RAVE DIET and LIFESTYLE

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Hi,

My name is Tim Knight, and I'm delighted that I've been able to persuade Mike Anderson to allow me to bring the RAVE diet to the UK.

Here I would like to tell you my story, how I managed to find this wonderful diet, and what convinced me it would be of enormous benefit to you as well as the 30,000 other people who adopt it every year.

Western world’s biggest killers confronted, and a nice slim waist

All I started out looking for was a way to lose some weight. However, I have had 5 blood tests over the last 12 months because my doctor discovered that my cholesterol was too high. Foolishly, I never took this too seriously – we all think it will never happen to us. But it seemed clear to me that a number of popular diets available today would only make this condition worse. Some other plans I looked at seemed just plain bizarre (as described later).

 

When I stumbled across the RAVE diet, I half expected it to be just like the others. I read the promises I’d lose weight, and thought “yeah, yeah, heard that before”, I read the promises about my health, and thought “well I already eat 5 fruit and veg most days and only use semi-skimmed milk – surely I’m OK – but, there is that issue with my cholesterol.” Always on the lookout for a bargain, when presented with the chance to kill two birds with one stone, I decided to look further.

 

It was the online testimonials that convinced me that I had stumbled on something special. 5 ordinary people willing to talk on camera about what the diet had done for them. I’ll have to admit that it helped that Emily (the first one) is so cute. I wonder if I’d have thought that before she went down 4 sizes in clothes….. but I’m straying off the point.

 

What impressed me the most was the sincerity of the people involved, both those on camera, and the author of the book and DVD. It was clear that this was not so much a diet as a way of life to them, something they felt passionately about.

 

When I started this diet, I lost 15 pounds in 5 weeks – and was never hungry

 

I have attended no classes or meetings, taken no expensive pills, potions, supplements or shakes. In fact I have actually saved money on my food bills, but I’ve never eaten so much. I haven’t been hypnotised, acupunctured, or surgically modified in any way, but I feel 100% better. It has been very easy to stick to the diet, the food tastes really good, I’ve discovered a few new things that I enjoy eating, and some of the things I used to eat regularly just don’t taste nice anymore! The problem with most diets is sticking with them long term. But yes – I know I can stick to this long term, because after just a few weeks I realised I don’t want to eat what I used to anymore. How great is that?     

 

And I’m wearing a pair of trousers that have hung in my wardrobe for nearly two years because until very recently I could no-longer fasten them at the waist. I have a whole collection of clothes I can wear again for the first time in years, all I have to do is wait till they come back in fashion.

 

By the way, my latest blood test was less than a month after starting the diet. My cholesterol had been steady at 6.2 (about 242 on the American scale) for the previous 12 months – but the latest reading is 5.4 – a drop of 13% or 31 points on the American scale in about 4 weeks. My doctor, who I saw today, told me that she was on the verge of prescribing ‘statin’ cholesterol reducing drugs based on my previous tests, but after this latest test has now decided there is no need. I mentioned the diet, and she advised “it seems to be working” (which is about as enthusiastic as my doctor ever gets). I have every reason to believe that my readings will continue to come down as I continue the diet, and to be perfectly honest, I hadn’t even stuck to it all the time.

 

Additionally, I had a high reading on one of my liver enzymes in all previous tests. As a result my doctor was about to arrange a visit to the specialist at my local hospital for a test. This would probably have meant them removing a sample of my liver! This reading has declined from 72 to 55, and thankfully, she has decided that this is acceptable, and I don’t need another blood test for 6 months.

 

There are undoubtedly many diets you could try that would initially help you lose weight. But as well as losing weight, I have drastically reduced my chances of developing a whole range of diseases which it seems we are all in danger of accepting as normal, even inevitable. The fact is, historically, most of these diseases were virtually none-existent a hundred years ago, and are still very rare in many parts of the world today. 

 

In the western world we have come to believe that a ’normal’ diet includes many foods that for millions of years were only eaten occasionally, if at all. Part of the reason for this is that food companies spend millions on advertising that convinces us that this way of eating is normal, even healthy.  And who can blame them? After all, it’s how they make their profits. It’s not too many years since tobacco companies advertised their wares as health products, and even now some continue to deny that they are killers.

 

As occasional treats, most foods can do little harm. I read one expert recently quoted as saying “there is room for junk food in a balanced diet, which is why I’ve been to McDonald’s twice in the last 18 months”. But much of what is now eaten regularly is the direct, demonstrable cause of obesity and of the diseases which kill most people in the western world today.   

 

As part of my research, I’ve looked at a variety of popular diets, and have visited several web-sites that are happy to recommend any of them, so long as you buy from that website. It is an area where many seem keen to profit from the desperation of others to lose weight, and morals are usually ignored. I have seen the high-fat, high-protein, low-carb Atkins type diet recommended right alongside another, on the same website, that insists you eat nothing but raw fruit and vegetables. I’ve seen countless headlines along the lines of “Suzy lost 25 pounds using this diet….” - when more accurately in most cases they should say “Suzy lost £25 using this diet…”. I’m afraid I can’t recommend any old diet you like so long as you buy it from me. I can only recommend what I honestly believe in, what I have tried myself, and what I can prove works. I’ve lost weight, my cholesterol levels are down, my liver is better, and I feel 10 years younger.

 

I could go on for another 20 pages, as I feel passionately about this topic. This diet plan is my favorite of all the products we offer. However it may well be the case that all you want to do is lose some weight, and you will do that following this plan. It may be that like me until very recently, you assume that your health will never be a problem. I appreciate that you may not be quite so fervent as I am, so please do not feel obliged to read all this page, I don’t want to bore you. But if you do want to know more, read on….

 

High protein or low-carb diets such as Atkins and Zone and South Beach

 

There are two kinds of high-protein diets popular today: Those that limit calorie intake by causing the body to develop a metabolic state known as ketosis; and those that make stringent rules which limit the dieter's intake of food.

 

I could attempt a lengthy explanation of the way these work, and the dangers of them, but Dr John McDougal has already described it perfectly.

 

 

 

In either case, the net result is that you lose weight because you are consuming fewer calories. There is no magic to it. I suspect that is a secret that you already know. The saddest part is that as soon as you relax this unhealthy diet, any weight lost, and more besides, will pile back on.

 

However, while losing the weight, you have consumed high quantities of protein and fat. The high levels of protein may well have damaged your kidneys and liver, increased your chance of getting a variety of cancers, and weakened your bones to put you on the road to osteoporosis. Half the fat is lining your arteries and clogging up your immune system, and unless you take action to remove it will be doing so for the rest of your life– which actually may not be for that long.

 

There is only one diet that has been proven to reverse the damage already done, and prevent it re-occurring, and that is this one, the one I am on.

 

More information is available via the  “links and Resources” page.

 

Other Fads

Later fads we are presented with include the Mediterranean diet – a little olive oil and a bit of oily fish are now the miracle cures. I’ve been to the Mediterranean for my holidays many times – as I suspect you have. When I first went, many years ago, the locals couldn’t afford to eat meat unless it was a special occasion, and fish was twice the price. The idea that they all traditionally lived off fresh fish and that’s why they were lean and healthy is simply not true. Incidentally, now that some of them have managed to “improve” their standard of living and some can even afford fish, they’re all getting fat and unhealthy, just like the rest of us.

 

The latest seems to be the GI or glycemic index diet, which is similarly nonsensical. According to the GI index, ice cream is better for you than whole wheat bread, and a Mars bar is healthier than a baked potato!

 

At the time of writing this I’ve just discovered the Sonoma diet. The secret to weight loss and permanent health is ……. the size of your plate! You use a certain sized plate for breakfast, another for lunch and then a third for dinner. During the first phase of this diet YOU MUST NOT EAT FRUIT, but you are allowed 14 (not 13, and definitely not 15) peanuts as a snack. Honestly, I couldn’t make this up.

 

The fads will continue to come and go.

 

Diet, Heart Disease, Cancer and Diabetes

 

I’m currently looking at the Spring newsletter from the World Cancer Research fund. It’s full of advice on how we can reduce our chances of getting cancer. All very good – but I don’t want to reduce my chances of getting cancer – I want to eliminate them! It mentions that the incidence of bowel cancer in Japan, where it was traditionally low, has increased significantly over recent decades. Is this because they have stopped eating 5 portions of fruit and veg every day? I don’t think so.

 

It also mentions that Gambia has the lowest rate of bowel cancer in the world. But Gambians don’t all live on fish and olive oil.

 

The fact is, heart disease is the biggest killer in the western world today. The following figures are from America, but we aren’t far behind.

 

50% of adults die from heart disease.

 

40% suffer from cancer at some time in their lives.

 

Cancer is the second biggest cause of death in America.

 

100 years or so ago, neither heart disease nor cancer were mentioned in most American medical text books – they simply were not a major problem.

 

There are many many other diseases that used to be almost non-existent which seem to be accepted as almost normal, even inevitable, these days. And the sad thing is that we spend billions every year on research, “cures”, drugs, surgery, treatment, days lost through ill health and attending funerals, but all we are ever trying to do is treat the symptoms. The “expert” who is involved in the diabetes study mentioned on the left hopes to discover a way to synthesize an enzyme which the body can’t produce when it is fed a fatty diet. If he does so, he will make a fortune selling it, which is the thing that really drives him and the drug companies that fund his research. He doesn’t want you to cure yourself because he’ll make no money that way.

 

But the best cure already exists!! It is simple, cheap and proven to be 100% effective. CHANGE YOUR DIET!!!

 

By age 55, the average person will have eaten 50 tons of food in their lifetime. 50 tons.

 

The secret of losing weight sustainably, and avoiding heart disease, cancer, diabetes, impotence and a host of other diseases, is not to consume some miracle food, or to pop some magic pill, or drink some milkshake concocted in a science laboratory. The human body is really quite amazingly tough and resilient (take a look at our smoking page as an example). It is designed, by millions of years of evolution, to endure all kinds of ills and hardships, and to fix itself.

 

But give it a chance.

 

Pumping 50 tons of the wrong stuff into yourself over the course of 55 years is asking just a bit too much of it. The pills, potions, medicines and surgery that can correct this have not been, and never will be, invented.    

 

There is a solution. The clue is given above. Give your body a chance. If you stop pumping the wrong stuff in – for most people it is not too late to reverse the damage. But don’t wait until it is too late.

 

Doctor Neil Pinkney was advised by 4 heart specialists that he needed urgent, life saving heart surgery. One of his main arteries was 100% blocked. Two others were 90% and 85% blocked. This is despite eating a diet that he believed to be healthy at the time (lots of fish and chicken and other “good” foods).

 

He had seen too many people suffer at the hands of surgeons to want to follow this advice. Instead, with a little research, he changed to the diet you can change to today.

 

2 weeks later, his painful angina condition had recovered to the point he no longer needed pain killers.

 

2 months later it had gone completely.

 

Within 3 months he was able to walk 2 miles up hill, whereas he had previously struggled to manage 200 yards on the flat.

 

After 7 months he finished in the middle of the pack in an 8 mile marathon race.

 

And what’s more – he lost 45 pounds! (that’s over three stone in case you’re maths is as bad as mine).

 

There is a sad ending to this story. After 12 months he went back to the 4 heart specialists who had recommended emergency surgery. All were younger than him. Three were dead. The fourth has subsequently been referring his heart patients to Doctor Pinkney. You can watch him tell his own story in the DVD accompanying the book.

 

The benefits Dr Pinkney obtained were permanent. Heart surgery, which is not a minor operation you want to repeat every couple of years, would have done nothing more than “scrape out his pipes” – allowing him a little more time until he filled them up again.

 

I could go on forever, there are hundreds more stories I could share, but I’m out of space. Please email me if you want to hear more of them. 

 

Yours Sincerely

 

Tim Knight

To convert British units of cholesterol to American units, multiply by 39.

 

To convert American units of cholesterol to British units divide by 39.

 

E.g. A British reading of 5.2 is approximately 200 on the American scale.

“Juice 'can slow prostate cancer' - Drinking a daily eight ounce (0.24 litre) glass of pomegranate juice can significantly slow the progress of prostate cancer, a study suggests.

Researchers say the effect may be so large that it may help older men outlive the disease.” – BBC News website – 1st July 2006

“Morning sickness 'regulates diet' - Morning sickness might have evolved to ensure pregnant women do not digest too much unhealthy food, say scientists.

They found evidence that nausea and vomiting in pregnancy is associated with high intake of sugar, alcohol, oils and meat.” – BBC News website – 12th July 2006

“Children need even more exercise - Children should do at least 90 minutes exercise each day, experts say. If current trends continue, half of all children in England could be obese by 2020.”