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A fruitarian/raw food diet is not a fad, a fantasy or an extreme ideal! by René Beresford January 2002 Often, people are asking about the fruitarian and raw food diet. Hereunder is a brief outline what it is all about. If you wish to get more details, please do not hesitate to write, phone or send me an email with specific details of what you require and something about yourself. It would be nice to hear from you. What is food? What is nutrition? Why do you eat? To stay 'alive'? What kind of 'aliveness'? Do you enjoy superior health? Do you have lots of energy? Do you truly enjoy life? Have you ever wondered why humanity, world wide, is so sick these days? Surely, with the most modern equipment, electronic technology and accumulated international knowledge with satellite/computer communication on Internet, humanity should be in a better state of health! ..........Is it? Look around and you can see that conditions of cancer, coronary diseases, arthritis, dementia, Alzheimer, Parkinson's disease, obesity, digestive problems, sick mental attitudes and much, much more are thriving, getting worse even! How, and why, could this be possible? It is only possible because there is no proper and correct education about food, nutrition and diet. All education about nutrition and diet at schools and at Universities are directed by, and under the influences of vested interests. The "tragedy" is that these vested interests are not as much concerned about the health of humanity, but are very much interested in the profit element of the food production. Have a good look at what is available, classified as "food"! Thousands of items which have nothing to do with the maintenance of proper health are being bombarded upon humanity. An even worse tragedy is that the "profession" (mainly as the M.A.'s) which claims to be there in and for the interest of health for humanity has been deliberately deprived of proper education in nutrition and many a professional may state that your diet has nothing to do with your health! It is in the interest of the multi-national drug companies that humanity remains in ill-health and un-educated about what good nutrition will bring about. The simplicity of proper healthy nutrition has been replaced with great false statements about diet and is supported by huge advertising campaigns designed to misled humanity. Are you ill because you are born as a human? Is it your destiny? Are they the nasty "bacteria" invading you? Are you a "victim", just your ‘bad luck’? Simplicity! Take a look at whatever is still left of the natural world. There is NO animal, NO bird, NO fish, No insect or crawling creature that eats anything else but the "raw-natural-uncooked food" provided for them in nature. Observe how healthy they are, full of strength, vitality, agility and alert. The reason humanity is so sick is because of their desertion from that natural food. You have been made believe that it is OK to eat manipulated and artificial produced foods (??). Don’t ever believe that your diet has nothing to do with your health. It is what goes into your body, AND what goes into your mind that directs your health. Only the natural, by nature provided food is good for your health. Surely, it must make sense to you that medical drugs contain poisons which only suppress the symptoms but are not doing anything to remove the cause of your ailments. Most of the time you will get side-effects from those drugs and get stuck with something else again. So, matters will get worse in the end! Stop hurting yourself! Fire destroys, so does cooking destroy many of the nutritious values in your food! I am sure that you know about this, alas, many do not want to think about this because that would mean they have to give up the often nice tasting foods. But know that your tastebuds are perverted, often right from birth. You may have lost the tastes of real, good, healthy fruit and raw food. To be healthy, there is only one way, natural food! When you change over to natural food, the body gets into action to detoxify itself from all the accumulated toxins and this is often a process with discomforts. There is no way around it, it is the same with a plant. If you have a sick plant, you may have to transplant it, often cut some leaves and branches, it seems to hurt the plant but ultimately the plant grows healthy again! So it is with you when you change over to the natural diet. Those discomforts are like withdrawal symptoms, you may feel lethargic, tired, lose weight, feel pains. These signs are an indication that detoxification is working. Actually, these experiences are a HEALING process. Do you know that "illness" and "fever" are a natural healing process of the body? Unfortunately you may think that you are sick and then seek medical help only to find that the "healing" process is stopped by suppressing it with often poison drugs! You are likely not educated in that area and it is not in the "vested" interests that you know about this!! So much for their concern about your well being! To change over to alive food, it is best to do this gradually. Don’t expect to be in great health overnight. It needs not only time, it needs your determination, your patience and perseverance. Begin by gradually leaving out all meat (including fowl and fish) and dairy products. Then reduce the intake of all grain products. No more coffee, no commercial soft drinks, no smoking or alcohol. Get away from chocolate and biscuits. Start making more nice raw salads from green leafy vegetables, use your imagination, fantasise, make it a feast! Always eat fruit on an empty stomach, wait 3 hours after a salad meal. Best is fruit in the mornings! On this diet and in good health you will experience peace of mind, clear perception, harmony with nature, vitality, youthfulness. Life is a renewal, it will not only affect your body, it does affect your mind, the positive way you think and it enhances your spirituality and awareness. life can be a "beautiful journey", Make it a joyful one. Change!! Before it is too late, you will never regret that you made the effort. About René René Beresford is the Coordinator of the Fruitarian Raw Food Network. He is editor of the quarterly "Fruitarian Raw Food Network News" magazine which has been going for 14 years, worldwide, at present in "limbo" but to be revived again this year. P.O.Box 293, Trinity Beach, N.Qld., 4879. Australia. Phone/fax (for o/seas) 61-7-4057.7273. Rene has been a predominant raw fooder for over 2 years from 1985, then became a predominant fruitarian in August 1987 and was co-founder of the Fruitarian Network in March 1988. He was treasurer and committee member of the "Natural Health Society", Sydney, for over 3 years. He studied the many aspects on health from many directions and also the "Natural Hygiene" course, still under TCFry's supervision. Together with his wife they raised a family of 6 children, he worked in the Personnel field and Rene is now studying for a degree in Psychology at JCU University nearby. He has given several talks in Melbourne, gave two talks at the International Vegan Society conference 1998/99, at Hepburn Springs, gave talks in Sydney, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. His aim is to bring people of "like mind" together, world-wide. His ideals go beyond the physical aspects and into the mind and the Spiritual Health! His slogan is: "For Health, change you diet and lifestyle"

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