Monthly Archives: January 2008

My wife and I were in Farmers Market this morning and we stumbled upon lanzones!  Imagine, lanzones in January.  We tasted and tasted until we found a bunch that tasted really fantastic. The seller said the lanzones came from Camuigin.  His sources say that after the terrible typhoon last year, all of a sudden by … Continue reading

I found a source of reliable raw organic guavas in my local market.  The guavas are usually meant for cooking.  But a great number of them are edible as raw fruit.  My kids love guava. The old lady selling the guava told me that guava is potent vitamin C.  She recalls that when she was … Continue reading

The raw paleolithic diet yahoo groups are helpful. The old timers pointed out that the newbies gorged on too much protein by eating the lean cuts of beef. They are right. Protein overdose. The trick they say was to get the fattier portions. So off we went this afternoon to Farmers Market and bought 2 … Continue reading

I was lucky to pass by C.P. Garcia road today on the way home just before lunch.  My favorite jackfruit vendor was open.  Those policemen are hot wanting to close them down.  For what crime?  Selling jack fruit beside the road in their squatter homes? This time I was really lucky.  The meat was almost … Continue reading

I am reading a book which explains the health benefits Maoris of New Zealand get from eating raw New Zealand mussels. It is a book promoting the benefits of the oil extract brand named Lyprinol, anti-inflammatory properties for asthma and arthritis. My raw food study analysis show that most people today are sick due to … Continue reading

My driver pointed out the obvious yesterday as we were in the goat store. We also tried their Kinilaw na kambing (goat). Kinilaw means “kinain” na “hilaw”. So it is joining two words. Eaten Raw is the rough translation in english. It seems the raw goat we had in the store is made from the … Continue reading