by
Paul
BenhaimFOREWORD
riting this book has been an adventure. Travelling
through time zones and date lines has led me to interact
with various cultures and belief systems. In doing so, I
have realized that so many aspects of life can be related to food.
Food is not just what we see on our plates – it is what we smell,
hear and feel. I have learnt most effectively from my teachers
through the practice of their teachings on how food affects our way
of life. Therefore you will find many practical instructions on a wide
range of subjects, along with varied recipes. The intention is to
enable us all to experience as the Himalayan mountain yogis or
the African tribes’ people do, by choosing to turn these words with
some understanding into action.
Not all the recipes you find will meet all the criteria laid out
in Section One. The choice is with the reader to enjoy, for what
they are, some of the tastiest recipes I have found. You may easily
adapt the recipes to follow a well-combined, living foods diet
based on balanced Ayurvedic principles or simply enjoy as is.
Whatever your path may be, this book will work for you in some
way.
HEMP is not a diet book – there are many such
fashionable ideas already available on the bookshelf. The book
you have here is not a fashion, although it may be cool and hip for
now. Re-discovered, hemp is very useful tool buy the basic
principles outlined within the following pages will always remain,
as most of them have for centuries past.
If you prefer to follow a set of rules then this book is not for
you. Put it away for a rainy day. Fashion dieters become tired of
searching and bouncing between different ideas and beliefs which,
due to lack of success, cause stress, a factor which may be more