Article: Raw food means healthy food for Ashland family

April 17, 2007

Raw food means healthy food for Ashland family

By Curt Hopkins

For the Tidings

April 17, 2007

Victoria Boutenko's family was a mess. Victoria had arrhythmia and

edema and was obese and depressed. Her husband Igor had rheumatoid

arthritis and hyperthyroid problems. Her son Sergei was diagnosed

with juvenile diabetes and was supposed to go on insulin and her

daughter Valya had asthma.

But their ill-health was not due to a diet of burgers and ice cream.

" We were eating a standard diet, according to the (nutritional)

pyramid that existed at the time, " she said. " We actually considered

we were eating better than most others. "

Victoria's arrhythmia was the fulcrum for the change. Her doctor told

her there was nothing more that could be done for her condition, a

condition that had claimed her father.

" I believe in my heart it's not right to die at 38, " she said. " First

I cried all night and it didn't help. I prayed but didn't hear

anything. So, I went out on the street and asked people who looked

healthy what they did. "

After two months of such on-the-ground research Victoria met a woman

in her sixties who told her about raw food, though it was another

four months before she made transition to raw foods.

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