>>Even at 80% raw you are quite remarkable (even more so w/o RAF) given your >>climate. You must admit there are few Finns eating the way you do, or am I >>mistaken and a high% raw diet is very popular in Finland? >Kirt, tell me WHERE a high% raw diet is VERY POPULAR? :-) On raw-food? :) Yes, of course you are right--there is nowhere that a high% raw is very popular... >There is Living Food Institute in Finland (Ann Wigmore -style) and >we`ve also an Association of Living Food. This year the Association will >begin to educate living food trainers and therapists. Two finnish doctoral >thesis have been published recently concerning live food diet. You know raw food diet - >or living food, elava ravinto, as we call it - is not commonly unknown in Finland. That sounds like a lot of raw stuff for such a small population as Finland! I have learned something today...thanks! "Eliva ravinto"! Sounds cool. Wonder if I'm pronouncing it correctly... >Of course I`m an oddity (hope I have the right word here :)) in this >latitudes with my raw diet enthusiasm. In fact, here in the North near the Arctic Circle >and Russian border in a town with 18 000 inhabitants I am weird just because >I don`t eat meat! I can only imagine, but repeat my impression that you _are_ remarkable... >It`s unbelievable difficult to get organic >vegetables here, especially in wintertime, not to mention fruits!. That is >very frustrating. And I just heard from news that nowadays imported foods >contain more pesticides than ever (and that is due to slack EU-directives!). >Instead, organic grains, seeds, beans and such are well available. Do you sprout at all? Again, for you to succeed at a high raw diet in such circumstances is an inspiration to me. :) Cheers, Kirt