addition is 4-20 drops of Orange Oil. Additional Yerba heightens mental function. And a little Yerba goes a long way with most people, so start slow this this. Additional Guarana heightens physical function and produces a richer coffee-esque flavor. Also, I've noticed when I drink this before bed I can only sleep if I am alone in a room. This seems to relate to an expansion of sensory input which occurs when sleeping. In other words, when physical systems quiesce (go dormant) for sleep, then the components of these botanicals begin to transfer to higher neurological function/expression. So if you enjoy sleeping with your partner, you may prefer wrapping up with this recipe around 5PM-6PM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrapping Up For Now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you've yet to pickup your Raw Spirit Fest tickets you can do so here: http://RadicalHealth.com/rawfest As always, drop me your stories and experiences for our testimonials page: http://www.radicalhealth.com/raw-food-diet/testimonials Especially your experiences with Chocolate drinks using Guarana and Yerba. Enjoy your best day ever! - David -- Enjoy feeling your best... all day, every day? Here's how... Your simple secrets are here - http://RadicalHealth.com/ This article is for entertainment purposes only. No medical advice is intended or implied. Consult your health practitioner before changing your health practices. Copyright (c) 1996-2007 by David & Yemiah Favor You may reprint all or part of this content so long as credit is given the author(s).