Scott's Raw Journey

Everybody loves to look at before and after pics. The idea of putting up these pictures seemed weird to me at first. I didn’t even know that I would have any dramatic BEFORE pictures. But I came across some old photos, and lo and behold, I couldn’t believe how different I looked. Unfortunately, I don’t have any shirtless BEFORE pictures! That would be interesting to see. I guess the lesson is, if you feel that you are about to embark on your own raw foods journey, take your shirt off right now and have somebody take your picture. You’ll be glad you did after you shed some weight!

The photo on the left is from August 2001. The photo on the right is January 2005, after a year and a half eating a vegan diet.

Left side, February 2001. Right side, August 2006. That’s me in the middle, after lots of cleansing and eating mostly raw.

These profile shots blow my mind. Left is from August 2001. Right side is from April 2005, vegan for almost 2 years.

These 4 pictures are rather telling. Notice how the eyes become bluer and brighter. (I don't wear contact lenses.) I used to notice how the eyes of 100% raw foodists glimmer and shine and wondered if mine ever would. The first picture from January 2004 is not even a year being vegan. I am at a bar, drinking and smoking. The 2nd picture from March 2006 is almost 3 years vegan. With all the cleansing I had been doing, I look rather skinny. The other 2 photos seem to show cellular rebuilding and weight stabilizing. We are told that most of the cells in the body are replaced with new cells. Depending on the cells and location in the body, they can regenerate every year or less. Damaged cells will usually replicate into more damaged cells. But if you repair your damaged cells, the new cells are closer to your original DNA, and those will replace the cells that are damaged. So what appears to be happening, is that by fasting and cleansing the colon, liver, blood etc, you begin a cellular rejuvenation process, whereby you initially lose more weight than you should. Then as the repaired cells take over, you can begin to experience a higher genetic expression, or rather, a more accurate one. It seems that optimal weight is then found.

These are all physical phenomena, of course, and as fascinating as they are, it is even more fascinating to experience what photos can’t express, namely, feelings of deeper connection to spiritual realms, emotional stability, peace of mind, balance of life, clarity of thought, etc. I don’t know if the raw foods diet, in and of itself, will lead to these things for everybody. But there appears to be a correlation in my experience. I would say that a 100% raw foods diet will likely support anyone with spiritual inclinations and those who find themselves becoming more and more detached from a sense of egocentricity.