Issue 27
~ The Top 14 Edible Flower You Must Try ~
Volume 8 | No. 27 | Downloadable References, Citations and Sources
Features
Naked Truth
The Capitalism of education by Michele Lastella
Naked Diet
Gluten! Separating the Wheat from the Chat by Michael Greger, MD.
Naked Planet
Grow your own medical garden
Naked Food
Which Kale Are You?
Naked Wisdom
The Art of Disobedience, by Will Tuttle, PhD
Naked Kitchen
Top 14 Edible Flowers That You Must Try
Naked Health
Know Your Microbiome
Naked Truth
The Take of Contagion, by Margarita Restrepo
Naked Life
Plutarch: On the Eating of Flesh, by Michele Lastella
Naked Lifestyle
The Naked Kitchen's Ultimate Guide to Plant-based Substitutions
Featured Naked Recipes
All recipes developed by the Naked Food Chefs.
Chickpea Salad Sandwich
Naked Lentil Faux Gras
Cold Cucumber Soup 30 Berry & Melon Raw Bowl
Pine Needle Tea
Papaya Smoothie Bowl
No Bake Millet & Coconut Biscuits
Double-Grain Turmeric Bowl
Heart, Kidney, and C Booster
Quick Party Guac
Editor’s Note
Modern Humans?
Centuries ago, we used to rely on the stars, the sun, and the moon to guide our journeys. We used to care for the Earth and its soil because we knew it would provide us with plenty of magnificent fruit.
We used to admire the elders, because through them we could comprehend a world that happened before us. We used to know that animals were companions, partners, friends, and angels on Earth who taught us what unconditional love truly is. We also loved plants… we knew the ones that could heal a temporary ache, as well as those that could cure serious ailments. Most of all, we knew that all the gifts of Mother Earth were sacred.
Somehow as modern humans, we are not capable of seeing or appreciating this wonder. What for? It won’t pay the bills. We believe we are made of something different than what the universe is made of, and we are better for it. We have lost the ability to think for ourselves, to be conscious of our actions (and their consequences), and we have forgotten how to find the truth. We are also no longer interested in loving one another but instead, finding more reasons why we can’t.
The human body is a perfect machine, but we have lost the ability to respect or even understand nature, far less, our own nature or the perfection of our natural being. We prefer to believe that only modern cures will heal modern illnesses, as if technology could heal humanity.
Perhaps it’s time to reevaluate our “modern” thinking and start a new chapter? Yes, perhaps one guided by love, wisdom, freedom, kindness, compassion and hope, but especially nature and its ability to heal itself—if we allow it to do so.
Love, always!
Margarita Restrepo
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Naked Food Magazine