Raw Food Blog

One of the most ancient and beneficial health practices known: the art of tempering the body with cold water.

Tempering the body with cold water, indoors or out, is an ancient practice for health, stamina and longevity. Kundalini yoga practitioners do this early in the morning, and their name for it is ishnaan. The ancient Greeks and Spartans practiced it. Read the rest of this entry »

Quite possibly the only serious drawback I’ve noticed to a 100% raw food diet is the tendency to feel cold, especially during the first year.

If we look around in nature, we see humans are the only creatures using houses with insulation and further protect ourselves from variations in temperature with heaters, air conditioning and clothing. Read the rest of this entry »

Medical professionals believe that gallstones form when bile contains too much cholesterol, or not enough bile salts, or when the gallbladder does not empty completely or frequently enough. Bottom-line, there is an imbalance within the body’s chemistry, and it has been shown that cholesterol is present in almost 75% of the stones examined. Read the rest of this entry »

Assuming you are overweight when you begin the transition to the raw food diet, and you start to lose weight, this will affect your breasts. Can you really increase your breast size? Can you firm and tone your breasts? Read the rest of this entry »

More than 65% of American adults are overweight or obese, according to the National Institute of Health. The U.S. obesity rate has been climbing steadily in recent years. Carrying extra weight not only increases the chances of developing serious health problems, but it also affects how we age. Read the rest of this entry »

It was downright unnerving! Out of the blue, the skin on the tips of my right hand became dry, red, wrinkled and scaling. The condition faded over the next few days, but came back with a vengeance, especially on my right thumb. I’d apply some moisturizer on my fingers, only to discover they need more moisturizer minutes later. This went on for several weeks. What on earth was the cause? Read the rest of this entry »

Mornings, for some, are a discouraging part of the day. Waking up can be hard enough…and then you look in the mirror. “Whoa!” you say. “What happened?”

You can try a cold washcloth, as I have. But it only goes so far to bring down the puffiness in your face. Read the rest of this entry »

Nothing gives away your age like your neck. The neck region, or décolleté, often gets neglected. In younger years, its skin tone and musculature are more in-sync with the face, lending a youthful, graceful look. After 40, an almost imperceptible decline leads to fat deposits under the chin, weakened muscles and loose skin. And you can double that trouble if you’ve lost weight rapidly. We’ve all seen, and some of us have had, that turkey wattle. Weight loss, sun damage, diet, and heredity all play major roles in how our necks age. Women do seem to care meticulously for their faces, yet all too often that caring stops at the chin. Read the rest of this entry »

In our modern, hygienic, germophobic society, we forget that we share an amazing symbiotic relationship with an invisible world. Microbes exist within, without and all around you. Without them, your visible world (not to mention your good health) could not exist. The “invisible world” I’m talking about consists entirely of microorganisms or, as they’re more commonly known, bacteria. Read the rest of this entry »

People ask me: There are these new high-tech “stem cell creams” on the market. What do you think about them?Here’s the scoop on stem cells…Suppose you cut your finger. Your wound is able to heal because other skin cells around the damaged area divide and migrate to seal the wound. Break a leg, and chondrocytes (bone-forming cells) will repair the damage. Read the rest of this entry »