Wheelchair Accessibility at Environmentally Sustainable Tara Firma Farms

Recently we had the chance to visit a local, organic, and sustainable farm and want to share the amazing experience we had there learning about farm practices and how easy it can be to eat local and healthy. Read more

Detoxifying a Disabled Body Through Juice Feasting

As part of our New Year’s resolution my wife and I decided to do a 60 day juice feast to cleanse our bodies from years of a build-up of toxins. You read that right; that is 60 days of only drinking fruit and vegetable juices. You might be surprised, but during the entire juice feast, I felt better and more energetic than I ever have since I was a kid.

What is juice feasting?

First of all, juice feasting is not to be confused with fasting where you ingest no food and starve the body of nutrients. On the contrary, during a juice feast you typically consume about 12 to 15 pounds of fruits and vegetables (preferably organic) each day. Your body actually gets many more nutrients through a juice feast than the average American diet. The 12 to 15 pounds of fruits and vegetables turns into an equivalent of four quarts of juice and you will not feel hungry. Read more

60 Days of Juice Feasting as a Quadriplegic

Some of you who have read my earlier story about my eating habits may think that I am a little bit extreme. My wife and I eat mostly raw vegan foods. That basically means no dairy, no bread, no meat and nothing heated above 117 F. The idea is that you kill the enzymes if you heat up anything higher than that and the nutritional value of the food diminishes. Well, if anybody would have told me ten years ago that they never cooked any of their food, I would have thought that person was nuts. However, somehow we got into this after – mainly my wife – doing a lot of research. And more and more people are starting to get into this as they learn that the standard American diet is the cause of most modern diseases such as diabetes, cancer, etc… Many people have actually been able to reverse their diseases by sticking to a raw vegan diet. And it certainly has helped me in getting me healthier, more energetic and more productive as a result of that.

Our latest adventure has been our completion of 60 days of only drinking fruit and vegetable juices. We just finished that a little while ago and I can hardly describe how good I feel and how much I am buzzing with energy these days. As a quadriplegic who had a hard time staying awake past 7PM ten years ago, that is quite remarkable.  Anyway I’m not going to give too much away yet, but I am writing a story about my 60 day juicing experience and will publish it soon under our Health category.

Benefits of a Healthy Diet

Do you, as a disabled person, usually feel tired by the early evening? Has your health started to go downhill after sitting in a wheelchair day after day for several years? Living life in a wheelchair doesn’t have to be a drag like that. If you are able to make some changes to your diet, you may likely become more energetic and get your health back on track. Read more