Welcome to issue #3 of the Raw-Food-Health Journal

Snow is falling for those of us in the northern latitudes, and I hope the relentless rush of the holidays isn't getting anyone down.

Though I'm certainly more in my element basking in the sun, I try to take a few moments to reflect a bit on the serenity that can be found in the clean white blanket that periodically spreads itself out across Connecticut's hills.

Then I snap out of it and realize that I should just move south because that blanket is freezing. :)

But seriously, if you're raw and cold, you're not alone. It's a complaint I hear frequently from raw foodists.

It's not unusual for raw foodies to see their body temperature drop a few degrees, making the summers quite pleasant but the winters less so.

The normal advice is the best I can offer: dress in layers.

However, I can give you some some good news.

It's long been theorized that low body temperature prolongs life. On November 2006, a team of scientists from the Scripps Research Institute reported that transgenic mice which had body temperature altered 0.3-0.5 C lower than normal mice lived 12% longer for males and 20% longer for females.

(Transgenic Mice with a Reduced Core Body Temperature Have an Increased Life Span, by Bruno Conti et al. Science, 3, November 2006)

No human studies have been done, but I'd say it's promising.

Raw-Food-Health.net

The first is on the

Importance of Greens in a Raw Diet

I created a fruit list, but as of yet I've only added a page on the randy CoCo De Mer and the taste-bud altering Miracle Fruit.

I've been continuously surprised that so many raw foodists are fooled by the lies they hear from raw gurus hawking chocolate that's called raw. I decided to write an article to address the issue.

That's it for now. Stay warm everyone.