Article: Raw food enthusiasts find common ground at Bliss Fest

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Raw food enthusiasts find common ground at Bliss Fest

 

By Mará Rose Williams, The Kansas City Star

Sat, Jul. 25, 2009

 

It seemed everyone at Bliss Fest on Saturday in Parkville had a story

about overcoming a life-threatening illness or plain old bad health by

eating raw food.

 

One woman said she’d had cancer and now she doesn’t.

 

Another said she’d suffered with multiple sclerosis, but not anymore.

 

Others were once obese but dropped hundreds of pounds by eating a

totally raw vegetarian diet — like kale chips, cashew ice cream

covered with pecans and syrup made from cacao tree seeds, or wild rice

and red corn chili, and pizza made with hydrated sunflower seeds,

flaxseed and onions. None of it cooked, of course; this was a raw food

event.

 

Full story:

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1346260.html