the plant is only as good as the seed....
we have to accept years of health abusing lifestyle dont always go away with raw living. all we can do is do our best.

i live where i can get access to quality food. im not prepared to sacrifice my health anymore. health for me is my main priority. everything else can wait. cos if im not healthy, my family, friends, relationships, finances, sport etc suffers...health is the backbone on which everything sits. lets make it strong!

teeth issues stem from a lot more things than diet. overwork, overtraining, stress etc creates a lot of acid in the mouth.

dried fruit is best eat'n soaked or blended. that way it doesnt get caught in the gaps and create issues. look at the foods we were brought up on..paste like foods that get stuck in gaps. fresh fruit is the most mouth cleansing calorie...

if people had tooth problems from eating fruit, dr doug graham would have zero teeth! he has above average teeth and had fillings before he was even vegan...same goes for roger haeske, david wolfe, tim trader, roz gruben, david klien, roe gallo, vivian vetrano etc whom have eat more fruit in a year than average people eat in a decade or more!

but open the phone book and look how many dentists there is...you call any dentist and you have a .00001% chance of them having even heard of a raw vegan..

me? i dont have the sore teeth i used to. i had pus coming out of my gums and hardcore tooth aches. i can honestly say since eating the most alkalising diet on the planet (811) if had the best chompers of my life!

grab a copy of 811 and sink your teeth into it!

ive read hundreds of raw and cooked health books. no other covers dental hygiene in such a profound way. it makes sense, it answers a lot of questions and it works.

thanks for the tip, that gives me a really good idea that i need to eat more, can eating this much fruit be a problem when you're still eating relatively high fat gourmet foods?

a question i have been getting asked for the last 7 years as a vegan...'where you get your protein from?' . well i dont. i just provide my body with raw live fresh amino acids and let my body turn that into protein.

mothers breast milk is 6% under calorically 'protein'. fruits are typically 6% average 'protein'.

one only has to read the 'china health study' or '80/10/10' to have sound opinion backed on proven science.

we can be eating a junk food raw diet and gettting junk food results. then we give those around us a junk based opinion on the lifestyle. its vital we become healthy fit vibrant examples. otherwise we are just giving the lifestyle a bad rep..

thanks harley. i have read some of 811 but not the lot. it definitely is a good book. staying raw is the priority at the moment but i do hope to lower the fat content of my diet eventually and i think 811 would be the best and plus i love fruit and could eat it alone. i made a raw satay tonight and i thought to myself, "this isn't even enjoyable". a cooked one would be even worse with the mouth burning ect and i just had a simple apple and enjoyed it more. fruit does seem so biologically right or more so instinctive and natural. it tastes good and is good for us. i have a question, how long would you say it should take for somebody transitioning through raw before they jumped into 811? i'm sure if i did it now it might be a bit to much but then i certainly can't stay on high fat raw forever. oh and one more question, do you know anybody who works a job through the day on 811? I wonder if I could actually stand working if i were on a high energy diet even if it was something i enjoyed on a mental level. Sometimes when I eat enough fruit i just have this unbelievable desire to be outside ie not stuck in a retail job indoors all day. which brings me to another question, how exactly does one leave the world of materialism and being stuck in fulltime jobs. when i go to teach english it will be a means of supporting myself however i don't believe i am seeking material gain. perhaps i'll just teach english part time in japan and go back and travel around asia and the world as a raw foodist after i finish university. now i'm rambling so i'll finish this here.

we are getting more free durian than we can eat. the locals are piling on the spikies to keep us nourished. kg's of rambutan, mangosteen and duku just keep flow'n. but  you can only eat so much calories in a day. we have to ride extra miles just to keep our hosts happy we are eating enough. they are concerned about our fruit lifestyle and make sure their is WAY more fruit than us 5 can guzzle. so please, come over and help us down the durian and co. its a spiky job, but someones gotta do it..

this arvo i went on a ride with 50 thai cyclists. couple of regional champs i was told. i felt a little intimidated but then my true self kick'd in and 'i said id rip the legs off em!'. after a couple of hours we hit the last bit of large highway. then its was a 10km time trial of who could hang on behind the motorbike that was acting as a pacer. i put myself in the hurt box and set a goal of snapping my bike in half with the power i was generating. i didnt break my bike but dropped all but 1 guy. from 50 down to 2 of us...then i attacked once more and passed him and took out the city limit sprint. all this with 'go vegan' written across the ass of my cycling shorts.. what a great feeling to kick butt and spread a health message!

i aint no science buff. i let my legs do the talk'n...if in doubt, come for a ride, then youll find out..

at this internet cafe is open air. a thai teen just lit up a smoke and i straight away googled up the most graphic pictures of lung cancer i could find. you know the ones they split open cadavers for..the pus ozzing sicko stuff. i didnt even have to wave him over to my screen. my intensity called him over! truly! he just walked over to see what a 'farang' was looking up. i spoke a little thai to him and showed him the pictures...he was shocked and told his mates. even the proprietor of this cafe came over and gave me a thumbs up!

id rather have people hate me for being myself than like me for being someone else...ie: say what you mean..not what your supposed to say..sure you might lose your current job by being truthful, but by living a lie your just crushing your spirit. that aint gonna serve no one worthwhile..

here is a blog entry me mate darrick wrote about our daily durian experiences here in thailand near the cambodian border..its as follows..enjoy. see ya.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
-Martin Luther King Jr.


Harley and Myself have been  givin a free apartment to use for a while....it is  in a quaint little village out of Chanthiburi....it even has this internet cafe here....It is nice to meet our Thai neighbors and be in an even slower  paced environment then other bigger cities....today it rained all day..I just relaxed at our place and watched the neighbors,  watched people go by,  sat on the porch and ate several delicious Thai "apple bananas",  sweet and juicy!......
Last evening we had a local Thai friend, Bama   show us his  grandfathers fruit farm.   Bama works as a bicycle mechanic  in Chanthiburi.   The farm had many fruit trees: Rambutan, Mangosteen, Durian, Coconut, etc....  Very lush ....I  saw many farms on the bike ride there too....
Its amazing how well we can survive and Thrive off a fruit diet as humans, but so many fruit trees are being cut down to make rice fields......Cutting down fruit trees seems to take away the homes of many animals and birds too....Fruit eating is so simplistic and delicious....With all the abundance of fruit here in these Asian countries, I wish more locals would try a fruit meal   instead of a rice meal then see if they feel healthier and more energetic......Yesterday I covered many  miles on foot and bicycle and  did yoga and strength training, and had an  abundance of energy from eating a breakfast of mangosteens, Coconut waters, and some durian...it sure is fun to  make time to think about and try different styles of eating and find what diet I thrive the most on that is the best for animals and environment and simple.
Harley and I are doing our best to educate the local kids about being Vegan and eating more fruits....we show them the fliers about all the abuse KFC allows to the innocent chickens before the slaughter them, we eat fruit around kids and others, we tell everyone we like the natural food and we dont eat meat....people are interested here...I feel being a voice for animals is even more powerful in countries that seem to admire the Westerners look and views.....Very fun and easy  to contribute here.

 

 

 

 

DC