Hi Wes, Jean-Louis: > I go to the restaurant about once a week now. Social life is > > important too, and there is no raw restaurant here. Wes: > Yes, but we don't have to have food in order to socialize... Or you >can > eat raw foods at the restaurant. You are right about not having to have food to socialize - but there are some situations where the greater, wiser, thing to do is to sit down with the people and eat for the most part, with them, like they are eating. You will find that it is smarter to take this perspective sometimes, both for your own good health and peace of mind, and also if your goal is to "win friends and influence people", particularly if you want to influence them in the area of their diet. And anyway, it's always better to have a flexible attitude towards your diet, rather than a rigid unbending one (like "ALWAYS RAW NO MATTER WHAT" or any other rigid dogma). Love, Liza [log in to unmask] (Liza May)