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Author, Tonya Zavasta searched for women from all over the world who achieved
remarkable results from the raw food lifestyle and asked them to share
their secrets in her book, Beautiful
on Raw.
Following is an excerpt from the interview with Gina S. Houston.
Tonya:
What brought you to this lifestyle? How long have you been on it?
Gina: Coming to the diet was most definitely Divine Intervention.
I have been Vegan for years and it seems I kept hearing about how we are
supposed to eat more raw fruits, vegetables and nuts versus cooked foods
for optimum health. People in my church would plant this information in
my ear periodically and then one morning I was listening to a radio show
and they did a brief overview of the benefits of raw fooding and I knew
it was God leading me to this lifestyle. I have been eating 80% raw and
20 % cooked for about a year now, but I am officially whole raw now.
Tonya: What changes in appearance have you noticed since going
on the raw food diet?
Gina: My hair is much healthier and I hear constantly from women
at my church that I am glowing. They ask me if I am in love and I laugh.
I go places with other females that are in their twenties and people do
not believe I am almost forty years old.
Tonya: How do you feel about your appearance? Were you considered
beautiful when you were growing up?
Gina: I feel much more comfortable with the way I look now and
I am always asking God if He will let me look this way for the next twenty
years. It is not arrogance at all, but I know that healthy inside does
make you look healthy outside. True beauty comes from within first.
I wasn't beautiful growing up. I was always a chubby girl and I would
always hear "You have such a pretty face, if you would just lose
some of that weight." I felt like an ugly duckling because all of
my cousins were thin and pretty and I was an out-cast at school.
Tonya: What is your attitude towards aging? Do you feel that the
raw food lifestyle has made you look younger than you are? How do you
respond to looking younger?
Gina: I desire to look and feel young for a long time. I have not
had children yet and it is my desire to remain youthful so that no one
will think they are my grandchildren when I start having them. I really
do think going raw has made me look younger. Honestly, it feels great.
Especially when college guys try to pick me up thinking I am their age
and seriously do not believe me when I tell them my age. I have a 13 year
old nephew that is very mature and when I went to St. Louis last year
we sat together at church. A gentleman asked him if I was his girlfriend!
Now that was cool!
Revealing my age depends on who is asking and why they are asking. I do
not mind telling my age most of the time because I do not feel my age
in my spirit. I have been told my wisdom is the only thing that gives
a clue to my age, because I do not look like I am in my late thirties
I feel people should be careful and tactful when asking a woman her age
because it is a very private matter. Women are labeled hormonally and
emotionally by society according to their age. When people find out I
am 36 years old and I express my desire to have six children, I get all
of these warnings on how my biological clock is ticking. Sharing my age
is not a problem, but I do use discretion with certain people. Most of
the time when I tell my age, I get more compliments than anything else,
so it is almost to my advantage to do so!
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