Once you read David Wolfe’s book, the title will probably make more sense. If you think of “beauty” as longevity or youthfulness, the title will make more sense. As I remember back to when I purchased it, I DID buy it because David wrote it, and recall questioning the title.

As to connecting adverse conditions to cures for those conditions, I’d suggest you not look for that in the majority of the raw food literature. Health is relatively simple: get the proper nutrients and you’re unlikely to get an adverse condition. Complications set in when trying to relate every condition or symptom to a single nutrient or even a set of nutrients. Legally, food experts can talk about functions but not conditions, and certainly not cures.

All that being said … many, many people who have been diagnosed with diabetes report wonderful improvements on a raw food program. And that doesn’t even need to be 100% raw. It’s so much easier to eat low glycemic foods when eating primarily raw plant foods and getting away from processed foods. With a greater sense of well-being, healthy choices are easier.

Joyfully,
Joy

I would never have chosen David Wolfe’s book because of the title. Isn’t that funny how quickly we discriminate because of preconceptions? But I’ll definitely get them. Even my husband said “Sounds good” when I told him I was interested in getting more raw food into our diets. What little I know made sense to him – especially about the enzymes. He’s diabetic so I”ll be very interested to see what they have to say about working with that condition, if they do. And as you say, this is a great time of year to start experimenting – the access to fresh food is the best right now.

For sure there are many. From what you have said, I suggest that you start with either one of these (see links in the right navigation bar). Brigitte Mars’ “Rawsome” or David Wolfe’s “Eating for Beauty.” The first is, I think, the best all-round beginners book – clear, well-written, with great recipes. The second gives very important principles and includes some recipes — It’s the only book I can remember reading to the end and then starting to read again from the beginning.

Many others are excellent also, but you cannot go wrong with either of these.

Joyfully,
Joy

I’ve looked at some of the reviews for these books and see that there is quite a variety in pricing and opinions; I’ll try to find copies to look at, but if you have any suggestions in particular, I’d be happy to hear them.

Thank you!

becky

Yes, many people feel their age all of a sudden. You can truly reverse all those feelings. Raw foods can be a big part of this, and this article on enzymes explains why.

You can find out about all the books I’ve listed at this site by clicking the link. Let me know if you want a suggestion.

I’m studying with David Wolfe in his Longevity Now program, which you can find out more about in some of my earlier articles, in particular, Immunity Secrets Video. This link will get you to the article and access to all his free videos.

Tomorrow, I’ll post an article about a raw food recipe, “Raw Sprouted Pea Soup” and make a few suggestions about warming the soup. I’ll write more about this in a later article, also.

I’m not sure where you live, but if you’re in North America, you’re in the mild-weather season. So, this is the perfect time to experiment because cold weather is just not a reason to stop yourself.

You’ll be surprised … when you find the meals you really like, the food temperature is less and less of an issue. I travel a lot through the US in the winter months and I rarely care about warm foods. When I do, I simply have warm water or warm tea which warms up the digestive system (and my hands!).

Joyfully,
Joy

Can’t quite figure out how I can alter my diet a lot with raw foods, since I can’t imagine eating cold foods through our fall, winter, early spring seasons. But am sure I can do better than I am.