> Let's take a look at healthy long-term fruit eaters in our
> community. Roe Gallo, Don Weaver, Tom Stone and myself  have
> been thriving on 90 to 100% fruit for 12 to 22 years, we are
> definitely very healthy, and I have not observed any nutritional
> deficiencies in any of us.  Why have we succeeded?

<snip>

> Getting accurate education and coaching from experienced, long-
> term healthy fruit eaters is wise.  Roe and I mentor fruit eaters
> of all ages and they do very well.

<snip>

> that fruit is the way to go and you have questions about how to
> succeed, talk with Roe Gallo, Don Weaver, Tom Stone and I to get
> a personal sense of why we are succeeding.

Somebody actually did.
Thanks, Om Bodhi, wherever you are!

Best,

RoyD

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>Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 08:16:55 -0800
>From: ombodhi thoren st john <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: roe gallo: 22 years or 6 months?
>
>aloha!
>        ric & all,
>                  i sat with my feet immersed in r.c. dini's pool while
>listening to the talks given by david wolfe & then roe gallo.  david
>spoke with greater enthusiasm, energy, & aliveness.  at the end he dove
>into the pool, with all his clothes on!  roe's first comment when she
>took the mike: "i'm not going to do that at the end!"  and david stayed
>around with his dripping, cold clothes on, rather than put on dry
things.
>
>during roe's talk, i asked her the first questions, after which a
>few others chimed in.  upon hearing her "22 years fruitarian"
>statement, i asked, "what do you define as a fruit?  cucumbers, nuts?"
>she said yes to cucumbers and no to nuts, with a slightly
>condescending "avocados are fruits, tomatoes are fruits, and
>cucumbers are fruits."  i nodded and smiled.
>
>when she again mentioned eating nothing but fruit, i queried,
>"how long have you gone without vegetables."  she began saying,
>"22 years ago..." to establish her raw foundation.  then, "in 1988..."
>when she moved to 2 salads/week (i think).  the punchline: "for about
>six months i've eaten exclusively fruit."  the clincher!
>
>        yes, she does look great, both in person and in a bikini on the
>back cover of her book.  i did get a "ungrounded" energy from her, but
>that could have come from "having to play a role" at the party.
>balancing precariously on one foot while speaking, letting the
microphone
>cord wrap around her body in various entanglements, and voice pitch
>shifts all indicated someone not highly experienced or comfortable in
>public speaking or "not all there."  i hope everything goes well for
her.
>
>
>gently,
>       bodhi