Sometimes it is good to brush up on the basics as we pursue dietary and lifestyle changes. When you begin to eat large amounts of roughage, as on the raw food diet, the body may have difficulty handling the increase at first. It is normal to have bloating, gas and even bowel spasms during the cleansing period. This is only temporary. Read the rest of this entry »

What People are Saying about Tonya Zavasta’s work Read the rest of this entry »

People ask me: Natural Hygiene practitioners like Harvey Diamond, Vivian Vertrano, and others teach that the body has a “natural” cycle divided into three parts:

12:00 noon—8:00 PM…Digestion
8:00 PM—4:00 AM…Assimilation
4:00 AM—12:00 noon…Cleansing

Doesn’t you practice of eating between 6 AM and 2 PM interfere with the “natural” period of cleansing? It would seem—in theory—that eating between noon and 8 PM would better follow the cycle. Read the rest of this entry »

This article was published in the Toastmaster magazine.

You owe it to yourself, and to your audience, to look your best. I am NOT about “Dress for Success.” That’s old hat, and you want to hear something new. Mark Twain said: “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.” However, I want to talk about something your clothing CANNOT conceal. I’m talking about your health. Your health as it shows–and it WILL show, whatever you’re wearing. The bottom line: I want to talk to you about how you look as a speaker. Read the rest of this entry »

There are several benefits to taking the time to chew your raw foods thoroughly. One, of course, is ease of digestion. Chewing helps produce saliva, which contains enzymes that are needed to help break down our food. Also, chewing reduces the size and surface area of our food so that the enzymes can do their job of breaking down the foods more efficiently. After all, it has been said that the stomach has no teeth. But proper chewing of an abundance of raw foods benefits more than just digestion. Read the rest of this entry »

Some people, especially the once who are thin, with going on the raw food diet notice that their skin becomes very dry during the first weeks. They panic that their face and hands appear to be aging rapidly. Read the rest of this entry »

You are cruising along with the top down in your raw foods lane, enjoying the benefits of looking and feeling better than ever. It is tempting to want to invite your family and friends along for the ride, whether they want to go or not. After all, you don’t want them to miss out on all the wonders that await them down the road. But the more you coax, the more they dig in their heels, call you a health nut, and order out for pizza. Why won’t they listen? Read the rest of this entry »

As we enter into the fall and winter season, food preservation becomes an issue for those wanting to preserve some of the garden bounty without compromising the nutritional value of raw foods

Modern nutritional science believes frozen foods are just as good as fresh as far as nutritional value is concerned. The claim is that the freezing process itself does not destroy nutrients. Read the rest of this entry »