We invite you to be inspired by Richard Cavalli’s  story. Richard shares that one year ago, at the age of 66, he was very unhealthy and unhappy with weight issues, dangerously high blood pressure, cholesterol, depression and muscle tremors. After trying countless programs, he found that a plant based, high raw diet with 40% green smoothies and exercise reversed his illnesses, increased mental clarity, spiritual awareness and even helped him to regain the energy and enthusiasm of his youth. From his experience Richard has developed a program called The Very Best Me which he passionately shares with others.

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20 years ago, I was diagnosed with an incurable neurological disorder called “dystonia” that is similar to Parkinson’s because of all the muscle tremors. The dystonia also caused my voice to become weak and difficult to hear. I was told that my dystonia would be permanent and very painful and would continue to progress and get worse. The gold standard treatment I followed for nearly 20 years was a set of about 20 deep injections every three months of 25,000 units of botox into the hyperactive muscles in my neck. I never liked the idea of putting this massive amount of poison into my body, but I had little choice based on what my doctors were telling me.

As the years rolled by, I continued to try every promising and popular program I heard about, from life coaching to Jenny Craige to immersing myself in ‘The Secret’,  but after trying so many I finally got discouraged and gave up. That is until about a year ago when my energy, enthusiasm and appearance were hitting new lows and my doctor was telling me that my weight, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol were hitting new highs. Now I was driven hard by the fear of bad health and aging all at the same time.

Luckily, I had a big advantage because I already knew what didn’t work, so I kept looking for new clues and after 66 years I finally found the answer. It was far simpler than I ever imagined. It’s simply about nutrition, detoxification and exercise all held together by simple habit control techniques. That is when I saw the light and realized we all need a program that addresses all four areas combined and not just one. When I combined these four critical areas into my new lifestyle, I started seeing exactly what I was looking for; profound results that went far beyond my expectations and worked 100% of the time.

First, I focused on diet because of the old saying we have all heard for most of our lives that “we are what we eat”. During that time I was eating what I mistakenly considered healthy cooking, but was extremely fortunate to have discovered the recent popular raw plant food diet. Like many people, I was very skeptical, but after learning how raw plant food has dramatically changed so many peoples lives, I quickly changed my diet to at least 80% raw foods and less than 20% cooked foods. I gradually reduced and then finally eliminated refined sugars, processed starches, alcohol, meat and dairy. Now I eat close to 100% raw foods.
 I also exercised for at least one hour every day by doing my P90X routine or taking a long hike in the mountains or a bike ride on the beach or anything that got me outdoors where my mind was cleared out and my body was challenged. Vigorous exercise is truly underrated.  It not only helps keep you healthy and strong, but it keeps you young and feeling absolutely amazing.

I was doing so well with my new lifestyle that I decided to eliminate the botox injections and see if my new program would help. Here is the great news. It is now 1 year since my last set of injections and my pain is 80% gone. My tremors and muscle pulling have also improved about 80% with no medication! And my voice came back. It’s amazing what diet and exercise can do to cure so called incurable diseases, ( please do not change your prescription medication without consulting your physician). 
Since we are on the subject of incurable diseases, I should mention that as I grew older and saw more and more family and friends stricken with cancer and heart disease, I developed a great passion for improving our health and the quality of our lives.

Another important area I discovered is detoxification and how we live every day with 10 pounds or more of dangerous toxins that have accumulated over a lifetime in our large intestine. The best way to keep your colon clean is to always eat a diet that is high in water content and fiber like the raw food plant based diet and to regularly schedule a colonic with a certified hydrotherapist using gravity closed systems.

I believe my biggest discovery came when Holly and I learned how immensely powerful dark leafy greens are.  We are constantly researching information about food and recently were very fortunate to learn about Victoria Boutenko and her creation and development of the biggest food breakthrough of our time…..the green smoothie.  Victoria discovered that greens are the most powerful food on the planet and yet we only eat an average of less than 3% because they taste bitter and are hard to digest.  The green smoothie fixes these problems real fast and real easily.  Because of the great taste and easy digestion of the green smoothie, dark leafy greens are now at least 40% of my diet and I can’t begin to tell you how incredible I feel all the time.  The greens have taken me to a much higher level of nutrition and a much higher level of feeling great.  I truly cannot imagine my diet getting any better.

The result of my discoveries led me to develop TheVeryBestMe program that works miraculously for everyone who follows it. I am so completely convinced that the green smoothie is the biggest breakthrough in food that I have not only included it on my new web site and program, but I recommend beginning any dietary change with the green smoothie.  It is the best way I can imagine to easily transition to a raw food diet with an emphasis on dark leafy greens and fruits.  The benefits are truly profound!

To learn more about the power of diet and how I dramatically changed my life and others by eating raw foods, drinking green smoothies and exercising diligently, please visit www.theverybestme.com.