Article: More than just salad: Couple demos vegan, raw food in Tualatin

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More than just salad: Couple demos vegan, raw food in Tualatin

For four weeks in October, the Asches demonstrated recipes and talked

about nutrition at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tualatin on

Monday nights

 

By Kristen Forbes, The Times

Nov 13, 2008

 

 

Rick and Gayle Asche eat raw foods about 85 percent of the time to

ensure that nutrients and enzymes aren't killing in the cooking

process. They recently shared their culinary knowledge at a series of

vegan cooking seminars in Tualatin.

 

“Some people call it vegan. We call it plant-based. We’re trying to

remove the stigma of veganism,” Rick Asche says of the lifestyle he

and his wife Gayle have been following for the last three years.

 

Rick, who has a family history of heart disease, found himself

struggling with his health and went from traditional doctors to

naturopaths looking for a solution. Gayle says she had ongoing issues

with weight gain, upset stomach and arthritis. Rick’s sister told the

couple about the Hallelujah Diet, a plant-based and mainly raw diet

based on Genesis 1:29. When Rick read an e-mail from Hallelujah Acres

correlating longevity and eating habits, something clicked.

 

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