6 Raw Foodists Look Decades Younger

[Alex_Spider]

Is Raw Veganism the Fountain of Youth?

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Or perhaps it’s the cooked food that’s aging the average person prematurely. In any case, the following people have truly inspired me to continue my raw vegan journey for life!

Their age and appearance speak volumes of how perfectly aligned the living foods lifestyle is for the human body. It is an undeniable fact that our appearance on the outside, especially after our mid years, is clear reflection of our internal health -- no Photoshop, no makeup, no tricks.

Meet 6 inspiring raw foodists with an appearance that will trample on any skepticism or doubt about the living foods movement:

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1. Storm Talifero, 64

Storm Talifero is one of the oldest and most successful long-term 100% raw vegans in the movement today. He has been raw for over 42 years, and at age 64 he looks more like he is in his 30′s or 40′s.

He’s an athlete, author, illustrator, architect and raw chef who has brought many innovative recipes to the art of raw cuisine. If you’ve read any of Storm’s e-books you’re familiar with his maxims: ”Fresh is Best”, “Don’t put your food in the fire” and “Would you like your food with or without the nutrients?”.

Having raised a large family, through many years Storm’s recipes have evolved into a menu plan program that has helped hundreds of people to experience the raw diet in a format that is doable in modern life.

You can learn more about his work at http://TheGardenDiet.com and http://28DaysRAW.com

2. Annette Larkins, 72

The first time I saw this Goddess was through this viral video, and I just couldn’t believe my eyes. This perfect image of health, vitality and youth with a petite size four frame and a wrinkle-free face is over 70 years of age!

She has been a raw vegan for 27 years and vegan for many years before that. And she’s from my hometown! ☺ The resident of Miami-Dade County, Florida, attributes her youthful looks to her raw vegan diet and grows almost everything she eats in the garden she refers to as her ‘fountain of youth’.

In her famous interview, ABC reporters explored her back yard, to find that every inch is covered in plants and trees that grow the fruits Mrs. Larkins eats.
She told reporters “’My diet consists of fruits, nuts, vegetables and seeds. I do a lot of sprouting of seeds and as you can see from my garden and of course, these are the raw foods that I eat.’”
http://www.annettelarkins.com/

3. Lou Corona, 60

Lou was one of the first people I came across in my journey for true health. His juice recipe, the Lemon Ginger Blast absolutely changed my life. It was the effect this juice had on my life that got me curious about raw foods, and for that I am very grateful!

Lou drinks this green juice every day and I can totally see (and feel) how this concoction contributes to this man’s superior health! Lou has been on a raw vegan diet for a whopping 39 years.

Before he started the raw vegan diet he suffered from a multitude of illnesses ranging from asthma to a tumor, eventually coming to a place where he was able to heal himself from chronic asthma, severe allergies, major constipation, candida, tumors, severe acne, and debilitating arthritis.

He now teaches the 4 principles that helped him gain his life back and reach outstanding health and core strength like I’ve never seen before!

You can find his work here: http://loucorona.com/

4. Tonya Zavasta, 56

Tonya Zavasta is one of my greatest heroes. This 56 year old beauty is a very witty and humorous writer, researcher, teacher, and entrepreneur. She has written 5 books on living foods and natural anti-aging, two of which I’ve read and loved.

She’s been eating raw for 17 years now. With her diet and lifestyle change she conquered surgical trauma, pain and her former identity as a “cripple.” I’ve read two of her books, Quantum Eating, and Raw Food and Hot Yoga.

Both are brilliant and highly recommended for the seasoned raw foodist. The firmness of her skin and waist size tell us that she’s really on to something. And it’s definitely not botox or plastic surgery!

http://www.beautifulonraw.com/

5. Markus Rothkranz, 52

I remember the first time I saw Markus, I thought he was in his late 20s early 30s. Boy was I wrong. This man is 52 years old! Watch this video of him proving it, since no one believes him. He’s been eating raw foods since his late twenties, therefore he’s been raw for over 20 years.

And his vibrant complexion and super fit body says it all. As you will see on his page, he looks younger than he did at 27! Markus is all about abundance, health and financial freedom.

He has an inspiring channel on YouTube, and has written 4 books. His background is from the movie industry and now he uses it to entertain and lead people to a better and healthier lifestyle.

You can find his work at: http://www.markusrothkranz.com/

6. Mimi Kirk, 75
“Feeling like you’re in your 20′s at 75, is quite an amazing thing. I accredit this youthful look and spirit not only to my attitude, but really to my way of eating which is a raw vegan – living foods lifestyle.”
She was voted sexiest Vegetarian over 50, when she was actually 70 then! Although Mimi has only been raw for a few years, she attributes her youthfulness to over 40 years of 100% veganism.

It was when she started feeling arthritic pains in her joints and her blood pressure was up that she looked into eating raw, and as soon as she did, the pain and pressure went away. Mimi is so vibrant and youthful!

She is the author of a book called Live Raw. This woman is amazing and looks great for her age. Although I think if she would’ve adopted the raw foods lifestyle earlier, she’d look even younger!

She’s a great example of how veganism is great in maintaining youthfulness, but in contrast, raw veganism is age defying and can actually turn back the biological clock!

Find Mimi’s work here: http://www.youngonrawfood.com;

Now I don’t know about you, but to me, just taking a look at these marvelous beings is living proof that raw foods and natural hygiene is indeed the optimal lifestyle for human health.

It clearly shows that our bodies are designed for this lifestyle. Contrary to what many of us have been led to believe, aging is NOT a normal process that is supposed to start taking place at our 30′s.

Wrinkles, sagging skin, hair loss and all the ailments that follow after 30 or 40 is due to the degeneration of the body after years of punishing it with a diet void of nutrients and enzymes.

That plus eating a diet of cooked (dead) foods, processed junk and artery clogging dairy and meats will certainly take a toll on your body in the form of premature aging, cancer, diabetes, heart failure and all the other life sucking problems we call “disease”.

As a 28 year old that has been raw vegan for only 1 year I can already start to see major differences in the way that I look. In fact, I saw these changes 3 months into this diet. I can only imagine how I have completely changed the entire trajectory of my life by correcting my diet.

I know that at some point I’ll probably stop counting the years because it’s no longer relevant to me. In the end, you’re only as old as you feel. ☺

You can find the best raw food and health books HERE;

By Diana Paez, Conscious Nourishment;

About author: Diana is a living foods devotee, natural hygienist, and raw chef in the making. Love, Peace and Health to you, friends. ♥ - See more at: http://humansarefree.com/2014/03/th...ee)&utm_content=FaceBook#sthash.rsG9Wkw1.dpuf

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Photos of the persons in the article link. Damn, I envy them so much. I wish I could get into the Raw diet and eat more fruits, but I am too addicted to cooked food .

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Yeah, but I bet they had a lot less fun.

I'd rather live 70-80 fun as hell years, then 100 years being a rabbit.

 

[The Endless]

Yea bollox to that vegan crap. Give me a medium rare t-bone or a chicken, bacon and cheese burger any day of the week

 

[Alex_Spider]

Yeah, but I bet they had a lot less fun.

I'd rather live 70-80 fun as hell years, then 100 years being a rabbit.

Why less fun? What's wrong with being associated more to a cute rabbit than a cold hearted carnivore?

Yea bollox to that vegan crap. Give me a medium rare t-bone or a chicken, bacon and cheese burger any day of the week

lol whatever makes you happy.

 

[gap5ewl]

Good lord, 72 year old Annette Larkins looks like she's in her forties Damn, maybe there is something behind the vegan diet...

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

If you haven't had the taste of bacon, you truly haven't lived.

 

[Alex_Spider]

Good lord, 72 year old Annette Larkins looks like she's in her forties Damn, maybe there is something behind the vegan diet...

Yeah, I know it's crazy. Now, I want my wife to look young like her, when we reach our 70's

 

[Teelie]

I'm going to point out the obvious. Those aren't recent pictures. I also think there's a lot of misleading claims made.

 

[Alex_Spider]

I'm going to point out the obvious. Those aren't recent pictures. I also think there's a lot of misleading claims made.

I thought this video might help. It is from '13.

Happy Oasis Raw Panel at Conscious Life Expo

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[Teelie]

They do look older in that video than the photos, maybe not as old as they are supposed to be but it still doesn't mean their diet is the reason they appear younger. It's too simplistic to point a finger at raw food diets and say this is why. There's a rock n' roller whose name I can't think of for anything who is said to eat nothing but steaks, is in his 60's, looks like his 40's and is healthy.

 

[Alex_Spider]

They do look older in that video than the photos, maybe not as old as they are supposed to be but it still doesn't mean their diet is the reason they appear younger. It's too simplistic to point a finger at raw food diets and say this is why. There's a rock n' roller whose name I can't think of for anything who is said to eat nothing but steaks, is in his 60's, looks like his 40's and is healthy.

Yeah, I agree they look a bit older than the photos. But still, they look younger than their real age. I don't know, maybe those people exercise a lot too besides eating raw veggies and fruit. I would like to mention another implication of the raw diet, which is we can save a lot of money by growing fruit and veggies in our yard, without being dependant to the grocery stores and the socioeconomic system for our daily survival. Urban farming in cities is slowly rising all over the world.

 

[Teelie]

Dun, dun dunnnn.... Live Science to the rescue!

A primary claim among raw food advocates is that the raw diet is a natural diet.

After all, no other animal cooks its food, and humans only started cooking after the domestication of fire. But "natural" is always a dangerous word. Humans have evolved to eat and survive on a wide range of diets. The Inuit have survived thousands of years almost entirely on a diet of raw fish and meat. Some cultures, conveniently in regions of prolonged growing seasons, shun all meat as unnatural.

That said, humans have always eaten some cooked food. So, too, do many land animals; and so did our human ancestors. How? Largely in the form of roasted grasshoppers or other small critters caught in forest fires and brushfires. Fire foraging was quite natural and helped secure our survival. This is how we developed the taste for cooked food.

Raw foods certainly aren't safer than cooked food, as some claim. Most commercial chicken and a good deal of beef and pork, sadly, are loaded with bacteria and parasites. Cooking kills this, unless the meat is rancid. Major and surprising sources of food-borne illness, however, are raw sprouts, green onions and lettuce. These must be washed thoroughly before consumption. Raw (unpasteurized) milk is dangerous and mostly illegal to buy; trust your source. Raw (sprouted) kidney beans and rhubarb are poisonous.

Despite major flaws in the raw diet philosophy, one needs to question why a so-called natural diet leaves the dieter dependent on pills for B12 (impossible to get without animal products, such as meat or eggs) or zinc (very hard to get on a raw diet).

Amusingly, the raw diet pits one questionable food philosophy against another, the macrobiotic diet. The macrobiotic diet emphasizes locally grown whole grains, vegetables, seaweeds and soy products. Cooking, based on seasons, is essential to bring out the energy in the food. Like the raw food diet, adherents believe a macrobiotic lifestyle can prevent and even cure cancer, and this was promoted in the United States by Aveline Kushi, who died of cancer.

The macrobiotic diet is one of the healthiest around, actually, despite the strange philosophical baggage that accompanies it. And Americans would be a far healthier lot if we subscribed to it to some degree.

Similarly, we should welcome the take-home message of the raw food diet: Eating fresh vegetables, sprouts, nuts and seeds is good for you. But lighten up and light up the stove.

Science-Based Medicine just has too much to quotable to know where to start. Similarly, the Huffington Post article by a doctor has some good counters and a few easy to pick out quotes.

Raw food advocacy ignores the fact that some foods are more nutritious when cooked. The nutrient lycopene makes tomatoes red. It is a potent carotenoid antioxidant, long thought to reduce prostate cancer risk, although that effect per se is in doubt. Lycopene is fat-soluble, and much more "bioavailable" -- that is to say, available for absorption and making contributions to our health -- when tomatoes are heated in combination with an oil. Tomato sauces with olive oil are ideal, and raise blood lycopene levels far more effectively than eating raw tomatoes.

Even more important than the nutrients that cooking can "add" to food are the things it can take away, namely pathogenic bacteria. Cooking is the best and final defense against salmonella, E. coli, and other microscopic nasties that can hitch a ride on our foods. Raw milk has captured the modern imagination, but pasteurization took hold for good reason. Milk can be contaminated by bacteria -- from the cows, the farmers, or farm equipment -- and it makes a great growth medium. Pasteurization protects us from the attendant consequences, which were once fairly common.

And finally, there are some truly excellent foods that can't be eaten raw; beans and lentils come to mind. These are nutrition powerhouses, inexpensive, and rich enough in high-quality protein to make a good meat alternative. But they are all but indigestible unless cooked.

Lastly, there is the notion that cooking is a form of food processing and thus "unnatural." Perhaps. But cooking, and freezing, have figured in humans' interactions with foods since long before the dawn of agriculture. So if cooking is "unnatural," everything about agriculture is even more so. To make it just as blunt as a stone hammer: We cooked meat long before we ever grew potatoes.

What we are left with, then, is a whole lot of hype that runs well ahead of any legitimate science.

All too often, opinions about nutrition are disseminated with religious zeal, as if gospel. I have argued before for the separation of church and plate, and reaffirm my own commitment to it here. I have my own opinions about nutrition. But when they are just opinions, I am careful to treat them as such.

I only glimpsed the surface of the numerous articles I can cite to show that raw does not mean natural, does not mean healthier and certainly does not mean better.

 

[Alex_Spider]

Dun, dun dunnnn.... Live Science to the rescue!

Science-Based Medicine just has too much to quotable to know where to start. Similarly, the Huffington Post article by a doctor has some good counters and a few easy to pick out quotes.

I only glimpsed the surface of the numerous articles I can cite to show that raw does not mean natural, does not mean healthier and certainly does not mean better.

Well, regarding the first article you posted, Raw Vegans don't eat meat and its by-products like milk. So, there is no point in the article mentioning them. I agree though about the beans and lentils. They are some great sources of protein and nutrients that we can only get by cooking and I absolutely love them.

Ah, there is a large misconception about the B12 myth. We don't get it solely from animals really . B12 is a microorganism that lives in dirt and where the veggies grow and that's where animals are getting it too. We even produce a small amount of it in our own body. I could post many links to that but I am bored. t:

 

[Erzengel]

I want a burger, fries and a shake right now.

 

[Teelie]

I want a burger, fries and a shake right now.

I'm having steak for lunch. t: Broccoli too (cooked, naturally ) and a few other sides.

 

[Alex_Spider]

I want a burger, fries and a shake right now.

I'm having steak for lunch. t: Broccoli too (cooked, naturally ) and a few other sides.

Shame on you

 

[gap5ewl]

I'm going to point out the obvious. Those aren't recent pictures. I also think there's a lot of misleading claims made.

Annette Larkins has actually made the rounds on TV within the last year. Here she is on "The Doctors" in late 2012, where they verify her age of 70 at the time by showing her Florida driver's license. PS, she definitely DOES NOT look 70 here.

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[Teelie]

And with but a single video link we prove that raw diets work in the face of all the evidence they might just kill you instead. Or just give you a debilitating illness.

 

[gap5ewl]

And with but a single video link we prove that raw diets work in the face of all the evidence they might just kill you instead. Or just give you a debilitating illness.

No, I don't necessarily agree with it, even if this particular women seems to have benefited. Vegan/vegetarian diets can be healthy, if done right. The problem is, they are a bit more complicated to follow, compared to a normal healthy diet that included animal products (especially raw food diets). I can't tell you how many vegans/vegetarians I know who have, surprisingly, made bad diet choices because they abstain from meats and what not. I actually have a coworker, who is vegetarian, who has been out of work for a few months, because she was diagnosed with a severe amino acid deficiency recently, and it's completely ruined her health.

 

[Teelie]

Which I find ironic because these are supposed to be the healthier, safer diets to live on. It takes more effort to live a diet with exclusions in it from one that is properly balanced.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

Does raw meat count?

 

[Enriquespy]

*stabs cow*

 

[Lantern Venom]

There is no single thing that constitutes a fountain of youth.

If you want to look younger, eat a balance diet, avoid sun exposure, regularly apply vitamin-rich lotion to your skin, and get plenty of rest.

If you want to feel younger, strength train, do plenty of cardio, take up yoga, avoid alcohol and recreational drugs.

Also, get regular checkups and always manage your stress level. Don't bank on a magic bullet, just be smart.

 

[gap5ewl]

There is no single thing that constitutes a fountain of youth.

If you want to look younger, eat a balance diet, avoid sun exposure, regularly apply vitamin-rich lotion to your skin, and get plenty of rest.

If you want to feel younger, strength train, do plenty of cardio, take up yoga, avoid alcohol and recreational drugs.

Also, get regular checkups and always manage your stress level. Don't bank on a magic bullet, just be smart.

 

[Alex_Spider]

There is no single thing that constitutes a fountain of youth.

If you want to look younger, eat a balance diet, avoid sun exposure, regularly apply vitamin-rich lotion to your skin, and get plenty of rest.

If you want to feel younger, strength train, do plenty of cardio, take up yoga, avoid alcohol and recreational drugs.

Also, get regular checkups and always manage your stress level. Don't bank on a magic bullet, just be smart.

I agree. Except the sun part. Actually sun rays activate vitamin D in our body and are very beneficial. What we should avoid is the sunscreen chemical products. They are the ones that produce cancer and damage our body.