A growing body of research shows that pesticides and other contaminants are more prevalent in the foods we eat, in our bodies, and in the environment than we thought. Studies show that by eating organic or biodynamic foods, you can reduce your exposure to the potential health risks associated with those chemicals.

What is the Living Food Lifestyle™ ?

Living food is provided by nature, organically grown in its original, uncooked state.

Live foods provide the body with the life-giving, easy-to-digest nourishment needed to strengthen the immune system. Seeds, grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables in their natural, uncooked state, are the living food used to rebuild health - physically, mentally, and emotionally.

The teachings of Ann Wigmore are simple, yet deeply rooted in the fertile grounds of love and compassion for humankind - planting generous and global seeds of hope and inspiration for those open and willing to receive change.

If you desire a more healthy and conscious way of life, want more energy and vitality, want to learn about environmentally friendly cuisine, and the benefits of raw organic foods for your health and for the planet, a Living Food diet is perfect for YOU!

Here at Nature's Wonderland, we want to support individuals in making life choices that promote health and well being in all aspects of their lives.

Eat a natural diet of alive raw fruits and vegetables
Overcome illness the natural way and realise complete rejuvenation
Avoid pain and suffering, colds and disease and medical bills
Become your own self-health care guide
Create glowing health and superb fitness
Feel youthful and assure extraordinary longevity
Design a most healthy lifestyle, so that you can experience the joyous living for which you have always longed, but thought was only possible in your dreams.

There are numerous benefits to both eating organic foods, and to biodynamic and organic gardening. You will receive a huge benefit that comes from a renewed relationship with nature. It starts with an "I won't poison you; you won't poison me" attitude, and ends with "I'll nurture and respect you; you nurture and respect me." Doing your own organic gardening makes this a personal commitment. Gardening is just plain good for the soul. There is nothing quite like getting your hands in the soil for really good "grounding".

In addition to the mental and emotional benefits of growing and eating organic food, there are also the physical benefits. These physical benefits can be pinned down to nutrients present in organic foods that are not in commercial foods and toxins not in organic foods that are present in commercial foods. Organic foods have much higher levels of nutrient minerals than non-organic food and much lower levels of heavy metals.

Here are a few of the nutrients found in higher levels in the organic foods:

* Chromium is a micronutrient that is low in Western diets. Its deficiency is associated with the onset of adult diabetes and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Chromium has been found to be higher in organic foods by an average of 78%.

* Selenium is one of the antioxidant nutrients that protects us from damage by environmental chemicals. It is protective against cancers and heart disease. It has been found to be an average of 390% higher in organic foods.

* Calcium, needed for strong bones, averages 63% higher in organics.

* Boron, which has been shown to help prevent osteoporosis (along with calcium), averages 70% more.

* Lithium, which is used to treat certain types of depression, is 188% higher.

* Magnesium, which reduces mortality from heart attacks, keeps muscles from having spasms, and eases the symptoms of PMS, averages 138% more.

In short, many of the minerals are found in much higher levels in organic foods.

Eating organic food, drinking pure water, and watching our airborne chemical exposure can have profound positive effects on our health.

The world in which we currently live is becoming starved of (amongst many things) good, healthy and nutritious food. The best answer to this predicament is to concentrate on BIODYNAMIC and ORGANIC LIVING FOODS!

Can the Earth heal itself, or has the waning of the Earth's vitality gone too far for this?

No matter where our land is located, if we are observant we will see sure signs of illness in trees, in our cultivated plants, in the water, even in the weather. Organic agriculture rightly wants to halt the devastation caused by humans; however, organic agriculture has no cure for the ailing Earth. From this the following question arises:

What was the original source of vitality, and is it available now?

Biodynamic agriculture is based on the “Agriculture Course” given by Rudolf Steiner in Koberwitz, near Breslau (Wroclaw), in 1924, in response to requests from farmers. Farmers and gardeners who work biodynamically take account of the living interactions and rhythms deriving from both terrestrial and cosmic influences. Besides avoiding all chemical and synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, this involves crop rotation appropriate to the locality, animal husbandry and feeding adapted to the nature of each species, and social forms that go beyond the traditional family business.

Based on our judgement of individual foodstuffs, we can make specific recommendations. On the basis of these, whole-foods nutrition has been developed that uses grains as staple diet. The descriptions of Rudolf Steiner and the experiences of many different people have also led to the practice of eating fewer meat and fish products and favouring an ova-lacto vegetarian diet (with milk and eggs). This however, depends entirely on the choice of the individual and his or her needs.

For those of you who have an interest in the future of our lives here on Earth, I highly recommend that you read a little of the philosophies and literature of Rudolf Steiner ... he was an incredible man!

To encompass even a small amount of his teachings into your life will make some wonderful changes. For many years my kids and I have adopted his philosophies and I school my children following the Steiner School (Waldorf) ways. What more natural path to follow than to also adopt his teachings of Anthroposophy - of Biodynamics.

“Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge aiming to guide the spiritual element in the human being to the spiritual in the universe.”

“So the Earth may be healed.”

Rudolf Steiner

What is needed to prepare all this wonderful food??

SEEDS to grow your own SPROUTS
A SPROUTER to enable the seeds to be easily grown
A Food DEHYDRATOR for either yummy snacks or for preserving food
GRAINS & a GRAINMILL to make your own fresh breads
SOYA BEANS to make nutritious, cholesterol free food - plus make your own TOFU
WATER FILTER, Purifier or Distiller - cleanse your water from all those chemicals that are added to the city water supply!