QUESTION #1:
“I wanted to ask that since you do not believe that garlic, onions and spices are foods that humans ought to consume for optimum nutrition-- why are your recipes littered with these uses on your site. I came to make some of the soups and without the use of condiments/ and the concoctions I made tasted rank.”
ANSWER #1: Those recipes are pretty old — from my early raw days. I have some more in my book "Raw Soups" that don't include a lot of garlic, onions. I personally rarely use that stuff. My new book
Instant Raw Sensations is a great resource of simple AND tasty recipes.
QUESTION #2:
“If we can slow every other degenerative occurrences due to free radical attacks on our bodies, then why can’t we slow down the aging problem in terms of aesthetics? What are we missing?”
ANSWER #2: We certainly can. Most people who follow a rather pure approach to eating looked younger than their age. After I fasted in Costa Rica, most people thought I was 20! I am 29.
QUESTION
#3: “Shouldn’t raw-foodists age a little slower than their counterparts? Our skin may be healthier, but it doesn’t stop a 35 year-old looking like any other 35 year-old with thinning skin and wrinkles — what’s the deal?”
ANSWER #3: “It’s important to compare yourself with yourself only, and not with others. I personally don't count on living 100 years, but I also don't think I would have lived past the age of 60 if I had continued my previous diet/lifestyle. We have to deal with what we received when we were born. The idea is to do the best with what we got, not to compare ourselves with others who have a very different genetic background. But you can compare yourself with yourself, in different periods of life and with different diet and fitness programs.
