Hi again, OK so I am a little overwhelmed. Two things are clear (I think!) from the posts. The first is that if there is any raw food research it is not widely known and the other is that many raw foodists think that science is not worth much. Science, despite its limitations, is useful because it is a procedure that anyone can follow to find out if something is true or just what another person reckons. It is possible to misdirect that science - as is evident in much of modern medicine. Science is agnostic, like a hammer. You can use it to hit a nail or run around swinging it wildly in the air trying to swat flies. Medicine sometimes misuses science by aiming it at disease, trying endlessly to find a cure for increasingly complex pathologies. It could be equally well used to find out the conditions of health. My belief (see this is what I reakon - not science) is that raw foodists (the ones who discovered it for themselves though inquiring minds) are intelligent and perhaps could be considered an "elite" class of intelligence. One that was able to see though modern dogma. But it seems that as a community we spend lots of time chasing our tales. For example instead of arguing we could direct that energy to something that will positively contribute to humanity (eg learn science and figure out what is actually happening when we eat raw food only) But it has to be someone in the states (U.S.) and someone with a mythodical and committed mind who is willing to sacrafice time and money. Any takers?? I was going to post a basic biochemisty of essential free fatty acids but it will take a lot of time. If anyone is interested let me know and I will put the effort in. Regards matt