Speakers/Experts
Speakers/Experts — Raw Chefs/Educators — Radio Shows/Hosts — Retreat/Health Centers — Online Raw Food Stores — Natural Food Stores — Raw Food Restaurants
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
Gabriel Cousens, M.D., is a holistic physician, medical researcher, world-recognized live-food nutritionist, psychiatrist, homeopath, acupuncturist, Ayurvedic practitioner, detoxification fasting, ecological leader, Reiki master, internationally celebrated spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, and world peaceworker.
He is also the Director of The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center where the film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” took place.
To learn more about Gabriel Cousens, M.D. you can visit him at:
Matt Monarch
Matt Monarch is 100% raw vegan; his diet consists of only raw vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and seaweeds. He has been eating this way for eight years and enjoys extraordinary good health, bountiful energy, clarity of mind and a deepened connection to nature.
He is committed to the raw lifestyle and passionate about spreading this message of health to others. Born and raised in California, he now travels all over the world, lecturing on raw foods and exploring the delights of fresh raw produce in different locations. He inspires audiences with his enthusiasm and simple, accessible approach to going raw in a healthy and sustainable way and is sought after as a speaker at raw gatherings.
Matt is currently the owner of three different health-promoting websites:
www.LivingNutritionals.com, www.therawfoodworld.com and www.rawspirit.org
Angela Stokes
Angela Stokes is 30 years old and released around 160lbs, experiencing recovery from morbid obesity, by adopting a healthy lifestyle of raw food and natural healthcare.
She now travels the world teaching others about the benefits of raw food and a natural lifestyle.
To learn more about Angela go to:
Karen Knowler
Karen Knowler is The Raw Food Coach and former Managing Director of The Fresh Network, the UK’s Raw and Living Foods organisation. With 16 years of personal experience of eating a raw food diet, Karen has been teaching, writing and coaching professionally on raw foods for over a decade.
Co-author of Feel-Good Food and author of the forthcoming Raw Food for Beginners, Karen has lectured around the world, has been seen by over 6 million viewers live on national TV, appears frequently in the national press and has coached and worked with people from all backgrounds including well-known celebrities. Within the raw food movement Karen’s most powerful work includes the development of a unique set of “Raw Coaching Models” which outline the raw food journey inside and out and which form the basis of all Karen’s work.
To learn more about Karen you can visit her at:
www.TheRawFoodCoach.com & www.TheRawFoodDirectory.com
David Wolfe
David Wolfe is the author of the bestselling books Eating for Beauty, The Sunfood Diet Success System and his newest release, Naked Chocolate. He is supported in his nutrition mission by Sunfood Nutrition™ (www.sunfood.com) the world’s largest distributor of books, juicers, audio/videotapes, organic beauty products, bulk organic foods, and exotic raw foods to assist people in adopting, maintaining, and enjoying plant-food-based lifestyles.
To learn more about David go to:
www.DavidWolfe.com, www.21DaystoHealth.com & www.Sunfood.co
Paul Nison
His search for a cure began with medical doctors, but they didn’t have the answers he needed. After trying almost every so-called cure to overcome his pain and suffering, Paul finally discovered the benefits of eating more simply. He started by getting rid of foods that were no good for him. Simplifying his diet was the first step in his cure.
Victoria Buotenko
Victoria Buotenko is an adjunct professor at Southern Oregon University, Victoria Boutenko (of the well known Boutenko family) is the author of Green for Life, Raw Family and 12 Steps to Raw Food. The Boutenko family embarked on a diet of entirely raw foods in 1994, when they became seriously ill. This diet enabled them to heal all of their health problems.
Now, Victoria travels all over the world sharing her inspiring story and teaching classes on the raw-food diet.Based on the latest scientific research, Victoria Boutenko explains the numerous benefits of choosing a diet of fresh rather than cooked foods.
Embracing the raw food lifestyle is more than simply turning off the stove. Such a radical change in the way we eat affects all aspects of life. Victoria touches on the human relationship with nature, the value of supporting others, and the importance of living in harmony with people who don’t share the same point of view on eating.
Tera Warner
Tera Warner’s formal studies were in anthropology, English and primate studies. After years of dabbling in the study of herbs, nutrition, fitness, aromatherapy and natural health she stumbled upon the “the raw food diet” and has been actively living the lifestyle for more than 5 years.
Now a passionate online entrepreneur, she has created The Raw Divas as a means of building an international community to support women seeking health through nutrition and working to achieve a natural, sustainable lifestyle. Her intent is to create opportunities through this project to enable and support other women in building their own independent, at-home businesses powered by passion before profit.
Brenda Cobb
Brenda Cobb founder of the Living Food Institute in Atlanta, GA, overcame the early stages of breast and cervical cancer without the use of drugs or surgery by following the simple principles of detoxification and nutrition. She also got rid of allergies, acid reflux, indigestion, arthritis, obesity, age or liver spots, and gray hair. Her eyesight even improved! She looks and feels 10 years younger than she did 10 years ago. Brenda now devoes her life to educating others in this wonderful Truth.
Nomi Shannon
Successful author and lifestyle coach Nomi Shannon has been raw since 1987. Certified as a Health Educator at the world-famous Hippocrates Health Institute, Nomi was first introduced to raw food in 1987 ago by a holistic physician. At that time, she had serious digestive problems and felt ill no matter what she ate. For the first time in her life, she was gaining weight and had begun to develop an alphabet of maladies. With her physician’s encouragement, she began to eat about fifty percent of her food raw. She began to feel better almost immediately.
Because of her passion about the remarkable effect of food on the body, it wasn’t long before she was working as a health consultant at a world-renowned, alternative health institute in Florida. Called the Hippocrates Health Institute, the center teaches the living foods approach to wellness and provides a three week educational program devoted to cleansing and healing the body with natural, fresh, organic, uncooked, unrefined foods. A gift from nature, these foods provide the body with everything it needs to stay healthy and vigorous. It is a diet rich in enzymes and oxygen, both of which are lacking in processed foods, dairy products and meat.
To learn more about Nomi Shannon and her work visit these sites:
Susan Schenk
Susan Schenck author of The Live Food Factor, is a Licenced Acupuncturist, with a masters in traditional Oriental medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. She also has a master’s degree in applied linguistics and bachelor’s in education from Indiana University. Susan has taught all levels of education, from preschool to university.
Her world travels inspired Susan to find the ideal diet that could feed the planet. Having tried dozens of diets of herself, and always in search of peak health, her search was over when she discovered the simple secret of not cooking. Susan currently promotes the raw food diet through lectures, workshops and coaching.
To learn more about Susan visit her at : www.LiveFoodFactor.com
Dhrumil Purohit
Dhrumil Purohit is the founder and leader of the We Like It Raw team. The community he has built at GiveItToMeRaw.com has over 5,600 members! This community, also known as “GI2MR”, is an open forum on the topic of natural health, personal development, green living, spiritual awareness and of course, Raw Food nutrition.
If you’re looking for support and some fantastic health information make sure to check out the We Like It Raw Blog and Community.
To learn more about the We Like It Raw team you can visit them at:
Shazzie
Shazzi was born in Yorkshire, England on 23rd of January 1969. At the age of 16 she became a vegetarian and was an ethical vegan 2 years later. At the age of 30, Shazzie became a raw foodist for health reasons. Becoming a raw foodist was an intrinsic part of her journey towards mental, spiritual and physical freedom.
Fear no longer held Shazzie back and everything in her life altered rapidly. Because of her open, honest and personable writings, Shazzie attracts around 10,000 visitors to her web site every day.
Shazzie was so overwhelmed by the positive effects of the raw food diet, that she vowed to raise awareness of this natural way of eating in the UK and beyond. Though her background was in graphic, web and GUI design, she slowly turned her attention to healthy living via her company Rawcreation Ltd, which she founded in June 2000. She now employs about 15 people and Rawcreation has three distinct sections to it:
- Publishes fine educational materials
- Retails over 700 genuine health products at www.detoxyourworld.com
- Wholesales to ethical companies worldwide and the UK’s main importer of some of the best organically certified superfoods.
In addition, Shazzie has written four books: Detox Delights, Detox Your World, Naked Chocolate, co-authored with USA raw food guru David Wolfe, and Evie’s Kitchen. She is currently writing Ecstatic Beings with Kate Magic.
Shazzie also has a range of raw organic chocolate bars (Temptress, Goddess, Siren, Intacta, Desire and Empress), which have proved successful beyond her imagination.
To learn more about Shazzie visit her at: www.detoxyourworld.com
Ani Phyo
Ani Phyo is the host of the award winning most popular uncooking show on YouTube, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen Show, and is the author of internationally acclaimed best-seller Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen: Easy, Delectable, Living Food Recipes. Ani inspires global audiences with her fast, easy, delicious, healthy recipes and eco green lifestyle.
Ani’s belief is that is that “illness is created by toxins we put into our bodies. Eating raw foods helps me detoxify, stay healthy, strong, fit, weigh my ideal weight, and look my best. When I eat whole fresh organic foods, manufacturers can’t sneak in chemicals, perservatives, artificial colors, flavorings, or other toxins into my food. I go straight to Mother Nature as my source for nutrient rich foods. I thrive on nutrifiying myself with the highest quality food I can get my hands on.”
To learn more about Ani visit her on the web at:
Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo
Dr. Ritamarie has provided chiropractic care, health guidance, and nutritional advice to countless people just like you who want to make healthy changes but don’t know where to start for over two decades. She motivates and inspires both fellow health coaches and individual clients by making healthy changes fun.
As a health catalyst, Dr. Ritamarie provides the transformational spark to ignite the desire of change in her clients. Using education, inspiration, natural therapies and loving coaching, Dr. Ritamarie combines the latest scientific health knowledge with a dash of humor and warmth to support her clients in their journey to good health. She practices Integrative Health Care, using her knowledge of nutrition, herbs, homeopathic and chiropractic treatment to return the body to a state of natural, vibrant good health.
To learn more about Dr. Ritamarie visit her at:
http://www.freshnfunliving.com
Wendi Dee
Wendi Dee is an Inspirational Love-Filled Coach, assisting those choosing to live a life of love, health, and happiness. Through group talks, individual consultation, spiritual retreats, and the Pure Jeevan web site and blog, Wendi has inspired thousands of people with not only her remarkable physical transformation (releasing nearly 100 excess pounds on a raw food diet), but with a newfound mental, emotional, and heightened spiritual vibrancy.
Her personal transformation and gift for inspiring others is the focus of an upcoming book, There IS A Way: Naturally Recovering from Obesity & Health Problems.
She is also the founder of the All Raw Directory, the world’s first 100% free, community-run raw food directory. The Directory was designed to catalog resources for the entire raw and living foods community, through group cooperation. To learn more about Wendi Dee and the many projects she is working on for the raw food community, visit her at:
www.PureJeevan.com and www.AllRawDirectory.co
Dr. Jim Carey
Dr. Jim Carey is not a medical doctor. He has a PhD in Applied Microcomputer Technologies from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Prague.
He’s retired from the computer industry and has been involved in the Raw Living Foods concept and movement for six years, ever since the Dr. Ann Wigmore Lifestyle changed his life for the better - much better.
Dr. Jim spent four seasons as Director of Creative Health Institute in Michigan, where he witnessed the healing effects of Raw Living Foods on hundreds of people with a wide range of health challenges.
These experiences inspired him to become more involved in the Raw Foods Movement, and to help create his websites.
It’s also why he spearheaded the development the Home Study version of Dr. Ann’s teachings (chiDiet.com) with the assistance of Donald Haughey, co-founder of Creative Health
To learn more about Dr. Jim Carey and his work visit these sites:
www.jcarey.com — www.rawdoctors.com
Dr. Steven Monkiewicz, ND
Dr. Steven Monkiewicz, ND has been a professional broadcaster since 1968. 15 years ago he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.
His search for a natural remedy took him to Clayton College where he graduated (with honors) in 1998 as a Doctor of Naturopathy and a PhD in Natural Health.
He currently runs a weekly podcast show called REAL HEALTH and formed the website RawDoctors.com with Dr. Jim Carey and Dr. Flora Van Orden.
To learn more about Dr. Steven Monkiewicz and his work visit these sites:
Dr. Flora van Orden III
Dr. Flora van Orden III has a PhD in Nutrition. For 23 years she was Dr. Ann Wigmore’s assistant, transcribing her manuscripts into books and traveling the world with Dr. Ann.
Dr. Flora is now retired and living in Homestead, FL. A raw fooder for over 40 years and an active member of the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), she is dedicated to the Raw Living Foods Lifestyle, and endeavors to help all people to better health through Living Foods.
She formed RawDoctors.com with Dr. Jim Carey and Dr. Steven Monkiewicz.
To learn more about Dr. Flora van Orden her work visit these sites:
