Comments on: THE PROMISE I MADE http://www.carolalt.com/2009/03/06/the-promise-i-made/ Carol Alt Official Web Site Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bettina shenkman http://www.carolalt.com/2009/03/06/the-promise-i-made/comment-page-1/#comment-638 bettina shenkman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:31 +0000 http://www.carolalt.com/?p=109#comment-638 Dear Carol: Your book EATING IN THE RAW has changed my life. Since I have read it I am eating about 80% raw or more. I have started juicing (bought my own juicer) and I buy my 3 ounces of wheat grass everyday. I buy the gravlax from Spencers that you suggested and only eat raw cheese. I have given up all meat and poultry but do love sashimi and eat it often. I live on avocados, expensive coldpressed olive oil, raw kale salads that I marinate in my yummy olive oil with a variety of raw veggies. I don't own a dehydrator and I am lazy about making many of your delicious recipes since I have two kids who won't eat raw with me. However, I have noticed that my skin is so much smoother and youthful ( I am 44) and combined with my kickboxing I am getting really cut from not eating dead, cooked foods. I have never struggled with weight-just gained too much while pregnant but this raw foods lifestyle has helped get my waist back to where it was at 33 years old pre-children. I am still hoping that I will see less grey hairs but I am still stuck going to the colorist every 4 weeks. Ann Wigmore claimed that wheatgrass would turn my hair brown again...I hope so. Thank you again for being such as inspiration....I am reading so many wonderful raw books now and learning how to stay young and healthy. Thank goodness for all the celebrities like you who are over 40 and still looking fabulous--especially the women who eat live, real food. Dear Carol: Your book EATING IN THE RAW has changed my life. Since I have read it I am eating about 80% raw or more. I have started juicing (bought my own juicer) and I buy my 3 ounces of wheat grass everyday. I buy the gravlax from Spencers that you suggested and only eat raw cheese. I have given up all meat and poultry but do love sashimi and eat it often. I live on avocados, expensive coldpressed olive oil, raw kale salads that I marinate in my yummy olive oil with a variety of raw veggies. I don’t own a dehydrator and I am lazy about making many of your delicious recipes since I have two kids who won’t eat raw with me.

However, I have noticed that my skin is so much smoother and youthful ( I am 44) and combined with my kickboxing I am getting really cut from not eating dead, cooked foods. I have never struggled with weight-just gained too much while pregnant but this raw foods lifestyle has helped get my waist back to where it was at 33 years old pre-children. I am still hoping that I will see less grey hairs but I am still stuck going to the colorist every 4 weeks. Ann Wigmore claimed that wheatgrass would turn my hair brown again…I hope so.

Thank you again for being such as inspiration….I am reading so many wonderful raw books now and learning how to stay young and healthy. Thank goodness for all the celebrities like you who are over 40 and still looking fabulous–especially the women who eat live, real food.

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