You know the old joke: Question: What's a honeymoon salad? Answer: Lettuce alone without any dressing! Well now, that might be great for a honeymoon salad - but it certainly is not great for a lunch or dinner salad. Salads are only as boring as you make them, because there is such a variety of things that you can put into a salad that gives it a different flavor and different texture each time you make one. The variety is endless! In my books alone, 'Eating in the Raw,' 'The Raw 50,' and 'Easy Sexy Raw,' I have at least...

People always ask me what it is I actually eat. When I say I eat "raw" it really confuses people. I'm not quite sure why it confuses them, although I do remember being in that same spot when my doctor first talked to me about a raw diet many years ago. He said I should eat as raw as possible, and that diet change alone would change my health and my figure (not to mention my skin, hair, and nails as well.) I spent 2 weeks eating just greens. Finally, out of exasperation and boredom, I called him and said,...

Lassi is a yogurt drink found on the menu of every Indian restaurant. I make my "live" version with kefir, which gives it a tangy edge and a hefty dose of friendly probiotic cultures. Mango is the most popular lassi flavor. I've also included recipes for an exotic rosewater lassi and a traditional, refreshing salt lassi (yes, salt can actually be refreshing - a billion Indians can attest to it!) for the hot days of summer.   Ingredients: 1 cup Basic Kefir 2 tablespoons raw honey or raw agave nectar, or to taste 1 tablespoon rosewater   Rosewater Lassi {Serves...

{Serves 1} Ever hear of lucuma? No, it's not a disease! It's a fragrant tropical fruit hailing from Peru; there it makes its way into many recipes, ice cream being one of the most popular. Because of its nutritional properties and slightly sweet taste, in recent years raw foodists have discovered it in a big way, adding it to smoothies, raw ice cream, puddings, and the like. Though fresh lucuma in this part of the world is a rarity, the powder, bright yellow in color, can be ordered in its raw state online. This healthy fruit is filled with vitamins...

The number of blogs in this series kept growing! I had to limit it somehow or I could be writing about this for the rest of my life. I want you to know that I do or have done every single one of these protocols that I have written to you about. I would never tell you about a protocol if I didn't believe there to be a benefit or if I didn't believe I got a benefit from it. I have been dealing with my issues for almost 30 years. And I can't tell you how many times I've...

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Sam. Sam lost his father to cancer. Watching his father suffer caused Sam great distress. It started him thinking that there has to be a better way to help people with cancer. He thought he could not make chemo any better, and he couldn't change radiation, but perhaps he could find another way to deal with cancer. So Sam went to med school and graduated young and top of his class. He also was one of the youngest students to ever go before the Australian medical board with a thesis....

I love fish! If I don't eat fish, I feel lethargic and depressed. Is this psychosomatic or real? I don't really know. But as I got deeper into working with Dr. Gonzalez, one of the horrible protocols I had to do was to cut down on fish and meat - otherwise known as animal proteins. Oh no! I ate fish- raw fish - almost two times a day. I couldn't even think about what else to eat in its place. Dr. Gonzalez wanted me to cut down on eating fish to only 3 times a week...Talk about depressed! I didn't...

"You can't absorb things through a cesspool." - Robert Scott Bell. When I decided to try detoxing, I was told that I was going to feel like I had the flu; I was told I would feel rundown and achy and a bit feverish, but that it would pass in a couple of days. Nothing could have been further from the truth! In fact, for me it was the reverse - detoxing was a step up.I felt grrrreat! Who knew I was feeling so bad - until I started detoxing and feeling so good!I think there are a lot of...