Raymond Francis wrote "Never Be Sick Again" and "Never Be Fat Again." He is a chemist who went to MIT and has this really simplistic theory on why people get sick or fat... He says, basically, that ALL sickness and ALL problems with the body are the result of a malfunctioning cell (or many cells, obviously!).

He goes on to say that there are two reasons for a cell to malfunction: not getting enough of what it needs, or getting too much of what it doesn’t need. He recommends not eating anything out of a box or that is packaged -- because these things most likely have a bunch of stuff we don’t need and not enough of what we do need.

And that’s the cool thing about going raw. It gives you all the things your body needs, and it doesn’t add to the preservatives, animal protein, sugar, salt and all the other toxins it doesn’t need. If your body isn’t forced to use its energy to focus on digesting and ridding it of food that it doesn’t need, your body’s limited resources (more energy with raw food!) can be used to heal it and to prevent unwanted disease.

If you’re already doing other things well (exercise, sunlight, good attitute, laughter, etc.), then raw food may just be the only missing link!

-Eva Rawposa