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Abby's Magazine - November/ December 2014 | Page 37 H olidays traditionally are a challenging time to stay healthy and maintain a normal weight. Weight gain is very common. In addition, immune suppressing amounts of white bleached sugar are in every tempting dessert and drink set in front of you. Worse yet are the cancer-causing artificial sweeteners! Most people have no idea they don't have to get those colds and flus that are making their way around. Just 1 teaspoon of white bleached sugar suppresses your immune system by 80% for 4 hours! Just imagine how much white bleached sugar is in your favorite holiday dessert or drink! Sure, it tastes great… but then you hug grandma… or shake hands with your boss at the holiday party…cold and flu passed… weeks of illness that can be avoided by using raw cane sugar, agave or stevia! Organic Non-GMO Raw Vegan Holiday Dishes are another great way to stay healthy and avoid added weight gain. Organic fruits and vegetables have been shown to contain more nutritional value as well as antioxidants to aid your immune system and keep you at your best. Buying Organic is the best way to avoid GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) Foods as well. & Certified Organic standards do not allow GMO's to be in any part of the Organic food process, from the seeds to the soil. It is also the best way to avoid cancer- causing pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides - certainly not anything you would want to feed your family! A note of caution when shopping: an Organic Certification does include non- GMO certification. However, a non-GMO certification does NOT mean Organic! By keeping your holiday favorites Raw (not heated above 118 degrees) keeps the living enzymes in your food alive and allows for optimal nutrition to reach every cell in your body. Cooking foods above this temperature has been proven to significantly decrease the antioxidants and nutrition in your food. What this means is you can be eating thousands of calories a day and still be starving your body of actual nutrition! Empty calories are just that: empty! But a Raw Living Vegan Food has all its nutrition intact and in a form your body can absorb easily to utilize efficiently. Raw Living Vegan Diets have been shown to, not only help you lose and maintain a healthy weight, but also to reduce allergies, clear toxins from your body (detox), boost your immunity and your memory, improve chronic inflammation-based diseases like arthritis, and to reverse type 1 & 2 diabetes - just to mention a few benefits! Raw prepared dishes also help give you added energy, so you can feel and look amazing this holiday season. As a gift to you this Holiday Season, please enjoy some of my favorite Raw Vegan Holiday recipes. Jodi's Holiday Raw Vegan Recipes Happy Healthy Holidays Jodi Scott Raw Food Chef Abby's Health & Nutrition