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Most people are entirely human. Not me. I’m special. I’m the Bionic Super-Raw Vegetarian. I’m 15 per cent weapons-grade titanium—the result of two artificial hips. And, come to think of it, I’m 15 per cent immortal. Walk through an airport scanner and I light up every machine for yards around. Bored security personnel rise from their semi-slumber. Homeland Security goes to DEFCON 4. While they’re busy frisking me, my husband Nick smuggles all our raw food through security. Read the rest of this entry »

We all get sleepy after a heavy meal. Sleeping and eating are intimately connected. After ten years on a 100 per cent raw foods regime and experimenting with different raw foods and quantities, I can say confidently that nothing influences your sleeping needs more than the amount and quality of food you eat. Read the rest of this entry »

Even though I’ve had an overwhelmingly positive response to the vanilla scent of my face cream, several people have asked me to make my cosmetic products in an unscented version as well. I’ve given it a good deal of thought. Great idea. But sadly, we are at the moment too small a company to make this economically feasible, for the next year or two.

My new masque has a distinct lavender scent. I add no “fragrance” because that would be adding an unnatural batch of chemicals to a product I’ve striven to make clean, pure, natural. I go instead with the natural scent that’s integral to a very beneficial herb. Read the rest of this entry »

My husband Nick had concerns that everything would be “hanging” after his weight loss. He used to joke about this possible fate whenever the TV displayed some grotesque, flabby creature ready for cosmetic surgery. Skin can take on this hanging appearance after big weight loss on crash diets because large amounts of supporting lean body mass are sacrificed.

On raw foods your body will not just lose mass, but will gradually change its composition. You won’t need surgical procedures to maintain an attractive appearance. Remember that your skin is not a passive layer of tissue that will remain stretched out like an empty balloon after you lose weight. Rather, it is a living organ, actively adapting to the body’s internal and external environments. Read the rest of this entry »