> 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 ===================================== from the raw-food archives: ==== >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