hi! I'm a new suscriber to this list. My name is Frederic Patenaude, but just call me Fred. I'm Canadian, born in Montreal, Canada, 19/03/1976. I've been traveling in California for the past 3 months. I'm writting this from Santa Cruz, so i will be present at the next potluck in SF. I'm good friend with the NFL guys. I know about hygiene since summer 1996. Took some time to assimilate it and really change my lifestyle. Now i've been 100% raw fooder for the past 8 months. I've been vegetarian for 3 years, but recently I tried raw fish. I was hearing about it from every where, all these people saying that it tastes so good and is easy to digest and all. So I decided I had to try it to make my experience complete. I found it completely disgusting and gross. I am now, since that experience, totally convinced that we are vegetarian animals. There is no way I could like that stuff. So now I'm back to total raw-vegetarianism, after that disgression. I'm still working a lot to find the best diet for me. I eat way too much and the combos I eat do not promote high vitality. But I must say that I was overeating when I was eating cooked-food, so it's not new. But at that time, when I overate I was "out" for hours, feeling dull and numb. Now if i overeat I feel better in matter of minutes. I began exercising recently, running 12-20 minutes almost every day. I makes me feel GOOOD! The detox for me is by periods of ups and downs. I feel closer to the vitality I want to have. Ok for now. Take care. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com