Acne can be a troublesome and embarrassing issue. Many people search for remedies in medicated creams and astringent ointments without realizing that even though breakouts and pimples are external, the causes are internal. Treatments that are applied to the skin can only go so far in relieving the manifestation. Since topical lotions do not address the causes, they offer at best only a temporary solution. Read the rest of this entry »

Maybe you’re lucky—you live in Florida, Arizona, or sunny California. But for the rest of us, it happens sooner or later…the abundant fresh raw foods you’ve been enjoying all summer and fall gives way to anemic, limp, out-of-season “losers” in your produce department. Read the rest of this entry »

by Kelli Haines

“I had tried ‘going raw’ every way there was and could never see it through or stick to it. Before raw food diet came along I was a die-hard Atkins girl; again and again and again. I was the epitome of Yo-Yo dieting, and was battling a binge/purge mentality. Read the rest of this entry »

Let me see a show of hands. How many of you follow the raw food diet but still drink coffee or tea? Read the rest of this entry »

As I was signing up for my Bikram yoga class, the instructor said: “Look at her nails! Are they for real?” I get such comments often. Read the rest of this entry »

Your body will adapt to whatever you impose upon it, so long as you do this gradually. The body has amazing abilities of adaptation. But adaptation takes time. Approach any drastic change like moving to two meals per day, not eating after 3 pm or 5 pm. or any other change, with caution and common sense. Read the rest of this entry »

Each time you eat more than your body needs, you put extra stress on your body. Excessive eating, even on raw foods, is a dispensed violence you perform against your body. But isn’t food essential in order to survive in this world? How much food does one need? Read the rest of this entry »

The myth is that it is virtually impossible to eat enough food to get all the nutrients the body needs on a daily basis, so taking multivitamin supplements is the healthy alternative for maintaining health and preventing disease. This idea is not true if you are on the raw food diet. Read the rest of this entry »

At some point in our lives, just about every one of us will experience the onset of graying hair. What can be done to reverse or prevent gray? Read the rest of this entry »

Consuming more greens in our daily diets is one of the vital things we can do for our health. Yet many people find it hard to consume the quantity of green leafy vegetables they need each day, and those on raw foods diet are no exception. Read the rest of this entry »