Hello and welcome my blog, “The Raw Food Detox Dude”, I am excited to invite you to enjoy this website,, along with my blogs and YouTube videos, as a venue into the wonderful world of detoxification of the human body and self-discovery! To cut right into the crux of the matter, at the age of 22, one day I began to notice blood in my stool and each following day it got worse and worse. No decent healthy blog is worth a damn without some kind of bowel talk LOL!! Without being too graphic, it took the entire contents of the toilet bowl to be bright red with blood and mucus before I finally went to see a doctor. By that time I was already anemic, with an ashy pale white complexion and feeling extremely weak. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and anemia and immediately was placed on prednisone, an anti-inflammatory steroid, along with sulfur drugs and was told that I would have to take these sulfur pills for the rest of my life. I would go on to have at least 5 more flare-ups such as these in the years to come and was hospitalized on 2 occasions at Beth Israel Hospital in NYC. Throughout the following years, I needed to resort to suppository steroids as a stopgap measure, when the onset of a flare-up was imminent. My doctor informed me at the time, that Ulcerative Colitis was a genetic problem that is exacerbated by nervousness and anxiety and that my condition had nothing to do with what I ate. I absolutely hated taking those sulfur pills and I experienced many ill effects from taking them, such as, brown spots on my skin when exposed to the sun and flatulence that stunk to the high heavens. Not to mention, as I would learn much later, that the residues of medication become deeply embedded in all of your tissues, especially if taken long term. With my limited knowledge, I at least knew instinctively that these pills were extremely toxic to me, but what choice did I have. I regularly tried skipping the pills for a couple of days and my body would react with more blood in the stool. I should have bought stock in the pharmaceutical manufacturer of Imodium, which is created to ward off symptoms of diarrhea, because I always had a few pills stashed away in my pocket. Everywhere I went for the next 25 years, I had to make sure I knew exactly where the closest bathroom was, because the urge could hit me instantly, and I had to move fast in order to avert disaster. And let me tell you, disaster struck on many occasions, and in public places, even while soliciting clients in a business suit! You want to talk about humbling!!
I did not believe my doctor regarding that no relationship existed between my condition and food. I thought if I ate better, that my symptoms might subside. I took many public courses on natural foods cooking at the Natural Gourmet Cookery School in NYC and eventually enrolled in their chefs training program. I loved learning about natural foods and natural health. I began to eat foods like brown rice, quinoa, millet, greens, beans, vegetables and seaweed. I was eating more along the lines of a macrobiotic diet and I started to feel better, but I still needed to take my sulfur pills and my body would remind me instantly when I did not take them. Still, eating this new way was most definitely a marked improvement, because my diet growing up was the typical standard American diet plus a bunch of junk food and obviously no so conducive to higher health.
Finding good food in the late 80’s and 90’s in NYC was not very easy at all. Occasionally, I would indulge in some of the healthy restaurants scattered about NYC like Angelica’s Kitchen! That was the first healthy food restaurant I ever ate at, when they were located on St. Marks Place, and it was fabulous! However, I worked in the midtown Manhattan at the time and there was nowhere to eat healthy food. I eventually opened up a tiny organic food café for a few years in midtown. I figured I wasn’t the only one looking for healthy food for lunch in NYC. So here I was, now eating the best organic foods money could buy, and I still needed to take these damn sulfur pills. Yes, I was frustrated to say the least!!!
It was at my café, when I began to speak to some of my customers that were into raw foods, that I began to awaken out of a deep sleep. I never even thought about the concept of eating only raw foods up to that point. I would do some research on the Internet about raw foods and I stumbled upon the PH Miracle written by Dr. Robert Young. I bought the book and it made sense to me…for the most part. So, I enrolled in Dr. Young’s PH Miracle Microbiology course out on his ranch in San Diego to learn how to read the blood through live blood cell analysis and to eat his alkalinity diet. I made the decision to try and not take any of my medication during my stay at the ranch, to see if this diet worked for me. With each meal I was treading lightly hoping that I would not have any incident. Day 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and NO INCIDENT!!!! This is after attempting the same thing at home on my café food of combined cooked and raw foods with incident. Maybe, just maybe, we are onto something here!!! So I went back to NYC and continued this diet and was able to stay off my medication. Dr. Young’s diet consisted of drinking water in ounces that matched your body weight and in this water would be dehydrated greens, some clay, PH drops to alkalize the water and special salts. The water did not look too appetizing to say the least, but to me, anything goes when it comes to health, as you will learn even more so about me as we go on down the road. The diet was basically vegetables, some alkaline grains like quinoa and millet, sprouts, avocados and non-sweet grapefruits and green juices and smoothies were the gist of it. I remember distinctly that most fruits were forbidden and they would cause acidity in the blood, but he sold a supplement called PHruits. I found this to be a bit strange. Also, I was peeing like a racehorse, because I was drinking so much (too much) water. What if there was no such thing as PH drops to make the water to go alkaline or any ionizer machines. Why do I have to take this product called Phour salts. Well, I started to feel some shooting pains in my lower back that made me double over for a few minutes and it happened at least 4-5 times. Something like this never happened to me before. I immediately cut out all of the products and these symptoms never happened to me again. I believe I might have been a little overly enthusiastic with the Phour salts and that might have been the problem. I feel Dr. Young’s message is on target with the alkalinity and I attribute my getting over Ulcerative Colitis to his protocol. However, I was looking for something that, to me, felt less chemistry based supplements and more along the lines of natural supplements, if any at all.
I finally left NYC in early 2009 to move down to Florida after closing up my café due to the financial collapse. Besides, NYC did a fabulous job of chewing me up and spitting me out!!! Only the really strong survive there and for me the exorbitant high cost of living, the cold weather, the poor quality of life and horrid air quality proved enough to persuade me it was time to move on!!! I was looking for a new adventure and new beginning in life. While I was excited about the world of raw foods, I had absolutely no idea about the amazing things I was about to encounter and learn in the world of TRUE health, when I moved down to Florida!!! If I had one true passion in life, I would have to say without a shadow of a doubt, that it is my quest to find the answers to ABSOLUTE health and regeneration of the human body. The only problem for me was that while I researched extensively on the subject, there seemed to be so much conflicting information and none of it fit nicely into the puzzle. It seemed to be just random facts thrown about and none of them melded together for any true understanding. The problem is that all the information out there can make your head explode, if you are really trying to figure things out!!!
I have to say that the apple never really falls too far from the tree. My father died in August 2013. He was diagnosed with Squamish cell carcinoma in 2012. Prior to this, for years, my Dad would regularly developed scabs on top of his scalp and then he would just go to the doctor to get the surface scraped off and, of course, they would reappear right back on the top of his head. This would continue to go on for a few years until they could no longer keep up with the bad situation going on the top of his scalp. Biopsies now came back cancerous and he would undergo surgery to remove lymph nodes and brutal rounds of radiation along with oral chemotherapy.
I wanted to know what went wrong with my Dad’s health. He was my best friend in the world and now he is gone!! I know I am my father’s son, because now in my mid 50’s, I have Squamish cell carcinoma that prominently reveals itself on the top and side of my head. I have been so fortunate to learn that my genetics and poor diet over the years are responsible in the expositing these weaknesses. I now know that a tremendous amount of acid buildup of cellular waste has accumulated in my body due to a stagnant and constipated lymphatic system from un-filtering kidneys. All the years of eating an acidic diet of meats, dairy, grains, beans and other junk foods are the culprit and my ancestors were most likely doing the very same thing! So now, if I want to get well, I have the responsibility of changing my cells consciousness, which are deeply intertwined with my ancestors. So how in the world am I supposed to do this? The daily practice of detoxification, which is a diet of raw fruits, berries and melons, with the addition of botanical herbs, is the route that will assist my body in unfolding and rebuilding these genetic weaknesses.
I have come to realize that the C word is really only a bunch of cells that have mutated due to an over acidic diet and these cells now need to be cleaned, enhanced, strengthened, nurtured, rehydrated, alkalized and revitalized to become un-mutated!!! This is the journey here with my physical body that my soul has taken up residence inside. With an alkaline diet and herbs, all of my 100 trillion cells encompassing all my tissues, glands and organs will flourish, but it won’t happen overnight. And therein lies the quagmire, the toughest part of the whole world of detoxification. There is no quick fix here and sometimes it can be a tough road to follow. We are not robots, we are not just physical bodies, and many things can tug at us to cause us to stray from the path. Not all roads are the same distance and some roads are bumpier than others. What takes one person 6 months to a year, can take another 2 to 3 years. So by addressing my lymphatic system, which is the predominant fluid in the body and working towards opening up the doorways, which are my kidneys, these acids can now have an opening outside of my body, to allow for a new alkaline environment to take hold within. This is what is going on with me, this is what is raging through my skin and sending me a message that I’ve been mistreating my body over the years with the use of medications and acidic foods. I am here to turn the truck around and head on down the road to wellville!!! My health issues might seem very specifically geared towards me, but a lack of kidney filtration and a stagnant lymph system is responsible for about 99% of all humans’ health issues. When the lymph system is down, it can affect any area of the body that is genetically weak.
I have a medical disclaimer on my website and I do not recommend that anyone attempt what I am doing on their own and without first consulting with a medical doctor and working closely with a trained certified detoxification specialist. I am a Certified Detoxification Specialist and I believe with every fiber of my being that I am doing all of the things necessary to help MY body get well, for optimum health!! It takes tremendous discipline, determination and self-awareness to maintain a diet of solely fruits berries and melons and I will be the first to tell you that I am not perfect. But each and every day, I feel myself getting stronger and closer, with longer and longer stretches of complete adherence to this wonderful ecstasy of higher consciousness and my body is enjoying the benefits. I am not panicked, nor do I walk with controversy about my path. With patience, I will achieve my goals! I will be introducing you to the world of Iridology and the world of botanical herbs!! For me, the concept of maintaining my health does absolutely nothing to excite me, but the idea of regenerating my bodies (yes bodies…we are not just a physical body) to greater and newer heights than I have ever experienced before, on and physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level, now you have my attention!! There is nothing more exciting, more stimulating and more energizing than detoxification and regeneration of the human body!!! Please stay tuned with my blogs and videos to see how I was blessed to discover the amazing world of detoxification of the human body and I will expose you to a world that you have never knew was possible!! Thanks for reading and I will talk to you soon!!!