Hi everyone,,, I just joined and though I would tell you all a bit about my self. I am a 19 year old nutrition student and I live in Perth, Western Australia. I have been vegan for about 20 months and vegetarian for 26, although am not dogmatic about it as some people are. I live with my parents and two younger sister all of whom are vegetarian. I am not under any illusions that an optimum diet must be vegan or veg. Although I don't have any personal interest in eating animal foods am still interested in the idea of RAF's. I have a large interest in raw foods/fasting/health and try to eat large amounts of fruit and veg each day with the rest of my calories coming from whole grains and legumes. I recently put up a website which is changing everyday, I will consider suggestions. http://www.iinet.net.au/~pgraham/blakeshealthpage.htm I have had conatct with some of you, Tom B, Dr Bernarr, Ric L, Anwar, and others may know me from raw disussion forums. Blake