Emily's Raw Breakthrough

Hey, it's a step in the right direction, especially here in the meat-loving Midwest!!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-going-vegetarian-09-jan09,0,92202.story?obref=outbrain

This isn't so much a blog post as me just posting a very interesting and thought-provoking article from my Northwestern alumni newsletter that I feel is very relevant considering we are only a few weeks away from the biggest election many of us have ever seen:

September 23, 2008

What’s the Difference Between a Conservative and a Liberal?

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Political conservatives operate out of a fear of chaos and absence of order while political liberals operate out of a fear of empti… Continue

I was on a conference call with David Wolfe and Kevin Gianni the other night and there is a brand new 100% raw organic superfoods network marketing company!!! The company is called Elements for Life and I really think this could be an awesome way of spreading the word about raw food across the planet.

I know network marketing is usually cheesy, but this company is doing it right. Pure, beautiful products like cacao, goji berries, marine phytoplankton, Sacred Chocolate, cordecyps, and colloidal… Continue

So in the interest of being totally transparent, here are my lovely before and after pics!

Here is me in college, hating my body as compared to my skinny sorority sister, Lisa:)

Me the day before I went raw, September, 2007:

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Of course, I'm being facetious with that title, but there is actually a kernel of truth there. I just opened my monthly insurance statement and read the most beautiful sentence ever..."You have zero medical claims and zero prescription claims for this quarter." Less than a year ago, if I had received such a statement, I shudder to think how many claims would have been included. Due to ulcerative colitis, fibromyalgia, sinusitis, allergies, etc., I was on about 25 pills a day, plus a wicked liqui… Continue