Posts from — June 2009

If you were to walk into your kitchen right now, what would be the first thing that you saw?  How about if you opened your fridge?  And your pantry? If your answer to these questions is not “raw fruits and veggies,” you might want to make a few changes. Having your kitchen set up so [...]

So you struggle with staying raw. You’re not alone. Going raw can be rewarding in so many ways, but it’s also quite challenging.  Not many people can apply such a drastic change overnight and never look back. Don’t fret!  I have an excellent tip for you today.  But first, a quick question. Do you know [...]

I often hear how “simple” eating raw is compared to eating cooked.  And I couldn’t agree more!  There is just no comparison between a beautiful, simple breakfast of a whole cantaloupe and a SAD breakfast of bacon, eggs, hash browns, toast, and a cup of coffee. Talk about indigestion! However, a healthy raw food breakfast [...]

There are so many doctors, nutritionists, dieticians, health hobbyists and lobbyists out there that bash the raw food diet and its promoters.  They say that a raw food diet isn’t balanced, is lacking nutrients, results in fanaticism… Ultimately, they conclude that a raw diet is a radical approach to health. But the truth is, the [...]

This one rule completely changed my conception of food and nutrition.  It made me reevaluate all that I knew about what humans should eat. Before I went raw, my favorite snack was green apples and peanut butter.  Almost everyday, I would cut up one green apple into little slices and put 2 tablespoons of peanut [...]