Saturday, November 02, 2002

(Here is a testimonial from Dennis Gabbert, after finally succeeding at maintaning a 100% Raw Food Diet.)

Hey Roger,

"Eating this way makes it so I have had no desire or thought whatsoever of eating cooked food, rice or junk. Your consultation for me was brilliant. I know I can do this. I have felt much stronger emotionally on the diet. I have gotten no chest pains. I eat the fruits first. I believe doing the diet this way will eventually lead to my getting off salt and eating less nuts and seeds for maximum health. Thanks so very much. I feel your help to me was providential. I will be looking into the raw restaurant classes, and other assignments you suggested. I sometimes am slow in getting to everything."

"Thanks to you Roger I have now been all raw over 3 weeks. This has worked remarkably well. I am 5' 10" and have weighed around 180 for a few years. On my old diet my weight went up 7 pounds but now I weigh 170 without absolutely any effort."

THANK YOU again, Dennis Gabbert

From: Bharti Padmanabhan 11/1/2003

1. What two or three things did you find most helpful in your coaching experience with me?

Found you to be very supportive, genuine, and knowledgeable.

2. Did the motivational techniques help you to make an easier transition to a raw food diet? Were you motivated to eat raw? 

Yes, support definitely helped in this battle with perverted taste buds.

2a.Did having the support of a 100% raw foodist help you over the tough times?
You bet. No matter how guilty I felt about cheating a few times, the encouragement kept me going especially because it came from someone who had walked this path already - and not only survived but thrived on it (raw food.)

3. Did my educational information via the telephone and or email give you confidence in being successful in a raw food diet?

Yes

4. Please list any improvements in your health because of raw foods and my coaching. Did you overcome any diseases? 

- Higher energy levels
- No lethargy - more active and alert during most waking hours
- a completely pink tongue 
- better haemoglobin level 
- had developed some vertical lines across my nails a couple of years ago (probably due to some deficiency) when I was still on the cooked vegetarian diet-now those lines have reduced and seem to be disappearing gradually as I progress with the raw diet.
- One of my wisdom teeth had a slight cavity since last year- dentists had told me that I would have to have it removed it sooner or later. Now, I notice that the tooth is not decaying any further since I went raw. I am hoping that I don't have to have it pulled out unnecessarily.
- Skin improvement.

Roger I don't think you need the details but this is just fyi:- in the past I had used a lot of medication to get rid of an acute skin condition (which resembled an extreme case of acne) that I had developed once I stopped using a certain prescription drug (the composition of which read "Betamethasone 0.05%, Betamethasone 0.0125%w/w") prescribed for some other relatively minor problem that I don't even remember anymore. I was 20 then. The condition has subsided over the years because of instinctive elimination of a lot of things from my diet - but the condition never really got completely cured- which is why I still continue to get zit like things even now at 30 although a lot less frequently. The frequency has dropped to a rarity ever since I went 100% raw two months ago - and I am confident that given some more time, it will go completely. To add to that, the skin tone and texture has also improved and looks a lot younger than it did a few yeas ago.

Now as I look back, I realize that the condition had developed because of the toxins in the so called "medication" which my body was trying to eliminate through the skin (imagine the amount of toxins to cause such a serious condition)
I did an experiment a couple of days ago. I tried using Clearasil on my face to see how my skin would react to it while on the raw diet. Note that ointments like Clearasil had never worked on me earlier for whatever reason. This time round, it not only completely dried up the couple of zits I had developed recently but also scalded my skin and gave me a lingering headache. Note again that I haven't gotten a headache for years. 

As I see it, the analysis seems to be simple. The raw diet has probably made my body quite clean- and therefore these chemicals / toxins "worked" quickly and were easily detected by the body once they entered the blood stream which caused the headache. Of course, I did not use Clearasil the next day and don't intend to either but the message I got from this episode is pretty loud and clear- and will keep me from falling prey to any medication / health supplement apart from those which come from the raw vegan world.

5. How much weight did you lose?

Around 4 to 5 pounds. This despite the fact that I had already been on a vegetarian diet for 18 years, junk-free vegetarian diet for 10 years, vegan diet for over one year, and a grain less vegan diet for about 4 months - before I went raw.

Bharti Padmanabhan, Washington, DC
bharti_padmanabhan@yahoo.com

Mark 
Thursday, February 12, 2004

1. What questions or problems was I able to solve for you in our telephone consultation? 

how to get rid of candida and still eat a balanced diet. you helped me understand what percentage of calories should come from fat in my daily diet.

2. Are you more confident in doing a healthy raw food diet after
speaking with me? 

yes absolutely!

3. Where there any raw food myths that I helped to clear up for you that may have been holding you back from eating a raw diet? 

you definitely helped clear up the myth about mucoid plaque. now i understand that fruit doesn't cause candida or make it worse, and i can see now why any salt in my diet is not a good idea.

4. Please add any other comments you'd like to share about our telephone consultation. it was great talking to you. you are very insightful about health and diet and you were very helpful to me. i feel more confident now to continue down my path to health.

I know I can do it. I like your "don't tell me all the reasons why you can't succeed" approach. I am annoyed at myself for giving in to this negativism-I agree l000% about the importance of our thoughts in building our reality-- I shall endeavor to stay positive even if I have,as you say, to act it at times. I completely agree !!!

I am very grateful to you, I feel this time I am going to succeed-My initial goal is 70-80-90%-Raw. I'm not going to force myself to the l00% until it seems right-actually,since we started I have so radically upped the percentage rate that I think it's honest to say I'm at least 70%-I love celery,cucumbers,clementines,bosc pears, apples, and pineapple-I've never bought so many pineapples in my life, and I am enjoying each and every one.Thanks, Roger-It can be done and I can do it.....

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I want to add that I definitley see this as a part of your visualizing my progress and of the e-mails and other work we are doing--

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You keep up your part of the bargain, Roger,(there's no doubt about that) and I'm knowing that I can keep up my part as well. I'm expecting to be 90% raw before the end of January and drop a minimum of l0 pounds at the same time.

I am beginning to ask the questions,"How can I accomplish this worthwhile goal and enjoy myself at the same time.?" And it would appear that answers are coming....it's definitely a start----Thank you, Roger

+++++ Thanks for your support, Roger- your words of encouragement mean a great deal to me- you are a fine coach and I am grateful-We've begun, and that is of great significance.

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Dear Roger-I've just spent some time on your incredible website- it is truly amazing.

I know, as I have known in times past, that I already have far more energy than on the SAD. My mind seems to be redeveloping a clarity I had years ago, and, although I do not have a scale, it feels as though I am possibly losing some of the weight I have reacquired.

Well,Roger, I am very grateful for your help-you are certainly a huge factor in helping to turn a light on which has been shut off- for decades- oh, it flickers on and off from time to time, this is true, but it seems now to be going from a pusillanimous night light to at least a l5 watter-and beginning its journey onward to a spotlight of great magnitude...

and May the Power be with you, as well Best from,

Debbie

1. What two or three things did you find most helpful in your coaching experience with me?

The constant support and daily emails. Also, your non-judgmental attitude. I was particularly helped by the idea of "God-esteem"

2. Did the motivational techniques help you to make an easier transition to a raw food diet? Where you motivated to eat raw?

Yes. Especially the lessons about positive thinking. I have been consistently motivated to eat raw becuase of you many reports and miraculous testimonies.

2a.Did having the support of a 100% raw foodist help you over the tough times?

Definetly. Although I still have some work to do and fine-tunning to attend to in my raw foods diet, I have defineltly learned how to succeed in the long run at the raw foods lifestyle.

3. Did my educational information via the telephone and or email give you confidence in being successful in a raw food diet?

Yes.

4. Please list any improvements in your health as a result of raw foods and my coaching? Did you overcome any diseases?

I still have many improvements to make, but overall I have experienced improved digestion, clearing of my sinuses, increased energy, less need for sleep, and less anxiety.

5. How much weight did you lose?

I have lost 10 pounds and for a while I thought I wasn't losing any weight. But it was coming off slowly due to my condition.

6. Please add any additional comments or suggestions.

Thank you for your enthusiasm and encourgment throughout this process. You have intoduced me to a lifestlyle that may very well llead me to accomplishing my dreams and much more. I would love to keep in contact with you via email if that is ok. I still have quite a ways to go and as always would appreciate your support and encouragment.

RR, California

Here is a woman I coached via email. I include my replies to her and her testimonial at the bottom.

(RH) >We would starve to death on a diet based on raw vegetables alone.

As the saying goes...variety is the spice of life...thank goodness we have so many fruits and vegetables to choose from.

(RH) >You can't base everything on the Glycemic Index, that is only one factor in your food choices. What is more >important is the fiber in the foods. All whole fruits have the fiber >and nutrients to help slow down the absorption of sugars. Stay away >from dried fruit though.

Hmm, very important point. I guess when I ate the apple after my fast it would have helped greatly to leave the skin on. Duh. Yep...I cut off the peel and then at the apple....*sigh*

(RH) >It can often be the initial transition period that causes the >problem. It takes the body time to adjust to absorbing nutrients >from a different diet, even if it is our ideal diet. Just as if >you've been fasting, you can't eat a lot of food because the body is >not used to eating food anymore. It has a transition period.

Ahh...you know...I didn't think of that. I presumed that since my system was so inbalanced my cells and body would immediately respond to balanced nutrition and favor the healthy transition. Very interesting.

(RH) >Yes it is important to listen to your body. Also be aware that you >can misinterpret what your body is telling you.

I will keep that in mind. I certainly had not considered the previous points you made....so I agree it is very possible for me to listen to my body and misinterpret.

You can take a course from this website. http://www.transformationinst.com/

I also recommend: foodnsport.com, http://www.healthfullivingintl.com/ and tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com.

Thank you for recommending these websites Roger I will definitely save and visit them today. Most importantly thank you for being so patient. I like the tone of your messages. You correct and advise with care which avoids making me feel like an idiot.(which I'm sure takes great skill...lol) You also point out very simple facts which help me to put the entire puzzle together. Your time and patience is greatly appreciated. :) Lili

Stephen Parker
Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Raw Happiness meeting

Hey Roger:

I am writing to tell you how much I enjoyed the meeting last night. The support that was shared last night is invaluable to people finding their way on this path.

Thanks alot! Stephen Publisher of NYC's "Raw Dish" Monthly Raw Food Newsletter

Steve B. [steveb428@hotmail.com] Thursday, April 22, 2004

1. What questions or problems was I able to solve for you in our telephone consultation?

You helped me realize that it's possible to be a little too enthusiastic in taking the raw food effort too far. I didn't realize that using a juicer could bring me backwards in my goal towards better health. I plan on using it only for an occassional juice fast, instead of as a staple kitcen appliance. Going blind into a raw food diet would not have been a good idea before at least talking to someone about that.

2. Are you more confident in doing a healthy raw food diet after speaking with me?

Yes. I feel a lot more confident. Part of the reason for it is I feel it is possible to not feel deprived, like I am missing some major part of life by eating what I have been used to eating.

3. Where there any raw food myths that I helped to clear up for you that may have been holding you back from eating a raw diet? What were they?

Yes, you helped clear up the myth of not getting enough protein. You also resolved confusion I had over what type of raw food I could eat and in what quantities. I bought into the high-fat low carb trend, and I thought that eating more nuts, seeds and avocados would have been a good idea so as not to suffer from a glycemic-index issue with the fruits. I had jumped the gun on that belief. Especially after you mentioned that eating fat with fruit would keep my blood sugar raised to a detrimental duration of time, whereas fruit alone, safely causes a normal up and then back down, type of reaction.

4. Please add any other comments you'd like to share about our telephone consultation.

I got the overall impression that you devote pretty much most of your life towards learning and researching the real facts behind eating raw food.

Steve Bailey

Computer Programmer, Sherman Oaks

steveb428@hotmail.com

(Here's an endorsement and the email that went along with it, so you can see what I wrote that got this glowing testimonial from a knowledgeable raw foodist.)

BINGO! Thank You, Roger, for so succinctly and eloquently putting this post together. I'm including your entire post in this reply in case anybody inadvertantly deleted it. This sums it up 100%, IMO. - ~Lily: Please copy, paste, and print this body, and if you get nothing else out of this exercise on this group, paste this on your mirror and read it daily for a year. Please let us know your changes.:~) rusty.

Hi Lili,

To eliminate fruits would be a big mistake for most people unless they had a very specific reason for not being able to eat fruit. Most fruit problems are really problems of excess fat in the bloodstream. In addition, you are probably completely misinformed on what those conditions would be. Even diabetics can eat fruit and for the most part should eat fruit. The fact of the matter is that we are frugivores or fruit eaters by biological and physiological design.

If you do an in-depth study on this you will come to the same conclusion. Even Charles Darwin claimed that humans were frugivores and not omnivores. We have nothing in common physiologically with omnivores like bears and pigs. We don't have claws, a long snout, nor the digestive tract that omnivores or carnivores have. We are completely different.

I admire your interests in wanting to learn about health. I think however you should study nature. The greatest doctor is the human body. Always look to remove the cause of the problems and don't try to palliate the symptoms as most medicines including alternative try to do.

The ultimate healer is your own body, not raw foods or herbs. I suggest you study Natural Hygiene if you want to truly learn about health. I know others on this board have different opinions on this. This is my opinion after many years of going back and forth in the raw world and making many experiments.

The results I get almost always lead me back to the fact that the principles in Natural Hygiene are the most sound. Natural Hygiene simply tries to observe nature and follow its ways.

No animal out in nature worries about getting enough vitamins or antioxidants. They eat via instinct and what tastes good to them. Most of our problems are actually to do with ill absorption and toxicities.

When I went on a week long fast, I noticed signs that my nutrient absorption increased. I saw improvements in my nails and this was without eating any special foods that I previously was supplementing with to make improvements in what I thought were deficiencies.

Our main problem with going to a raw diet is what we've eaten in the past. If you start a baby on a raw diet it doesn't have any problems with it. But over years of unhealthy and toxic living we have damaged ourselves. The fact that we are very sick before we go raw is what causes some people to have problems on the raw diet.

Fasting in my mind is the best answer to healing ourselves. Sometimes the raw diet isn't enough and we need to go on a water fast to correct some imbalances. You can heal very quickly with this kind of fast instead of spending years with so so health, even though you are on a raw food diet.

I would suggest however that it is much easier to fast once you have accustomed yourself to a raw food diet. The reason being is that you won't be craving Kentucky Fried Chicken if you've been 100% raw for about a year. Also you'll have much less toxins in your system and the fast will be much easier to do and more pleasant. But if you have serious health conditions you should consider a supervised fast to get you straightened out.

Hope this helps, Roger Haeske

1. What questions or problems was I able to solve for you in our telephone consultation?

V: Mainly the fruit intake, calorie intake. And also saved me from wasting a good amount of money. And made me realize how much I already lost, that I can't seem to get back.

2. Are you more confident in doing a healthy raw food diet after speaking with me?

V: Most definitley. Now I won't make the same mistakes I had made before. I'm sticking to small farmer's markets and getting reasonable organic food, nothing too much. Just stuff I know I'll be eating in for the week.

3. Where there any raw food myths that I helped to clear up for you that may have been holding you back from eating a raw diet? What were they?

V: Mainaly the idea of juicing. I thought it is healthier to juice and you definitely let me know about it being processed when juice, and that never entered my head. And I'm like how would you get the full feeling if your just juicing them of the fiber. Same goes for dehydration, not something I'll eat regularly. Not to mention the concetp of dehydrating the fruit and then soaking it in water to make something with it. I just figured how non-sensical that is. And thanks for that.

4. Please add any other comments you'd like to share about our telephone consultation.

V: Not much, besides your very pleasant, and you make someone feel comfortable and not a complete heel for buying into the gimmicks. Which is great, you make the person want to come back and I'm very happy with your help.

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:08 PM

Wow talking to Roger was an experience, to see a guy who is so knowledgeable and also nice at the same time it's amazing, he really is a humble person with a lot of information, he puts you at ease when you talk to him. Talking to him is like talking to a good old friend that you did not talk in a while and you just catching up on things. My conversation with Roger it was like a silk it's was smooth, he is so sincere, he really helped me out to make everything clear and clear all the misconceptions, myth's and explained what to expect when you go on raw food, and what to eat and what not, what to do and what not to do. 

Me personally I thing raw foods is ultimate way, and make so much sense and is logical, I wish I can talk to Roger the whole day, because conversation is so smooth and pleasant and because of the knowledge that he posses but I know roger is very busy men, and I appreciate him taking time out talking to me, and soon I'm sure we talk again and I can not wait to talk to Roger and put everything to work and become super fit.

 Bottom line if anyone, and I mean anyone, whether you are 18 or 90, I do not care whether a person read a lot of books or thinks he knows a lot about raw food or exercise, talking with and getting Rogers program the Raw Food Diet Success Society is a MUST, you do not know it all whether it's raw foods or exercise till you speak to Roger and order his program.

Reading books is one thing but with so much contradiction you need there a person to show you the way and guide you on your path with truth and honesty in his heart.

HEY BUT DON'T BELIEVE ME ABOUT ROGER, AND WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT HIM AND HIS PROGRAM, JUST GO AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, AND BELIEVE ME YOU AINT GOING TO BE SORRY FOR THAT BUT ONLY HAPPY THAT YOU DID, LOOK THERE IS A HOPE OUT THERE NO POINT TO BE SICK AND WEAK, BEING SICK AND WEAK IS JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND LIKE SOMEONE SAID, I THINK MARTIN "FARMER" BURNS BEING WEAK IS A CRIME, AND HONESTLY THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT. 

LIKE JOHN E. PETERSON SAID GETTING OLD IS JUST AN ACCUMALATION OF SELF NEGLECT, SELF NEGLECT OF NOT EATING RIGHT AND NOT EXERCISING AND JUST NOT LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR SELF. 

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US ALL, BECAUSE WITH RAW FOODS AND EXERCISE YOU CAN BE HEALTHY FOR A LONG TIME, AND LIVE A LONG TIME ABOVE EVARAGE FEELING LIKE YOU ON THE CLOUDS ALL THE TIME 24/7 365 DAYS A YEAR.

BEING IN ECSTACY IN A NATURAL HIGH FEELING CONNECTED TO THE EARTH, PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING, FEELING LIKE EVERYTHING IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND PATH THAT EVERYTHING IS BEATIFUL, WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE NOW , THERE IS NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT AND PUT IT TO WORDS, WHAT IT'S LIKE AND HOW IT FEELS BEING ON THIS PATH, WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT THE WHOLE LIFE, BUT YOU NEED TO PUT IT TO USE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF HOW AMAZING IT'S TO BE ON THIS PATH.

BUT BEING ON THIS PATH IT MEANS LESS SLEEP MORE TIME MORE ENERGY HEALTHY LIFE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ILL LAST 30 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN BE HEALTHY UNTILL THE LAST SECOND OF YOUR LIFE IN ATMOST HEALTH AT ULTIMATE HEALTH NO RUNNING TO THE DOCTORS, EXPENSIVE BILLS JUST TIME, HEALTH AND YOU TO REFLECT AND DO WHAT EVER YOU DESIRE AND WANT, LIFE WILL BE EASSY WHEN YOU FIND A WAY, ROGER IS THE GUIDE TO THAT ULTIMATE WAY OF A SUPER HEALTH, TAKE YOUR CHANCE AND MAKE YOUR CHOICE BEFORE IT'S GOING TO BE, TOO LATE.

P.S When you do talk with Roger or get his program all your questions will be answered, all the myths, all the misconceptions will be part of a history and I mean history long gone after you talk to Roger and get chance to see his program, hey with so much contradictions, myths, lies and so called masters, gurus you need some one who you can trust, talk to and who is knowledgeable and reliable and respected, sincere, someone who been there done that. did all the trial and error, did all the home work for you and Roger is that men! He is a prime example at 37 years young looks better then someone at there 18 or 20's and I bet he feels like a Billion bucks, the point is not to getting older every year but younger and be at that Ultimate super being path all the time and once you find that path you aint never want to go back to your old ways again in your life!

P.P.S Hey if you don't want to believe me and see for yourself that's fine you can go out there bust your ass for years and years looking for the truth about raw foods and exercise go through trial and error and even possibly damage your body which sometimes not reversible at all, you be lucky if it's, why try your luck? 

Or you know what you can do just look straight ahead right in front of your nose and look at Rogers private website at HowToGoRaw.com, Why try luck and trying something that might not work or experimenting on yourself, which could be very dangerous it's like playing with fire or rolling a dice you might just get burned or you might just loose but why taking those chances when you can take a sure fire way to success, take ride to the ultimate path to a super being super health and become a super being with a self proven system that guaranteed to work if you put it to use.

Give Roger and his program a try and save all the money and hardships see the truth which is raw foods and Roger is a guide to the Truth and to the ultimate super being health!!!

 Now get up and get the program you will thank roger later for that! There is no more time to waste, not being and feeling at your best at all times, you will see for youself later and that is a best way to see and if you can speak to roger, because it's a must and guaranteed satisfaction, and unbeliavable experience like talking to your best buddy, believe me it's like nothing else to talk to a person, who knows what his talking about, whos walked the path before you so you can just relax not be scared and just listen, soak everything in, and use the system with confidence and no fear, no questioning yourself am i doing this right? Or why i'm loosing weight? Is this because i'm dying? 

Oh no, after talking to roger and getting his system there will be no such a thing, there will be no stone unturned and it will be straight to the point to the point of truth and ultimate health. So if you want it all that and more which you be crazy if don't, which I'm sure you do want it, everyone does! Then get up and be on your way!!!

Sincerely

Steve Blyumenfeld