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testimonials
For many years I've been very interested in nutrition. So much so that I'd much rather sit and read a book
that instructs and inspires me to eat, live and exercise right than to read a novel. Those interests came
because both of my parents were health professionals. I followed in my mother's footsteps and became a
registered nurse. And because I was taught early to love God I wanted to treat my body well because it is the
temple of the Holy Spirit who lives in me.
When I married and then later had two daughters, I worked hard at feeding our family healthy meals and I
incorporated fruits, vegetables and whole grains into our diet. But it was not enough.
About 10 years ago my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. When she had surgery I helped her recover.
This experience scared all of us and motivated me even more to learn what others said about keeping our bodies healthy.
That's where a dear friend came into the picture. She and her husband heard Dr. Malkmus speak about the
Hallelujah Diet in 1996. They donated two of his books to their church librarian who was my mother. Before the
books were put on the shelf I confiscated them and read through them. First I read Why Christians Get Sick. And
when I read God's Way to Ultimate Health I was totally convinced I should remove the animal products from our diet.
The first improvement for me was a total healing of the painful bone spurs on my heels, which the doctor had been
treating to no avail. Secondly, I started losing weight. After a few months, I started gaining some of the weight back. I now
know that even though the animal products had been eliminated I wasn't continuing to lose weight because I was still
eating refined carbohydrates.
That summer of 1999 I heard about a weight loss class that incorporated a diet of 85% raw food and 15% cooked whole foods. I
signed up for the class. The timing was providential because I had just been instructed by a doctor to see a
surgeon for a questionable mammogram. I was very scared because not only had my mom had breast cancer, but her
sister and mother had it also. I started eating the vegan diet the same week I saw the surgeon. Over a course of a
year the ultrasounds showed that three of the cysts disappeared and no new cysts or negative changes occurred.
This way of eating really was the answer to my prayers and a dream come true. Over the course of 9 months I
lost 50 pounds. Here is a list of other improvements I've experienced: more energy, lower blood pressure &
resting heart rate, lower cholesterol, no PMS, a smooth transition into menopause, hemorrhoids diminished, fewer
headaches, sciatica back pain is rare, healthy joints, swollen ankles a thing of the past, bronchitis and sinus
infections gone, no more bloating after meals, and candida is almost gone.
I enjoy the potlucks started by the Top Raw Men! They inspire me with the support I need to keep on keeping on.
~Suzanne Elliott
At birth the doctors used forceps on my head, which caused the left side of my face to be paralyzed for a short time.
At six years of age, a medical doctor removed my tonsils instead of telling my parents that my illness was from excessive use
of sugar. Immediately after I awoke in the recovery room the medical personnel gave a high dosage of ice cream (very high in
refined sugar) to "soothe" my throat from the bloody surgery. Later I learned that tonsils are one of the body's filter
systems and that their removal could shorten my life span by as many as ten years.
By the time I was a teenager, I was addicted to sugar to the point where I was eating up to 18 candy bars a day.
I was also eating ice cream and sweet rolls on weekends. When I began taking pre-med classes in college, I learned
that animals given sugar without beta carotene become droopy and eventually go blind. About this time I also had the
beginning symptoms of arthritis. I began reasoning that it might be the sugar that was causing my problem. This was
later verified by getting off the substance for three weeks, at which time the symptoms decreased. I also had strep throat,
for up to six weeks at a time, for which the doctors gave me sulfa drugs. Needless to say, I no longer eat sugar products.
I continued to eat animal products, especially Swiss cheese, until I was 45 years of age when I acquired phlebitis.
A couple of my friends, who had phlebitis, had to have parts of their lower legs amputated, so that was another wake
up call. I got off Swiss cheese and all dairy and meat products, and within two years my phlebitis symptoms subsided. I still
had a serious skin fungus which extended from my finger tips up to my elbows. A research doctor who uses natural methods
suggested that I begin using omega-3 flaxseed oil, which caused the fungus to diminish and eventually go away.
I made the decision at age 51 to go to an all raw food diet, which my medical friends said would kill me by the
end of the first year; but when I didn't die they said I wouldn't make it through the second year. When I did make
it through the second year, they said I wouldn't make it through five years, at which time they said I wouldn't make it
through ten years.
It has now been almost 16 years and I feel great-I did 85 consecutive pushups at the age of 65. And a number of my
customers say I look younger each time they see me. I have no plans to drop the raw food diet, as I have discovered
that the diet plan God gave us in Genesis 1:29 still works today. And who would know better than the One who made us
what these bodies need to sustain life.
~Eldean Barrett, age 67
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