Superfood – Goji Berries- Native to Southeastern Europe and Asia.
The Goji Berry is filled with powerful antioxidants that aid in better circulation and support a healthy liver function. They are also rich in carotenoids that assist in maintaining eyesight as we age. In addition to these already stellar benefits, they are also high in Vitamins E, C, and multiple B’s , as well as amino acids, trace minerals, calcium, iron, selenium, and zinc. The Goji Berry also packs a powerful punch as it contains the highest concentration of protein of any fruit! Other benefits include:
Anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial , and anti-fungal compounds
High in fiber
Improve quality of sleep
Produce calming effects on the brain
Contains all essential amino acids
How Do You Use Superfood – Goji Berries?
You can eat them RAW with a small handful a day.
Add into Fresh JUICE you make.
Goji Berries is very often to brew in a TEA. You can add them into a big glass of hot or cold water, or tea and let it be for 5-10 minutes, it will become plump and juicy.
Soak some Goji berries in water for 5 minutes, and then add them into your favorite SMOOTHIES.
In Chinese cuisine for thousands of years, they add Goji berries into SOUP; add them in the last 10-20 minutes since it’s not good to boil them for too long.
Why is raw food so popular nowadays? Why should we embrace raw food in our life?
Santosa’s Raw Food Chef and Coach Susanna Eduini is going to give you a perfect answer in her raw food cooking class.
“Raw food are easy to digest, so our bodies are less taxed and more energetic and we can use this extra energy to live at our best, to go towards our best dreams and make them happen and manifest into reality.”
– Susanna Eduini
The classes are well designed and composed of 6 sessions, if you choose to attend for 2 weeks, you will have a rather complete picture of raw food concepts. However, each session is also valuable as a standard session you can pop in anytime. Susanna is a famous coach in Italy, in her class, your 5 senses will be all enticed to taste, smell, touch, feel, and see what raw food is about, making it an unforgettable experience.
Our first raw food cooking class will be on Dec 3 (Wednesday) from 15:00 to 16:00. Please call to book @ 076-330-600.
Inspired by the legend of a travelling opera company who fell ill whilst visiting Phuket to perform for the Chinese laborers during the tin-mining boom, the whole company followed a strict vegetarian diet and were miraculously healed from their maladies. The abstinence was to honour two of the emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai Teh and Yok Ong Sone Teh.
During the festival each year, the streets of Phuket erupt into gruesome displays of self-mutilation that are said to bring good luck to the community. Spiritual ceremonies accompany, as well as street processions honoring the Gods. The vegetarian festival is a historical tradition, and a major event for the Chinese-Thai community, which makes up approximately 30% of the population of Phuket. Although celebrated in other parts of Thailand, the infamous tradition was started in Phuket in 1825.
Even if the spiritual aspect or the grotesque spectacles is too much for you, Phuket comes alive with vegetarian markets paying homage to plant based cuisine, offering up a myriad of vegetarian delicacies – even competing for the best dish. Some expats also take part in the festival, and practice the same abstinence. The health benefits of this are countless, they give the liver and digestive system a much deserved break from the temptations of island life.
Vegetarian restaurants all over Phuket celebrate with special events to pay homage to a wonderful celebration of purity and vibrant health, and Santosa is no exception. The most esteemed fine dining vegetarian restaurant in Phuket will be holding a very special vegetarian buffet to mark the arrival of this wonderful festival.
On Saturday 27th September, the restaurant will be open from 6pm with a selection of Santosa signature dishes, and of course, traditional Thai cuisine in honour of the traditions of the festival. The cost will be a very special 350THB++ per person, and we welcome bookings on +66 76 330 600.
Giving up the Baskin & Robbins empire to focus on sustainable food sources
A bit of inspiration for the day… Did you know that John Robbins, the heir in line to Baskin & Robbins incredibly lucrative empire, turned down not only his position in the company, but also his trust fund, to spread the message about sustainable food sources and raw, plant based nutrition?
After witnessing the rampant heart disease in his family from a young age, John Robbins decided that something had to be done to compel the world away from unconscious food choices.
In 1987 he wrote ‘Diet for a New America,’ which finally created a link between environment, nutrition and animal rights, and started a revolution in the health and food industries. Many works followed, but it was the book “The Food Revolution” that really enraptured the world, and started to create true awareness and change. It was one of the very first books to discuss the negative health effects of eating genetically modified foods and animal products of all kinds, exposing the dangers inherent in our factory farming system, and advocating a complete plant-based diet urging us to eat ethically farmed and produced produce.
This book is still one of the most talked about sources in the food-politics revolution, and is cited by so many key campaigners and academics, despite being over 10 years old.
If you need more proof that vegetarian food is absolutely incredible for you, just take a look at Mr Robbins himself… At 66 years young, he is the ideal advertisement and a wonderful face of the vegan and vegetarian lifestyle! Tirelessly campaigning, and absolutely resolute in his convictions, it is hard not to be convinced by such a wonderful, inspirational man.
At Santosa Detox Center in Phuket, we follow his research avidly, and wholeheartedly agree with his principles behind choosing vegan & vegetarian food. Join us for cooking classes in our restaurant, where we display how to make vegetarian a little more sexy, and replicate some of the deliciously wholesome dishes from our wonderful chef Manoj.
At Santosa, guests can use their free time to relax and disconnect from the stresses of the outside world by joining our free classes, taking a swim or a relaxing ice bath after a sauna.
Santosa Spa is truly an extension of our ethics; to take you on a sensual and luxurious journey. Our treatments nurture and support the connection between body, mind and spirit.
Shirodara & Ayurvedic - Thai Herbal Compress - Hot Stone - Cupping Therapy - Infrared Dome Sauna - Ion Cleanse Foot Bath - Epsom Salt Foot SPA and Foot Scrub
