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You mention Braggs...my latest favorite cooking show is the raw cooking show on public television (http://www.mptv.org/local_shows/?s=12) While her personality is muted on the show, Caroline is an amazingly upbeat, positive and contagious personality. She supplements a lot of her cooking with Braggs aminos (http://www.mptv.org/local_shows/recipes/?s=12)

Her thesis is that by keeping the nutrients in your food high, you will eat less because the body has found the nutrition it needs. She's a walking example, having lost significant weight by switching to a raw food diet.

That said, I'm not a raw food nut, but living without air conditioning in this extremely hot summer, we've been using her recipe bases a lot--and they're just that, starting points for you to expand upon. (whisper) just don't let her know that we use her taco mix in whole wheat wraps (/whisper).