, yoga, and recipes

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Hi all,

I have just begun (for the second time) the CRON diet. I got lazy, and

I don't intend to let that happen again. A short history of my

involvement:

I was not overweight, but was definitely not all that healthy in early

nineties. My cholesterol had gotten up to 320 and my opthamologist

thought it might have been a contributer in the ischemic optic

neuropathy that attacked me twice and ripped up my right optic nerve

pretty badly. So I had been reading The 120 year diet and decided to

test the promise that this could bring my cholesterol down. I don't

remember how long it was between tests (less than a year, I think),

but it brought it down to 180 while HDL seemed to go up to 79, so I

was feeling pretty good about the diet and exercize program then. But

my wife didn't participate and overtime at work made it more difficult

for me to do all my own food prep, so laziness set in and I thougt I

could maintain on a milder low fat diet. This past holiday season, I

blew it bigtime and a checkup in January shows my cholesterol is back

up to 280. Damn! So my intention is stronger than ever to return to

CRON and do it for the rest of my life. After about one month, I

already feel I have much more energy--especially in the morning when I

wake up. My overall feeling is really very good.

The reason I am posting this is in the hope that someone who might

know can pass along some of her yoga and recipe tips. The recipes

in the Anti-aging Plan and good, and I do make use of some of those.

But she says she is vegan, so I'm wondering what she now eats (e.g.,

does she supplement in order to get B12). Her yoga prowess is

certainly seems to be up there with the best of them. That picture on

Walford website is one of the best " downward dogs " I've ever seen. And

searching on her name in Google shows a lot of hits where yoga

teachers use the phrase " studied under Walford " like it was a

certificate of excellence. Maybe it is ;-) I'd love to take classes

from her, but live in the Seattle area, so that won't work.

Specifically, I would be interested in any websites from her on

recipes and yoga asanas. I imagine she never completed the

section on www.walford.com because she is just very busy. Talented

people tend to get all the demands upon their time they can handle. So

maybe any info would just be from friends who can pass along what she

told them. That would be great. One more question: I like the idea of

eating more raw food, but wonder about nutrient absorption. Dr.

Walford speaks about nutrient absorption often being substantially

less from raw foods than it is from cooked foods. Yet reportedly

eats about 75% raw. You hear other reports that raw foods contain

enzymes that are destroyed in cooking. So there are arguments on both

sides.

Any help will be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Geoff