Raw Food Blog

I get feedback from many women around the world who are very excited about my facial exercise program: Rawsome Flex: Beautifying System of Facial Exercises and Raw Foods, available in paperback and as an ebook. One of the challenges that some women are facing—pun intended—is fitting the exercises into their daily routine. When you already have a full schedule, setting aside another 20 to 30 minutes each morning and evening seems overwhelming. Have no fear, help is on the way. 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 »

Face it!…Your face is your fortune…or your frustration. That face in the mirror—is it all you want it to be? All it could be?
Your face is you…Your face reflects how you feel. Let’s get honest—how are you feeling? Aging?…Tired?…Sad?…Distressed? Read the rest of this entry »

One Lady wrote me: “Hi Tonya, I just read your article about facial exercises. I was wondering if rebounding on a mini-trampoline would be good or bad for facial muscles. I have heard that it has an anti-aging effect, but I also heard that aerobic exercise can cause sagging. What do you think?” Read the rest of this entry »

Keeping the eye moist is essential for good eye health. Tears bathe the eye, washing out dust and debris. They also contain enzymes that neutralize the microorganisms that populate the eye. In dry eye syndrome, the eye either doesn’t produce enough tears, or the tears it produces have a chemical composition that causes them to evaporate too quickly. Read the rest of this entry »

The popular argument against facial exercises uses Botox as an example. Who would have thought it? Injected directly into the muscles of the forehead and facial lines, Botox smoothes the face precisely because it prevents the muscles from moving—by paralyzing them! Botox targets facial wrinkles caused by facial expressions, by the contraction of small, voluntary muscles used in laughing, smiling, frowning, or lifting the eyebrows. When these small muscles are relaxed, the wrinkles they cause around the forehead and the eyes diminish. Read the rest of this entry »

Nose jobs, implants, facelifts, and nips and tucks are not now, nor will they ever be, an option for me. Surgery, any surgery, is aging for everyone, but it can be deadly for raw food people. Health is our priority. We are not going to compromise it for anything. Surgery is also detrimental to beauty in the long run. Read the rest of this entry »