Glossary
ACIDOPHILUS: A type of helpful bacteria used in digestion.
AMYLASE: A digestive enzyme found in saliva.
ASSIMILATION: The ability to receive nutrients.
BIOACTIVE: Food with its life force.
BIODYNAMIC: A way of organic farming.
BIOGENIC: Promoting life.
CHARGE: To induce an electrical current and store it.
COMPOST: The breakdown of organic materials.
CONVENTIONALLY GROWN: Grown with chemicals and pesticides.
CULTIVATED: Grown for the purpose of eating.
CULTURED: Food with healthy bacteria living on it.
DEHYDRATED: Food with water evaporated from it.
ELIMINATION: The expulsion of waste matter from the body.
ENEMA: A method of cleansing the colon using water.
ENZYME: Substance that splits food into its vital parts.
EVAPORATE: To remove water by using warmth.
EXFOLIATE: Stimulating the skin to release toxins.
FASTING: The removal of something from daily practice.
FECAL MUCOID MATTER: Old material stuck to the colon walls.
FORAGING: Finding wild food or questing for food.
FRUIT: Any water-rich food surrounding a seed.
GERMINATION: The beginning process of sprouting.
GRAIN: Any affixed hull seed that grows as a grass.
HERB: Any green plant whose leaves are edible.
HYBRID: Any food that has been bred.
INTENTION: The focus of positive energy toward a goal.
MACROBIOTIC: An Asian system of eating seasonal and mostly cooked foods.
NATURAL: Doing things in harmony with nature.
NUT: A seed that has a removable shell and grows on trees.
ORGANICALLY GROWN: Grown without the use of chemicals.
PAPAIN: A digestive enzyme found in papaya.
PREDIGESTED: Easier to assimilate due to living bacteria.
PREPARING: Creating a raw food meal.
REMINERALIZE: To introduce organic minerals to water.
SPROUT: The young growth of a future plant.
VEGAN: No animal products, meat, dairy, or eggs, and honey-free.
WILD: Produced by nature without any help from man.
WISDOM: Experience (what we do) plus knowledge (what we learn). A true understanding about some teachings that we can pass on to others to
help benefit their life.