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Newsletter From BeautifulOnRaw, Nov. 2011
- An Inside Peek at the Science of Calorie Restriction and Raw Foods
- Science Needs You!
- Special of the Month!-Anti-Aging Secrets
- FREE Raw Food Recipes and New Blog Articles
- This Month's Raffle Winners Are...
Inside Peek at the Science of CR and Raw Foods
Just got back from a week in Vegas...
That's the kind of line that gets predictable responses. How much did you lose? Nothing. How much did you win? A lot, actually. But not in money, and I didn't so much as slow down at the slots or the blackjack tables. In fact, I spent my days in Las Vegas at a conference focusing largely on scientific research relating to calorie-restricted diets. Ironic, isn't it, in the home of the ten- dollar, eat-till-you-die buffet?
I met some interesting people--scientists dedicated to and passionate about their research, and about possibilities for enriching and extending human life.
In the months to come I'll be writing about many of the new things I have learned at the conference. Now, however, I want to give you just a general overview.
It's an established fact that a calorie-restricted (CR) diet is the most effective method of lifespan extension across a whole range of species from yeast, worms, and fruit flies, to rats and mice. CR considerably delays or eliminates the onset of such diseases as cancer, diabetes and heart disease in animals generally, including other primates physiologically similar to us.
A growing body of research shows that the same beneficial results are happening to people. However, new data was presented that vegans (even without restricting calories) get the same health benefits as CR practitioners.
This conference took a new direction. I noticed there was a shift from "Calorie Restriction" to "Dietary Restriction." Two presenters strongly advocated that real success is to be found not in mere calorie restriction per se, but in a diet that recognizes that food composition is every bit as important as calories. As you might guess, I definitely think this idea is a step in the right direction.
One of the most interesting scientists I met at the conference: Luigi Fontana, who holds MD and PhD degrees and is with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences at Washington University. Dr. Fontana was one of the main draws for me to this conference, as he is one of very few scientists able to proclaim any robust acquaintance with the raw foodists. He has done practical research on populations of vegans, even raw vegans.
I outline some highlights of Dr. Fontana's thought provocative research on raw food vegans in this article: The Science of Raw Foods.
Science Needs You!
We are also, in part, what lives within us. The human gut, and that of other mammals, contain large numbers of living organisms--microbiota --dependent upon our bodies and upon what we eat, and which figure in our digestion.
There may be no more significant human population to study, in this area, than the small and hard-to-gather population of raw vegans.
Why are raw food studies so hard to find? It's because we are hard to find. You can fill a stadium anywhere in North America with people suffering from diabetes, but in some cities filling more than a phone booth with raw vegans is a stretch. Dr. Luigi Fontana seeks your assistance in his important study: "Effects of a raw food diet on gut microbiome health."
Announcing an Extraordinary Opportunity for Raw Foodists:
Participate in Cutting Edge Scientific Research!
Dr. Fontana writes:
"At Washington University in St. Louis we are studying the effects of a long-term raw food diet on gut microbiome ecology. That is, we want to see the effects of a raw food vegan diet on the type of bacteria living in the colons of people eating a raw food vegan diet for at least THREE years. It seems highly possible that the composition of microbial communities in the gut affects both the extraction of energy from the diet, and a person's metabolic health.
The study is very easy. It is in no way invasive. And you do not have to travel to St. Louis! We will ask you to collect just three stool specimens one month apart, and to record what you are eating (a 7-day food diary) before each stool collection."
Yes, you've read it right. I am, asking you to sign up for a scientific study involving, well...stool. Yours. A little different from my usual text--a new raw food recipe or a tip to give your skin a glow. It's that word "stool." Let us pretend no one's laughing.
So...here's the straight poop: Dr. Fontana's research team will make this easy and comfortable for you. They'll send you an easy-to-use, sanitary container, with simple instructions on how to collect the stool sample. Once your sample is collected, you can send it back to Dr. Fontana's lab--already prepaid by the research study team, of course--in the FedEx box provided. (And, yes, FedEx does even know what it's carrying!) Researchers also will ask you to measure your body weight and height on the day of stool collection.
On behalf not only of Dr. Fontana, but of myself and health seekers everywhere, I hope you'll participate. The effort on your part is minimal, and the rewards, for science, the raw foods community and general population, may be great.
If you're interested in participating, please email me at: info@beautifulonraw.com. Write FONTANA STUDY in your subject line, and I'll be glad to connect you with Dr. Fontana. His research team will decide whom to include in the study, and will communicate with selected participants directly.
From all those who qualify and volunteer through this newsletter, we'll draw a name at random, and the one who is selected will receive a jar of our facial cream. After all, it all comes back to beauty!
Special of the Month! 48-Hours Only!
The times are indeed changing...
How heartening it was at the CR conference to find strong scientific support for the methods that I have been advocating. Not a single major concept presented in any of my books has been overturned.
Lets make it clear...I claim no special kind of brilliance--just an attention to the basics. Nor are the ideas I present truly new. I base my beauty, health and longevity methods on practices tested not just for years or decades, but centuries.
For the next printing, however, I am changing the title of my book Raw Food and Hot Yoga to Secrets to Radical Rejuvenation. This title is more precise, since this book is more of a companion and a logical continuation of Quantum Eating.
In this book I continue to explore a fascinating, rare topic about dry fasting. I also share what I've learned visiting anti-aging conferences. I discuss calorie restriction in light of the latest scientific discoveries and what you must know about anti-aging medicine. There's a chapter about losing weight and - for that other, smaller crowd who needs it no less - gaining weight. Is the raw vegan diet for everyone? What is normal weight loss on raw foods? Are some of us exceptions and simply cannot achieve optimum health eating a raw vegan diet? Why do some people fail on the raw foods lifestyle? What about B12? What about a theory for eating according to your metabolic type? You'll also learn about "A Perfect Bowel Movement: The Key to Your Best Health and Looks."
I'm offering you BOTH books--Quantum Eating PLUS Raw Food and Hot
Yoga--as a package. During the next 48 hours only you can get the set for just $40.00 plus shipping and handling. That's a savings of $12.00 off the total price if purchased separately. You must place the order in our online Natural Beauty Store before midnight Wednesday November 9th (U.S. Eastern Time).
A great gift for a friend or family member for the holidays. A great gift for yourself, come to think of it. And those holidays and the New Year--along with the changes we are all resolving to make in our lives for next year--are just around the corner...Click here for this offer!
FREE Raw Food Recipes and New Blog Articles!
November 2011 Rawsome RecipesFruits and vegetables that come into season in November provide an eye catching array of gorgeous colors, not to mention flavors, which makes November seem like Thanksgiving all month long. Try something new with the cleansing and nourishing foods that usher in the fall such as apples, cranberries, pears, oranges, carrots, pumpkin or other squashes...Click here for the recipes!
Homemade Cosmetics
In recent years with my busy schedule, I rarely have the time to make homemade cosmetics. This was one of the reasons I developed my own facial cream and masque. But for those of you who are interested in creating your own cosmetics, these are the best recipes that we could find...Continue reading Homemade Cosmetics...
Prevent and Eliminate the Need for a Cure
The late Dr. Steinman was one of three joint winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Few in the world may know more about cancer than Ralph Steinman did. And it was cancer... pancreatic cancer, specifically...that eventually caused his death...Continue Reading Prevent and Eliminate...
The Science of Raw Foods
I recently attended the 2011 Calorie Restriction Society Conference
in Las Vegas and had occasion to discuss with Dr. Luigi Fontana
(MD, Ph.D, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
and Nutritional Sciences, Center of Human Nutrition, at Washington
University) some exciting studies he has been involved in...Continue reading the Science of Raw Foods...
This Month's Reader Appreciation Raffle Winners...
This month, we have 3 NEW winners of our Customer Appreciation Raffle!
Each month we choose three winners at random
whose names and partial email addresses will appear in the newsletter. Remember to check this section of the newsletter each month to see if you won! This month, our winners are:
Name Partial Email Date Added to List
Julie sea......@charter 02/15/11
Bernice ber....@olypen 02/06/09
Melissa mneu......@msn 09/15/08
Congratulations!
---a jar of the Bentonite Oral Balm, 
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