Living Aloha Magazine-July/August 2014 Issue

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HAWAII’S MAGAZINE FOR A HEALTH CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY AND PLANET

Sustainable Maui choose local and grow your own

HEALTHIEST FOOD ON MAUI discover new flavors

FOOD SECURITY wild edibles and alternative food crops

POLITICS state senate and county council with a conscience

Makana

Find out what links food and music for this Hawaiian musician

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in this issue: on the cover 04 Makana 06 Sustainable Maui 10 Food Security 12 Healthy Foods to be found on Maui 18 Conscious Politics

features 08 Reciprocity Now 14 Conscious Eating 16 Removing the Veil of Denial 28 Making a Difference with your Diet

directory 22 green pages Healthy Living Directory

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Makana

The Gift:

ISSUE 4 • JULY-AUGUST 2014

Born and raised in Hawaii, singersongwriter Makana expresses a blend of traditional Hawaiian sounds with his own unique style.

He preserves the cultural wisdom while offering an element of fresh perspective. He’s currently touring the world, sharing his aloha spirit.

Not only is he able to communicate his spirit with his music, activism is a big part of his life. He redefines activism to be “activating what your true passion is in yourself, and then dedicating yourself to that.”

He frequently asks the question “how can I contribute to the world?” and seeks to answer it with his actions. Rather than be competitive, “we should strive to be community oriented; the wellbeing of others is tied to my wellbeing,” says Makana.

He performed a one-man “occupy protest.” Makana was performing at a world leaders’ dinner hosted by President Obama, and there, he opened up his jacket to reveal an “Occupy with Aloha” t-shirt. He then launched into a protest song called “We are The Many.” He repeated the line and ended his set with: “we’ll occupy the offices of you, ‘til you do the bidding of the many, not the few.”

The meaning of the name “Makana” is gift and he says he strives to see everything as a gift. Makana works to build and nurture community and awareness in the fields of food and nutrition, land, social engineering strategies, health and spiritual growth.

His hobbies include growing food and sowing clarity through philosophy on his blog, Mind Mints, which is accessible through his web site.

You can learn more about Makana and hear his music at

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Aloha Friends! makanamusic.com

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Publisher/Editor: Carlos Garcia Operations Manager: Sabrina Harmony Sims Art Director: Robyn Rolfes Graphic Design: Robyn Rolfes Andrea Scholz Sabrina Harmony Sims Writers: Mark Sheehan Daniel Betts Robyn Justo Wendy Kathryn Tucker Andrea Sholtz Sabrina Harmony Sims David Bruce Leonard Denise LaBarre Janet Marie Javon Sarah Taylor Photography: David Randall Cadencia Photography Living Aloha Magazine PO Box 790211 • Pala, HI 96779 • 808-419-6147 www.livingaloha.net • info@livingaloha.net Circulation P.A.I.N. Distribution 310-488-1911 www.magazinedistribution.org Living Aloha Magazine • volume 1 - Issue 4

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Summer’s in full swing! And here on the islands, a change of seasons brings a fresh and crisp feel in the air. The early Hawaiians named this time of year kau, the warm season.

With that spirit in mind, we were inspired to enhance and add vibrancy to Living Aloha, reflecting our warm tropical nature and friendly attitude.

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We have the same dedication to our mission and plan to continue to strengthen and expand our readership and exposure as the word spreads about our publication.

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Our vision is to reflect and promote a compelling aloha culture through this publication creating an outwardly rippling vortex of energy bringing aloha to the wider global community.

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Steps to a

Sustainable Maui

by Sabrina Harmony Sims

I heard an interesting tidbit the other day: If all imports stopped, we’d run out of food on island in 5 days! Can you believe that?

So I started asking around and doing a fair amount of research on the subject. What I found is that yes, in fact, we would largely run out of food in a relatively short period of time—nearly 90 percent of our food is imported! It’s amazing how dependent we are on the current system; still sprouting is the idea that we could be growing our own food to become more sustainable in our local communities.

We may never face the day when imports stop, but even so, it’s good to be mindful of the things we take for granted. Along with that, there are many other compelling reasons to grow our own food.

Choose local and grow your own

Healthier Budget, More Vitamins, Less Pollution With today’s food prices, being able to lighten your grocery bills is one big reason; the more you grow, the less you need to spend at the store­—an easy equation.

Another motivation to get a garden growing is the health benefits such a task will yield for you and your family. More fruits and vegetables in your yard will put more vitamins and minerals on your plate.

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When you have a garden, you also help reduce the pollution that happens in the transport of food. Consider all of the jet, auto and trucking fuel involved in the process of importing food here. We could reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and so many other air pollutants created by that fuel, including nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide (together termed NOx), soot and sulfate particles, sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide and incompletely burned hydrocarbons.

And there is further reduction of pollution if you’re growing organically. Much of our imported food has been subject to pesticides and spraying, which contributes to more pollution of air, land, water and the food itself.

Reducing the pollution production is obviously beneficial to our health and wellness.

Tending the land helps improve your health in other ways too. Participants in a Canadian study were asked to get out into nature for 30 minutes a day for 30 consecutive days. The participants reported “significant increases in their sense of well-being, feeling more vitality and energy, while feelings of stress, negativity, and sleep disturbances were all reduced,” according to Dr. Elizabeth Nisbet who conducted the research. Growing food is a great way to reconnect you with the Aina and resulting emotional rewards.

We have some of the most fertile growing conditions in the world. We have all the rain, sun and good soil we need to produce an abundance of food. The growing conditions are so rich here it would be a shame not to take advantage of that.

Alternative Garden Spaces Edible landscaping: instead of having a lawn in front of your house, you can have a veggie garden and fruit trees.

Another option is to make use of our kitchens, utilizing shelving space as growing room.

In addition to the convenience of kitchen gardening, our plants are also better protected from pests.

More opportunity comes in the form of sharing. If, for example, I have an abundance of avocados and my neighbor has mangos, there’s an occasion for trade. If there’s abundance, rather than allow the food to rot, it becomes a chance to feed the community.

A lot of people have land but they don’t have the time to work it, and others have the time and energy to produce food but don’t have the land available to them. If you fall into either one of these categories, please visit our website at livingaloha.net/gardens to make the connection.

Buy Local – Eat Better In addition to growing your own, you can support local food production by visiting your local farmers markets—local farmers are the ones bridging the gap between food independence and us. There are choices to be had in your grocery stores too; simply by being aware of the place of origin of your food, you

can choose to support your local farmers by buying locally grown items. Look at the sticker on your produce—if it’s grown in Ecuador and sitting on the shelf next to produce with a Hawaii grown sticker, it’s an easy choice.

Imported food is picked when Take it’s still green. It advantage doesn’t have a chance to develop of our rich all the nutrients soil and that it achieves perfect when it’s fully tree or vine ripened. climate This creates produce that lacks flavor; the taste isn’t there with imported foods the way it is when you eat locally grown fare.

Locally grown foods also don’t have to sit on a boat, and be surrounded by all the rats and creatures that fluster on those boats. And they don’t have to be irradiated or sprayed, as imported foods often do prior to arriving here. In fact, according to the USDA, even if it has an organic sticker, produce and dead animal products may have been fumigated if they came from out of the country—so even though you think you’re buying organic, you can’t know for sure unless it’s local.

When you grow your own garden or support your local farmers, you’re choosing not to support the oil companies, the shipping companies, big corporations like Monsanto, and all the other issues inherent in the traditional food supply options we face today.

Instead, you live Aloha, make Maui sustainable; choose local and grow your own.

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A NEW WORLD

of Reciprocity

by Robyn Justo

There is a sweet, subtle, sacred space between our breaths.

It is the moment of reciprocity, of mutual dependence, of beautiful balance, and of an exchange of privileges. It is something that we do naturally in relationship to our Mother Earth. We could not do it without her. This blessed pause is often something that we rarely acknowledge and tend to forget.

As we look around the planet, we are noticing how quickly that life can change for us and for those around us. This awareness does not have to generate fear, but mere awe at the fluidity and malleability of our reality, a reality which adjusts itself according to our thoughts, words, and beliefs.

We cannot help but notice that the systems and structures that seemed so solid for so long and seemed to support us for centuries have started to crumble. Our financial establishments, political and religious structures, health care systems, and even our relationships with one another seem to be disintegrating right before our eyes.

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ago, necessary goods and services were exchanged, necessary being the operative word. If someone was hungry, he offered a service or item to the person who was providing food. And if someone was ill, there was an exchange for medical treatment. There was no excess because there was an acknowledgment of mutual interdependence, and the things of value were the essentials of food, shelter, and clothing. But more than this, there was a balance and exchange of energy and an acknowledgment of commonality and reciprocity.

At some point, we may need to return to the indigenous ways and use our intuition instead of information, exchange and barter for the things that we need instead of being convinced by the media that we should want or have in order to be happy or successful, learn how to plant gardens again, remember how to share and treat one another with respect, and actually worship the ground we all walk on and share with all living creatures.

exist, including what our bodies need to consume. With enough programming, we can convince ourselves that we will never have enough or be enough, and we will continue to want more of anything bigger, better, faster, thinner, richer, and prettier to fill the hunger and emptiness that we have been told exists within us, in spite of the fact that we are depleting natural resources by our overzealous and insatiable consumerism.

These days, our lives are being continually downloaded with words and data that are increasing in both volume and speed.

But what happens when we get so twisted in the cybernet of technology and artificial networking that it causes us to detach from ourselves and our planet? Are we distracting our brains, disconnecting our hearts, fragmenting our souls, and forgetting how to simply breathe and be?

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Our hearts and souls bind us in our commonality and connect us to our home here. Heart is the constant, underlying and unifying power. It is our operating system.

Mind is simply the program we are running and it can be changed.

In the midst of the chaos of the rampant activity, the endless

thoughts, fears, and programs of the mind lies the quiet stillness and absoluteness, a reminder of how we are all integral and microcosmic parts of Mother Earth. It is only in that pause, in that moment of the cessation of thought, that remembrance and the natural exchange of reciprocity can occur.

It is a place where peace and the possibility of transformation reside.

It is our choice to fill that moment with gratitude for everything that we have and will ever need, and remember to do our part and return the favor in whatever way we are directed to do so to restore balance to the process of perfection and to the planet.

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Food Security in Hawaii

Don’t Like What You See? Change What You Like!

by David Bruce Leonard

We, as a community, are shockingly dependent on the barges and airplanes that arrive at our island home everyday.

These petroleum-guzzling vehicles supply us with food, clothing, building materials and medicines.

While the bounty made available

by Western society can be a great blessing, it also carries with it liabilities. One of the most obvious drawbacks is the vulnerable position it places us in, should there be a break in the global supply chain.

What we might not understand is that we have a myriad of options.

The number of sustainable and underutilized resources in Hawai’i is astounding. Among these little used resources are wild edibles and alternative food crops.

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PIGEON PEA

CHEESE WEED

There are upwards of 50 local wild plants that are edible and over 100 that are medicinal. Most of these wild foods are highly nutritious and reasonably simple to gather and prepare.

As Maui wild foods expert Sunny Savage says, “I want people to open their eyes, experience the world directly, and see that there is food all around us.”

Some, like spanish needle (Bidens spp.), pigweed (Portulaca oleracea), and wood sorrel (Oxalis spp.) are familiar and common garden weeds that only require a bit of preparation before use.

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PRICKLY PEAR

Others, like keawe (Prosopis pallida), the swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa) and prickly pear cactus (Opuntia spp.) require more knowledge and can be dangerous.

However proper harvesting and preparation can assure a tasty and nutritious experience.

Some, like gotu kola (Centella asiatica) and sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) can double as both food and medicine.

A few things may surprise us when we begin to open our eyes and palates to wild foods. For example, peppergrass (Lepidium spp.) is a common wayside weed that can

make a delicious condiment when added to a meal. Wild amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) can be a key ingredient for a very good pie. We can use koa haole (Leucaena leucocepahala) for the makings of a burrito. And, our local “cheese weed” (Malva parviflora), can be made into marshmallows!

Caution: Do not use any wild or unfamiliar plant without learning proper identification, preparation, and understanding the potential impact on the environment and our native ecosystems.

And we should always remember to never gather wild plants that my be contaminated by exhaust and oil runoff from automobiles or industrial/ agricultural chemicals.

In addition to including local wild foods in our diet, we can also see that our local agricultural practices are long overdue for a sustainable and regionally-appropriate upgrade.

I was talking to plant expert Gabe Sachter-Smith last month at his home in Mānoa on O’ahu. I asked him why he was growing the crops he had in his garden. He patiently explained to me that much of the gardening in Hawai’i is not well thought out: Many of the crops we grow are not well suited to the tropics.

Because we are habituated to certain foods, our demand for them drives a large economic machine that can be

Here are Gabe Sachter-Smith’s recommendations for YOUR garden: Raw Greens?

Instead of lettuce or spinach, try bele (Abelmoschus manihot) leaves, katuk (Sauropus androgynus) leaves, or ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis) leaves.

Beans?

Instead of soy, try pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan).

Cooked Greens?

Instead of kale, try chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) leaf, ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis) leaf, bitter melon (Momordica charantia) leaf, chayote (Sechium edule) leaf, sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) leaf, amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) leaf, winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) leaf.

Gabe, when asked what feedback he would give Hawai’i’s gardeners, replies, “Plant anything and everything and try out as many different things as you can. Be a very keen observer and see what works and what doesn’t. Try to incorporate new things into your diet, because

environmentally damaging and makes our food safety extremely precarious.

In about twenty minutes he prepared a great meal for us straight from his garden, consisting mostly of foods I had never tasted… and it was delicious! He showed me that if we are just willing to open our minds and our palates, there are fabulous and nutritious foods that are simple to grow in our yards. These crops are better adapted to tropical climates, more prolific, and enhance our food security much more than things like kale and spinach.

Be aware that some of these are invasive. If you plant them, it is your responsibility to see that they do not run out of control.

Remember: Primum non nocere…

First do no harm!

Root Vegetables?

Instead of carrots and beets, try casava (Manihot esculenta) root, sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), yams (Dioscorea spp.) root, canna (Canna edulis) root, chuffa (Cyperus esculentus) rhizome, jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus) root, chayote (Sechium edule) root, winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) root.

the more you try to grow, the more diversity you will have. If something grows well you will bring that into your kitchen. You will appreciate it and see how easy it is to grow food in your garden.

Keep an open mind and an open palate.” By looking at the world

Vegetables?

Instead of zucchini and celery, try chayote (Sechium edule), bitter melon (Momordica charantia), young gourd (Lagenaria spp.), winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus).

slightly differently and taking a small step outside our comfort zone, we can create food security and environmental sanity in Hawai’i.

We can create an island home suitable for human habitation.

By changing what we like, we can change what we see.

David Bruce Leonard is the founder of the Earth Medicine Institute which provides classes and certifications in Nature Skills, Wild Medicines, and Wild Edibles. David can be reached at the website EarthMedicineInstitute.com Living Aloha

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THE HEALTHIEST FOOD ON

By Various Living Aloha staff

Maui

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Discover all the healthy, sumptuous food around the island Although this was intended as the food issue, there’s going to be a lot more about food in future issues because of the abundance of great food on this island. For this issue, we got to sample some awesome foods here on Maui and we’re going to describe to you what we tasted in an effort to get you out there, trying healthy, sumptuous foods too.

First we went to West Maui, to Lahaina, to visit Choice Health Bar. They have an amazing assortment of delicious foods, from savory to sweet from epic entrées to soups and superfood salads; from living snacks and raw desserts to smoothies, elixirs and acai bowls.

Choice is true to its namesake even in its layout. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, and offers an array of seating options; they have a bar, a giant wood table, counter space wrapping the restaurant around their windows, a variety of tables and even a comfy couch to sprawl out on while you enjoy your food.

The first thing they brought out for us was a gorgeous acai bowl, titled the “dessert sunrise bowl,” which was layered to perfection with colorful fruits, hemp seeds and coconut shreds atop the bright creamy acai. It is refreshing, crunchy, creamy and sweet and a pure chilled delight in the hot Lahaina sunshine. To make it completely vegan, instead of honey, ask for maple syrup, which is rich and healthy.

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Next, Choice brought us a couple of their amazing elixirs and smoothies to try. The drinks that stood out the most were the “macaWow” and “the chronic.” The macaWow is a blend of banana, maca, warrior food protein, dates, almonds and coconut water. Maca is called an adaptogen because it acts as a catalyst to your needs. If you are low on energy, Maca will act as a stimulant to bring you up to balance. If you are too wired, it will calm you. This particular smoothie tastes great and also brings a sense of balance. The chronic smoothie offers a buzz and was a bright green blend of fresh mint, hazelnut, banana, coconut meat, vitamineral greens, hemp protein, cacao nibs and almond milk. These super foods together are super good.

Then they brought out some succulent soups. There was creamy Russian Borscht, topped with vegan sour cream. So thick and nourishing, the Choice Borscht is choice. The other soups we tried were the Cream of Mushroom and the Corn Chowder. The soups are hearty, healthy and delicious.

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Finally, Choice brought us some sushi. The sushi has a rich blend of flavors and by the time we were done with the sushi, we couldn’t fit any more in and were completely sated. The sushi was a “special,” and not on their normal menu. But what they do have on their menu is the phrase “don’t know what you want? Tell us how you’re feeling and we’ll make you something epic.”

Choice is located at 1087 Limahana Place in Lahaina, Maui and can be reached by phone at 808-661-7711.

They are kind of hidden, about a block off the main highway, but if you call you can get great directions or your GPS will easily get you there too. They’re open 8am-4pm Monday through Saturday. You can visit their website at choicemaui.com.

Another place in Lahaina, that just opened up, is a fantastic juice bar called Anuenue. There, you will find fresh pressed juices, superfood smoothies, acai and chia bowls, salads and wraps, wellness shots, juice cleanses and more. We tried a wellness shot, which offered such

a zing, we felt like we were a foot taller after having drank it!

Anuenue Juice Bar is located at 844 Front Street, inside a courtyard in Lahaina, Maui. Their phone number is 808-250-0633 and their website is anuenuejuicebar.com.

Later in the week, we went to a hidden gem called Hawaiian Superfoods in Kahului. They started us with a “Milk” shake, called Mayan Sunrise, which was all vegan and very heavenly. It’s made up of banana, sun warrior protein, maca, cayenne, cinnamon, and coconut milk. It’s a rich, creamy and naturally sweet smoothie, which brings a balanced feeling as it’s infused with many amazing superfoods.

They also offer acai bowls, and we had the pleasure of trying Chef Elijah’s Strawberry Fields bowl. It’s full of creamy, crunchy goodness— but if you want vegan fare, ask them to hold the bee pollen and honey. Other than that, it has acai, strawberries, blueberries, camu camu, spirulina, chorella, lemon, lime, granola, pumpkin seeds and hemp seeds. There are so many beneficial foods in this acai bowl; you’ll be brimming with good health after devouring this delicious concoction.

The wrap we tried was called the Vegan Wrap Special and is filled with curry, quinoa, orange, cashew, avocados and more. It’s incredible and very filling.

They have a variety of salads too, and they all taste fantastic. Don’t miss out on the probiotic Mac Nut dressing, it’s so sweet, tangy and velvety smooth, we had to bring a bottle back to the office that day.

And, finally, we tried the probiotic yogurt spheres, which are vegan balls with an outer core similar to the meat of a young coconut and a surprising milky burst of yogurt milk on the inside.

Hawaiian Superfoods is located at 74 Lono Avenue in Kahului, Maui.

They’re hidden; you can find them in the back of the building. They can be reached by phone at 808-212-8499. You can visit their website at hawaiiansuperfood.com.

They’re open 10am-8pm, Monday through Friday.

A few days later, we went to Satrang Indian food bar in Haiku. There, we tried their delicious tamarind spiced rice with peanuts, and their delicious dosas. We flavored them with mint chutney and also tamarind chutney, which are spicy and sweet.

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They have this super savory Masala Mix, which is made up of potato, cilantro, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, asafetida, lemon juice, salt and turmeric. They have an incredible cumin hot sauce, which is made up of red chili powder, lemon juice, cumin powder, mint, cilantro, water, sugar, tamarind, and habaneros. Their daal dish is made with whole and split moong lentils, whole masoor, tomato, onion, garlic, lemon juice, red chili powder, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, turmeric, salt asafetida, and garam masala; all vegan and all good.

Satrang is located at 810 Haiku Road in the Haiku Marketplace parking lot, in Haiku, Maui. They’re in a booth next to the Thai bus and can be reached by phone at 808-269-2778. Their website is satrangcatering.com. They’re open 11am –5pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Maui has a lot to choose from when it comes to healthy, amazing fare—

so get out there and whet your palate!

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Consciously Eating

the Foods You Love

by Denise LaBarre

Food sustains, delights, and comforts. It is intimately connected with our celebrations, our moods, and our health. Some foods make us sigh with pleasure just thinking about them. Yet because we have to eat to live, it can be tricky keeping our eating needs and desires in balance, especially when we are emotionally triggered—when conscious eating becomes emotional eating.

How many times have you gotten upset, impulsively gone to the kitchen and mowed down a pint of ice cream or ripped into a bag of chips and finished the whole thing? After the rush subsides, you feel terrible.

But just as that initial “I need something,” impulse fades, so does the “I will never do that again” promise to yourself.

If your emotions drive your eating, there are practical steps you can take to make your habits healthier. Here is my shortlist of eating strategies that combine Mindless Eating, tips and Jay Earley’s concepts: 1

Even though you may love certain foods and tastes, unhealthy eating patterns come from a deeper psychological place. Unconscious or unresolved emotional issues often drive impulsive or unconscious eating. It may be an attempt to soothe yourself or nurture yourself. However we are feeling—hungry, happy, tired, angry, sad, excited, helpless, lonely, unheard—gets tangled up with our approach to eating and the patterns become entrenched.

Food “Issues” also include how we are acculturated around food as we grew up. A baby bottle fed on a tight schedule or a child coerced to eat everything on her plate and not waste food learns to pay attention to external cues (how much food is there, what my food provider wants) over internal ones (I have eaten enough).

Adults raised this way may gulp air while they eat; eat without tasting their food; have a hard time not finishing everything in front of them; and not sense when they’ve had enough, i.e. overeat.

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ecome more aware of how, what, B and when you eat.

Notice your portion size, how fast you eat, how you feel as you eat, and your familial /cultural patterns around food.

Also notice what you were feeling just before you impulsively went to the fridge or pulled in to buy a snack. If this is complicated, journal or make a chart about your most likely triggers and the ways you eat self-destructively.

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evise strategies to counteract D your eating impulses • P repare healthy food ahead of time and keep it visible when those cravings and impulses roar loudly • Avoid eating while distracted • Pay attention to portion size • Slow down as you eat

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ractice in easy situations to gain P confidence and awareness for the more challenging ones.

D i g e s t i o n P e rf e c t i o n

Try these strategies at home, when you are relaxed and centered, so you get used to them for the triggered times.

Natural Healing Counseling n David Klein, Ph.D., Naturorthopathic Doctor

e patient with yourself.

B It probably took years to solidify your destructive eating habits and they often run deep. It will take time to retrain yourself so it sticks. Start with the easiest-feeling step and build gradually.

Enjoy the bounty of fresh healthy food we have on Maui­— consciously!

Bon Appetit.

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Throughout history there have been injustices that we look back on now and say, “Did we really do that?” White people thought it was normal to make slaves of dark skinned people. Women were pretty much a man’s property for a long time and it’s incredible that it’s still taking so long for women to be treated equally. Many are just now starting to wake up to how sad it is that some people will treat you differently because of what’s between the legs of someone you love.

It can be very hard for us to let go of things that have been fed to us since birth. Many of us have even developed a way of avoiding the issues without knowing we were avoiding them. It is so clear now that we really wonder how society got away with these things for so long. Sometimes it takes years of deprogramming to change in our ways. And sometimes change happens in an instant, followed by a conscious decision to live our lives differently, with more kindness and awareness.

We would like to feature more articles about how our readers get over major hurdles in life. Please share your stories with us as we all take these steps together, each in our own way.

Here is one woman’s personal story of momentous transformation that indeed happened in just one moment.

one moment of transformation:

Ripping Off the Veil of Denial

By Janet Marie Javon I have always considered myself to be a conscious and compassionate person. Like most people I tend to do the right thing and avoid hurting others but at some point we have to look at how our seemingly innocent actions contribute to the pain and suffering of others. No one wants to believe that what they are doing is wrong. When negative actions are commonly accepted by society it seems to create a veil of denial, avoidance and rationalizations.

When I was 4 years old, I started learning about where things come from. Apples grow on trees, potatoes grow in the ground, etc. My mother made roasted 16

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chicken one night for dinner, so of course I asked the question as all children do at some point. Where do chickens grow? Like most children I was horrified to learn that the chicken on my plate was a cute little chicken with feathers and now it was dead. I had a huge fit and called my mother a murderer, she proceeded to beat the crap out of me and then made me eat the chicken. We were poor and didn’t have meat very often and as a single mother of two, I know she worked very hard to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. She came from a place of simply trying to survive and provide.

Growing up I was inundated with the idea that people need meat as a healthy part of their diet. Knowing that the animal had to die for me to have that meal didn’t feel good. I don’t think it feels good to anyone. All sorts of rationalizations built up throughout my childhood to make me feel better about it. It’s the natural food chain, we don’t hate the lion for eating the gazelle.

People have always eaten meat and now it’s part of what we need to survive. If you tried to make a lion

into a vegetarian—it would die. Leather products honor the animal by not wasting any part of the life they gave. I could go on forever with different stories I have told myself over the years to try to make it OK. But why? Why do we all try to make it OK? Why not just stop eating meat, stop buying leather products?

We have been conditioned to love eating meat and cheese. We all have our favorites that we grew up with, comfort foods as we like to call them. Mother or grandmother cooking Thanksgiving dinner as a way of showing love. Meat is such a big part of our society that some people feel it would be too difficult to become vegan or that it would be too big of a lifestyle change.

If we all had to kill the animal that we were going to eat we’d opt for a vegan lifestyle pretty quickly. I think that the concept of eating meat is reinforced so deeply as a way of life in our environment that few people allow themselves to even think of meat as a dead animal.

able to ourselves. Guilt and shame are like poison to the spirit and once you remove the veil of denial, you have to deal with reality.

On my spiritual path this guilt and shame about eating animals was holding me back. It wasn’t on the surface, it was locked deep inside, too painful to look at. Doing my spiritual practices and energy work everyday I manifested a solution to my health issue. My solution is kale. Simple but true. I eat kale everyday and I’m stronger than ever and don’t feel tired at all. It turns out to be exactly what my body needed. I continued eating dairy with the same idea that most people have—the animal isn’t harmed, it’s just being milked.

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I guess I was ready for that veil of denial to finally be ripped off because I became friends with someone that did just that. He shared a movie with me that made me look at exactly what is happening in the world. It is a documentary called “Earthlings.” It shows how the animals we consume are really being treated and it’s NOT a cute little farm. It’s horrifyingly cruel. These animals suffer their entire lives from birth to death. Dairy farms are worse than you can imagine. Leather goods don’t come from the cows we eat because their hide is too damaged from abuse to even use for leather. It was almost impossible to watch the whole movie but I did.

I didn’t want to believe that this level of cruelty exists in the world. No one wants to look at where the meat they are eating comes from or the lifetime of suffering the cow endured to produce the cheese we love. No one wants to think that they play a part in creating pain and suffering. We do create it, by giving our money to the companies committing these horrifying acts of cruelty.

To look at yourself, your actions and how it creates suffering for another species is too painful for most people to acknowledge. I was in denial that these things were happening in the world. I see it now and it hurts. During the movie I cried, I vomited and now I’m vegan.

and awareness

When I was pregnant with my second child I hadn’t eaten meat for close to two years, in my first trimester I became very weak and tired all the time. My doctor told me that I needed to add meat back into my diet for the sake of my unborn child. When I argued the fact, thinking there must be something else I can do, he explained to me that because I am “O positive” blood type I need red meat in my diet more than other blood types. He told me to eat a burger. If you don’t feel better then we will run some other tests. Well, I did it and I felt better. So I went back to eating meat.

Being a person on the spiritual path, you can really only hold back truth for so long. Anything that doesn’t resonate with love will come up to the surface to be healed eventually. That healing is sometimes not easy. It means really looking at your life, your choices, your actions and taking responsibility for how those things affect others.

Some things are so painful to look at that we simply look the other way, don’t think about it, we play the role of blissfully ignorant so that we don’t have to be account-

Love and Light,

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Combining Aloha with politics

by Carlos Garcia

Terez Amato will face Baker in the Democratic Primary on Saturday, August 9th 2014.

Maui’s chance for a change: Terez Amato and Nikhilananda We live in an indisputably beautiful place on the planet. We are in a location that has the best soil for growing food, abundant sunshine, plenty of rain and possibly the cleanest air imaginable because of our location in the middle of the ocean.

Unfortunately, also on Maui are several corporations, whose greed and absolute disregard for the people, air, water and the planet are destroying our home.

These corporations even go as far as lying to their own employees as to what they are really doing.

By making their employees afraid of losing their jobs, or by saying they’re going to feed the world, and many other lies, they spread untruth by paying people to be their pawns. What they don’t tell them is how much poison they put in our soil, which runs into our streams then into the ocean. They don’t tell them how bad that cane smoke is for you.

Elections have consequences. Maui faces enormous challenges to both the land and the lifestyle of our community. This year we are fortunate to have a number of candidates who offer us an opportunity for real progressive change. The challenges are great and we have to take advantage of the moment.

This year we have 2 individuals that offer Maui a real chance for that change. They are Terez Amato and Nikhilananda.

Terez Amato, a Democrat from Kihei, has filed nomination papers and will challenge incumbent Baker in the Democratic Primary for State Senate District 6, South and West Maui on Saturday, August 9th, 2014.

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Terez Amato

“Maui needs a Senator who is working for the people, not for corporations,” Amato said. “I will never take money from corporations or lobbyists. The people of Maui will always be assured that I am working for them, not for special interests.”

Amato, a mother of four teenage children, grew up on Maui and has raised her family here. “Maui is my home,” she said. “I will always support Maui’s families, workers and small businesses. Keeping Maui free from toxins and pollution, and protecting the health of our people and our environment will always be one of my top priorities. That is something we can’t afford to compromise on, which is another reason why I will never take money from corporations or lobbyists.

The people of Maui need to know for sure that their Senator works for them.”

Amato says her other priorities as State Senator will include strong limits on chemical pesticides to keep Maui’s air, water and soil safe and healthy, and the right to have clear labeling of our food.

“Taking care of Maui’s families starts with a clean and healthy environment, free from toxic chemicals,” Amato said. “We can create a strong economy with good jobs for everyone, while we keep Maui clean, healthy and prosperous for our families and our children.”

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Also running for County Council is Nikhilananda.

Nikhilananda, longtime community and environmental activist, Nikhilananda is standing for the East Maui Seat on the Maui County Council. He will be on the primary election ballot on August 9th. He has previously been on the ballot, including as a candidate for the Green Party of Hawaii, when our local elections were partisan, plus he’s been a past State Co-Chair of the GPH, being involved since its inception in 1992. He has more recently been known as the producer and host of the award-winning, long running, live, call-in public affairs talk show, Maui Talks-TV, which for over nine years was seen on Akaku.

He was chosen as the “Community Activist of the Year” in 2004 and “Political Activist of the Year” in 2006 by the readers of MauiTime Weekly in their yearly “Best of” poll.

“Sustainability. That is the first component which must be looked at whenever some project, development or

item is being considered in Maui County,” Nikhilananda has said. “All around Maui, the poor and unsustainable policies of the past are destroying our precious land.

We can not just claim that we live in the most ‘beautiful place in the world’ and that Maui is ‘no ka oi’ and everything will be alright.” He advocated for a public transportation system, when most of our elected County Council members and Administrations felt it was unnecessary. The lack of adequate water and the fact that it’s controlled by a for-profit multi-national corporation, not having instituted county-wide curbsite recycling, our deficiency of affordable housing for the residents of Maui, the continual loss of farming and agricultural land and the use of Maui as a giant petri dish for bio-chemical companies are other issues one often hears him commenting on.

Whether it is serving on a Maui County Commission, being a member of the board of directors of a non-profit, or speaking out at a County Council or community hearing, one hears his insight, vision, passion and perception on whatever the topic may be.

“Protect what we have; preserve for the future” seems to be his rallying cry. You can find out more about Nikhilananda and his campaign at his website: www.friendsofnikhilananda.com. The deadline to register for the Primary election is Thursday, July 10th.

To Contact or Learn more about Terez Amato, go to:

NIKHILANANDA CANDIDATE MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL EAST MAUI SEAT

www.TerezAmato.com

www.FriendsOfNikhilananda.com

FB: facebook.com/TerezAmato Donate Securely on Act Blue:

Register by Thursday, July 10, 2014 Primary Election: SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2014 or vote absentee by mail or early walk-in voting nikhilananda@hawaiiantel.net

tinyurl.com/AmatoActBlue

808-572-USUS(8787)

Twitter: @TerezAmato

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YOGA STUDIOS

SOUTH SIDE

UPCOUNTRY

Maui Yoga & Kickboxing 115 E Lipoa St #202 Kihei, HI 96753 808-463-8811 mauiyoga.com

Brina Yoga Private Classes Community Classes brinayoga.com

Kihei Community Yoga

Maui Wellness Center/ 808-205-0510 mauiwellnesscenter.org

1847 S. Kihei Rd. #103 Kihei, HI 96753 808-269-2794 kiheiyoga.com

Maui Yoga Shala

Maui Yoga Path

Ananda Sanctuary in Haiku

381 Baldwin Ave Paia, HI 96779 808-283-4123 maui-yoga.com

2960 S. Kihei Rd. in Kihei 808-874-5545 mauiyogapath.com

Maui Beach Yoga

Infusion Yoga Maui

Call for location 808-385-6466 mauibeachyoga.com

71 Baldwin Avenue Paia, Hi 96779 behind Dazoo 808-269-6679 infusionyogamaui.com

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Bikram Yoga

Maya Yoga in Huelo 808-268-9426

Wisdom Flow Yoga Jennifer Lynn 808-268-4095 wisdonflowyoga.com 1170 Makawao Ave, Unit 1 Makawao, HI 96768 808-359-2252 makawaoyoga.com

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Healing Catalyst Denise LaBarre 808-575-2244 HealingCatalyst.com

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Ho’omana Spa Maui 808-573-8256 lomimassage.com

Hands of Light Coreena 808-268-6807

Heavenly Pivot Acupuncture Naya Cheung Rice 808-633-1753 heavenlypivot.com

Justine Till Transformational Bodywork

808-575-5220 templeofpeacemaui.com

(808) 250-8452

Reiki Sessions & Training - Bill Cox

251 Lalo St. Suite A2 Kahului, HI 96732 808-872-2402 bikramhawaii.com

808-344-8025 mauirolfing.com

203-376-9893

Island Spirit Yoga

Bikram Yoga Kahului

Maui Rolfing

Temple of Peace Healing Sanctuary – Colonics, Hydrotherapy & Spa

Deborah Dove Massage

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845 Waine’e Street #204 Lahaina, HI 96761 bikramyogalahaina.net 840 Wainee St. Lahaina, HI 96761 808-667-2111 islandspirityoga.com

Makawao Yoga

Anahata Yoga Annette Davidsson

510-292-5990 reclaimingbalance.org

808-572-4177 mauireiki.com

Malama Healing Arts Center-Massage Therapy & School 808-579-8525 malamahealingarts.com

The Maui School of Therapeutic Massage 808-572-1888 massagemaui.com

Sarah Thompson Intuitive Healing Maui SOUTH SIDE

Maui Mobile Reiki Energy Spa 808-212-3248 facebook.com/reiki.maui

Watsu and Massage Brenda M. Martin 808-269-4337 watsuonmaui.com

Brian Bodyworks & Chiropractic 808-633-6223 brianbodyworks.com

Kihei Chiropractic 808-879-0638

Dr. Michael Pierner Chiropractic Care 808-875-4357

Shalandra Abbey Reiki Master, Author 808-280-7704 reikihawaii.com WEST SIDE

Kapalua Spa 808-665-8282 kapalua.com

Maui Massage & Wellness 808-669-4500 mauimassageandwellness.com

Zensations Spa 808-669-0100 zensationsspa.com

Complete Chiropractic & Massage R. Charles Lewis 808-283-4322

Galan Sports Chiropractic & Massage 808-344-5066 galansportschiropractic.com

Healing Hands Chiropractic of Maui Anthony Jayswal, D.C.

CENTRAL MAUI

808-662-4476

Doucette Chriropractic & Kinesiology

Richard Sargent, D.C.Chiropractor

Spa Luna Massage

808-667-2040

Ocean LightForce Chiropractic Maui 808-419-6450 lightforcechiropracticmaui.com

VanQuaethem Chiropractic 808-667-7700 getadjustedmaui.com

Len Jacoby, L.Ac Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Herbs 808-662-4808

Reiki with Jenna 408-621-4102

Reiki Maui HI Patricia Gould 808-281-9001

Dr. Nancy Lins, N.D. Naturopathic Physician

808-893-2427

Joanne Green Therapeutic Massage 808-344-9344 joannegreenbodywork.com

Bowenwork Maui Jennifer Carey

808-575-2440 spaluna.com

808-269-3498 bowenworkmaui.com

Jeffrey A. Tice, L.Ac Acupuncture

Wailuku Health Center Andrew M. Janssen, DC Chiropractor

808-281-2727 taotonow.com

808-572-5599

Karine Villemure Massage Therapy and Clinical Skin Care

Erin L. Elster, DC Chiropractor

808-298-9512

808-866-6551 erinelster.com

Maui Therapeutic Massage Dean Nicklaw

Maui Aromatouch Jan Harmon 808-298-1262 mauiaromatouch.com

808-250-1073

Giselle Peterson

Sabai Massage Therapy

808-283-4047

808-463-7734 thaimassagemaui.com

Green Ti Boutique and Massage

Roth Chiropractic

808-242-8788 greentimaui.com

808-244-0312

Hale Malu – Karine Villemure

808-667-9554 drlinshawaii.com

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The Maui School of Therapeutic Massage

808-873-8446 chatterboxboutiki.com

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Quan Yin Family Health

Maui Academy of Healing Arts

808-242-6761

I’ao Acupuncture & Spa Christine Asuncion, L.Ac

808-879-4266 massagschoolmaui.com

Crossfit UpCountry

Crossfit State of Mind

850 Haliimaile Rd. Makawao, HI 96768 808-281-6925 crossfitupcountrymaui.com

219 Kupuohi St. Lahaina, HI 96761 808-446-6007 crossfitstateofmind.com

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Lahaina Cross Fit Megan Hildebrand

The Gym Maui

808-249-8280 iaoacupuncture.com

GYMS & FITNESS TRAINERS

MAUI MASSAGE SCHOOLS

UPCOUNTRY

300 Ohukai, B 202 - Kihei 808-891-8108 thegymmaui.com

Spa Luna Massage School

Upcountry Fitness

Valley Isle Fitness Center

808-575-2440 spaluna.com

Malama Healing Arts Center Massage Therapy & School 808-579-8525 malamahealingarts.com

810 Kokomo Rd. Haiku, HI 96708 808-575-7334 upcountryfitness.com

41 E. Lipoa St. Kihei, HI 96753 808-874-2844 valleyislefitnesscenter.com

In Home Personal Trainer Functionalty / Core Training Marco

Reps-Training Center 161 Wailea Ike Pl. Wailea, HI 96753 808-875-1066 repsfitness.com

310-367-6002

Sabai Massage School

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Anytime Fitness

808-463-7734 thaimassagemaui.com

3390 Old Haleakala Hwy Pukalani – 808-633-6463 anytimefitness.com

Ho’omana Spa Maui 808-573-8256 lomimassage.com

Body in Balance 142 Kupuohi St. Building # F2 Lahaina, HI 96761 808-661-1116 bodybalancemaui.com

219 Kupuohi St. Lahaina, HI 96761 808-286-9422 lahainacrossfit.com

Team Beachbody Laura T. Pelayo 808-298-6288 yourabsstartthere.com

Kapalua Spa Thomas Ockerman 808-665-8282 kapalua.com CENTRAL MAUI

24 Hour Fitness 150 Hana Hwy. – Kahului 808-877-7474 24hourfitness.com

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Maui Jewell Fitness 65 W. Ka’ahumanu Ave., Unit 10 Kahului, HI 96732 808-214-2929 mauijewellfitness.com

Maui Family YMCA 250 Kanaloa Ave. Kahului, HI 96732 808-242-9007 mauiymca.org

Curves 180 Wakea Ave., #1 Kahului, HI 96732 808-877-7222 curves.com

Cross Fit RFM 1790 Mill St. Wailuku, HI 96793 808-298-5604 rawfitnessmaui.com

Gold’s Gym-Wailuku 871 Kolu St., # 103 Wailuku, HI 96793 808-242-5773 goldsgym.com

Maui Sports Conditioning 530 E. Uahi Way Wailuku, HI 96703 808-357-1303 mauitrainer.com

NATURAL FOOD MARKETS

Mana Foods 49 Baldwin Ave. – Paia 808-579-8078 manafoods.com

Hawaiian Moons 2411 South Kihei Road Kihei 808-875-4356 hawaiianmoons.com

Alive & Well 340 Hana Hwy. – Kahului 808-877-4950

Farmer’s Market 3636 Lower Honoapiilani Lahaina, HI 96761 808-669-7004

Down To Earth Market 305 Dairy Rd Kahului, HI 96732 808-877-2661 downtoearth.org

Whole Foods Market 70 E. Kaahumanu Ave. Kahului, HI 96732 808-872-3310 wholefoodsmarket.com

VEGAN•VEGETARIAN•RAW FOOD RESTARAUNTS

Choice Health Bar 1087 Limahana Pl. Lahaina, HI 96761 808-661-7711 choicemaui.com

On the road to Hana - mile 27.5 808-248-4876 VEGAN & VEGETARIAN CHEFS • CATERING

Down To Earth Market 305 Dairy Rd Kahului, HI 96732 808-877-2661 downtoearth.org

Body Temple Gourmet Brook Le”amohala & Ava Raw Vegan Chef & Instructor 808-250-6578 bodytemplegourmet.com

Indian Vegan Catering

Fresh Mint

Manju - 808-281-0571

115 Baldwin Ave. Paia, HI 808-579-9144

Angel Green - Certified Gourmet & Pastry Raw Vegan Chef & Instructor

Maui Kombucha 810 Kokomo Rd #136 Haiku, HI 96708 808-575-5233 mauikombucha.com

808-866-0857 angelfoodwellness.com

Jessica Qsar - Health Supportive Chef & Wellness Coach

Veg-Out 810 Kokomo Rd. Haiku 96708 808-575-5320, veg-out.com

808-264-4939

Coreena-Raw Foods Chef 808-573-9087

Farmer’s Market 3636 Lower Honoapiilani Rd. Lahaina, HI 96761 808-669-7004

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Lumeria Maui Retreat Center

ANIMAL CARE & VETERNARIANS

Leilani Farm Sanctuary 260 East Kuiaha Road in Haiku 808-298-8544 leilanifarmsanctuary.org

1813 Baldwin Ave Makawao, HI 855-579-8877 lumeriamaui.com

Banyan Tree House B & B 3265 Baldwin Ave. - Makawao 808-572-9021 bed-breakfast-maui.com

Eco Dogs & Cats ecodogsandcats.com

BooBoo Zoo East Maui Animal Refuge

Maui Wellness Center/

Ananda Sanctuary in Haiku

808-205-0510 mauiwellnesscenter.org

25 Maluaina Place in Haiku 808-572-8308 booboozoo.org

Hale Akua Garden Farm

West Maui Animal Clinic 232 Lahainaluna Rd. 808-662-0099 westmauianimalclinic.com

Pacific Primate Sanctuary 808-572-8089 pacificprimate.org MAUI RETREAT CENTERS

Heart Path Journeys 470 Kaluanui Rd. Makawao, HI 808-243-7284 heartpathjourneys.com

Temple of Tantra

Kahului Farmers Market

1371 Malaihi Rd in Wailuku 808-244-4921 schooloftantra.com

Saturdays: 7 AM to 1 PM 310 W Ka’ahumanu Ave. Kahului 808-244-3100

MAUI HOME PRODUCE DELIVERY (CSA)

Kihei Farmers Market

Island Fresh Delivery 808-664-1129 islandfreshdelivery.com

Makawao Farmers Market

Kula Fields Produce Delivery

Wednesdays: 10 AM to 5 PM 3654 Baldwin Ave. - Makawao

808-280-2099 kulafields.com

110 Door of Faith Rd. in Huelo 808-572-9300 haleakuagardenfarm.com

Maui Grocery Service

Palms at Wailea

FARMER’S MARKETS

3200 Wailea Alanui Dr. Kihei, HI 96753 888-901-4521 sunshineretreats.com

The Original Makawao Farmers Market

808-283-3135 mauigroceryservice.com

Halemano

Wednesdays: 9 AM to 2 PM Pookela Church - 200 Olinda Rd. 808-419-1570

Hana Highway in Kipahulu 808-248-7071

Upcountry Farmers Market

Ala Kukui

Kulamlu Town Center 55 Kiopaa St. in Pukalani

4224 Hana Hwy in Hana 808-248-7841

WATSU

Saturdays: 8:30 AM to 11 AM 95 Lipoa St.– Kihei 808-357-4564

Honokowai Farmers Market Mon/Wed/Fri 7 AM to 11 AM 3636 Lower Honoapi’ilani Lahaina 808-669-7004

Hana Fresh Farmers Market Mondays: 3 PM to 6 PM Thursdays: 11 AM to 3 PM 4590 Hana Highway in Hana

Napili Farmers Market Wednesdays: 8 to 11 AM 4900 Honapiilani Hwy-Napili 808-633-5060

LMT# 12045

Brenda M. Martin

(808) 269-4337

convenient Kihei location

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WatSu, or WATer ShiatSU, is at its simplest explanation a floating massage.

The therapist moves your body through the warm water stretching muscles & opening energy pathways to achieve deep relaxation. It is an experience unlike any other massage you have ever received.

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What difference

going VEGETARIAN: would it make?

by Chandrika McLaughlin

If you ask a vegetarian why they have given up eating meat, they may say it was for health, or to protect the environment and evade climate catastrophe, or to help avert famine. Others may speak of the cruelty to the animals or cite spiritual benefits.

Lani Star from Kula cited “beauty and longevity.”

Susan Sweet from Kihei added “There are so many reasons. It was a small thing I could do so we all can thrive.” 40 years ago I came home from a social studies class about world hunger and told my mom I didn’t want to eat meat any more. She said, “OK. I won’t buy it.” That was the beginning of major positive changes through education in that family’s life.

The meat and dairy industry continues to spread more lies than actually talking about any benefits of meat and dairy. The traditional western meat based diet contains about double the needed protein. The CDC recommends average adult women get 46 grams and men get 56 grams.

For example, 56 grams represents half a cup of sunflower seeds, one cup of cooked lentils, one half cup of tempeh or tofu and 2 to 2.5 tablespoons of nut butter or hemp seeds.

According to the American Dietetic Association, appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including vegan diets, are nutritionally adequate.

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in England and Germany showed that vegetarians were about 40 percent less likely to develop cancer.

Harvard studies support these conclusions. Harvard Medical School cites studies involving more than 76,000 participants and showing vegetarians were 25% less likely to die of heart disease. 2014 NIH and CDC figures total the combined cost of cancer and coronary heart disease in the United States at $323.5 billion annually.

In addition to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, vegetarians have less risk of stroke, type-2 diabetes, insulin resistance and osteoporosis. Observational studies suggest that a plant based diet reduces BMI, overweight and obesity. A university study of 73,000 Adventists who otherwise have similar health habits found that vegetarians were 12% less likely to die from all causes (JAMA).

In regards to the environment, The UN 2006 report stated that animal agriculture poses “one of the top two or three significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems at every scale from local to global.” Beef requires 16 times more fossil fuel energy to raise than vegetables and rice. Almost 50% of the water used in the US is consumed by the meat and dairy industries.

Including their feed, they are the leading source of water pollution.

Animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gases than automobiles. Meat-based diets require 10 to 20 times as much land as plant-based diets.

If the ecology seems to be going to s#@%, it may be because US farm animals generate 130 times as much fecal matter as US humans.

Then there are those who promote vegetarianism as the humane choice. Each year 50 billion cows, pigs, chickens and other feeling animals are caged, crowded, deprived, mutilated, drugged and killed in horrifying ways in the world’s factory farms and slaughterhouses.

Going vegetarian is one great way to make a difference To learn more about the positive impact that living vegan/vegetarian has on our society go to www.livingaloha.net/vegan.

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