Vegetarianism

People ask me if I am a vegetarian. As much as I don't eat meat, i'm not really a vegetarian. I'm more of a slaughtatarian. I would love a piece of steak if I knew that the cow was loved and care for during it's entire life. I think the Native Americans had it right when it came to killing the buffalo. There was respect and a sacredness about the process. It is this left out process in which I choose to not participate.
So that leaves us with Plant based foods. Being forced to learn more about the things I am eating, I am fascinated with the amount of nutrients in our plants. The nutrients which help ward off disease and sickness.

So, the move to eat plants was really a move to increae my health and longevity.

From 10 lbs in 9 days to eating Raw foods.

As the former owner of a Martial Arts Fitness facility, I have had the opportunity to learn much about what works in real life application of getting in shape or losing weight.

In the early days we offered an incredible 10 week fitness program. This program had the participants work out 6 days a week alternating between cardio and resistance training. They were to record their food choices in a journal throughout the 12 weeks. Basically a Martial Arts version of the famous "Body for Life" program.
We weighed, and measured the praticipants 3x (beginning, middle, and end of the program).

Interestingly enough, we found that those who adhered the eating format achieved the BEST results.

As short time later, my colleague who is an acupuncture physician introduced me to nutritional cleansing. The hype was that people were losing about 10lbs in 9 days. The results were...