I’ve found that the best way to convince people to go raw is as Kevin says – show the results. So if you are glowing with health, people will notice and start to ask questions. The other way is to prepare delicious food to share with them. I find raw cakes and raw chocolate work well. My parents are eating a lot more raw food from this. The important this is not to push it, I tend to only talk about raw when I’m asked.

And as for where to buy superfoods in Europe – I run an online shop in the UK called Funky Raw – http://www.funkyraw.com/shop/ we specialise in the best quality products, organic where possible at the lowest prices.

Rob

I’m sorry its taken so long to thank you for answering one of my questions but I’ve been having trouble submitting my comments on the blog and I’ve also been really busy with summer school, but I’ll be back in full force in about a week.

I don’t really have chronic swelling in my feet but I do notice they swell a bit if I eat anything I’m allergic to. I was really just wondering what things cause swelling in a person’s feet and hands and if it had anything to do with leg cramps.

The most successful thing I’ve done in introducting health foods to my family and friends is to help my husband overcome an enlarged prostate. He had it when I met him and was having it tested regularly when I taught him about eating raw foods, fruits and vegetables, about pH balance and staying away from processed foods and sugar. I had an acid/alkaline food chart up on my fridge that he used to consult regularly, and I took him to get his food allergies tested and to get his vitamins and minerals up to par. The lady who ran the testing also put him on Saw Palmetto and some other supplements for prostate. After a year and a half, his PSA test came out normal. He has been fine ever since.

On Father’s Day this year, I took my dad in for testing as well. He has some kidney problems and I hope we are successful with his health too. He has gradually come around to eating a lot more fruits and vegetables and is now making smoothies. Eventually, I hope we will be able to convince him to come off animal protein as well. I gave him a copy of the China Study for Christmas, but he hasn’t read it yet.. he says he’s waiting for the movie to come out.

We have most of the common superfoods although we cannot bring in hemp seeds at this stage.

Australia’s quarantine and customs are one of the toughest in the world and have toughened up even more recently under the new government. Superfoods that we were able to bring into the country last year, we are no longer allowed to import.

We had a case where we got the OK off the relevant authorities to bring in a product but by the time it came in it had been banned so we had to have it destroyed. (which WE had to pay for)!

I have purchased various items from Uk and USA.
Shulzes superfood (good dandelion coffee as well) is at
http://www.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/Superfoodnew/richardschulze.html
also these guys are ex-Schulze students and have good superkelp mix,
http://www.healmarketplace.com.
Also get a few things from
http://www.funkyraw.com/

I have helped someone who had already survived bowel cancer twice. She was about 5 ft. tall only 80-90 lbs, about 80 years old and her name was Jane.
She had gone to the docs and was told her BP was 180. She did not want to take the meds.Soon as she saw what the cancerous side effects were she just point blank refused.
In my mind I immediatley got these visions of her driving down the 450 freeway and having some kind siezure and causing a major taffic accident that could lead to some serious injuries.

My brief explanation about going veggie could just save you from taking the meds. Explaining the animal fats and sugar being the 2 worse culprits. Next day she came with peanut butter sandwiches and was quite happy about it except for wanting Ice cream.
As she had survived Chemo twice there were several foods that she could not digest as it just went straight thru her. I showed (and gave) her some nature biotics capsules. That did the trick. she could eat her favourite treat and still go veggie.
Result.
She went back to Docs six weeks later and her BP 110/80. Al the doctor said whatever you are doing keep it up. They were not interested in what she was eating at all.
She retired fully after that went to a retirement vilage in the south california.

Secondly, i somehow managed to turn my brother and my x’s sister(very good friend of mine now!) into vegans a couple yrs back. And I never really did anything but be my happy, energetic self, and just answered questions and gave them pointers!
Have a great day.

My wife and I are currently living in Japan just now, so if anyone is new here, and they don’t know where to get any whole/raw/OG foods, here are two amazing sites:
Tengu Foods:
http://jbayles.netfirms.com/shop/nfoscomm/catalog/index.php?osCsid=a91667522faf9158af43dbf43d6e3d69

Warabe Mura:
http://www.warabe.co.jp/english2.html

Also have a question, if that’s alright. My wife and I have done a gradual transition to a 80-90% raw, vegan diet. We love it, but my wife has started losing a larger, noticeable amount of hair and is a bit concerned. I’ve read that it is common and transitory if zinc and iron levels are returned to normal, but was wondering if you have any other information that might be of better use and application via whole foods. She loves fruits, and tends to have more of them than greens if given the choice.

And how do we help people? We belong to online communities and help with H&F, and although no experts, we feel that leading by example is the best. For people around us, if we’re eating together at lunch at work, we don’t share out food, which is not to be mean, but because they get soo intense about it that the next time they see us, they have a variation of or are eating the same thing. It’s funny, but when we were on the SAD diet, no one wanted to touch our food; each ate his or her own. But as soon as whole and raw foods are about, everyone is diving into your dish when you back is turned!

We don’t think about failing with people; just think that there are always opportunities for others and that sometimes they’re allowed to walk right in, and at other times, well… there are just more opportunities to look forward to.

Anyway, Kevin, thanks again for all the time and effort you’ve put in to all this. You really are changing the world! Cheers, Darren