Raw Food Blog

I received this email recently:

Some raw food leaders are “coming out” that they are a little non
vegan here and there or a bit “cooked” during the winter. I have
been trying this too. I am very happy with the couple of needed
pounds I put on and with my new level of energy. I would be
interested to hear if you have treated this ground as well, Tonya.
I will still love you if you have! Read the rest of this entry »

It was a lump. Small—about the size of a soybean. I was a young Russian girl, about thirteen, when my breasts fully developed. And it was then I discovered it, there in my left breast. I never told any doctor. Years passed before I even mentioned it to my mother. We came to America in 1991. I was thirty three and that’s when I had my first mammogram. My female doctor became very concerned about my lump. She kept insisting I repeat the test again and again. Then she suggested an ultrasound. Read the rest of this entry »

Some people on the raw food diet express concern about consuming excess quantities of oxalic acid from sources such as spinach, swiss chard and beets. 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 »

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 »

Why Eat Raw? Why Quantum Eating? Read the rest of this entry »

What People are Saying about Tonya Zavasta’s work 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’s nothing like a good old-fashioned home-cooked meal…That friendly, familiar saying is as venerable as home itself as warm and welcoming as June Cleaver hefting a big ol’ pot-roast for Wally and Ward and the Beaver. And infinitely more deadly.

People are dying daily at the hand of a silent killer. That killer is acrylamide, a cancer-causing chemical found in heat-processed food. Yes, all of us good parents, prepping and serving those good old home-cooked meals…we could be putting ourselves and our families at risk without knowing it. Read the rest of this entry »