Love Fruit - The Fruitfest Podcast

Jill Swyers has worked in the catering industry, managed restaurants and was professionally involved in food and beverage for the hotel industry for over 40 years. She has worked in Greece, South Africa, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland and France. Jill also had her own London based catering company, "Hungry Hampers", providing typical cuisine for corporate events, weddings and formal picnics such as Ascot, Glyndebourne and Henley.For several years, Jill suffered a low energy level and she felt debilitated. She was diagnosed as suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalga, Hypoglycaemia, Candida and Reynauds disease. She believed her condition could be directly linked to her diet, which is when she started looking seriously at the impact of diet on health. To lose weight, she tried food combining and lost 20Kg (44lb) over a period of six months. Reading about Aloe Vera juice and its energising properties, she started to drink the juice and noticed an increase in vitality. To increase her chlor

In this episode of the Love Fruit Podcast, I interview Victoria Vesterlund.  Victoria is a raw vegan living in Sweden.  You can find her online as RawVegan.seLearn more about the UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Tim Van Orden has dedicated his life to tools and practices to improve health and well-being.He began the "Running Raw" project in 2005 to answer the simple question:"can someone on a raw vegan diet be an athlete"He answered this with a resounding "Yes!".Some of Tim's accomplishments include:2021 USATF New England Cross Country Age-Graded Overall Champion2019 American Record – US Masters Road Mile Age 50-54 – 4:462019 50+ Champion – US Mountain Running Championships2019 50+ Champion – US Masters 1 Mile Championships2019 50+ Champion – US Half Marathon Trail Championships2019 USATF New England Athlete of the Month – May2019 US Snowshoe Championships Half Marathon – Silver Medal2019 US Masters Snowshoe Team2019 Dion Snowshoes Series Champion2018 Grand Tree Trail Series Winner2018 US Masters 50+ Cross Country Champion2018 US Masters Snowshoe Team2017 US Champion – US Snowshoe Half Marathon Championships2017 US Snowshoe Team2017 WMAC Dion Snowshoe Series Champion2016 New England

Yuliya Yakhontova is the director of the Woodstock Fruit Festival, the world's biggest event for raw vegans.  After a history of health challenges, Yuliya became a raw vegan after learning about the lifestyle while working at the Caravan Of Dreams restaurant in New York.  Yuliya now lives in Florida where she plans to move the Woodstock Fruit Festival next year.Learn more at: https://thewoodstockfruitfestival.com/Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Dr Tim Trader is a Naturopathic Doctor with a PhD in Nutrition.  He learned about a raw vegan diet and natural hygiene through TC Fry after looking for years to do something to help with his allergies.  He has more than 30 years experience with a raw vegan diet and lifestyle.You can learn more about Dr Trader at his website:https://www.recoverhealth.info/  Learn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Arnold Kauffman is the owner of Arnold's Way a raw vegan restaurant situated in Landsdale, Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Way of Arnold, Healing Success Stories from Arnold's Way, Arnold's Way Childproof Recipes for Everyone and other books.  He has been a speaker at the Woodstock Fruit Festival from the start.Join the Love Fruit Newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Zuzana van der Werf Kulichova is a highly educated mom of four girls. She has two master's degrees, one in Agricultural Economics and one in Environmental Science. Zuzana worked for more than eight years at the Delft University of Technology, managing the European Commission project, teaching, and researching. In 2016, she finished her Ph.D. that focused on the social responsibility of scientists in controversial technologies. She published three peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals.Besides her passion for science and education, Zuzana has been interested in the raw vegan lifestyle since 2015. Since then, she has read numerous books about healthy plant-based dietary approaches such as The Mucusless Diet Healing System, The 80/10/10 diet, The Raw Food Formula For Health, Raw, Naked and Healthy, The Detox Miracle Sourcebook, Medical Medium, Liver Rescue, Celery Juice, Creating Healthy Children, The Body Ecology Diet, How not to diet, Healing the Gerson Way, Holistic Dental Care, Dent

In this episode I speak with John Coleman.I met John and his family in 2013 or 2014 at the Fruit Winter event in Thailand.  They attended the UK Fruitfest for a number of years at which he contributed as a speaker.John has been on a vegan diet for over 30 years and has been into raw foods for over 20. John's interest in the topic led him to his own research which led to a book called "Are Humans Omnivores?".  His work in referenced in "The 80/10/10 Diet".You can watch this new interview here: https://youtu.be/JJl_VNQUGHkListen in podcast form here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitpodcastLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Laszlo Nagy is a Bikram Yoga instructor and triathlete from Hungary.  He became interested in the raw food diet after hearing Viktoras Kulvinskas speak.  He later visited Hippocrates Health Institute and formed a publishing company in Hungary to publish the Hippocrates catalogue in Hungary.Later on he changed to a more fruit based raw vegan diet after learning from Dr Douglas Graham at the Slovenia Fruits and Health festival, the Woodstock Fruit Festival and his own events.  He assisted in having the book "Grain Damage" published in Hungarian.Subscribe to the Love Fruit newsletter here: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Dr Kostja Makarovic (37) has a PhD in material science.  He works in the R&D department of a technological company. He is a passionate diver, exploring coasts, rivers and lakes. He enjoys skiing, mountaineering, mountain biking, hiking and traveling. He also has indoor hobbies such as ham radio and constructing inovative devices for diving. He has been vegetarian since 2001 and raw vegan since 2012. With his partner and child he has two fruit orchards which will supply a good portion of their food in the coming years.Learn more about UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Attorney Mark Huberman is the President of the National Health Association and Editor of Health Science magazine.  He  has adhered to a whole food, plant-based vegan diet since birth in 1951 and credits his excellent health to the pioneering vision of his parents, Max and Ruth Huberman, who had the foresight to recognize the profound benefits of this lifestyle long before most others.  His parents operated a legendary health food store in Boardman, Ohio for more than 33 years where they influenced countless individuals to change their diet and lifestyle and regain and preserve their health. For the first 3 decades his diet was entirely raw vegan.For nearly all of Mark’s adult life, his greatest passion has been supporting the work of the National Health Association, the oldest organization in the Country advocating the benefits of a whole-food, plant-based diet and lifestyle, something it has been championing since its founding in 1948.  He became a member of its Board of Directors when he was 18 years old an

Lauren Whiteman is a long time Natural Hygienist who recovered her health by following the principles of the science of natural hygiene. After healing herself, Lauren started rescuing shelter dogs with chronic disease and returning them to pristine health following those same principles. Lauren is the owner and administrator of the Terrain Model refutes Germ Theory Facebook group and owner of Terrain Talk on discord where she teaches how disease is created and reversed. Lauren is also the creator and adminstrator of the health centered blog TheRawKey.com. In addition to teaching people how to recover their health and prevent disease, Lauren also teaches the Natural Canine and Natural Feline Diets for disease prevention and reversal. Lauren is available for consultations for personal health and the health of your companion animals at TheRawKey.com Join the Love Fruit Newsletter: http://bit.ly/lovefruitnewsletterLearn more about UK Fruitfest: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fr

Austin Vander Weil has been following a fruit-based diet for over 6 years.  He started in 2016 after being few up with severe asthma, allergies, obesity, cystic acne and depression.  Through this diet he has lost over 100 pounds while healing all his ailments and experienced unlimited energy and pure bliss.  Austin now wants to help others lose weight and take their health to a new level. He is also the author of his Thriving As A Fruitarian ebook.You can follow Austin on instagram at @rawbliss95Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Eli Martyr is the owner of the Freemelon Society youtube channel.  He follows a fruitarian diet and is well read in the topic of natural hygien and the raw vegan diet.  As a professional stuntman he is  known for being in films such as War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Pacific Rim (2013) and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).Follow his youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFreeMelonSociety/Learn more about the UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Abbie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator with 13 years of experience working in the areas of trauma, domestic violence, sexual assault, and immigration. She has practiced in the United States, Mexico, and Guatemala. Bilingual in Spanish and English allows her to serve clients from diverse backgrounds and countries. She specializes in holistic modalities such as yoga, mindfulness, meditation, EMDR, and lifestyle and diet. She is currently a PhD candidate at Michigan State University in social work. Her research interests include holistic interventions for survivors of intimate partner violence, the connection between nutrition and mental health, and the potential implications of holistic healing for intersecting oppressions. She is married to Lee Nelson and they have a 15 month old son Corbin that is being raised as a raw vegan. Abbie is passionate about the vegan lifestyle and has been a vegan for over 6 years and a raw vegan for 4 years.  Learn more about a raw vegan

Lee Nelson has been an ethical high raw vegan since 2014. He is a father, husband, environmental advocate, holistic health coach, yoga instructor, Tai Chi teacher, reiki practitioner, and dream interpreter. Lee has studied and completed courses in Metaphysics, Natural Hygiene, and Non-violent communication. His hobbies include running, reading, and gardening.Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Eric Viard is father of four children, and founder of Biovie  https://www.biovie.fr/en, the french leader company in living foods for 15 years. Eric has been a vegetarian for 30 years and has been sprouting at home since he was a teenager. With his wife Aurélie they have a real passion for living foods and aim to get this way of eating and living to be better known in France. They publish books, sell a wide range of high quality organic live food products like fresh seaweeds, fresh spirulina, 25 type of seeds for sprouting, fresh coconuts, raw wraps, avocados and mangos having ripened on the tree much longer than usual fruits, real raw cashews and tigernuts, ripe tropical freeze dried fruits, fermented foods...etc. They also manufacture live food devices and organize online events and workshops.Learn more from Eric here: https://www.biovie.fr/en/Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan

Carla Ojeda Villalba follows a holistic raw vegan lifestyle living in the Canary Islands.  She is a RYS-200h Vinyasa Yoga Teacher.  Follow her mentorship’s sessions, live interviews, challenges  & recipes at @rawbycarla on Instagram.Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Wade Lightheart is a 3-time Canadian natural bodybuilding champion and one of the world’s premier authorities in natural nutrition and training methods. Having majored in Sports Science at the University of New Brunswick, he has authored numerous books on health, nutrition, exercise and is sought out worldwide by athletes and high-performance oriented individuals.Learn more about Wade here: https://wadelightheart.net/Learn more about UK Fruitfest here: http://fruitfest.co.ukLearn more about a raw vegan lifestyle at UK Fruitfest, one of the world's best event for the raw vegan community: http://fruitfest.co.ukSubscribe to the Love Fruit Newsletter and receive the 21 Days Of Raw Inspiration email series: https://mailchi.mp/fruitfest/newsletter

Jordan Devante Hunter is an internationally recognized Holistic Healer and Personal Empowerment Coach from Jackson, mississippi. He specializes in practices ranging from Thai Massage, instrumental and vocal music, Movement Therapy, Gourmet Ra Food Scientist, Indigenous Plant Medicine facilitator, Yoga, and Breathwork.  He has offered lectures and demonstrations for festivals, and retreats throughout North and South America, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.As a young Black Yoga instructor, and Vegan Activist in Atlanta, Jordan was integral in the revival of Health and Spirituality that’s always been prominent in the Black community of Atlanta. After getting more involved with this community in Atlanta, he quickly began to shift his lifestyle to one of more Minimalism, Naturism, and Ancient Spirituality.After leaving his corporate career behind in 2018, he began sharing Yoga and Fruit Based Health Full time at places like Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Georgia Tech local Yoga studios and even facilit