It’s hard to believe, but it’s been already 10 years since I started on the natural health/raw food path!
In all honesty, I was not thinking about me or my health when I decided to go in this direction.
It was never my goal to try to live forever.
By the time I was 37 years of age, […]
Since becoming immersed in the world of health and nutrition, the issue of nutrition ‘facts’ and so called ‘evidence based’ diets has puzzled me.
These days, too many people swear by whatever nutritional data they find and they feel totally obsessed by those details.
From the supposed healing power of “super foods” to apple vinegar “secrets”, health […]
In my previous article, I talked about the numerous health practices, which in my opinion don’t matter in the big picture. In some cases, they may even be detrimental.
Too often, we seek short-term or “miraculous” solutions. But it’s the accumulation of regular health practices that matter most.
Here are my top items:
– Eat plant-based! There is […]
It’s not unusual for me to receive questions like:
Do you recommend any homemade toothpaste recipes? Or
It is very difficult to find organic food in South Africa; do I have to eat 100% organic?
What do you think of activated coconut carbon/ charcoal as a water filter?
These are valid concerns for people who want to embark on […]
Science is a collective and cumulative process of assessing evidence that leads to increasingly accurate and trustworthy information.
We value science as a society because through the application of scientific knowledge, we help satisfy many basic human needs and improve living standards.
However, when it comes to the science of health, it seems that the only real […]
All too often, people fail to act in their own long-term interest, favouring present pleasure and using illogical statements to justify their decisions.
For instance, I’ve had people tell me they admire how I eat, but they say: “Ariel, I’d rather shave a decade off my lifespan and keep eating my meat.”
All too often I hear […]
I have never been a big fan of restaurants, perhaps because I realized early that food prepared at home was always fresher and healthier than eating out.
However, my all-time favourite restaurant – this was during my DJ years and before I discovered the raw food diet – was a small vegetarian restaurant in London called […]
I received a question on the subject of refined sugars from one of my readers. This is what Joanna had to say:
“Hi Ariel.
Could you help me to better understand the harms of consuming refined sugar?
I appreciate your help on this matter. Thank you very much!”
My answer:
Sugar, or in our case, glucose, is the preferred fuel […]
About twenty years ago, a new phrase changed the world of nutrition for the worse: superfoods. A cookbook published in the 1990s, entitled Superfoods, written by Michael Van Straten, was considered responsible for the invention of the term.
Even now, many people are still obsessed with the discovery of new superfoods in their various forms, be […]
The statistics on heart disease are shocking.
According to the CDC:
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
One person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.
About 655,000 Americans die each year from heart disease – that’s 1 […]
I received a message from one of my readers, Shalz, this morning.
“Hi Ariel
How are you dealing with practical pressure after started eating 100% raw food? As I finally made my mind to eat 100% raw the only barrier for me is from friends and families…how to deal with it?”
My answer:
You see… Part of the problem […]
Vegan foods and plant-based diets are all the rage these days. Even eating oil-free WFPB (Whole Food Plant Based) seem to be on the rise, which in itself is a good thing, but people still can face major health challenges, even on low-fat diets.
I received a message from one of my readers. Sue writes:
Hi Ariel
I […]
