Good Gravy, Bob!
(Oops...that's raw flaxseed gravy, of course)

>	Thanks for looking after my nuts for me!  I'll be looking for
>organic raw peanuts and sunflower seeds too when they come into season
>(around December I hear.)  A 25# bag of each would be no problem.  These
>I can get from Jaffe if a better source doesn't show up, however.

Will check into the pistachio number tomorrow, but I know he's never shipped
the raw-in-the-shell-skin variety.  He was surprised that they'd even keep
in the reefer, but will check on what he can do.  I would imagine, at this
time of the year (cool), it might be possible to air mail some your direction.

Hope he's there.

>Even
>more ideal from my perspective would be to find a local distributor who
>would carry them --- saves on UPS charges.  If your grower has truckloads
>of nuts that he wants a market for, I could try to introduce him to
>Country Life Natural Foods here in Michigan, where I get some of my more
>local mail-order stuff, but they don't have as many organic options as I
>would like.

I'll mention it to him.  Don't really know how big his operation is.  Only
know him through the Farmer's Market and haven't seen his spread.

>	Judging from the people you've hung around with (Airola, Fry), I
>guess you're probably an old-timer yourself, but you write with the
>youthful energy of a 20-something guy!

Hey...give me a break.  I've been 39 for ages.  The raw food faddism really
seems to help energy levels, though...at least that's my experience, having
tried it both ways.  Suprising, eh?

>And you seem to live all over the
>planet!

Actually trying to settle down a bit.  Probably need a place in the country
again. My daughter's on my case to vacate these suburban environs for more
space.  Specifically, have lived in the Midwest (Illinois/Nebraska/N.
Dakota/Michigan/Wisconsin...all when much younger), New York City, New
Jersey (south), Vermont, Florida, West Indies, Texas, Arizona (the longest),
and now California.  The kids and I played vagabonds back in the mid to late
80's, and lived in an RV all over the U.S. for somewhat more than a year
(giving them U.S. history and geography where it happened, etc), but never
anchored anyplace very long.  Had to keep moving in search of more raw food!
:)   So, now you've got the geographical facts.

>I did manage to preserve your Airola bio for posterity in an
>Ascii file on my hard drive.  Maybe it will make an appearance in Ward's
>"Natural Hygiene Many-To-Many" newsletter one of these days.  Did you
>have any other famous friends, like Paul Bragg, for example?

Sad to say, not really.  Have known Patty Bragg for some years, and also
Bragg's side-kick, David Carmos, but only met Bragg at an event in Miami,
Fla. once.  Encountered Dr. Walker when I lived in Phoenix, but couldn't
really say too much about him, since we only met when crossing paths in a
tiny co-op in Phoenix, where we both often shopped.  Just hi's and
good-by's.  Recall he was quiet, but friendly. Did know some of the old
"Muscle Beach" gang of early health nut era, though:

Thurlow McCoye, Gypsy Boots..and his cousin, Charley Fox (who introduced
Kyolic into the U.S. market), Dr. Bieler, Dr. Gerald Benesch, Ben Jerome and
Dr. Bronner (the latter three live only about a half hour from where we are,
in San Diego County), but that's about it. These fellows are/were all in
their nineties, or close thereto. Poor Dr. Bronner is not doing too well lately.

Good friends with Dr. Szekeley's protege, Dr. Garry White (of the Essene
Church), but never had the luck of even meeting the great professor Edmund
himself, only his kids and one of his ex's, who didn't seem to dig the raw
trip that much (don't think he did, either, though he sure wrote nice stuff
about it!).   Always wished I'd met Dr. Shelton, but never had the pleasure.
Dr. Anne Wigmore, on the other hand, I knew fairly well, on occasion
introducing her to groups up in the Los Angeles area.

Know lots of the other older gurus in the veggie circuit (knew many of the
old timers claiming to be nutritionists, but don't really think they knew
that much about the real subject...Adelle Davis, an example, obviously
anything but a veggie, let alone a rawster.  Knew his sister much, much
better. Adelle's sis was really quite healthy...lived in Arizona, but not at
all known for the expertise attributed to Adelle, who, I think you know,
didn't take care of herself at all. Funny, Adelle's sis should have been the
health expert, rather than hard drinking Adelle) but none were very close to
rawsters, while some of those I named in the previous two paragraphs were at
least toying with the idea.

Guess there are more, but getting pooped out about now, so time to finish
before your eyes glaze over...like mine.

So, no more tid-bits to share, I'm afraid... least that come to mind at
about 3:00 in the morn.

>And what
>ever became of some of those non-hygienic wondermen like Bob Hoffman >and
Charles Atlas?

Good question.  Darned if I know.  Saw and heard Hoffman at many a Health
Food Convention, but that was over twenty years ago...and I wasn't even all
raw back then.  Betty Lee Morales was one of that crowd, too, but, like
Adelle, big on protein...especially the animal variety.

I think I read that Charles Atlas left our planet, but not sure when.  I do
remember his un-aging magazine ads, though.  He was the first guy to really
make big money at the body building trade, as far as I can recall, anyway.

Bob, do you or any of the other List subscribers know where Aris Latham or
Kevin Stennis are?  Two excellent gourmet raw food restauranteurs: but have
lost track of them.  They're hardly "old timers," but they sure know how to
make some beautiful and tasty raw dishes.  How about "Brother Ron"...he can
sure do some great raw creations, too?

Reflecting about your observations regarding the "old timers," I'd like to
observe that most of the really enthusiastic raw-foodists appearing all over
the place, are, thank goodness, definitely NOT "old-timers!"  That just
might be a good sign for the future, don't you think?

>	For blood parameters, I think D.J. Scott of Cleveland probably
>has a good idea of what "normal" parameters should be.  He's always
>poking hygienists and sucking their blood, but so as I know, he's not
>into publishing his results.

Never even met him, but a local gal here feels he saved her life a few years
ago.

Good morning!

Ric