Love Fruit - The Fruitfest Podcast

In this interview I talk to Dr Douglas Graham the author of The 80/10/10 Diet  which many people see as the bible of the raw foods diet.Doug will be appearing once again at this years UK Fruitfest.  This is a week long residential retreat/festival for those interested in a raw vegan lifestyle.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter Join the Love Fruit forum: http://skool.com/lovefruit

In this interview I speak with Adrianna Kollar about her raw vegan journey.She started this journey after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.I met Adrianna at the Woodstock Fruit Festival in Miami.  She will be with us at UK Fruitfest this year.Click here to learn more about UK Fruitfest:https://www.rawvegancourse.com/ukff2024Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Maisie is a holistic energy worker, astrologer, and passionate raw foodist. After many years of a living less than optimal lifestyle she was drawn towards a more spiritual and health focused path. She spent 2 years training in integrated energy healing at the College of Psychic studies in London, along with intensive training in Kundalini yoga in Rishikesh, India. She has spent the last few years on a journey of self exploration through travelling, inner work and the raw food lifestyle.She runs a weekly chakra meditation group on Friday mornings 8:00AM GMT. Email to join:  healwithmaisie@gmail.comMaisie will be hosting workshops at UK Fruitfest 2024, join the mailing list for last minute ticket options:https://www.rawvegancourse.com/ukff2024Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

In this video I interview Dr Doug Graham for the Love Fruit Podcast.Dr Doug Graham has lived for over 40 years on a raw vegan diet and authored the pioneering book "The 80/10/10 Diet" which birthed a paradigm shift in the raw food world.He will be at UK Fruitfest 2024 providing presentations and fitness classes.To find out more information about UK Fruitfest 2024 please join our mailing list:https://www.rawvegancourse.com/ukff2024Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Seth Bailin is a multi talented musician and author of the new book The Fruit Companion. Learn more about UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.ukhttps://www.sethbailin.com/Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Jamie Love is the organiser of the Raw Food Worldwide Meetups.  This is a large network of raw food meetups around the world.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Howard Gibbs-Hobgood started adding more raw vegan food to his diet over 22 years ago and has been a raw foods enthusiast ever since.  Howard experienced the magic of the raw vegan community at the Woodstock Fruit Festival.  After attending recently for the 2nd time he decided he wanted to be around the raw community more and has organised the Woodstock Fruit Festival whatsapp group.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Dave Escamilla is a raw vegan living in Austin, Texas.  He was the main organiser of last year's Texas Fruit Festival and also helps to organise raw vegan monthly meetups in Austin. Dave also attended the Woodstock Fruit Festival in 2024.You can find his website here: https://rapidregeneration.com/Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Eric Karlsson from Sweden is an expert in the subject of Nature Cure his qualifications and merits including Doctor of Naprapathy (Sweden 1983). Registered naprapath in Sweden and a Diploma in Nature Cure (Australia 1992). He was a student of legendary nature cure practitioner, chiropractor, osteopath, author, master iris diagnostician and fasting expert Kenneth S. Jaffrey also well known as charismatic lecturer.Learn more about UK Fruitfest by emailing: info@fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Tom Avery is a lifetime athlete, tennis coach and sports nutritionist.His interest in health started at the age of 32. He read every book on alternative health care and diet he could get his hands on. Although he made some improvements to his health, for years he felt that something was missing. It wasn't till the age of 58 that Tom realized, after much research, that a vegan diet is the one we're designed for and the most optimal.Currently, at age 74, he still teaches and plays tennis, works out 5 days per week and is active in sprint triathlons. He also teaches all his tennis students and the general public of the benefits of adhering to a vegan lifestyle through his website FruitNSport.com and his raw vegan lifestyle plan, outlined in “The Transitional Vegan 30 LOVE Diet” and “The Totally Raw Vegan 30 Love Diet'. He is living proof that eating whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic food is the nutritional way to vibrant health and vitality.Learn more about UK Fruitfest: info@fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Dr. Joshua Helman is a Harvard-trained board-certified physician licensed in fourteen states. He embraces an integrative approach to health, wellness, medicine, and life. He has two degrees in biochemistry (undergraduate from Harvard and master's from University of Cambridge [UK]). His medical degree is from Harvard Medical School and MIT. He is passionate about applying his biochemical knowledge to real-world challenges. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine. Dr. Helman has served as an attending physician throughout his career and ultimately as the Medical Director for Hippocrates Health Institute in Palm Beach, Florida.Learn more about the UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Brett Cohen is the author of the book Fruitarian Yummies and is a musician and sound healer from New York.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Justin Carpenter is an inquisitive seeker who has lived a nomadic life searching for universal truths.  He found a raw vegan diet and sees this as a diet to help us to awaken to other truths.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Doreet Dijke has been on a raw vegan journey for almost her whole life.  She has been a raw chef and coach to the stars and founde the California Fruit Festival.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Skye Conway was sick for 32 years and spent 25 of those years bedridden. She was diagnosed with many different illnesses from viral, congenital, Chronic fatigue, Fibromyalgia, hormone problems, blood protein issues, tachycardia, POTS, mental health problems, anaemia, and became an alcoholic resulting in a damaged liver and many more medical issues.Skye had over 60 surgeries and procedures, was on countless medications and relied on carers to look after her most of her adult life. This all changed 1 1/2 years ago when Skye found a raw living food diet. Since changing her diet she healed all her chronic medical conditions, moved out of home, bought her first home, started working, and now dances 7-8 hours a week, swims in the ocean (even in winter), started two businesses and the Roar website. She also hosts podcasts, wrote an ebook, became a Raw FoodHealth Coach and has helped many other people with health issues return to wellness with raw foods.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Omaira Leon has a fascinating story to share about her raw vegan journey.In this interview we talk about how the raw vegan diet helped her to deal with hives. She also talks about a time when she getting caught up in an unhealthy detox mentality and how she changed from that to a healthier and more sustainable raw vegan diet.  We also talk about her time at the UK Fruitfest and how this led to her meeting her partner Grant Campbell.Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Bryan is a Human Performance Specialist with a focus on Breath-work. He is a life-long athlete with over three decades of personal training experience and a natural motivator who discovered early on his gift for helping others improve their health and well-being. Based in New York City, Bryan is a certified master instructor in Oxygen Advantage, WeckMethod, and Restorative Breathing.Learn more about UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.ukJoin the Love Fruit Newsletter: http://bit.ly/lovefruitzoomLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Dr. Will Tuttle is an award-winning speaker, educator, author, and musician.His music, writings, and presentations focus on compassion, intuition, meditation, social justice, and creativity.Creator of the best-selling book, The World Peace Diet, as well as over a dozen other books and CDs, Dr. Tuttle presents regularly, both online and at conferences and events throughout North America and worldwide.A former Zen monk with a Ph.D. in education from U.C., Berkeley, where his dissertation, The Role of Intuition in Education, was nominated for the Best Disssertation Award in 1988. He has worked extensively exploring and promoting intuition development, nonviolent living, meditation, healing music, creativity, holistic health, animal liberation, and cultural evolution.Traveling globally with his spouse Madeleine, a visionary artist from Switzerland, he presents lectures and concerts of original uplifting piano music, often accompanied by Madeleine's watercolor paintings and silver flute.Join the Love Fruit Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterLearn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/0VuoVfX_O48Join the Love Fruit Newsletter: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterMagdalena White AKA Raw Coconut Girl is an International Healer, Lymphatic Iridologist, Certified Detoxification & Regeneration Specialist and Regenerative Detoxification CounsellorShe studied, graduated and was certified with the world-class health specialist, Dr Robert Morse. She Cooperates and continues to grow based on knowledge of Masters on this path - Dr. Morse and Dr. Marcie Gunderman-Troyer, a Professor at the Dr. Morse's International School of Healing Arts and Sciences.She originated from Poland and now lives in Hawaii where she has been practicing a healthy lifestyle for over a decade. She transitioned from vegan, to raw vegan and for the past five years has been on a fruitarian journey. Since an early age, she has been working with energy and following her spirit. She only wanted to eat fruit but was pushed by family and society to consume milk and dairy products, and for year and a half when in her early 20 s' some meat and fish as well.She is living proof that a human can thrive because of Raw Living Food, especially fruits and herbs. In January 2017 Magdalena had a tragic, life changing ski accident in Salt Lake City - Utah where she suffered a debilitating tibial plateau fracture and torn meniscus. Doctors offered no hope that she would ever walk again and she was exposed to a rigorous regime of radiation, toxins, strong medications and stress. After have four surgeries (three of which were unsuccessful)  she decided to transition into a fruit only diet with botanicals; and was amazed to discover that they helped regenerate her body and enabling her to stand on both legs once again.  Other injures and diseases Magdalena she resolved with a natural, fruity lifestyle include Fibrocystic breast, ovarian cysts, pancreatic issue  gastrointestinal distress, malabsorption, H. Pylori, Candida, stomach ulcers, low energy, moles disappeared, low blood pressure, irregular menstrual cycle and scoliosis.Magdalena is a passionate advocate of healing naturally. She trusts and believes in the healing power of nature, with fruit and botanicals creating miracles. She now uses her years of knowledge and experience to help people optimise their health and welling by specialising in Herbal formulas designed to aid the healthy structure and function of the cells of the human body.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Welcome to another episode of the Love Fruit Podcast.Subscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterHere is a little bit about today's guest:"Hi, my name is Pam, i am 45 years old and almost 4 years as a fruitarian! I got struck down by Rheumatoid arthritis at such a young age in early 40s! and have seen my mum become disabled through yrs of medication! I didn't want that for myself and discovered the raw path! Have stayed consistent for this time and now i am living and feeling like a 5 yr old! I got myself in the nationals newspapers and have just started my own group to help others and on my first group detox! No one has to suffer, it's just all about learning the truth ! xx"Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Jill Swyers has worked in the catering industry, managed restaurants and was professionally involved in food and beverage for the hotel industry for over 40 years. She has worked in Greece, South Africa, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland and France. Jill also had her own London based catering company, "Hungry Hampers", providing typical cuisine for corporate events, weddings and formal picnics such as Ascot, Glyndebourne and Henley.For several years, Jill suffered a low energy level and she felt debilitated. She was diagnosed as suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalga, Hypoglycaemia, Candida and Reynauds disease. She believed her condition could be directly linked to her diet, which is when she started looking seriously at the impact of diet on health. To lose weight, she tried food combining and lost 20Kg (44lb) over a period of six months. Reading about Aloe Vera juice and its energising properties, she started to drink the juice and noticed an increase in vitality. To increase her chlorophyll and oxygen uptake, she included wheatgrass in her regime.Having treated herself through a combination of diet, exercise and alternative therapies, she began to study nutrition, with particular emphasis on the science of living and organic foods.Jill is now a qualified Hippocrates Health Educator and Hippocrates Ambassador and devotes her time to teaching and demonstrating the preparation of living foods as a way to achieve optimum health.Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

In this episode of the Love Fruit Podcast, I interview Victoria Vesterlund.  Victoria is a raw vegan living in Sweden.  You can find her online as RawVegan.seLearn more about the UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Tim Van Orden has dedicated his life to tools and practices to improve health and well-being.He began the "Running Raw" project in 2005 to answer the simple question:"can someone on a raw vegan diet be an athlete"He answered this with a resounding "Yes!".Some of Tim's accomplishments include:2021 USATF New England Cross Country Age-Graded Overall Champion2019 American Record – US Masters Road Mile Age 50-54 – 4:462019 50+ Champion – US Mountain Running Championships2019 50+ Champion – US Masters 1 Mile Championships2019 50+ Champion – US Half Marathon Trail Championships2019 USATF New England Athlete of the Month – May2019 US Snowshoe Championships Half Marathon – Silver Medal2019 US Masters Snowshoe Team2019 Dion Snowshoes Series Champion2018 Grand Tree Trail Series Winner2018 US Masters 50+ Cross Country Champion2018 US Masters Snowshoe Team2017 US Champion – US Snowshoe Half Marathon Championships2017 US Snowshoe Team2017 WMAC Dion Snowshoe Series Champion2016 New England Mountain Series Champion2016 WMAC Dion Snowshoe Series ChampionUS Masters Trail Champion – 10k, 15k, Half, Marathon, 50k2012 USA Masters Trail Runner of the Year2011 USA Masters Mountain Runner of the Year2011 USA Masters Trail Runner of the Year2011 USA Trail Championship Series Winner2011 4th – Stair Climbing World Championships2011 WMAC Dion Snowshoe Series Champion2010 USA Masters Mountain Runner of the YearHe documented his progress on his Youtube channel "Running Raw" in the early days of Youtube and was an in demand speaker in the raw food scene including being a pioneer at the Woodstock Fruit Festival.Check Out Tim's Website here: https://www.runningraw.com/Learn more about the UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Yuliya Yakhontova is the director of the Woodstock Fruit Festival, the world's biggest event for raw vegans.  After a history of health challenges, Yuliya became a raw vegan after learning about the lifestyle while working at the Caravan Of Dreams restaurant in New York.  Yuliya now lives in Florida where she plans to move the Woodstock Fruit Festival next year.Learn more at: https://thewoodstockfruitfestival.com/

Dr Tim Trader is a Naturopathic Doctor with a PhD in Nutrition.  He learned about a raw vegan diet and natural hygiene through TC Fry after looking for years to do something to help with his allergies.  He has more than 30 years experience with a raw vegan diet and lifestyle.You can learn more about Dr Trader at his website:https://www.recoverhealth.info/  

Arnold Kauffman is the owner of Arnold's Way a raw vegan restaurant situated in Landsdale, Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Way of Arnold, Healing Success Stories from Arnold's Way, Arnold's Way Childproof Recipes for Everyone and other books.  He has been a speaker at the Woodstock Fruit Festival from the start.Join the Love Fruit Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletter

Zuzana van der Werf Kulichova is a highly educated mom of four girls. She has two master's degrees, one in Agricultural Economics and one in Environmental Science. Zuzana worked for more than eight years at the Delft University of Technology, managing the European Commission project, teaching, and researching. In 2016, she finished her Ph.D. that focused on the social responsibility of scientists in controversial technologies. She published three peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals.Besides her passion for science and education, Zuzana has been interested in the raw vegan lifestyle since 2015. Since then, she has read numerous books about healthy plant-based dietary approaches such as The Mucusless Diet Healing System, The 80/10/10 diet, The Raw Food Formula For Health, Raw, Naked and Healthy, The Detox Miracle Sourcebook, Medical Medium, Liver Rescue, Celery Juice, Creating Healthy Children, The Body Ecology Diet, How not to diet, Healing the Gerson Way, Holistic Dental Care, Dental Diet and more. Besides her interests in dietary approaches to healing, Zuzana is also passionate about literature addressing trauma and spiritual development. You can follow Zuzana on instagram @zuzusrawjourneyLearn more about the raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.ukWatch the interview here: https://youtu.be/pdyFNs-QGm8

In this episode I speak with John Coleman.I met John and his family in 2013 or 2014 at the Fruit Winter event in Thailand.  They attended the UK Fruitfest for a number of years at which he contributed as a speaker.John has been on a vegan diet for over 30 years and has been into raw foods for over 20. John's interest in the topic led him to his own research which led to a book called "Are Humans Omnivores?".  His work in referenced in "The 80/10/10 Diet".You can watch this new interview here: https://youtu.be/JJl_VNQUGHkListen in podcast form here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitpodcast

Laszlo Nagy is a Bikram Yoga instructor and triathlete from Hungary.  He became interested in the raw food diet after hearing Viktoras Kulvinskas speak.  He later visited Hippocrates Health Institute and formed a publishing company in Hungary to publish the Hippocrates catalogue in Hungary.Later on he changed to a more fruit based raw vegan diet after learning from Dr Douglas Graham at the Slovenia Fruits and Health festival, the Woodstock Fruit Festival and his own events.  He assisted in having the book "Grain Damage" published in Hungarian.Subscribe to the Love Fruit newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletter

Dr Kostja Makarovic (37) has a PhD in material science.  He works in the R&D department of a technological company. He is a passionate diver, exploring coasts, rivers and lakes. He enjoys skiing, mountaineering, mountain biking, hiking and traveling. He also has indoor hobbies such as ham radio and constructing inovative devices for diving. He has been vegetarian since 2001 and raw vegan since 2012. With his partner and child he has two fruit orchards which will supply a good portion of their food in the coming years.Learn more about UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Attorney Mark Huberman is the President of the National Health Association and Editor of Health Science magazine.  He  has adhered to a whole food, plant-based vegan diet since birth in 1951 and credits his excellent health to the pioneering vision of his parents, Max and Ruth Huberman, who had the foresight to recognize the profound benefits of this lifestyle long before most others.  His parents operated a legendary health food store in Boardman, Ohio for more than 33 years where they influenced countless individuals to change their diet and lifestyle and regain and preserve their health. For the first 3 decades his diet was entirely raw vegan.For nearly all of Mark's adult life, his greatest passion has been supporting the work of the National Health Association, the oldest organization in the Country advocating the benefits of a whole-food, plant-based diet and lifestyle, something it has been championing since its founding in 1948.  He became a member of its Board of Directors when he was 18 years old and was elected its youngest President in 1977 and served two consecutive two-year terms.In partnership with is wife, Wanda, they have organized annual health conferences which have featured the leading voices of the whole-food, plant-based health movement, including Drs. Joel Fuhrman, Alan Goldhamer, Stephan Esser, Frank Sabatino, Neal Barnard and more.   Mark loves sports, the theater, hiking, traveling and in the Summer time, his organic garden. He and his wife, Wanda, are the proud parents of daughters Heather and Lisa, who are both Life Members of the NHA. They are also incredibly proud of their niece, Liz, whom they had the privilege of raising since she was a small child. Liz quickly became a third daughter and now they are also the proud grandparents of Madison who was born in 2021.Learn more about a raw vegan diet at UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Lauren Whiteman is a long time Natural Hygienist who recovered her health by following the principles of the science of natural hygiene. After healing herself, Lauren started rescuing shelter dogs with chronic disease and returning them to pristine health following those same principles. Lauren is the owner and administrator of the Terrain Model refutes Germ Theory Facebook group and owner of Terrain Talk on discord where she teaches how disease is created and reversed. Lauren is also the creator and adminstrator of the health centered blog TheRawKey.com. In addition to teaching people how to recover their health and prevent disease, Lauren also teaches the Natural Canine and Natural Feline Diets for disease prevention and reversal. Lauren is available for consultations for personal health and the health of your companion animals at TheRawKey.com Join the Love Fruit Newsletter: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterLearn more about UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Austin Vander Weil has been following a fruit-based diet for over 6 years.  He started in 2016 after being few up with severe asthma, allergies, obesity, cystic acne and depression.  Through this diet he has lost over 100 pounds while healing all his ailments and experienced unlimited energy and pure bliss.  Austin now wants to help others lose weight and take their health to a new level. He is also the author of his Thriving As A Fruitarian ebook.You can follow Austin on instagram at @rawbliss95Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Eli Martyr is the owner of the Freemelon Society youtube channel.  He follows a fruitarian diet and is well read in the topic of natural hygien and the raw vegan diet.  As a professional stuntman he is  known for being in films such as War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Pacific Rim (2013) and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).Follow his youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFreeMelonSociety/Learn more about the UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Abbie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator with 13 years of experience working in the areas of trauma, domestic violence, sexual assault, and immigration. She has practiced in the United States, Mexico, and Guatemala. Bilingual in Spanish and English allows her to serve clients from diverse backgrounds and countries. She specializes in holistic modalities such as yoga, mindfulness, meditation, EMDR, and lifestyle and diet. She is currently a PhD candidate at Michigan State University in social work. Her research interests include holistic interventions for survivors of intimate partner violence, the connection between nutrition and mental health, and the potential implications of holistic healing for intersecting oppressions. She is married to Lee Nelson and they have a 15 month old son Corbin that is being raised as a raw vegan. Abbie is passionate about the vegan lifestyle and has been a vegan for over 6 years and a raw vegan for 4 years.  

Lee Nelson has been an ethical high raw vegan since 2014. He is a father, husband, environmental advocate, holistic health coach, yoga instructor, Tai Chi teacher, reiki practitioner, and dream interpreter. Lee has studied and completed courses in Metaphysics, Natural Hygiene, and Non-violent communication. His hobbies include running, reading, and gardening.Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Eric Viard is father of four children, and founder of Biovie  https://www.biovie.fr/en, the french leader company in living foods for 15 years. Eric has been a vegetarian for 30 years and has been sprouting at home since he was a teenager. With his wife Aurélie they have a real passion for living foods and aim to get this way of eating and living to be better known in France. They publish books, sell a wide range of high quality organic live food products like fresh seaweeds, fresh spirulina, 25 type of seeds for sprouting, fresh coconuts, raw wraps, avocados and mangos having ripened on the tree much longer than usual fruits, real raw cashews and tigernuts, ripe tropical freeze dried fruits, fermented foods...etc. They also manufacture live food devices and organize online events and workshops.Learn more from Eric here: https://www.biovie.fr/en/Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Carla Ojeda Villalba follows a holistic raw vegan lifestyle living in the Canary Islands.  She is a RYS-200h Vinyasa Yoga Teacher.  Follow her mentorship's sessions, live interviews, challenges  & recipes at @rawbycarla on Instagram.Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Wade Lightheart is a 3-time Canadian natural bodybuilding champion and one of the world's premier authorities in natural nutrition and training methods. Having majored in Sports Science at the University of New Brunswick, he has authored numerous books on health, nutrition, exercise and is sought out worldwide by athletes and high-performance oriented individuals.Learn more about Wade here: https://wadelightheart.net/Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Jordan Devante Hunter is an internationally recognized Holistic Healer and Personal Empowerment Coach from Jackson, mississippi. He specializes in practices ranging from Thai Massage, instrumental and vocal music, Movement Therapy, Gourmet Ra Food Scientist, Indigenous Plant Medicine facilitator, Yoga, and Breathwork.  He has offered lectures and demonstrations for festivals, and retreats throughout North and South America, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.As a young Black Yoga instructor, and Vegan Activist in Atlanta, Jordan was integral in the revival of Health and Spirituality that's always been prominent in the Black community of Atlanta. After getting more involved with this community in Atlanta, he quickly began to shift his lifestyle to one of more Minimalism, Naturism, and Ancient Spirituality.After leaving his corporate career behind in 2018, he began sharing Yoga and Fruit Based Health Full time at places like Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Georgia Tech local Yoga studios and even facilitated free Yoga and Acroyoga Fruitluck gatherings at local parks around ATL before eventually going intercontinental with his work.A 5-year Vegan Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach, he has expertise in nutrition with past experience hosting group fruit fasts and vegan cleanses of totaling over 100 participants. He currently has one book for sale on his website titled, "Fruit Feast Detox Guide" where he goes in depth about how he healed and cleansed his body on nothing but fruit and provides guidance and holistic tips on how to lose unwanted weight and Build a Lean Muscular Physique while totally transforming your mental and emotional well-being all using a Fruit-based Raw Vegan lifestyle. Jordan The Frugivore studied Nuad Thai, Ancient Massage of Thailand at ITM Massage school  in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He is currently furthering his knowledge and sharing his healing gifts through cultivating intentional community Ecuador and throughout LatinAmerica. For more information about his healing work and virtual sessions with him please visit bit.ly/fruitislove or email him at frugivoroushealing@gmail.comLearn about UK Fruitfest at: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Brett leads the Juicer Test Kitchen utilizing his 25 years in the juice production and formulation industry. Brett not only has a career background in the juice world, he has personally transformed and maintained his health using the magical powers of juicing and raw living foods. Follow him @juicefeaster on InstagramLearn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Loren Lockman is the director of the Tanglewood Wellness Center in Costa Rica and has been coaching people to better health since 1992, and supervising water only fasts since 1997.He's guided more than 10,000 people through water-only fasts averaging 24-25 days and has seen countless "miracles" over the years. Visit his website for more information about our water fasting retreat: https://tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com/Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

Robert Sniadach received his doctorate in Chiropractic in 1993 and completed a clinical Natural Hygiene fasting internship with Dr. William Esser in 1994. Since then he has been involved with teaching Natural Hygiene, clinical fasting supervision and natural health maintenance for many hundreds of people.His interests include the subjects of personal power and personal sovereignty. In his early 40s, multiple unexpected spiritual breakdowns and breakthroughs occurred during a full Kundalini awakening that moved through him to its enlightening completion after four years. Currently he resides in Ecuador, South America on a 33 acre farm on the mountainside, with lots of fruit trees.https://www.robertsniadach.com/https://transformationinstitute.org/Learn more about the UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.uk

For nearly 30 years Rosalind Graham has been a leading light in the field of healthful and compassioate living, inspiring thousands of people throughout the world. Her depth of knowledhge and understanding in the areas of raw vegan health, Natural Hygiene and emotional well-being have earned her international acclaim.  As someone who has been eating an exclusively raw vegan diet and practicing the Natural Hygiene lifestyle for more than half her life, Rosalind has a wealth of personal experience. In recognition of her work within the Natural Hygiene movement, Rosalind has been invited to become the vice president of Heathful Living International.Rosalind was previously engaged as a lecturer of nutrition, health science and fitness concepts  at Middlesex University London where she taught students of dance how to maximise their health and performance. This work led to her in-depth studies and research into all type of disordered eating. For decades she has worked helping sufferers from all manner of eating difficulties regain their physical and psychological health: as she has also studied psychology and undergone training in counseling skills.  Rosalind's many other prestigeous appointments have included being employed by the Royal Navy as a consultant and lecturer in fitness, health and nutrition and also as Course Director of Nutrition Studies for The College of Naturopathic and Complimentary Medicine in London.  Find out more here: https://www.karunaunity.org/Subscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletter

Ted Carr helps vegans to launch and grow their businesses using tried and tested methods that have worked for many of his student.  Ted stuck with a 100% fruitarian diet for around 10 years.  In that time, he travelled and spoke at events around the world and founded the Canada Fruitfest.  Ted decided to take some time experimenting with body buidling with the addition of vegan cooked foods but is returning now to a fully raw diet.Learn about the raw vegan diet and other topics from Ted at his youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FruitLivingGet help from Ted for your vegan business here: https://www.tedcarrclass.com/Follow the Love Fruit Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletter

Doug Evans has been a pioneer in the plant-based health movement for over twenty years, he was the co-founder of Organic Avenue and founder of Juicero. He has been channeling the power of sprouts and his transformative plans into The Sprout Book and advising tens of thousands of people on the ancient wisdom of sprouts as a food source. Currently living in the California desert, he is sprouting daily, growing a majority of his food in his own countertop garden. He is creating a radical shift in wellness through his discussion of growing sprouts and their healing benefits.Follow him on Instagram @dougevansWatch more episodes of the Love Fruit Podcast: http://bit.ly/watchlovefruitListen to the Podcast here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitpodcastSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletter

Janette Murray-Wakelin has been actively following a raw vegan lifestyle for over 17 years after Janette was diagnosed with cancer and was told she had 6 months to live. As a result, the lifestyle choices she and her husband Alan made set them both on a journey to optimal health. Throughout the year 2013, to inspire and motivate conscious lifestyle choices, to promote kindness and compassion for all living beings and to raise environmental awareness for a sustainable future, raw vegan ultra-endurance runners Janette and Alan ran around Australia, 15,782 km, running 366 marathons (43 km) each in 366 days, no days off. On January 1, 2014, they acquired world acclaim by setting a new World Record as the only couple over the age of 60 fuelled entirely on raw fruit and veg, wearing barefoot shoes, to run 366 consecutive marathons while Running Raw Around Australia.Since finishing their record breaking Run Around Australia, Janette and Alan have been inundated with global media interviews for TV, Radio, Podcasts, Newspapers, Magazines Blogs and online Summits.  Invitations include speaking at schools, festivals, seminars and conferences throughout Australia and worldwide; the Toronto Raw Vegan Festival and the Toronto ideacity Conference in Canada, (similar to ‘TED Talks'), the Woodstock Fruit Festival in New York, USA National Public Radio New York, the World Vegan Summit in LA, the Raw Vegan Festival in Hong Kong, a five-city Speaking Tour of China and were invited to speak with Government Ministers and in schools in the Sultanate of Brunei.A cinematically produced film based on the Run, ‘RAW the Documentary' was released and Premiered in Australia, USA, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia and New Zealand 2017; early 2018 in Paris France to coincide with the couple running the Paris International Marathon as part of the Vegan Marathon Team; a 5-city screening Tour in India 2019; 2 screenings in New Zealand and 3 screenings at the Brisbane Vegan Expo 2019.  A short version of the film was officially selected and screened at the Cannes Film Festival France 2015, with the Australian Transitions Film Festival 2017 and the American Documentary Film Festival 2018, all with rave reviews.Since finishing the Run Around Australia, Janette and Alan have continued their active lifestyle by walking the Pilgrim Way through France and Spain a total of 6000 km, and ascending the highest Buddhist mountain (3500m) in China, walking unaided with backpacks, completing the Walks fuelled on raw fruits and vegetables.Janette Murray-Wakelin (70) and Alan Murray (74) have proven beyond any doubt that living a raw, vegan conscious lifestyle results in optimal health where physically, mentally and emotionally, anything is achievable, regardless of age.The couple are based in Far North Queensland Australia, where they live a self-sufficient lifestyle offering personalised conscious living retreats, sharing hands-on what it means, and how simple and satisfying it is, to be healthy and happy living a Raw Vegan Conscious Lifestyle.Janette is the author of the highly acclaimed book "Raw Can Cure Cancer' (now in its 6th edition) and her second book, 'Running Out of Time - Running Raw around Australia' was released in 2014. Both books, together with the DVD of the film ‘RAW the Documentary' are available at film screenings and speaking events as well as through her website:https://rawveganpath.comJoin the Love Fruit Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterLearn more about UK Fruitfest: http://www.fruitfest.co.uk

Boris Plotkin was born in Belarus and spent his early childhood in Israel before moving to Canada.  He has always been drawn to a natural lifestyle and during a period of travel in Thailand decided to move towards a fruitarian diet which his brother had told him about.After visitng the Canada Fruitfest he decided to find a community to live at and moved to Fruithaven in Ecuador where he now owns land.  You can follow and communicate with Boris via the following links:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boris.plotkin/Instagram: https://instagram.com/fruitadventureborisYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AdvExplortelegram @borisplotboris.plotkin@gmail.comLearn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://www.fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletter

Don Bennett has been researching vegan health information for close to 50 years. As a long term raw foodist with over 20 years on a fully raw diet, Don has been one of the main speakers at the Woodstock Fruit Festival since its very first event. He has provided some free materials and information for those who havelistened to this podcast.  You can get these materials here:http://www.health101.org/lovefruitJoin the Love Fruit Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletter

Charlotte Pickering is originally from England.  While at universityshe had dreams of growing fruit on her own land in Ecuador and foundthe Terra Frutis community online.  She has been a member of the TerraFrutis community for many years and plays an instrumental role in runningthe Amazon Fruit Festival.  She owns land in Ecuador where she intends togrow her own fruit.To contact Charlotte about Terra Frutis or the Amazon Fruit Fest, go to the following pages:Terra Frutis: https://www.terrafrutis.com/Amazon Fruit Festival: https://www.amazonfruitfestival.com/Subscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter to stay in touch:http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterWatch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/RL08Zm5hP3k

Peter Csere is the co founder of the Terra Frutis eco village and the  Fruit Haven eco village.  Both of these are vegan and fruit based communities based in Ecuador.  He is also helps to run the Amazon Fruit Festival that takes place in January each year.Check out http://www.terrafrutis.com or http://www.fruithaven.org for information about the communities.For information about Amazon Fruit Fest go here:https://www.amazonfruitfestival.com/Or you can message Peter at peter.csere@protonmail.comPeter's personal website: http://www.yourbrainonfruit.comSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletter00:00 Introduction02:36 Did you grow up with permaculture or veganism in your background?04:08 When did you start making changes to your diet and lifestyle?05:09 Where you originally looking into veganism or other diets also?06:38 When did you start to go towards a vegan diet?07:17 Did you learn about raw veganism quickly after going vegan?08:18 How did you find out about 30BananasADay.Com and how did you get involved?10:17 Did you notice a difference between raw vegan and vegan?11:11 Many people were thrown off of 30BAD, what did you think about what when on in that website?12:44 Was it on 30BAD that you had the original conversations about trying to buy land and growing fruit?13:41 How did Terra Frutis come about?15:57 A lot of intentional communities do not last.  What have been the challenges of creating this community and how did you overcome them?18:12 Many people would think you can just find land, invite people and everything will work out.  What is the reality?19:39 Tell us more about this part of the world...21:30 Let's talk about some of the wild life in this area22:29 How many trees and types of fruit do you have growing here?24:19 How can people find out more about Terra Frutis and Fruit Haven and find out more?25:35  A warning for those who are investing into buying land in intentional communities26:25 What is the difference between Terra Frutis and Fruit Haven?28:15 What are the benefits to living here and living in community like this?28:57 Are there any downsides to living here?29:48 Do you feel there are psychological benefits to living in nature and around fruit trees?30:42 How did the Amazon Fruit Fest start?33:32 What do the activities of the festival include?34:40 Is the festival a good way to visit for those who may wish to purchase land?35:23 Tell us about the realities of buying a plot here and developing it37:35 Tell us about your own piece of land and what you have done with it38:35 For people considering coming here, what type of comomon principles that will they have to fit in with?39:23 What are your plans for the future?40:30 How can people contact you or the communities?