The Raw Transformation: Energizing Your Life with Living Foods

Raw foods were once the province of fanatics more interested in the health benefits than in flavor. Now, says Wendy Rudell, it’s possible to have both. Developed over a lifetime of healthy living, and tested by the author while teaching a raw food program at a San Diego spa, the recipes in this lively book blend wholesome ingredients with scrumptious taste. Part one introduces raw cuisine, giving information on nutrition and the benefits of adopting this lifestyle. It connects raw food to other modalities — such as yoga, breathwork, meditation, and bioenergetic resonance — to enable the whole process of physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation. Parts two and three feature over 300 recipes that are diverse and simple to make, with readily available ingredients. They include mouth-watering entrees like Indian Vegetable Curry and Pad Thai, irresistible desserts such as Banana Coconut Cream Piece, and a wide variety of salads, breads, crackers, side dishes, shakes, smoothies, soups, marinades, dressings, dips, and more. A glossary, resource guide, and reading list help readers expand the experience.

Wendy Rudell has spent the last 35 years living a very healthy lifestyle and pursuing her interest in all the healing arts. After working as head chef of a large vegetarian restaurant in British Columbia, Canada, and attaining a teaching degree, she became a coordinator and instructor for a Pritikin program in Maui that focused on reducing the effects of degenerative diseases. From 1984 to 1990, she owned and operated a raw food product manufacturing and distributing company on the island Kauai.

Returning to the continent, Rudell attained a teacher training degree in Hatha yoga from the Vancouver Yoga Institute and later studied Ashtanga yoga for three years. She graduated from the Arica Institute as a trainer, and became a licensed massage therapist and practiced in Hawaii for 12 years. She also worked as a qualified colon therapist, gourmet raw food chef, and yoga instructor at the Tassa Hanalei Retreat Center on Kauai for 3 years.

At the Optimum Health Institute in San Diego, California, Rudell implemented a complete program of lifestyle changes designed to teach guests how to live a raw foods lifestyle when they returned home. This included teaching gourmet raw food cuisine, theory and application, breath work, yoga, meditation, and nutrition. Rudell currently lives in Cabo San Lucas, where she provides a similar program at a health resort, integrating bio energetic medicine with the other modalities.

Rudell has developed Transform 2000, a process of awakening the mind/body/spirit and transforming our consciousness. (Visit the website at www.Transform2000.com.) She recently purchased 750 acres of land in the Cabo area to develop into a conscious community based on a raw food lifestyle and high spiritual values.