Raw-vitalize [antikvár]

AUMINI KIRKI was born in 1938. I'm the mother of four children and the grandmother of seven. At the age of seventy, I became a public figure when I was voted The Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50 in a nationwide contest conducted by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). This led to my first book deal, for Live Raw, and I've since written three more (including this one).I've been a vegetarian/vegan for the better part of forty years. In my mid sixties, I met my current boyfriend and started cooking what he liked to eat, which was the standard American diet. Since we ate together, it made sense when 1 joined him in some of the foods. The next thing I knew, I had put on twenty-two pounds and did not feel as well as I was used to feeling. An annual physical check up confirmed my blood pressure and cholesterol were high. To make matters worse, for several months I had arthritic pains in my joints. When my doctor informed me it was age related and handed me a prescription, I was aghast. My family's health history included cancer, heart failure, strokes, diabetes, leukemia, and Parkinson's. They were all on prescription medications-handfuls, it seemed to me. I didn't want to follow in those footsteps. That was a wake-up call.I wondered if it was, as the doctor said, age related, and if there truly was nothing I could do about it beyond fill the prescription. Something told me not to start taking anything until I could find a better way to cure myself. I left my doctor's office and without delay started researching whether natural approaches could cure what ailed me. Article after article showed that a plant-based diet of raw food could cure many different illnesses and diseases. I was used to eating a plant-based diet most of my life, but raw? On one hand I was happy to discover raw food cures, but on the other, I wasn't so happy. I'd always considered myself a lover of food and a good cook to boot, and the prospect of eating carrot sticks and celery did not appeal to me. In those early days, the raw food lifestyle seemed to still be in its infancy, but as I learned through these articles, raw food options had been around for many years. My research convinced me